Chen Siyuan was taken to the Imperial Study and knelt for a long time. The old emperor didn't say anything. Eunuch Huang served the old emperor quietly the whole time, making Chen Siyuan think that she was going to die.
I don't want to leave alive.
The old emperor was baffled, and now he saw one of the reasons why he had come to the capital.
Thinking back, her life used to be very peaceful, but this person's appearance changed her life so much. What's even more infuriating is that this person kidnapped her grandmother, causing her and Tao Yifan to end up like this.
Without this person, perhaps she and Tao Yifan would have no future. She just hates people who wantonly trample on other people's peaceful lives.
All of these things combined made her unable to control the anger in her heart at this moment.
By what right? Just because she is the adopted daughter of the old emperor, does that give her the right to bully others so wantonly?
If I were the old emperor's daughter, could I kill this person without any consequences?
Thinking of this, she grabbed Princess Qiya's hand and, with a forceful movement, threw Princess Qiya to the ground.
"Chen Siyuan, you slut!" Princess Qiya's words fell as her maid rushed towards Chen Siyuan.
Chen Siyuan took a step back and helped Qiao Zhen, who was kneeling on the ground, to her feet.
“Princess Qiya, today is a palace banquet. You openly humiliated the daughter of the General’s Mansion. Do you have too much dissatisfaction with my father?” I may not have much weight to say, but they also came from the General’s Mansion. If we openly treat them like this and make a big fuss, it will be seen as dissatisfaction with the General’s Mansion.
In this sensitive period, whoever holds military power has the final say.
Princess Qiya is not a real princess; she has openly humiliated the daughter of a court official, and the matter is not easy to decide.
Even if Princess Qiya is arrogant, no one can see what you say or do when no one is around. Naturally, those who see it won't say anything. If such behavior is not stopped in front of everyone, the General's Mansion will suffer. If it is stopped, some people might have some reservations.
The commotion caused by Chen Siyuan immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Even the men who were discussing important matters nearby all looked over.
They split into several factions, and now they are all grouped together by the Third Prince and the Seventh Prince. Originally, there were also people from the Fourth Prince, but they have now been mostly eliminated.
The fourth prince is currently in a bad situation. He is not dead yet, but he has no chance to turn things around. One by one, his loyal followers are dying mysteriously.
The fourth prince is currently at his most unlucky point. He saw the legendary woman and couldn't help but look over out of curiosity.
At this moment, the manager, who was still alive after his failure, became much more gloomy. Standing in the shadows, he felt as if the Fourth Prince had become a venomous snake lurking in the dark, ready to kill him at any moment.
Tao Yifan followed the Third Prince, but because of the death of Pingtai of the Western Depot and because of Chen Siyuan, the Third Prince did not trust Tao Yifan much. Tao Yifan was also tired of his current life and did not do his best to serve the Third Prince.
Seeing this woman today, he actually felt a sense of relief.
Knowing that this woman was still alive, and that she had been granted the title of First-Rank Imperial Lady, he felt a strange sense of comfort, though not in a way.
Yes, it feels comfortable.
Qiao Yuchen used a scheme to marry this woman, who was then bestowed the title of First-Rank Imperial Lady. Logically, Qiao Yuchen should have to pay his respects to her. Thinking of this, he immediately felt relieved.
No matter how arrogant Qiao Yuchen is, his power is still greater than that of the old emperor.
"Aren't you going to go and play the hero and save the damsel in distress?" the Third Prince said sarcastically.
The advisors who were originally standing in front of him immediately put away their ulterior motives upon hearing this tone.
Tao Yifan was surprised that the Third Prince, who had always been very self-disciplined, would say such a thing in public. However, he reacted quickly, no longer being as cautious as before, and looked at the Third Prince with a venomous look in his eyes.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for intervening several times and preventing me from having this opportunity."
"You know that?"
The Third Prince spoke again, and everyone around him except Tao Yifan could no longer stay and quietly left one by one.
They had all witnessed Tao Yifan's ability to gain the Third Prince's favor and admired his wisdom. However, a woman caused a rift between the Third Prince and Tao Yifan.
Recently, because of this incident, they have all felt this turbulence, and everyone is being careful in their actions, worried that if they make a mistake, they will be in deep trouble.
Now that the two of them are openly confronting each other in the palace, the banquet at the palace today seems really strange to them.
A newly appointed first-rank imperial consort actually dared to directly confront Princess Qiya.
They, as first-rank imperial consorts, didn't know much about Princess Qiya. In the entire capital, apart from princes and real princesses, who wouldn't avoid Princess Qiya? Now, she's offering herself up to them; it's practically suicide.
At present, no matter how much the Third Prince values Tao Yifan, he is still a subject. Now he has made such a bold move, which they see as suicidal.
"Thank you, Third Prince, for sending Princess Qiya to abduct my fiancée's grandmother just days before I was to propose to her, and for using this to threaten me and my fiancée into a life of separation..."
He was heartbroken to have come to this point. Looking at the Third Prince before him, Tao Yifan finally unleashed the anger that had been building up inside him.
Even if this person is high above, and may eventually sit on the throne, the pain of losing one's beloved, the one one trusts most, is indescribable.
In particular, the thought that if he had arrived even a little later that day, Chen Siyuan would have died at Pingtai's hands.
Everyone else thought that the Western Depot had overstepped its bounds, but he knew in his heart that it was the Third Prince who sent people to kill Chen Siyuan.
The Third Prince did not want his drunken incident at the restaurant to happen again.
He could understand that the Third Prince would do anything for the throne, but he shouldn't have known what Chen Siyuan meant to him, yet he still took action against her repeatedly.
"What did you say?" The Third Prince looked at Tao Yifan with sharp eyes, as if trying to see through his heart.
"If it weren't for the Third Prince's intervention, I would have been the First-Rank Imperial Lady." After saying this, Tao Yifan turned and left.
The third prince was thus left standing there.
He looked at Tao Yifan, then at the woman who had clashed with Princess Qiya, his eyes dark and unreadable.
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