Qian Zhuo submitted the statements. Yun Shang looked through them one by one carefully. Then she moved her fingers and ordered, "Go and ask the maid called Qin Yue and the wet nurse of the Crown Prince to come here. Let them come here separately and I'll interrogate them one by one. "
Qian Zhuo answered in a hurry. After a while, she brought in the wet nurse.
Yun Shang's eyes fell on the wet nurse. She and Luo Qingyan had spent a lot of time and energy finding this wet nurse. She had been trusting her very much.
"I just read your confession. You said that when you bathed the Crown Prince yesterday, you found that his clothes were scratched, and a piece of cloth was missing. And a mole suddenly appeared on his arm?"
The wet nurse nodded and replied, "Yes."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
The wet nurse hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, I saw a piece of cloth missing from his Highness' clothes, but I didn't take it seriously. The Crown Prince is practicing horsemanship, and he is usually lively. His clothes are often scratched by branches, or he would exert too much strength when practicing martial
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was unusual with his highness Crown Prince that I remembered all these. "
There seemed to be nothing wrong with her answer.
Yun Shang rubbed the embroidered handkerchief in her hand casually. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Did you go back to the East Palace with the Crown Prince after leaving the Taiji Palace last night?"
"Yes, your majesty."
"Anything happened on the way?"
Qin Yue thought for a while and then said, "Halfway there, when we were walking outside the Huixiang Palace, his highness seemed to see something and suddenly ran towards the rockery beside the palace.
As his highness ran too fast and it was dark at that time, his highness disappeared from my sight for a moment. His highness only walked a few steps away, but he kept answering my questions. Later, I caught up and found his highness. I asked him what he was looking for. His highness said that he had seen a cat and chased after it, but it disappeared again.
I said it was too late, and I persuaded his highness to look for it again in the daytime. His highness agreed and went back to the East Palace with me."