Pregnant Before the Royal Marriage-Chapter 904 - Someone is in a Hurry_1

Chapter 904: Chapter 904 Someone is in a Hurry_1

The Empress frowned: “If it concerned the harem, I could naturally make a decision. But this is the East Palace, I can’t arbitrarily meddle with the Crown Prince’s people.”

The Crown Prince had arrived.

Princess Ling’an immediately cried and shouted for justice, begging her royal brother to stand up for her.

Li Hongyuan suppressed his urge to kick her out of the East Palace. With an expressionless face, he said to the Empress: “I have roughly understood the matter. If I remember correctly, this Shuihua came from the Serene Phoenix Palace, did she not? In that case, Your Highness should investigate this matter’s connection with the Serene Phoenix Palace instead of making life difficult for the Princess Consort.”

Jiang Ning wished he could applaud him on the spot.

Yes, face her directly!

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A Crown Prince of a nation, afraid of an Empress?

The Empress looked surprised: “How is this matter related to my palace? The harem houses at least three to five thousand maids, with only a few hundred that had served in the Serene Phoenix Palace. Do you mean to suggest that whatever they do is related to the Serene Phoenix Palace?”

“Are you implying that palace maidens who have served in the Serene Phoenix Palace are not affiliated with it, but with someone else?”

“Crown Prince!” The Empress, refuted time and again, couldn’t help but express her anger, slamming her fist on the table, “I heard that there was trouble in the East Palace and came specially to mediate. You as the Crown Prince are indecisive, instead randomly implicating me!”

“Your Highness, you really care about the affairs of the East Palace, even the slightest movement gets you rushing over.” Li Hongyuan said coldly, “Since you admit that Shuihua came from the Serene Phoenix Palace, it’s quite simple. We can detain Shuihua to the Imperial Prison for interrogation. Only then, after losing three or five layers of skin, will she be willing to talk.”

Shuihua’s face turned deathly pale, she kneeled on the ground begging for mercy: “Your Highness, please spare me, Princess Consort, please spare me. I really don’t know anything.”

Thump, thump, thump.

Bloodstains appeared on the ground.

Jiang Ning stared at her, her tone ominous: “If you want to live, tell the truth. In this world, what’s more important than your own life? If you die, everything is over. Your parents and family, your siblings, they will soon forget you. The one you love may mourn you for a while, but after three to five months at most, he will remarry and leave your dry bones in the ground, the snakes and insects gnawing on them, leaving your spirit without a home… ”

“Stop it!”

Shuihua yelled, clutching her head, her emotions completely collapsing.

The Empress was also surprised.

Who would have thought that the Princess Consort would say such things?

Li Hongyuan remained expressionless, as if there was nothing that could surprise him coming from the lips of the Princess Consort.

Shuihua laid on the ground, crying loudly.

Jiang Ning continued: “Don’t let anyone or anything control you. You, yourself, are the most important. If you don’t take care of yourself, you will perish. If you sacrifice for others, others will only consider you a fool.”

After weeping for a while, Shuihua slowly raised her head, her eyes swollen, and said in a hoarse voice: “Indeed, someone gave me some money and asked me to say certain things to Princess Ling’an. Also threatened me that if I didn’t, they would ruin the chance of my younger brother sitting for the imperial exam….”

“Who gave you the money?” Jiang Ning pursued.

“It was… Eunuch Shi from the Serene Phoenix Palace.”

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“Outrageous!” The Empress scolded angrily, “You maid, how dare you slander so casually?”

Shuihua’s face turned white and red. She dared not say a word.

Jiang Ning said to Li Hongyuan: “Did you see that, someone is anxious.”

The Empress glared at her: “You think I can’t hear you talking?”

“Your Highness, no need to take offence unwarranted.”

“You, you…” The Empress was breathless with anger, her fingertip trembling. She repeated “you” twice, then her vision blurred and she fell down.