C537 537 Confrontation

"Returning to the Emperor, this servant will accompany Princess Tian Xin to marry into the Easternum. On the way, I met Crown Princess Jing and her servant, the two of them kidnapped my princess and her servant, and after killing the princess, they knocked out the servant, changed into the clothes of a servant and princess, and followed the procession to marry my princess in place of my princess in the King Jing Palace."

"You mean to say, Princess Tian Xin has already been killed by the current Crown Princess Jing?"

After Jin Yue finished speaking, the low and deep voice sounded out, shocking Jin Yue to the point that she raised her eyes in shock.

Her heart trembled as she thought to herself, this must be the legendary cold and ruthless Easternum.

Seeing those secretive and cold eyes, Jin Yue only stopped for a moment before retracting her gaze. She did not dare look at them for too long, as the fear in her heart was quickly released.

At this time, Yan Yuan had already stood up from the ground, and casually pulled Liu Ruo Qing up. Her tall body, was like a black cloud that had fallen from the sky, causing her to not even dare to breathe loudly.

"This King is asking you a question!"

Yan Yuan's impatient voice sounded again, causing Jin Yue to unconsciously shrink back in fright. She lowered her eyes and replied: "Yes … Yes, this servant saw with her own eyes that Crown Princess Jing killed my Princess. "

Jin Yue braced herself to answer, and then she heard a sneer coming from above her head, she raised her head to look, and saw that the face was the exact same as her own princess's, and quickly retracted her gaze.

Ever since the first time she saw the woman who looked exactly like her princess in the palace, Jin Yue had been extremely shocked.

She didn't spend much time with this girl in xieqing. Ever since the emperor forced her to marry the princess, she hid in her room and didn't come out. Even if she was his personal servant, he still wouldn't be able to see her.

When the wedding procession had just entered Easternum's territory, she was immediately captured by the bandits. Counting the number of times she had met the fake princess, she had not even met her five times.

Seeing her laugh so strangely all of a sudden, Jin Yue's heart started to beat uneasily, and his gaze flickered a little as he avoided Liu Ruo Qing's gaze.

"Did you really watch Princess Tian Xin being killed by me?"

Liu Ruo Qing asked her with a tone that sounded somewhat calm and collected. On the contrary, when Jin Yue was asked this question by her, she became even more afraid, and her body also trembled.

"Jin Yue, you have to think carefully about how to answer this question before your Majesty."

Both of Wang Shi's hands were hidden in her wide sleeves, speaking carelessly, scaring Jin Yue to the point that she did not dare to answer carelessly. In front of the emperor, a single sentence that she said wrongly was a heinous crime.

"Servant …" "Your servant …"

Yan Heng saw the hesitation on Jin Yue's face and was somewhat anxious. Before Jin Yue could speak, he hurriedly said: "Jin Yue, the emperor is the most just and strict ruler, as long as you speak the truth, the emperor will uphold justice for you and your princess. But if you speak nonsense, be careful of your life …"

's words were filled with warning, it was not like she could not hear it, she had already made up a lot of lies and was already committing the crime of deceiving the monarch, so she could only brace herself and endure.

So, she took a deep breath, then suddenly pointed at Liu Ruo Qing, "That's right, it's you, you were the one who killed my Princess, pitiful my Princess to go there at such a young age, please be clear-headed, your majesty, give my Princess justice."

She heavily kowtowed in front of Yan Shuo, her face full of grief.

Liu Ruo Qing looked at Jin Yue's timid and submissive appearance, and then, because of Yan Heng's silent warning, she became a loyal servant who tried to redress the grievances. Judging from the grief on her face, if she didn't know the truth, she would have believed it.

"Okay, then tell me, I even killed your princess, what's the use of keeping your life? Aren't I afraid of leaving behind troubles? "

"This …"

Jin Yue looked at Liu Ruo Qing's calm appearance in shock, as if she firmly believed that he couldn't pin her down.

"I'll have to ask you, Crown Princess Jing."

The one who spoke was Yan Heng, he looked at Liu Ruo Qing coldly, and at the moment, it seemed like he had a plan, he was not worried for Yan Yuan at all. Furthermore, only by forcing the woman to the point where she had nowhere to retreat to, would he be able to cause a dispute between Yan Yuan and the Kaiser in order to save her.

Therefore, at this moment, Yan Heng would definitely not let Liu Ruo Qing go easily.

"There are naturally many reasons why you didn't kill Jin Yue. Perhaps she was just a servant girl who couldn't hold up the winds and waves that wouldn't affect you, or perhaps at that time, your conscience discovered that you had already killed Princess Tian Xin and showed mercy to her, or perhaps there are other unspeakable reasons as well. Only you know the reason clearly, how can you even ask someone else?"

A faint smile hung at the corner of Liu Ruo Qing's mouth, but in her heart, she had already scolded Yan Heng badly. He was really a shameless old cunning fox, he really wanted to force her into a dead end.

Liu Ruo Qing did not ask anymore questions, nor did she refute. She only smiled at Yan Heng with an unfathomable meaning. This unexplainable smile made Yan Heng feel cold on his back, to the point that he was startled by her strange smile.

There was a brief period of silence within the imperial study. For a time, neither of them spoke, as both parties tried to guess what the other was thinking.

"Do you really think you can return alive this time?"

After the time it took to make a cup of tea, another voice came out from the imperial study. The one who spoke was Yan Yuan.

Everyone looked at him suspiciously, not knowing who he was talking to.

In the imperial study, the only ones who had nothing to do with this matter were Yan Shuo and Wang Shi, so although the two of them did not know who Yan Yuan was talking to, they did not take it on themselves.

Seeing that Yan Yuan's gaze was fixated on the face of the terrified Jin Yue, her unfathomable eyes narrowed slightly, and frightened Jin Yue to the point that her entire body trembled.

Yan Yuan continued to speak in a slow and unhurried tone, "When this king found out from Princess Hua-Yang that she was forced to marry someone, he ordered some people to go to the xieqing, guess … What did This King discover? "

Yan Yuan withdrew his gaze from Jin Yue's face and slowly turned it towards the equally uneasy Prime Minister of the xieqing, Zhang Mo.

The corner of Zhang Mo's mouth twitched unnoticeably, even though Yan Yuan had yet to say anything, he had already started to worry silently. After all, the entire thing was planned by him and the Emperor, if Yan Yuan were to find out, the one who would be in trouble would be him.

"All the servants in the palace where Princess Tian Xin resided died from an illness the day after she was married."