Ling Ying knelt down and apologized.
"Go find out who Zhao Yue's people are. If you can't find out, you don't need to live anymore."
"Yes." Ling Ying breathed a sigh of relief. There was still a way to survive.
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When Chen Jingxi learned that Zhao Yue was dead, she was a little dazed for a moment, not knowing whether to laugh at her for being stupid or whether she deserved it.
"Princess, there is an imperial decree from the palace. The Queen invites you to come to the palace for an audience." Chunmei ran in hurriedly.
Chen Jingxi frowned, "Did the visitor say anything?"
"The eunuch who came to announce the decree didn't say anything." Chunmei glanced at Chen Jingxi and said, "Princess, do you think it might be because of what happened between you and the princess a few days ago?"
Chen Jingxi thought about it and felt that it was very likely, "Let's go."
"Princess, do you want to talk to the prince?"
"Forget it, Concubine Zhao just passed away, he should not be in a good mood."
The carriage stopped at the palace gate.
The eunuch stopped Han Yu and Chun Mei.
"Princess, it's not that I forbid them from coming, but the Queen has ordered that only you, Princess, be allowed to see me."
"Isn't this Queen so strange? Even if only the Princess is here, can't the two of us just wait outside the palace?"
"Young lady, are you disrespecting the Queen?"
Chunmei hurriedly explained: "I dare not."
Chen Jingxi also said: "Eunuch, this maid of mine is just worried about me and has no ill intentions."
The eunuch snorted coldly, "Could it be that the young lady thinks the Queen will harm the Princess?"
"I didn't think so."
Chen Jingxi said, "You two just wait here. I'm quite familiar with the Empress, so nothing will go wrong."
"Yes, Princess."
Chen Jingxi followed the eunuch leading the way into the inner palace, looking at the surrounding environment as she walked. If she remembered correctly, this road was not the same as the one the palace maid led her last time.
"Eunuch, this isn't the way to Fengzao Palace?"
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