Seeing that Princess Zhaoping, who was usually so proper, was now in such a sorry state, Aunt Sun quickly ordered the palace maids behind her in a stern voice, "Hurry up and help the princess up!"
The palace maids quickly went over and, together with Siqi and Sijuan, helped the limp and powerless Princess Zhaoping to her feet.
"Xi Que, continue," Shang Xiye said in a deep voice without changing his expression.
Everyone present was taken aback upon hearing this.
Who doesn't know that Princess Zhaoping is the Empress Dowager's darling? Is the Ninth Prince going to investigate this matter in front of the Empress Dowager?
Indeed, this was the Ninth Prince's first child, and it was lost so inexplicably. If he could tolerate this, he wouldn't be the Ninth Prince.
The Empress Dowager narrowed her droopy eyelids slightly and glanced at the magpie with an ambiguous expression.
Back in Vulture Village, her food was delivered by Xique, so she recognized Xique and knew that she was a straightforward, uncultured, and simple-minded female bandit.
The magpie felt the oppressive gaze from the Empress Dowager, but had no regard for this ungrateful old hag.
With her young mistress and son-in-law backing her up, she had nothing to fear!
Xi Que straightened her already upright posture even more, putting on an even more energetic performance: "We were having a nice stroll with Miss when this damned princess waited halfway, blocked Miss's path, and then inexplicably rushed into the lake. Miss and I heard from her maid that she couldn't swim, so we immediately jumped in to save her. But in the water, she grabbed Miss and kicked her stomach relentlessly. Miss was worried that she would choke on water, so she told me to save her first. She's utterly heartless and despicable!"
The crowd was in an uproar upon hearing this, and almost no one doubted what the magpie had said.
It wasn't that they suddenly found the bandits trustworthy, but rather that everyone knew that pregnancy wasn't like carrying an egg; it couldn't just disappear after falling into the water. Something else must have happened in the water.
So, Princess Zhaoping deliberately used a self-inflicted injury as a ruse to then take the opportunity to harm the unborn child in the womb of the Ninth Prince's wife?
"I didn't, I didn't, I didn't!" Princess Zhaoping was completely bewildered.
She just wanted to play the victim so that the Ninth Prince would know the bandit's despicable nature and never be close to him again!
She never intended to harm the Ninth Prince's child!
“We bandits have always been open and aboveboard, how could I possibly frame you? Tell me yourself, did you jump into the lake by yourself?” Xique gave Princess Zhaoping no chance to catch her breath.
Everyone: "..."
You bandits are really quite blatant; how could you not resort to open violence when robbing people on the road?
"I... that's not how it is, I never thought it would be like this..." Princess Zhaoping's mind went blank, and she spoke in a panic.
"Alright," the Empress Dowager said, knowing that if she let her continue, the blame would likely fall on Zhaoping. It wasn't a secret in the capital that she favored Zhaoping. "Things have come to this point. Further investigation will only lead to the Ninth Prince's child being lost. You and the Ninth Prince are still young; you can have another child soon. Zhaoping, go and kowtow to your brother Xiye and the Ninth Prince's wife, apologize, and promise never to be so reckless again."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, including Ji Fengyao herself: someone had lost a child!
A life!
You think you can just kowtow and apologize and call it a day?!
This favoritism is outrageous!
"Does the Empress Dowager think this is the right way to handle things? This is my first child." Shang Xiye's eyes were cold, and his anger was evident in his words.
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