Chapter 271 Ping An is not a thief either
Princess Ping'an instinctively clutched her chest, "You're talking nonsense!"
"Whether it's nonsense or not, a thorough investigation will tell." At this moment, Guo Bingwen knelt upright and gave Jiang Wanning a grateful look.
If Jiang Wan Ning hadn't reminded him earlier, he would have almost forgotten about this matter, but he still had a feeling that he was being controlled.
"Wu Panpan, go find a nanny to take Ping An down for a checkup."
“Yes.” Wu Panpan walked to Princess Ping’an’s side and gestured for her to enter. “Please, Princess.”
Princess Ping'an slapped Wu Panpan's outstretched hand away, turned to the Grand Princess who had been silent and cried, "Mother, I don't want to go."
"Mother, please say something and save your child."
"Princess, it's just an inspection to see if it's as this young master Guo said, and there won't be any torture. What are you afraid of?"
Wu Panpan was clearly holding a grudge against the Grand Princess for calling him a rootless wretch.
Princess Ping'an gripped the Grand Princess's hand tightly, "Mother, please say something!"
"No need to investigate further," the Grand Princess said calmly.
She knew better than anyone whether her daughter had a mole on her chest. If it were the previous ones, she could still try to negotiate, but since they had already said such things, she was afraid Xiao Yu wouldn't let this matter go.
"Mother, I really have nothing to do with him! It was just that time he pushed me into the water that I accidentally saw it..."
"Shut up!" The Grand Princess slapped Princess Ping'an hard across the face.
If someone was pushed into the water, wouldn't that mean many people saw it?
Princess Ping'an's eyes instantly reddened, she bit her lip tightly, and looked at the Grand Princess in disbelief, "Mother, you hit me?"
The Grand Princess felt a pang of pain in her heart, but ultimately resisted the urge to step forward and comfort her. She composed herself and said, "If you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences."
"Since you have already had physical intimacy with Kwok Ping-man, then please Your Majesty issue an edict to grant us marriage."
“I don’t want to, I don’t want to marry him.” Princess Ping’an shook her head repeatedly. “I have nothing with him. You can check if you don’t believe me. I am still a virgin.”
"Princess," Wu Panpan 'kindly' reminded her, "even if there was nothing wrong, this Young Master Guo still saw your body. If word gets out..."
"Even a nobody like me knows about such things. The princess should be more understanding of the Grand Princess."
Wu Panpan deliberately emphasized the words "rootless" because Guo Bingwen would soon also be rootless. The Grand Princess looked down on people like them who had no roots, but unexpectedly, her own daughter was about to marry a rootless man.
The Grand Princess's eyes turned sinister as she looked at Wu Panpan, "It's true what they say, a tiger fallen into the plains is bullied by dogs. I never thought I would be bitten by a lapdog today."
Wu Panpan, no longer as respectful as before, straightened her back, which had been bowing to everyone, and stared at the Grand Princess with a flat gaze, saying, "This servant is also thinking of the Princess and wants to congratulate Your Highness. There will soon be a happy event at the Grand Princess's residence."
Wu Panpan did this because she had a clear understanding of the current situation. In the past, although Xiao Yu wanted to get rid of the Grand Princess, he had always held back due to her military power.
Judging from the current situation, even if the Emperor doesn't punish them, the Prince of Langya and his wife won't let them off the hook.
Having served the Emperor for so many years, Wu Panpan had naturally developed a keen eye for people and situations. He concluded that the Grand Princess and her daughter were not going to have many good days left.
That's why they dare to be so sarcastic.
“Mother, are you really willing to let your daughter marry him?” Princess Ping’an pointed at Guo Bingwen. “Not to mention anything else, he will be castrated soon.”
"You want your daughter to spend the rest of her life with someone like him? How can your daughter have the face to live?"
"Perhaps the princess could follow your mother's example and keep some male concubines," Jiang Wan Ning suggested with 'good intentions,' " "These are nothing to His Highness and the princess.
"Which handsome man in the capital isn't chosen by His Highness? You can have your mother give you two."
"It's none of your business to interfere in my affairs," the Grand Princess said fiercely, pointing at Jiang Wan Ning.
“Your Highness, I was just worried that the Princess might do something to harm herself, so I kindly reminded her.” Jiang Wan Ning raised an eyebrow and looked at the Grand Princess.
The Grand Princess suddenly remembered what she had said when Jiang Wanning came to ask for medicine that day.
Using medication to save one's life.
"So it was you!" the Grand Princess exclaimed. "You had this planned all along!"
"Your Highness, please don't make false accusations. It's not like I was the matchmaker who brought my own brother-in-law and the princess together."
The Grand Princess was speechless; she indeed had no evidence.
Just like Guo Bingwen said earlier that Ping An instructed him to kill his wife, but without evidence, even Xiao Yu can't do anything to him.
Now she knows perfectly well that Jiang Wanning and Pei Yanchuan were behind it all, but without evidence, there's nothing she can do and she can only suffer in silence.
"Aunt, calm down. This isn't such a bad thing." Seeing that things were more or less settled, Xiao Yu said with a sense of relief, "Now that things are clear, let's discuss Ping An's marriage."
"Ping An, rest assured, I will definitely provide you with a generous dowry, ensuring that you live the same life after marriage as you did in the Princess's residence."
"Cousin, I don't want to marry him, I don't want to." Princess Ping'an turned to Xiao Yu when the Grand Princess remained silent, and said, "I don't want to marry him."
“Ping An, you’re not young anymore, it’s time for you to get married.” Xiao Yu 'kindly' comforted her, “Since you’ve already made a private engagement with Guo Bingwen, then I will naturally take responsibility for you.”
"I am the emperor, and as the emperor, I cannot act with bias. If you go back on your word, how will I maintain my authority in front of my subjects in the future?"
"I know you're a good child, but you should think about me too, okay?"
Xiao Yu spoke as if he were a doting older brother to his younger sister, if it weren't for the fact that Guo Bingwen was to be castrated.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Kwok Ping-man said, bowing.
Seeing that no one was helping her, and even the Grand Princess seemed to have agreed, Princess Ping An, in desperation, pulled out the hairpin from her hair and rushed to Guo Bingwen, stabbing it hard into Guo Bingwen's heart.
As Kwok Ping-man dodged, the hairpin pierced straight into his left eye.
"I'll kill you! If I kill you, I won't have to marry you!"
"Ah—" Guo Bingwen clutched his bleeding left eye and curled up on the ground in pain.
Upon seeing this, Wu Panpan quickly ordered the Imperial Guards at the door to restrain Princess Ping'an. She then glanced at Xiao Yu before saying, "Quickly summon the Imperial Physician to stop the bleeding for Young Master Guo."
Seeing Ping An's frantic behavior, the Grand Princess jumped up from her chair. "Why does the Imperial Guard need to get involved in such a trivial matter?"
"Ping An is not a thief."
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