Princess Jiahua continued, "Your Majesty, as long as you spare the two children, I will give you my life as you wish."
"Enough!" Empress Yan couldn't stand it anymore and pointed at Princess Jiahua: "Stop pretending in front of me. That day you were so aggressive and threatened me to let you go or you would fight me to the death. The wound on your shoulder was inflicted by you with a dagger. Don't try to frame me!"
Princess Jia Hua looked up in astonishment: "Your Highness?"
Seeing Princess Jia Hua's appearance, Empress Yan wished she could slap her to death, and even almost cursed her as a slut.
In the end, he held back.
"Your Majesty, I have already left the Seventh Prince's residence. I will send His Highness away in a few days and will never be alone with him again. Please... please give me some more time."
"Zhao Jiahua! Shut up!" Empress Yan was somewhat embarrassed and angry at this moment.
Princess Jia Hua shut her mouth in annoyance.
"Get out!"
"yes."
Fearing that Empress Yan would regret it, Princess Jiahua bowed and retreated, looking as humble as could be, and knelt down in the corridor with a thud.
The Third Prince's wife watched this scene with narrowed eyes from outside the pavilion.
The look in his eyes toward Princess Jia Hua became increasingly disdainful and mocking. How dare she even mention cooperation with him?
Before long, a palace maid led Princess Jiahua away while she was kneeling.
After everyone left, the Third Prince's wife was about to stand up when she saw the Seventh Prince walking out angrily. She was taken aback.
"Why is the seventh brother inside too?"
The personal maid shook her head.
The Third Prince's wife pursed her lips, realizing that she had once again been used as a pawn.
hateful!
She went in to pay her respects to Empress Yan, and sure enough, she saw that Empress Yan looked extremely unwell: "When you went to invite her, did you reveal any information?"
"Your Majesty, how could I dare? I entered the palace in haste."
Empress Yan gave a cold snort, withdrew her gaze, and gritted her teeth in anger: "This vile woman is too cunning. I've only met her three times, but she has schemed against me twice, causing the Seventh Prince to misunderstand me!"
Today, she had intended to force Princess Jiahua to say that she wanted to return to Northern Chu and that she didn't like the Seventh Prince at all. Who would have thought that Princess Jiahua would set traps for her at every turn.
Even Empress Yan couldn't explain it clearly.
The Third Prince's wife lowered her head to hide her smile. She wondered, were there really people in this world that were so clever?
This is the first time I've ever seen someone make Empress Yan suffer twice in a row.
Recalling Princess Jia Hua's instructions, the Third Prince's wife tentatively asked, "Your Highness, I heard that the Seventh Prince wants to overturn the case against the Huo family."
When the Huo family was mentioned, Empress Yan's expression turned even more unpleasant.
"After all these years, what exactly is the seventh brother thinking?"
"That's enough, stop making things worse." Empress Yan really had no desire to deal with the Third Prince's wife, so she gave her a few perfunctory words and sent her away.
The Third Prince's wife left in a huff.
...
Princess Jia Hua returned to her residence and quickly covered up the bruise on her forehead. She looked at herself in the mirror from left to right, and only stopped when she was sure that there was nothing unusual about it.
"My lord, why not let His Highness see clearly?" Xiu Shu asked.
“Isn’t that deliberate?” Princess Jiahua smiled. She had already seen it at Fengyi Palace today, so seeing it again was not surprising. On the contrary, it was more heartbreaking to see it being covered up.
Sure enough, the Seventh Prince returned shortly afterward. Seeing that Princess Jia Hua's face was covered with thick makeup to conceal her wounds, his expression became complicated.
"Your Highness, what brings you back today?" Princess Jiahua asked, feigning surprise.
"It's not like I'm that busy every day."
Princess Jia Hua smiled knowingly.
"Jiahua".
"Um."
"You..." Did he want to go back to Northern Chu? The Seventh Prince didn't have the courage to say it. He was afraid that if he did, she would stare at him with a pleading look on her face.
He couldn't bring himself to put her back.
This departure may last a lifetime.
Perhaps keeping them here will allow feelings to develop over time.
"What does Your Highness wish to ask?" Princess Jiahua blinked.
The Seventh Prince smiled and asked, "Besides Jincheng, there are many scenic spots and historical sites in the Southern Frontier. If you want to go, I can accompany you."
"Does Your Highness intend to leave Jincheng?"
The Seventh Prince nodded: "There are no more battles to fight, so I should take a break. Jincheng is too complicated. I want to take you away from here."
"This...can His Majesty and His Majesty let you leave?"
"If I want to go, no one will dare to stop me."
Princess Jia Hua replied earnestly, "Let me think about it some more."
"Alright, no rush for now."
At this moment, a guard came to the Seventh Prince's side and whispered, "Your Highness, General Zuo has discovered many suspicious people in Jincheng. You should go and take a look."
Before the Seventh Prince could speak, Princess Jiahua advised, "General Zuo must have something very important to do at this time. Your Highness, I am also tired, so I will not keep you company today."
“Jiahua…”
Princess Jia Hua rubbed her temples and entered the room, supported by Xiu Shu's hand.
The Seventh Prince stood there watching the figure disappear before getting up to find General Zuo. General Zuo, who was outside the house, brought a group of people with him.
They were all tied up, with a wad of cloth stuffed in their mouths.
"What's going on?"
General Zuo stepped forward and lowered his voice: "These are all people from vassal states. Some of them have infiltrated Jincheng, and some have even infiltrated our army. If I hadn't discovered them in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable."
Upon hearing this, the Seventh Prince's expression changed drastically, and he asked incredulously, "What did you say?"
“This is only part of the discovery.” General Zuo took out a confession from his pocket: “Several of them had also secretly visited the Second Prince’s residence.”
"Second Imperial Brother?" He held the confession in his hand, even more incredulous, reading it page by page, his fingertips trembling: "Were these people interrogated?"
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