usatvline Chapter 525 I am so disappointed
Chapter 525 I am so disappointed
There would definitely be no palace maids from other courtyards who would come to the Crown Princess's place to steal things.
After ruling this out, if you want to prove whether ** Yue is lying or not, you just need to check the palace maids who serve ** Yue and the prince.
But before Su Tang could order a thorough investigation, a palace maid kneeling behind him crawled directly to ** Yue's side and kowtowed to her repeatedly, "Your Highness, Princess, I have something to report."
The palace maids have realized that the blame will fall on them.
As long as Su Tang ordered a thorough investigation, even if they didn't steal it, they might lose half their lives if they were tortured.
Su Tang raised an eyebrow and looked at the palace servant, "What's the matter?"
"Your Highness, the Crown Princess is lying. She didn't lose the rouge box at all. The night before the Crown Prince's accident, I went to the kitchen as usual to get a bowl of bird's nest and brought it to the Crown Princess' room. When I came in, I saw her playing with the rouge box. When she saw me coming in, she hurriedly put the things away, as if she was afraid I would see it. She hid the rouge box very carefully, it's impossible for her to lose it in just one night."
"The Crown Princess said it was lost two days ago, but she was clearly still playing with it last night. The testimony doesn't add up."
Hearing this, Gu Jianchu couldn't help but shook his head.
The palace maids employed by the Yelan Kingdom are quite smart.
** Yue hadn't expected that her casual excuse of not being able to find any testimony or evidence would be so quickly exposed by a little palace maid. She hadn't expected the little palace maid to actually see it. She was filled with inexplicable panic, and even her voice trembled. "Sister, I must have been too flustered taking care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and misremembered it. It was only this morning that I discovered the rouge and powder box was missing. It was indeed lost. I absolutely didn't lie, it was just that I misremembered the time."
"Isn't this even more of a coincidence? The prince was poisoned, and the rouge box was lost. How could such a coincidence happen in the world?" Gu Jianchu curled his lips into a sneer, but he didn't say it to Su Tang. It sounded more like he was talking to himself.
Prime Minister Zhu was now trying to protect ** Yue and did not dare to speak casually. They had indeed underestimated the ability of the Queen of Jin. If he spoke again, he would be implicated in the matter.
It is true that he likes ** Yue, but he will never involve himself in the matter because of a woman.
He loves himself more than he loves **yue.
Lin Wen stood upright beside Su Tang and asked coldly, "The Crown Princess's explanation is so arbitrary, and her testimony is also changed at will. I'm afraid you don't even know when the jewelry box was lost."
Without giving ** Yue a chance to answer, Lin Wen continued, "Your Highness, when I led my men to search the palace, we found a heart-shaped pendant in the drawer of the Crown Princess's dressing table. After investigation, it was confirmed that it did not belong to His Highness the Crown Prince or the Crown Princess. Judging from the pattern on the pendant, it looks like it came from the Second Prince's womb. Could the Crown Princess explain why you had something belonging to His Highness the Second Prince?"
"As everyone knows, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Second Prince are not on good terms, and they rarely interact with each other. However, the Crown Princess can carry His Royal Highness the Second Prince's belongings."
Lin Wen clapped his hands, and the palace maid handed a jade pendant to Su Tang.
Su Tang took it and took a look at it, especially when he saw the green carp pattern embroidered on the jade pendant, his face instantly turned cold. One could tell from the quality of this jade pendant that it came from the palace, and in the palace, only the second prince liked to use green carp the most. Even his clothes were embroidered with flying green carp. It can be said that this green carp is the tacit possession of the second prince of Yelan Kingdom.
The moment he saw the jade pendant, Su Tang was confused. This stupid woman actually chose the second prince and gave up the crown prince for the so-called love.
That's really stupid.
She couldn't see that the Second Prince was just taking advantage of this fool of her.
Or maybe he clearly saw that the Second Prince was taking advantage of him, a fool, and was willing to be used by him.
When you are in the imperial power, the most useless thing is what people call love. Compared to love, the most important thing is to hold power firmly in your hands.
She originally thought that ** Yue was the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor, and the position of Crown Princess would make her loyal to the Crown Prince. After all, the Crown Princess was the future Queen and the center of power. Any normal woman would know how to choose this option.
She overestimated **yue, this pure woman.
In this stupid woman's heart, love is far more important than power.
**Yue Jian's matter was completely exposed, and now she didn't know how to deal with it. She knelt on the ground dejectedly, her face pale, just waiting for Su Tang to deal with it.
She knew clearly that the matter had been completely exposed, and no matter how he explained, Su Tang would never believe it.
She didn't know how to explain it either.
Su Tang didn't deal with ** Yue immediately. She stood up and walked over to Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an, bowing to them. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for coming with the imperial physician in time tonight to save Su Yu's life. I'm very grateful. I will definitely go to the palace to thank you in person one day. It's already late tonight and the dew is heavy, so I won't keep you two any longer. After all, Your Majesty is still pregnant and needs to rest early."
It was obvious that Su Tang had ordered them to leave and didn't want them to continue interfering.
They wanted to handle such a private family matter as the Crown Princess's murder of the Crown Prince behind closed doors. After all, it would be embarrassing if such a thing were to be made public.
Xie Ci'an took advantage of the situation and supported Gu Jianchu's waist. "Princess, you are right. It's getting late. I will take the Queen back first. Princess and Prince, please take care of yourselves."
Originally, Doctor Lin and Doctor Zhou were not allowed to prescribe medicine for the imperial physician, but now Xie Ci'an took them both away.
They just need to ensure that the prince does not die.
Now I will no longer be involved in any affairs of Yelan Kingdom.
To express his gratitude, Su Tang personally took Lin Wen and General Lin to send Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an out of Sifang Pavilion. After watching the two get on the carriage, he returned to the prince's room.
Although there is no direct evidence to prove that Prime Minister Zhu was involved, the fact that he always defended the Crown Princess is enough to prove that Prime Minister Zhu is not innocent.
She would not take action without evidence, but she became wary of Prime Minister Zhu.
It is obvious that Prime Minister Zhu has already defected to the Second Prince.
After returning to the room, Su Tang dismissed General Lin and Prime Minister Zhu. Only Lin Wen, the prince, and ** Yue, who was kneeling on the ground in dejection, were left in the room.
Lin Wen moved a chair and placed it in front of ** Yue, then helped Su Tang sit down in front of ** Yue.
Su Tang leaned over and stared intently at Mingyue in front of him. He couldn't help but sigh, "Mingyue, I allowed the Crown Prince to marry you for your grandfather's sake. I thought you were a clear-headed person who knew the importance of power to a woman. I didn't expect you to disappoint me like this."