The old princess had been kidnapped by Xie Tingzhou for several days. She had thought of countless reasons why she had been kidnapped, but she never imagined that Xie Tingzhou was doing it for the crown prince.
But how can we talk about the Crown Prince's affairs?
She couldn't bring herself to speak right now, so she shook her head.
Xie Tingzhou laughed, "The palace entrusted me with the task of finding you. What do you think would be better if I dumped your body in a stinking ditch, left it to soak in the ditch for a few days, and then framed your death for your former subordinates, or Kang Le, or Prince Liang, or Prince Lin?"
The old princess looked angry.
It was as if she was saying, "You unfilial little beast, I am your great-grandmother."
At the same time, I felt a little uneasy. Xie Tingzhou mentioned several people. Did he know something?
"Only with a kind heart can one be filial to one's children. Old lady, you are not worthy of being called an elder in my eyes."
He suddenly lifted his mask, revealing the stunningly beautiful face of Crown Prince Zhaolin.
"Among those who have been hunting me down over the years, many were your men, weren't they? The score between us is so high that it can't even be settled by throwing it into a ditch."
The old princess never expected that Xie Tingzhou was actually the crown prince behind his mask.
That day, in her drowsy state, she only saw two people dressed as eunuchs. After that, Xie Tingzhou appeared once, and she assumed that she had fallen into Xie Tingzhou's hands.
Seeing that Xie Tingzhou hadn't done anything else besides starving her, she wasn't that afraid.
She assumed that Xie Tingzhou was torturing her in retaliation for her previous actions against the Marquis's mansion.
But what if the one who kidnapped her was the Crown Prince, and he knew about what he had done all these years...?
A sense of fear arose in the old princess's heart.
At the same time, I wondered whether the Crown Prince was using Xie Tingzhou's identity to make his move today, or whether it was the Crown Prince who returned to the capital in triumph.
Before I could figure it out, I smelled a strong fragrance.
It tastes like roast chicken.
Accompanied by Ye Zhen's icy voice, "Throwing her into a stinking ditch is indeed too good for her."
Why not ask a few scholars to anonymously write her story into a storybook?
Let the people of the world know how our Grand Princess Heyi colluded with the military to bring plague to her motherland in order to avenge her love rival.
And so, she tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice instead, ultimately unable to win back her fiancé's heart, and could only choose to marry a foreign ruler, a marriage alliance that spanned a thousand miles, to appease the guilt and empty reputation of Emperor Borenzhao.
Even before the old emperor died, she seduced his son for her own future.
After returning to her homeland, she sacrificed her two children for her own future, yet still presented herself as a loving mother to the world. Don't forget to write about these things.
Ye Zhen, holding the roast chicken, moved closer to the old princess. "People love to hear stories of boudoir romances. We'll also fabricate tales about her secretly keeping male lovers, offering herself to the royal guards in order to turn them against her."
The truth or the falsehood, the people will surely enjoy watching and the rumors will spread even faster. Once she becomes infamous, they'll put it on the gate of Chunfeng Tower under her name.
At that time, there will be no need for you or me to lift a finger; the people, who hate evil as if it were their enemy, will bury her in the stinking ditch.
However, writing a story takes time; in the meantime, let her experience hunger a little more.
As if remembering something, she asked Xie Tingzhou, "Do you have an ice cellar?"
"have."
"Then throw her back into the ice cellar, let her experience the feeling of being frozen again. Have someone keep an eye on her, and bring her out just before she's almost frozen to death. Once she's recovered, throw her back in again, so that the old prince will remember it vividly."
Poisonous woman!
The old princess cursed silently, her eyes filled with hatred as if she wanted to tear Ye Zhen apart.
But every word Ye Zhen said struck a nerve with her.
A person who has been praised her whole life dreams of leaving a mark on history, even though the Fu Jiang incident later made it difficult for her reputation to return to what it once was.
But she must not become a stain on history books, forever tainted. She is a noble princess, a golden branch and jade leaf, and she cannot rot in a stinking ditch.
Her stomach rumbled again, and the old princess swallowed hard, looking at Xie Tingzhou pleadingly.
A wise person knows when to yield; she chose to back down first.
Seeing that her expression softened, Xie Tingzhou took out silver needles and inserted them into several acupoints.
The old princess's mouth is not crooked, her eyes are not slanted, and she can speak.
It wasn't that the people in the Imperial Hospital were helpless, but rather that the Empress didn't want to treat the old princess.
Realizing this, the old princess spoke up, "The assassination of the emperor during the autumn hunt was Kang Le's scheme, and I only learned about it some time ago."
Your Highness, I have never sent anyone to hunt you down, but I have indeed wronged you by not informing the Emperor and Empress in time after learning of what Kangle had done.
But at that time, because of Fu Jiang's matter, I was in a difficult situation, and the Emperor and Empress had lost their trust in me, so they might not believe my words anymore.
She pushed all the blame onto Kang Le.
Finally, she didn't forget to sow discord between the Crown Prince and the Emperor and Empress, saying, "In addition, the Empress always protects Kang Le, and you have been missing for so many years, yet the Emperor and Empress have never found you."
I'm not sure if they really can't find you, or if they don't want to find you and dare not act rashly.
"Your Highness, I have never intended to harm you. On the contrary, I have long recognized your imperial talent and I long for you to ascend the throne soon and restore the glory of our Great Yuan royal family..."
"Throw it into the ice cellar."
Xie Tingzhou saw that she was still making small talk, so he didn't bother to listen anymore.
He was no longer a three-year-old child. The Empress had protected Kang Le, but the one who truly indulged and shielded Kang Le was the person in front of him.
Two men in black immediately appeared and took the old princess to the ice cellar. Ye Zhen also had several fragrant roasted chickens and ducks placed at the entrance of the ice cellar.
This allowed the old princess to truly experience what it was like to suffer from hunger and cold.
After this happened several times, the old princess finally couldn't take it anymore and revealed the truth.
“Give me a quilt, a roast chicken, and a pot of warm wine, and I will give you the evidence that Kang Le framed you.”
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