Chapter 418 Imperial Edict

"Yue'er, don't say any more to him." Hu Xin'er felt her heart clenched when she saw the miserable appearance of the eldest princess.

The eldest princess is still trying to impress the prince with her past memories.

The prince shook her shoulders vigorously: "I was just lying to you about my past appearance!"

He gritted his teeth and said, "No matter how bad the Queen's life is, it's still better than a child like me who has no parents. I can only survive by clinging to the Queen. I have never been sincere to you. Do you understand, you idiot?!"

He revealed the truth of everything in front of the eldest princess. No matter how much the eldest princess wanted to escape, she was forced to accept the reality.

She burst into tears.

With her intelligence, how could she not figure it out?

In fact, she had vaguely sensed that something was wrong since Hu Xiner first exposed the prince, but she had been deceiving herself.

She just wanted to always be that carefree little princess who could laugh freely under the wings of her father and brother.

The prince pinched her shoulders so hard that it hurt so much that she fell heavily to the ground the moment he let go.

The exquisite phoenix feathers on the gorgeous dress were completely covered in mud and dust. This was the most precious silk, and once it got dirty, even cleaning it had to be done with extreme care, otherwise it would become deformed.

But today it has endured too much torture, and I am afraid that no matter how carefully it is cared for, it will never be able to recover its original glory.

The eldest princess fell to the ground, her whole body shaking with tears. "Why do you all have to do this? The past is over, why can't we forget it? We are obviously living a good life now, aren't we?"

Her beloved brother, the Crown Prince, looked down at her, his face filled with disgust as he sneered at her naiveté: "You all think I have a good temper, but in fact, I am a person who will always seek revenge."

Mu Qing took this opportunity to wink at Yin Li, preparing to rescue the princess.

But the prince is so good at understanding people's hearts, how could he leave them any chance?

Seeing this, he immediately grabbed the eldest princess' neck. The eldest princess, who was still crying and collapsing, couldn't even make a sound from being choked, and could only struggle in extreme pain.

"You said you'd avenge your grudge, but what did Yue'er do to you?" Hu Xin'er couldn't help but question, "She's always trusted you and never gave up on you, but how did you treat her?"

She thought the prince was simply a pervert.

The prince snorted coldly, "Don't think I don't know that you all look down on my mother! But you are women too, and you would never allow your husbands to take concubines. Why can't you understand her difficulties? In the final analysis, you are just pretending to be kind!"

From this sentence, we can see that due to his childhood experiences, he distrusts everything around him and eventually becomes distorted by this suspicion.

Hu Xin'er retorted, "What you said is absolutely ridiculous! If your mother truly longed for love, why would she interfere in other people's relationships?"

This person drugged and then climbed into bed, it's clearly the behavior of a mistress!

Although Hu Xin'er is not talented, she has read several Qiong Yao novels. She acted as a mistress under the guise of true love, and in the end she even had the nerve to use moral blackmail.

In her opinion, the former queen and the crown prince were indeed from the same nest and their brains were not quite normal.

The Crown Prince would never tolerate anyone slandering his mother. Upon hearing this, he roared, "What do you know? If I weren't the Emperor, how could I have been left with this shadow, still unmarried and childless? They've ruined my life!"

The Duke sighed, "So that's how it is..."

He is a very traditional feudal man. The key point to be grasped from this sentence is not the prince's complaint about his parents, but that the prince is destined to have no heirs.

He sighed heavily: "If I don't have an heir, how can I become the crown prince?"

The prince spat fiercely, "Who do you think you are? You can't even manage your own harem."

The Duke's expression changed, and he had completely given up on the Crown Prince: "If Your Highness insists on not turning back, this old minister will have no choice but to offend!"

The Crown Prince grabbed the Princess's neck tightly and laughed wildly, "Who dares to stop me?"

The Duke pretended not to hear and waved his hand majestically.

She is just a princess, just a little girl used to amuse Your Majesty in peacetime. When she dies, just hold a grand funeral and give her a posthumous title.

If the prince were to defect and flee the city, it would be a major event that would shake the entire country!

Mu Qing grabbed the Duke's hand, eyes filled with shock: "Duke, wait a minute, the eldest princess is still in the Crown Prince's hands!"

The Duke's eyes were solemn: "I believe that Your Majesty will understand my decision."

"Do you want to repeat the same mistake as Liu Se?" Mu Qing growled anxiously.

"Then what do you say we should do?" The Duke glared at him. "You ignorant boy, if we let the Crown Prince out of the city today, he'll be able to flee at will. When he starts a rebellion, are you going to fight him?"

How can a princess be compared with millions of ordinary people?

Seeing that the Duke was truly ruthless, the Crown Prince's expression suddenly changed.

Then, he laughed like a maniac: "Nangong Yue, did you see that? This is the true love you always talk about. In the face of interests, it is completely vulnerable!"

His eyes turned fierce, and he really wanted to strangle the princess to death.

"How does it feel to die at the hands of your own brother?" He admired the eldest princess's dying struggle and increased his strength little by little.

At the critical moment, Hu Xin'er suddenly shouted, "Stop! I have His Majesty's decree!"

Everyone's eyes were focused on her.

What Hu Xiner took out was the blank imperial edict.

The Duke was a close associate of the Emperor, so of course he recognized the imperial edict, but he didn't want his plans to be interfered with, and he suspected that Hu Xin'er had forged the imperial edict. His eyes suddenly widened, and he tried to snatch it away.

Of course, Hu Xiner couldn't let him know that the imperial edict was blank, so she dodged immediately.

In a flash, Yin Li made a move and hit the Duke's wrist hard with the handle of the fan.

Mu Qing was also shocked and protected Hu Xiner in time.

"How do you have the imperial edict?" The Duke was forced to retreat, his face gloomy.

Hu Xin'er raised her voice, "Your Majesty had anticipated this argument and sent me here with a secret decree. The eldest princess is your Majesty's beloved daughter, and you must not harm her in the slightest!"

She knew that saying that the imperial edict was blank would not convince the public, so she risked the wrath of the world and told a lie to save the eldest princess' life.

As soon as the imperial edict came out, everyone was stunned.

The prince was saved from a desperate situation, laughed wildly, and said three good words in a row: "Nangong Yue, you are indeed the emperor's most favored daughter!"

He eased the pressure on his hands and asked proudly, "Why don't you quickly prepare some good horses for this prince and escort him out of the city?"