The princess has no moral principles, why did you provoke her?

A moment later, Shen Meng and several concubines arrived one after another.

Shen Meng came before the Prince of Zhennan and said softly, "Your Highness, I wonder why you called us sisters here so late at night?"

The Second Aunt looked at Qiu Chan, who was covered in blood, and her heart skipped a beat. She knew that something bad was going to happen.

The Third Aunt looked coldly at the person dressed as a ghost and began to taunt: "Isn't this Qiu Chan from the Second Aunt's yard?

Who are you trying to scare by dressing up like this? Where is the princess? Qiuchan, you didn’t kill her, did you?

The Second Aunt glared at the Third Aunt and said, "Liu, what nonsense are you talking about? Shut up."

Liu glanced at her with disdain, revealing a look of disdain: "Second Aunt, you haven't confessed all your maids, have you?"

Princess Zhennan said with a cold face: "Shut up, how can you quarrel in the middle of the night?"

Prince Zhennan's brows tightened suddenly, his eyes dark and cold: "Second Aunt, she is yours. She disguised herself as a ghost to kill Qingyan, saying that she was instructed by you. How do you explain it?"

The Second Aunt knelt down hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty, I really didn't know Qiu Chan would do such a treasonous thing.

Qiuchan, you little bitch, why did you want to harm the princess? "

As she cursed, she held a silver bracelet in her hand.

Qiu Chan recognized that bracelet; it belonged to her younger sister.

This small action did not escape the sharp eyes of the Zhennan King. He said angrily: "Second Aunt, you are playing with jewelry like a silver bracelet, and there is no need to use it to threaten Qiu Chan's family.

Come here, capture all of Qiu Chan's family members, including her brothers and sisters.

If she doesn't tell the truth, I'll use the charge of assassinating the princess as an excuse and exterminate her entire family."

Then someone left.

The princess was a little angry: "Your Majesty, the Second Concubine has always been kind-hearted. She and I are like sisters. She would never let Qiuchan do such a thing."

When Qiu Chan heard the prince's order, she collapsed to the ground like a scarecrow blown by the wind.

The Third Aunt advised: "Princess, don't let the wind and sand blind you and make you lose your ability to judge people.

What you see with your own eyes may not be the truth. As the saying goes, it is easy to draw the skin of a tiger but difficult to depict its bones. You can know a person’s face but not his heart.

The executioner is about to kill your daughter, and you are still speaking on her side.

I have never seen such a mother who threw her own daughter into the ancestral hall for the sake of a concubine's daughter.

Princess, I see you are so generous, why don't you give the position of wife to the second concubine?"

Prince Zhennan cast an approving look at the Third Aunt: "Princess, even though the Third Aunt is the daughter of a merchant, she is much better than you."

"Qiuchan, do you want to confess or not?" Prince Zhennan said in a cold voice.

Qiu Chan thought it over again and again, then said, "Your Highness, I was ordered by the Second Aunt to dress up as a ghost to scare the princess. If she doesn't scare her to death, she'll strangle her to death.

Second Aunt said that only when the princess died would her daughter have a chance."

Prince Zhennan was even more furious: "Qiu Chan, what other bad things have you done for her? Tell the truth!"

Qiu Chan also figured it out. Everything was instigated by the Second Aunt. Now that something happened, she pretended to be ignorant and even threatened herself.

She cleared her throat: “Your Majesty, the princess came back and encountered four assassins.

Those four people were sent by the second concubine. They wanted to kill the princess and not let her return home.

I don't know why, but the princess returned safely."

"That's because I sent secret guards to protect her."

The veins on Prince Zhennan's forehead seemed to burst in an instant, and then with a "slap", a loud slap landed on the Second Aunt's face.

Five blood-red fingerprints immediately appeared on her fair face, and then it began to swell up.

Xiao was knocked to the ground at that time, and she looked aggrieved: "Your Majesty, please calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down, these two things really have nothing to do with me.

She stood up, walked in front of Qiu Chan, and kicked her in the chest: "You little bitch, how many benefits have others given you to frame me? Do you want to die?"

Then another kick.

Qiu Chan saw her true face and knew she was doomed, so she raised her voice a lot: "Second Aunt, how long do you want to hide this from the prince?

You spent five hundred taels of silver to invite Liu Banxian, the fortune teller for the princess when she was just born.

It was you who asked him to say that the princess was a disaster star. I was there at the time and heard it clearly.

In fact, the princess is not doomed to fail. The rumors that she is unlucky to her parents at home and to her brothers when she goes out are all false and deceptive.

Second Concubine gives Liu Banxian two hundred taels of silver every year as hush money. A few days ago, this servant just delivered the silver to Liu Banxian's residence."

The Prince of Zhennan was so angry that he started cursing:

"You vicious woman, it turns out that you had planned this since Qingyan was not even born, and wanted to get rid of her.

You have such a cruel heart that you wouldn't even spare a baby in swaddling clothes."

When the Second Aunt heard this, her face turned pale, as if struck by thunder. She shook herself and pleaded, "Your Highness, you can't listen to this little bitch's nonsense. She must have been instructed by someone to do so. She is wrongly accusing me."

Shen Meng woke up from her dream and stood up: "It turns out that my daughter is not a doomed girl, Second Aunt, you are really an ungrateful person who can never be fed.

Your daughter can stay with you, but I have to be separated from her and let her suffer.

Today's bracelet incident was caused by you asking Ye Xinran to do it on purpose, and I was so blind that I believed you, mother and daughter.

She walked forward and slapped the Second Aunt, "You owe me this."

"Pa!" Another slap. "You owe my daughter this."

"Pah"

"You separated us from each other. You deserve to die."

Killing intent flashed in the eyes of the Prince of Zhennan: "Come here, take the Second Concubine Xiao out and beat her to death."

The Second Aunt struggled: "Princess, I was wrong, please forgive me."

The two secret guards dragged the second concubine out. The second concubine was like a madman, with great strength, trying desperately to break free.

She was still shouting, "My Lord, I am your lover after all, you can't kill me."

"It's not my wish to marry you. I just stumbled into your room by mistake after you drugged me with a love potion.

Since then, I have never set foot in your room again."

The Third Aunt sneered at the side: "Second Aunt, I thought you were so capable, but after all this time, you're still left alone in an empty room!"

The Second Aunt glared at the Third Aunt, "Liu, don't be so proud. You're just a merchant's daughter, what's there to be so arrogant about? No matter how capable you are, you can never be a princess."

Liu smiled and said, "Second Aunt, I'm not as ambitious as you.

I think my abilities are limited and I am not suitable for that position."

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I am your cousin after all, you cannot kill me."

"Take him away!" Prince Zhennan ordered again.

At this moment, an old voice reached everyone's ears: "Stop! You are not sleeping in the middle of the night, crying and howling like ghosts and wolves, what are you doing here?"

The old princess walked in with the help of a maid, leaning on a cane.

Prince Zhennan hurried forward: "Mother, why are you here?"

The old princess looked displeased: "You guys are making such a big fuss, how can I not come?"

She glanced at the Second Aunt and said, "Let her go!"

Prince Zhennan hurriedly explained, "Mother, Xiao Shi made a grave mistake. She sent someone to kill Qing Yan and even spread rumors that Qing Yan was doomed to fail. She deserves death."

"Xiao, is what Xiong'er said true?" The old princess' eyes flashed coldly.

The Second Concubine seemed to have suffered a lot of grievances: "Mother, it's all nonsense told by that dead girl Qiuchan. The prince would rather believe her than me."

The old princess said angrily, "Let her go. How can you take my words seriously?"

The two secret guards had no choice but to let go.

Shen Meng imagined that the second concubine was the old princess's niece, and the matter would be left unresolved.

Her voice was cold and stern: "Your Majesty, my Qingyan cannot suffer so much in vain. As long as you capture Liu Banxian, everything will be revealed."

Qiu Chan, determined to shock the world, volunteered, "Your Majesty, I know where Liu Banxian lives."

The Prince of Zhennan ordered: "Ye Yi, Ye Er, take Qiu Chan to capture him."

"Yes, Your Majesty!

While Liu Banxian was sleeping, Ye Yi and Ye Er took him to a room in the palace.

"what!"

With a scream, Ye Yi raised his knife and chopped off one of Liu Banxian's little fingers.

Liu Banxian screamed in pain: "Why did you chop off my hand?"

"Tell me, do you take 200 taels of silver from the Second Concubine of the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion as hush money every year?"

Qiu Chan said from the side, "Liu Banxian, Second Aunt has confessed everything. You'd better tell the truth, otherwise all your fingers will be chopped off."