Princess Linjiang was flustered by these accusations. Perhaps she had been too calm before and thought that nothing would happen. So when things developed in the opposite direction of what she expected, she became even more at a loss.
The evidence these people collected was much richer than she had imagined. Even Manager Qin was arrested, which showed how much these people knew about her previous deeds.
Steward Qin and his wife had stayed with her the longest. They were elderly people who had come all the way from Jiujiang and Nanchang. They knew most of her secrets, and what they said was absolutely credible.
Even her protesting of injustice would seem extremely hypocritical.
The room was eerily quiet for a moment. Princess Linjiang thought for a long time with a wooden face, and finally spoke: "Why? Do you want to kill people with these things?"
She pointed at Wei An, glanced at Shen Chen out of the corner of her eyes, and sneered, "You haven't even gotten married yet, and you've united to deal with me? I'm a princess who lives in seclusion and never leaves the house, and you just said that I colluded with the Xu family to harm people, and that I was the mastermind!?"
Although she didn't feel afraid of admitting it, she had already anticipated something bad from King Linjiang's attitude, so she simply denied it: "Where do I get such great ability? You think too highly of me."
This rebuttal was very weak, and no one took her words to heart. Shen Chen turned his head and glanced at Manager Qin, smiled and said nothing, meaning that with such obvious evidence right in front of them, it was just deceiving oneself to say those lies.
Princess Linjiang was becoming more and more panicked. She was not afraid of Shen Chen and Wei An's fierce rebuttal or even quarreling with her, but she was afraid of Shen Chen and Wei An's confident look.
After all, she didn't know what these two people had said to King Linjiang that made him say those words to her.
Prince Linjiang's patience had obviously reached its limit. He looked up at Princess Linjiang and said impatiently, "That's enough. You know what you did. Do you really want to lose even the last bit of your dignity in front of so many people?"
Dignity, how many people live in this world just for these two words.
Didn't Chu Jingxing and the others feel that they didn't have the respect that Shen Chen, the adopted son, received, and that's why they took that path of no return? Princess Linjiang laughed sarcastically, and the smile on her face turned into sharp sarcasm in an instant: "Respect?! The prince let these juniors and servants laugh at me together and interrogate me as a criminal. How can I have respect?!"
She has always been good at making trouble. Prince Linjiang had had enough. He felt that the irritability that he had barely suppressed these days was rising again. He said coldly: "Dignity is given by yourself, not by others. If you were upright, how could you be in this situation today?!"
He threw the thing in his hand coldly in front of Princess Linjiang: "In front of your own son, I advise you to save a little face for him and yourself. These things, no matter which one, are enough for you to die several times. I will not kill you. For the sake of my son, you will live as Miao Qing in the future."
Miao Qing?!
Princess Linjiang keenly sensed the deep meaning behind this name and looked at Prince Linjiang with a strange expression: "You want to follow the example of Emperor Renzong of Song and send me to be a Taoist nun?!"
There are many precedents for this. When previous emperors wanted to depose the empress, unless the empress had committed a crime that required dethronement, they would usually make her a nun. This way, it would not cause too much of a stir.
Of course, these nuns are still supported by the people of the world, but they will be trapped in the Taoist temple in the palace for the rest of their lives.
Princess Linjiang had experienced such a day before when she was in Jiujiang. It was not a pleasant memory at all. Her eyebrows twitched violently for a few times, and she suddenly became hysterical and pounced towards Shen Chen.
Her action was so sudden. Wei An was standing next to Shen Chen. Princess Linjiang had grasped a sharp hairpin in her hand at some point, raised her hand high and rushed towards them.
Prince Zheng was standing several body lengths away from the two juniors. When he wanted to help, it was too late. He watched Princess Linjiang pounce on them and was unable to react for a while.
The hairpin in Princess Linjiang's hand was very sharp. If he tried to stop her at this moment and accidentally let her drop it, who knows who would get stabbed by it. Even Prince Linjiang couldn't help but scold her.
But it was too late. Shen Chen reacted immediately, hugged Wei An, turned half a circle, and stood in front of Wei An with his back facing outwards, taking the hairpin for her. Then, he knocked Princess Linjiang back a few steps and fell to the ground with his elbow in disgust.
The hairpin had already sunk into Shen Chen's back. He was wearing a frosty white robe today. The red bloodstains kept spreading out, and soon dyed the part of his clothes near the sleeves red.
Prince Linjiang jumped up in panic, walked around the desk and came to Shen Chen. He gritted his teeth and pulled out the hairpin. He hurriedly ordered Chu Jingwu: "Quick! Go and get the doctor!"
Chu Jingwu has reacted. He really can't say a word for a mother like Princess Linjiang. As a son, he shouldn't blame his mother. But at this moment, the only bit of reluctance in his heart caused by the warmth shown by Princess Linjiang during this period disappeared.
Because he completely understood what Wei An and Shen Chen had said before - a dog will eat shit if it travels a thousand miles, and a wolf will eat people if it travels a thousand miles. She couldn't change, hatred was already buried in her bones, no matter how kind and gentle she pretended to be, the seeds of hatred in her body would take root and sprout and grow at any time with any disturbance.
Such a person would be a destructive force if placed next to anyone.
Because she only cares about hatred and doesn't care about anyone or anything. They are crazy and don't care about anything.
How could he still imagine that she would live in peace with Shen Chen and Wei An? !
If he were in his shoes and had an enemy like this, he would wish he could keep his eyes open all the time, otherwise he would be eaten up without leaving anything behind at any time.
His eyes were filled with boredom and disappointment. Finally, without saying another word to Princess Linjiang, he stood up and hurried out. He still had a lot of things to do. Everything that happened in the study today must not be known to anyone else, otherwise it would cause another big disturbance.
As for her fate, it was doomed from the moment she took action. She can't blame anyone but herself for being too cruel and ruthless. (To be continued)