Chapter 94 My Prince is a Master at Solving Cases
The Fourth Princess was also frightened and now had her suspicions. She blurted out, "Is it that little slut Lian'er? How dare she hurt my daughter?"
Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang exchanged a smile. "Who is Lian'er?" Perhaps she was the maid they had encountered who was secretly crying.
The Fourth Princess covered her mouth tightly, unwilling to mention it.
"Since the Fourth Princess Consort is unwilling to say anything, neither the Prince nor the Princess Consort can help you," Xie Shang said deliberately.
So the Fourth Princess Consort then told her what had happened.
Finally, she added, "That slut Lian'er, she took advantage of my pregnancy to climb into Xie Yang's bed, had an affair with him and got pregnant with his bastard child, and she still wants to climb the social ladder."
Upon hearing this, Xie Shang immediately understood. He felt no sympathy for the Fourth Princess Consort, for she had brought this upon herself. He said, "Go and call her here."
Upon exiting the inner room, Xie Yu had already brought Xie Yang and a maid named Lian'er over.
The Fourth Princess Consort came out of the inner palace and saw the two of them returning together. She was even angrier and more anxious. "We don't even know if our daughter's face can be healed yet, and you've gotten involved with her again. You can't wait any longer and insist on having a secret rendezvous with her on a day like today."
The Fourth Prince's eyes showed fear. "Don't say anymore, I didn't, I just..."
"Just what? Even you know she's the one who harmed our daughter. You just want her to run away quickly, don't you?" The Fourth Princess was furious.
"I didn't, stop making a scene, or everyone will laugh at us." The Fourth Prince still looked weak and helpless, and kept dodging. Only after he said this did the Fourth Princess stop talking.
At the same time, Xie Yu glared at Xie Shang and said, "I've brought the man back to you. Prefect, please make a judgment! I want to see how you handle this case."
Lian'er was pretty and had a charming face. She was also dressed more exquisitely than the other maids. The Fourth Princess wanted to strangle her as soon as she saw her face.
Lian'er's eyes unconsciously turned to the Fourth Prince, wanting only for him to give her justice, but what justice could a mere maid like her possibly have?
Once everyone had run out of things to say, Princess Yu jumped out, pointed at the maid's nose, and said, "It was you! You were the one who came in when I left."
Lian'er wanted to deny it, but Princess Yu grabbed her wrist. She saw that Lian'er was wearing a string of high-quality beads. "I am not mistaken. I just happened to see this string of beads. I was wondering if there was something fishy about a maid wearing such fine beads."
Princess Yu, having been through countless trials and tribulations with women, could tell at a glance that the maid before her was no ordinary person. She said directly, "So she really is the Fourth Prince's lover. The Fourth Princess discovered her, and she held a grudge, taking revenge on the Fourth Princess's daughter."
Princess Yu then said sarcastically, "Such a beautiful maid, every man would want to have her, wouldn't he, Fourth Prince!"
The Fourth Prince's gaze darted away, clearly showing his guilty conscience, and he said proactively, "Fifth Brother, let's not investigate this matter!"
Princess Yu said, "Why not investigate? I can't let myself be smeared for no reason. If they don't clear my name today, I'll have no choice but to report it to the authorities. When that happens, the whole world will know, and it won't be me who loses face."
The Fourth Prince said respectfully, "Consider this my way of apologizing to my second sister-in-law."
"No good." When Xie Yu kicked her hard twice, why didn't he step in to help her? She's lost all face today, why should she be expected to back down?
Men are all the same; they fall in love with every woman they see. It seems that the Fourth Prince also took advantage of his wife's pregnancy to have an affair with the maid.
Princess Yu persisted, "This matter will not be over until the truth is found."
The Fourth Princess hated her even more, and slapped her across the face, saying, "You wretch, are you trying to harm my daughter?"
Lian'er just kept crying without saying a word. She gritted her teeth and had to swallow her tears. Her eyes were wide open as she stared fiercely at the Fourth Princess Consort, as if she wanted to eat her flesh and drink her blood.
She was filled with hatred! But she was just a maid, and there was nothing she could do but take her anger out on her daughter.
She was furious and pointed at the Fourth Princess's nose, shouting, "Why is your daughter your daughter and my daughter a bastard? I hate myself for not being ruthless enough to strangle her back then. I should have strangled your daughter and made her pay for my daughter's life."
Lian'er had suffered terribly these past few days. Tears streamed down her face as she screamed in a hoarse voice, "The prince clearly wanted to take me as a concubine, but it was all you who stopped me! You were jealous, you're such a jealous woman! You even killed my daughter and the prince's daughter! You're a vicious woman! How could you be so cruel!"
The maid broke down and wailed, but Xie Yang remained unmoved, only weakly saying, "No matter what, you shouldn't have scratched the little princess's face."
"You killed my daughter. She was only the size of a palm when she came out of my body, Your Highness. Didn't you say you would take responsibility for me?"
Lian'er pulled Xie Yang, "Now that the Princess Consort has given birth, her daughter is so cute. Have you ever thought about what our daughter is like? She's so young, covered in blood, and not wearing any clothes. She could be living a life of luxury."
When the truth came out, the Fourth Princess hated Lian'er to death, but she couldn't stand up for herself. She forced Lian'er to abort her six-month-old child.
Lian'er couldn't bring herself to kill her daughter, so she only scratched her face.
Such things are common in wealthy and powerful families. No one dies, only a fetus dies in the womb. The government has no say in it, and even if they did, who would care about the prince's family affairs?
After leaving the Fourth Prince's residence, Xie Shang helped Jiang Fenghua into the carriage.
At this moment, Princess Yu suddenly came out, "Princess Heng, please wait."
As she approached, Princess Yu said, "Thank you all today, otherwise I would have been in a very difficult situation."
Jiang Fenghua looked at Xie Shang and said, "It's all thanks to my prince's brilliant judgment in solving cases."
Princess Yu said, "Say what you will! Anyway, thank you." Princess Yu was not a person without discernment. It was Jiang Fenghua who reminded Prince Heng, and Prince Heng asked Jiang Fenghua to go to the inner room with him. Although she did not know what they talked about, it must have been related to Lian'er, which is why she was able to clear her name so quickly.
Jiang Fenghua turned to leave again with a nonchalant expression, but Princess Yu said, "Your Highness, Prince Heng."
She was truly jealous that Jiang Fenghua had such a perfect husband as Prince Heng, but she was destined to be Princess Yu, Xie Yu's wife, and she couldn't escape it.
Xie Shang nodded. "Does Princess Yu have something to say? If she wishes to seek justice, she can file a complaint with the yamen and follow the proper procedures."
Princess Yu sneered, "His Highness Prince Heng is quite amusing. What grievance could I possibly have to seek redress? Even if he beat me to death, it's a family matter."
"I wanted to give Your Highness a word of advice. Consort Su, whom you are so fond of, is not a good woman. She knows that I am at odds with the Third Princess and wants to sow discord between us. In front of me, she called the Third Prince a cripple and the Heng Princess a vixen. She wants to cooperate with me to take the Heng Princess's position. Originally, I thought that Jiang Fenghua had seduced Xie Yu and was willing to cooperate with her. But today, Jiang Fenghua helped me, so I am telling Your Highness about these things as a way of repaying her kindness."
Xie Shang frowned upon hearing this. He glanced at Jiang Fenghua, and seeing that Princess Yu had turned and left after speaking, he didn't say anything more.
He felt that Wanwan had been corrupted by Consort Su.
Standing in the distance was the Third Princess Yuan Wenqiang. She did not approach, but simply nodded to Jiang Fenghua before getting into the carriage with the Third Prince Xie Xuan.
Xie Xuan's feet were like that from birth, which caused his mother to be disliked by the emperor. Later, his mother died of depression and committed suicide by jumping into a well. From then on, Xie Xuan was also disliked by the emperor. As a result, life in the Third Prince's Mansion was not good.
However, Xie Xuan was lucky. He married a princess who was good at managing the household and was eloquent. She not only managed the household very well, but also gave birth to three children. Therefore, Xie Xuan's son was the eldest grandson of his father, the emperor.
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