Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

"This bracelet was originally mine! When did it become hers? Give it back to me! Otherwise..." Her words were interrupted by a sudden voice.

"What else can we do? Princess Xiyong wants to kill my people?"

Jiang Xue appeared at the door, smiling widely. Her belly was slightly bulging and she looked energetic, not at all like someone who had just experienced a miscarriage.

Chu Limei looked at Jiang Xue's belly with her eyes wide open in shock: "Why are you..."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you Princess, the child is fine."

Jiang Xue gently stroked her belly, secretly grateful to Xiao Jin for stopping everything in time. Facing Chu Limei's repeated provocations, Jiang Xue no longer concealed her dissatisfaction.

Chu Limei understood that Jiang Xue deliberately spread false information to lure her into the trap, and realized that she had been deceived.

"Don't be so surprised, Princess." Jiang Xue sat on the chair and nodded to the maid.

"Prajna, thank you for your hard work." The maid took off the human skin mask, revealing a pretty face. It was Yu Prajna.

"Let me take care of this." Jiang Xue stretched out her hand, but Yu Prajna frowned and took the bracelet further away.

Jiang Xue withdrew her hand: "Princess Xiyong, it seems that you should give me an explanation."

She glanced at Chu Limei who was standing there in a daze, and waved her hand lightly. The guards immediately pressed her to the ground.

"You! Jiang Xue! How dare you treat this princess like this? If my father knew about this, he would definitely send troops to attack your Eastern Territory!"

Chu Limei lay with her face pressed against the ground, trying to struggle to get up, but how could her strength be a match for these well-trained guards?

Before long, she ran out of strength and collapsed there.

"I'm rude?"

Jiang Xue sneered and pointed to the bracelet beside her: "Your Highness the Princess is probably the first person who doesn't follow etiquette.

This string of red coral beads was mixed with a large amount of musk. If the Tenth Prince hadn’t discovered it in time, this poison would have killed me—and the baby in my belly.”

"Princess, you have carefully planned to take my life and the life of my child. If this matter gets to the ears of King Xiyong, what do you think he will think? Even if I cut you into pieces and feed you to dogs, he will not find a reason to blame me."

Jiang Xue's voice was frighteningly calm, but this calmness made Chu Limei feel chilled to the bone.

"What evidence do you have that I did it?"

Chu Limei's voice trembled with fear.

She tried to stay calm and forced herself not to show her inner fear, but her body shaking still exposed her true emotions.

"Evidence? Didn't the princess admit it just now? Tenth Prince, don't you agree?"

Jiang Xue leaned back and turned her eyes to the side. She saw Xiao Jin slowly approaching, staring at Chu Limei with cold eyes.

"Yes, Princess Xiyong just confirmed in person that this string of red coral beads belongs to her, and my people have verified that her maid recently asked the aunt in the Treasury Department how to disassemble the jewelry and add other substances without causing any trouble."

That aunt had been Xiao Jin's wet nurse and had a close relationship with him, so when Xiao Jin brought the beads to inquire, he quickly got all the information and also learned that it was Chu Limei who instigated her simple-minded mother to deal with Jiang Xue.

"How can you trust the words of a seven-year-old?"

Chu Limei still refused to plead guilty, thinking that as long as she persevered, Bei Ling’s people would not dare to do anything to her.

"Although the Tenth Prince is young, he is extremely intelligent and far more reliable than many adults. Why is his testimony unreliable? If the princess refuses to admit it, then I will have to disregard your dignity."

As Jiang Xue spoke, Xiao Jin tied up Chu Limei's followers and threw them over.

"What do you want to do?"

Chu Limei glared at Jiang Xue. Her subordinates were kneeling in front of her, making her feel very embarrassed.

"You are all close to the princess, and you should know what she did. Tell the truth, and I will let you go; otherwise, you will bear the consequences."

As soon as he finished speaking, several green snakes appeared at the window and slowly slid towards the servants.

"I said! I said!"

The servants were so frightened that they quickly confessed Chu Limei's conspiracy.

"What do you think? These are all your people. How do you plan to respond to their accusations?" Jiang Xue's eyes became sharp and her tone was as cold as ice.

Jiang Xue said coldly: "You confessed under torture!"

Chu Limei gritted her teeth and decided not to admit this.

She understood how serious the consequences would be if she confessed: framing the queen of another country and threatening the life of the royal heir. Once such charges were proven, even if the Emperor of Xiyong personally intervened, it would be powerless to save the situation.

But Jiang Xue was unmoved. She responded contemptuously:

"Princess, please look at the facts clearly. Your followers do not have any injuries on their bodies. How can you say they were 'tortured into confessing'?"

Chu Limei refused to give in: "You are forcing them with their lives, isn't that right?

I am the princess of Xiyong, and the entire royal family is behind me! If you dare to convict me like this, the relationship between the two countries may break down."

After hearing this, Jiang Xue's mouth curled up slightly. She had experienced two lives and had long been accustomed to all kinds of things in the world. Such threats were nothing but passing clouds to her.

"It's a pity that Changle doesn't think that the Xiyong royal family will break with Beiling because of you."

Jiang Xue put further pressure on the other party, reminding him that there was a key figure in Xiyong - Chu Jingming.

"You should know the status of your half-sister in Chu Jingming's eyes."

Xiyong has just appointed a new crown prince recently, and Chu Limei should know who he is.

Jiang Xue approached and observed the changes in his expression: "Do you think that with your relationship with Prince Ming, he will fight against Bei Ling for you?"

The answer is obviously no. Chu Limei knew very well that Chu Jingming would not help her.

Since childhood, she relied on the power of her brother and mother to bully Chu Jingming countless times, and even participated in poisoning him, but he avoided it one by one.

What's worse, she once tortured Chu Jingming's personal guard Yunyan for three days and three nights on the order of her royal brother. If Chu Jingming had not rescued her in time, the woman would have died.

Since then, Chu Jingming hated her to the core.

If Chu Jingming knew about this, Chu Limei knew that she would not be able to escape. He would definitely take this opportunity to get rid of her without mercy.

Facing Jiang Xue, Chu Limei felt unprecedented despair. She realized that it was no use to continue denying.

"What do you want in exchange for letting me go?" There was a hint of helplessness in her voice.

If she wanted to save her life, she could only hope for the mercy of the woman in front of her.

"Let you go? Your Highness the Princess seems to have overestimated Changle's tolerance."

Jiang Xue adjusted her sitting position to appear more comfortable: “You took great pains to enter the harem, and tried to seduce the emperor with the help of the concubine.

Now, you are planning to attack the child in Changle's belly. Princess Xiyong, when you challenge Changle's patience, have you considered the consequences for yourself?"

There was a hint of despair in Chu Limei's voice: "So, you must take my life?"