novelhk Chapter 277: Letters Found, Hidden Dangers Exposed
Chapter 277: Letters Found, Hidden Dangers Exposed
"Your Highness, I only went back to the imperial capital, but someone in the mansion was so bold as to touch your things! If I don't catch this person today and enforce the family rules, I'm afraid these servants will become even more rampant in the future!" The princess said, holding the dowager's hand tightly.
The concubine wanted to say something else, but was stopped by the princess.
"What are you waiting for? Search!" the princess gave an order.
The concubine's face suddenly turned cold. "Princess, I have been under surveillance by you. What else are you dissatisfied with? I think you are not here to find my lost bracelet. You are humiliating me!"
"Your Highness, if you don't have anything that cannot be seen by others, why are you afraid of my searching the palace?" The princess lowered her voice and spoke directly to the Dowager.
Toffee's lips turned pale in an instant.
Sure enough, Rong had ulterior motives in searching the palace!
When the princess returned to Huaiyang, the first thing she did was to check the concubine's Changning Palace, and finally discovered the concubine's secret.
Then, they used the excuse of the lost bracelet to search Changning Palace.
The concubine suddenly came to her senses and said, "No! Don't search!" She immediately broke free from the princess's hand and rushed out.
When the princess was about to catch up, the concubine was stopped by someone.
Prince Huaiyang walked in from outside and blocked the Queen Mother's way.
His eyes were fixed on the Toffee, who did not dare to look him in the eye.
"Mother, where are you going?" Prince Huaiyang asked in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, you came just in time! Look at what Rong has done! She has never taken me seriously. She searched my bedroom so openly. Where will I be able to stand in the Huaiyang Palace in the future? I might as well die here!"
Prince Huaiyang pulled the concubine back until he pushed her back into the chair.
The concubine looked at Prince Huaiyang's attitude and became furious. She stood up and slapped Prince Huaiyang in the face.
"You rebellious son! I am your biological mother! Do you have any filial piety towards me?"
Prince Huaiyang took a step back and knelt directly in front of the Concubine Dowager.
"It's true that you are my biological mother, but what biological mother would disregard her son's life or death and let her son be the medicine guide!"
When Prince Huaiyang said this, the princess was shocked.
What medicine is introduced?
Why has she never heard the prince say this?
The Toffee's arrogance suddenly disappeared and she fell into a chair.
"That was because I managed to survive. If I couldn't survive, I would have been a pile of bones long ago, right? Mother, could you come to Huaiyang safely to enjoy your old age? And could you still talk to me about filial piety here?"
"You know? You know everything."
"Your son has always known this!" The Queen Mother of Huaiyang Dynasty kowtowed three times.
The concubine dowager panicked and hurried forward to support Prince Huaiyang.
She couldn't help Prince Huaiyang up, so she simply knelt on the ground and hugged Prince Huaiyang and burst into tears.
"Mother didn't want this to happen. You have to believe me. I was really desperate at the time! I was just a palace maid of low status. The harem was a place where people were eaten. I almost died several times after giving birth to you. Mother did this to protect you! Otherwise, neither of us would have survived."
The princess was completely confused and had no idea what was going on.
She saw a trace of unconcealable sadness on the prince's face. This was the first time she saw such an expression on the prince's face.
What secrets does he have that she doesn't know?
"Your Highness, please get up first." The princess walked forward and helped the prince up.
After Prince Huaiyang sat down, the princess helped the queen dowager up as well.
There was silence in the room and no one spoke again.
The Concubine Dowager did not try to stop the Princess from searching the palace, as if she had given up hope.
After about an incense stick of time, the guard came in with an old wooden box and presented it to the princess.
The princess took it and looked at the lock on it.
"My Lady Dowager, please open this box."
Concubine Xu threw the key on the table reluctantly.
She no longer had any choice. Even if she didn't open it, the princess would have someone pry it open.
The princess took the key and opened the box.
Inside were several yellowed letters.
She couldn't read any further after just a few lines.
The contents of the letter were all about expressing the longing between a man and a woman. In some places, the words were so explicit that it was hard to read.
In the end, I forced myself to continue reading, fearing that I would miss some important information.
There was nothing suspicious in the contents of these letters, except for the names at the end that the princess found familiar.
"Yuan Sheng, I seem to have heard this name somewhere, but I can't remember it for the moment." The princess muttered softly.
Prince Huaiyang stepped forward, took the letter in his hand, glanced at it, and said two words indifferently: "Prince Ping."
"Prince Ping!" The princess was shocked. "Queen Dowager, have you contacted Prince Ping privately since you came to Huaiyang?"
"Prince Ping was placed under house arrest by the Emperor in the imperial capital. Not to mention after I came to Huaiyang, even when I was in the imperial capital, Prince Ping was under house arrest and I couldn't contact him!" The concubine responded hysterically, "Rong, are you satisfied now?"
The princess held the letters in her hands and took a deep breath.
She was sure that there would no longer be anything suspicious that could cause the Huaiyang Palace to suffer a catastrophe, because just these letters were enough to get their entire family executed!
Prince Ping failed in his bid for the throne and is now under house arrest in the imperial capital. The Emperor has ordered the death of all of Prince Ping's descendants, leaving Prince Ping alone in this world to torture him!
The emperor still suspects that Prince Ping’s old subordinates have not been completely eliminated!
If these letters were discovered, how would we be able to explain the prince's origins?
Is he the prince of the late emperor or the heir of King Ping?
Fortunately, He'er learned about this matter in advance, otherwise, how could the Huaiyang Palace escape this catastrophic disaster!
"Your Highness, besides these letters, do you have anything else related to King Ping?" The princess turned and asked the Dowager.
"No!" The toffee gritted her teeth and squeezed out two words.
The princess was still a little worried, and immediately came up with an idea.
"Madam Dowager, the Changning Palace has been searched and turned into a mess. Tonight, you will temporarily stay in the East Courtyard."
"You don't believe what I said?"
The princess did not answer, but turned to Prince Huaiyang and said, "Your Majesty, please follow me. I have something else to say to you."
Prince Huaiyang followed the princess out with an expressionless face.
The concubine immediately walked outside, but was stopped by the guards when she reached the door.
"My Lady Toffee, you can't leave here yet."
Concubine Xu was so angry that she stomped her feet without any manner at all, and glared fiercely at the backs of the princess and Prince Huaiyang as they walked away.
She hid these things so well that even her personal maid didn't know about them.
How did Rong know this?