Chapter 732: From the very beginning of this game, they were invincible.
That jade pendant, like a death warrant, completely broke down Princess Jiahe's last psychological defense.
Her mind went blank, tears began to fall without warning, and her voice trembled.
"Mother, Your Highness, no, it's not like that! I...I don't know him!"
Princess Yongding had been through many ups and downs. She panicked for only a moment before reacting immediately.
She took a sudden step forward, protecting her trembling daughter behind her. Her well-maintained phoenix eyes were now full of fierceness as she stared at Chen Jing'an.
"You bold lunatic! How dare you harass the princess here and tarnish the reputation of our palace!" Her voice was stern, and every word seemed to be tempered by ice. "Come here! Take down this bastard!"
The guards behind her responded immediately, and the noble ladies who were watching the excitement around her were frightened and silent.
Zhao Chen'an never spoke. His deep eyes lingered on Princess Jiahe's pale face for a moment, then swept across the dazzling jade pendant on the ground, and finally fell on Chen Jing'an, who looked like a madman.
He just raised his hand slightly.
The East Palace guards behind him pounced on him like wolves and tigers, and instantly pinned Chen Jing'an to the ground.
This action shows his position.
Between the reputation of the Yongding Palace and the so-called truth, he chose the former.
Chen Jing'an was completely panicked. His dream of a comeback was shattered, leaving only the cold reality. He was pinned to the ground, his cheek pressed against the cold earth, and he could smell the scent of death.
"It's not me! I'm innocent! Someone paid me to come here!" He roared, his voice filled with fear. "He told me to wait in the plum forest, saying... that the princess would come to meet me!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Princess Jiahe was like a lit firecracker, and all her fear and grievances turned into tremendous anger at this moment.
She suddenly broke free from the princess's hand, rushed forward, and used all her strength to slap Chen Jing'an hard in the face!
“Bang!”
The crisp sound was particularly harsh in the silent Merlin.
"You bastard!" She was so angry that she was shaking all over and her tears were flowing even more violently. "Who is it! Who asked you to hurt me?"
"Jiahe, shut up!" Princess Yongding pulled her out-of-control daughter back with such force that Jiahe staggered.
The princess did not look at her daughter again, but squatted down and looked down at Chen Jing'an who was pressed to the ground, her voice so cold that it could freeze ice.
"Tell me! Who ordered you to do this? Give me the person behind this, and I might spare your life!"
When she asked the question, she glanced at the Crown Prince Zhao Chen'an standing beside her from the corner of her eye.
Zhao Chenan's brows frowned slightly.
Of course he knew who was behind this. Who else could it be other than Gu Qingchen, the man who would rather break than bend and had just declared in his carriage that he wanted to find a son-in-law?
But he couldn't let this be discovered.
Once the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is involved, the two families will completely break off relations, and things will only get bigger and more difficult to resolve.
"Princess," he finally spoke, "this matter is indeed strange. A poor scholar wouldn't have the guts to accuse the royal palace out of thin air."
"In my opinion, it would be better to take him to the Jingzhao Prefecture Prison and hand him over to the prefect for strict interrogation, so as not to disturb the tranquility of Buddhism here."
His words sounded fair, but in fact he was trying to smooth things over and move the matter from the front stage to the backstage.
Princess Yongding was so smart that she had a 70% guess in her mind when she heard this.
The prince is covering up.
He didn't want the person behind it to be found out.
Princess Yongding slowly stood up and looked directly at Zhao Chen'an with a dignified smile on her face, but there was no smile in her eyes.
"Your Highness is right. However, such a villain would never dare to act so recklessly without a mastermind behind the scenes. I simply want to know who has such a deep hatred for the Yongding Palace that they would resort to such despicable means to destroy my daughter's reputation!"
She was relentless and her words and actions were all forcing the prince to give an explanation.
Zhao Chenan's face darkened.
In the shadows on the other side of Merlin, the men sent by Qian Zhenyun quietly hid behind the tree, watching the guards drag the shouting Chen Jing'an away, with a sneer on their lips.
Fortunately, the young master had given instructions in advance.
The people who delivered the silver and the message were all unrelated thugs found temporarily in the city. After the task was completed, they were sent out of the capital and disappeared from the world.
Even if Chen Jing'an told the whole story, it would definitely not involve the Qian family, let alone Gu Qingchen.
From the very beginning, they were invincible in this game.
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