When he led the Dowager Princess to find Wang Jiyang, he was examining the injuries on Wang Jize's body. Upon seeing the Dowager Princess, his eyes flashed with sharp glints.
Zhao Shu hurriedly stopped her, "Lord Wang, do you believe me? I'll let you take over the entire Wang family today, but it might just be an empty shell, or a complete mess."
Wang Jiyang remained silent, staring angrily at the Dowager Consort Wang as if he wanted to kill her with his gaze. Only when the old woman beside her called out, "Young Master," did he turn to Zhao Shu.
Zhao Shu looked at the Dowager Princess, but the Dowager Princess looked at the old woman, tears streaming down her sorrowful face. "Granny, your eyes..." she choked and couldn't continue.
Zhao Shu was disheartened. It turned out that the Dowager Queen was persuaded by this old woman... not by her. She felt ashamed.
The old woman didn't seem to care and didn't respond much, simply saying, "Young lady, this is fate. This old servant accepts it."
"No, Granny, who is it? Who hurt you? Was it Fourth Brother?" The words "Fourth Brother" pierced her heart like needles, causing her unbearable pain.
The old woman tried to force a smile, but it was a hundred times uglier than Wang Jiyang's. She stretched out her hands, which were covered in scars. "Young lady, it's all in the past. This old servant is worthless. It's a blessing from heaven that I've survived this long. Why are you so attached to it?"
Zhao Shu didn't understand what these words meant and strongly disagreed. She looked at Wang Jiyang hoping he would stop her. It was only with great difficulty that the Dowager Consort Wang agreed to come out and testify. If she was persuaded to stop now and didn't cooperate, it would be very difficult to beat Wang Kuanqi.
But the next moment she understood. The Dowager Princess walked over, pulled out the old woman's hand that was tucked into her sleeve, and large tears dripped onto her scarred hand. "Granny, how could they treat you like this? Granny, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm unfilial, I'm sorry to my mother, I'm sorry to you all."
"Young lady, your old servant and your aunt both hope that you can live a good life and not have to suffer so much. When your aunt passed away, she kept saying that she hoped you would live a good life and have a peaceful and smooth life." The old woman was so moved that she shed tears.
Wang Jize didn't know what these people were saying; he couldn't understand a single word. His brother had pulled him over, and he had been looking back but couldn't see the pretty A-Jun following him. He was extremely anxious, but now that he finally saw her, he ran over and whispered, "A-Jun, let's go home." He was so looking forward to going home, to never having to stay in the dark and empty temple again.
Zhao Shu smiled and looked at Wang Jiyang, "Lord Wang, please remember to keep this a secret." Then she said to Wang Jize, "My surname is Zhao, and your surname is Wang. We are not related, but you can consider me your friend."
Zhao Shu recounted the whole story, changing her reason for going to the Sanqing Hall to curiosity, and claiming that discovering Wang Jize was accidental. She also explained that she named Wang Jize because he was called Aunt Wang Taifei.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Mingde and the Empress Dowager exchanged a glance. The Empress Dowager said, "You should stay in the palace for the next few days. You can return to the palace after things have calmed down."
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