dognovel Chapter 288 Mystery
Chapter 288 Mystery
When Jiang Xing mentioned the prince, the prince couldn't help but scream.
“Ah, it hurts, it hurts so much!”
The prince finally opened his eyes drowsily.
However, the words he said were a bit childish.
Jiang Xing's face darkened instantly. "The emperor's uncle and your aunt came to see you, and you're still lying in bed sleeping? How do you manage to be the crown prince?!"
When Lu Xuan heard Jiang Xing scolding the prince, he couldn't help but pout.
The prince is a few months older than me, but I didn’t expect that I am his aunt’s age.
But it’s also good to be of a higher generation.
She was holding back her laughter and was about to see what was going on between the two of them.
Suddenly, her face trembled and she rushed into the tent.
"Your Majesty!"
Hearing Lu Xuan's voice broken by fear, Jiang Xing immediately looked at her.
"what happened?"
At this moment, Lu Xuan had already rushed in front.
Jiang Xing saw that Jiang Yan's clothes were fine and she didn't need to change, so he didn't stop her from coming in.
"Get out of the way!"
Lu Xuan pushed Jiang Xing away and immediately placed his palm on his eyelids.
"Is this abnormal?"
The prince let Lu Xuan rub her eyelids randomly, and looked up at her and Jiang Xing from time to time.
"You...look so familiar."
"Like my mother."
Jiang Yan spoke slowly, his eyes constantly scanning Lu Xuan's face.
"I'm your aunt from the next room. But since you're a little older than me, you can call me Xuan."
When Jiang Xing heard her say this, he couldn't help but find it a little funny.
But Lu Xuan's heart gradually sank to the bottom.
He was poisoned!
Just then, Feixing came over with the woman who was sneaking around on the opposite corridor.
"Princess, that's her."
Lu Xuan looked back and saw that it was an elderly nanny.
"Madame Lan, you're here." The prince spoke slowly.
It was not until they heard the prince say this that Lu Xuan and Jiang Xing sensed something more serious was amiss.
That is, the prince seems to be a little abnormal.
Before the Duke's Mansion recognized the prince as his relative, he had sent a thank-you gift and also wrote a letter. The content seemed to be that of a gentleman, just like an ordinary person.
However, when I saw him today, I found that he seemed a bit foolish in his words and gestures, and he spoke extremely slowly.
It seemed as if I had tried my best to say this most ordinary sentence to them so calmly.
Nanny Lan knelt on the ground and immediately kowtowed to the two of them: "Greetings to the Prince, Greetings to the Princess."
Lu Xuan looked at her coldly, "Why were you sneaking around like that just now? Were you spying on the Crown Prince, or me and the Prince? What was your intention?"
Because this person's actions were too secretive, Lu Xuan couldn't help but exude an aura of oppression.
The old nanny who was kneeling on the ground wiped her tears immediately, looked at the prince, and couldn't help sobbing: "Princess, please forgive me, please forgive me!"
She glanced behind her cautiously, "I don't usually have the chance to enter this palace. Today, I heard that you two were coming, so I sneaked in. I just wanted to see the princess, the prince, and the crown prince..."
Jiang Xing's eyes tightened, "You look familiar to me, but I can't remember where you are. But normally, you don't get to see the prince?"
As if she was worried someone was looking for her, Nanny Lan quickly said, "I was the personal nanny to the late Queen. After she left, I volunteered to look after the Crown Prince. But they said I wasn't taking good care of him and that he was becoming weak, so they punished me by sending me to do the cleaning."
"Before, they wanted to kick me out of the palace. It was thanks to the Crown Prince that he tried so hard to keep me, so I stayed in the palace..."
Lu Xuan glanced at the prince, then at her, "You and the prince have a deep relationship?"
Nanny Lan nodded. "When the late Queen was still alive, she and I took care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince naturally liked me very much..."
"Then why..."
Before Lu Xuan could finish her words, Nanny Lan continued, "This child has a miserable life. He lost his mother at such a young age. All these years, he has been raised alone. If the late Queen was still alive, she would definitely not let him grow up in such a miserable state..."
Seeing Nanny Lan's sobbing face, Lu Xuan couldn't help but feel puzzled. "Isn't it rumored that the Emperor loves the late Empress? Hasn't the Emperor come to see the Crown Prince in all these years?"
Nanny Lan nodded. "He was coming. But every time he came, as soon as he saw the Crown Prince, the Emperor would say he missed the Empress, and he would leave crying heartbrokenly. After that, he didn't dare to come anymore. The ministers and eunuchs around the Emperor were also worried about his health and advised him not to come anymore..."
Lu Xuan's brows furrowed even tighter.
"If you love someone so deeply, you'll surely love your child even more. How could you ignore them just because they're hurt?"
Jiang Xing felt somewhat unhappy when he heard this.
I always feel like something doesn't seem right.
"It's also possible that Empress Ji doesn't want my brother to come."
After hearing Jiang Xing's words, Lu Xuan nodded somewhat disappointedly.
This possibility cannot be ruled out.
Just in case, Lu Xuan carefully looked at the Nanny Lan in front of him.
She has a square face, a broad forehead, sparse eyebrows, slightly drooping eyebrows, a low nose bridge, a round and full nose tip, and thick nostrils. From the perspective of physiognomy, she does have a face that is pure in mind, loyal and tenacious.
I also noticed that the sleeves of her inner garment were slightly exposed. The inner garment was made of the floral soft satin material that was popular about ten years ago. At that time, only the wealthy or people of high status in the palace could wear it. However, it was so badly worn that it must have been worn for many years.
It must have been a reward from the Crown Princess at that time. She kept it and was reluctant to wear it at first, but then she wore it for many years.
Nanny Lan placed her hands awkwardly in front of her. Lu Xuan looked at those hands, which were full of wrinkles and rough, which seemed inconsistent with her age. She already knew that Nanny Lan must not have had a smooth life in recent years.
Lu Xuan had already figured out about 70% of the situation, so he didn't plan to embarrass or test her anymore.
She said softly, "Get up, Nanny Lan. Since you belong to Sister Siyu, and I'm here, if you want to see the prince, just do it openly. If you have anything to say, just say it openly. If you do this, I almost hit you just now!"
Seeing that Lu Xuan believed her so quickly, Nanny Lan breathed a sigh of relief and wiped away her tears. "Yes, yes. Thank you, Princess. I haven't seen the Crown Prince for two years. I didn't expect him to grow taller. But he's even thinner now than he was two years ago..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Xuan's gaze immediately focused on her.
"Mammy also thinks that the Crown Prince is unusually thin?"
Nanny Lan was stunned. "That's right. When I saw him two years ago, he was much stronger than he is now. Now look at him, his speech is not right, everything is wrong... It's all because of that Concubine Yun. I heard before that she poisoned the Crown Prince, and after that, the Crown Prince became like this..."
As she spoke, Nanny Lan began to sob again.
Jiang Xing looked at Lu Xuan. She had just rushed into the tent without telling the reason, but it was definitely not good news.
Lu Xuan nodded slightly to Jiang Xing, then said, "When I came in just now, I also saw that there seemed to be a black aura around him. But now that Nanny Lan mentioned this, I am even more certain that the prince has been poisoned!"
"Highly poisonous?!" Jiang Xing stood up immediately.
"Are you saying that Yan'er spoke like this because he was poisoned?"
"But didn't they say before that his poison had been cured?!"
Jiang Xing's eyes were clearly blazing with anger. He placed his hands on his hips, gritting his teeth. "I felt something was wrong earlier. You were such a clever kid running after me when you were little, and now that you're an adult, you've regressed! Who can accept this?!"
"I have to have a good talk with my brother. Does he still want this son? Is it because he already has Empress Ji and the Third Prince that he doesn't care about the others?"
Lu Xuan hurriedly tried to comfort him, "Don't worry. The prince is Sister Siyu's child, so I'm naturally very concerned about him. Before I could finish my words, he was not only poisoned, but also suffering from a mental disorder."
boom!
These words were like a bolt of lightning, instantly shattering the rationality of Jiang Xing and Nanny Lan.
"what?!"
The two said almost in unison.
Lu Xuan quickly made a gesture to keep quiet.
"There's still a lot of Yin energy in this East Palace. It seems the story here isn't as simple as we thought."
When Jiang Xing heard this, he immediately understood the difficulty.
He looked at Nanny Lan and said, "Yan'er was poisoned, but it wasn't Concubine Yun who did it. I had already investigated the matter before I came here because I had some interactions with Master Su, the Junior Secretary of the Guanglu Temple. Concubine Yun was also murdered because of this incident. She was also an innocent person who died unjustly."
"Who poisoned him?!" Nanny Lan asked sternly.
"Queen." Lu Xuan uttered the two words in a very low voice.
Nanny Lan analyzed the prince's unconscious attitude and facial features and concluded that he was indeed a loyal and upright person. Therefore, she no longer had any doubts and told her the matter directly.
Just then, Jiang Xing saw a figure in the corner of the wall, quickly leaving from the corridor.