Chapter 294 All banished to the cold palace

Song Qing was displeased upon hearing this. "You just said you hadn't told anyone, but now you've told Consort Su. Which of your words are true, Ye Susu? I really misjudged you."

Tang Qianran said, "I think she's just short-sighted. Why would Consort Su give her silver notes? She's obviously trying to buy information from her. She sold what Consort Song told her for money. It's like selling someone and then helping them count the money. Consort Song keeps calling you 'sister,' but everyone else is just treating you like a sucker!"

Ye Susu was flustered about the silver notes: "Sister Song, please let me explain, I didn't..."

"If Consort Song still believes her, she'll be a fool, Ye Liangfei! You really treat our Eastern Palace's mistress like a pig! Are you just watching a show?" Tang Qianran was the victim. "You and Consort Su conspired to make us get punished by the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, and you even made me fight with Lu Xuefei. You're really something! I'm starting to suspect your intentions. Do you think we're in your way?" He was almost about to accuse Ye Susu of being a spy again.

Ye Susu knew that there was no use in explaining now, so she could only plead with Xie Shang. She said, "Your Highness, I really didn't mean it. It was Consort Su."

Consort Su was stunned for a moment, then thought of the child in her womb, "I spread the rumor, alright! I just hate that you for forgetting our vows of eternal love and turning around to fall in love with Jiang Fenghua, I just..."

"Guards, slap her! I'm going to demote her to a lowly status. From today onwards, she will no longer be a concubine of the Crown Prince." Xie Shang didn't want to hear her endless accusations against him.

When it comes to slapping, none of the nannies under Granny Wang's command are pushovers. But after only a few slaps, Su Tingwan began to resist, "You can't demote me to a slave, and you can't hit me, A Shang. I did all this because I love you."

Xie Shang said directly, "Keep fighting."

Knowing that she knew some martial arts, Granny Wang ordered someone to hold down her hands and feet and started hitting her again.

Su Tingwan stared at Xie Shang, her mouth slapped raw, struggling as if she had gone mad. "Xie Shang, I hate you. Do you think I liked you or tried to please you? It was only because you are a prince. I liked your status. No one will truly love you. You are a pathetic wretch."

Jiang Fenghua, you pretend to be so affectionate to the Crown Prince, but aren't you also after the position of Crown Princess and Empress? You are clearly just an insignificant little character, and you only managed to get to the position by relying on the child in your belly. Do you love Xie Shang? You only love his power.

And all of you women, didn't you all enter the palace to become his women because he's the crown prince, the heir apparent? You're all so much more noble than me, Su Tingwan.

"Consort Tang, didn't you also have a childhood sweetheart? Why did you abandon him to enter the palace and marry the Crown Prince? Was it because you fell in love with him? Or wasn't it also for his status?"

She stared at Xie Shang without any restraint, "To tell you the truth, I only chose you because of your status. If I could choose again, I wouldn't choose you."

Xie Shang said coldly, "Who do you want to choose?"

Su Tingwan sneered, staring at Jiang Fenghua, "The person I wanted to choose was killed by her. Only now do I realize that there is only one person in this world who is the best to me. He always puts me first. His name is Ji Chen. You didn't expect that, did you? After you betrayed your sworn brother Ji Chen, only he truly cared for me. Even though I knew him first and then you, I chose you instead of him, simply because you are a prince."

I'm not pretending anymore. I acted cute and kind to please you, but I'm tired of it. Telling you this, don't you find it unbearable too? Can't you bear the thought that others are only being insincere with you?

Her current goal is to destroy Xie Shang's heart. Xie Shang values ​​relationships the most, and he has never received his father's favor since childhood. She wants to seize on this point and hurt him deeply.

In the end, Jiang Fenghua laughed at her. She hated Jiang Fenghua for her superior methods. She even pitied Xie Shang, since every woman in the hall was drawn to him because of his status and position, trying every means to please him.

She was now focused on seeing Xie Shang's pained expression, waiting for the day when Xie Shang would be trampled on the ground and beg for mercy by the Su family.

Xie Shang sat in the main seat, and when he heard Su Tingwan's words that pierced his heart, it was like a bucket of cold water being poured on him, chilling him to the bone.

He no longer felt disappointed in her, and when the investigation led to her, he felt it was only natural, because she was inherently so vicious.

He must have been blind to be deceived by her, thinking she was innocent, cute, and kind—it was all bullshit.

No one loves him; no one truly loves him. They all love his power and his position as crown prince.

Jiang Fenghua said, "Your Highness, please don't listen to Consort Su's nonsense, she..."

A chill rose in Xie Shang's eyes, his clenched fists turned white and his knuckles bulged. No one knew how angry he was at this moment, only that his eyes revealed a murderous look. "She is not Consort Su, she is a lowly slave."

He shoved Jiang Fenghua away, almost knocking her over, seemingly oblivious. He walked directly to Su Tingwan, grabbed her neck, and said coldly, "You think I can't kill you? I won't kill you. Since you like my identity so much, I'll grant your wish and show you how my identity can control you, torment you, and humiliate you."

"Brand her, I want her to remember that she will always only deserve to be a lowly slave." Xie Shang seemed to have gone mad, so frightening that no one dared to say another word.

"Lin Feng, take her away and lock her in the cold palace."

Lin Feng didn't dare to delay and quickly sent someone to take Su Tingwan away, demoting her to slave status and branding her with the mark of slavery, a mark that could never be erased.

Consort Su is really courting death. She's already been assigned to the laundry department to do hard labor, so why does she still have to stir up trouble and anger the Crown Prince? She's even rubbing salt into His Highness's heart.

Even after Su Tingwan was taken away, Xie Shang's anger had not subsided. He stared coldly at Ye Susu and said, "Lock Ye Liangfei in the Cold Palace. Since you are in cahoots with Su Tingwan, then you can go and keep her company!"

Ye Susu felt like the sky was falling. "Your Highness, Susu knows she was wrong. Please spare my life."

"Don't you love my status and position just like Su Tingwan? If I were just a powerless person, would you have followed me back to the capital?" Xie Shang was provoked by Su Tingwan, and now he felt that everyone only loved his power.

"That's not true, Su Su likes His Highness..."

Xie Shang's eyes were bloodshot as he shouted sharply, "Get out! All of you, get out!"

Upon seeing this, Jiang Fenghua immediately ordered someone to take Ye Susu away and instructed the others to leave.

Su Tingwan's words really angered Xie Shang, and he's furious right now.

Jiang Fenghua was left alone in the main hall. She never knew that Xie Shang would care so much about what Su Tingwan said. Su Tingwan was the first woman he had ever liked, so was that why he cared so much about what she said?

Jiang Fenghua wanted to go up and say something to him, but Xie Shang seemed to have wrapped himself in a hard shell, making her afraid to approach.

Just then, Xie Shang suddenly collapsed to the ground and fainted.

Jiang Fenghua was also startled and quickly said, "Your Highness."

She slapped his cheek and called out, "Someone, summon the imperial physician!"