Of course, the Princess Consort was unaware that the Duke of Yingguo had also been arrested, so she immediately ordered a sedan chair to be prepared, "to go to the Duke of Yingguo's residence."
When Fujin Shuzhen arrived at the Duke of Ying's mansion, she found the main gate desolate, clearly having not been opened for a long time. Disregarding this, Shuzhen immediately knocked and went inside.
Xueying came out to see her. Shuzhen, unaware that the Duke of Yingguo had also been imprisoned by the Dali Temple, asked in confusion when Xueying came out to greet her, "Xueying, why are you the one who came out to meet me? Where is Father? I have something I want to tell him."
Xueying sneered a few times and said, "Father won't see you. Go back."
Shuzhen was dissatisfied with her attitude and said angrily, "What do you mean by this? I came to see Father, not you. What makes you so sure that Father won't see me!"
Xueying said, "Are you really unaware or pretending not to know? This morning, the Emperor issued an edict that Father has been imprisoned. How can he possibly see you?"
Shuzhen was shocked: "The Emperor has even arrested Father! How is that possible? Father is the Duke of Yingguo, the Empress's own brother. The Emperor wouldn't be so heartless!"
Xueying looked at him with a mocking smile. "How could you not? Have you forgotten that your husband is still the Emperor's own son? He was still thrown into prison. In the end, it was all because of the Second Prince that Father is in this mess today. I guess you came here today hoping Father would help you save the Prince. Unfortunately, you've miscalculated. You should hurry back to your Prince's mansion and stop making a fool of yourself here."
Shuzhen couldn't sit still when she heard her being insulted. She said, "How have I made a fool of myself? Don't think I'm patting you on the back. Although you are the legitimate daughter, I am now the proper wife of a prince, not the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Ying. Don't try to bully me like you did back then."
Xueying said disdainfully, "So what if you married Prince Beile? You still can't change your background. In Father's heart, you are not a good daughter. In the first place, you were made to marry Prince Beile in order to establish a relationship between Ulanara clan and Prince Beile. After you got married, you still couldn't help your husband. You even put him in jail and implicated your father!"
Shuzhen was struck where it hurt, and she couldn't refute it. She was so angry that she trembled all over. She pointed at Xueying and said, "You, you, you!"
Xueying was also angry about not knowing how to save the Duke of Yingguo, and her relationship with Shuzhen had always been one of constant bickering, so her words were all harsh. Fortunately, she turned her face away and stopped looking at her.
Shuzhen calmed down for a while. She knew that her father was now in prison and the Empress refused to see her. She could only beg Xueying for help. After all, the Empress loved her very much and would definitely see her.
Shuzhen gritted her teeth, she was willing to risk everything for Prince Bei. She begged Xueying, "Xueying, you know I don't want anything to happen to Father either. I really don't know anything about their affairs. I've worked hard for our Ulanara family all these years since I married Prince Bei. Now I don't know what to do anymore, so I can only beg you, please go and see the Empress. I went to see her before but she refused. I know she loves you much more than I do, so if you go and see her, she will definitely see you."
Xueying turned her head and said, "Do you think I haven't been there? I went to the palace to see my aunt, hoping she could save my father, but my aunt said she was powerless to help and told us not to get involved and to stay home and wait and see."
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