Chapter 221: You Dare Hit Me?
“Crown Princess is jealous that I conceived a child, then was appreciated by the Empress, right? I didn’t expect you to be so petty. Even if you are dissatisfied with me, you could just tell me directly. Why insult me here? But it’s normal for you to be jealous. The Crown Prince no longer favors you now, and the Empress is also dissatisfied with your delay in pregnancy. Presumably, it is very difficult for the Crown Princess to get pregnant now, so she tries every means to slander me, thereby making the Crown Prince dislike Sun Liangdi?”
Sun Tina’s face tightened. She had never thought that Jiang Ruanxi would be so petty.
Marquis Yongning really couldn’t listen anymore from the side and wanted to scold, but was stopped by Jiang Ruanxi raising her hand.
“Marquis Yongning, you saw it too. It’s not that I don’t want to give face to your Sun Family, but someone insists on trampling your Sun Family’s face underfoot.”
Marquis Yongning was already so ashamed that he couldn’t keep his old face down.
“Crown Princess, things have come to this point, all because she brought it on herself. It is also my Sun Family that wrongly trusted the wrong person. As long as the Crown Princess can quell her anger, no matter what you do, our Yongning Marquis Manor will have no grievances.”
What Jiang Ruanxi was waiting for was this sentence. She looked at Lin Tingting again, “Heir Apparent’s Wife, if you admit now that the child is not the Heir Apparent’s, I can spare you and hand this matter over to the Sun Family to handle. But if you persist, don’t blame me for making a big fuss all over the city.”
“Do you think with a person stuffed into a sack, you can confuse right and wrong and talk nonsense here? Let me tell you, no way.” Lin Tingting naturally would not admit it and even threatened, “Or is the Crown Princess relying on being from the Royal Family to act arbitrarily with her identity?”
“Won’t listen to advice?”
Seeing her still stubborn even at death’s door, Jiang Ruanxi directly instructed Yushui, “Open the sack.”
Soon, the sack was opened, revealing a man tied up tightly inside, with his eyes blindfolded and his mouth stuffed with cotton.
His hair was somewhat disheveled, and his whole body was dirty, making his face unrecognizable.
Obviously, Lin Tingting did not recognize the person in front of her at all.
“Playing tricks, you bring a man over, you won’t say my child is this man’s, right?”
Lin Tingting’s words were full of sarcasm.
“On the contrary, you, the Crown Princess actually brought a strange man into the Eastern Palace.” Lin Tingting mocked, “The Crown Princess couldn’t stand loneliness, found a man, and is afraid of being discovered, so now she finds an excuse to say this man has a relationship with me?”
“Pa……”
Just as Lin Tingting finished speaking, Jiang Ruanxi unceremoniously slapped her.
Not only was Lin Tingting stunned, but even Sun Tina and Marquis Yongning beside her were stunned.
“You dare hit me?”
“I’m hitting you.” Jiang Ruanxi said unceremoniously, “What do you think you are, daring to act wild in the Eastern Palace?”
“Even if the Crown Princess wants to hit someone, she needs a reason, right.”
Just as Lin Tingting felt unwilling in her heart, Jiang Kui’s voice came from outside.
Coming with him was also Emperor Qin.
“Greetings to Your Majesty.”
Everyone immediately knelt down to pay respects. Emperor Qin glanced at everyone and then said, “All rise.”
Jiang Kui glanced at the person on the ground, then looked at Lin Tingting, his eyes seeming to inquire about something.
Lin Tingting understood and directly pinched her thigh, then knelt in front of Emperor Qin, “Your Majesty, save me.”
Emperor Qin looked serious, “Heir Apparent’s Wife of Yongning Marquis, what do you mean by this?”
“Your Majesty, please see clearly. This morning when I went to the Empress’s bedchamber, the Empress said that I conceived a child just a few months after marrying the Heir Apparent, so she asked me to come to the Crown Princess for advice, to help the Crown Princess get pregnant soon. But who would have thought, the Crown Princess not only didn’t listen, but also called my eunuch here to make alarming false statements, saying the child I am carrying is not the Sun Family’s. Not only that, but she also used her identity to hit me. Your Majesty, I am really wronged.”
At first she spoke softly, but soon she burst into loud crying.
“Even if I have the greatest courage, I would not dare to conceal anything in this matter.”
Lin Tingting cried heartbrokenly, as if she had suffered a great wrong, “I heard that Your Majesty wants to strengthen the imperial clan of Great Qin as soon as possible to ensure the national fortune of Great Qin prospers. Although I am lowly, I just want to do my small part. Who knew I would be so humiliated by the Crown Princess. I really can’t bear such humiliation; I might as well just die.”
With that, she rushed headfirst toward the pillar over there.
An old woman servant beside Jiang Kui quickly stopped her.
“Heir Apparent’s Wife, don’t get excited. Even if you have the greatest grievance, surely Your Majesty can uphold justice for you. If a person dies, then there’s nothing left.”
Lin Tingting said nothing and just kept crying on the ground.
Seeing the timing was right, Jiang Kui said to Emperor Qin, “Your Majesty, the Heir Apparent’s Wife has good intentions and is indeed thinking of the national fortune of our Great Qin.”
Jiang Ruanxi watched their interaction, which could be said to be perfectly coordinated.
If she weren’t the person in the midst of it, she almost believed their nonsense.
Emperor Qin’s thoughts were all on the national fortune, so he was naturally very serious.
His expression already carried some displeasure, “Crown Princess, is there such a matter?”
“Father Emperor, part of what the Heir Apparent’s Wife said is true, but the other part is not.” Jiang Ruanxi was not afraid and replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, “The first half of what the Heir Apparent’s Wife said is true, but the second half, the child in her belly is indeed not the Sun Family’s. How can a woman who cheats on her husband come to the Eastern Palace to impart so-called experience on conceiving a child?”
Is the so-called experience giving the Crown Prince a cuckold?
Even if Emperor Qin didn’t like the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince was still his son.
He naturally would not allow such a thing.
Hearing this, his gaze changed, and he looked at Lin Tingting again, “Heir Apparent’s Wife of Yongning Marquis, is what the Crown Princess said true?”
“Nonsense, the Crown Princess is talking nonsense.” Lin Tingting suddenly stood up, where was the weakness she had just shown when falling down.
“The Crown Princess brings a man over and wants to impersonate the biological father of my son casually, isn’t that too much?” Lin Tingting looked at the man trapped on the ground unable to move.
“Hey, person lying on the ground, I and you are worlds apart. Who did you take benefits from to say you are the father of my child? Your Majesty is here too, no one can threaten you. Why not just say it directly? Then Your Majesty will surely uphold justice for you.”
Jiang Kui also timely gave a look to the eunuch beside him. The eunuch understood, quickly untied the person on the ground, then removed the cloth over the eyes, and finally took out the cloth from the mouth.
