Pregnant Before the Royal Marriage-Chapter 901 - Empress Without Virtue or Conduct_1
Chapter 901: Chapter 901 Empress Without Virtue or Conduct_1
Princess Ling’an looked back with a pair of innocent eyes, “So what? What can you do to me? You mean the King would kill me for a plebeian girl?”
Jiang Ning looked at her fearless expression and started to laugh, “Perhaps you have heard of the phrase – ‘Better to die than live’?”
“Oh, how is it like, to feel ‘Better to die than live’?”
“Like…”
Jiang Ning moved behind her, suddenly putting her hand on her shoulder, leaning close to her ear, and whispered, “Demoting you to a commoner, making you just like Li Yuanyuan was before. If so, as a noble lady, I would be able to dispose of you as I wish.”
Even though Princess Ling’an knew she was just trying to intimidate her, her tone still managed to send shivers down her spine.
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She retorted stubbornly, “My family has a blood relationship with the royal family, we are royalty, this cannot be stripped away! I am different from you!”
“That’s a laughable argument.” Jiang Ning stood up straight and loudly said, “Since ancient times, haven’t many princes been deposed? The Prince of Huai, once the Crown Prince, isn’t he imprisoned until now? Compared to the Prince of Huai, how do you think your royal blood stands?”
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Of course, there was no comparison.
However, Ling’an wanted to argue, her father, the Prince of Wutongu, didn’t obtain his title through the reliance on any bloodline, but through genuine military merit.
Like the Crown Prince’s uncle, he earned it through bloodshed on the battlefield.
But Princess Ling’an only thought about this in her heart, she couldn’t say it out loud because she saw that the Empress had arrived.
The Empress governed the Harem, and all matters of the Harem were related to her.
The East Palace naturally belonged to the Harem, and if anything happened to the Crown Prince’s side concubine, the Empress had a reason to intervene.
Not to mention, if the Empress didn’t come, how could the drama continue?
Jiang Ning observed coldly, waiting to see how the Empress would manipulate Princess Ling’an into being grateful to her.
“Ling’an, have your wounds healed?” As soon as the Empress arrived, she first expressed concern for Princess Ling’an, rather than asking about the dying Concubine Li.
Upon seeing the Empress, Princess Ling’an immediately burst into tears like a child seeing her mother, “Your Highness, please help me, the Princess Consort is trying to kill me!”
Jiang Ning: “???”
The Empress helped Princess Ling’an up, seeing her frightened expression and waxen complexion, she became angry, “Princess Consort, Ling’an’s status is not something you can dispose of at will.”
Jiang Ning replied, “Aren’t we all waiting for Your Highness to handle the situation?”
The Empress said, “The squabbling and occasional fights among children is not a big deal. How did it escalate to this extent?”
“If someone scratched Princess Lingxiao, who was betrothed five years ago, and claimed it was a children’s quarrel, would you let it go, Your Highness?”
Princess Ling’an said, “Princess Lingxiao, being a legitimate princess, is noble, how can Li Yuanyuan compare to her?”
“Indeed, Princess Lingxiao can’t even be scratched, whereas our poor Concubine Li was beaten half to death. Yet, Your Highness considers it a trivial matter.” Jiang Ning looked towards the Crystal Frost Hall, “The King always says, everyone in the world is his subject. As an Empress, if you can’t treat everyone equally, do you still deserve to be an Empress?”
This constituted a great accusation.
On the lesser note, it implicated the Empress for not properly handling the conflict in the harem, on a bigger note, it alleged her having no morality and virtues, rendering her unfit to be an Empress.
