“Princess, the old couple did indeed have a granddaughter, but they didn’t give her away as they claimed. Instead, they sold her to save on food rations.”
The guard paused, then lowered his head in shame. "As for where he went, it has been too long to verify. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Yun An suddenly gripped the armrest tightly, his face darkening: "Useless thing!"
She raised her hand to signal the people to leave, her mind in turmoil, unable to calm down for a long time.
So, it's quite possible that she really is that old couple's granddaughter?
No, impossible!
A bunch of lowly people, trying to get close to her?
Yun An gritted her teeth and violently knocked the teacup off the table to the ground!
Seeing her like this, Cailian knelt down beside her trembling, not daring to breathe too loudly.
Recently, the princess's temper has become increasingly volatile, and many of the palace maids who serve her have been punished. She still has whip marks on her body.
Cailian had no doubt that if things continued like this, she would be beaten to death by the princess sooner or later!
"These lowly people, who would sell their own granddaughter for a few taels of silver, might very well plot against me, the princess, for an even greater temptation in the future!"
A group of ordinary people, probably who have never seen much of the world in their lives, have finally found a way to climb to the top, so how could they easily let go?
What Yun An feared most was why that old woman had specifically mentioned her granddaughter in front of her that day.
She didn't think about it much at the time, but after returning home, she felt something was wrong the more she thought about it.
She was in a state of heightened paranoia, so it was hard for her not to suspect that the other party already knew her identity and was deliberately testing her.
Thinking about it this way, the old woman's sudden appearance in that grove and the chance encounter with her didn't seem to be a coincidence. Could it be that someone was behind it?
At the time, she didn't suspect Shen Ci, but now, looking back, she feels something is off.
Her eyes darkened, and she slowly sneered, "She delivered herself right to my doorstep!"
Cailian's heart skipped a beat, and she bit her lip, her voice trembling: "Does the princess intend to...?"
Yun An glanced over, his indifferent gaze chilling her to the bone: "Only the dead can keep secrets; they must die!"
Cai Lian's knees buckled, and she almost lost her balance.
Although Yun'an was referring to that family, she felt uneasy. In the princess's eyes, was she already a dead person?
She's only spared for now because she still has some use, so the princess is keeping her alive for the time being. Once she's no longer of any use...
Cailian stared wide-eyed in horror, suddenly afraid to think any further.
——
Yuan Zhao, who had been secretly watching the Princess's residence, quickly reported the matter to Shen Tangning.
"Princess Yun'an is about to make a move."
"They're even more impatient than I expected." Shen Tangning put down the ledger and looked up. "Proceed according to the original plan, and don't alert them."
Yuan Zhao nodded, and then heard her say thoughtfully, "Yun An wants to kill someone to cover it up, but is afraid of getting himself into trouble, so he will definitely pretend it was an accident. Remember to keep the key evidence."
Yuan Zhao paused for a moment: "Save them all?"
Shen Tangning narrowed her eyes slightly: "Only when someone dies will this matter become a big deal. That old couple used to help human traffickers make connections and secretly trafficked a lot of children. Their deaths can be considered as ridding the people of a scourge."
Yuan Zhao felt relieved. Back when Shen Tangning asked him to investigate this family, he had already discovered that they were no good either.
The older ones were women who trafficked children, and the younger ones once drove a teenage girl to commit suicide by jumping into a river. In short, birds of a feather flock together!
He was quite indignant when he found out. How could such a person escape the punishment of the law? Where is justice?
"Fine, then let them die."
Shen Tangning glanced at Yuan Zhao with a questioning look, her eyes holding an ambiguous meaning:
Why did she feel like he was just waiting to say that?
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