"What are you doing here!" Noble Consort Jia's expression changed drastically upon seeing Tang Zhuyun.
Tang Zhuyun bowed to her, this time a deep bow, without any perfunctory gesture.
Noble Consort Jia's expression remained unfriendly.
"Your Majesty, I have a request to make of you," Tang Zhuyun said.
Noble Consort Jia sneered, "Don't even think about it!"
"Your Majesty, please listen to this. It's a win-win situation; neither of us will lose."
"Don't even think about it!" That was all Noble Consort Jia.
Tang Zhuyun smiled slightly, "The relationship between you and Your Highness is as obvious as a louse on a monk's head. So neither of you can get rid of the other... You are a Noble Consort, the most honored woman in the harem besides the Empress... If you were to advance further, Your Highness's status would be perfectly legitimate."
Ren Yingying thought to herself, "Aren't you asking a tiger for its skin?"
If that old hag becomes Empress Dowager, will being Empress still be a happy thing?
But my best friend's idea can only be complained about in private when no one else is around.
It's absolutely impossible to be proven wrong.
Noble Consort Jia sneered, "Do you think I'd believe your nonsense?"
Of course you don't believe it, because you yourself are a ghost.
Tang Zhuyun calmly replied, "Why must Your Majesty be so stubborn? Why not go with the flow... I already have a plan. Would Your Majesty like to speak to me privately?"
Noble Consort Jia remained silent, her expression haughty.
Tang Zhuyun smiled and waited Jingjing for her.
After a long pause, Noble Consort Jia said, "I want to hear what other schemes and plots you have up your sleeve! If you intend to harm the Emperor, I will be the first to not let you get away with it!"
Tsk tsk, even at a time like this, he still can't resist putting on an act.
Tang Zhuyun stroked her belly and said, "I'm a mother too. Even if I don't think about others, I have to think about my own child."
The implication was that she wouldn't do anything reckless.
Noble Consort Jia then led her personal lady-in-waiting and Nanny Rong into the room next door.
Tang Zhuyun led Nanxing and Ren Yingying inside.
"Come in yourself." Noble Consort Jia stopped at the door, turning back to glare coldly at Nanxing. "You ungrateful wretch, don't you dare offend my eyes!"
She is the rightful heir of the Xiao Family.
Vermilion Bird didn't follow her, but instead helped Prince of Jin oppose her at every turn, which made Noble Consort Jia so angry that she gritted her teeth.
Nanxing pulled Tang Zhuyun along, not feeling comfortable letting her go in alone.
Ren Yingying is one of them.
Tang Zhuyun shook her head at them, "I think Her Highness the Imperial Concubine has already learned her lesson."
The scene of Prince of Jin's massacre in Noble Consort Jia's palace must be something Noble Consort Jia will never forget.
Tang Zhuyun followed Noble Consort Jia into the room.
Ren Yingying asked Nanxing in a low voice, "Will it work?"
If Tang Zhuyun weren't pregnant, she wouldn't be too worried; but now that Tang Zhuyun is pregnant again, how can she be at ease?
Moreover, she genuinely felt that negotiating with Noble Consort Jia was like trying to negotiate with a tiger for its skin; there was absolutely no chance of winning.
Nanxing said, "I believe in Your Majesty."
Qu Nian: I believed your ghost story. Aren't you nervous? Why are you clenching your fist?
However, his opinion of Tang Zhuyun has now changed.
Tang, at least, had some sense of the bigger picture; Qu Nian agreed with the win-win situation she suggested to Noble Consort Jia.
Tang Zhuyun was considered a virtuous and capable wife of the Prince of Jin.
He didn't expect that the Poisonous Woman Ren could help him in any way.
Soon, a gasp of surprise came from inside the room, belonging to Noble Consort Jia.
Nanxing instinctively tried to rush inside, but then heard Tang Zhuyun say, "Nanxing, stop the others. Her Majesty is ill; I need to treat her alone!"
"Your Highness, no, no!" came Nanny Rong's voice, choked with sobs.
Eunuchs and palace maids came running at the sound, but were stopped by Nanxing.
Ren Yingying was so anxious that she stomped her feet, licked her fingers until they were wet, and poked a hole in the window paper.
Tearing and tearing... the small hole quickly became a big hole.
Qu Nian: What an idiot! Does she want everyone to know she was peeping?
But what's so interesting about that? Tang Zhuyun wouldn't do anything to Noble Consort Jia.
Then he saw Ren Yingying cover her mouth.
Qu Nian: You naive and ignorant little devil!
After a while, Tang Zhuyun came out of the room and said, "Noble Consort Jia committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and there was nothing I could do to change that. Noble Consort Jia is gone."
Noble Consort Jia lay on the ground, her eyes wide open, looking as if she had died with her eyes open in disbelief.
The palace maids were trembling with fear, and Nanny Rong threw herself onto Noble Consort Jia's corpse, weeping uncontrollably.
Nanxing and the servants who were nearby all saw the deep purplish-red marks on Noble Consort Jia's neck.
A chair lay overturned nearby, but there was no white silk hanging from the beam.
Everyone fell silent, too terrified to utter a sound.
Tang Zhuyun said calmly, "Have someone inform the Emperor and the Prince that I'm tired and need to go back to rest for a while."
I never imagined that one day she would kill someone.
But she hated it so much.
The harm that Noble Consort Jia inflicted on Prince of Jin from his childhood to the present day is the root of Prince of Jin suffering.
However, for the past twenty years, the Prince of Jin had always regarded her as his mother.
Therefore, under no circumstances would Tang Zhuyun allow the Prince of Jin to take action.
She didn't want Noble Consort Jia to become Prince of Jin's nightmare for the rest of his life.
Since the Crown Prince and Crown Princess are both dead today, it won't make a difference if one Noble Consort Jia added to the mix.
On the last day of the old year, we sent them on their way.
They don't deserve to see the New Year's sunshine.
Tang Zhuyun wasn't afraid of the Emperor holding her accountable, even though she knew very well that the coroner could easily distinguish between someone who had committed suicide and someone who had been strangled.
She was pregnant, and if the Emperor could spare Prince of Jin, he could spare her as well.
They are husband and wife as one, and the Emperor should be well aware of that.
But whatever the worst consequences may be, she will bear them.
She had endured Noble Consort Jia for a very long time!
"Your Majesty, where are we going now?" Nanxing asked.
"Let's go home. Let's go home first to see Linlin and Yanran, and then wait for the Prince to return."
What needed to be done has been done; whatever tomorrow brings, let's celebrate to the fullest today.
Back at the Prince's residence, Linlin was still awake, but Yanran, oblivious to everything, went back to sleep.
Tang Zhuyun then felt unwell, wanting to vomit but unable to, experiencing an indescribable discomfort.
Xiu'er could only ask Nanxing.
But Nanxing was indecisive, which made her so anxious that she stomped her feet.
Fortunately, Ren Yingying arrived late and quickly explained the whole story.
"Dog Meat, stop biting my skirt! If you bite me again, I'll get angry! I'll get angry!"
That stupid dog, I don't know if it's gone mad, grabbed her skirt and dragged her outside.
She didn't want to leave; she wanted to talk to Tangbao!
Qu Nian was furious. Even after all this, you still kept moving closer.
The Prince of Jin is definitely going to be in trouble soon.
Whether it was truly bad luck is debatable, but given what he did, is it reasonable for the emperor not to punish him?
Doesn't the emperor have any shame?
Besides, Tang Zhuyun is such a terrifying woman!
Without making a sound or consulting with Prince of Jin, she dared to strangle Noble Consort Jia.
This woman's courage is frightening to even think about.
Ren Yingying, however, watched helplessly, oblivious to her impending doom.
Qu Nian felt that sooner or later, he would be killed by the Poisonous Woman Ren.
Xiu'er: "Dead? Noble Consort Jia is really dead?"
How could the big bosses have been wiped out overnight, like autumn leaves swept away by the wind?
That was a bit hasty!
Nanxing: "What do you think the prince has been doing all this time?"
"Hasn't the Prince been constantly pestering the Empress to have children?" Xiu'er retorted, unconvinced.
That's Song Jingyang.
Ren Yingying said, "Dead, all cold. Don't believe me? Ask your mistress."
You can tell if someone's Tangbao the moment they make a move.