After rebirth, the prince fell into the hands of the princess again

Tang Mumu was completely confused. She was just thanking the Queen Mother for giving her the bracelet, and it was the Queen Mother's suggestion that she helped the Queen Mother drink the sweet-scented osmanthus soup. She didn't do anything, so how could she become the murderer of the Queen Mother? This routine is too deep.

"It's not me. I didn't do anything and I know nothing." Tang Mumu subconsciously looked at Rong Yan and shook her head at him. The latter frowned slightly, but finally patted her hand soothingly.

"Your Majesty, this was definitely not done by the princess. Everyone was here just now, and her every move was in sight of everyone. Besides, the princess didn't know that the osmanthus soup was prepared in advance, so how could she have the opportunity to poison it? This matter must have been framed by someone. The princess is innocent. I ask your Majesty to investigate carefully and clear the name of Prince Rong's mansion." Rong Yan pulled Tang Mumu to kneel down, and every word he said was sincere.

Yes, the person behind the scenes was targeting Prince Rong’s Mansion, not Princess Rong.

"Your Majesty, what Prince Rong said makes sense. Although Princess Rong doesn't know the rules, she would never dare to think of murdering the Queen Mother. I hope Your Majesty will understand."

Upon seeing this, Tang Zhengfeng hurriedly knelt down. Tang Mumu had left the General's Mansion. If something really happened to her, the General's Mansion would certainly be implicated. This time, he and Prince Rong were in the same boat.

Rong Chenglin looked down at everyone, his imperial majesty was self-evident.

"Send the Queen Mother to her bedroom, notify the Imperial Hospital to consult immediately, let Prince Rong and his wife and General Zhenping stay, and the rest of you stay in the temporary palace and wait for the emperor's call."

Rong Yan and Tang Mumu were sent to Zizhu Palace, which was a palace with mansions where princes and princesses rested at night after entering the palace. As soon as Tang Mumu entered the room, her legs went weak and she almost fell down. Rong Yan was quick to hold her in his arms.

"Rong Yan, am I going to die? I haven't found my master yet. I'm still so young. I haven't lived enough. I don't want to die."

Tang Mumu's eyes turned red. If she had known that she would encounter such a disaster, she would not have come. The people in this palace are too scary. They will lose their heads for anything they do.

Rong Yan's face was gloomy. Seeing that Tang Mumu was really frightened, he softened his attitude, wiped away her tears, and comforted her softly, "You won't die. You didn't do it. I will find out the truth. Father will not wrongly accuse you. It will be fine once the grandmother wakes up. Besides, I'm still here and I won't let you die."

Tang Mumu sniffed, feeling totally at a loss. She had heard and seen many things, but now she was very afraid of the imperial power. His Majesty was the Son of Heaven, and it only took a word for him to kill someone. When he went to Huai County before, so many people died, but he could just cover it up with a single word. If His Majesty really wanted her life, wouldn't it be as easy as eating and drinking water?

"Aren't you always very brave? Why are you so scared tonight?" Rong Yan helped her sit down and poured her a glass of water to moisten her throat. Seeing her distraught look, he couldn't help but find it a little funny.

Tang Mumu took a big gulp of water. Seeing that he was actually laughing at her, she suddenly felt aggrieved.

"You're still laughing at me? Rong Yan, how can you be so cruel? I might be dying, and you're still laughing at me? My head might be hung outside the palace gate for people to see tomorrow, and you're still bullying me."

Tang Mumu started crying again as she spoke. Rong Yan was so amused that he couldn't stop smiling. How come she had such a unique way of throwing a tantrum?

"Alright, alright, don't cry. If father really wanted your head, he wouldn't have let us live in Zizhu Palace. Father kept us here just to find out the truth. Everything will be fine once the grandmother wakes up. Even though you always cause trouble, this head is still connected to your neck and it won't fall off so easily."

Rong Yan patted Tang Mumu's head, coaxing and teasing her, and finally coaxed her tears back. This was even more difficult than facing his father.

Tang Mumu grabbed Rong Yan's arm and pressed her whole body against him, like a dog-skin plaster that couldn't be peeled off.

"I don't care. Anyway, I am Princess Rong and you are Prince Rong. You are my husband. If I die, you will have no good life. I am relying on you now. You must save me."

Rong Yan tried hard to pull his arm back, but failed after several attempts. He resigned himself to letting her hold him.

"You heartless little thing, I was just trying to comfort you, and now you're dragging me down with you?"

"I don't care. Anyway, you can't abandon me. If the emperor doesn't find the murderer and wants to kill me, you must save me no matter what. Do you hear me?"

"Okay, I heard it, I heard it. You are so heartless and still keep nagging me."

Rong Yan is her only lifeline now, and there is no way she would let him go no matter what. She even thought about planting a Gu in Rong Yan so that she could threaten him not to abandon her. But then she changed her mind and felt that it was too immoral to do so. After all, Rong Yan was innocent, and she couldn't be so immoral.

After weighing the pros and cons, Tang Mumu decided not to plant the Gu in Rong Yan. If he really wanted to abandon her at that time, she could just plant the Gu in him. Anyway, she had plenty of poisonous insects that could kill instantly.

There were people guarding outside the courtyard, and no one knew what was happening in the Cining Palace. Tang Mumu was unable to sleep in the middle of the night, and was walking around the room with a hunched back. Rong Yan had woken up from a nap, and when he opened his eyes he saw her still walking around.

"Why don't you take a break? You're spinning around and my eyes are blurry."

"How could your eyes be blurry? I don't know who was sleeping like a dead pig just now."

"Can you please speak more nicely? I don't know how you grew up in the general's mansion. You don't look like a lady from a noble family at all. You are simply vulgar."

Tang Mumu bared her teeth at Rong Yan. She was not a lady from a wealthy family.

"Father will send someone to deliver the news. You don't have to be so impatient. You'd better conserve your energy first."

Tang Mumu thought that Rong Yan's implication was to conserve his energy to deal with the upcoming torture.

"I heard that there are dozens of torture instruments in your palace's prison, all of which can make people live a life worse than death. Is that true? If I don't confess my guilt, will my father put me in prison and find a bad old man to torture me into confessing? After I am forced to sign a confession, will he send me off with a bowl of rice and announce to the world that I am dying to atone for my crime?"

All the stories in the storybooks she had read in the past were now played out in her mind one by one. Tang Mumu shuddered, it was scary just to think about it.

Rong Yan propped his head up with his hands and sighed sincerely: "What's in your head? This story is so convincing that I almost believed it. But don't worry, if you die to atone for your sins, I will burn more paper money for you every Qingming Festival."

Tang Mumu sat down opposite Rong Yan and gave him a fake smile, "Then you probably don't have a chance. If I die, I will definitely take you with me to be buried. You can ask Moyi and Fanyan to burn more paper money for us. You are used to being rich. When you get down, you can buy maids to serve you with the money you have."