Chapter 831 He might like the Emperor
Jiang Fenghua remembered the location of Zhang Yurou's bedroom. When she saw Zhang Yurou, she found that she was so thin that she was practically skin and bones.
Her hair was disheveled, as if she hadn't washed it in a long time, and her body even smelled sour and foul. There were no maids serving her.
There was no one there when they came in. Ever since the news spread that the Fourth Prince had rebelled and the Fourth Princess had committed murder, the people of the Fourth Prince's mansion should have all fled.
Zhang Yurou found it unbelievable when she saw Jiang Fenghua.
This place is secluded and quiet. Although there is no one in the mansion, there are still soldiers guarding the outside. How did they get in?
Before Jiang Fenghua could speak, Zhang Yurou suddenly laughed. Her laugh was ugly as she pointed in Jiang Fenghua's direction. "Empress Jiang is here to laugh at me, isn't she? You've seen it, you can leave now."
She tried to act aloof, but she couldn't quite pull it off.
Jiang Fenghua took off her cloak, found a relatively clean stool to sit on, and said in a deep voice, "When you colluded with Su Qingqing, you should have thought that this day would come."
Zhang Yurou was stunned. "You didn't lose your memory? Or did you regain it? Jiang Fenghua, what kind of supernatural powers do you have? Su Qingqing was afraid of you, Su Tingwan was afraid of you, and they were all killed by you."
Jiang Fenghua and Lu Xuefei came in together, while Hongxiu stayed outside, keeping watch and holding off the soldiers.
Jiang Fenghua was too lazy to dwell on past grievances with her and said directly, "The Fourth Princess Consort is in such a state, have you not thought about how Princess Yi is doing now that she's not by your side?"
"My Yi'er, what have you done to her? She's just a child. She doesn't understand anything and knows nothing." Zhang Yurou was very agitated. When she was imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court, Xie Ruoyi was raised in the palace. Xie Shang ordered that palace matrons take care of her, teach her manners, and teach her how to be a person.
Xie Ruoyi has been corrupted. After the Fourth Prince and Fourth Princess got into trouble, she had no mother to take care of her.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Zhang Yurou suddenly knelt down in front of Jiang Fenghua and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have let Consort Su go in secret, nor should I have conspired with her to kill you."
You are blessed with good fortune and are safe and sound. Please spare Yi'er. She is only six years old. She is just a little spoiled. She is also the child that I carried for ten months and gave birth to!
Your Majesty, you are a magnanimous person. You are also a mother, and you have your own children. Can you understand the pain of a mother who has lost her child?
After I left the Imperial Clan Court, I was imprisoned here. They refuse to send my daughter back; they think it's because I haven't raised Yi'er well. I'm a mother; how could I not raise her well?
Zhang Yurou thought she didn't believe her, so she continued, "She's not the Emperor's child. I really didn't lie to Your Majesty. She's the child I had after marrying Xie Yang. I used to like the Emperor, I've liked him since I was little. I knew him before you and Su Tingwan met him, and I liked him a lot back then, but it was only one-sided. He didn't like me. Yi'er isn't his child. Please let her go!"
“I admit that I wanted to harm Jiang Jinyan, to expose his relationship with Bai Yuhan, and to ruin his reputation. It was all my doing, and I apologize to you.” Zhang Yurou spoke incoherently. “I was also jealous that you could marry the Emperor while I could only suffer in the Fourth Prince’s mansion, but I never thought of harming Your Majesty.”
Lu Xuefei said, "The Fourth Princess Consort would need to be capable to harm the Empress." She hadn't expected that the more gentle a person seemed, the more ruthless and cunning they were. She could try to win over the Emperor if she liked him; in the end, it would depend on whether the Emperor would like her back.
Zhang Yurou thought that after Jiang Fenghua found out what she had done, Jiang Fenghua would definitely suppress Xie Ruoyi to retaliate against her. In order to survive in the palace, everyone had to act according to the Empress's wishes.
Her daughter, Yi'er, is likely to suffer.
Zhang Yurou was that kind of person, so she thought of Jiang Fenghua as that kind of person as well.
Jiang Fenghua saw that Zhang Yurou's forehead was scraped and bleeding, and she did not expect that Zhang Yurou would compromise for her daughter's safety.
In fact, Xie Shang never threatened them with Xie Ruoyi, nor would she really use Xie Ruoyi as a bargaining chip to force Zhang Yurou to say these things.
Xie Shang did not want to expose their evil deeds to the world, and wanted to maintain the dignity of the royal family.
Jiang Fenghua said calmly, "We already know all that you've said. Now, I want to know something that I'm not clear about."
Zhang Yurou was stunned. "What else do you want to know? I've told you everything."
"How exactly did Shu Xue die?" Jiang Fenghua asked.
Lu Xuefei also wanted to know the truth. Although she found out that Shu Xue had died a terrible death, the Fourth Prince only said that he had killed her by accident and that he knew nothing else. These were all lies.
Mentioning Shu Xue's death, a look of horror flashed in Zhang Yurou's eyes again. She didn't want to recall the scene from that night; it was too disgusting.
Why did she marry Xie Yang? Why did she marry a pervert?
She said, "It's Xie Yang."
Lu Xuefei asked, "Was Shu Xue violated after her death? Was her breast cut off in the Prince's mansion? Who was so cruel?"
Zhang Yurou nodded. "You all know what happened on the Lantern Festival. After Xie Yang and I returned to the palace that night, Shu Xue came to see me. She originally came to complain about what happened during the day. I didn't expect Xie Yang to suddenly have an attack. He was terrifying when he had an attack. He seemed not to recognize anyone. Right here in the room, he strangled Shu Xue to death and even ate her... In the end, he even cut her off with a knife."
Before Zhang Yurou could finish speaking, Jiang Fenghua had already guessed, "Does Xie Yang have occasional episodes or frequent episodes? Besides Shu Xue, has anyone else been killed by him?"
Xie Shang didn't tell her these things, but he probably already knew! During this time, Xie Shang quietly handled a lot of things, including figuring out how to settle Xie Ruoyi.
Zhang Yurou nodded, "Yes, but we handle it discreetly. When he has an attack, he doesn't recognize who he is or what he's doing."
"I also discovered that he doesn't like women at all; he probably likes men."
Jiang Fenghua hadn't expected Xie Yang to like men. "Who does he like?"
After thinking it over, Zhang Yurou thought, "He might like the Emperor."
Jiang Fenghua's pupils changed color; she couldn't believe it—this news was simply too shocking.
Zhang Yurou sneered, "You might not believe what I'm saying, and I don't believe it either. Xie Yang and I have been married for seven years, but we've hardly spent any time together. So after I got pregnant with Yi'er, I didn't get pregnant again. We haven't slept together, so how could I get pregnant again? On the surface, he's secretly having an affair with the maid, but it's just for show. He just wants to cover up that he likes men."
"Isn't it ridiculous? Back then, I liked the Emperor, but the Emperor liked Su Tingwan. Xie Yang suddenly came to confess his love to me with deep affection, and I thought he really liked me. It turns out he knew I liked the Emperor, so he married me."
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