"Wu Yonggui! Pass on my decree! Hu Yanxue is a monster and a disaster to the people. She is unfilial and disrespectful to Princess Chengqian. She no longer needs to be crowned Princess! Her title of Princess will be immediately abolished and she will be demoted to a commoner! Considering her biological mother's contributions to the country, I will spare her body and grant her a white silk scarf!"
Emperor Jianxi decided a person's life or death with ease.
Hu Yanxue was completely dumbfounded and couldn't even cry.
Shangguan Shu knelt down and begged, "Your Majesty, please have mercy and spare Xue'er's life!"
Zhao Ying also knelt down, tears streaming down her face. "Father, if you want to punish someone, punish me and the Crown Prince together! I and the Crown Prince harbored this evildoer, so shouldn't we be punished together?"
All the officials gasped when they heard this. This, this, this... Princess Chengqian is too easy to talk to, right?
Seeing this, Nanny Li became anxious. "Your Highness, what are you doing? Why are you pleading for Hu Yanxue? She has always been disrespectful to you. Your Highness doesn't owe her anything!"
Zhao Ying shook her head. "That's not the way it should be. After all, she is...Huaian's daughter..."
As soon as Zhao Ying finished speaking, Shangguan Shu's body suddenly stiffened.
Then, he looked at Zhao Ying, his eyes filled with inquiry, heaviness, and an imperceptible emotion...
He whispered, "Princess, why are you doing this?"
Zhao Ying looked at him and lowered her head, "I know you doubt me. I am not doing this for you, but for Huai'an. Huai'an is my only sister. If anything happens to Xue'er, Huai'an will not be able to bear it... cough cough." Zhao Ying's face turned pale and she coughed twice.
Guilt washed over Shangguan Shu. He stared at Zhao Ying blankly, unable to utter a word.
He suspected Zhao Ying.
From the moment the emperor arrived, he had a premonition that this was a trap, and the one who could set this trap... Zhao Ying had both the ability and the intention.
But he was just suspicious. After all, in his memory, Zhao Ying did not have such deep scheming and cunning.
What's more, she took care of Hu Yanxue despite being sick, and the illness was caused by him...
Now it seems that maybe...it really was an accident...
But what if it was an accident?
Hu Yanxue cannot die!
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