Chapter 94 The Best Sister in the World

Concubine Chen Gui looked at the second princess suspiciously.

Seeing this, the second princess hurriedly explained: "Madam Chen, don't you believe me?"

Concubine Chen shook her head and said, "Do you know that if this matter involves your mother, her life may be in danger?"

The Second Princess lowered her head in defeat after hearing this: "I know. But I thought, if I report this to Empress Chen, it will still be in time for Empress Chen to interrogate my mother, and it will give her a chance to make amends."

After saying this, he actually stood up from the stool and knelt down: "Madam Chen, please spare my mother's life for the sake of my initiative to report it."

As if he was afraid that Concubine Chen Gui would disagree, he shook his head again: "I don't need any position or power, as long as she is alive."

Concubine Chen Guifei was in a mess at the moment. She opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.

After a long while, she walked forward and helped the second princess up: "Xingxue, since you have spoken, I will protect your mother."

"Thank you, Queen Chen." The second princess was so frightened that she cried, but now she was crying with joy.

Watching the second princess walk out of Qingyun Palace, Concubine Chen Gui suddenly felt as if her chest weighed a thousand pounds. The invisible pressure made it difficult for her to breathe.

All of a sudden, Song Qingya's voice, appearance and smile gradually appeared in front of her.

The two sisters have three older brothers. Song Qingya is the first daughter of Marquis Dingguo and his wife. She was brought up in a pampered manner. Perhaps it was due to her personality or the environment, but Song Qingya grew up to be the most well-educated and well-mannered lady in the capital.

He was well-educated, gentle and charming, and had a good family background. Many ladies came to see him before he came of age.

However, Song Qingya and Lu Ao, who was the prince at that time, had been childhood sweethearts and loved each other. The late emperor had arranged a marriage for them early on, and they were only waiting for Song Qingya to reach the age of marriage so that she could marry into the prince's mansion.

Therefore, on the day of Song Qingya's coming of age, the scene was extremely grand; even the late emperor and the empress dowager came to the Dingguo Marquis's Mansion.

That year, Song Qingyan was seven years old.

The wife of Marquis Dingguo raised Song Qingya until she was about eight years old, and unexpectedly gave birth to a daughter, Song Qingyan, so she naturally had to raise her with care.

But her personality is completely different from her sister. She has been jumping around since she was three years old, like a real naughty monkey.

In the words of Marquis Dingguo's wife, "In the past, when her sister went out, she only needed to bring a maid with her, but when this little naughty monkey went out, he had to bring four guards with him."

But Song Qingya has always doted on her younger sister the most.

On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, Song Qingyan thought that her sister had gotten up early to dress and must be thirsty, so she brought a bowl of tea to her sister. However, she accidentally spilled the tea on her sister. Although she was naughty, she knew that her sister's coming-of-age ceremony was the most important. She regretted it very much and hurried forward to wipe it for her sister, but her sister gently pulled her away: "Qingyan, it's okay."

Song Qingyan was so anxious that tears were about to come out.

Song Qingya still comforted her: "It's just a piece of clothing. I have a lot of new clothes in my sister's closet."

After saying this, he told the maidservant to fetch one for him.

What Song Qingyan didn't finish was: "But that one was given to you by the prince brother."

But in Song Qingya's eyes, no clothes can compare to her sister's.

My sister is truly the best sister in the world.

There are many ladies in the capital, and naturally many of them cannot stand me.

The young lady from Mr. Zhang's family soiled her clothes, so Qingyan deliberately spilled a cup of tea on her to retaliate; the young master from the Li family spoke frivolously to her and even wanted to hit her, so Qingyan took people to beat the young master Li so hard that he was confined to bed for a long time and could not get out of bed for half a month.

It would be more accurate to say that she has been protecting herself rather than that I have been protecting her.

However, the issue of clothes has always been a hurdle in Song Qingyan's heart. She would always suddenly remember this matter in the middle of the night, and then blame herself, saying that it was because of her that her sister was unable to wear the clothes given by her beloved on her coming-of-age day.

Later, after her sister passed away, she always wondered if it was because she had soiled that dress that her sister could not live out her life with her beloved.

But now someone told me that my sister might have been murdered.

How could she accept this?

My sister is such a good person, but these people want to kill her just for power and status.

Thinking of this, Song Qingyan's tears were already streaming down her face.

Jinxin and Jinyu naturally knew that the queen had been brooding over the eldest lady's death all these years, so how could she not be sad now?

After a long silence, Concubine Chen Gui stood up. Since someone had already handed the knife to her, how could she not take it?

"Jinxin, go call Meiying and Zhuying over."

Soon, Meiying and Zhuying entered the hall.

Concubine Chen Gui did not say anything else, but just ordered: "Now Shupin is detained in Zhuhua Palace. Go and interrogate Shupin and ask her how she murdered the empress."

When Meiying and Zhuying heard this, they looked at each other with shock in their eyes. The eldest lady actually died at the hands of this Concubine Shu?

But he didn't say much, just responded with a "yes", then flew out of Qingyun Palace.

After the second princess left Qingyun Palace and returned to Zhuhua Palace, she dismissed the maids around her and went alone into the main hall where Shupin was now under house arrest.

When Concubine Shu saw someone opening the door, she thought it was His Majesty showing mercy, and raised her head in surprise. When she looked at the Second Princess, she snorted coldly: "Now that you have a backer like Concubine Chen Gui, you still remember me, your mother."

The second princess did not say anything, but just walked forward and sat on the chair next to Shupin's bed.

"Mother, I just went to see Lady Chen."

"Yes, now that you have won over Concubine Chen, you should go and pay your respects to your Lady Chen every day." Shupin's tone was full of sarcasm. "What did Concubine Chen tell you about that made you so devoted to her?"

"He is the grandson of Taifu Lin, Lin Zizhou." The Second Princess seemed not to hear the sarcasm in Shupin's tone, and just said calmly, "Now he is appointed as the fourth-rank Shaoqing of the Imperial Household Department."

Upon hearing this, Shupin sneered: "You are being controlled by a mere fourth-rank official?"

"Mother," the second princess spoke softly, tears falling from her eyes, "Did mother love me at that time? Did mother only care about the official position? Did mother ever think about what kind of person Lin Zizhou is? Is he good to your daughter? Is your daughter willing to marry her?"

Shupin just glanced at her sideways and said nothing.

"The daughter told mother that Lin Zizhou is a good person. She has met him before. He is handsome and she has a lot to talk about with him. He is also very caring towards her," the second princess wiped the tears from her eyes and continued, "I think if she marries him, she will have a good life."

Seeing that Shupin didn't say anything, the second princess continued, "I think he is a thousand times stronger than Crown Prince Helian."