"My lady... Your Majesty, all of this has nothing to do with you. It was all my doing. It was my idea to frame you, and it was my doing to coerce Master Wang. You knew nothing about any of this. Please, Your Majesty, spare me for the sake of our more than ten years of marriage. I am willing to die!" Granny Li cried out to her mistress with trembling lips. Seeing her mistress's seemingly lifeless appearance, her eyes reddened. She then turned and kowtowed heavily to the ground, her forehead visibly turning red and bleeding. She then took all the blame upon herself.
"Granny, what are you doing? Stop kowtowing." The princess's face, which had been expressionless, immediately changed when she saw Granny Li doing this. She reached out and grabbed Granny Li, stopping her from continuing to kowtow.
"Madam, please forgive this old servant for no longer being able to stay by your side." Granny Li reached out and stroked the Madam's cheek, as intimately as when the two were still young ladies. Then, Granny Li's eyes changed, and she quickly removed the silver hairpin from the Madam's hair.
"Stop her!" Yinzhen's expression changed, and he immediately shouted.
Unfortunately, Granny Li was too fast. Even the plane beside her couldn't stop her in time, and the silver hairpin had already pierced Granny Li's heart.
"Granny, someone come quickly! Go and fetch the physician! Hurry, Granny, hold on a little longer, the physician will be here soon! Just hold on a little longer!" The Fujin stared wide-eyed at the scene before her. Just as Granny Li collapsed, she snapped back to reality and caught her. She reached out and covered Granny Li's bleeding chest, frantically calling out, tears streaming down her face, blurring her vision.
“Miss, Granny Lu won’t be able to accompany you anymore, but she will be watching over you from heaven.” Granny Li raised one hand with difficulty, but then lowered it when she saw the dirt on her hand. She said this with a forced smile.
"No, Granny, you'll get better, you will. I'll ask the master to fetch the imperial physician to see you. You'll definitely get better, Master, it's all my fault. I beg you, please fetch the imperial physician to see Granny. I promise I'll never do anything wrong again. I promise I'll listen to you in everything from now on. Please, Master, fetch the imperial physician for Granny." The Fujin shook her head frantically, then looked up at Yinzhen and pleaded.
"Su Peisheng, go and fetch the imperial physician." Yinzhen could tell at a glance that the force of Li Mama's hairpin was considerable, judging from the depth of the inlay. Moreover, Li Mama was determined to die, and this hairpin left no room for maneuver, hitting her right in the heart. There was no way to save her. However, seeing the princess consort in this state, Yinzhen still agreed to her request.
Yin Qingyi watched all this unfold in an instant, and her expression became somewhat complicated. Although she knew that if she were in such a predicament, the women in the inner courtyard would be doing her a favor by not kicking her while she was down, let alone showing her any pity, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the Fujin and Granny Li at this moment. Call her a saint or call her stupid, she just couldn't adapt to this scene, nor could she remain indifferent and watch coldly.
"Granny! Granny!" Yin Qingyi had only thought for a moment when the Fujin suddenly let out a shrill scream. Yin Qingyi looked over and saw that Granny Li had already closed her eyes, with only a slight smile on her lips, and her face was visibly turning pale.
Looking at Li Mama, who had been so arrogant and threatening Master Wang just a few minutes ago, now lying quietly in the arms of the Fujin, Yin Qingyi sighed in her heart. In the end, she had only harmed herself and others.
"Go and call Su Peisheng back. There's no need to summon the imperial physician," Yinzhen said, looking at Su Xiaobao beside him with a knowing gaze.
"Yes." Su Xiaobao bowed and left in a hurry.
"Fujin, from this day forward you are confined to the main courtyard. The household affairs will be managed by the secondary Fujin." Yinzhen looked at the Fujin, who was holding Li Mama in a daze. Although Li Mama had used her death to prove the Fujin's innocence, how could Yinzhen possibly believe that the Fujin knew nothing? Therefore, although Yinzhen still had a trace of affection for the Fujin, it was no longer enough for him to back down.
"...May I be allowed to bury Granny Li properly before being confined to my quarters?" The Fujin slowly raised her head, but instead of pleading, she wanted to bury Granny Li.
"Alright, three days." After thinking for a moment, Yinzhen agreed.
"This concubine thanks you, sir." The Fujin's face was expressionless. After speaking, she had someone carry Li Mama's body away from Luoxue Pavilion.
"As for you..." Yinzhen turned to look at Master Wang.
"Master, Master Wang is also a victim, let him go." Yin Qingyi grabbed Yinzhen's hand. One person had already died in her courtyard today, and she didn't want another one. Besides, Master Wang was also acting against his will and didn't deserve to die.
"Since Consort Yin has pleaded for you, then I will spare your life. Go." Yinzhen hadn't originally intended to kill the Taoist priest, but seeing that Consort Yin had spoken, he went along with it.
"I thank Consort Yin and Your Highness. However, I have one more thing to do before I leave." Master Wang bowed to Consort Yin and Prince Yinzhen, then stood up and said.
"What is it?" Yinzhen frowned. This Taoist priest, he didn't want his life anymore, why didn't he get lost? He actually had something to say!
“Someone has just died in Consort Yinzhen’s courtyard, and it may be tainted with bad luck. I owe Consort Yinzhen a favor, so I can’t just stand by and do nothing. This is exactly what I’m good at, so I’ve taken the liberty of staying.” Seeing Yinzhen’s displeasure, Master Wang quickly explained why he had stayed.
"Then what should we do?" Yinzhen frowned even more upon hearing this. Was this Taoist priest trying to hasten his death? How dare he say such a thing in front of him!
"Your Highness, please don't worry, I have a way." After saying that, Master Wang pulled out a piece of yellow paper and a pen from somewhere on his body, and even a small box the size of a thumb, which contained cinnabar.
He sat down on the spot, spread yellow paper on the ground, dipped his brush in cinnabar, and began to draw on the yellow paper. In no time, he finished the drawing. Then, without taking a tinderbox or anything, the talisman spontaneously combusted. He then swung it forcefully at the spot where Granny Li had died, and the ashes of the burned yellow paper fell there. A gust of wind blew by, and the ashes flew out of Luoxue Pavilion and disappeared without a trace.
"That's good then." Master Wang put away his brush and cinnabar, then looked up and smiled.
"Then thank you, Daoist Master." Seeing that Yinzhen did not speak, Yin Qingyi could only smile and thank him. She still believed him, after all, her brother had brought Chen a while ago, hadn't he?
"Princess Consort, there's no need for you to be so polite. This is all I should do. I'll take my leave then." After bowing to Consort Yin once more, Master Wang was led out of Luoxue Pavilion by a young eunuch and left the Prince's residence.
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