novelaction Chapter 914 A Vicious and Venomous Woman!
Chapter 914 A Vicious and Venomous Woman!
Princess Ming's expression changed. "Have you seen clearly what it is?"
Qiao'er shook her head, "Your Highness, it's just that Consort Luo's movements were too fast at the time, and this servant didn't see it clearly."
Princess Su said, "It's not difficult to find out what it is. Just send someone to check what's missing from Princess Nali's head, and we'll know."
“I’m afraid that’s not appropriate,” Mu Xin Nuan said, frowning. “When Princess Nali fell into the water, the objects that fell into the water were probably not all the same.”
Princess Ming thought about it and agreed. What should be done?
“What’s so difficult about that, Your Highness? Since Qiao’er said that Princess Nali reached out to snatch it just now, it must be very important to Princess Nali. Everyone knows that Princess Nali is naturally afraid of water. If it weren’t something more important to her than her life, she would definitely not have acted so recklessly.”
Everyone nodded. "That's true."
Princess Ming sent two of her maids over to accompany Qiao'er to take another look.
Before long, someone came back to report that Princess Nali had lost two hairpins and a hair ornament.
"Someone, immediately order your men to retrieve it."
"Yes, ma'am."
Just then, Qiao'er suddenly called out, "This servant remembers. Your Highness, the princess came to the palace today. Knowing that it was Your Highness's grace, she dressed herself up very elaborately. Today she wore a silver hairpin in her hair that was not very expensive. However, the hairpin was part of her dowry, so Consort Li has always kept it very carefully and rarely wears it."
Princess Ming seemed to remember as well, "Are you talking about that strangely shaped silver hairpin?"
"Your Highness, it is indeed that branch."
Princess Ming nodded, then turned to the Empress, “Your Majesty, that silver hairpin was left by Princess Nali’s birth mother before she passed away. I heard that it was her mother’s dowry, and it only came into Princess Nali’s hands before she died. Therefore, Princess Nali has always regarded this item as very precious. Even when I, this humble servant, tried to look at it, she was somewhat reluctant.”
Princess Su sneered, "No wonder. Since it's her birth mother's keepsake, she naturally values it more than her own life. I'm afraid this is also the main reason why Consort Luo plotted to push Princess Nali into the water."
"No! I have no grudge against her, why would I want to harm her?"
Princess Ming shook her head, looking disappointed, and said, "Consort Luo, you have disappointed me greatly. As you said, you have no grudges against each other, so why did you cause her to miscarry? Now that she has fallen into the water without knowing why, you first said that you lost something, leaving no one to serve her. Now that the truth has come out, what do you have to say?"
"No! I didn't! Your Highness, you must believe me. I truly didn't do such a thing. Although Princess Nali is favored by the Prince, I also have my own son to take care of me. Why would I scheme against her?"
"So what if you have a son? He's not your own flesh and blood. Besides, when you were confined, wasn't that child raised by Princess Nali?"
Consort Luo was speechless!
It seems that everything points to her.
Consort Luo was speechless and unable to defend herself.
There seems to be no conclusive evidence that Princess Nari fell into the water because of her. Yet every seemingly insignificant detail points the finger at her.
Consort Luo wasn't stupid; she knew that she had been set up today.
Soon, a palace servant came in and said, "Your Majesty, this was just pulled out of the lotus pond, near where Princess Nali fell into the water."
Qiao'er, with her sharp eyes, spotted the silver hairpin immediately. "Yes, yes, that's it. Your Highness, this is the one Consort Li wore this morning."
Princess Ming also examined it and nodded in confirmation, "Your Majesty, Princess Nali did indeed mention a year ago that this hairpin was a keepsake from her mother."
Consort Luo opened her mouth, but she couldn't very well say that Princess Nali had been setting up this whole mess for her for a year, could she?
Even if you told people this, no one would believe you.
Consort Luo turned her head and glared fiercely at Qiao'er.
It's obvious that this girl has conspired with Princess Nali to plot against me.
When did I reach out and take her things?
It was clearly someone she deliberately threw into the water when she fell in.
The man who hunted geese year-round had his eyes pecked by a goose this time, and Consort Luo was truly unable to swallow this insult.
“Sister-in-law Ming, this is technically a family matter of your Ming Prince’s Mansion, but since it happened in my Imperial Garden, I cannot ignore it. Guards, take Consort Luo away and give her twenty lashes. We will make further plans after Princess Nali has regained consciousness.”
"Yes, ma'am."
He went to the palace to admire the flowers, but was beaten with a cane.
Now, Consort Luo has completely lost face.
This is not finished.
Princess Nari was, after all, a princess sent for a political marriage. To put it bluntly, wasn't Consort Luo's move a deliberate attempt to undermine the stability and friendly relations between the two countries?
This is an attempt to provoke war!
If Princess Nali were to send a letter to the Turks, wouldn't that bring great trouble to Dayong?
Even though the Great Yong Dynasty had a strong and well-equipped army, not everyone was willing to fight.
What's more, this time, it was their people who bullied Princess Nali first.
“Princess Consort Ming, in my opinion, you should inform Prince Ming about this matter as soon as you return.”
Mu Xin Nuan nodded and said, "What Aunt Wang said is true. Sister-in-law Wang, this matter is of great importance, and it is definitely not something that can be resolved by giving her twenty lashes. Just think, if this were to reach the imperial court, who knows how the censors would impeach Brother Ming."
Princess Ming understood the Empress's advice. It was daytime now, and with so many people in the Imperial Garden earlier, and now that the truth had been uncovered in such a grand manner, it was probably impossible to keep it a secret.
"Your Majesty, I understand. It is all my fault. I have not managed the household properly. Please forgive me."
"What are you saying, Sister-in-law Wang? Your health wasn't very good to begin with. Besides, this was Consort Luo's own doing; what does it have to do with anyone else?"
About fifteen minutes later, Princess Nali also woke up, and the first thing she said when she opened her eyes was, "My hairpin, where is my hairpin?"
In this way, the charges against Consort Luo were firmly sealed.
Mu Xin Nuan did not impose any further punishment and ended the banquet early. She only said that Princess Na Li had been wronged and gave her a lot of gifts as compensation.
The matter quickly became a hot topic. Consort Luo of the Ming Prince's Mansion was extremely jealous and actually pushed Princess Nali into the lotus pond in the Imperial Garden, almost causing her to lose her life. She was simply a vicious woman!
Soon after, the censors in the imperial court began to launch a wave of impeachments against the Ming King.