After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 352 A Faint Sense of Death

When the princess asked what happened, someone naturally explained everything in detail.

"...Madam Song was just sitting there quietly when the Xue family came over with their men and said some filthy things that were really unpleasant to hear."

The other members of the Xue family, who had also come over upon hearing the commotion, were furious upon hearing this: "What nonsense are you spouting!"

These words were practically putting the Xue family in a very difficult position. If word got out, especially coming from the Princess's residence, what reputation would the Xue family have left? Wasn't this blatant accusation that the Xue family was morally corrupt and utterly ill-mannered?!
Where else would anyone dare to come and propose marriage?
Is this some kind of attempt to destroy the Xue family?!
The servant who had just spoken was neither servile nor arrogant, ignoring Madam Xue completely, and only looking at the Princess with proper manners and humility.

The eldest princess glanced at the Xue family: "The people in my household would never lie or fabricate stories about the Xue family's maid. Whether it's true or not, there were other people present at the time, so we can just ask them."

Madam Xue's heart sank instantly.

The princess's words essentially sentenced the Xue family's upbringing to death.

How can this be good?

She was so anxious that blisters appeared on the corners of her mouth.

The eldest princess asked everyone present to recount the events of that time.

It wasn't that there weren't people on good terms with the Xue family who wanted to say a few words to embellish the situation.

However, in front of the Princess, and given that the Princess had just stated her position, the servants of the Princess's residence would not deliberately lie and slander Xue Wan.

If they were to hide Xue Wan from the public, wouldn't that imply that the Princess's servants were deliberately slandering Xue Wan, and that the Princess was trying to frame the Xue family?
How many lives do they have?! How dare they humiliate the Princess like this...

Besides, the emperor is still alive!
The emperor also said, "You must tell me the truth carefully. If there is even the slightest discrepancy, it will be tantamount to deceiving the emperor!"

Who dares to deceive the emperor!
Don't they care about the heads of the whole family?
So, what everyone said was pretty much the same. There might be slight differences in the details, but the impact was not significant. In summary, Xue Wan inexplicably went up to provoke Song Lan after seeing her, and, relying on her status, belittled Song Lan, saying that she came from a humble background.

Naturally, he also mentioned that Hu Xianyong wanted Song Lan to come to his residence to be his concubine.

Everyone spoke the truth, saying whatever they heard, for fear of committing the crime of deceiving the emperor and implicating their entire family.

Naturally, they are roughly the same.

"So, Madam Xue, do you have anything else to say? Do my people still dare to talk nonsense?"

The eldest princess looked at Madam Xue, her expression clearly one of accusation.

Madam Xue was going crazy.

Does this princess really need to be so petty? She only heard half of what was said, and in her haste, she snapped at her.

There was no need to target her like this, since no one was actually attacking or killing the servants of the Princess's residence.

"Your Highness, forgive me!"

Without daring to think further, Madam Xue knelt on the ground and begged for forgiveness.

Then, they turned their hopeful gaze to the young emperor.

She couldn't suppress the eldest princess, who was second only to the emperor and had made great contributions to the country, so surely the emperor could?
pity……

The young emperor exchanged glances with Madam Xue, and scoffed, "Sister, this brainless woman is offending you. Let's drag her out and kill her!"

He wants to use him to suppress his older sister?
You've really lost your mind!

He snorted coldly, his face contorted with rage. Immediately, imperial guards tiptoed up, grabbed Madam Xue's arm, and were about to drag her away.

"what?"

Madam Xue was dumbfounded!
No?! Are all members of your royal family so unreasonable, resorting to violence at the slightest disagreement?

"emperor!"

The head of the Xue family could no longer sit idly by and pretend he wasn't there, hiding behind the crowd.

He shouted, pushed his way from the back of the crowd to the front, and knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. My wife did not mean to offend Her Highness the Princess. Please be lenient with her."

The head of the Xue family glanced at Xue Wan, who was lying on the gravel pretending to be dead, and feigned heartache: "This whole affair was caused by Xue Wan. If Your Majesty wishes to punish him, please grant Xue Wan his death!"

"Although my wife and I have failed in our parenting, our crimes do not warrant death!" "Your Majesty, please reconsider!"

Those who were on good terms with the Xue family had no choice but to step forward and say, "Your Majesty, please reconsider!"

The young emperor remained silent.

Everyone's hearts sank.

Their emperor was not the kind of person who would kill people at the drop of a hat; in fact, previous emperors could be described as having a mild temperament.

Why are you so cold-blooded and heartless today?

The eldest princess looked at Song Lan and asked for her opinion.

Song Lan thought for a moment, then sent a wisp of resentment to the Princess: "Xue Wan cannot die."

The eldest princess looked slightly surprised.

It wasn't that she was surprised Xue Wan couldn't die, but rather that Song Lan seemed to have spoken right in her ear.

Seeing the surprised look on the woman's face, Song Lan assumed that the princess had not understood her meaning, so she explained it to her in more detail.

"The current Xue Wan is not the real Xue Wan, but someone who has usurped the position."

"The real Xue Wan is now trapped, a wandering ghost."

"If the body is gone, then one will become a nameless ghost."

After recovering from her shock, the princess was quite accepting of how Song Lan could speak so clearly in her ear from so far away.

She understood.

He exchanged a few words with the young emperor.

Taking advantage of everyone's pleas, the young emperor went along with it: "...Even so, punish the two of them by making them kneel outside the Princess's residence to reflect on their actions."

"You can only get back up when you realize you're wrong."

As for what constitutes knowing one's mistake, isn't that decided by those in power?

Everyone felt sad.

Everyone felt that Xue Wan and Hu Xianyong were going to suffer this time.

Strangely enough, given what happened to Hu Xianyong, why hasn't anyone from the Hu family come forward to plead for him?
Yan Jun followed Song Lan all the way.

"What are you doing following me?" Song Lan stopped and frowned at him.

Yan Jun pursed his lips slightly: "I'm worried about you."

"What do I have to worry about? Besides, given the lessons learned from Zhang Chi and Xie Yuyao, who would dare to drug me or make me fall into the water again in the Princess's residence?"

Song Lan's expression was indifferent, as if she were talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

Yan Jun: ...

For some reason, he always felt that Song Lan had a faint sense of death about her.

Shouldn't a girl of this age be lively and vibrant?
But since Song Lan was reborn, she doesn't seem to have ever truly been happy.

Song Lan had no idea what people were thinking.

If I knew, I would definitely roll my eyes.

She has been dead for over two thousand years and has been working in the underworld for two thousand years, brewing soup for free. Even if she were to return to the age of sixteen, she would no longer be a true sixteen-year-old girl.

What the heck is "fresh and lively"?

There was also a faint sense of death... She was already dead!

Whose evil spirit is alive?
Is that true?