Chapter 288 Consort Song Shouldn't Try to Escape Responsibility
“If Ping’an has anything to say, go and tell His Majesty. Don’t do anything foolish again,” the Grand Princess said.
Princess Ping'an nodded, "This time, I will listen to my mother. I understand."
"Child, go change your clothes first."
Princess Ping'an turned and left like a puppet on a string, and the Grand Princess gestured for her servants to follow.
“Ping An cannot wear this outfit to meet the Emperor. I will trouble the Empress to wait here.” After saying this, the Grand Princess sat down on the head seat.
He ignored the rest of the people.
The Empress slowly walked up to the Grand Princess and calmly reminded her, "Aunt, were you in such a hurry that you sat in the wrong seat?"
In the past, Song Zhuyi would have simply tolerated and yielded to the Grand Princess's behavior, not wanting to waste her breath on her.
But just like last time at the teahouse, she simply refused to back down. After being empress for so many years, she had been used by everyone, and she blamed herself for being weak.
Now, for the sake of the child in her womb, she can no longer be so weak.
Otherwise, how will they be able to protect their children in the future?
The Grand Princess had not expected that Empress Song Zhuyi would be so calculating today, all because of Song Zhuran.
Displeased, she got up and sat to the side. The Empress took the main seat. Song Zhuran was about to sit next to the Empress when Song Zhuyi said, "Princess Langya, please sit."
"Sister," Song Zhuran called out, sounding aggrieved.
“Consort Song, you should be sitting in the seat below me, although it is also inappropriate for the Princess of Langya to sit next to me, but you are also a suspect today.”
"If I had known this all along, and still let you sit next to me, I'm afraid others would think I was being corrupt and abusive."
After Empress Song Zhuyi finished speaking, she stopped looking at Song Zhuran.
Song Zhuran, still angry, refused to sit down any longer.
About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a servant came from the courtyard shouting for help, "It's terrible, there's a fire! There's a fire!"
"What's all the fuss about?" the Grand Princess said sternly.
The servant scrambled in, pointing towards Ping'an Garden, "Your Highness, Ping'an Garden is on fire, and the Princess has locked herself inside."
"What did you say?" The Grand Princess stood up abruptly. "Say it again."
The servant immediately knelt on the ground, "Ping An Garden is on fire! The princess locked herself inside. She set the fire herself."
"The fire is too big; the smaller ones can't get in at all."
"The fire had just started, and several maids tried to pull the princess out, but she refused to come out..."
The Grand Princess didn't have time to listen to what the servant said next, and rushed towards Ping An Garden.
The Empress glanced at Jiang Wan Ning.
Jiang Wan Ning seemed to have expected this, and simply said calmly, "It seems that there's no way to thoroughly investigate this matter again."
"Ningning, do you mean... this was a premeditated murder?" The Empress deliberately emphasized the last four words.
Jiang Wan Ning shook her head. "I was certain that Princess Ping An would take this step, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly. It seems that Young Master Xuan's blow to her was even more severe than I had imagined."
As Jiang Wanning spoke, she looked calmly at Song Zhuran.
"Sister Jiang also suspects it's me?" Song Zhuran still looked innocent and naive.
Jiang Wanning said calmly, "It's not a doubt, it's a certainty."
“No need for Consort Song to keep pretending. There’s no point in continuing.” Jiang Wan Ning bluntly exposed her.
Song Zhuran shook her head repeatedly, "Sister, what Sister Jiang said is false. You have to believe Ranran. Ranran really isn't like that."
"Ranran is in such poor health, how could she possibly be Young Master Xuan?"
“No one knows whether Young Master Xuan is in good health or not,” Jiang Wan Ning said. “Besides, Consort Song’s martial arts skills should be no less than mine.”
After saying that, Jiang Wan Ning picked up the teacup next to her and took a small sip.
“Sister, I admit I know martial arts,” Song Zhuran said. “That’s because I’m afraid my grandfather and father will scold me if they find out.”
"I've been secretly practicing to improve my physical fitness, that's why I haven't told anyone. I'm not as skilled in martial arts as Sister Jiang said." Song Zhuran looked like she had suffered a great injustice. "Sister, you have to believe Ranran."
"It's Ranran's fault for not telling you that she knows martial arts, but it's really not Ranran's fault for the other things."
"Consort Song, if you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place. You were the one who instigated the events in Cangzhou, weren't you?"
"I'd really like to know who this person behind you is. I bet it's the one who taught you martial arts."
Despite Jiang Wanning's lengthy explanation, Song Zhuran still shook her head in denial.
"Consort Song instructed Jiang Wanru to instigate Pei Anqing to join forces with Princess Ping'an in Cangzhou, and then had the assassins in the dungeon of the Prince's mansion killed to silence them."
"But you didn't expect Jiang Wanru to disappear. Guess if I found Jiang Wanru or not?"
"She was directly instructed by you."
Song Zhuran's eyes shifted, as if she was pondering whether Jiang Wanning was telling the truth. Seeing Jiang Wanning's certainty, although her expression was not as firm as before, she still denied it outright.
“I don’t believe it. Make her come out and confront me!” Song Zhuran said.
"Miss Song's martial arts are so high, I'm afraid that before she even enters this room, she will have already been dealt with by you."
Jiang Wanning was indeed bluffing Song Zhuran. To this day, she still hasn't been able to find Jiang Wanru's whereabouts; it's as if she's vanished.
Jiang Wan Ning was thinking of other ways. Her ultimate goal today was to expose Song Zhu Ran's true colors.
Although it won't kill her for now, standing in the sunlight, no matter what kind of vengeful ghost it is, it will eventually be burned to ashes.
"What? Sister Jiang can't produce any evidence? Although Ranran didn't know Sister Jiang would suspect her, Ranran doesn't blame Sister Jiang," Song Zhuran said. "Sister Jiang must have been misled by others."
"The most important thing now is to go see Princess Ping'an. My knowledge of martial arts is a minor matter, isn't that right, sister?"
“I believe this is no small matter,” Prince Pei Yanchuan of Langya said from outside.
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress." Pei Yanchuan nodded and bowed.
The Empress nodded in response, "What did Your Highness mean by what you just said?"
Pei Yanchuan walked to Jiang Wanning's side and pressed down on her shoulder to make her not have to give up her place.
Standing to the side, he said to Song Zhuran, "Regarding whether Consort Song is indeed Young Master Xuan, I have someone I would like Miss Song to meet."
Song Zhuran's right eyelid twitched twice, and a bad feeling arose in her heart. "Who is it? Don't tell me they're here to frame me again."
"Sister, Sister Jiang, why are you so fixated on whether I am Young Master Xuan? Shouldn't the most important thing right now be to see how serious the incident at Ping An Garden is?"
“If Princess Ping’an dies, the Grand Princess will definitely go mad, and she might take revenge on us.”
"Therefore, Consort Song shouldn't think she can escape unscathed either," Pei Yanchuan said calmly.
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