"Everyone in the palace knows that Concubine Zhang was only teaching a lesson to a concubine who disrespected her, but the little princess gave her a severe lesson and stuffed her mouth with dirty cakes from the ground! It was because of this humiliation by the princess that Concubine Zhang gradually became thinner and thinner, and finally looked like a ghost! If it weren't for the little princess's vicious heart, Concubine Zhang would not have died at such a young age!"

Mrs. Gao's eyes were red as she glared at Xiao Shuangbao hatefully and said viciously.

If it were in the past, after hearing such words, Xiao Shuangbao might really blame himself for a while and think that it was all his fault.

However, now she follows Emperor Chengxuan all day long, listening to how he handles important state affairs. Under the influence of what she sees and hears, her personality has long since changed.

She usually looks soft, but when encountering problems, she becomes more and more tough and opinionated.

At this moment, she had a calm expression on her face, but said in a very firm tone:

"Princess Zhang's death has nothing to do with the punishment I gave her before."

Seeing that Madam Gao was about to refute, Xiao Shuangbao continued, "If you want to know how your daughter died, then get out of my way and don't interfere with my work.

“If you don’t care how she died and just want to cause trouble for me, then you must get out of my way.

"But if you still won't give way..."

Xiao Shuangbao paused here and winked at Chen Cao.

Chen Cao immediately stepped forward, raised his hand and pinned Madam Gao's hands behind her back, intending to escort her directly out of Zhaoyang Palace!

The family members of Concubine Zhang who came today included more than just Madam Gao.

There is also her father, Mr. Gao, and her brother and sister-in-law.

Before, these three people just let Mrs. Gao make trouble.

However, when he saw that Xiao Shuangbao was serious, he immediately begged for mercy:

"Little Princess, calm down! My humble wife said something wrong because she was too sad and angry. I hope that Little Princess will be magnanimous and not take it to heart!"

"Mother is simply too sad. She doesn't mean to hinder the little princess! Please have mercy on her, little princess!"

As they spoke, several people knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Shuangbao.

The family looked really pitiful.

It makes it seem as if Xiao Shuangbao is bullying others here by relying on her status as a princess.

But Xiao Shuangbao remained unmoved.

"If you like to kowtow, then just keep doing it."

She said this directly and coldly.

As soon as these words were spoken, Mr. Gao, his son, and his daughter-in-law stopped kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Xiao Shuangbao glanced at them with some sarcasm.

"The phrase this princess hates the most is being told to be 'magnanimous' and not to argue with people who do or say the wrong thing.

“But this princess really doesn’t understand.

"Why do you insist on doing this even though you know it's wrong?

"You made a mistake, yet you still ask me to let you off the hook? What kind of bandit-like logic is that?"

Her words made Mr. Gao and others feel ashamed.

When Mrs. Gao heard this, she naturally gnashed her teeth in hatred.

But seeing her husband, son, and daughter-in-law kneeling there, she didn't dare to make trouble anymore. At this moment, she could only clench her fists and force herself to endure it.

Mr. Gao and his companions didn't dare to say anything more.

Zhaoyang Palace suddenly became quiet.

Only then did Xiao Shuangbao look away with satisfaction.

"Open the coffin."

Her face was solemn, and she gave the order again in a cold tone.

This time, Chen Cao pushed open the coffin lid without any interference.

The coffin is quite high.

Chen Cao held Xiao Shuangbao in his arms and looked clearly at the appearance of Concubine Zhang inside.

When she saw that Concubine Zhang was indeed withered and emaciated as if all her blood and essence had been sucked out, she frowned.

After she carefully checked whether there were any wounds on Concubine Zhang's body, she took out the ancient bronze coin and held it above Concubine Zhang's body to take a look.

A bit of black air hidden under Concubine Zhang's body was instantly washed out by the ancient bronze coins and purified.

"This... isn't a ghost. There are no tooth marks on its body, so it's not a zombie either. Why does this black energy look so much like the demon my mother talked about in my dream?"

Little Shuangbao had already tamed an ice demon before.

The aura of the Ice Demon is somewhat similar to that of this black air.

On the side, when the Gao family heard that there was a monster, their expressions changed subtly.

Little Shuangbao was thinking deeply and didn't notice them.

But Chen Cao happened to see it and immediately realized something.

"Little Princess, I'm afraid the Gao family knows something. When they heard the word 'demon' just now, their faces all changed."

Chen Cao whispered in Xiao Shuangbao's ear.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shuangbao immediately looked towards the Gao family members with his bright, round, black eyes.

Mr. Gao, his son, and his daughter-in-law all lowered their heads, and their facial expressions could not be seen clearly.

But Mrs. Gao's eyes were evasive, and she no longer had the righteous and confident aura she had shown towards her before.

Now, even Xiao Shuangbao could see that they were feeling guilty.

"Someone come."

Xiao Shuangbao was too lazy to waste time talking to the Gao family and gave orders directly.

Suddenly, several secret guards appeared.

"Take them all away! Interrogate them strictly! This princess suspects they know how this monster came about!"

Xiao Shuangbao immediately gave the order.

"Yes, Princess!"

The secret guards immediately wanted to kidnap the Gao family.

Mr. Gao, Mrs. Gao, and their son remained calm.

But their daughter-in-law was so frightened that she immediately shouted, "Little Princess, spare my life! I know how this monster came from!"

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