The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1669: There’s No Escape Now

Chapter 1669: Chapter 1669: There’s No Escape Now

Eunuch Gui looked at Princess Consort Lian and said,

"Moreover, your maids have also confessed that the several maids who were beaten to death for stealing your jewelry were all taking the blame for Nanny Chen, and I even found several pieces of jewelry in Nanny Chen’s room.

It seems that while those pieces of jewelry might not look conspicuous, they are indeed valuable, and certainly not gifts that you would have bestowed upon her, right?"

He said.

"Impossible, it’s impossible."

Princess Consort Lian panicked and collapsed onto the ground.

"Your Majesty, it must have been that Nanny Chen, seeing she couldn’t produce the items you demanded, and knowing she couldn’t escape, thought it better to hang herself rather than be discovered by Eunuch Gui and brought to the imperial study, only to be tortured later on.

Such a person truly deserves to be hacked to pieces!"

The Empress Dowager also stood up, her eyes fiercely glaring at the bewildered Princess Consort Lian on the ground, and said to the Emperor.

The Emperor slowly walked over to Princess Consort Lian, looked down at her as she looked up at him, took a deep breath, and then slapped her face hard.

"Ah!"

Princess Consort Lian was struck so hard that she fell to the ground to the side.

"Your Majesty, your concubine didn’t know, your concubine truly didn’t know Nanny Chen would do such a thing."

Despite the scorching pain on her face and the pain in her knees, Princess Consort Lian crawled over and grasped the Emperor’s legs, crying and explaining.

Nanny Chen was the elder she trusted most, having been assigned to her side when she first entered the palace.

Moreover, it was the Emperor himself who had personally assigned Nanny Chen to her, so how could she ever have imagined that Nanny Chen would be so bold as to commit such acts within the imperial palace.

But at this moment, she couldn’t reveal that Nanny Chen had been appointed by the Emperor himself, otherwise, the Emperor would be even more eager to kill her!

"Your Majesty, your concubine was wrong, your concubine truly knows her mistake, please forgive your concubine this once."

She had a premonition that if this affair could not be satisfactorily resolved, she would forever lose her status in the struggle for favor within the imperial harem.

"Roll away!"

The Emperor gave her a single word.

"Gui, thoroughly interrogate everyone close to Princess Consort Lian. I want to see what exactly Princess Consort Lian has been doing behind my back all these years!"

He instructed Eunuch Gui.

He had trusted her so much with someone as important as Sui Zimo, entrusting all of Sui Zimo’s belongings to Princess Consort Lian as well.

Thus, even though he knew that Princess Consort Lian had been overbearing in the harem relying on his favor, he had said nothing.

Little did he know that she had lost his most valuable possession!

"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will go at once."

Eunuch Gui glanced at the defeated face of Princess Consort Lian from the corner of his eye, his lips slightly curving, then turned and left.

"Your Majesty, might you want to take a look in Princess Consort Lian’s palace... if it’s something important, Princess Consort Lian wouldn’t likely have entrusted it to a nanny. Perhaps it’s been put away in some corner, and it may still be found,"

The Empress Dowager rose, stepped past Princess Consort Lian, and slowly approached the Emperor, gently reminding him.

"She..."

The Emperor opened his mouth but eventually clenched his teeth and his expression became vicious as he looked toward Princess Consort Lian.

He could no longer hold back, marched over, and began kicking Princess Consort Lian’s body, kicking again and again, causing her to roll on the ground in agony, shrieking continuously!