Transmigration: The Main Character is Not Becoming the Cannon Fodder!-Chapter 350 - 16: Princess (Part 16)

Thank you, "Heart as vast as the sea" sis, for your reward, muah~

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Li Hao was completely stunned, he really just helped to say a few words, why did it turn out like this?

Li Hao struggled violently: "Your Majesty, spare my life, this servant was wrong, this servant was wrong, please spare my life, this servant should not have been greedy."

But the Emperor did not listen and directly had someone drag Du Juan and Li Hao down.

In recent years, he had noticed that the harem was increasingly in disarray, so he decided to make an example of them. As for the truth, there were other ways to find it out.

Outside Yongyi Palace, Du Juan and Li Hao were beaten to death.

All the palace maids from various palaces were gathered to witness this bloody scene.

Later, the granny was found, but it turned out she had past dealings with the Imperial Concubine.

The Imperial Concubine cried out her innocence: "Your Majesty, today Shulin and his wife entered the palace. If I did these things right now, wouldn’t it be slapping my own face? I ask Your Majesty to uphold justice for me."

The Emperor gently helped the Imperial Concubine up: "My beloved, there is no need to worry. I know what kind of person you are."

Indeed, the Imperial Concubine was a clever person, and even if she needed to do such things, she certainly wouldn’t do them at Yongyi Palace.

On the surface, the investigation couldn’t find any clues.

Suddenly, the Emperor instructed Li Fu a few words, and the next moment, Li Fu left in a hurry.

Before long, several guards brought some people in. Those guards were unfamiliar, but seeing the people they brought in, some were panicked.

Those people had past connections with the granny.

Ultimately, the investigation revealed that it was Princess Consort Lan’s doing.

The Emperor had many secret resources at his disposal.

Princess Consort Lan was demoted to a Talented Lady.

As for the Fifth Princess and Third Prince, although the Emperor did not do anything to them, the Talented Lady was extremely worried.

She wrote a farewell letter, stating that she did everything and asking the Emperor not to blame the children.

Knowing she was done for, the Talented Lady realized she would never rise again.

Moreover, she wanted to protect her daughter; otherwise, if the Emperor knew Xiao Wu was involved, Xiao Wu would be finished. Xiao Wu was not yet married.

And her son was not yet wed; she didn’t want to drag them down.

A white silk scarf ended her life.

The Fifth Princess cried inconsolably in the following days.

It was she who caused harm to her mother concubine.

Soon, the Emperor arranged a marriage for the Third Prince.

It was with a magistrate’s legitimate daughter from the south, a match that would not aid the Third Prince at all.

This world was vast, but transportation was inconvenient, and the magistrate was too far from the Imperial City to support the Third Prince.

The Third Prince accepted it calmly.

One day, seeing the Fifth Princess cry, the Third Prince asked her and learned of the plans of their mother concubine and Xiao Wu.

The Third Prince felt somewhat sad, yet there was no resentment; it was they who wronged Xiao Six.

No matter how their father punished them, that was correct.

The Third Prince also established his own office, conferred the title of Prince An Yi.

Such a title clearly carried a significant warning.

The Fifth Princess felt increasingly guilty.

Because of her, the Third Brother was so despised by their father.

However, the Fifth Princess didn’t have much time to feel guilty, for shortly after the Third Prince got married, she was also betrothed.

The groom’s family was an aristocratic family in the west.

The west was quite far from the Imperial City, so returning to the Imperial City in her lifetime seemed challenging for the Fifth Princess, knowing that just coming from there to the Imperial City took five to six months and the rules within an aristocratic family were stringent. The Fifth Princess’s future life would not be easy.

A year later, the Fifth Princess was to get married.

The day before the wedding, the Fifth Princess went to Lanxin Hall.

The Fifth Princess had become noticeably haggard.

Li Shuning, however, had grown more beautiful with age, with a rosy complexion, very pleasing to the eye.

Seeing Li Shuning, the Fifth Princess burst into tears: "Are you satisfied now? Mother concubine is dead, brother married such a wife, probably even the noble families in the Imperial City have better wives than brother, and me, I’m going to be sent far to the west..."

The Fifth Princess cried uncontrollably, her entire being collapsing.

Li Shuning, however, was speechless; she looked to Li Shuzheng and said, "Fifth Imperial Sister, why should Xiao Six be satisfied? Did Xiao Six harm you? Xiao Six had a broken leg that took months to heal; was that what Xiao Six wanted? Why did it come to this, isn’t it the consequence of your own actions, Fifth Imperial Sister? What nonsense..."

The Fifth Princess cried even harder.

Knowing clearly that she had caused it all herself made her unwilling to accept it and drove her to come here.

Yet Li Shuning would not tolerate people like her who harmed others and then sought comfort or forgiveness; no way.

The fact that the Fifth Princess went to find the Sixth Princess naturally did not go unnoticed, making the Emperor even more disgusted with such a daughter in his heart.

When the Fifth Princess got married, her dowry was obviously not what a princess should have.

Through this matter, the Emperor’s heart became anxious.

The Eldest Prince was unreliable, his Xiao Six so weak, disliking intrigue and schemes. If he were gone someday, what would become of this child?

He was very fond of Xiao Six, yet still, there were those who dared harm Xiao Six, like Princess Consort Yun, like Princess Consort Lan.

If he were gone one day, no matter which of the current princes ascended the throne, they probably wouldn’t treat Xiao Six well.

Because their mothers didn’t like Xiao Six.

The Emperor had been feeling a bit anxious these days.

When the Emperor was in a bad mood, so were the days of those princes.

Prince Lian’s days were especially tough.

After all, if Prince Lian were a good one, the Emperor wouldn’t have to worry about these things at all.

When Prince Lian had a hard time, he would go find women to vent his frustrations.

Su Zi was having a difficult time.

Su Zi didn’t know why, but after marrying the Eldest Prince, she hadn’t moved up, while the two later married concubines were already pregnant.

Su Zi wanted to make a move, but those two concubines were very guarded; they were true noble ladies, with their own confidence. Their grannies and maids weren’t easy to deal with, and with their own small kitchens, and no lack of money, Su Zi couldn’t do anything for the moment.

But in her current situation, if she really did something to those two women and caused them to lose their children, she would probably ruin herself.

Being jealous was one thing, but harming the heirs might get her divorced, and what good result would that bring?

Women in this era already had it tough, and she had tried all ways to get close to Prince Lian because she deeply understood a merchant’s plight.

So if she were divorced with the reputation of harming heirs, how would she live in the future?

Furthermore, Prince Lian urgently needed a son to hold a better position among the many princes.

Su Zi felt she was about to go mad.

The worse her situation, the more she grew jealous of Li Shuning each time she saw her. Both were women; why was her life so hard while Li Shuning’s was so carefree?

Li Shuning wouldn’t care about these at all; when she facilitated those two together, she anticipated that they would eventually despise each other.

Whenever she saw Prince Lian forcing himself to please her while currying favor, and saw Su Zi’s declining appearance, she felt happy.

Happy for the original master.