The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1671: Again and Again

Chapter 1671: Chapter 1671: Again and Again

But the force with which she shuffled her feet only made Princess Consort Lian scream out in pain again.

"Empress... Your Majesty, this servant has never offended you, why do you... why must you harm me like this?" she panted, questioning the empress aloft.

Why did she have to treat her this way? And by what right could she do so to her?

They were both the emperor’s women, how did her status fall short of the empress’s? Was it just a matter of title?

"Never offended this palace?"

The empress raised an eyebrow, her eyes filled with intense hatred as she looked at Princess Consort Lian.

"Princess Consort Lian, are you trying to say that it wasn’t your precious son who killed Suri? Hmm?"

"No, it wasn’t."

Princess Consort Lian shook her head; this was something she absolutely could not admit.

"It was clearly Prince Lin who killed Suri, everyone saw it, Your Majesty, you can’t pin such a crime on me... Ah!"

Before she could finish her words, she felt an intense pain coursing through her body, and she screamed out once again.

It turned out, the empress had suddenly taken off the phoenix hairpin from her head, and the sharp end was thrust into Princess Consort Lian’s leg, stabbing over and over, a dozen times before stopping.

"Princess Consort Lian, do you really take me for a fool? If the emperor hadn’t protected you back then, did you think you could have lived so safely? I would have killed you and your malicious son long ago!"

When she first heard about Suri’s death, it was Sui Zijin’s men who deliberately fanned the flames into her son’s ear, and she wanted to kill Princess Consort Lian and her son there and then.

But the emperor was protecting her, and she was helpless.

"This palace thought, revenge taken by a gentleman can wait ten years, let alone for me, a woman? I have all the time in the world to wait, yet I never imagined that in just a few months, you, that wench, would fall into my hands.

Hehe, it really is instant karma."

As she spoke, she laughed, then wiped the blood-stained phoenix hairpin on Princess Consort Lian’s clothes before putting it back on her own head.

"Rest assured, Princess Consort Lian, since the emperor has handed you over to me, I will surely take good care of you. I won’t let you be neglected in the Cold Palace, after all, how many years have we been sisters in this harem?"

"No, don’t, it wasn’t."

Only then did Princess Consort Lian know fear, shaking her head repeatedly.

She had imagined many outcomes for herself, but never did she imagine falling into the hands of the empress to be tormented!

"It’s not like that, Your Majesty, it’s not like that. Prince Lin... Prince Lin was harmed by Zimo, Zimo. It has nothing to do with... nothing to do with this servant."

How could she possibly admit at this time that the affair of Prince Lin was the doing of her and her son?

Wasn’t there still Zimo? Who else could take the blame if not Zimo at this moment?

"Don’t mention Zimo to me, if it weren’t for you, what would Zimo have to do with me? My Lin’er never provoked Zimo, so why on earth would he harm my Lin’er?"

The empress glared at Princess Consort Lian with a fierce look and spoke venomously.

Yes, indeed, she was absolutely right.

What did Zimo have to do with Zilin?

One was Wei State’s crown prince, the legitimate heir, while the other was an abandoned royal son, their statuses worlds apart.

Her Lin’er might have been brazen in Shaohua City, but what did that have to do with Zimo?

A man who seldom even visited Shaohua City, how could he have any vendetta against her Lin’er?