Chapter 676 Pull out her tongue, don't let her die
Fu Jinrou's face turned pale. All her self-righteousness was washed away by Tang Ning's particularly harsh words. She looked at Tang Ning tremblingly.
Tang Ning said coldly, "The Fu family treated you with sincerity, yet you plotted against Fu Laiqing and the others to wrongfully harm the daughter of the Chai family. Old Madam Fu loved you like a close relative, yet you exploited her guilt and trampled on the reputations of the Fu and Cao families to gain favor with the children of the powerful families."
"You should know that the Queen Mother wants the daughter of the Xu family to enter the palace. Why did you force yourself to follow Madam Fu into the palace to tend to her? Don't tell me you don't know why the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince look at you differently. You've been wanting to seduce the Crown Prince all along, stepping on the Fu and Cao families to pave the way for you!"
Fu Jinrou's face turned pale after what she said, and blood from being whipped was all over the ground.
Tang Ning's expression was cold and stern. "If the Queen Mother hadn't noticed your intentions, and knew that the Fu and Cao families behind you were closely connected to my brother, do you think you could have caught her eye and become her pawn? If the Queen Mother hadn't seen through your eager ambition to climb the social ladder, how could she have calculated your every move so clearly?"
"Let me guess. You originally just wanted to seduce the Crown Prince so you could replace the Xu family girl and become the ruler of the Eastern Palace. But because the Queen Mother suddenly brought up the election and personally selected Sister Qian, even intending for her to become the ruler of Fengqi Palace, you became jealous."
"You've long been jealous of Sister Qian's superiority over you, jealous of her family's love and care for her life. You instigated the Crown Prince, saying that if Sister Qian entered the harem, the Qian family would become His Majesty's right-hand man. It would be better for the Crown Prince to accept Sister Qian so that he could use the Ministry of Revenue."
"Did you also tell the Crown Prince that Sister Qian has a fiery temper, but she's still a girl after all. As long as the Crown Prince can take her body and use it to control her, even the most fiery girl will obey?"
Fu Jinrou shuddered all over, her eyes filled with fear.
"you……"
How could she know? There was clearly no one around when she told the prince this. How could she know it so clearly?
Qian Qiyue looked at Fu Jinrou's guilty expression and knew that what Tang Ning said was almost right. She angrily yelled, "Bitch!"
Tang Ning looked down at Fu Jinrou and said coldly, "Sis Qian has been with me since she entered the palace. You know it's not easy to touch her directly. She happened to see Sister Zhou leaving and started to think about other things. She knew that Sister Qian would never leave Sister Zhou alone because of her loyalty, so she lied to her."
"You and the Crown Prince originally intended to use Sister Zhou to trick Sister Qian into coming here. The Crown Prince didn't dare touch the Zhou girl because Marquis Wenxin held the military token. But you didn't realize that your every move was under the eyes of others, and that the porch had already been tampered with."
"If the Crown Prince touches Sister Zhou, Marquis Wenxin will definitely turn against him. However, the Crown Prince was able to enter the Eastern Palace thanks to my brother's support. No matter the reason, as long as Sister Zhou is injured by the Crown Prince, even if the Crown Prince dies, Marquis Wenxin will turn against my brother. Therefore, the people arranged in advance by the Queen Mother and Emperor An are happy to see what you do succeed."
Tang Ning lowered his eyes and looked at Fu Jinrou, whose face was pale.
"You did harm Sister Zhou, but you were just a pawn in someone's hands from beginning to end. Do you think you could have escaped today if nothing had happened to Emperor An?"
"You are the pawn of the royal family, the one who set this trap today, using you as bait to cause such a commotion. After the Crown Prince's death, you will definitely go to accompany her. If it weren't for my brother leading his men to force the palace and capture Emperor An, do you think you would still be alive and stay here to argue with us?"
Fu Jinrou's face was full of disbelief after hearing Tang Ning's words. She thought that something went wrong when she was plotting against Qian Qiyue, and that what happened to Zhou Yuchang was just an accident.
She was afraid of being settled with Song Tangning and the others because she thought everything was caused by her. Although she was upset about the accident, she had no regrets at all. She was only angry that she had not acted cautiously enough and that the prince was incompetent and had implicated her.
But Tang Ning's words shattered all her fantasies. She had never been the one playing chess, nor had she ever been qualified to stand in front of the chessboard. She was just a chess piece that the Queen Mother and the others had set their eyes on. Her every calculation and every thought had been seen clearly by others, and had been exploited thoroughly.
A low sobbing sound came from the room behind the screen, and Rong Yue came out with red eyes.
"Aunt." Tang Ning called softly.
Qian Qiyue also asked in a low voice: "Yu Chang?"
Rong Yue shook her head, thinking of the marks on Zhou Yuchang's body just now, and the wife of Marquis Wenxin, who had been holding her and crying until her eyes were almost blind, but did not dare to cry out loud, Rong Yue felt extremely uncomfortable.
Why did such a well-behaved little girl have to go through such a cruel thing?
Qian Qiyue gritted her teeth, tears welling up in her eyes: "It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, Yuchang wouldn't have gotten into trouble."
Tang Ning held Qian Qiyue's hand and felt uncomfortable. When she turned her head to look at Fu Jinrou, Fu Jinrou was trembling with fear.
"I was wrong, Tang Ning, I was wrong, please forgive me..."
"Yuejian, break her arms and legs, and pull out her tongue!"
"don't want!!"
Fu Jinrou crawled on the ground with panic in her eyes and screamed, "I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, please forgive me, I won't dare to do it again..."
When Yue Jian was holding her up, Fu Jinrou struggled frantically.
"Song Tangning, I'm from the Fu family. I'm under the protection of the Cao family. You can't do this to me. If my great aunt and uncle knew about this, they wouldn't let you go...Ah!!!"
Yue Jian stepped on Fu Jinrou's ankle, and the sound of bones breaking was heard. Fu Jinrou's scream instantly turned into a shriek. After Yue Jian crippled her hands and feet one after another, he turned around to block the sight of Tang Ning and others, and a cold light flashed in his hand.
“Mmmmm…”
A mass of flesh and blood fell to the ground, and all of Fu Jinrou's screams turned into moans. She rolled on the ground in pain with blood in her mouth, unable to utter a single word.
Tang Ning said coldly: "Stop her bleeding, don't let her die."
"Yes, lady."
Yue Jian dragged Fu Jinrou back. When the sobbing sound disappeared, Tang Ning and Qian Qiyue walked to the screen together. From a distance, they saw the mother and daughter crying in the inner room with their heads in their arms.
Seeing Zhou Yuchang trembling with tears and the wife of Marquis Wenxin also in tears, Tang Ning suddenly felt a little afraid to go in. She turned around and whispered:
"Auntie, Sister Ayue, let's go out first."
…
The changes in the palace could not be concealed at all, and Xiao Yan had no intention of concealing it. After the ladies and girls who had entered the palace returned home, the empress dowager plotted to murder the prince and put the blame on Tang Ning. Emperor An acquiesced to the empress dowager's actions and conspired with her to kill the prince. He also sent people to assassinate Marquis Wenxin and General Yin. It didn't take long for the news to spread to everyone's house.
Knowing that Xiao Yan had captured Emperor An, those who were loyal to Emperor An hurried to enter the palace. People like Liang Guangyi were afraid that Xiao Yan would really kill Emperor An, so they brought people to the palace. Unfortunately, everyone only got a few transcribed confessions in front of the palace gate.
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