Chapter 561 Miss
The second wife secretly replaced her son, which resulted in the tragic death of her own son in Prince Qing's Mansion. On the day when Princess Qingning served tea, the old lady gave her a gold and jade bracelet containing a sterilizing drug.
After the separation, these people were not afraid of Princess Qingning bringing up old grudges, so they kept a low profile and approached her, trying to provoke her.
On the eve of the funeral, both of his sons, grandchildren and granddaughters were exiled. It was unparalleled that he used his own funeral to add to the gossip in Kyoto.
In the end, the fourth master accompanied the old lady to the funeral.
As Mother Zhao said when she sent off the second and third masters, the funeral was held in a very dignified and grand manner. Many ministers held roadside sacrifices, giving enough face to the Jingbei Palace.
After the old lady's coffin was carried out of Prince Jingbei's Mansion, Manager Zhou had the white silk removed.
In less than half a day, the Jingbei Palace returned to its previous bustle, and the funeral seemed like a dream.
After the funeral, Shen Wan went to the palace to pay her respects to the emperor and thanked him, "Thank you, father, for supporting your daughter."
The emperor said, "From now on, you can just ask father for such trivial matters."
Shen Wan, “…???”
Xiao Huaijin, "..."
Could he protest when his own father openly snatched his job away from him?
Chen Wan naturally didn't know that the emperor was jealous because she went to see Xiao Huaijin instead of him.
This is what Shen Wan thought, "If I want to find my father, I still have to ask my brother to do it. I will go directly to my brother."
Although the emperor holds the power of life and death, a wise ruler will not punish anyone easily.
The second and third masters had been dismissed from their posts due to their involvement with Prince Cheng and the Duke of Song's Mansion. Without solid evidence, we cannot bring up the past.
However, it is not difficult to find more evidence. In officialdom, as long as the matter is not too excessive, everyone turns a blind eye. If you want to be serious about it, ninety-nine percent of the officials in the court are not clean. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Normally, the emperor does not care, but if he wants to touch someone, as long as there is a sign, a bunch of people will send the evidence of guilt to the emperor.
Chen Wan could actually do it. She was the emperor's most beloved princess and the current prince's biological sister. A bunch of court officials wanted to curry favor with her, but asking other people to do the job wouldn't be so fast.
The second and third wives were trying to overtake her and the princess. One day, she couldn't stand it anymore and went straight to Xiao Huaijin.
The emperor's mood suddenly brightened, "My daughter is indeed filial."
Shen Wan, “…???”
Xiao Huaijin, "..."
She didn't do anything, so she is filial?
Shen Wan looked confused.
The corners of Xiao Huaijin's eyes were twitching.
It's another day of missing my brother-in-law.
With the brother-in-law around, the three of them, father and son, live in harmony.
With his brother-in-law away, and his father and sister having such a deep affection for each other, he seems a bit redundant.
The knife that usually stabbed my brother-in-law's heart was now stabbed in him now that he was not around.
Xiao Huaijin hesitated whether to leave or not when a young eunuch hurried in. "Your Majesty, this is bad! Princess Shouzhen pushed Princess Xuanning off the bridge..."
The smile on the emperor's face disappeared without a trace.
Eunuch An asked, "Princess Shouzhen was under house arrest, so how could she push Princess Xuanning off the bridge?"
The eunuch said, "Princess Shouzhen knocked out the maid who brought her food. She disguised herself as a maid and left the palace. On her way to the cold palace to visit Queen Song, she was recognized by Princess Xuanning. In a rage, she pushed Princess Xuanning into the water..."
Since Queen Song was deposed, Princess Shouzhen has been under house arrest until today.
The emperor checked Princess Shouzhen's birth date and Queen Song's records of sleeping with her, and found that Princess Shouzhen might be his biological daughter.
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, so the emperor simply confined Princess Shouzhen to her house and left her alone.
A princess who was high and mighty, her mother was deposed, her brother became a fugitive, and she herself was under house arrest. The gap was so huge that it was absolutely unbearable for ordinary people.
From then on, Princess Shouzhen would not be free every day of her life. The concubines who had been bullied by Queen Song were too lazy to drug Princess Shouzhen. After all, Princess Shouzhen no longer posed any threat to them. But if the poisoning failed, not only would they be in trouble, but their families would also be implicated. There was no need to kill her all.
Every day that she was imprisoned, Princess Shouzhen would make a fuss and ask to leave the palace, but the palace guards were on guard and anyone who dared to let Princess Shouzhen out would be beheaded.
Even Princess Shouzhen's maids did not dare to do so. They just hoped that Princess Shouzhen would be quiet. If she had not committed a serious crime, the queen would not have been deposed and sent to the cold palace, and Prince Cheng and Duke Song would not have fled.
If she behaves herself, the Emperor might not do anything to Princess Shouzhen out of consideration for their father-daughter relationship. But if she makes too much noise, she will be courting death.
But the days of house arrest were worse than death for Princess Shouzhen. She missed her mother and her brother, and she didn't want to be locked up in the palace day after day.
The palace maid who delivered her meals today was about the same size as her, so Princess Shouzhen knocked the maid unconscious, changed her clothes, forced her personal maid to help her make a feint to the east and attack in the west, and then sneaked out of the bedroom.
But he didn't expect that he would be so unlucky that even drinking water would cause him to get stuck in his teeth. He then met the married Princess Xuanning who came back to the palace to pay her respects to Concubine Zhao.
The two had been fighting since they were young, and Princess Xuanning recognized Princess Shouzhen just by looking at her back.
Princess Shouzhen was in a hurry to go to the cold palace, but Princess Xuanning stopped her and said, "Stop!"
Princess Shouzhen pretended not to hear. Princess Xuanning was still a little hesitant, but Princess Shouzhen did not stop, but quickened her pace. Princess Xuanning was sure that it was her.
Princess Xuanning asked her maid to chase Princess Shouzhen. Princess Shouzhen could not escape, and she would not even be able to see her mother. It would be better to die than to live. But even if she died, she would take someone with her.
If she could choose, she would prefer that person to be Shen Wan.
If it weren't for her.
It would never happen to them, mother and her two children!
But let alone dragging Chen Wan down with her, she can't even see Chen Wan now. If Princess Xuan Ning runs into her, don't blame her for being cruel.
Princess Shouzhen ran towards the bridge but was stopped by a maid, and Princess Xuanning walked over.
The two began arguing as usual, and Princess Xuanning asked, "Your Majesty has confined you to your room, and you dared to sneak out of the palace?"
There was a cruel look in Princess Shouzhen's eyes. She pushed Princess Xuanning off the bridge with force.
However, there were many palace servants in the imperial garden, and Princess Xuanning struggled a few times before being rescued.
After listening to the palace maid's story, Chen Wan was not tired of explaining that even though Princess Shouzhen was the emperor's own flesh and blood, her temperament was like that of Empress Song, and she did not inherit any of the emperor's kindness.
Even house arrest can't stop her, and if she is kept in the palace, she might cause some trouble.
But if the princess leaves the palace, she will either die or get married...
With Princess Shouzhen's personality, it is obvious that whoever she marries will bring disaster to him.
But killing her—
Shen Wan was afraid of dirtying his hands.
As he was thinking this, another palace maid came in and said, "Your Majesty, the imperial physician took Princess Xuanning's pulse and found that she is pregnant. She was pushed into the water by Princess Shouzhen, and she is bleeding..."
The emperor's brows were twisted into knots.
Outside, Concubine Zhao wiped her tears and hurried in, "Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for Xuan Ning!"
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