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Chapter 1733 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 54
But if it wasn't Zhou San Niang who harmed her, then who could it be? She couldn't figure it out either, so she could only let Prince Jin and Princess Consort investigate. After all, she was just a servant with no power and couldn't investigate on her own. She could only leave it to powerful people like Prince Jin and Princess Consort to investigate.

Such a bizarre thing happened in the manor, it definitely needs to be investigated. Otherwise, what if the murderer targets the prince and princess next time if we don't find the culprit?
Princess Jin, in particular, definitely wanted to know who the murderer was. After all, if it weren't for someone causing this, her plan wouldn't have failed. She hated the person behind the scenes and was determined to dig them out no matter what.

Of course, she was not only angry and resentful that this person had ruined her plans, but also a little scared. After all, no matter how she looked at it, Princess Jin felt that this person who ruined her plans seemed to know what she was doing. Otherwise, why would they have stopped her from succeeding at the last moment?

The thought that someone in the manor knew about her plan and had prevented it from happening sent a chill down Princess Jin's spine. She feared that these hidden eyes had seen all the bad things she had done in the past.

If that's the case, then she's in big trouble. She's worked so hard to get to where she is now, and she doesn't want her bad deeds to be exposed, causing her downfall and even dragging her son down with her.

—Her murder of the former crown prince is about to be exposed, and the emperor will definitely revoke her son's title.

Even if the Prince of Jin loves her son and doesn't mention taking back the title, the Emperor will. After all, she obtained her son's title of heir apparent illegally. Since it was obtained illegally, and her illegal act has been exposed, how could her son possibly retain his title of heir apparent?

If that were the case, wouldn't all her life's struggles have been for nothing? She would lose her title as princess and her son's title as heir apparent. It would be terrifying. Therefore, she was determined to find out who had knocked out the two servants.

Indeed, she believed what the two servants said, since they had no reason to hide anything. Of course, there was also other corroborating evidence—after Zhou Sanniang returned, she had the people she had placed around Zhou Sanniang ask her about the situation at the time. Zhou Sanniang said that she had fainted and knew nothing.

Zhou San Niang didn't know she had been knocked unconscious, but the two servants had also fainted. Obviously, it was impossible for all three of them to faint at the same time, so it was highly likely that she had been knocked unconscious.

As for why they were knocked unconscious, none of these people saw anyone, so they don't know.

That's what she's investigating.

Unfortunately, the other party hid it too well. No matter how much she investigated, Princess Jin couldn't find a single clue. She was so angry and anxious.

To be able to knock someone unconscious when they least expect it and then do such a thing, it would be incredibly easy to deal with her. It's terrifying! The fact that they can't find and eliminate this person is naturally driving the Princess of Jin crazy.

This feeling of having a sword hanging over her head, ready to fall at any moment, caused Princess Jin to age considerably due to anxiety.

Unfortunately, she couldn't confide her anxieties to Prince Jin and others, and could only tell her trusted nanny.

Although her trusted nanny comforted her not to be afraid, she knew that even her trusted nanny was afraid. After all, she had entrusted many things to her trusted nanny, since as the mistress, she couldn't do it herself and would definitely ask her servants for help.

The trusted nanny, just like the Princess Consort of Jin, was terrified at the thought of such a powerful person in the shadows, capable of easily knocking someone unconscious and then effortlessly dealing with them. She feared for her own life. As the Princess Consort's confidante, her status in the household had risen dramatically over the years since the Princess Consort became the principal wife. In the inner courtyard, she was second only to the Princess Consort, enjoying immense prestige. Naturally, she, like the Princess Consort, feared losing this position.

She was even more afraid that the glory would be gone, and that as one of the murderers, she would lose her life. So her anxiety was no less than that of the Princess Consort of Jin. However, seeing that the Princess Consort of Jin was also anxious, she, as a servant, had to comfort her. So, despite her seemingly relaxed words, she was actually just as afraid as the Princess Consort of Jin.

She had considered whether she could get leniency by reporting the Princess Consort of Jin, but later abandoned the idea.

Based on what she did, she has no chance of receiving leniency.

Since leniency is impossible, there's no choice but to go down this path to the bitter end.

Princess Jin naturally had no idea that her trusted nanny had considered selling her to see if she could survive, but she was afraid of failing, so she didn't do it. She had no idea that she had actually just been on the verge of death. Every day, she and her trusted nanny still guessed which faction in the mansion this person in the shadows might be from.

She sees everyone as someone who wants to seize the throne, since she was promoted from a concubine. Everyone seems to want to overthrow her and rise to power like her.

It's no wonder she thought that way. In fact, ever since she came to power that way, she had been on high alert to prevent others from following suit, killing her, and then taking power. In addition to being wary of being harmed, she also tried to make the Prince of Jin lose his fertility so that no matter how much the new favorite was favored, she would not be able to have children, thus greatly reducing the threat to her.

To be honest, even if her murder hadn't been exposed, the mere fact that she rendered Prince Jin infertile would have been enough to enrage him and cause her to die of illness. Prince Jin had been somewhat disappointed that he hadn't had a child in all these years. After all, the older a man gets, the more he longs for children to be born, to prove that he is still virile. But he's only so old, and the women in his harem have never given birth. This has been a source of dissatisfaction for Prince Jin for years. He's always worried that people will gossip behind his back that he's already impotent before he's even fifty. After all, some women can still have children in their fifties, so why is he already impotent in his forties?

Don't be fooled by men's seemingly carefree attitude and claims that they don't overthink things like women. In reality, they are just as prone to overthinking as women.

Therefore, one can imagine the fury he would feel upon discovering that the Princess of Jin had given him a sterilization drug.

Princess Jin was ruthless in the past, feeling that she couldn't secure her position without doing so; when she killed the former crown prince, she also thought that if she didn't do it, her son wouldn't be the crown prince, and she would have ascended to the throne in vain.

She acted with righteous indignation and ruthlessness, and after successfully achieving all her goals, she felt extremely capable.

But when the day actually came that what she had done might be exposed, she began to panic.

But what's done is done, and there's no going back. The truth will come out sooner or later.