"Hmph, change clothes? I think she went to hide? " The Crown Princess simply did not spare a glance at the butler's words. After all, in her heart, she believed that Shen Kouqing was only a person, and was just a person.
Inside Shen Kouqing's room.
"Empress, this is bad!" A servant hurriedly ran in, as if something big had happened.
When Shen Kouqing heard his shout, she was indeed shocked in her heart. Could something have happened to Song Yichen? If that was the case, it would be terrible.
"What's wrong? Did something happen to His Highness? " Shen Kouqing frowned. Even though she did not look very anxious, her worry could be detected from her words.
"The The Crown Prince has arrived. She's already in His Highness's room …" Only now did the servant speak the main point of today's matter.
Hearing this, Shen Kouqing's face slightly changed.
This princess consort had always been on bad terms with him. Although she came here to see Song Yichen, she would not pick on him. Therefore, she guessed that if it wasn't for the princess consort looking for her, no one would come and notify her. If she thought like this, how would she explain herself when she saw the princess consort?
If she was going to mess around, he would do the same to her.
After all, she was the Crown Prince's consort and also his mother-in-law. As a junior, she would sometimes have to endure injustice, or even … He felt wronged.
Shen Kouqing brought Ting Zhu and quickly returned to Song Yichen's room. The moment they stepped into the room, they saw the princess consort sitting down on a chair facing the door.
"My daughter-in-law greets the princess' consort, the princess' consort is extremely fortunate." Shen Kouqing bowed to the princess consort in a very respectful and courteous manner.
The Crown Princess didn't say anything, she only stood up, walked to the front of Shen Kouqing, and looked down at him with a condescending gaze.
"Raise your head." The Crown Princess's voice was cold. She just said two words.
Shen Kouqing naturally followed her instructions, and slowly raised her head.
With a "pa" sound, Shen Kouqing didn't have time to dodge, and her face instantly turned into a burning pain.
"Please calm your anger, Empress!" The servants in the room saw the Crown Princess acting like this and immediately kneeled down. They were all anxious.
"What did my daughter-in-law do wrong, I hope The Crown Prince can point it out." Shen Kouqing could only endure the pain on his face as he asked.
"What did you do wrong? Heh, if you let His Royal Highness Emperor's eldest grandson be poisoned under your watch, that would be your greatest fault! You're the only one who knows how to use medicine in the Emperor's eldest grandson's estate, right? I believe that it was you who had done this to the eldest grandson of the Emperor! " Her words were sharp, and every word was precious. She directly said what she was thinking, and did not care about Shen Kouqing's feelings at all.
She was the consort of the crown prince, so why should she care about other people's feelings? Not to mention that the person kneeling before her was the daughter-in-law that she didn't like.
"The Crown Prince, all things are about evidence. Everyone in the palace can testify to the care a daughter-in-law has shown the Emperor and his grandson. May I ask, why is The Crown Prince slandering Kou Qing in such a way?" Shen Kouqing raised her head, and replied with a tone that was neither servile nor overbearing.
"Defamation? Even if the one who poisoned you wasn't you, as the direct wife of the emperor's eldest grandson, you still weren't able to properly take care of his frail body. Don't you think you deserve it? To dare to speak to me so arrogantly, that is simply unbefitting of the rules! " The Crown Princess didn't seem to want to give in at all. She just spoke more aggressively.
Shen Kouqing didn't know how to respond. After all, the Crown Princess was the Crown Prince's wife, and had such a high position. If she said more than a few words, people would say that she had no respect for her elders.
Yes, it is all the fault of my daughter-in-law, she actually gave the killer an opportunity. I hope mother will not be angry, and not get mad. Shen Kouqing weighed the situation again and again, and felt that it would be better to soften his tone a little. After all, the Crown Princess was still angry, clashing head on with him was not a good solution.
"What is it? Now you know how to submit? Where did that Royal granddaughter consort whose eyes were filled with unwillingness just now go? The person I hate the most is someone like you, who doesn't look and look alike, hmph! " The Crown Princess sneered and then humphed. She returned to her seat and sat down.
"mother has learnt his lesson, my daughter-in-law will be more diligent in the future. She will try her best to not make mother angry again." Shen Kouqing was helpless, but she still had to put on an act on the surface.
Why "as much as possible"? Because the Crown Princess was someone she couldn't get used to, she could pick on anyone at any time, and the one who got picked had to admit it. So whether she was angry or not, it wasn't something people could decide.
With Shen Kouqing's extremely sincere attitude, the Crown Princess really didn't know how to criticize him, so she could only sit there and do nothing.
After a while, someone from the Crown Prince's Palace came over and said that the Crown Prince seemed to have something important to do, so the Crown Princess decided to leave.
However, when the princess consort left, Shen Kouqing actually knelt here for two hours and was unable to get up.
"Empress, be careful." Ting Zhu and the butler quickly came to support Shen Kouqing.
"This princess consort is really something!" No matter what, Empress, you are still her daughter-in-law! How can you be like this! " Seeing Shen Kouqing unable to stand steadily, Ting Zhu said with a pained expression.
She had a lot of grudges against the Crown Princess in her heart.
"Enough, Ting Zhu, stop talking. After all, she is the princess consort." Shen Kouqing did not mind, and told Ting Zhu to shut up.
Shen Kouqing sat down and gently massaged her knees.
"Empress, do not take this to heart. The Crown Prince is such a straightforward person. The steward helped the Crown Princess to explain.
After all, the steward had come from the Crown Prince's Palace, so he naturally felt some respect for his original master.
"No need to say anything, butler. How could I not understand?" Shen Kouqing smiled slightly, indicating that he did not mind.