Chapter 66: Other Princes and Princesses Are Nothing
“Consort Jun, take out all their written confessions and let Miss Ruyue have a good look.”
Jun He lowered his eyes and, without any hesitation, took out the charges he had prepared beforehand from his sleeve and threw them in front of Ruyue.
Ruyueās face turned as pale as ash.
Seeing her reading intently, Li Xuanyue spoke word by word:
“Itās all explained in there, Miss Ruyue. When you gave the order for them to kill Imperial Physician Fang, and when you sent other assassins to silence the witnesses.”
“It is accurate to the last detail. The time, the location, and even the words you said to them are all clearly stated.”
With so much evidence placed before Ruyue, could a mere maid dare to continue quibbling?
Ruyue looked at the accusations written in blood, and only three words echoed in her mind.
She is finished!
“What an act of overstepping one’s authority.”
Li Feng had watched for so long; how could she not see that this was all engineered by Ruyue alone?
“Qinghe, is this how you usually manage the maids in your palace?”
Li Feng spoke with exasperation. “If you can’t even handle the maids in your own hall, I think you shouldn’t be a princess anymore.”
“Effective immediately, abolish Li Qingheās title of Princess. Let her stay in Chaoren Hall and take good care of the Snake Clanās Second Prince.”
“As for this daring, despicable wretchābeat her to death directly!”
Ruyue was terrified and panicked. “I beg the Phoenix Sovereign for mercy! This servant won’t dare do it again!”
“Princess, please save this servant! This servant will never act recklessly behind your back again! Princess…”
This matter dealt a massive blow to Li Qinghe.
Li Xuanyue watched the other party, who seemed unable to recover from the shock for a long time, and felt incredibly refreshed.
“Mother Empress, your child recalls there are other matters at my palace, so I won’t stay here to disturb you.”
Li Feng was physically and mentally exhausted, so she didn’t ask her to stay. “Go.”
The moment she stepped out of Zhonghe Hall, Li Xuanyue felt her entire body and mind relax.
She looked sideways at Jun He, who was following her. “Let’s go. Accompany This Palace for a stroll in the Imperial Garden!”
Jun He did not refuse.
The two walked toward the Imperial Garden, one after the other. Silver Core and Chang Jian followed respectfully behind them.
Neither spoke along the way.
The scenery in the Imperial Garden was beautiful, and with the blessing of spring, a hundred flowers were in bloom.
Dressed in white brocade robes, Jun He looked like a modest gentleman; every step he took carried nobility and elegance.
“Princess… did you cut off the other party’s arm on purpose today?”
In the vast Imperial Garden, apart from Jun Heās cold and clear voice, only the rustling of trees in the wind remained.
Li Xuanyueās steps paused.
Her good mood came to an abrupt halt after Jun He asked this.
“If Consort Jun has something to say, just say it directly.”
She looked sideways at Jun He, unable to gauge what he was thinking. So, she asked bluntly.
Jun He lowered his eyes. “The rumors outside about the Princess are all false, aren’t they?”
This question had been hidden in his heart for a long time.
From the moment he was reborn and married into the Phoenix Clan again, he felt that the Li Xuanyue he knew in this life was very different from the one he saw on their wedding night in his previous life.
As for where the difference lay, Jun He couldn’t quite put it into words.
But this life’s Li Xuanyue indeed gave people a refreshing feeling. It made one want to constantly get close to her. To capture her attention.
Li Xuanyue was stunned. She hadn’t expected Jun He to ask her this.
Was her usual behavior too different from her previous life, arousing their suspicion?
“Princess?”
Jun He spoke, but seeing Li Xuanyue silent and staring at him, a trace of embarrassment and confusion flashed in his eyes.
Li Xuanyue snapped back to reality. Seeing Jun Heās large, fair hand waving in front of her eyes, she involuntarily took two steps back.
“Since Consort Jun knows that what is spread outside are rumors, how could they become true?”
She lowered her head, hiding the anxiety in her heart. “In the future, you will understand.”
Her ambiguous words actually convinced Jun He that what she said was true.
But if it was true… then why did she go on a killing spree on their wedding night in the previous life?
Jun Heās eyes darkened. Connecting it to the maid she exposed today, he suddenly understood something.
The two fell into silence again.
“Hmph, who do you think you are? You’re just an unfavored prince and consort; what are you being so arrogant about here?”
Just as their steps reached a rockery, they heard a sharp, ear-piercing voice coming from not far ahead.
Li Xuanyueās brow immediately furrowed tight.
“What’s going on up ahead?”
Silver Core went forward to check. “Princess, it seems to be the Third Prince and Consort Zhong.”
Li Xuanyue frowned. How did those two end up together?
“Let’s go take a look.”
With such loud noise, she couldn’t ignore it even if she wanted to.
At this moment, seeing the other party being humiliated by a maid because of him, the guilt in Li Lanās eyes was about to overflow.
“I’m sorry, Consort Zhong. I made you get scolded along with me.”
Zhong He pressed his lips together. He hadn’t expected Li Lan, a Phoenix Clan Prince, to be so unfavored within the clan that even a maid could bully him at will.
He hadn’t intended to intervene.
But the other party went too far, actually ordering Li Lan, a prince, to go into the water to pick up her handkerchief.
Since he saw it with his own eyes, he naturally had to stand up and help.
“The Third Prince need not blame himself,” he said, his voice husky. “This is what a subject should do.”
The maid in green, seeing that Zhong He was determined to stand up for Li Lan, said very unhappily, “Since you like helping so much, why don’t you go into the water and pick up the handkerchief I dropped?”
One or two unfavored nobodies. And they had the nerve to stand up for others here. truly laughable.
Zhong Heās face was grim. “Do you know who he is?”
The maid glanced at Li Lan and nodded. “I know. The Phoenix Clanās Third Prince. But so what?”
The maid looked as if she didn’t put Li Lan in her eyes at all. “In our Phoenix Clan, apart from Princess Xuanyue, the other princes and princesses are nothing.”
“He’s an unfavored prince; how do you expect us to treat him?”
Li Lanās face looked terrible.
What the maid said was true. Li Xuanyueās status was paramount in the Phoenix Clan. As for princes and princesses like them, they were mere foils. The dispensable kind.
It was no wonder the Phoenix Clanās maids didn’t respect them.
“Hurry up and pick it up!”
The maid returned to her aggressive manner, ordering Li Lan, “Otherwise, you’ll suffer for it tonight.”
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