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Chapter 190 The Princess Should Reflect Properly
"So, who exactly ordered you? Was it Tong Shouliang?"

Yu Shu shook her head: "Princess, please don't ask. This servant will not tell you."

"And what about today? Who ordered Old Qian to be killed to silence him?"

Yu Shu lowered her head and slowly uttered, "I made the decision on my own."

"You haven't left the Duke's mansion for several days. Where did you get the poison?"

"I really can't say."

Liang Jiang took a deep breath: "I believe I've treated you well, haven't I? I never expect anything in return for kindness, but isn't this kindness enough for you to tell me the truth?"

Yu Shu closed her eyes, tears streaming uncontrollably down her cheeks: "This servant is so sorry, Princess. I can only atone with my death. Princess, please kill this servant!"

Liang Jiang scoffed: "You betray your master for personal gain, you break your promise and abandon your principles. What use is your life to me? Now that things have come to this, if you had even a shred of conscience, you shouldn't continue to cover for that person!"

Yu Shu knelt on the ground and bowed deeply to Liang Jiang, with most of her body lying on the ground.

"I am sorry, Princess. I will repay your kindness by being your servant in my next life. Please take good care of yourself, Princess."

A sense of foreboding rose in Liang Jiang's heart. She immediately bent down and grabbed Yu Shu's arm: "What do you want to do?"

Yu Shu's body was extremely heavy.

As soon as Liang Jiang let go, he collapsed to the ground with a thud, black blood seeping from his mouth and nose.

Liang Jiang was stunned and at a loss for what to do when Yu Shu took her own life.

Gu Xizhi stepped forward, gently patted her shoulder, and ordered in a deep voice, "Someone come here!"

The guards came in from outside.

Gu Xizhi waved her hand: "Drag him away."

The guards obeyed the order and dragged Yu Shu's body away.

Liang Jiang was momentarily at a loss.

She was prepared for Yu Shu's betrayal. But she couldn't understand why Yu Shu would aid and abet evil.

Who is behind her? This person has harmed Gu Xizhi time and time again, and now they have sent someone to assassinate Consort Xie. What is their purpose?
As Consort Xie watched Yu Shu's body being carried away, she asked with a puzzled expression, "Was it really this girl who poisoned her? What grudge did she have against Old Qian?"

Jian Shuyan frowned and asked in confusion, "That's right, why did Princess Liangjiang not interrogate the person properly before disposing of him?"
Even a maidservant with the audacity to poison the Prince of Pingxi's residence wouldn't dare do so without someone's orders. Now that she's dead, the trail to the assassin who tried to kill Your Highness the Empress Dowager has gone cold.

Liang Jiang and Gu Xizhi walked over and apologized to the Empress Dowager.

The Dowager Consort said unhappily, "Princess, have you found out who instructed her?"

Liang Jiang shook her head: "She refused to say anything and committed suicide by poisoning herself."

"Those who assassinated the Dowager Consort, and those who tried to kill Old Qian last night to silence him, were they all her accomplices?" Jian Shuyan asked.

Liang Jiang nodded: "Yes, I didn't expect that the traitor was right next to me. I was careless for a moment and she took advantage of me."

"Why would these assassins have people lurking around the princess? Didn't you notice anything before?" Jian Shuyan asked aggressively.

Liang Jiang shook her head: "She won't say anything."

Jian Shuyan pressed on, "May I ask another question? Princess, bringing this girl to the Pingxi Prince's residence today must have been a last-minute decision, right?" Liang Jiang nodded, "Of course, I just received the invitation from the Dowager Consort today, so it was a last-minute decision to bring her to the Pingxi Prince's residence. What do you mean by asking this, Miss Jian?"

“Your Highness is overthinking it. I just wanted to remind you that if she were merely a spy planted by someone else, she wouldn’t have taken it upon herself to poison Old Qian. Therefore, the person who instigated this must be someone close to you. Your Highness, is my analysis reasonable?”

Gu Xizhi nodded: "That makes sense."

Liang Jiang frowned: "Miss Jian, do you have someone you suspect in your statement?"

Jian Shuyan shook her head: "I just met the princess and I don't know anyone around you, so I dare not make any wild guesses."

However, Princess, you can think about it carefully from beginning to end, including the day you said you saved the Dowager Consort. Isn't there some coincidence involved?

Liang Jiang immediately understood her implied meaning: "Miss Jian, you wouldn't be doubting me, would you?"

"I absolutely did not mean that, Princess, you are really overthinking it." Jian Shuyan looked aggrieved: "As the saying goes, there must be something fishy about things that happen out of the ordinary. You just happened to be at the assassination scene that day and just happened to save Lao Qian."

Coincidentally, when the prince received the news and went with you to see Old Qian, Old Qian encountered assassins. These are all chillingly suspicious points. What if someone is manipulating things behind the scenes?

Consort Xie nodded slightly: "Miss Jian is absolutely right. All of this might just be a huge conspiracy. You really should reflect on it."

Liang Jiang was a little annoyed: "It was indeed a coincidence that I saved Lao Qian and the Dowager Consort, but wasn't it the same for Miss Jian?"

"I kindly reminded you, why are you getting angry?" Jian Shuyan immediately said aggrievedly, "I am very worried because you are so close to the prince. The people around you are a mixed bag. Perhaps you are just using the prince as a pretext to attack the princess. The real people you want to deal with are the prince and the princess."

"It was indeed Shuyan who spoke out of turn today. Because of concern for the Empress Dowager's safety, some of her words may have been inappropriate. Please, Princess, do not take offense."

Consort Xie defended her: "You were just stating the facts, what wrong have you done?"

Honest advice is hard to hear, and good medicine tastes bitter. Old Qian is now dead. This is no joke. Princess Heya, you really should reflect on your actions.

Until the truth of this case is fully revealed, you must not set foot in the gates of my Prince Pingxi's residence again, nor should you have any further contact with Xi Zhi, lest you truly bring danger to us.

Liang Jiang was speechless for a moment: "Liang Jiang obeys."

Consort Xie directly ordered them to leave, and Liang Jiang and Lady Liang bid farewell and departed on bad terms.

Gu Xizhi remained silent and did not defend Liang Jiang.

As soon as Liang Jiang left, he immediately turned to Jian Shuyan and asked, "Miss Jian, what exactly did you mean by what you just said?"

Jian Shuyan lowered her head: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I was indeed a bit too talkative just now and offended Miss Liang."

Consort Xie sneered: "Can't we just discuss the matter at hand? Shuyan, I forgive you. Speak your mind."

Jian Shuyan hesitated for a moment: "Since it concerns the safety of the Dowager, then I will take the liberty. Originally, I never questioned Miss Liang's rescue of the Dowager and the coachman, Old Qian."

But I said at the time that Yu Shu poisoned the coachman Lao Qian, which was clearly orchestrated by someone and premeditated. Otherwise, she would not have carried poison with her.

But when we were interrogating Yu Shu just now, Shu Yan saw that she was secretly watching Liang's expression and acting accordingly.

When we asked her who had instructed her, she mustered her courage and pointed at Miss Liang. But Miss Liang merely gave her a sharp look, and out of fear, she hesitated and withdrew her hand.

This makes me suspect that Miss Liang might be involved in this matter.

(End of this chapter)