My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 221 Concubine Hu Opens Her Heart

Chapter 221: Chapter 221 Concubine Hu Opens Her Heart

Concubine Hu’s expression briefly revealed a hint of surprise.

"Indeed, the Princess has already uncovered quite a bit, it truly is Tu River! She leaped into it from Qin Garden... A living life, just like that, and the Princess Consort Residence hushed it up with silver, so not even my sister’s body was retrieved from the water."

"When I went to recover her body, it was already gnawed to pieces."

"So, you want to use this method to ensure that Xiang Zhang also dies with no body left intact, correct?" Chu Baihan frowned, asking in a resolute tone.

"Exactly. I want him to suffer a fate worse than death, and I want the people of Xiang Family’s Princess Consort Residence to grieve beyond consolation!" Concubine Hu spoke furiously.

Her originally beautiful face was so distorted by hatred at that moment.

Taking a deep breath, she continued: "I took out all the remainder of my silver and bribed the father and son of the Hu Family to cover for me. We three posed as out-of-towners in the capital to do business and frequented the inn that Xiang Zhang often visited..."

"Indeed, everything happened as I had anticipated. Xiang Zhang is a beast who loses his senses at the sight of women; he coveted me and then attempted to abduct me. In the process, he didn’t hesitate to injure my two fake brothers."

"If you had already made your way into the Princess Consort Residence, why then order someone to kill the father and son of the Hu Family?" Chu Baihan asked gravely.

"Does the Princess believe I was responsible for their deaths?" Concubine Hu’s tone rose slightly.

Before Chu Baihan could speak, she scoffed: "Although I seek revenge, I also have no desire to harm the innocent. Despite their gambling woes, that father and son of the Hu Family have not wronged anyone—why should I take their lives? It was that heartless and cruel Xiang Zhang who worried that the father and son might go to the authorities and trouble him, so he had them killed."

"No, they truly weren’t killed by Xiang Zhang," Chu Baihan shook her head and spoke calmly.

"Not by him?"

"Do you know that when the Xiang Family’s father and son died, their bodies were left intact?" Chu Baihan suddenly asked such a question.

"Yes, I am aware of that. They died because of me; I even specially requested a maid to send them off on their final journey," Concubine Hu said, shaking her head with tearful eyes.

Seeing her like this, Chu Baihan felt conflicted.

Concubine Hu’s nature wasn’t bad at all...

But if a weak woman is pushed into becoming an executioner, one can imagine how bitter her experiences must have been.

"Why does the Princess believe that it wasn’t Xiang Zhang who killed the two from the Hu Family?" Concubine Hu pressed Chu Baihan.

"The Xiang Zhang I know is sinister and petty; anyone who causes him discomfort ends up dead with no body left intact."

"That’s true! How did I not think of that..."

Concubine Hu frowned deeply.

Having been in the Princess Consort Residence for so long, she too had uncovered some things by feigning madness and stupidity.

Xiang Zhang has had subordinates who served him for years, yet he would still have their fingers chopped off.

Therefore, the father and son of the Hu Family... might indeed not have been his victims.

"If it wasn’t Xiang Zhang, who could it possibly be?" She shook her head, murmuring oddly to herself.

Chu Baihan’s expression also became somewhat solemn; this was her concern as well.

"Tell me once more how you executed this plan," Chu Baihan spoke softly.

"I know Xiang Zhang adored you, the Princess. Ironically, even though he treats all the women in the world as disposable as straw sandals, he has never been able to forget about you, the Princess..."

Concubine Hu remarked sarcastically.

Chu Baihan said indifferently: "It’s not that he can’t forget about the Princess; he can’t forget what he can’t have, that is all."

"Indeed, he is despicable at heart. If it weren’t for your noble status as the Princess, you too might have suffered his poisoning."

"Was that letter written by you?" Chu Baihan asked sharply.

"What letter?" The concubine frowned.

"Don’t you dare deny it. It was you who imitated our Princess’s handwriting and corresponded with Xiang Zhang. And in the last letter, you wrote that as long as he committed suicide, you would agree to be together with him!"

Upon hearing this, Nan Xing angrily spoke up.

From Nan Xing’s words, the concubine also got the gist of it.

But she quickly shook her head.

"No, I have never written any letter. Although I can sing well, my handwriting is poor, let alone being able to imitate the Princess’s handwriting," the concubine shook her head insistently.

"How dare you still argue? If it wasn’t you, who else could it have been!" Nan Xing grew even angrier.

"If the lady doesn’t believe me, bring me ink and paper now, and I will write," the concubine retorted coldly.

Nan Xing wanted to say something else, but Chu Baihan gave her a look and stopped her.

"Then what was your original plan?" she asked calmly.

"After I entered the Princess Consort Residence, I discovered that the steward would administer medicine to each ’concubine’ and then drive them insane. So I pretended to take the medicine and played the fool..."

"My initial plan was to get my footing in the Princess Consort Residence and then seek revenge step by step. I never expected them to be so ruthless as to intend to poison everyone into stupidity. However, this actually gave me an opportunity..."

"Because they thought we were all fools, no one paid much attention to us. Each night, I would sneak out to observe everything about this residence..."

"I found that every night, Xiang Zhang would bring in women resembling you, then while drinking, he would force them to learn your dance..."

The concubine didn’t go into detail, but Chu Baihan and Nan Xing both understood what she meant.

Nan Xing was furious, grinding her teeth she said, "How outrageous, that he dared to do such things behind our backs."

"I learn dances quickly, and by secretly watching every day, I managed to learn some. On the day that Xiang Zhang met his end, I put on new clothes and planned to seduce and then take the chance to assassinate him. Unexpectedly when I arrived, he had already killed himself," the concubine spoke with a face full of resentment.

She had planned to take action herself, to make Xiang Zhang’s life worse than death!

"Since Xiang Zhang had killed himself, why did you still use the Human-eating Poisonous Insect on him? Isn’t that a waste?" Chu Baihan voiced her doubts.

"I wanted to make sure he was truly dead, but then people started coming from outside. Not willing to accept this, I feared he might be saved, so I took out my Human-eating Poisonous Insect and placed it on his body. It would be best if he was dead; if not, my Human-eating Poisonous Insect would definitely claim his life," the concubine spoke in a chilling tone.

"The Human-eating Poisonous Insect is very precious, dying after a single use. It seems you truly hated him," Chu Baihan murmured softly.

"Princess," Nan Xing called out to Chu Baihan worriedly.

Was the Princess believing this concubine’s story?

Chu Baihan pondered for a moment, then suddenly spoke to the concubine, "You wash your hair every day not because you like your hair very much, but because it’s convenient for you to impersonate me, right?"

She had observed the other concubines, with their dirty and messy hair, which would have taken a lot of time to comb straight.

"That’s right, as long as I keep my hair clean, all I need to impersonate you is to clean my face and change into a set of clothes," the concubine admitted openly, not bothering to hide it anymore.

"In that case, Ruolan couldn’t have been taken away by you..." Chu Baihan murmured to herself softly.

Just as she was about to ask more questions, a commotion suddenly arose from outside.

"Princess, the Empress Dowager has sent people, saying they want to take the murderer to the palace for execution," Gan Cheng ran over in a hurry, speaking seriously.