bookcurios Chapter 904: All of This is Concubine Chen's Conspiracy
Chapter 904: All of This is Concubine Chen's Conspiracy
Although the eldest princess was shocked, stunned, sad, and even a little unable to react... she did not forget her promise.
She had promised the palace maid that she would keep the secret and not implicate the other party.
So, the eldest princess stretched out her two little hands, covered her mouth, looked at the palace maid and asked, "Why did my father order the death of my mother?"
"You just said that if Madam Chen found out that I already knew these things, I would be in danger. What did you mean?"
"Mrs. Chen is so kind to Yun'er, how could she hurt Yun'er?"
If the maid wants to deceive those cunning people in the palace, she will naturally have to think carefully, and she may not even succeed.
However, no matter how smart the eldest princess was, she was only a five-year-old child, and it was much easier to deceive her.
The maid wiped her tears and said, "Now that things have come to this, I will just tell you the whole truth, so that you won't be defenseless against Concubine Chen and fall into her trap one day."
"The reason why His Majesty ordered Concubine Liu to be executed was because His Majesty believed that she intended to murder the heir to the throne during Concubine Xuan's pregnancy."
"But Princess, think about it, Concubine Liu has been imprisoned by His Majesty in Lixuan Pavilion, how could she do such a thing? This is clearly a conspiracy of Concubine Chen and Concubine Xuan!"
The eldest princess still didn't quite understand, and asked in confusion, "What conspiracy?"
The maid continued to persuade her, "You should also know that Concubine Xuan and Concubine Chen have a close relationship, so close that they can even wear the same skirt. Everything related to Concubine Xuan was not ordered by Concubine Chen."
"Noble Lady Liu never plotted to murder Concubine Xuan's heir. It was all Concubine Chen who instigated Concubine Xuan to frame her!"
"Your Majesty values his offspring, so he sentenced Concubine Liu to death without any reason..."
"Poor Lady Liu, her death was really unjust..."
"All of this is the conspiracy of Concubine Chen, Princess, you must be careful of her!"
The eldest princess kept shaking her head, unable to accept this result at all: "No! No! I don't believe that Empress Chen is so kind and carefully prepared this birthday banquet for Yun'er. How could she be that kind of person?"
"How could she kill my mother? You must be lying to me! My mother must still be alive!"
The maid wiped her tears and choked up, "Grand Princess, it is because I once received favors from Concubine Liu that I am risking being beaten to death to tell you the truth."
"Whether you believe it or not is not something I can decide."
"I just want you to understand that you must be on guard against Concubine Chen in the future. Don't be deceived by her again, and prevent her from harming you!"
After she finished speaking, the maid looked around warily: "Grand Princess, you are kind-hearted. My life is in your hands. You must remember your promise and don't tell anyone about what you saw me today!"
Then she hurriedly got up and ran away carefully.
The eldest princess stood there in a daze, not noticing when the maid left.
I don't know how long it took, but finally a maid came over and said nervously, "Princess, I finally found you. I was so anxious!"
"Even if you are playing hide-and-seek with those young princes and princesses, you can't leave us and hide in such a remote place! What if something happens to you?"
As the nanny spoke, she ran to the eldest princess and found that her delicate little face was covered with tears.
The nanny was shocked: "Princess, why are you crying? Did someone bully you?!"
Today is the eldest princess' birthday banquet, and even His Majesty takes it so seriously. Who is so bold? !
Hearing the nanny's concerned voice, the eldest princess gradually came back to her senses.
Even though the palace maid had explained it very clearly to her, the eldest princess still could not accept this result.
How could her mother, the one who loved her the most, be sentenced to death by her father? !
She remembered that her father clearly liked her mother very much...
Someone must be lying to her!
The Grand Princess opened her mouth and was about to ask the nanny beside her, this news must be false, right?
My mother is still alive and well in Lixuan Pavilion, waiting for me to visit her!
But when the words came to her lips, the princess couldn't bring herself to ask.
If it is true as the palace maid just said, that my father and grandmother do not allow anyone to mention this matter in front of her, how could the nanny tell her the truth?
She had learned a saying from a book, "Hearing is not believing, seeing is believing." She wanted to go to Lixuan Pavilion in person to see if her mother was still there!
Thinking of this, the eldest princess raised her sleeves, wiped the tears from her face, turned around and ran towards Lixuan Pavilion.
The nanny didn't know what was going on. She could only follow closely behind the princess and said with concern: "My little ancestor! Please run slower and don't fall down..."
At the age of the eldest princess, she naturally couldn't outrun the maids and guards in the palace. But she was a princess, and today was her birthday, so who would dare to hurt her?
For fear of harming the princess, no one dared to use force and could only follow her all the way.
"Princess, please slow down!"
"Where are you going? Run carefully and don't fall!"
"Princess, everyone is attending your birthday banquet in the Imperial Garden today. Please stop running around! Stop now!"
"..."
The eldest princess turned a deaf ear to the cries of the maids and nannies and ran all the way to Lixuan Pavilion.
Lixuan Pavilion is located on the right side of Xianfu Palace, not far from the Imperial Garden.
Everyone finally discovered the princess's destination. Several maids looked at each other and asked, "Is the princess going to..."
"What should we do? If the princess finds out..."
"Do you want to stop her by force?"
"..."
The maids were very worried.
There was a man in front of the eldest princess, trying to hug her.
However, the eldest princess struggled with all her might and even scratched the back of her hand with her nails.
Seeing the blood gushing from the back of her white and tender hand, the nanny was startled and quickly let her go.
If they hurt the princess, their entire family would be executed! Who would dare to stop the princess by force...
In this way, the eldest princess ran all the way to Lixuan Pavilion, stretched out her little hand and pushed open the door forcefully: "Mother! Mother! Yun'er is here to see you, where are you? Mother..."
However, no one has lived in Lixuan Pavilion since Liu Shiqing was executed. Many concubines who lived in Lixuan Pavilion did not have a good ending in the end, and the palace servants also thought it was unlucky and rarely came here.
Lixuan Pavilion had not been cleaned for a long time, and all the furnishings were covered with thick dust.
The princess ran all the way in and found it was empty...