Snap!
A slap rang out, and Consort Zhu covered her face in disbelief. She couldn't believe that the Emperor would hit her. Shouldn't he be comforting her?
"Your Majesty...you...you actually hit me?"
Consort Zhu looked at the Emperor in disbelief and said!
"As Xian'er's mother, you haven't taken good care of her; this is your dereliction of duty..."
The Emperor angrily rebuked him!
"Your Majesty, Xian'er was also my daughter. I am deeply saddened by her death..."
"I never imagined that the Crown Prince would be so utterly disregardful of ethics and morality, capable of such a cruel act against his own sister. You must seek justice for me..."
Snap!
Another slap rang out, and the emperor glared at her angrily and roared...
"Did you personally witness the Crown Prince doing this?"
No... I never...
Consort Zhu was terrified. She had never seen the emperor so angry, and she didn't know what she had done wrong. She could only kneel on the ground and cry in grievance...
"Since you didn't witness the Crown Prince doing this with your own eyes, yet you insist that he did it, what exactly are you thinking?"
The emperor stared at her and questioned her. This was a matter of royal honor. Such a huge scandal being spoken of in public would severely damage the royal family's prestige!
However, as the mother of the little princess, the other party not only failed to consider the face of the royal family, but also failed to consider her daughter's final dignity, which made him suspect her true intentions...
"Your Majesty... the Crown Prince was the last one to come into contact with Xian'er, so who else could it be but him?"
Even at the risk of being beaten, Consort Zhu remained adamant that Li Zhu was responsible...
Snap!
Another slap rang out, and the emperor glared angrily at the unreasonable Consort Zhu. He now truly had the urge to kill her!
"Starting today, you are also under house arrest and are not allowed to have any contact with the outside world..."
The Emperor looked at Consort Zhu coldly and said, "This matter must be controlled in terms of its speed of spread and its impact. Consort Zhu is the source of all this, so cutting off her as the source can reduce the impact..."
"Your Majesty...this cannot be..."
Consort Zhu wailed, saying that once she was confined to her quarters, she would be unable to meet with Shi Le, let alone contact her father's men, which would greatly affect her plans!
"Hmph! How unfortunate that Xian'er has a mother like you..."
The emperor said, somewhat annoyed!
"Your Majesty, this is not what I wanted to see. You must believe me..."
Consort Zhu pleaded!
The emperor glanced at Consort Zhu. He knew about Zhu Wen's actions, but he simply couldn't believe that a woman would sacrifice her own daughter to help her father rebel. Such behavior was utterly incomprehensible...
"Give the little princess a proper burial!"
The emperor said to the eunuch Tang beside him, "This is the only thing I can do now!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The Emperor gazed longingly at the little princess's face, then questioned Consort Zhu.
"Where is the nanny who takes care of the little princess?"
Why was the little princess at the banquet? If she hadn't gone, perhaps none of this would have happened!
The whole thing seemed suspicious, so he wanted to find out why the little princess was at the banquet…
"Your Majesty... Granny Sun...she's gone..."
Consort Zhu replied somewhat hesitantly!
Faced with Consort Zhu's reaction, the Emperor narrowed his eyes. Was it really such a coincidence?
"Gone? Don't you think that's too much of a coincidence? The little princess had an accident, and the nanny who was taking care of her has disappeared?"
Sensing the Emperor's doubt, Consort Zhu quickly cried and said...
"Your Majesty, we haven't seen Granny Sun since Xian'er's accident. I've sent people to look for her, but there's been no news..."
Who could it be?
The Emperor frowned, deep in thought; all of this was too unusual…
The second and third princes acted very strangely, as if they knew something beforehand, and collectively launched an attack on the crown prince...
Consort Zhu's subsequent reaction further confirmed that they intended to use this overwhelming public opinion to convict the Crown Prince...
Even if a conviction cannot be made, the uninformed public will believe it's true. They'll assume Li Zhu is exempt from punishment simply because he's the crown prince, not because he's truly innocent.
No matter how Li Zhu is dealt with now, he is already caught in a vortex of public opinion from which he cannot extricate himself...
"Your Majesty...this matter is clearly related to the Crown Prince, so why are you so lenient with him?"
Although Consort Zhu was flustered, there was a subtle determination in her eyes. Even though she knew it would displease the Emperor, she still wanted to drag Li Zhu down with her!
"No matter how bad he is, he is still my son and the crown prince I appointed. Even if he really did this, it cannot be spread. This is related to the prestige and dignity of the royal family. But you can't even understand this point. Now it's causing a huge uproar. Do you know how much impact this has had on the entire New Tang Dynasty?"
How do you expect the civil and military officials to view the new Tang Dynasty? How do you expect the people of the land to view the new Tang Dynasty?
Do you realize how foolish you've unknowingly done?
The Emperor could no longer tolerate Consort Zhu's foolishness. At this critical moment, she was still trying to smear Li Zhu. It was clear that she had been misled and was being used as a pawn...
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I know I was wrong..."
Consort Zhu lowered her head and admitted her mistake with a wronged expression, but no one saw the ruthless glint in her eyes beneath her lowered head!
The Emperor turned and left in anger, leaving Consort Zhu alone on the spot…
Only after the Emperor had disappeared from sight did Consort Zhu secretly release a carrier pigeon...
Meanwhile, in a corner outside the palace, Shi Le was lying in ambush with a large group of men. The moment he saw the carrier pigeon, a glint of light flashed in Shi Le's eyes...
"kill…"
With a roar, a group of people rushed out and surrounded Li Zhu and the guards escorting him…
Upon seeing Shi Le at the head of the group, Li Zhu knew that what was bound to happen was inevitable; this guy had conspired with Consort Zhu to assassinate him…
He had been wondering how the other side would weaken his defenses, but at that moment he understood everything. The plan had already begun the moment Li Xian'er appeared; he just didn't understand how the Second Prince and the Third Prince had become involved in it…
"Shi Le, it's been a long time..."
Shi Le, who rushed up, was taken aback and looked at Li Zhu in confusion, wondering how he knew it was him!
"You've mistaken me for someone else..."
Shi Le snorted and said that even if he was recognized, he could not admit it. Regardless of whether the assassination was successful or not, as long as his identity was not exposed, there was still room for maneuver. If his identity was exposed, the Jie tribe would be severely suppressed in the new Tang Dynasty!
"One, two, three...uh-huh..."
Li Zhu swayed his hips three times in a lewd manner, as if he were doing some kind of exercise, and even added a sound effect at the end...
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