Chapter 362 The Second Princess’ Resentment
“Wuwuwu…”
From the eldest princess’s attic, there came the sobbing sound of a young girl: “They…they just think I’m easy to bully. I’ve lost my mother and have no one to protect me, so they bully me on purpose.”
“How could that be?”
The eldest princess felt a headache. Recently, the second princess came to her palace and cried a little every three days and a lot every five days. They have always had a good relationship. She kept saying words of comfort over and over again, but she just got stuck in a dead end and refused to come out.
"Why not?"
The second princess wiped her tears, "It's just a few cases of silver charcoal. What does it matter if I take a little less or a little more? It's worth it for the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to punish the head nanny beside me. Isn't this a slap in my face? I know that because my mother made a big mistake and offended the Imperial Concubine, they framed me and wanted to take credit from the Imperial Concubine."
She did not mention the accusation against the Imperial Concubine in a single word, but every word sounded like dissatisfaction with Jiang Xinyue.
"If my mother hadn't passed away, how dare they do this to me? What's wrong with me wanting to help my grandfather? He's almost..."
The eldest princess had been enduring for a long time and couldn't bear it anymore, so she interrupted her and said, "Shen Mingzhu, wake up."
She turned to the second princess with a serious expression: "You may not like what I'm going to say next, but if you want to live well and continue your life of luxury, you have to listen to me obediently."
"Royal sister..."
The second princess seemed to have never seen the eldest princess lose her temper with her, and was stunned for a moment.
"Your mother died because she tortured the palace ladies and repeatedly persecuted the Imperial Concubine and the Sixth Prince. If it weren't for the Empress herself being alert, she would have been killed countless times by your mother. And she wasn't killed by the Empress. It was Xiao Ronghua who went crazy and stabbed her to death after being tortured by Concubine De. If the Empress wanted to torture you, you would have been thrown to some vassal state to marry a foreign prince. How could you still sit here and resent her?"
"Your brother Xuan'er is not as old as you, but he can tell right from wrong. He asked to enter Fengxian Palace to atone for the sins committed by Consort De. You are already twelve years old. In three years, your father will be able to find you a son-in-law to marry. Why are you so confused? Who told you that the servants were targeting you as the Imperial Consort? Your Highness is pregnant now. She plays cards every day, enjoys flowers and drinks tea with the ladies of the other palaces, and spends most of her time in Hexi Palace to take care of the baby. She rarely even leaves the palace. The harem is without a master, and your Highness is in the same position as the Vice Queen. She has so many things to worry about. How can she have the time to target you?"
"You are just a princess, you will get married sooner or later. She might as well target my third brother instead of you. Which gossipy servant among you is stirring up discord? Tell my sister, and she will confront her on behalf of the Royal Consort to see if what she says is true or not?"
The second princess blinked and looked at the nanny beside her. The nanny's eyes were evasive and she didn't dare to confront the eldest princess.
But how could the eldest princess be so easily fooled?
She immediately stood up and stood in front of the nanny with an imposing manner: "You are the one who said bad things about the Royal Consort in front of my sister and alienated their relationship?"
The nanny had cold sweat on her forehead and knelt on the ground with a plop: "I dare not, I dare not..."
"I think you are very brave." The
eldest princess kicked the maid over and said, "I want to ask you, Duke Cheng and Concubine De conspired to kill the Royal Concubine several times and wanted to destroy the Jiang family. Why didn't you tell your sister? That year, the Sixth Prince of Hexi Palace was almost burned to death by white phosphorus powder. Why didn't you say that it was Duke Cheng who instigated the incident? Yes, you are relatives of Duke Cheng, you sympathize with his experience, but Isn't it his own fault? His punishment was personally ordered by the emperor. You don't have the courage to blame the emperor, but you put all the blame on the imperial concubine. Why? "
The second princess obviously found it difficult to accept such a fact. She shook her head violently: "No, no, no... It's not like that. The nanny said..."
The nanny's face turned pale and she was about to fall down: "I... I just couldn't bear it..."
"You can't bear to see Duke Cheng suffer?"
The eldest princess said in a stern voice, "What about the children in the palace who died at the hands of Concubine De and Duke Cheng? What about the concubines who died in one death? What about the people who were abused to death? Aren't they suffering? Why can you only see your own suffering and ignore the suffering of others?"
Concubine Zhuang in the palace was forced to have a miscarriage by Concubine De, and her lower body was bleeding profusely. Not long after Concubine De's death, she also passed away.
The imperial physician said that for so many years, what supported Concubine Zhuang to live was a breath of air.
A breath of air to avenge her child.
Now that Jiang Xinyue has helped her find the murderer and avenge her, the breath of air in her heart has dissipated, and she is no longer alive.
Isn't she suffering?
The second princess was already crying: "Royal sister, I don't know... I really don't know..."
The eldest princess hugged her, patted her on the back and comforted her: "Mingzhu, Empress Zhen has always been Empress Zhen, the Empress Zhen we knew back then. She hasn't changed, it's our state of mind that has changed. You've grown up, you should have your own thoughts, learn to think for yourself, don't just follow what others say, ask yourself, is Empress Zhen not good to you?" After
Concubine De died, the third prince left the palace, and the second princess lived in the attic behind Yanqing Palace.
Jiang Xinyue was afraid that she would think too much, so she asked the emperor to select two companions with good tempers and personalities from the daughters of officials to accompany her.
The silks, satins, jewels, gold and silver that were given to her on weekdays were not lacking, and it was already quite benevolent.
The second princess took all this for granted.
This is wrong.
No one has the obligation to be unconditionally nice to a stranger.
"I... I understand..."
The second princess smiled shyly at the eldest princess: "Today, Concubine Ru is moving into Yanqing Palace, and I still have to make some arrangements, so I won't bother you while you are embroidering your wedding dress!"
The eldest princess pretended to hit her hand, but she dodged with a smile and ran out the door.
She stopped when she ran some distance away, her face darkening.
The nanny who ran out with her wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Your Highness, the eldest princess seems..."
"Humph!"
The second princess sneered, "After all, she is going to marry that kid named Jiang Shoucheng from the Jiang family. My sister is now speaking for them and doesn't care about my feelings as a younger sister."
The nanny nodded, "Isn't it? That concubine Yu also flatters the Jiang family. Isn't it just to get some benefits? The way she fawned on the late queen is exactly the same as now. The eldest princess didn't learn anything good, but she did learn the trick of sucking up to the thighs 100%."
The second princess believed it and sighed in disappointment: "Mammy, we still have to rely on ourselves."