Before Xia Huanyu could say anything, the empress asked, "Lady Xiang, is this Zhu'er one of your servants in your palace?"
Hearing this, Ning Qian turned around and looked at the maid kneeling on the ground who was trembling with fear. She smiled and said, "he who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick. The maid must work for me. Lord Liu said just now that she is a maid of my palace who cleans the ground. But I don't know why she harmed Princess Qian Ling. "
The empress sneered after she heard her words, "you mean I wronged you, Lady Xiang? Or do you think that no one is behind this maid who poisoned Princess Qian Ling? She did it herself? "
Xia Huanyu frowned, but did not speak. Logically, he was not supposed to interfere in the affairs in the imperial household, but it did not mean that he knew nothing.
Frowning, Ning Qian also said, "I've been wondering how someone could hurt such a lovely and lively child like Princess Qian Ling." While speaking, she turned to look at the maid that was kneeling on the ground. "I'm a little curious as well, your majesty. Where did this maid get the poison powder? Generally speaking, a maid couldn't get that kind of thing. Moreover, the usage of the Xiang Zhu Palace was granted by the Imperial Household Bureau. I don't have any relatives outside the palace, so there is no other thing except the things sent by the emperor and the Imperial Household Bureau. You and your majesty can also check how long it has been since the last time I left the palace. "
With that, Ning Qian paused and set her eyes on the empress. Then she looked around blandly.
The empress snorted coldly at her words, "of course you won't let the peo
the girls with different expressions in the hall, and his eyes darkened.
In a short while, the master of the imperial household department came in. Ning Qian smiled and handed the eardrop and the silver to him. "Mr. Deng, please have a look. Where are the two things from?"
The director of the imperial household department took the book from the eunuch beside him. He picked up a book, and looked through it for a while before he replied, "yes, your highness. The cat's eye drop and the silver were sent to Lady Mei three months ago."
"Lady Mei?" With a smile at the corners of her mouth, the empress turned her eyes to look at Xia Huanyu. "Your Majesty, Lady Mei..."
Hearing the empress' question, Xia Huanyu turned around and looked at the empress, poker faced. "You'd better ask yourself why the maid in charge of your make-up has something that belongs to the palace of Lady Mei."
The empress kept silent at his words. Seeing that Xia Huanyu looked somewhat unfriendly, she quickly replied to him, "yes, I am so sorry. I was not careful enough. I let something like this happen in my Wei Yang Palace. It's my fault."