Chapter 139 Arrest and Imprisonment
Zhou turned and walked into the house.
The Grand Princess gestured for her attendants to wait outside, and then followed them inside.
The door had just closed.
Zhou then slapped the Grand Princess hard across the face.
"How dare you hit me?" The Grand Princess looked at Zhou Shi in surprise.
"Xiao He, I originally thought it was just that we hadn't seen each other for so many years and we had become estranged."
Zhou said coldly, "Whether you resent me or don't like me, how could you hurt my child?"
"Over the years, I have no idea why we have come to this point."
"I think it was because I was troubled by love in previous years that I distanced myself from you, and you stopped contacting me."
“But you arranged for Aunt Liu to come to my house, which not only harmed me, but now you want to harm Ningning too.”
"What did I do wrong? And what did she do wrong?"
The Grand Princess's eyes turned sinister. "Zhou Rong, stop pretending."
"You really don't know why I'm treating you like this?"
Seeing that Zhou remained silent, the Grand Princess burst into laughter, saying, "You've ruined my life."
"How could I possibly let you go?"
"Zhou Rong, you are a hypocrite and selfish person."
"I used to consider you my best friend, but what did you do?"
"It was because you didn't like Chen Jie that I went to the late emperor to ask for an imperial decree to grant you marriage, but after the marriage you actually seduced him."
Zhou looked bewildered. "When did I seduce the prince consort?"
"Hmph, you may deny it now, but I saw you meeting him in the temple with my own eyes. I was being merciful by not exposing your shameful affair on the spot."
"Over the years, he has remained chaste for you, and even when he came to the princess's residence, I had to come up with all sorts of excuses."
"I used to think that my best friend and the person I loved most were having an affair, which made me feel disgusted, like I had swallowed a fly."
"Since you won't let me have an easy time, why should I let you have an easy time?"
"To tell you the truth, I did all of this. What can you do about it? I am the Grand Princess, a member of the royal family."
The Grand Princess looked down at Zhou Shi and said, "This world belongs to the Xiao family. Even if you know that your enemy is me."
"What can we do?"
Hearing this, Madam Zhou calmed down instead. "Xiao He, I have never had anything with the Imperial Son-in-Law, whether you believe it or not."
"I did not have any of those secret meetings in the temple that you mentioned."
"I did meet the prince consort at the temple, but I only briefly inquired about your recent situation."
"I have never had any feelings for Chen Jie, and I have no idea how he feels about me."
"So you think you know nothing?" The Grand Princess laughed heartily. "You think I'd believe you if you just pinned all this on Chen Jie?"
“I saw you enter the meditation room with him back then, and you didn’t come out until an hour later.”
"Only you know whose child Jiang Wan Ning is."
Zhou looked completely bewildered. "What nonsense are you spouting?"
"You're insane! I've never done anything to wrong you in my life, let alone anything to wrong the Marquis."
"But since you killed Ningning today, I will not let you go." Zhou Shi had somehow gotten a dagger in her hand, which was now pressed against the Grand Princess's neck.
I'll make you pay with your life!
The Grand Princess looked down at the dagger in Zhou's hand, "Heh, you're always like this."
"Nothing has changed over the years."
"Back then, everyone thought you were gentle and virtuous, while I was outgoing. But behind the scenes, you dared to do things that I wouldn't dare to do."
"Zhou Rong, you're such a good actor."
"You're such a hypocrite."
Zhou Shi was too lazy to talk to the Grand Princess anymore. She raised the dagger high in her hand and stabbed it fiercely into the Grand Princess's chest.
"stop!"
The knife tip had just pierced his chest when Prince Consort Chen Jie rushed out.
Zhou ignored him and forcefully stabbed the dagger into his chest.
Prince Consort Chen Jie quickly stepped forward and firmly grasped Zhou's wrist.
Peony and Shen Ruzhi rushed in and quickly protected Zhou.
Chen Jie looked at the wound on the Grand Princess's chest and said, "Someone, bandage Her Highness's wound."
The Grand Princess gave a wicked smile, "Murder of the royal family, Chen Jie, now you can't save her even if you want to."
The Grand Princess paid no attention to the wound on her chest.
Zhou's eyes were vacant, and she had lost her previous spirit, as if someone had drained her of her strength.
She had been holding on for a while, but now, although she hadn't killed the Grand Princess, she couldn't hold on any longer.
"Xiao He, you're not dead yet, so how could I be?" Zhou said, barely holding on to her last breath.
"Quickly help the Grand Princess down," the prince consort ordered sternly.
A maidservant stepped forward and helped the Grand Princess walk out.
Prince Consort Chen Jie turned to look at Madam Zhou, "She... has implicated you."
"Get out," Zhou said coldly.
Chen Jie hesitated, then turned and left without saying anything.
After everyone had left, Zhou's tears finally streamed down her face.
"Ningning, my Ningning..." Zhou clutched her chest and wept bitterly.
"Auntie, Ningning will be alright," Shen Ruzhi comforted her, her eyes filled with tears. "Haitang has already gone to look for her."
“I just sent someone to tell the Marquis, and the Marquis went to look for it as well.”
"Ningning will be alright. You can't fall for the Grand Princess's tricks. She did it on purpose."
Peony nodded in agreement, "Yes, Madam, the Princess will be alright."
"Don't believe that woman. You need to protect yourself and your child."
"Otherwise, how heartbroken the Marquis and Princess would be to see you so haggard when they return."
Zhou's tears flowed uncontrollably.
"Auntie, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the baby in your belly," Shen Ruzhi advised.
Zhou cried for a long time before she finally stopped.
"Zhizhi, you're right. There's no news yet, and no news is good news."
"I can't let Xiao He's schemes control me. I need to take care of myself and the baby in my belly."
"We can't let the antidote that Ningning risked her life to obtain go to waste like this."
Shen Ruzhi hugged Zhou Shi and said, "Auntie, what we need to do right now is take good care of ourselves."
For two or three days in a row.
Shen Ruzhi and Shaoyao stayed by Zhou's side without leaving her side.
Meanwhile, she was also praying that Jiang Wan Ning would appear safely at the door.
Zhou had just gone to sleep that day.
A group of soldiers rushed in and surrounded the entire courtyard.
"What are you doing?" Shen Ruzhi looked at the newcomers and saw that they didn't seem to be from the Dali Temple. "Who sent you?"
The soldiers made way for a man in an official robe stepped forward.
"I am the newly appointed Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and I have been ordered to arrest the person who attempted to assassinate the Grand Princess."
Newly appointed? Shen Ruzhi glanced at him a few times, but had no recollection of this person whatsoever.
"Who sent you?" Shen Ruzhi said sternly. "Do you know who I am?"
“Miss Shen, Lord Shen Zhao has been implicated in this case and has been ordered by the Emperor not to get involved.”
"Therefore, this case will be handled by our Ministry of Justice."
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