"You mean, Princess Yaoxi put herself on the verge of death just to frame you?" Emperor Youning looked at Shen Xihe.
"Perhaps not." Shen Xihe's expression was calm. "After all, it's the position of the Crown Princess. It's worth risking your life, isn't it? And although the princess's illness is serious, she is recovering. It's just a matter of a month or so of recuperation, and she can get into the East Palace. No matter how you look at it, it's not a loss."
"Crack, crack, crack..." Xiao Huayong suddenly coughed rapidly.
He was actually trying to hide his smile. He had heard that Shen Xihe was particularly sharp-tongued when talking to His Majesty, but this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes, and it made him unable to hold back his laughter.
Emperor Youning glanced at him, and he looked at Shen Xihe who was standing in the main hall with ease. What she said was well-reasoned and would not tolerate any rebuttal. The two of them insisted on their own opinions. Although everyone with a discerning eye knew that this could not be Princess Yaoxi's self-torture trick, Princess Yaoxi could not produce any evidence, and no one could take the blame for Shen Xihe.
"Let the princess wake up, and then you two can confront each other." Emperor Youning said.
Upon hearing this, Shen Xihe bowed and said, "Yes."
"Your Majesty... If you have no other instructions... I will escort the princess... out of the palace." Xiao Huayong spoke at the right time.
His mind and eyes were filled with Shen Xihe, and Emperor Youning waved his hand to send them away.
"Why are you doing this?" The two of them walked shoulder to shoulder in the wind and snow. Xiao Huayong held an umbrella for Shen Xihe and walked towards the palace gate.
The thick snow made a crunching sound under my feet, and when I lifted my feet, the snow flakes flew everywhere.
The palace was cleaned by eunuchs every day, and the smooth ground was slippery when wet. Shen Xihe deliberately went out in the snow. There was a lot of wind and snow in the northwest. She not only liked to listen to the sound of rain hitting the eaves, but also liked the sound of stepping on the snow.
"Your Highness, didn't you ask me to let everyone know how much I care about you?" Shen Xihe kept walking, and her clear voice was heard in the wind.
After today, everyone will know that Princess Zhaoning is determined to win over His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If anyone wants to covet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, she will end up like Princess Yaoxi.
Xiao Huayong suddenly stopped and was stunned.
Shen Xihe did not stop. A piece of snow fell on her long eyelashes. She blinked gently, and the snow melted away. The corners of her lips slightly raised.
When the cold wind blew, Xiao Huayong came to his senses and saw that Shen Xihe had gone far away. He hurriedly jogged after him with an umbrella in hand. As he ran, the flying snow became lighter.
Shen Xihe kept Princess Yaoxi hanging in the snow for a whole night, almost taking her life. There was even a royal physician who said that if someone had not given Princess Yaoxi acupuncture treatment in time, she would have been in great danger. This further confirmed that it was Shen Xihe who did it.
But what if everyone knew about it? What if Princess Yaoxi insisted that she saw Shen Xihe and his guards hang her? Without any other evidence, Shen Xihe insisted that it was Princess Yaoxi's self-torture, and the imperial physician's claim that someone had saved Princess Yaoxi's life in advance could not provide any evidence.
Such a ruthless and clean method once again frightened the boys and girls in Kyoto of Shen Xihe, who had been silent for a year and had never taken any action.
Princess Zhaoning is still the same Princess Zhaoning, domineering and strong, fierce and decisive.
There were even rumors that people sympathized with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. People always felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was weak and would be controlled by Princess Zhaoning without any resistance in the future.