Chapter 229 That Little Bit of Family Affection
Huo Qing looked at Qin Jinzhi with some difficulty and said, "We caught two."
Qin Jinzhi gave her a somewhat disdainful look. "What's with that expression?"
Huo Qing scratched his face. "Come with me."
Seeing Huo Qing's expression, Qin Jinzhi became somewhat suspicious.
Arrived at the Heavenly Prison.
Qin Jinzhi saw someone who was both unexpected and expected.
"Granny Zhao."
Upon hearing Qin Jinzhi's voice, Granny Zhao looked up in a flustered manner.
Then a shy expression appeared on her face.
"Did the princess suspect me from the very beginning?"
Qin Jinzhi squatted down in front of the railing. "Did you tell Grandfather everything I said to Grandmother today, word for word?"
Granny Zhao knelt on the ground without uttering a sound.
Qin Jinzhi propped her chin on her hand and said, "Granny Zhao, you've served the Empress Dowager for decades and were given the surname Zhao. I really want to ask you, why?"
Granny Zhao kowtowed to the ground, saying, "His Majesty and the Empress are deeply in love, and His Majesty is also concerned about the Empress."
Qin Jinzhi shook her head leisurely upon hearing her words.
"So, the Crown Prince is concerned about his grandmother, which is why he asked you to pass on the news from the palace to him."
Granny Zhao trembled.
Qin Jinzhi stood up and looked down at her, "Your little grandson is very cute. As a grandmother, it's natural for everyone to love and care for him, and I understand."
Zhao Mama's eyes were filled with disbelief. Over the years, she had known that the little princess had always been a smart child, but with each passing year, she found it increasingly difficult to understand her.
It remains unfathomable to this day.
"You know everything."
Qin Jinzhi looked at Zhao Mama's face and said, "Zhao Mama, I have received a lot of care from you during my many years in the palace, so you should know my methods."
Upon hearing this, Granny Zhao immediately cried out in a panic, "Princess! Please, he's only six years old!"
Qin Jinzhi smiled and said, "Granny Zhao, that's being unreasonable of you. You love your family, and I love my grandmother. We feel the same way."
Granny Zhao kowtowed to the ground one head after another.
"Princess, it's all my fault! I've let down Her Majesty the Empress! But the child is innocent! I'm willing to give my life for it."
Qin Jinzhi pointed to her temple and said with some distress, "Then we can only blame his grandmother for being incompetent."
Granny Zhao hurriedly got up and grabbed the railing. "Princess! Princess! I beg you! I never intended to harm Her Majesty the Empress! His Highness the Crown Prince is Her Majesty's own son! I only told His Highness some unimportant things. I had absolutely no intention of harming Her Majesty."
Qin Jinzhi smiled.
"People are always burdened by those family ties. Back then, your husband favored his concubine over his wife, and it was my grandmother who saved you from dire straits and forced that family to divorce you."
Your youngest son chose his father, and hasn't come to see you, his mother, for so many years.
But you had a decades-long relationship with the Empress Dowager, and for the sake of a grandson of unknown importance, you betrayed her.
Qin Jinzhi turned around with a smile, "After all, Granny Zhao watched me grow up, so let's not let her leave in too much pain."
Upon hearing this, Granny Zhao shouted at Qin Jinzhi's retreating figure, "Princess! Please spare the child."
Qin Jinzhi shrugged. "Granny, you've taken care of me for so many years, how come you don't know my temper? I hate trouble the most. When I'm in trouble, I not only have to pull the weeds out by the roots, but I also have to burn them down for miles."
Granny Zhao couldn't believe what she had heard.
Qin Jinzhi glanced back at her, smiled, and waved, "Consider it a gift you gave me before you died."
Behind them came wails of agony.
Huo Qing breathed a sigh of relief when he followed Qin Jinzhi out. "I thought you would be a little embarrassed to see her, after all, she is an old servant of the Empress."
Qin Jinzhi asked, "Whose person is the other one?"
Huo Qing raised an eyebrow. "The one you hate the most."
Qin Jinzhi looked at him, "Consort Shu?"
Huo Qing had a knowing look on his face. "I knew it! She's the person you hate the most in this palace!"
Qin Jinzhi scoffed, "I haven't even caused trouble for the Du family yet, and she's already got the nerve to stick her hands into the Jiaofang Palace."
Huo Qing asked, "How should we handle this?"
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you want to know what I was like in the palace when I was a child?"
Huo Qing's eyelids twitched; something terrible was about to happen.
That evening, Consort Shu was sitting in front of her dressing table, and a palace maid was removing her hairpins and jewelry.
"Your Majesty, the Minister sent another message today."
Consort Shu closed her eyes. "Is it about the division of power within the Hanlin Academy again?"
The palace maid let her hair down.
"The Minister's idea is to have the Empress speak to His Majesty, since if this matter really comes to fruition, the Du family will have to bow down."
Consort Shu snorted coldly, "Father makes it sound so easy. His Majesty has already given the order. How can I change his mind?"
The palace maid helped Consort Shu to her feet and helped her change her clothes.
“Father only cares about the power of the Du family. Now that my son has reached the age of thirty, he does not think about paving the way for Qi’er. Instead, he spends his days scheming and fighting in the court.”
Seeing Consort Shu's displeased expression, the palace maid carefully said, "After all, the Seventh Prince and the Du family share the same fate. The more powerful the Du family becomes, the more beneficial it will be for our Seventh Prince in the future."
After speaking, the palace maid helped Consort Shu walk towards the bed.
"What I fear is that Father's refusal to give Qi'er real power has ulterior motives."
The palace maid opened the bed curtains and found someone lying on Consort Shu's bed, covered with a quilt.
"How dare you! You dare to lie on Her Majesty's bed without permission! Get off now!"
The palace maid shouted, but the person on the bed did not move an inch.
"Fine! I'll see who you are, you slut! I'll skin you alive!"
As she spoke, she yanked off the blanket.
"ah!!!"
Consort Shu's gloomy face paled instantly upon seeing the person on the bed.
A palace maid lay on the bed, bleeding from all seven orifices, her eyes wide open in death.
Consort Shu clutched her head and screamed. A palace maid immediately shouted, "Someone come quick! Someone come quick!"
The eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting at the door rushed in.
"Your Majesty!"
The crowd gathered around Consort Shu, and screamed when they saw the corpse on the bed.
Consort Shu's personal maid shouted, "Get this person away now!"
Consort Shu pointed a trembling finger at the corpse and asked, "Was this planted in the Empress's palace?"
The palace maid nodded. "Your Highness, it's her!"
Consort Shu clutched her chest as if she were about to faint at any moment.
"It's her! It must be her!"
The palace maid hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what did you say!"
Consort Shu closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and roared, "Qin Jinzhi!!!"
Huo Qing squatted on the roof of Consort Shu's palace, looking back at Qin Jinzhi, who had a very interesting expression on her face.
How did she know it was you?
Qin Jinzhi laughed happily as she looked at Consort Shu's miserable state. "When I was little, I threw snakes, scorpions, centipedes, and rats onto her bed. This is the first time I've ever thrown a person at her."
Huo Qing's eyes widened. "She's the emperor's concubine!"
Qin Jinzhi asked with an air of matter-of-fact, "I'm also the emperor's granddaughter."
Huo Qing shook his head. "I thought you would be bullied in the capital when you were a child."
The two left Consort Shu's palace.
Qin Jinzhi smiled and said, "You go back to your duty. I'm leaving the palace."
Huo Qing grabbed Qin Jinzhi's arm, his expression grave. "Be careful of the Crown Prince."
Qin Jinzhi nodded solemnly, "Understood, Erdan."
Huo Qing angrily punched the air twice, "I already told you to call me brother!"
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