Chapter 2665: Miss Zhao

Xuexue, with a head of messy hair, leisurely looked at the panicked Miss Zhao and asked, "Miss Zhao, you seemed to have something to say just now! Isn’t that right?"

Miss Zhao knelt on the ground, somewhat flustered, and said, "Yes!"

Xuexue: "Go on, speak!"

Miss Zhao: "Princess Consort, spare me, I lied just now."

Xuexue: "Oh, what lie did you tell?"

Miss Zhao: "I didn’t leave the mansion in the afternoon; it was Miss Sun who went out."

As expected, she knew Miss Sun’s behavior was suspicious and there was definitely a problem. It turned out she used Miss Zhao as a scapegoat, thinking it was flawlessly executed, and that no one would know she left the mansion. She never dreamed that Miss Zhao was a coward and would immediately confess when frightened.

Xuexue: "Explain it in detail."

Miss Zhao: "Yes."

It turned out that Miss Zhao’s family was poor, and her father was merely a seventh rank low ranking official in a remote and poor area. He had been an official for over a decade without even a single promotion, while others who entered the officialdom with him had already been promoted three levels.

Miss Zhao’s father was very anxious, but had no Silver to bribe superiors. As his daughter grew more beautiful, coincidentally the Imperial Palace was selecting maidens. After much deliberation, Miss Zhao’s father saw the only way out was to send his daughter to the Imperial Palace, hoping she would excel and in turn assist him.

However, they never imagined that before even stepping through the doors of the Imperial Palace, the Emperor would have already sent her to the War Prince.

Since then, Miss Zhao lived in the War Prince’s Mansion. Due to her impoverished family background, Miss Zhao was very frugal and wouldn’t spend a penny of the monthly stipend from the War Prince’s Mansion; she’d save it all and send it home.

Sometimes, she was even reluctant to buy rouge and face powder, and she wore cheap clothes.

Seeing this, Miss Sun would occasionally give her some jewelry and clothes. Over time, they became familiar with each other.

One day, Miss Sun said she needed to go out, but halfway there, she claimed to have a stomachache and needed to use the latrine, so she asked Miss Zhao to report to the steward on her behalf, and thus the name recorded as leaving the mansion was Miss Zhao’s.

In reality, it was Miss Sun who left the mansion, and Miss Zhao was merely being used by her.

Because Miss Zhao regularly received jewelry and clothes from Miss Sun, at first, she felt embarrassed to expose her. Later, when she found out Miss Sun actually bought explosives to blow up the Princess Consort, she was scared half to death, wanting to speak up but didn’t dare, fearing she would implicate herself.

Later, Miss Sun was forced by the Princess Consort to drink two bowls of chili water, and she caved in, revealing everything.

Merely accepting small benefits and risking one’s life in the process wasn’t worth it. Although Miss Zhao was timid, she wasn’t stupid and understood this clearly.

At this time, Miss Sun finally stopped coughing. Due to Miss Zhao’s confession, she was frightened and pale; that damn little cheap person, who usually ate her food and used her things, couldn’t be relied upon when it mattered. The Princess Consort didn’t even use torture, yet still managed to extract the confession.

Miss Sun, enraged, rushed forward and kicked Miss Zhao hard, shouting angrily, "You little cheap person, I treated you well, why do you do this to me?"

Miss Zhao, in pain, curled up pitifully, crying, "Sob sob sob...! Sister Sun, don’t be angry, I did this out of necessity, I can’t die, if I die, what about my parents? They still depend on me for their livelihood!"

"You little cheap person, you think only you have parents, is that it?" Miss Sun, betrayed to the point of madness, kicked her several more times.

Xuexue flared up, daring to commit violence in front of her? Clearly showing no regard for her, the Princess Consort of War Prince.