After a tragic death and rebirth, I became the regent's favorite

"Yes, sometimes people can't be too greedy and want everything."

Xiao Xuan had a look of self-mockery on her face. She knew that Qinye had done a great job, but it was she who asked for too much and wanted too much. Qinye was just an ordinary palace maid who had served her tremblingly for so many years. Even if she had no credit, she had worked hard. She shouldn't think too much.

"Your Highness, I have brought the person here."

In less than an incense stick of time, Qinye grabbed the palace maid by the scruff of the neck and dragged her in.

She was really dragged in. The palace maid had obviously been tortured. The exposed skin on her body was covered with bloodstains and bruises of varying sizes. Even on her relatively pretty face, there was not a single piece of good flesh.

"Your Highness the Fourth Princess, help me! Sister Qinye is trying to beat me to death!"

As soon as the palace maid saw Xiao Xuan, she shouted for help. Perhaps in her eyes, Xiao Xuan, who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside, would be more likely to be soft-hearted than Qin Ye.

However, Xiao Xuan did not speak, but approached her step by step, then reached out and grabbed her hair from behind, pulled her up, and faced her, "I remember, your name is Vanilla, right?"

"Yes... yes, this servant. Please, Your Highness the Fourth Princess, save this servant."

Vanilla thought that Xiao Xuan asked this because she wanted to let her go, but she didn't know that the person she provoked was the real devil.

"Vanilla, Vanilla, I have always been kind and loving to the palace maids, and I have given them many rewards during festivals. Why did you do that? Why did you betray me!?"

Xiao Xuan almost yelled the last sentence and threw Xiangcao to the ground. Xiangcao spat out a mouthful of blood and looked at Xiao Xuan with fear. She kept shaking her head, "Fourth Princess, I didn't... I really didn't betray you."

"You didn't? Do you dare to say you didn't?"

Xiao Xuan angrily stepped on her and said, "Qinye, it seems that you didn't hit her hard enough just now. Take her away first. When she is willing to tell the truth, bring her to me."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Qinye was already extremely unhappy with Xiangcao. If she didn't want to report this to her prince as soon as possible, she would have killed Xiangcao.

Maybe Xiangcao had never seen Xiao Xuan's ruthlessness, but she knew Qinye. In the past, whenever there was any problem in Ziyun Palace, Qinye would handle it.

She had once seen with her own eyes how Qin Ye dealt with a man who betrayed the Fourth Princess Xiao Xuan. His eyeballs were crushed and all the bones in his body were smashed inch by inch. The feeling of being in excruciating pain yet unable to die made Xiangcao feel horrified at the thought of it.

"No...I don't want to go...Your Highness the Fourth Princess, please believe me. I really didn't betray you. I am innocent."

Xiangcao saw that Xiao Xuan was completely indifferent to her crying and turned to look at Shen Moyu who was sitting beside her without saying a word, "Miss Shen, please ask the Fourth Princess for mercy on my behalf. She really wronged me. I don't even know what I did wrong."

When Shen Moyou heard this, she shook her head helplessly and sighed, "Girl, do you think everyone else is a fool?"

Vanilla was stunned by what she said, "Miss Shen, what do you mean by this?"

"We don't care whether the Queen really encountered a ghost or not, but you clearly know that the Imperial Concubine doesn't want your Fourth Princess to get involved. Why did you come in and tell her about this? What are you thinking?"

Shen Moyou asked word by word, leaving Vanilla speechless and unable to say anything, "No...it's not like that..."

"Mo You, why are you talking so much to such a stubborn person?"

Xiao Xuan saw that Xiangcao was still stubborn and wanted to argue. Maybe in her perception, Xiao Xuan was just a brainless princess.

Qinye didn't bother to be polite with her and wanted to drag her out. At this moment, Vanilla realized that if she didn't tell the truth, what she would face next would not be just physical pain.

"Wait...I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!"

In the end, Vanilla couldn't overcome her inner fear, because the Celery she knew was really capable of doing this.

"Your Highness, what do you think?"

Qinye did not let go of Xiangcao directly, but looked at Xiao Xuan who had a cold face. This time Xiangcao really crossed the bottom line of her own prince.

"Listen to what she has to say first."

Xiao Xuan crossed her arms in front of her chest, her eyes coldly falling on Xiangcao who was lying on the ground in a state of utter disgrace, "This princess will only give you one chance. If you don't tell me this time, you know the consequences!"

"The servant understands."

Vanilla bit her lips to hold back her tears, but what was coming was bound to come.

"Yes... it was Aunt Feicui from Jingning Palace. She told me that as long as I use this incident to lead you and Miss Shen to the Buddhist temple in Jingning Palace, I don't need to worry about anything else."

Hearing Xiangcao's words, Shen Moyu smiled with understanding. Sure enough, it was this jade again.

"Emerald!? Emerald again!"

Xiao Xuan's face was also full of anger. "Mo You, you asked me to be patient, and I have been patient again and again, but someone is just pushing me and taking advantage of me. Do I have to be patient this time?"

"Vanilla, tell me, what benefit did Jadeite give you that made you choose to betray your fourth princess?"

Shen Moyu's voice was incredibly gentle, but to Vanilla's ears, it sounded like a death warrant. Her body was shaking uncontrollably, and she didn't even have the courage to look up at Shen Moyu.

Qinye was so angry when she saw this thing. It was such a cowardly person who almost betrayed her prince and Miss Shen. It made her angry just thinking about it.

"Miss Shen asked you a question, why don't you answer?"

Qinye raised her foot and kicked. Vanilla, which was already weak, was even worse off. She fell to the ground and didn't react for a long time.

"You don't have to be so scared. I just want to know what kind of temptation can make you betray your master?"

Shen Moyu hated betrayers the most in her past and present life, so although she was kind to Xiangcao, her face was changeable and her voice was eerie. Even Xiao Xuan couldn't help but get goose bumps, let alone Xiangcao.

"It was Aunt Feicui who said that if I did what she said, when I turned 25 and was released from the palace, she would give me a large sum of money so that I and my family would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life."

When Vanilla said this, the longing in her tone was real, and she really hoped so.

"I was bewitched for a moment..."

"Vanilla, how old are you?"

Before Xiangcao could finish her words, Xiao Xuan suddenly asked, "This princess remembers that when you first came to Ziyun Palace, you were skinny and small, and looked pale and skinny."