The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Chapter 270 The Real Reason

"As long as my consciousness leaves my body, I can find you."

Because it bears the imprint of her spiritual power.

Little Golden Dragon was speechless: ...

Is it simple to leave the body?

"No, but there's a 50% chance that a person can do this when they're half-dead."

Little Golden Dragon: !

It shrieked a few times, as if it had seen a madman: "You mean, you've nearly killed yourself?!"

"bingo."

Zheng Xun left those words behind, and his consciousness returned to his body the next moment.

Thinking of how confused and shocked the little golden dragon must be, a slight smile appeared on her face, but it quickly faded away.

She called out, "Zhichun, bring the people in."

Everyone was back in their places, and the emperor finally arrived, albeit late.

"Yuanjia..."

Zheng Xun patted the emperor on the shoulder and handed him the confession.

He silently took it and slowly read it word by word.

Zheng Xun sighed softly.

In fact, the cause of Sweet Fruit's death was not complicated. She died from poisoning, and there were three people who did it, two of whom were the two palace maids who spread rumors about Consort Chun.

A palace maid and a eunuch, both seemingly honest and simple, hadn't actually committed any major evil deeds before harming others.

Although their mistress was a princess, she was often ignored.

Faced with this precious but neglected Persian cat, the two felt both sorry for her and sympathetic to her plight.

Of course, they wouldn't help her; their concern was just that—concern.

They just watched from afar, coldly observing her helplessness, and then sighed a few times.

However, Sweet Fruit met Consort Xian and the Sixth Prince.

She began to feel happy.

But she already has so much, how can she still be happy?

They just can't understand it!

Jealousy breeds and spreads, turning them into monsters controlled by their emotions.

Not long after, driven by jealousy, the two began to fight.

Their initial idea was to utilize the principle of food incompatibility.

From the beginning until Sweetie's death, they regretted it countless times, but the feeling of unleashing malice through evil was too exhilarating.

It's the kind of exhilarating feeling that makes you laugh out loud whenever something goes wrong.

Not long after the incident began, one of the people regretted it due to pangs of conscience.

She secretly replaced the princess's food with normal food and even planned to expose them.

As a matter of course, they strangled her and threw her body into a dry well in the palace.

They were preparing to continue with their plans when one day they received a letter.

The letter detailed their every move, and along with the letter, a small bottle of poison was left in their room.

Using poison is extremely dangerous, but they have no other choice.

Someone who knows their weaknesses is watching them from the shadows.

They had no choice but to comply.

Sweetie died, and Zheng Xun took her place.

Her body turned to ashes. The person who gave the two murderers the poison was a spy from the Brown Kingdom. He wanted to seize their incriminating evidence and then use these two palace maids to poison the emperor.

But Zheng Xun exposed him, and he has now passed away.

Nothing left a trace.

Until Sweetie passed away and Zheng Xun moved into Mingzhu Pavilion, they behaved themselves and were never discovered.

Their discovery this time was also a twist of fate.

The reason they were discussing Consort Chun was also because they were driven by jealousy.

After reading the confession, the emperor remained silent for a long time.

Liao Hongsheng and Jiang Zhuo regretted staying to watch the spectacle, because neither the princess nor the emperor seemed to be in a good mood.

Looking back, it seems quite strange that the princess would agree to let them stay.

Zheng Xun's inner thoughts made her seem perfectly normal, so they were unaware of her suspicious and ambitious nature, and naturally could not guess that her purpose was similar to theirs: to test the emperor and the crown prince's attitude.

In her heart, the emperor and the crown prince were her father and brother, but also her rivals.

Even if they act very gently, she must always remain vigilant in case anything goes wrong.

She knew she was being horrible, but who among those who survived the apocalypse could truly be "normal"?

Trust and wariness, love and vigilance, are not contradictory in her view.

The kneeling eunuch suddenly looked up: "Your Majesty! I have no regrets!"

He laughed wildly: "This world is unfair! But look, even an ant like me can kill a noblewoman."

Zheng Xun nudged the emperor's arm: "They're trying to provoke you."

"I know."

"Do you want to know why?"

The emperor did not answer, but simply looked at her quietly.

Zheng Xun realized that his mood had deteriorated to the extreme, withdrew his hand, and honestly said, "Because their families treated them very, very badly, they didn't care at all about being executed along with their entire clan."

Upon hearing her words, the eunuch's laughter abruptly ceased.

"No! That's not the case!"

The palace maid kneeling beside him gave a pitiful smile: "What are you struggling for? We can't hide it from the princess."

Zheng Xun: Although it might be a little inappropriate to say this at this time, thank you for endorsing me!

The emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, since you hate your families so much, I will make sure they become rich and powerful and receive high official titles."

The eunuch broke down and cried out, "No! This servant knows his mistake, this servant is willing to pay with his life..."

He kowtowed repeatedly, each time with all his might, and soon his forehead began to bleed.

Jiang Zhuo said in an extremely soft voice, "In the past, when I saw someone kowtowing, it was always to beg for their life. I rarely saw someone refuse a reward."

Liao Hongsheng: "This is not a reward, it is retaliation."

The emperor watched them beg for mercy with cold eyes, and after he had enjoyed it enough, he waved for Li Zhuo to come in and pull them away: "Don't let them die too easily."

Jiang Zhuo was completely bewildered: "Do you know what they did?"

"Brother, let me teach you something."

"what's up?"

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't know."

Zheng Xun hesitated for a moment before asking, "Father, do you really want their family to live a good life?"

Although those eunuchs and palace maids were no good, their families were no better!

The emperor looked at her as if she were a fool: "Are you crazy? How could this be?"

"A ruler's word is his bond..."

The emperor looked at Jiang Zhuo and Liao Hongsheng: "Did you hear what I just said?"

The two adults shook their heads vigorously.

"I didn't hear anything!"

"Didn't His Majesty come to visit the princess?"

The emperor nodded in satisfaction and looked at Zheng Xun: "Alright, I need to go back and take my medicine. You go about your business."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Zheng Xun suddenly called out to him, "Father!"

The emperor turned around: "Hmm?"

Zheng Xun rushed over, wrapped her arms around his waist, and said in a muffled voice, "Don't be sad!"

The emperor patted her on the shoulder: "Thank you. But your words of comfort are rather inadequate."

Zheng Xun rolled his eyes, let go, and stepped back: "Father, you'd better leave quickly."

Throughout the entire ordeal, they never mentioned two things: why there was no poison in Zheng Xun's body, and why Zheng Xun only revealed the truth about Tian Guo'er's death now.