I traveled to the era of female supremacy and became a bad woman

Chapter 180 Dealing with the Princess

main hall of the palace

The Empress asked, "Princess, are you accusing the Third Princess of poisoning Lord Bai in your palace?"

As soon as the empress said this, Feng Yaoxue quickly knelt down, lowered her head, and looked aggrieved.

Feng Zhaoyun stood beside her, glancing down at her condescendingly, then retracted his gaze and bowed, "Your Majesty, yesterday I apprehended the person who poisoned her. It was a maid, and she has confessed. It was indeed Third Sister who did it."

At this time, Feng Yaoxue quickly waved her hands and whimpered. Everyone could see that she was denying it out of grievance.

The empress looked at her third daughter, who had lost her tongue and was mutilated. She felt sorry for her and asked, "Yao Xue, do you have any evidence to refute yourself?"

Feng Yaoxue waved her hand at the maid who was kneeling behind her and committed the crime, then pointed at herself. She didn't know this person.

Feng Yaoxue's personal maid stood by, extremely nervous, her eyes shifting as she glanced up at everyone on the field. She had known she would be exposed, and she just hoped she wouldn't be found out.

Feng Yaoxue glanced sideways at the personal maid and motioned her to come forward to help.

The maid stepped forward, plopped down on her knees, and tremblingly said, "Your Majesty, my prince has never seen this maid, nor did he order anyone to poison Lord Bai. My prince has no grudge against Lord Bai, so it's impossible for him to have done such a thing. Someone must have deliberately framed him."

Seeing Feng Yaoxue's denial, Feng Zhaoyun spoke coldly, "Your Majesty, why don't you have someone investigate who this maid has been in contact with recently? Has she been in or out of the Third Princess's residence? Or... has anyone from the Third Princess's residence left recently and had contact with this person?"

Feng Yaoxue's hands on the hem of her skirt tightened slightly...

The Empress's expression remained calm. "As you said, Master Zhang, Master Li, send someone to do it immediately."

Lord Zhang, the governor of Kyoto, and Lord Li, the junior minister of the Dali Temple, stepped out and said, "Yes."

Then the two of them hurriedly left the main hall.

Empress, "Since it will take some time, you can wait on the side."

Feng Zhaoyun bowed and said, "Yes," and walked to the first seat where she stood during court sessions.

Feng Yaoxue is now mute and has long since resigned from many of her positions and real power, becoming an idle princess. Therefore, she can only retreat to the side of the hall, feeling resentful and humiliated.

At this time, the Minister of Rites stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this is the list of gifts you asked me to prepare. Please review it."

Zhou Fuhai walked down slowly, took the list document, took small steps, and presented it to the empress.

The Empress took the list and after a moment, said, "According to the arrangements above, this mission will be led by the Second Princess Feng Yiran. The new Emperor of the Moon Nation has ascended the throne, so we must treat him with courtesy and not harbor any grudges against him."

Feng still stepped out from among the civil officials, "Yes, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's expectations."

The Empress nodded. "Well, I heard that the Emperor of the Moon Kingdom is General Xiao's son, Xiao Qingyue. Since he is from my Shang Kingdom, General Xiao Siying will lead the escort of the Second Princess. You should also go and see your cousin."

Xiao Siying also stepped out from the ranks of the generals, "Yes, I will obey your command."

The Empress suddenly looked at Feng Zhaoyun meaningfully, "What do you think of my arrangement, Your Highness?"

Feng Zhaoyun stood at the head of the officials. When he heard the empress nod to him, he didn't raise his eyes. Instead, he bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

The officials echoed, "Your Majesty is wise."

The Empress stared at Feng Zhaoyun, trying to read something from her face. "Yun'er is newly married, marrying two princes at once. After you finish dealing with today's affairs, you will be allowed to rest in the mansion. You are not allowed to leave unless necessary."

Feng Zhaoyun paused and bowed, "Your son... obeys your command."

This was because they were afraid that I would interfere with the trip to the Kingdom of Moon, so they ordered me to be imprisoned in the Princess's Mansion.

Two sticks of incense later, Lord Zhang and Lord Li walked into the main hall. Behind them, a servant was brought in.

Feng Yaoxue stood at the side of the main hall. When she saw the person they were escorting, she covered her mouth in horror.

The guard pushed the servant down and said, "Kneel down!"

The servant was so scared that he lowered his head and trembled all over.

Lord Zhang stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, we went to the Third Princess's residence to investigate, but we discovered this man acting suspiciously, carrying a bundle. Upon hearing we were coming, he attempted to escape through the back door. We ordered him to be apprehended, and after interrogation, we learned that this servant was the lover of the maid who committed the crime..."

The empress slammed the table in anger, "Feng Yaoxue!"

Feng Yaoxue, who was standing at the side of the main hall, quickly ran to the center and knelt on the ground, rolling and crawling.

Lord Li, "Your Majesty, this servant has confessed. He claims that a maidservant of the Third Princess offered him a large sum of money to induce him to commit the murder and poison. This is a confession."

The young eunuch hurried over to take it and presented it to the empress.

The empress sighed after reading it, then looked at Feng Yaoxue coldly, "What else do you have to say?!"

At this moment, Feng Yaoxue's personal maid quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have long advised Your Majesty not to do this, but you refused to listen. I am forced to do this! Your Majesty, please spare my life."

Feng Yaoxue looked at her maid viciously, then stood up and slapped her in the face.

He seemed to have forgotten that he could not maintain his good image if he did so, and he knelt down again, tears streaming down his face. He looked aggrieved and wronged, and looked at the empress with his big watery eyes.

Feng Zhaoyun said, "Your Majesty, my concubine nearly died at the hands of my third sister yesterday. Fortunately, my son's divine doctor, A Zi, was highly skilled. Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to save Bai Concubine's life. Bai Concubine is the prince of Yan State. If something had happened to him yesterday, it would have undoubtedly disrupted the diplomatic relationship between the two countries, leading to war. Once a war breaks out, only the people will suffer. My third sister's actions are extremely heinous."

How could the empress not know what Feng Zhaoyun said, but she really couldn't understand why Feng Yaoxue wanted to poison Bai Mohan.

The empress waved her hand, "Come here, give the Third Princess paper and pen. Yaoxue, tell me why you want to kill Bai Mohan."

Feng Yaoxue wiped her tears with a handkerchief and slumped to the ground. She knew that the Empress' words were an admission of her guilt...

The young eunuch came forward with paper and pen and handed them to Feng Yaoxue.

Feng Yaoxue took the pen tremblingly. She looked up and glanced at Feng Zhaoyun. Their eyes met, and a scornful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Haha, he is still so arrogant!

He picked up the pen and wrote a few words, then handed it to the young eunuch.

The empress looked at what Feng Yaoxue had written, her eyes were stunned at first, then she slowly glanced at Feng Zhaoyun.

She put down what Feng Yaoxue had written and sighed...

The ministers present saw the empress sigh. In fact, they all felt in their hearts that Feng Yaoxue wanted to murder the princess. They guessed that maybe she had given the wrong medicine, which harmed the concubine. The empress must have thought of it and would definitely punish her severely. The third princess would not be able to escape.

The Empress said, "The Third Princess, Feng Yaoxue, has plotted to murder the Crown Princess and the Concubine. Drag her out and give her thirty strokes of the cane. The Third Princess's House will compensate the Concubine with ten thousand taels of gold and personally apologize."

Feng Yaoxue finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and collapsed on the ground. As long as she could stay alive, it would be fine.

He then kowtowed to the empress to express his gratitude.

The palace guards dragged the third princess out...

Seeing that this matter was going to end in vain, Feng Zhaoyun quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! Feng Yaoxue's actions are extremely evil. If you give her another chance, there will only be endless trouble!"

After saying that, he slammed his head on the ground...