Chapter 157 Consort Su Falls into Another Trap
Jiang Fenghua straightened her back and walked gracefully toward Su Tingwan, infuriating Su Tingwan to the point of wanting to die but not daring to retaliate.
She ignored Su Tingwan's ashen face and personally escorted everyone to the entrance of Kunning Palace.
At this moment, Jiang Fenghua suddenly stopped the Second Princess Consort, pulled her aside, and asked softly, "Second Sister-in-law, what happened to your neck? Are you injured?"
The Second Princess Consort wore a high-necked dress and a large cloak, trying her best to minimize her presence, but Jiang Fenghua still noticed her.
She showed Jiang Fenghua the injuries on her arms, and then lifted her neck to show her the marks. The marks were from being strangled by a rope, and she almost suffocated. Besides these places, her hands, legs, waist, and back were covered in injuries, all inflicted by Xie Yu. He really tortured her to death.
Jiang Fenghua sighed after seeing it and said softly, "Was the injury inflicted by Prince Yu?"
Princess Yu gave a self-deprecating laugh, "Besides him, who else would dare to lay a hand on me?"
Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "Are you just going to let him bully you?"
“We are women, what else can we do? Let him hit us if he wants, we can’t kill him anyway.” The Second Princess seemed to have resigned herself to her fate. “No matter how ruthless Xie Yu is, he wouldn’t dare to kill me. No matter what, I am his lawfully wedded princess. As long as I am here, he can’t let any other woman sit in the position of princess.”
After hearing this, Jiang Fenghua didn't know what to say. "Second sister-in-law is still so young. There's no need for her to be so obsessed with the position of a princess for her whole life. He beats you for a long time. Why don't you leave him?" She was almost about to say the word "divorce," but she had no reason to advise her like that.
Princess Yu's eyes were slightly red, but she tried her best to hold back. "Even if he beats me to death, I will die as Princess Yu. I can still be buried in the royal tomb, and future generations will call me Princess Yu when they pay homage to me, instead of Abandoned Concubine."
Once the divorce is finalized, she becomes a discarded concubine.
Even if her father is Earl Luo, so what? Xie Yu is a prince, the emperor's son. In the end, her parents will also have no way to survive because she becomes a discarded concubine. The reputation of a discarded concubine will break their family's backbone and make them unable to hold their heads high for the rest of their lives.
She never got pregnant after getting married. What use is a woman who can't have children? Whether she is divorced or divorced, she will die in the end. Since that's the case, she should die as the Princess Consort of Yu. At least she will still be a princess after death.
Jiang Fenghua understood her thoughts, which is why being a woman is so difficult; women should think more about themselves.
Princess Yu then said, "I heard that Su Tingwan's backer has returned, and you are pregnant again. Prince Heng seems to be treating her quite well. She has regained the prince's favor. You should be careful."
Jiang Fenghua chuckled, "You can't even protect yourself, yet you care about others. I really don't know what kind of person you are, Second Princess Consort. You're so fierce, yet you're bullied like this and don't dare to say a word."
Princess Yu also laughed and said, "It seems I was worrying for nothing. The Fifth Princess will make her own decision. I'll be leaving the palace now. The Fifth Princess doesn't need to see me off. Go back now!"
At this moment, the nanny beside Consort Yan rushed over and blocked Princess Yu's way, "Please wait, Your Highness, Consort Yan invites you."
Princess Yu nodded to Jiang Fenghua in farewell and then left with the palace maid.
Watching Princess Yu leave, Jiang Fenghua felt a mix of emotions. A woman's life is ruined once she marries the wrong person.
Judging from Princess Yu's tone, she would never give up her position as princess, even if it meant death.
Thinking back to her previous life, she was divorced by Xie Yu, ending up losing both wealth and power, and in the end, she was also burdened with the bad reputation of being unable to bear children. In the end, she did not get to die as the Princess Consort of Yu as she wished.
Someone like Michelle Reis wouldn't commit suicide. For a princess, suicide is a serious crime, and she wouldn't even have peace after death, and it would also bring trouble to her family. Michelle Reis understood this very well.
She must have reached a point where she was caught in a dilemma.
She wasn't a savior and didn't want to meddle in the affairs of the Prince Yu's mansion. Besides, it wasn't her place to care, and Xie Shang didn't want her to get involved in these matters either.
She thought: In her previous life, Luo Ziqiong was divorced, but at least she was still alive. She hoped that in this life her fate would not be worse than in the previous life.
As soon as she entered Kunning Palace, Su Tingwan walked up to her, staring at her fiercely. She quickly concealed the anger in her eyes and approached Jiang Fenghua.
Seeing her approach, Lianye and Aoxue rushed forward to protect Jiang Fenghua. Jiang Fenghua gestured for them to step back. Su Tingwan wouldn't be so foolish as to do anything to her in broad daylight in the palace. They were too nervous.
Su Tingwan glanced at the two of them, a coldness creeping onto her lips. She already knew that Ao Xue was Xie Shang's bodyguard sent to protect Jiang Fenghua. Yesterday, Jiang Fenghua deliberately said that to make her jealous, and she almost fell for Jiang Fenghua's trick again.
As for Ye Susu, she also found out that she had no connection with Xie Shang. She was just a woman Xie Shang had casually saved and was sent to Jishantang by Jiang Fenghua. She was probably also wary of Ye Susu getting close to Xie Shang.
Jiang Fenghua was scheming at every step, and she had to admire her deep cunning. She pretended to greet the Princess.
Jiang Fenghua said calmly, "Once you're in the palace, there's no need for such formalities. Taking good care of the Empress Dowager is your duty. Go inside!"
"Is it because the Princess Consort disapproved of the Prince's favor towards me again? The Princess Consort is truly cunning, coming up with this way to stop me from being with the Prince." She spoke frankly: there was going to be war on the border, and the Emperor wanted to give important positions to the Su family, so Xie Shang personally went to bring her back. With the Su family backing her up, she was not afraid of Jiang Fenghua.
"What do you mean, Consort Su? I don't quite understand. The Empress Dowager is seriously ill. Shouldn't we, as her daughters-in-law, stay by her side to fulfill our filial duties?" Jiang Fenghua said calmly.
Su Tingwan felt like she had punched a cotton ball. She leaned closer to Jiang Fenghua and whispered, "Your Highness thinks you can trap me in the palace with this method? You are too presumptuous."
Jiang Fenghua opened her eyes wide, feeling completely bewildered. She remained calm and composed, her voice gentle, "Consort, you've misunderstood. I've been taking care of the Empress Dowager in the palace and had no idea that the Prince would bring you to the palace to attend to her."
As for the concubine's claim that I deliberately kept you trapped in the palace, where did that come from? The concubine's implication is that I can manipulate the Empress Dowager's illness and control the imperial physicians.
Su Tingwan clenched her fingers, speechless. She wanted to rush up and grab her throat, but she knew she couldn't act impulsively anymore. Jiang Fenghua was just trying to provoke her, and she couldn't give Jiang Fenghua any more chances to punish her.
She had to endure it; she believed her older brother and grandmother would come to take her away.
Xie Shang clearly agreed to take her out of the capital last night. Jiang Fenghua must have said something to Xie Shang. The Empress hates her so much, it's not impossible that the Empress and Jiang Fenghua joined forces to harm her.
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