Chapter 356: This Loss, She Was Determined to Take!
Xingqing shook her head, her face full of surprise. “Princess Changle, why can’t I understand what you’re saying? What do you mean by deliberately hiding a man in the room? Besides the main hall, I haven’t been to any of the rooms in the palace. How could I hide someone?! As for you saying that I pushed you into that room, wasn’t it you who brought me there?! And wasn’t the person in the room my mother? The room was pitch black at the time, and I only saw a figure. I thought it was my mother! After all, you said my mother might have gone to that room to look for me!”
Xingqing said this and looked at Shen Ruolan. “Mother, where did you go just now? Princess Changle dragged me around to look for you and said you went to the room in the palace that you prepared for me! You didn’t go to that room? Then where did you go?”
Shen Ruolan’s face turned pale when she heard this. She subconsciously glanced at Yong’an Heir Apparent and Wen Ruiqing and shook her head. “I didn’t go to that room. I, I went to the Imperial Garden to appreciate the flowers.”
Xingqing already knew from Ren Zilin that something had happened between Shen Ruolan and Yong’an Heir Apparent. Princess Changle’s plan today was a chain reaction!
Elder Sister said that this matter wouldn’t be able to withstand the Emperor and Embroidered Uniform Guard’s close scrutiny.
Therefore, as long as she brought out the doubts as soon as possible, the Emperor wouldn’t believe that a small county princess from the countryside had the ability to cause so much trouble in the palace.
After all, there wasn’t a single palace servant around those rooms at the time. It wasn’t something a small county princess like her could do to send everyone away!
Xingqing didn’t continue to question Shen Ruolan. It was better not to expose such an embarrassing matter as her daughter, lest Grandmother be sad.
Princess Changle’s eyes flickered. She didn’t expect Shen Xingqing to think of using Shen Ruolan as a way to clear her name! Just as she was about to say something, Xingqing spoke first. She looked at her and continued with a surprised expression. “And Princess Changle, you said I deliberately pushed you into the room? Wasn’t it you who was anxious to see my mother and pushed me aside first? At the time, I thought you saw my mother and were in a hurry to enter the room, so you wanted to push me aside. After all, your mother-daughter relationship is so deep!”
Princess Changle: “. . .”
She felt insulted!
Shen Ruolan’s face was awkward. Was Xingqing blaming her?
After sarcastically mocking the two of them, Xingqing looked at the Empress Dowager. “Empress Dowager, please be the judge. This subject was feeling pressed and left the main hall with Miss Ren to use the toilet. Unexpectedly, Princess Changle followed us out and dragged me to look for my mother, saying that her second aunt had been drinking and was worried that she would be offended! I accompanied Princess Changle to look for her for a long time, and I almost couldn’t hold it in anymore. At that time, Princess Changle anxiously pushed me into the room. The room was very dark, and I thought the person inside was my mother. I thought that since my mother had been found, and I was about to relieve myself on the spot, I anxiously pulled Princess Changle, asking her to go in and make way for me. Then I hurriedly went to the toilet!”
What feeling pressed, what relieving oneself on the spot?
Were these words that a woman could say?
The Empress Dowager’s mouth twitched as she listened!
Xingqing said this and looked at Liang Ting. “So the person in the room wasn’t my mother? It was Young Master Liang? Then why would Young Master Liang be in the women’s quarters? Did someone invite you there, or did someone bring you there?”
After asking this question, Xingqing looked at Princess Changle again, not giving anyone a chance to speak. She first brought up all the doubts before calculating. “Also, the door to the room wasn’t closed at the time! When you discovered that the person in the room was wrong, why didn’t you shout for help? There must be palace servants and Imperial Guards patrolling the courtyard, right?! If you had shouted, wouldn’t someone have come to save you?! How could you have lost your innocence? The palace guards can’t be that negligent, right?”
In the end, Xingqing seemed to have thought of something and suddenly realized, “Empress Dowager, Emperor, I understand! Someone must have deliberately set up a trap to ruin my relationship with Princess Changle! No, that room was my room. They were probably trying to harm me! But they didn’t expect Princess Changle to suffer for me! Empress Dowager, Emperor, please uphold justice for me and Princess Changle. Please investigate the truth of this matter! Give me and Princess Changle an explanation! Someone dared to set up such a vicious and ruthless trap in the palace to ruin a woman’s reputation and her entire life. That person simply doesn’t have the Emperor and Empress Dowager in their eyes! This is trampling on the dignity of the imperial family. I beg the Emperor and Empress Dowager to thoroughly investigate!”
After Xingqing finished speaking, she glanced at Xingnong. Xingnong smiled and quietly gave her a thumbs up.
Xingqing smiled back at Xingnong.
The two of them looked like they were deliberately angering Princess Changle and the Empress Dowager!
The Empress Dowager was so angry that her blood pressure spiked. It was as if she wanted to rebel!
The Jin Kingdom Crown Princess spoke up at the right time. “Emperor, Empress Dowager, this matter must be thoroughly investigated! Don’t wrong Xingqing. Our Empress Dowager dotes on Xingqing as if she were her own daughter. Since Xingqing is the daughter of the Jin Kingdom Empress, she is the princess of the Jin Kingdom. Before we left, our Empress Dowager instructed this consort to bring Xingqing to Jin Kingdom to play when we return.”
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The meaning was very clear: Xingqing was also half a Jin Kingdom person, and this matter had to be settled for her!
Princess Changle was so angry that her chest heaved up and down. Her red and swollen eyes from crying became even redder, as if they were about to spit fire!
She had always known that Xingqing was sharp-tongued and good at playing dumb. But she didn’t expect her to be able to explain herself so reasonably!
Of course, she knew that the Empress Dowager and Emperor would find out the truth. But Shen Xingqing pushing her into the room and causing her to lose her innocence was an undeniable fact. The Empress Dowager would definitely not let her off easily! That was why she dared to openly beg the Empress Dowager to uphold justice for her.
But now, the Jin Kingdom Crown Princess was calling Xingqing “Xingqing” on the left and “Jin Kingdom princess” on the right, acting as if she was one of their own, clearly showing her support.
It seemed that there was no way to do anything to that bitch Shen Xingqing today. This loss, she was determined to take!
Princess Changle felt both anger and regret in her heart. She had chosen the wrong time.
She shouldn’t have set up this trap today!
Now that the Jin Kingdom Crown Princess was here, this matter couldn’t be left unsettled!
The Emperor’s face became increasingly gloomy. A storm was brewing in his eyes, as if it was about to destroy everything. “I will naturally investigate this matter thoroughly! I will never tolerate anyone who disregards the national prestige, disregards morals, and commits such insidious and vicious acts!”
A woman’s innocence was so important. Princess Changle was indeed the Empress Dowager’s blood. She was just as vicious!
The Jin Kingdom Crown Princess smiled. “The Emperor is renowned throughout the four kingdoms as a wise ruler. This consort believes that the Emperor will give the two princesses justice.”
Xingnong added, “Especially Princess Changle! It’s really tragic for a woman to lose her innocence! Justice must be served!”
“Ahem.” The Empress couldn’t help but cough again.
These words were heart-wrenching!
But Changle deserved it!
