nashuaworldcup Chapter 742: Being splashed with dirty water
Chapter 742: Being splashed with dirty water
Zhang Yurou's face turned pale. She pretended to be calm and said, "I don't understand what the emperor means by saying this. Yi'er usually likes to play with my jewelry. It's normal!"
"But the other one is in Madam Li's belly. This is not normal." Xie Shang's voice was cold, and there was no warmth in his eyes.
Zhang Yurou's breathing became rapid as she stared at the cold-blooded Xie Shang. Did he hate her so much? In front of so many people, he didn't even give her a chance to maneuver. Was he suspecting that she had killed Shu Xue? Was she so vicious in his heart?
Zhang Yurou suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart. The man she had loved all her life...
Jiang Fenghua sitting aside couldn't bear to watch it anymore. Zhang Yurou was dressed like this, and the way she stared at Xie Shang was as if he had done something wrong to her. Did she want Xie Shang to feel guilty and let her go?
Jiang Fenghua whispered, "Lian Ye, take the little princess away!" What happened next was not suitable for Xie Ruoyi to participate in.
Lian Ye stepped forward and pulled Xie Ruoyi, with a rare smile on her face, "Princess, please follow me!"
Lian Ye was also very decisive. She didn't care whether Xie Ruoyi was willing or not, or whether she was in a bad mood or not. She took Xie Ruoyi away from the Golden Palace before she could even cry.
Zhang Anyu said, "On the night of the Lantern Festival, Madam Li did not return to the Li family. Instead, she went to the Fourth Prince's Mansion with the Fourth Prince's Consort. Since then, Madam Li has been missing. On the third morning, her body was found in the Fulai Inn. The ruby earrings were also found in her body. This means that the person who met Madam Li last was the Fourth Prince's Consort."
Zhang Yurou stared at Xie Shang without blinking, and said in a deep voice: "What basis do you have to say that the last person Shu Xue saw was me? How did my earrings end up in Shu Xue's stomach? I don't know either."
Zhang Anyu said: "Bring the person up!"
Shu Xue's maid Chun Xiang was brought to the Golden Palace.
Minister Tang looked at the maid who had obviously died of poisoning, then stared at Xie Qi and Zhang Anyu, thinking to himself: Not only did they conceal the fact of his ruby earrings, but even the maid's death from poison was fake. They were on guard against him. Was it Queen Jiang's order or the Emperor's?
Zhang Yurou looked at the person who came. She naturally recognized her as Shu Xue's personal maid. However, she was clearly poisoned, so how could she show up alive?
Zhang Anyu said: "Chunxiang, tell me everything you know!"
Chunxiang said tremblingly, "On the night of the Lantern Festival, the young lady came out of the palace and followed the Fourth Princess. She told Qiuju and me that she wanted to ask the Princess something, and then asked us to wait for her in the carriage. But we waited for a long time and didn't see the young lady come out. Later, the nanny beside the Princess came to us and said that the young lady wanted to stay in the palace and would not leave, and asked us to go to the side courtyard to rest."
Chunxiang burst into tears, "I didn't expect that the Fourth Princess would not only kill Miss, but also Qiu Ju and I to silence us because our Miss knew the Fourth Princess's secret."
Zhang Yurou was stunned when she heard this. Didn't Xie Yang say that Chunxiang and Qiuju couldn't speak at all? What was going on?
Zhang Yurou said coldly: "She was just talking nonsense. I didn't kill Shu Xue."
Jiang Fenghua said, "So Madam Li went to the Fourth Prince's Mansion with the Fourth Prince's Consort. No wonder no one in the Li family saw her return home. But why did Li Cheng say that he received Shu Xue's body at the Shu Mansion? It's really strange. If the Fourth Prince's Consort killed the person, why would the body be at the Shu Mansion? At the beginning, Minister Shu kept accusing Jin Ji of killing someone and asking him to pay for his life. Ha! The drama you all joined forces to frame Jin Ji is full of loopholes. Why did you want to frame Jin Ji? This palace really doesn't understand."
Li Cheng knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, Queen, please investigate clearly. I really didn't know that Shu Xue was killed by the Fourth Princess. It was Minister Shu who asked me to pick up Shu Xue. I only knew that Shu Xue was dead. It was also Minister Shu who asked me to take Shu Xue out of the city. You all know what happened afterwards."
Shu Lang said quickly: "It was the Fourth Princess who asked me to do this, because Xue'er knew the Fourth Princess's secret... Your Majesty, please excuse me for a moment."
Xie Shang's eyes flashed coldly, "If you have anything to say, just say it here!"
Shu Lang hesitated to speak, "Because Xue'er knows that the Fourth Princess's daughter is not actually the Fourth Prince's child, but the Emperor's child."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole court became noisy. Everyone was shocked and speechless. The little princess was the emperor's child, so what was going on?
Xie Shang said coldly: "Nonsense, complete nonsense, Zhang Yurou and I are innocent, Xie Ruoyi has nothing to do with me."
Zhang Yurou covered her face and knelt on the ground crying bitterly, "Yier is really the emperor's child. Shuxue found out about this and threatened me. I accidentally strangled her to death. Shuxue kept telling me that she was not living well after marrying Li Cheng. Li Cheng ignored her and beat her. She wanted me to use my status as a princess to help her. I didn't want to get involved in their affairs, and I didn't want to offend the Li family. She held a grudge and said that if I didn't help her, she would tell Yier's life story to others and ruin my reputation."
Jiang Fenghua stared at Zhang Yurou, then glanced at Xie Shang. Regardless of whether it was true or not, the entire court was now discussing Xie Ruoyi's life experience and that the Fourth Prince was cuckolded. Now she finally understood why they dared to frame Jin Ji openly, because this was their real purpose, to throw dirty water on Xie Shang.
Now the news that Xie Shang and the Fourth Princess are having an affair will probably spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred.
I'm afraid even more unpleasant words will be heard.
Now, the more aggrieved Zhang Yurou cried, the more hateful her face was. She disregarded her own reputation and said that Xie Ruoyi was the emperor's child. To outsiders, these were all the emperor's romantic history.
Xie Shang was so angry that he said, "Zhang Yurou, when did I have anything to do with you? What nonsense are you talking about? Explain it clearly."
Zhang Yurou couldn't stop crying, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have married the Fourth Prince while pregnant with the Emperor's child. I've always felt guilty, but the woman the Emperor liked back then was only Su Tingwan, and we did that behind her back. I've always wanted to die."
Zhang Anyu, Xie Qi and the others were still in shock. They were investigating the murderer, but things were becoming increasingly complicated. They didn't know how to solve the case and could only look in the direction of Jiang Fenghua.
Jiang Fenghua didn't say a word from beginning to end. She sat upright with a graceful posture, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.
Xie Shang was so angry that he said in a cold voice: "Come here, put the Fourth Princess in jail, put everyone around the Fourth Princess in jail, bring Xie Yang to see me, and adjourn the court."