After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband

Chapter 1099 - 1090: Magnanimity

They couldn’t catch the maid who delivered the pastries, but they caught the murderer of the maid.After receiving twenty harsh strokes, the maid lay lifeless on the bench and confessed. It was one of the first or second rank maids next to Princess Nanzhang who pushed the young maid delivering the pastries into the well.

She didn’t know why she was asked to do this, but if she didn’t, her elder brother’s life would be in danger, so she dared not disobey.

Mrs. Wang was filled with hatred.

The second young master did so much harm to himself, yet knew no restraint. He was targeting the Princess Consort, so why harm the Little Princess?!

It’s not that Princess Nanzhang wasn’t targeting the Princess Consort. It was just that the Peony Garden was so secure that Princess Nanzhang’s hands couldn’t reach inside.

It took a long time for Princess Nanzhang to seize the opportunity when the wet nurse was vulnerable.

Upon hearing the news of the wet nurse’s sudden death, Princess Nanzhang leaned against the large pillow and exclaimed joyously!

Now that the Princess Consort is away, can they still have the upper hand everywhere?!

She couldn’t let go of the grudge against anyone who dared to harm her son!

The only regret is that it wasn’t Xie Jingchen who died. Even an avalanche wouldn’t take his life!

The Little Princess’s life was just interest; she wanted them to live in perpetual suffering just like her.

Princess Nanzhang thought the matter was foolproof, but when Manager Li came to arrest that second-rank maid, she couldn’t smile anymore.

Mrs. Zhao was anxious and uneasy. As Manager Li captured the maid, Mrs. Zhao knew something was wrong. She glanced at Princess Nanzhang and went out.

She knelt on the ground and confessed.

Manager Li sneered coldly.

Is she confessing now that she knows she cannot escape?

But plotting against the Little Princess, did she think that a mere maid could extinguish the Princess Consort’s fury?!

She seemed to think too highly of herself!

The Princess Consort was tolerant before, enduring her small mischiefs, never expecting it would feed her arrogance, causing harm to the Little Princess.

"Take her away!"

Two servants dragged Mrs. Zhao away.

Princess Nanzhang looked ashen.

Now, aside from Mrs. Zhao, she had no one left to use.

Xie Jinyu was still confined in Ciyun Temple for reflection, and if anything happened to Mrs. Zhao, she wouldn’t even have someone to speak to.

Inside, several Imperial Physicians were taking the Little Princess’s pulse, all helpless against the poison afflicting her.

No one knew what poison the Little Princess had been afflicted with, nor how to detoxify it.

The Little Princess hadn’t shown symptoms yet, but no one knew when they might appear. Judging by the wet nurse’s sudden death symptoms, once the poison emerged, it would be too late to save her.

The Imperial Physicians exchanged glances, unsure of what to do.

If only Princess Consort Zhenbei were still in the Capital, with her excellent medical skills, she might have a way to detoxify the Little Princess.

Thinking of Su Jin, Doctor Zhao hurriedly said, "The Princess Consort has many Antidote Pills; I wonder if they can counteract the Little Princess’s poison?"

The Princess Consort looked at Mrs. Wang and said, "Quickly take the Imperial Physician to search the backyard of the Agarwood Pavilion."

Not daring to delay, Mrs. Wang hurriedly led Doctor Zhao to the Agarwood Pavilion.

Bi Zhu also knew the Little Princess was poisoned, but there were hardly any medicines left in the Agarwood Pavilion. Before leaving the Capital, the Princess Consort had packed the concocted pills into a box and sent them to the border.

Doctor Zhao searched around and found several kinds of poisons, but no Antidote Pills.

To avoid the Princess Consort noticing, Su Jin also didn’t leave any Antidote Pills for her, but the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion had them.

Manager Li quickly sent someone to retrieve them.

Among the seven or eight kinds of Antidote Pills, Director Li chose the best one, crushed it, and fed it to the Little Princess.

After taking the Antidote Pill, the Little Princess’s pulse showed some improvement, but the poison wasn’t neutralized, it was merely temporarily suppressed.

Director Li looked at the Princess Consort and said, "It seems we need the Princess Consort to return to remove the Little Princess’s poison."

Mrs. Wang said, "Counting the days, it’ll only be a few days before the Princess Consort gives birth, so she can’t rush back."

Not to mention the Princess Consort can’t travel during labor, the round trip of the servants would take more than half a month, could the Little Princess last that long?

The Princess Consort looked at her daughter, her heart wrenching, "I’ll take Ruoruo to the border."

"Princess Consort, the Little Princess can’t handle such a bumpy journey," Mrs. Wang said with concern.

"This is the only hope," the Princess Consort choked.

She didn’t want her daughter to suffer the hardship of the journey, but what else could she do?

Mrs. Wang did not advise further. The journey might be harsh, but it was better than being unable to do anything in the Capital.

The Princess Consort, eager to save her daughter, ordered the maids to pack, ready to set off for the border without a moment’s delay.

Outside, Manager Li was interrogating Mrs. Zhao in the courtyard.

No matter how they interrogated her, how they hit her with boards, Mrs. Zhao took all responsibility for instructing the maids to poison the wet nurse and kill the maid to silence her.

Princess Nanzhang treated her with immense kindness, and she couldn’t stand to see the Wangfu mistreating Princess Nanzhang, so she wanted to avenge her by harming the Little Princess, making the Princess Consort and Prince suffer immensely.

But Manager Li didn’t believe such words, and neither did the maids and women in the Peony Garden.

Without Princess Nanzhang’s instructions, Mrs. Zhao wouldn’t dare commit such an offense.

Seeing her stubbornness, Manager Li gathered all the maids and women from Princess Nanzhang’s courtyard and beat them together.

The courtyard echoed with cries of anguish.

No wall is truly impenetrable. Mrs. Zhao thought that by confessing, she could keep Princess Nanzhang out of it, but there were still maids who knew about it.

The Princess Consort would never let Princess Nanzhang go unpunished. Once a maid confessed, she handed over the matter to the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice brought government officials to take all the maids and Princess Nanzhang back to the Ministry of Justice.

Princess Nanzhang refused to leave.

But she couldn’t stay even if she wanted to; if the officials couldn’t even take her away, there’d be no use for the Ministry of Justice.

Imperial Study.

The Emperor was reading memorials when Eunuch Fu stepped forward.

The Emperor closed the memorial and said, "How is the Little Princess?"

"Not well," Eunuch Fu said worriedly.

"The Princess Consort has already had people pack and is preparing to take the Little Princess to the border to find the Princess Consort."

The Emperor frowned.

How did it become so severe?

If it weren’t absolutely necessary, which mother would bear to take such a young daughter on a bumpy journey to the border?

"Have you found out who poisoned her?" the Emperor asked.

"Yes, it was Consort Liu."

Though it didn’t really need checking, nobody in the Wang Mansion had such deep hatred towards the Princess Consort, except for Princess Nanzhang.

It’s also because the Princess Consort is too kind-hearted; if this were any concubine in the palace, Princess Nanzhang wouldn’t have lived to this point, and no one would know how tall the grass on her grave would be.

Being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to oneself.

But it’s also understandable why the Princess Consort would be careless; with Xie Jingchuan’s murder, Princess Nanzhang was so devastated that she couldn’t get out of bed.

Who would have thought she’d harbor such malevolence, like a venomous snake lurking in the grass ready to strike anytime?

However, this time, Princess Nanzhang won’t escape.

The Emperor slapped the memorial on the Dragon Desk angrily, "That venomous woman!"

Eunuch Fu also sighed, "Don’t exhaust yourself with anger, Your Majesty. The Princess Consort is anxious to rush to the border, and has left this matter for the Ministry of Justice to handle."

"Now Consort Liu has been thrown into the Ministry of Justice Prison."

As the Minister of the Ministry of Justice personally oversees this, surely she will face unbearable suffering.