FVN Chapter 295
Chapter 295
once her heart wavered, when jiang xinyue looked over again, she unconsciously gave a placating smile.
at the eldest princess's residence, several young palace maids were peering around anxiously. when they saw the crowd approaching, they all jumped like frightened rabbits and scurried inside.
"your highness! your highness... the imperial noble consort is here!"
the room erupted into chaos. when jiang xinyue entered, several nervous palace maids dropped their "fake blood bags" on the floor.
"ah! please spare us, imperial noble consort! our princess really did fall from the tower, we're not lying!"
they had just made preparations beforehand, so the consequences weren't too severe.
with one glance from jiang xinyue, all the servants blocking the eldest princess's bed automatically cleared a path.
the eldest princess lay in bed pretending to sleep with her eyes tightly shut.
she had a blood-stained white cloth wrapped around her forehead. her eyeballs kept moving beneath her lids, and her eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings.
jiang xinyue reached out and directly pulled away her disguise. the eldest princess felt a chill on her forehead and let out a small cry, quickly covering her smooth forehead. she called out pitifully, "sister zhen, i was wrong~"
the young girl opened her innocent eyes, which were as pure as crystal glass without a speck of impurity. no one would suspect that she had deliberately rolled down from the tower to frame concubine cheng.
but these tricks couldn't fool jiang xinyue, who was like an "old hand" at such matters.
"you think you can fool your father with this?"
she flicked the eldest princess's forehead and tossed aside the cloth. "bring candles, embroidery needles, and the animal blood you prepared earlier."
to everyone's surprise, jiang xinyue said, "let me show you what it means to commit to a performance."
when the emperor received the news at jiuzhou qingyan, he immediately sent wang dequan to check on the eldest princess's injuries.
he had been poisoned by gu and didn't know when it might flare up. the imperial physicians were on standby day and night at jiuzhou qingyan, and he couldn't move around freely in case the poison acted up when the physicians weren't able to treat him in time.
"ouch—"
"what... what happened?"
if he hadn't taken the initiative, the emperor might have really done this in his anger. but since he suggested it himself, the emperor actually calmed down.
grinding his back teeth, he said: "wang dequan, send concubine cheng back to lanyue pavilion. before we return to the palace, concubine cheng is to stay in her room to recover and not go out."
then he turned to cheng yuan: "beloved official cheng, you may leave now! i am not in the mood today."
the emperor usually dealt with matters immediately and never procrastinated. this showed how upset he was about the eldest princess's injury and potential scarring.
cheng yuan didn't dare to provoke the angry dragon further and quickly retreated with concubine cheng.
"father!"
in her quarters at lanyue pavilion, concubine cheng stood up holding her waist. she wasn't showing the near-death appearance she had before the emperor, but instead smashed a vase on the table: "why did you ask the emperor to send me to the cold palace? the eldest princess was clearly faking it. she rolled down the stairs herself! she's just getting revenge on me because i used consort yu against the imperial noble consort. she..."
"all of you, leave us."
cheng yuan gave a meaningful look: "clean this up, and from now on, don't let your mistress break things anymore."
aliali: 6748ac5ec4f3f33ac47c6ad8
whether in or outside the palace, all imperial property was recorded.
for concubine cheng to break a vase right after leaving jiuzhou qingyan clearly showed dissatisfaction with the emperor's decision.
"father!"
"slap!"
after all the servants had left, cheng yuan turned and gave concubine cheng a harsh slap. the fierce look in his eyes made her tremble.
"father... father..."
she was so frightened she could say nothing else.
"i lay low in the morgue for seven years, dealing with corpses every day, living in absolute poverty. i finally endured until the emperor noticed me. if you ruin my plans, even though you're my daughter, i won't hesitate to kill you. do you understand?"
large tears fell from concubine cheng's eyes: "i... i understand, father."
cheng yuan took a deep breath, gave her one more warning look, and then left.