Chapter 160 The Woman's Story

The speaker was a middle-aged woman. Although she was adorned with gold and silver now, she still couldn't hide the vulgar air about her.

Yu Qingwu looked at her coldly, without answering.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Wang Shi seemed a little unhappy. She looked at Xie Jin Yan next to her, and then asked in a strange tone, "Qingwu, why is that? Don't you even recognize your Aunt Wang? Now that you've climbed up the social ladder, you don't recognize us poor relatives anymore."

Hearing this, Yu Qingwu still kept a dark face and didn't answer.

The look in her eyes towards Wang Shi grew colder and colder, even revealing a faint murderous aura.

Xie Jin Yan had always been perceptive. Seeing that her expression was not right, he quickly noticed something, and quietly took her hand.

Then, he looked at Wang Shi and asked with a cold face, "Who are you? Who allowed you to enter the palace?"

Hearing Xie Jin Yan questioning her, Wang Shi quickly guessed that the person in front of her must be the Crown Prince.

She hurriedly pulled her daughter forward and introduced herself in an extremely ingratiating manner, "This humble woman, Wang Shi, greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. May His Royal Highness live ten thousand years!"

"This is the common woman's daughter, Chun'er. She has been playing with the Crown Princess since she was a child." As Wang Shi spoke, she winked at Chun'er.

Compared with Wang Shi, Chun'er didn't have any ingratiating expression. On the contrary, she was more fearful.

With a thud, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Common woman Xu Chun'er greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. May Your Highness live ten thousand years!"

Hearing this, Xie Jin Yan didn't answer or pay attention to her.

He only glanced at Wang Shi with cold eyes, and asked again, "Who asked you what your relationship with the Crown Princess is? I am asking you, who allowed you to enter the palace?"

Seeing Xie Jin Yan scolding her, Wang Shi was not afraid. She just replied with a smile, "Your Royal Highness, this common woman is a distant relative of the Xu family. When the Crown Princess went to Shu to learn her craft, this common woman personally sent her there, and also took care of the Crown Princess for a period of time. Today, I entered the palace because of the Crown Princess's past affairs, and I was summoned into the palace by His Majesty and the Empress."

While speaking, Wang Shi couldn't hide the joy in her eyes.

The Xu family had said that as long as she could reveal Yu Qingwu's past of killing someone in front of His Majesty and the Empress, they would find a good job for her daughter. Maybe she could even marry into the royal family.

She thought that the Crown Prince in front of her was very good.

Since he could marry a merchant's daughter as the Crown Princess, if the Shen family recommended her, it was likely that her daughter could also become the Crown Princess.

Thinking of this, Wang Shi couldn't help but look forward to it.

She raised her head and looked at Xie Jin Yan again, smiling and said, "Your Royal Highness, this common woman and her daughter are honest people, they are both..."

"Awu, let's go."

Wang Shi was talking non-stop, trying to take the opportunity to introduce her daughter, but Xie Jin Yan pulled Yu Qingwu away.

His pace was extremely fast, as if avoiding a plague.

All the way through the palace road, a cold wind suddenly blew, although the winter sun was shining brightly, Yu Qingwu still felt cold.

Cold from head to toe...

In her mind, the memory of killing the Yang family man in the mountains that day reappeared.

And... the scene of Wang Shi's various abuses towards her.

She bit her lip tightly, her lips trembling slightly.

Feeling the woman's fear, Xie Jin Yan quickly reached out and took her into his arms, and asked her gently, "Shijie, who is that Wang Shi?"

"She is..."

Yu Qingwu bit her lip, her eyes turned red.

There was a hint of panic in her eyes. She closed her eyes and tried to calm down. With a pale face, she lowered her voice and replied to Xie Jin Yan, "Wang Shi is a distant cousin of the Xu family. She was the one who sent me to Shu, and she was also the one who told the Yang family to take my life."

"In order to be sure that I was dead, she stayed on that estate for a while."

"Later, she said that something happened at home, so she returned to her hometown. However, after the Yang family man died, I heard that she seemed to have returned to the scene, but because... because Shifu gave her some money, she didn't tell the Shen family about it. That's how the matter of me learning skills in the Xiao family was hidden."

"Now, she will appear here and say such things, presumably... it has something to do with the Shen family."

Wang Shi must have come to reveal to the Emperor and Empress that she had killed the Yang family man.

Thinking of this, the panic in Qingwu's eyes deepened, and her hands clenched involuntarily. She stuttered, "His Majesty... and the Empress must know..."

"So what if they know? This matter was originally the fault of the Shen family. Could it be that Father and Mother will side with the Shen family?" Seeing that Yu Qingwu was already trembling with fear, Xie Jin Yan quickly hugged her tighter and patted her shoulder gently. His thin lips slowly touched her ear, and he said in a deep voice, "Shijie, don't worry, at worst, I will... kill that Wang Shi for you."

Hearing this, Yu Qingwu didn't speak, only the tears in her eyes became even more intense.

Xie Jin Yan sighed and pulled her to continue walking inside.

On the way to Taiji Palace, Yu Qingwu was in a daze.

It wasn't until she arrived in front of the Zichen Palace that she seemed to wake up slowly, following Xie Jin Yan step by step up the steps.

The closer she got to the Zichen Palace, the faster Qingwu's heart beat.

But in order not to be seen as unusual, she tried her best to calm herself down.

However, her face was a little pale when she stepped into the hall.

At that time, Emperor Wei, Empress Zhou, as well as Xie Qiyun and Qiu Shiyi Niang were already inside.

"Your son (and daughter) greets Father Emperor and Mother Empress." Yu Qingwu stepped forward and saluted with Xie Jin Yan.

Emperor Wei leaned on the chair, his face was not very good-looking, he took a deep look at Yu Qingwu, and raised his hand, "Get up."

"Fifth son's wife, why is your face so pale?" At this time, Empress Zhou opened her mouth. She squinted her eyes and looked at Yu Qingwu with some suspicion.

Yu Qingwu suppressed her emotions and replied faintly, "Replying to Mother Empress, it was really a bit cold along the way, so I was frozen."

"Is that so? Is it that cold today?" Empress Zhou looked outside and asked another question in confusion.

Yu Qingwu smiled and replied to her, "It is a bit cold, but... it may also be because my body is cold, so I am more afraid of the cold than ordinary people."

"Yes, Awu has always been afraid of the cold." At this time, Xie Jin Yan also said a word for her.

While speaking, his eyes quietly swept across Qiu Shiyi Niang on the side, and seeing a flash of vicious smile in her eyes, he probably guessed what was going on.

This Qiu Shiyi Niang, after suffering such a big loss, still doesn't learn her lesson? She is still plotting with the Shen family to frame his Shijie. It seems that he has to teach her a good lesson.