“Miss Zhuang, Miss Li…aren’t they all innocent?”
Empress Yan swallowed hard and looked away guiltily: "I know nothing about any of this. You must have been bewitched by that woman from Northern Chu. You can't even tell right from wrong anymore. Ah Yin, we have been friends for more than ten years."
"The evidence is right here, how dare you still deny it?" The Seventh Prince looked disappointed. "Others may not know, but how could I not know? Madam Yan dotes on you to the bone. If you hadn't mentioned it, would she have made an enemy of these innocent girls?"
Empress Yan still stubbornly claimed she didn't know, and stared at him, saying, "A-Yin, you've changed. You used to say you would protect me for life, but now you're imprisoning me for life over this little thing."
"Does Your Majesty dare to let the physician beside me take your pulse?" The Seventh Prince interrupted Empress Yan.
Empress Yan paused abruptly: "A-Yin..."
"I hope Your Majesty will behave yourself in the future!" The Seventh Prince turned around, but Empress Yan grabbed his sleeve: "A-Yin, are you really heartless? Don't you remember the past?"
"If I were heartless, today would not be confinement but a cup of poison."
"You!" Empress Yan was so frightened that she let go of his hand. As she watched the Seventh Prince's figure walk further and further away, she lost her balance and fell to the ground.
The palace servants dared not even breathe loudly.
The atmosphere was eerie.
The Third Prince's wife stood under the eaves, her expression complex.
Empress Yan raised her head and looked at the Third Prince's wife, questioning her with displeasure: "Is this how you plead for mercy?"
"I..." The Third Prince's wife did not expect Princess Jia Hua to plead for her so much. However, she felt very happy, at least no one was going to take the child from her anymore.
Empress Yan slowly stood up, supporting herself, and raised her hand to slap the Third Prince's wife hard across the face.
Crisp and clean.
The five handprints are very clear.
"You vile woman!" Empress Yan roared, losing her temper.
The Third Prince's wife covered her face, looking indignant.
"If you dare to outwardly comply but inwardly defy me, I will never forgive you!"
"Has Your Majesty forgotten what you've instructed me to do all these years? I've never revealed a single word. Everyone has their bottom line. If Your Majesty insists on tearing off the mask and leaving me no way out, then I have no choice but to hand these matters over to Prime Minister Xu."
He pronounced the three words "Prime Minister Xu" very clearly.
Empress Yan frowned.
The palace servant who delivered the message had not yet had a chance to mention that Lord Xu had been appointed prime minister, so Empress Yan was still unaware of it.
"Your Highness, His Highness has established the positions of Left and Right Chancellors. Half of the power held by Chancellor Yan has been given to Chancellor Xu. Now Chancellor Xu and Chancellor Yan are on equal footing. Do you think Chancellor Xu would spare no effort to bring down the Yan family if he had other evidence of their crimes?"
The Third Prince's wife was so angry that she blurted it out.
If Empress Yan hadn't crossed her line, she wouldn't have broken off all ties.
Empress Yan's eyes were filled with coldness: "You dare!"
“When a person is driven to their death, what wouldn’t they dare to do? Your Majesty, I have been loyal to you for so many years, as the sun and moon can attest. Even if you were to push me out to take the blame, I would have no complaints. But you shouldn’t have used the child to threaten me.”
The Third Prince's wife rubbed her cheeks: "I will still visit Your Highness in the future. Please take care of yourself."
After so many years of feeling humiliated, this was the first time the Third Prince's Consort had ever felt triumphant and exhilarated, with a smile playing on her lips.
Empress Yan wanted nothing more than to pounce on the Third Prince's wife and slap her face to pieces: "You wretch! If it weren't for my support, how could you be qualified to be a prince's wife? What kind of bewitching drug did Zhao Jia Hua give you to make you betray me!"
The Third Prince's wife was too lazy to explain. Over the years, she had known that Empress Yan was extreme in nature, but she only pretended to be gentle and kind on the outside.
Even if I explain today, Empress Yan may not listen.
Before leaving, the Third Prince's Consort walked towards Qingzhi and slapped him hard, glaring down at him.
Aokiji was so frightened that he covered his face and dared not utter a sound.
"Keep slapping them!" the Third Prince's wife ordered.
The two maids behind her held Qingzhi down until they beat her until her head was swollen like a pig's head.
Empress Yan was furious.
At this moment, people from the Imperial Household Department came to help Empress Yan move, and the Third Prince's Consort finally gave up and left Fengyi Palace with her entourage.
"Don't move! I'm not going anywhere!" Empress Yan stood at the door, shouting furiously.
...
The palace gates opened
The ministers, who had been imprisoned for a month, couldn't wait to leave the palace.
When the Seventh Prince returned, he saw Xiu Shu helping Princess Jia Hua slowly get up. Princess Jia Hua's face was contorted with pain. He quickly took two steps and reached out to take her away, saying, "You're fully recovered, why rush?"
"I've been lying down for so many days, I'm exhausted, and I want to try to see if I can walk."
Princess Jia Hua took a few steps and was drenched in sweat. She had no choice but to sit back down obediently. The Seventh Prince said, "You've suffered such a great injustice for no reason."
Princess Jia Hua shook her head: "Yesterday, the Third Prince's wife came to see me. She said that all the letters you wrote to me over the years have been intercepted by the Empress, and the same is true for the letters I wrote to you."
The Seventh Prince's expression changed slightly. No wonder he had never received a letter from Jia Hua; he had always thought that Jia Hua was unwilling to write.
It turns out the Empress had put it away.
That's outrageous!
“Your Highness, it’s better to talk things out than to keep them bottled up inside,” Princess Jiahua advised. “Your Highness does indeed need an heir.”
The Seventh Prince's expression changed slightly: "Just offspring..."
"The royal bloodline must not be confused. This is for the sake of the child's future. Please be prepared, Your Highness."
No matter whose child it is, if the bloodline is not pure, it will inevitably be criticized in the future.
The seventh prince nodded, fearing she might be overthinking things, and simply said he understood.
At this moment, a palace servant came to deliver a message: "Your Highness, the Empress refuses to let anyone move, and has even attempted suicide by cutting her wrists."
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