Chapter 277: Heart of Stone

Qin Ruofang may have been kind in the past, but what happened to the kind-hearted Qin family in the end?

After experiencing such a dramatic change in the family, it is normal for them to turn evil.

Nanny Xiang thought that Jiang Xinyue had lost her maternal heart, and said in horror: "Your Majesty, you have come all this way relying on your heart of stone and your ruthless means. You must not be too sympathetic now! If you sympathize with her, you will become her stepping stone in the future. The Sixth Prince is still young, Your Majesty, you..."

"Puff!"

Jiang Xinyue laughed out loud: "If I was too sympathetic, you could punish you just because you said I was heartless. But I know that this is out of your kindness, and you would rather take the risk to remind me. I appreciate your kindness."

When Nanny Xiang said that she had a heart of stone, I really didn't know whether she was complimenting her or scolding her.

She touched the armor, her eyes gleaming: "But Madam Xiang, my iron heart will not change. It's a good thing that Qin Ruofang is ambitious. Her enemies are Pei Zhongshu, the Pei family, the Guiyang County Magistrate and the Zhenzhou Governor who harmed her. She wants to climb up and avenge her family, and she has to rely on me."

Although the Guiyang County Magistrate died, he was just an abandoned chess piece. The real murderer is the towering tree of the Pei family.

"Let's take a step back. If the Pei family falls in the future and she has thoughts that she shouldn't have, do you think she is my opponent?"

It's okay if she doesn't have any bad thoughts. She avenged her parents and family. Jiang Xinyue respects her character. As long as she asks for it, Jiang Xinyue can satisfy her.

But if she sets her sights on the emperor, Jiang Xinyue will put the "credit" of scheming against the Pei family and bringing down the Pei family on Qin Ruofang.

This alone is enough to make the emperor wary and dislike her.

What the emperor likes is a "weak" beauty who is smart but not calculating, who has the ability to protect herself but will not take the initiative to harm others, and who can rely on him wholeheartedly.

In the emperor's mind, a woman can be smart but not shrewd. A woman who can bring down the Pei family by her own strength is more than shrewd, she is simply a demon who defies the heaven.

The emperor will not, and dare not, love such a woman. He will only feel jealous and want to kill her.

If she hadn't seen through this, Jiang Xinyue would not have to hide her true character and act silly and sweet in front of the emperor.

The silly and sweet she is talking about is not the kind of stupid and incredibly stupid that people in later generations think of. That is pure stupidity.

Jiang Xinyue's understanding of a silly and sweet girl is to be silly when it is time to be silly and smart when it is time to be smart, so that everyone thinks she is a kind and beautiful little white flower, and can't help but feel pity for her.

This is the real silly and sweet girl.

It's not that Jiang Xinyue is arrogant and looks down on native women, but that she knows the emperor too well.

Emperor Xuanwu is dark and heartless. He only has the world and the people in his heart. Women are just his condiments. If he likes them, he will pamper them more, and if he doesn't like them, he will throw them aside.

Although Jiang Xinyue's situation is much better, all of this is the result of her own careful consideration.

If she hadn't figured out the emperor's thoughts all day and acted in accordance with his expectations, the emperor would not love her so much and favor her now.

If Qin Ruofang had the ability to conquer the emperor, she would not have ended up in such a miserable way.

It's just that the family has encountered a disaster, it's not like she has to have a new brain, so why should she be afraid?

Nanny Xiang then let out a long sigh of relief: "It was I who was reckless and impatient. The queen has a plan in mind, so I'm relieved."

"Father, are you just going to let that little bitch go?"

Pei Sinian's face was full of anger: "Shuo'er... Shuo'er's vitals were injured by the poisonous scorpion. The imperial physician said that even if it is cured, it will affect Shuo'er's future fertility. Isn't this asking your son to have no descendants? Yao Niang cried so much that her eyes are almost blind. Are you just going to let her go?"

"Then what else do you want to do?"

Pei Zhongshu had a gloomy face: "The emperor wants to protect her and asks you to produce evidence. Do you have evidence?"

"I..."

"Miss Qin, please come this way..."

Pei Sinian clearly saw a eunuch who looked exactly like the one dressed as a palace maid they met last night.

He rushed over and grabbed Xiao Xiangzi's collar: "You dog slave, did the Royal Concubine ask you to release scorpions to hurt my son? You are dressed up and sneaking around, do you think I can't recognize you? I'm going to the Imperial Palace today..."

"What are you guys arguing about?"

The Emperor strode out of the main hall, glared at Pei Sinian, but turned to Pei Zhongshu and said: "Pei Zhongshu, are you just going to watch him make trouble here?"

It is a serious crime to attack someone in front of me.

Pei Zhongshu hurriedly stopped him, "Sinian, come back!"

His eyes had already fallen on Qin Ruofang behind Xiao Xiangzi. After a little dressing up, the woman was already very beautiful. Now that she has successfully entered the Changchun Fairy Pavilion, is she still afraid of not having another chance? As the saying

goes, there is life.

The imperial concubine's favor is at its peak, so there is no need for him to confront her head-on.

Qin Ruofang raised her head to glance at the mighty emperor, and quickly lowered her head again.

However, she still received Pei Zhongshu's warning look and nodded slightly.

After Pei Zhongshu led Pei Sinian away, Xiao Xiangzi took Qin Ruofang to pay respects to the emperor.

"Qin Ruofang? You're here so soon?"

The Qin family had a lot of property, and the emperor thought she would have to stay in Guiyang for a while to settle accounts. And her troublesome relatives and friends were not easy to get rid of.

"I have to thank the emperor."

She said charmingly with a slender waist: "If the emperor and the imperial concubine had not left someone for me, I would not have had to sell out the family property so quickly. I have already handed over all the Qin family's property to eunuch Wang to fill the national treasury. In the future, I will do my best for the emperor and the noble masters in the Sizhenfang."

She was talking about the Qin family's ability to forge precious jewelry.

"Well! It's good that you have such intention."

This is the God of Wealth who came to send money. Emperor Xuanwu treated her kindly and amiably: "Xiao Xiangzi, take Miss Qin down and settle her down. Do not neglect her."

"Your Majesty..."

Qin Ruofang gritted her teeth: "Your Majesty, can you please send your attendants away? I... I have something to say to Your Majesty alone."

According to the rules, this is not allowed. Who knows if you are an assassin or a traitor? What if you assassinate the emperor?

But she had thin arms and legs, and the personal guard whispered in the emperor's ear: "Your Majesty, I don't think she has any martial arts skills."

"Then you can leave!"

Is there any other unspeakable secret in the Qin family's extermination case? How many officials are involved?

Emperor Xuanwu wants to find out.

"Hiss-"

"Yan'er, what did you say? Ye Changzai was arrested?"

"My lady, hush!"

Yan'er quickly closed the door: "I have a fellow villager in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he told me, but he hasn't spread it yet?"

"Why did she die again?"