Chapter 426 It’s Unfair
Nangong Susu was stunned. After realizing what the Empress said, her legs softened and she knelt on the ground. "Empress, as long as you like Susu's gift, there's no need to reward her."
If her blood was used to feed the peach tree, she would be bled alive, which would be very painful.
At this moment, she was so scared that goose bumps appeared all over her body and her back felt cold.
"You dare to refuse the reward I give you!" The empress stood up suddenly, with the domineering air of a king.
"Susu doesn't dare, but Susu doesn't want any reward. It's only right for Susu to give you a gift." Nangong Susu was so scared that her face turned pale, and she was terrified and uneasy in her heart.
The gift had been given for a while, so why did the empress give her a reward for no reason?
The point is, this reward is her life!
"You have no choice but to accept the reward I give you." The empress spoke in a strong and irresistible tone. After she finished speaking, she looked at Jinxia and motioned her to pull her down.
Jinxia quickly walked towards Nangong Susu.
Nangong Susu saw Jinxia walking towards her and looked like she was about to cry, "Queen, please spare me, Queen, please spare me, Susu doesn't know what she did wrong."
"Empress, why don't you see what she says first." Jiang Yunxi had an expression as if she was watching a show. She felt that the person behind the scenes was not Nangong Susu.
Although the person who did it this time was very secretive, if she hadn't suggested checking all the gifts together, it really wouldn't have been discovered that there was something wrong with the gifts.
The empress glanced at Jiang Yunxi, then looked at Nangong Susu, "Where did you find that night-shining pearl and jade Buddha statue?"
She knew what Jiang Yunxi meant.
In this case, she asked again that the real murderer who harmed her must die.
"I specially asked someone to buy it at a high price in the Heavenly Palace in the capital. Empress Fengyi went with me and she can testify." Nangong Susu said quickly.
Is there something wrong with these two gifts?
But it’s been so long since we delivered it, why did we only discover the problem now?
"Jinxia, arrange for someone to invite Nangong Fengyi over." The empress narrowed her eyes slightly.
"What is this heavenly palace?" Jiang Yunxi asked curiously.
"Tiangong is the most famous shop in the capital. It has all kinds of treasures. Rich people go there to choose what they like." The empress explained to her.
Nangong Susu was extremely jealous when she saw the empress talking to Jiang Yunxi in such a nice manner. Although they were descendants of the royal family, the empress did not treat them well.
They are treated with either indifference or harshness.
Normally they don't have the chance to show their kindness to her.
What surprised her even more was that Jiang Yunxi went into the palace to treat the empress yesterday and was safe and sound. Today he went into the palace to see the empress again.
Why is the Empress so special to her?
"Do you know why the empress wants to reward you?" Jiang Yunxi walked towards Nangong Susu.
"Isn't it because the things I gave you are good?" Nangong Susu didn't understand either.
"There's a piece of human skin inside both the Night Pearl and the Jade Buddha statue. Someone refined it specifically for the Empress. The Empress first touched the Night Pearl and then the Jade Buddha statue, triggering the evil spell that caused her skin to turn into bark."
Jiang Yunxi helped her clear up her doubts.
"This is impossible. I didn't know, Empress. Susu didn't know there was human skin inside..." Nangong Susu's pupils shrank and she couldn't help shivering.
No wonder the empress suddenly invited her here and wanted to use her blood to feed the peach tree.
She thought she was the one who harmed her.
It's unfair, she didn't do anything like that.
"Are you sure you don't know?" The empress's eyes were sharp as if they could penetrate people's hearts. She knew Nangong Susu well. She was a brave but foolish person.
"Empress, I swear to heaven that I have never done anything to harm you, otherwise I will be struck by lightning and die miserably." Nangong Susu knelt upright with her right hand raised and said firmly.
Even if she had a hundred times the courage, she would not dare to harm the empress.
Although she did hope that she would leave sooner so that she could give up the throne.
"So I have wronged you?" The empress played with the jade ring on her finger and looked at her with a smile.
"Please investigate clearly, Your Majesty." Nangong Susu kept kowtowing. She was really scared to death.
If Jiang Yunxi hadn't spoken just now, Jinxia would have pulled her out.
She didn't expect that this woman would actually speak up for her.
"I will investigate it thoroughly. I will not wrongly accuse anyone, but I will not let anyone go either." The empress looked stern. She wanted to see who was behind this.
"Thank you, Empress." Nangong Susu breathed a sigh of relief. At least she wouldn't have to die for the time being.
But what about the night pearl and the jade Buddha statue?
Why is there human skin inside? And it’s an evil spell targeting the empress!
Damn it, who is framing her!
"After you bought the night pearl and the jade Buddha statue, have they been touched by anyone else?" Jiang Yunxi began to ask what she wanted to know. At the moment, it seemed that Nangong Susu was taking the blame.
Nangong Susu thought about it carefully, "I went to the Heavenly Palace in person, handed over the money with one hand and took the things with the other. After returning to the mansion, I put them in my room and didn't let anyone touch them."
"Think about it carefully again." Jiang Yunxi said. There are only two possibilities now. Either someone tampered with it before the Heavenly Palace, or someone else did it later.
"I remember now. When I gave the Night Pearl to you, my clothes were soiled by a palace maid. Then I went to change my clothes, and the gift never left my hands."
"A month ago, on the Empress' birthday, I never let go of the Jade Buddha statue. But after entering the palace, when everyone was comparing gifts, I took it out and showed it to everyone."
Nangong Susu thought about it carefully and spoke quickly. After all, it concerned her innocence, and she dared not think about it carefully.
"Empress, it seems that someone took advantage of the opportunity to do something these two times. This person is quite cunning." Jiang Yunxi became more and more curious about who was so smart to do this.
He was so deliberate in harming the empress.
"Okay, you're doing something like killing someone with a borrowed knife in my palace." The empress stood up suddenly, not angry but smiling.
Over the years, she knew that they were dissatisfied with her and felt that a woman like her should not sit on the throne, but no one had been able to seize power from her for so many years.
After all, they are just too bad.
If he was strong enough, he would have snatched the throne from her long ago. When that day comes, she will be convinced.
After all, how can the throne be handed over to the weak?
When Nangong Fengyi came, she saw Nangong Susu kneeling on the ground miserably. She felt a little gloating, but she didn't dare show it on her face.
"Feng Yi has met the Empress."
"Do you want to be the empress?" the empress asked her with a smile.
"Fengyi dare not." Nangong Fengyi said hurriedly, feeling a little uneasy, wondering why the empress suddenly asked this.
"I asked you if you wanted to be the empress, but you didn't even dare to say the word 'dare'. You really don't deserve to be the empress with such courage." The empress sneered with disgust on her face.
When facing her, he didn't even dare to say his true thoughts. With her temper, if the Xuanyue Kingdom was really handed over to her, he would probably be driven off the throne in no time.
"Empress, I..." Nangong Fengyi's heart trembled, so it was the Empress who was testing her just now?
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