Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

Jiang Fenghua immediately understood, "I'm afraid that the man in white who led Zhu Zhenzhen downstairs had already entered the inn and waited until late at night to lead Zhu Zhenzhen downstairs. But that man didn't expect that Xiao Yu was not in his room at all, so he led Zhu Zhenzhen to the kitchen. That man was probably taken away by the two people who delivered food in the middle of the night."

The boss's son said, "Not long after the delivery man left, this girl came in. I remember I drank the tea on the table. I was really confused at the time. I had to go to the kitchen to make soup and cook at midnight every day. She broke in by herself."

Jiang Jinyan looked at Xiao Yu, "It turns out that the other party had planned this in advance. How could Lord Xiao choose this inn directly when booking the inn?"

Xiao Yu said, "It was already late when we arrived in Hengyang City. It was not easy to find an inn at that time. We asked several inns but they were all full or had few rooms. We happened to ask this one and found out that they had many rooms."

The boss said quickly, "I received a deposit from someone who wanted to book the restaurant a few days ago, but no one showed up. They paid the money, so I couldn't let anyone else in. It just so happened that the person who booked the room this afternoon said he didn't want to stay and didn't need to return the deposit. This young man came to book the inn again, and I was very happy..."

"It turns out that someone was waiting for you to fall into the trap, and guessed that after the late emperor's funeral, the emperor and the ladies would definitely come to the prosperous Hengyang City for a stroll." Jiang Fenghua said coldly, "I was ambushed by assassins when I went to Hengyang Palace today, and you ran to Hengyang City and caused such an incident again."

Zhu Zhenzhen suddenly grabbed Zhu Yiyi's hair and said, "It's you. It must be you. It was you who insisted on the emperor coming to Hengyang City to watch the Lantern Festival. It was you who lured us to Hengyang."

Zhu Yiyi was caught off guard by her actions. "It's not me. I think Hengyang City is lively, so I want to invite Your Majesty to come and understand the people's sentiments. I want to invite Your Majesty to come, not you. If I really wanted to harm you, why would I call you so eagerly?"

"It's you. You're the one who wants to harm me. You want to marry the emperor. You want to take my place. Zhu Yiyi, I'm going to kill you." Zhu Zhenzhen pinched her neck. "It's you. It's all you."

Zhu Yiyi was being strangled by Zhu Zhenzhen, tears streaming down her face, "Your Majesty, please believe me, it's not me, I really want you to come and see the Hengyang Lantern Festival, I don't know why this happened, Your Majesty, please believe me, Zhenzhen, I know you are sad, you will feel better if you strangle me to death, strangle me to death!"

"Your Majesty, it was you who asked Yiyi to accompany you all the time. That day in the Plum Garden, Your Majesty held Yiyi's hand and asked Yiyi to accompany Your Majesty... It's not that I want to harm Zhenzhen, I didn't..."

The next second, she was strangled to death by Zhu Zhenzhen. She collapsed to the ground, and Zhu Zhenzhen was still desperately shouting, "I'm going to kill you."

Seeing this, Xie Shang said, "Madam Wang, quickly pull Zhu Zhenzhen away and separate them."

Among the people present, only Nanny Wang was the most suitable person to do this. Nanny Wang wished they all died, but in front of the emperor, she had to separate them.

So, Nanny Wang asked someone to pull Zhu Zhenzhen away.

Seeing that Zhu Yiyi looked like she was dead, Zhu Zhenzhen said with a smile, "If you want to take my position, I will kill you. It's you who wants to harm me."

Zhu Yiyi's neck was pinched red by her, and she really looked like she was dead. Her maid cried, "Miss, wake up! The second young lady killed the eldest young lady, wuwu, what should we do!"

Jiang Fenghua stared at Zhu Yiyi's face, her fingers clenched into fists. She must be trying to survive in the face of death!

Jiang Fenghua wanted to ask: Is Nanny Wang dead? But then she saw Xie Shang staring at her face, as if he didn't want her to die.

She wondered: Was he embarrassed to explain to the Zhu family, or was he reluctant to part with Zhu Yiyi's beautiful face? The words he said to Zhu Yiyi in the plum garden...

Xie Shang looked at Jiang Fenghua, feeling flustered and wanting to explain. He seemed to be possessed that day and that was not what he meant.

However, he did not say these words to Jiang Fenghua. He only said, "Zhu Zhenzhen and Zhu Yiyi are both daughters of the Imperial Censorate. We cannot let anyone get killed. Let someone find a doctor to treat Zhu Yiyi."

Nanny Wang said, "I guess Miss Zhu just fainted. She is still breathing."

Xie Shang said, "Have someone help her back to her room."

Jiang Fenghua said calmly, "Zhu Liangdi has entered the palace and become a lady. She is the woman of His Majesty and the daughter-in-law of the royal family. How can she still be the daughter of the Censor's Mansion? Among the people present, Zhu Yiyi is the daughter of Censor Zhu."

Xie Shang also looked in the direction of Zhu Yiyi. It was indeed she who proposed to come to Hengyang to watch the lantern festival today. Censor Zhu also wanted to let Zhu Yiyi enter the palace, but there was already a Concubine Zhu in the palace, and it was impossible for another one to enter. All signs indicated that Zhu Yiyi was the most suspicious.

"I will have someone investigate who is trying to harm Zhu Liangdi." Xie Shang's voice was cold, and he added: "The Queen is so smart, how could she have thought that someone was trying to harm Minister Xiao? Could it be that the Queen also thinks that what happened today was not caused by Minister Xiao's dereliction of duty?"

Jiang Fenghua was stunned. "I did not say that, nor did I side with Lord Xiao."

Xie Shang raised his lips to sneer, "It would be best if the Queen could do this."

Xiao Yu quickly knelt on the ground and said, "This is all my fault. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

"How can I punish you if the Queen protects you?" Xie Shang clenched his fingers, looked at Xiao Yu deeply, then he turned and went to Zhu Yiyi's room.

Jiang Fenghua suddenly walked up to Xiao Yu and said in a deep voice, "If someone really wants to harm you, it's hard to guard against them. What happened today was nothing wrong for Minister Xiao."

Xiao Yu was stunned. He stared at the stunning woman in front of him and saw a hint of disappointment in her eyes. He wanted to comfort her, but he couldn't.

Jiang Jinyan ordered someone to arrest the boss's son.

For a moment, no one knew what to do, as if the matter had reached a deadlock and Zhu Zhenzhen became the only victim.

Jiang Jinyan also asked people to check the vegetable farmers who delivered vegetables to the inn, and found nothing unusual.

Here, Xie Shang entered Zhu Yiyi's room. He took a stool and sat beside the bed, staring at the unconscious Zhu Yiyi with cold eyes.

After a while, Zhu Yiyi woke up slowly. She turned around and saw Xie Shang, and prepared to stand up, "Your Majesty..."

Xie Shang's eyes were filled with tenderness. "Dame Zhu may be mentally disturbed. I will send someone to notify Imperial Censor Zhu to take her back to the palace for recuperation. Is your neck okay?"

Zhu Yiyi touched her neck and tears instantly fell out, "I did not harm Zhenzhen. It seems that the Queen has misunderstood me."

Xie Shang comforted him, "I believe you. The Queen may have misunderstood us, so she is so angry."

Zhu Yiyi was stunned, and Xie Shang said, "I don't believe a woman who likes plum blossoms has any bad intentions. Miss Zhu is also very good."

Zhu Yiyi said, "Your Majesty really believes in your subject."

Xie Shang raised his lips into a faint smile, "Did Yiyi do something that I don't believe in?"

Zhu Yiyi blushed slightly, "I really just wanted to go to Hengyang City's Lantern Festival with your Majesty, and I didn't know anyone wanted to harm Zhenzhen."

"When you have healed the wound on your neck, I will go to see the prosperous and wealthy place you mentioned. Yiyi will lead the way for me then." Xie Shang said in a gentle voice.

Before Zhu Yiyi nodded, Nanny Wang brought the ointment over again, "Your Majesty, the ointment is here. Let me apply it on Miss Zhu."

"Give it to me!" Xie Shang said in a deep voice.

Nanny Wang's eyes flashed with some displeasure, but she still handed the ointment to the emperor respectfully and said, "I'll take my leave now."

Xie Shang gently applied a small amount of ointment with his fingers, "Shall I help you apply the ointment?"

Zhu Yiyi felt flattered. "Just let the maid help me. How dare I ask your majesty for help?"

"Then wait for your maid to come and help you. I'll go back first." Xie Shang said lightly.

Zhu Yiyi quickly climbed up from the bed, as if she was about to fall off the bed.

Xie Shang also made a move to leave, but the next moment he saw her about to fall and instinctively reached out to catch her, "Miss Zhu, are you okay?" He just felt nauseous and wanted to vomit, but he still didn't push her away.

Zhu Yiyi grabbed his sleeve and said, "It was because I was too anxious that I was careless..."

"It's okay." Xie Shang moved closer to her, his thin lips brushing across her cheek, and said softly, "Miss Zhu is weak, so let me apply medicine to her."

Zhu Yiyi blushed. She glanced at a figure standing outside and said softly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xie Shang gently stroked her neck with his fingers, and a tingling sensation made Zhu Yiyi blush. The Queen must be very angry when she saw her being close to the Emperor!

Xie Shang caught a glimpse of the figure outside the door out of the corner of his eye. His fingers stiffened slightly and his eyes became icy cold.

Then he seemed to move closer to Zhu Yiyi, his hands moving non-stop, and he stood up only after applying the ointment, "After applying the ointment, I believe the bruises on Miss Zhu's neck will disappear soon."