Chapter 455 Soft-hearted (Third Update)
Princess Xinyang asked, "Is the clue they mentioned Xiao Heng's background?"
Prince Ning nodded: "That's right. They said that Xiao Heng is the son of Marquis Xuanping and a female slave from Yan, and that the real young marquis is already dead, killed by the female slave. Marquis Xuanping switched the child with the female slave's son, claiming he was the princess's son. At that time, I wondered if my aunt would kill Xiao Heng in a fit of rage if she knew that she had raised the son of the person who killed her son for fourteen years?"
Princess Xinyang looked at him in confusion: "Why didn't you come and tell me?"
Prince Ning looked into her eyes and said, "I told you. Otherwise, who do you think put that secret letter that exposed Xiao Heng's background on your carriage?"
Princess Xinyang suddenly realized: "So it was you."
Prince Ning then asked, "After my aunt saw the secret letter, she went to Marquis Xuanping to verify it, right?"
Princess Xinyang murmured, "That's right, I went, and he admitted it."
Prince Ning chuckled self-deprecatingly: "But my aunt hesitated to take action, and I thought she had softened her heart, so I decided to do it myself. Of course, I had to rely on those people to whisper in my ear before I made this decision. Anyway, my aunt and Xiao Heng have already broken off relations, so whether my aunt did it or not, the Marquis of Xuanping will hold her responsible."
Princess Xinyang glanced at him: "Is this your own opinion, or did those people say it?"
Prince Ning said, "We have them all."
Having already revealed everything, Prince Ning didn't mind revealing a little more.
He continued, "However, right after Xiao Heng's death, those advisors vanished from my residence out of thin air. It was at that moment that I realized they approached me not to assist me or to gain any wealth or honor from me, but because of Xiao Heng. Of course, they might also have been after my aunt or the Marquis of Xuanping. Xiao Heng's death was a great blow to you, making your already strained marital relationship even worse. Since they disappeared, I was worried that the truth would come out and my aunt and the Marquis of Xuanping would suspect me, so I didn't act rashly or investigate."
Princess Xinyang asked astutely, "Then why did you dare to kill Xiao Heng this time? Did that group of people reappear?"
Prince Ning smiled faintly and shook his head: "I thought my aunt would ask me how I was sure that Xiao Liulang was Xiao Heng. Never mind, that's not important. What I'm more curious about is how my aunt recognized Xiao Heng."
Princess Xinyang said calmly, "That's not important."
Prince Ning sensed that she didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't press her further. He was unusually easy to talk to today, perhaps because people tend to speak kindly when they are about to die, so he had no inhibitions.
He said, "Alright, then I will answer what my aunt just said. That group of people did not appear. Killing him this time was my own idea. I am no longer the eldest prince four years ago. I have the strength to compete with the Xuanping Marquis's mansion. In addition, I was also worried that my aunt would suddenly investigate the events of four years ago and then trace it back to me. So I decided to go all the way and kill Xiao Liulang first."
Princess Xinyang didn't miss a single subtle expression on his face: "You made this decision because you thought I hadn't recognized him yet?"
Prince Ning took a deep breath: "Yes, I will kill him before you and your son are reunited, so that Xiao Heng and the secret from four years ago will disappear from this world forever."
Princess Xinyang said, "Unfortunately, we were one move behind."
Prince Ning smiled wryly: "Unfortunately, I was one move behind."
Princess Xinyang got up to leave, tossing him a clean handkerchief before she left: "Wipe your face. You are a prince. Even if you are leaving, do it with some dignity."
Prince Ning looked at the handkerchief in his hand.
This is a handkerchief that looks unremarkable, except for an exquisite vase embroidered on one corner, with the mouth of the vase plugged with a cork.
Princess Xinyang had already crossed the threshold when she suddenly turned back and said calmly, "I will visit Princess Ning and the two young princesses when I have time."
Prince Ning's hand, which was gripping the handkerchief, tightened!
Princess Xinyang is threatening her!
She either keeps quiet about Xiao Heng's affairs, or she takes the lives of Chu Yue, Ning Xin, and Ning Yan!
After Princess Xinyang finished her meeting with Prince Ning, she asked Eunuch Wei to convey a message to the Emperor before returning home.
Eunuch Wei assumed she was saddened by the memory of her deceased son and softly agreed.
"Where is Long Yi?" Princess Xinyang asked.
"It seems he went out to play with Jingkong," Yu Jin said.
Princess Xinyang said, "Never mind, let's go back."
Long Yi will come back on his own after he's had enough fun.
Princess Xinyang was unaware that Long Yi had caused a great disaster in the palace, and that Empress Xiao was ordering his arrest, causing chaos throughout the entire harem.
Princess Xinyang returned to Zhuque Street and asked Yu Jin to warm a pot of wine for her.
Yu Jin brought over the warmed wine and was about to pour it into a wine cup when Princess Xinyang took the wine bottle directly and drank several mouthfuls.
Yu Jin's expression changed slightly: "Princess!"
After a few sips of strong liquor, her internal organs felt like they were on fire.
She said with a cold laugh, "It wasn't Prince Ning who killed Aheng, it was me."
"Princess, you've had too much to drink." Yu Jin reached out to take the wine bottle from her.
Princess Xinyang easily dodged her hand, tilted her head back and took several more big gulps. This time she drank a little too fast and choked, tears streaming down her face.
“Prince Ning had oil poured on the Imperial Academy and a candle lit on it. They were just waiting for the candle to burn out so they could light the oil. I saw it, Yu Jin, I saw it right away. I put out the candle.”
Yu Jin followed her lead and said, "It's good that it's destroyed."
"Let me finish," Princess Xinyang said with a self-deprecating laugh. "The more I think about it, the angrier I get. His own mother killed my son, and I raised that woman's son for fourteen years. I'm so sorry to that dead child! I want to kill him! I want to tell him the truth, and then I'll kill him!"
Yu Jin: "Princess..."
Princess Xinyang sneered: "Actually, I had already sensed that someone was eyeing him, someone with ill intentions. Even without my intervention, he probably wouldn't live much longer, but I just hate it! I want to destroy him with my own hands!"
Yu Jin advised, "Princess, please stop drinking..."
Princess Xinyang, however, refused to listen to her: "So I went back to the Imperial Academy, cornered him in the Minghui Hall, and told him the whole truth... hiccup!" Princess Xinyang hiccuped, a hint of drunkenness in her eyes, "Watching him crumble bit by bit in front of me, I felt extremely happy! I destroyed him with my own hands... I destroyed him..."
Large tears streamed down her face.
Yu Jin felt a pang of pain in her heart as she looked at Princess Xinyang, who was overwhelmed with grief. She leaned over and gently pulled Princess Xinyang into her arms, letting her head rest against her soft chest: "But in the end, Princess, you saved him, didn't you?"
Yu Jin understood perfectly well that if Princess Xinyang truly wanted him dead, he couldn't possibly still be alive today.
Princess Xinyang broke his will, drugged him with sleeping potion, and set a fire on fire.
That way he won't be able to escape.
Then the two of them can go down to the underworld together to atone for their sins against that poor child.
However, she softened her heart.
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(End of this chapter)
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