For a moment, Starfrost Hall was so quiet that a falling pin could have been heard.
Noble Consort Rou knelt prostrate on the floor, hiding the venom in her eyes.
Although Emperor Mingze did not believe in ghosts or spirits, he would never show mercy to anyone who harbored such vicious intentions!
After a long silence, the emperor seated at the head of the hall finally spoke.
"So what you mean, my beloved consort," Jiang Yanchuan said, his icy tone dripping with mockery, "is that some evil spirit has possessed my daughter so she can harm me?"
Noble Consort Rou raised her upper body. "I merely thought that the Eleventh Princess might have come into contact with these dark, unholy practices, causing her temperament to change so drastically..."
Just then, a cool breeze swept through and extinguished two candles in the hall, leaving half of Jiang Yanchuan's face shrouded in dim shadow.
He lowered his eyes and stared at Noble Consort Rou for a long time, then suddenly gave a soft laugh.
Everyone in the hall fell silent, like cicadas in the cold.
In this scene, he looked more like the one possessed by an evil spirit.
Jiang Yanchuan took a piece of candy from the wooden box and placed it in the little girl's hand. She had gone completely rigid. He gently patted her head twice before slowly rising to his feet.
Before he could speak, a palace maid hurried toward him from the doorway.
Eunuch Changshun quickly went to meet her. After a brief whispered exchange, he hurried back. "Your Majesty, Noble Consort Qing requests an audience."
Jiang Yanchuan paused. "Let her in."
Noble Consort Qing had only recently received a tremendous favor from the little girl, so her appearance here was hardly unexpected.
But...
The little girl