freenovelworld Chapter 253 Princess He Thinks This Prince Can’t Be Humane 20
Chapter 253 Princess He Thinks This Prince Can’t Be Humane 20
After revealing everything, Xiao Tao felt relieved of the tense heart she had been holding for twenty years, and looked at Lin Zhiyi, who was surrounded by a cold and murderous aura.
"My Lord, your eyes are very much like the princess's. When you were born, I took one last look at you."
Lin Zhiyi's eyes darkened. Xiao Tao knew that she was a woman!
But why didn't you tell me all these years? If the Queen Mother knew, she would have threatened me long ago...
As if guessing what Lin Zhi was thinking, Xiao Tao smiled bitterly.
"Whether you believe it or not, I regret harming the princess for my own selfish reasons. The few years I spent by her side were actually the peaceful life I wanted."
"The princess has been very kind to me. For the past twenty years, I've had nightmares from time to time. Vegetarianism and Buddhist chanting have had no effect. When I heard that the prince was coming to the capital, I had a premonition that this would not end well."
"But seeing my husband and daughters surrounding me, I still greedily want to live... It's just an extravagant hope. I was able to survive because I hid the letters the Queen Mother sent to me."
"The letter is hidden in Ying'er's one-year-old safety lock. Please, Prince, for the sake of the fate of Shengsheng and this servant's first encounter, don't vent your anger on your husband and Ying'er."
"I know that my humble body is not worth even a fraction of what the princess deserves, but I still owe her..."
"Madam!" Jingzhao Yi helped Xiao Tao, who was kowtowing, up, but saw a hairpin stuck on the scar on her neck. She was no longer breathing, and she burst into tears.
Lin Zhiyi clenched her fingers and said in a cold voice, "I'll give you one day to resign from your post and take Liu Ying away from the capital. By this time tomorrow, if I find you..."
Jingzhao Yi seemed to have aged ten years. He picked up Xiao Tao's body, stood up, and looked at Gongsun Yi.
"Chou Wu, throw Liu Ying out of the house."
"Yes."
After Jingzhao Yi staggered away, only a pool of blood and two figures remained in the hall.
Gongsun Yi walked up to Lin Zhiyi, opened her pale little hand and held it.
He said meaningfully, "If you want to find her, let alone one day, even if you run for twenty years, you will still die. I don't think the Prince of Zhennan is a soft-hearted person."
"Voluntarily confessing this isn't enough to be used as a bargaining chip for pleading, so the root of this question is the fate of our birth and the first glance we had together. My future consort, do you have any secrets?"
Lin Zhiyi was in a bad mood and was too lazy to comfort the person. She pushed the person aside and cursed, "What's it to you?" before leaving in a huff.
After the person had been gone for a while, a sound of gnashing teeth was heard from the spot: "Very good, very good!"
Chou Wu at the door lowered his head and pretended not to hear anything.
The courtyard of Zhennan Palace.
After receiving Ping Ansuo's letter, Lin Zhiyi read it one by one and was sure that things were exactly as Xiao Tao said.
Cheng Bi said angrily, "Prince, that old witch, the Queen Mother, is simply courting death. Let's go kill her now!"
Yanxia frowned, "No, the Queen Mother is still the Queen Mother. If she acts impulsively and exposes the Crown Prince, the palace will be considered a treasonous organization. The Crown Prince is alone in the capital."
Chengbi frowned: "What should we do? Let the evidence be made public and let the emperor deal with the empress dowager, but that would be too easy for her!"
Lin Zhiyi said coldly, "She's really getting it too easy. They planned everything just to gain power. Let her lose everything bit by bit, live in anxiety, die in despair, and send a message to Grandfather."
Five days had passed since the incident with Liu Ying, but the anxiety in Shoukang Palace was spreading subtly.
"Ahem... Pingxin, how is things going at the palace?"
An elderly nanny supported the empress dowager.
She said worriedly, "Master, don't overthink it. Your health is important. The princess may have covered up the matter for you and it's over. The prince hasn't made any active preparations for his upcoming wedding, and the two maids who are good at martial arts have not left his side."
The Queen Mother could no longer hide her aging and tired face and still felt uneasy.
He shook his head and said, "I have always felt that things are not that simple. Jinyang has cleared out a wave of Xiao family members from the Princess's Mansion, and their intention to alienate themselves from me is already very obvious."
"This evil creature, if I hadn't concealed his identity as a prince, how could His Majesty, who was already powerful at that time, have let him go? I raised him strictly in order to win the favor of the late emperor. What's wrong with that?"
"Of course, the master did nothing wrong. It's His Highness who doesn't understand your painstaking efforts." Pingzi stroked the empress dowager's back to comfort her, and suddenly stopped at some point.
The Queen Mother looked over in confusion: "Pingxin?"
The familiar face stared at her blankly, blood streaking across its face. A perfectly healthy person, in the blink of an eye, turned into minced meat, blood splattering on the Queen Mother's face and mouth...
Time seemed to stand still, and it was a long while before the old and helpless screams were heard.
The palace maids rushed in and shouted in panic one after another, causing chaos in the entire harem.
In the most lively teahouse in the capital, many people gathered together and whispered. It was not just in this teahouse, the same scene could be seen everywhere.
"Hey, have you heard?"
After looking around together, they began to exchange information.
"I heard something happened in Shoukang Palace again. In just three days, there have been three murders, one person a day. Each death was horrific. They all said that the Queen Mother had done something wrong and a ghost had come to visit her."
"Isn't it? My distant cousin's aunt's nephew's cousin is working in the palace. I heard that the first one was the old nanny who served the Queen Mother for many years. She was immediately turned into blood and flesh and shattered."
"The Empress Dowager was so frightened that she went insane. The Imperial Hospital worked hard for a whole day before she finally calmed down. But when she opened her eyes the next day, she saw her personal eunuch hanged on her bed. She fainted again from fear."
"The one who died this morning was even more horrific. It was said that the Xiao family came to the palace to visit him out of concern, and while an elder of the Xiao family was trying to soothe him, he started bleeding from all seven orifices, and nothing could stop it."
Someone said disdainfully, "These are all rumors. If something like this really happened in the royal family, they wouldn't have been able to cover it up in time, so how could it have been spread so clearly?"
The man looked as if he didn't know something. "You don't know this, do you? On the first day the incident happened, His Majesty felt it was unlucky and immediately asked the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to divine, and the result was a very bad omen."
"The Imperial Astronomical Observatory stated that this incident is detrimental to the fate of the Great Jin Dynasty and must not be concealed. The evil spirit must be released to resolve it. Even if it concerns the fate of the nation, what does the Empress Dowager do? Your Majesty has personally ordered that this case be openly investigated by the Dali Temple."
Although the few people spoke softly, how could they hide it from someone with profound internal strength?
The windows of the private room on the second floor were opened, and the three of them heard the entire conversation.
The Seventh Prince Gongsun Rui's face was solemn. "I still underestimated Lin Zhiyi. To be able to enter and exit the palace so freely, only a top-level warrior could do it. The key is... how many such people does he have under his command?"
Xiao Shi also looked serious as he looked at Gongsun Yi, who was wearing red clothes and playing with a purple jade pendant.
"Your Highness, the Princess of Zhennan may have a very distinguished background in the Martial Alliance. This is why the Crown Prince can control the members of the Martial Alliance like an arm. This is the holy land of the Martial Alliance that warriors all over the world yearn for!"
"Which famous figure in the martial arts world would not bow down to the Martial Alliance? If Lin Zhiyi is closely connected with the Martial Alliance, and you are the son of the murderer of your mother, how will Your Highness cope with the future?"
"At this point, the disadvantages of this marriage outweigh the advantages. It cannot be done."