The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1193 Question

The moment Princess Hong'an saw Concubine Dowager Cen, she came to her senses completely.

She looked at the uninvited guest, then at the maid and Jia Ming standing behind him, and finally her gaze fell on the person in front of her again.

Suddenly, her proud face showed a hint of dejection.

"Concubine Cen is very cunning. You actually have the power to interfere in the Dali Temple!"

The hoarse voice was slightly bitter. Princess Hong'an narrowed her eyes and looked seriously at this person whom she had never taken seriously before.

"Why? You are trying so hard to set me up like this. Do you want to reopen an old case in the Dali Temple? Do you want me to be punished?"

Concubine Cen smiled when she heard this: "The Grand Princess should know what she has done. Why would she need an old woman to plot against her? Have you never heard of 'If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself'?"
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"Then you go and beat the drum for Jiang Huaiyan!" Princess Hong'an sneered and touched her hair.

"Isn't it not nice for the Grand Princess to call the late Crown Prince by his name like that?" Concubine Cen tapped the table lightly and waved her hand to order the maid and Jia Ming to leave.

When Princess Hong'an saw the two of them leave upon hearing the voice, her forehead jumped. She sat up straight involuntarily, her eyes locked with those of Concubine Dowager Cen, her face showing a rare seriousness: "Cen, in what capacity are you sitting here talking to me today? Are you representing yourself, or...representing the palace?"

"That's a really good question!" Concubine Cen clapped her hands with a snort of laughter. "But no matter who the old woman represents, what you have done will not change! With your heinous crimes in the past, it seems that it doesn't matter who the old woman represents."

"Oh, oh, a heinous crime?" Princess Hong'an suddenly laughed out loud, "Is the Concubine scolding me, or your good son? What I did was originally for self-protection. Although the crime is punishable, if you look into it carefully, who wouldn't say that the situation is pitiful?!
But our Prince Jing poisoned his innocent first wife and his own flesh and blood... He showed no shame in crossing the river and destroying the bridge. It is against human nature to eat one's own cubs. Such a heartless and ungrateful person ended up being the fish in the pond that caused the fire in the city gate. Who can say that this is not retribution? ! "

"The Grand Princess still has the interest to ridicule an old woman. I really admire her composure!" Concubine Dowager Cen gritted her teeth and uttered these words one by one.

Seeing that she was unhappy, Princess Hong'an's mood improved a lot: "Haha, you got the evidence against me. Even if I beg you for mercy, can you let me go? Impossible! Now that things have come to this, what can I do if I panic? I will only fulfill your hatred."

"Grand Princess, don't you consider Princess Yongping and those young men and women?" When Grand Princess Hong'an heard her mention her daughter, she was no longer confused as before. Instead, she spoke calmly as if she were talking to a stranger: "Before, I was confused because I was in a difficult situation. That's why I lost my mind and lost my composure. But your performance today is like a wake-up call to me, which made me completely sober.

The second son of the Lang family was expelled from the clan and fled far away, the son of the Shu family was poisoned and became disabled and unable to take on the important task... Now, the only stumbling blocks for the emperor are Yongping and those children.

Haha, you are smart, you have taken all the roads you can take. If Yongping doesn't know how to behave, I'm afraid she will only be greeted by swords and axes."

"So, the Grand Princess doesn't care about the exposure of her past crimes. The descendants of the criminals naturally have no right to inherit the throne... You are using yourself to make a living for Yongping!" Concubine Cen suddenly realized, and then sighed, "Without Yongping holding you back, you have indeed regained some of your past elegance."

"Hmph, elegance?!" Princess Hong'an was impressed but didn't appreciate it. "If I had any wisdom, I would have wasted it in the dull days at the imperial farm. Otherwise, how could I let you succeed? With you around, I have no hope for what will happen to Yongping in the end."

"Why does the Grand Princess have to make such a bad assumption about the old woman? It's true that the old woman hates Yongping, but letting her live in such a miserable state will make her less hateful!"

"Really? Maybe! But whether you are happy or not is not important. After all, you can't be the one who makes the decision." Princess Hong'an took off the hairpin beads beside her bun and threw them into the teacup, making a slight sound. "Look, this sound also sounds like the sound of metal and stone, but guess who will be intact and who will be broken if you hit it with the teacup? Although the hairpin beads have a fluorescent charm, they are not as useful as the stone bricks on the roadside."

As he spoke, he picked up the teapot and poured water into the teacup. He waited until the hairpin beads floated up and down. Then he pinched them out, shook off the water, and put them back.

Concubine Cen looked at her strangely: "The material of your hairpin is very unique."

"The material is the same, it's just that the craftsmanship is superb!" Princess Hong'an didn't care. She drank the tea in one gulp and smiled meaningfully at Concubine Cen. "A treasure made by a skilled craftsman is always cherished, no matter how unusual the material is. This is especially true for the royal family's treasures... I just don't know if Concubine Cen can explain to the emperor if she poisoned me without authorization!"

"What do you mean!" After hearing the last sentence, Concubine Cen looked at Princess Hong'an who was laughing at her with horror.

It was not until her eyes touched the wet hairpin beads on the other person's bun that she suddenly looked at the teacup that Princess Hong'an had just used for a meal.

"You! You you! You actually, actually..."