This reassured Consort Shu.
When Consort Shu spoke again, her voice carried a hint of confidence.
She knew.
As long as she can distract Zhen'er and keep her calm.
Mu Qianqian is saved.
“Zhen’er, Consort Zhuang is already dead. The dead cannot be brought back to life. She will not see anything you are doing now. Why should you risk your life for a private person?” Consort Shu said resentfully.
Emperor Yuanwu then said, "If you release the Seventh Princess now, I guarantee I can spare your life."
“Then…” Zhen’er looked somewhat dazed, her whole body swaying: “…I want one hundred taels of gold to let me leave the palace.”
One hundred taels of gold.
Consort Shu can agree to her request.
But let her leave the palace.
She doesn't have that right, and she doesn't want to.
Consort Shu looked at Emperor Yuanwu with a complicated expression, wanting to see what he would say.
However, Emperor Yuanwu remained silent for a long time.
Consort Shu was even more confused.
"Are you going to give it to me or not? If you don't agree, I'll kill her right now." Zhen'er's emotions surged again, and the tip of the knife was already pressed against Mu Qianqian's throat.
Consort Shu looked at Emperor Yuanwu again.
Emperor Yuanwu remained standing there, motionless.
Consort Shu glanced discreetly in the direction of the beluga whale.
She vaguely saw the beluga whale nod at her.
"Go ahead and kill him."
"She's just a princess. Even if she's not sent to marry a foreign ruler, she'll still marry into a royal family or noble family."
"Zhen'er, don't forget that even though I have three sons."
The moment Consort Shu finished speaking, almost everyone turned to look at her.
Emperor Yuanwu stared at Zhen'er without any reaction, as if he hadn't heard Consort Shu's words at all.
Zhen'er was stunned.
What is Consort Shu going to do?
She was just crying and begging him.
How could something so skillful have changed so much?
Shouldn't she beg Emperor Yuanwu to grant all her requests and release the Seventh Princess from her clutches?
Since Consort Zhuang died.
She was tortured in the prison.
My legs aren't quite up to par yet.
He was then sent to the laundry department to have his clothes washed.
Not only did that old woman beat her every day, but the palace maids in the laundry department also bullied her every day.
She hasn't had a proper meal in over half a month.
Just last week.
She was also dragged away in the middle of the night by a head eunuch...
She never wanted to live like that again.
It was common knowledge in the palace that Emperor Yuanwu doted on the seventh princess.
She didn't actually want to hurt the Seventh Princess.
All she wanted was for Emperor Yuanwu to release her from the palace.
In that moment of distraction...
The beluga whale and the black whale leaped into the water.
They were about half a foot away from Zhen'er.
A dagger with a dragon pattern engraved on its hilt flew over from afar.
The dagger reflected a blinding light through a sliver of the setting sun shining through the gaps in the bamboo forest.
It was as if at this very moment.
All time stood still.
Only that one dagger precisely sliced across Zhen'er's throat.
The instant the dagger hit the ground.
The blood from Zhen'er's throat traced a perfect parabola in mid-air before falling to the ground.
Her eyes widened instantly, and she seemed to lose her balance, falling backward.
The moment her fingers loosened.
The beluga whale spun rapidly through the air and pulled Mu Qianqian into its arms.
He knelt steadily on one knee in front of Consort Shu.
Consort Shu was stunned by all of this sudden turn of events.
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