The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1193

Chapter 1193: 578 The Truth Revealed (Second Update)_2

Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed once more, "That’s why I didn’t suspect anything at the time. Nanny Cai had never had any contact with that child, so naturally, I didn’t doubt her even more."

Eunuch Qin clicked his tongue, "This would have aroused suspicion in no one! Who would have thought that the tranquil Imperial Concubine gave birth to a Ning An and hid another Ning An! Even a tiger would not eat its cubs, how could she bear to give up her own flesh and blood to be made into an assassin?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang said coldly, "There are all kinds of people in this world."

Eunuch Qin nodded, "That’s true."

Empress Dowager Zhuang expressed regret, "The child didn’t show up in the palace very often, and after the age of ten, she never appeared in front of me again. If she had shown up a few more times, perhaps I would have noticed something."

Huaqing Palace.

The Emperor, who had been smothered unconscious by Princess Xinyang with a pillow, finally woke up again.

Upon opening his eyes, he saw Princess Xinyang sitting beside the bed. His first reaction was to suddenly protect his head with his hands!

Princess Xinyang: "..."

Having smothered the Emperor unconscious, Princess Xinyang couldn’t escape. Unless she killed the Emperor, he would definitely hold her accountable for her crime.

But killing him would be troublesome, first, because it’s not easy to dispose of the body, and second, because she was currently serving as the Regent. If the Emperor died and the Crown Prince took the throne, she was worried she would have to continue acting as Regent.

This was quite annoying.

The Emperor, looking at Princess Xinyang’s conflicted expression, why did he feel a sense of unease in his heart?

"Cough!"

The Emperor cleared his throat, calmly lowered his hands, and pretended as if that moment of cowardice had never happened.

Princess Xinyang stood up.

The Emperor immediately wrapped his arms around his head again!

Princess Xinyang: Well then, I’ll just kneel down and admit my fault.

When the Emperor realized what was happening, he became irritated and shouted angrily, "Sit down! Don’t move!"

So she sat down.

It was you who didn’t let me kneel.

Princess Xinyang sat on the stool.

Princess Xinyang didn’t know martial arts, but having spent a long time with Long Yi, she honestly radiated a bit of a killer’s aura, not to mention she naturally possessed the aura of a royal sister. That pillow smothering left a deep impression in the depths of the Emperor’s heart.

Yujin had already been dismissed.

The Emperor steadied his nerves, sat up straight, and sharply commanded, "Wan Quan! Come in here at once!"

"Yes!" Eunuch Wan hurried in.

"What happened to your face?" The Emperor looked curiously at Wan Quan, who had a bruised and swollen face.

Eunuch Wan lowered his head and said, "It was a fall, a fall."

He was beaten by Yujin.

Wan Quan had entered during the time the Emperor was unconscious. He had looked over Princess Xinyang’s Adam’s apple, her hands, and that certain area, and then, upon leaving, Yujin had beaten him for being a pervert.

"Princess Xinyang admits to her fault; please, Your Majesty, impose your punishment," Princess Xinyang confessed her wrongdoing on her own.

"You’ve got quite some nerve!" The Emperor slapped his jade pillow, and his whole hand went numb...

"It’s up to Your Majesty to decide my fate."

Please, dismiss me from my regency duties immediately.

The Emperor said indignantly, "I haven’t decided how to punish you yet, just leave it for now!"

"Oh," Princess Xinyang responded with visible disappointment.

The Emperor: "..."

Princess Xinyang did not say that even a fool could guess it; if there was a kind Ning An and a devilish Ning An in the world, then the Ning An who grew up with them must certainly be the kind one.

"What happened next?" Princess Xinyang looked at the Emperor.

"After that, Consort Jing pleaded with me to keep her secret," the Emperor stopped abruptly.

Princess Xinyang spoke for him, "But Your Majesty is close to the Empress Dowager, almost like a real mother and son, you would definitely tell her."

The Emperor did not deny it.

He was well aware of his nature; even if he had promised Consort Jing to tell no one, he would certainly confide in his mother afterward.

"The Empress Dowager would definitely not believe the story made up by Consort Jing. She would sense that something was amiss," Princess Xinyang, linking it to what happened before, said, "So... that’s why Consort Jing was eager to make you break with the Empress Dowager and, fearing that the break was not complete enough, she administered the white medicine to make you comply with her wishes. Under the influence of the white medicine, you naturally forgot everything that might affect your relationship with your mother."

The Emperor sighed and nodded, "Exactly."

Princess Xinyang had a moment of realization, "That makes total sense now."

The Emperor continued, "That collision in the Imperial Study Room was a clumsy mistake that instead prompted me to remember what I saw in the late emperor’s Sleeping Palace. I then concluded that she was the other Ning An, not the one who grew up with me!" _{fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓}

So that was it; she knew that a mere confession letter couldn’t have swayed His Majesty against Ning An.

Princess Xinyang spoke with gravity, "What does Your Majesty plan to do with her?"

The Emperor said sternly, "She is not Ning An, I will not be lenient with her."

That’s more like it.

Princess Xinyang rose slowly, "It is getting late, Princess Xinyang takes her leave."

"Xinyang," the Emperor suddenly called out to Princess Xinyang.

"Hmm?" Princess Xinyang looked at the Emperor, puzzled.

The Emperor hesitated for a moment, then spoke with difficulty, "Do you think... Ning An is still alive?"

Princess Xinyang did not speak, she simply bowed slightly and turned to walk out.