To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 190 Put to death and come back to life

   This stab, without any hesitation, reveals the courage of putting all one's eggs in one basket.

  A scream rang out, frightening the maids guarding outside the pavilion.

   "You promised to let me serve the prince!" Chao Hua yelled sadly, turned around and ran, and threw the golden hairpin into it when passing by the pool.

  The golden hairpin enters the water, causing ripples.

   Soon the emerald green water swallowed up the golden hairpin, and calm was restored.

  At this time, those palace maids woke up like a dream and screamed.

   "Come on, someone assassinated the princess—"

   "Crown Princess, are you okay?"

  Prince Princess covered her cheeks with a distorted expression, blood gurgling from between her fingers.

   At first glance, it looks like a ghost.

  The pavilion was in chaos for a while.

  Different from Yuxuan servant who was suppressed for secretly taking the anti-child medicine, such a major event as the crown princess being stabbed by a maidservant in the East Palace garden could not be concealed, and soon spread to the emperor's ears.

   Concubine Xiao Gui is in charge of taking care of the harem.

  Concubine Xiao Gui hurried to the East Palace with her people.

   "How is the Crown Princess?" Xiao Guifei entered the door and asked Wei Qiang who was standing outside.

   Wei Qiang's expression was heavy: "The left cheek was stabbed, and the imperial doctor just gave me medicine. Because the princess was a little emotional, I gave her the medicine to calm the nerves and fell asleep."

   "How could such a thing happen?" Concubine Xiao felt inconceivable when she thought about how a servant girl dared to assassinate the Crown Princess.

   Wei Qiang's face became even uglier.

  Why this happened, he also wanted to know!

  Before Concubine Xiao Gui came, he had already asked the maidservants who were present at the time, but these maidservants faltered and said that it was Cuihong, the maidservant next to Yuxuan, who stabbed the princess.

   "Prince, have you found the maid who stabbed the princess?"

   "Still looking."

   "I heard that this palace maid is next to one of the crown prince's chosen servants?"

   Wei Qiang's eyes turned cold, and he nodded slightly.

   Soon a servant rushed in and reported: "Your Highness, Cuihong is not with Yuxuan servant."

  After hearing this, Wei Qiang felt relieved inexplicably, and his face was still gloomy: "Continue to search, and we must find that lowly maidservant!"

   "I am going to see the Crown Princess."

  Wei Qiang accompanied Xiao Guifei into the inner room.

  The Crown Princess lay quietly on the bed, the wound on her left face was covered by gauze, only half of her face was exposed.

   Wei Qiang looked at her like this, and thought of the crazy woman he saw when he rushed over after hearing the news.

   Does not have the poise and composure of a princess.

  Maybe it's because of hurting your face?

  The bowl of calming medicine was forced by the imperial physician to pour down the crown princess.

   Concubine Xiao looked at the sleeping Crown Princess and shook her head secretly.

  The injury is on the face, which is as obvious as the cheek, the princess is disfigured.

  A disfigured princess, even if she is not at fault, may not be able to sit for long.

  This East Palace is about to change.

   "The emperor asked me to help the crown prince to find out the matter. Since that palace maid is serving Yu Xuan, please ask Yu Xuan to come over."

   Wei Qiang nodded, and ordered people to invite Chaohua.

  Thinking of the woman who had been with him for twelve years, Wei Qiang felt very complicated.

  He didn't want to see her in an accident, but he didn't want to see her for the time being.

  Seeing her reminds him of the pills she swallowed, breaking his self-deception all these years.

  Luo Er hated him.

   How can you not hate him, he ruined her home...

   Wei Qiang's heart ached.

  He thought that even if she met Luo Er again underground one day, she would never forgive him.

   For so many years, living in the East Palace, which is envied by the world, is actually not as happy as imagined.

   He regretted it.

  That year, he shouldn't have been tempted to take that step.

  He ruined his sweetheart and his ability to love someone.

  From now on, he only has the identity of prince, and he must keep this identity.

  Otherwise it all becomes a joke.

  In the remote and narrow yard, a field of melon seed husks has not been swept away.

  The group of people who came to search Cui Hong had just left, and Qing'er's hands and feet were weak and his face was pale with horror.

  Patting her lightly with one hand.

   "Choose a waiter—"

   Chao Hua smiled: "Silly girl, what are you afraid of?"

   "I, I—" Even if there is no third person, Qing'er dare not mention Cui Hong.

   Chaohua didn't care.

  She endured twelve years of humiliation for the bracelet left by the princess.

   Now that I have lost the bracelet, there is nothing I can't do.

  Either get the bracelet back, or die.

   "It's a good thing to find Cuihong early, don't be afraid." Chaohua sat on the stone bench where Cuihong used to sit, and gently crushed the melon seed shells on the ground with her toes.

  Qing'er looked at those melon seed shells and panicked: "Master, this servant should clean it up."

   Chaohua nodded slightly.

  At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

  Qing'er held the broom, wondering and uncertain.

   "Go and open the door."

  Qing'er stepped forward and opened the door.

  An internal servant stood outside and said with a straight face: "Your Highness ordered Yuxuan to serve you."

  Qing'er turned her head with a pale face.

   Chaohua got up and walked over, with a calm expression: "Let's go."

   All the way in silence.

   "Your Highness, the imperial concubine, Yuxuan has arrived."

   Wei Qiang looked over, and saw that familiar slim figure walking in.

   "Greetings to Your Highness, and regards to the imperial concubine."

   "Get up." Wei Qiang said lightly.

   Chaohua stood up straight, with her head bowed neatly.

  Concubine Xiao Gui sized Chao Hua up for a moment, then asked: "Cui Hong, the maid serving you, stabbed the Crown Princess today, does Yu Xuan know the reason?"

"The concubine does not know." Chao Hua lowered her eyes, her tone was light, "Last night, Cuihong revealed to His Highness that the concubine was secretly taking medicine. Presumably, she never really treated the concubine as her master. How did the concubine know why she stabbed her?" Hurt the princess."

   Wei Qiang's face suddenly changed: "Who told you to talk too much!"

   Chao Hua pursed her lips and knelt down silently.

  Concubine Xiao Gui looked at Wei Qiang in surprise: "Prince, what's going on?"

  Wei Qiang said with a sullen face: "That lowly maidservant betrayed her master and begged for glory. She should have been killed with a stick. I thought the Crown Princess would deal with it today, but unexpectedly, this kind of thing happened."

   When Concubine Xiao Gui heard what Wei Qiang said, she knew that the crown prince was protecting this Yuxuan attendant.

  She was sensible and didn't ask any questions.

  At this time, Qing'er suddenly knelt down beside Chao Hua, kowtowed and said, "Your Highness, I know why Cui Hong did this!"

  As soon as these words came out, countless pairs of eyes immediately fell on Qing'er.

   "Say!" Wei Qiang said coldly.

  Qing'er lowered her head and tremblingly said: "Cuihong told the selection servant today... that the Crown Princess promised her that she will serve His Highness in the future..."

   Wei Qiang looked at the nurse in charge with a livid face.

  Nurse Gui thumped and knelt down: "Your Highness, this lowly servant girl is slandering the Crown Princess with all her lies!"

Qing'er clenched her fists secretly, summoning up the courage to retort: ​​"The maidservant didn't just talk nonsense, Cui Hong did indeed say that to the servant, and the maidservant was at the side at the time. If Cuihong had nothing to do with the Crown Princess, why would she stab at her?" Hurt the princess?"

  Nurse Gui hesitated at the question.

  Wei Qiang said with a cold face: "Come here, take down the palace servants who were present when the princess was assassinated, and interrogate me carefully what happened at that time. If there are any concealers, they will be directly killed!"

   Soon a servant girl explained: "When Cui Hong stabbed the Crown Princess, she said that the Crown Princess promised to let her serve the Crown Prince."

  Students come today, the second is more likely to be at night.

  (end of this chapter)