Princess Ti Le knew that she would not change her mind, nor would Song Chao Yu.
So she just stared at Song Chao Yu, her eyes growing more serious, "Princess Consort Chang, all I want now is a result. I only ask you one thing: I want to see him, are you letting me or not. This is my last chance, and the last chance for this matter."
Song Chao Yu glanced at the嬷嬷 (mómó - elderly woman serving as a maid or governess) who was styling Princess Ti Le's hair. The way she lowered her head made it seem as though her only action was styling hair.
Princess Ti Le seemed to understand what Song Chao Yu was thinking, and merely smiled, "Her ears are already deaf, she cannot hear what we are saying."
The hair-combing嬷嬷 in the palace should have been the most healthy and auspicious ones invited.
Moreover, it was on such a wedding day, it was absolutely impossible to have a deaf嬷嬷 serve someone of Princess Ti Le's status.
Song Chao Yu immediately understood a bit more, "Your Highness is truly heartless. I'm afraid this嬷嬷 cannot understand why she had to lose her ears for styling Your Highness's hair?"
Ti Le frowned, "How do you know it was me?"
Song Chao Yu sneered, "I also thought you were a pure and kind person."
"Heh—"
This time, Princess Ti Le did not hide anything, "Pure and kind? I'm afraid these words have nothing to do with me. If I were pure and kind, what ability would I have had to protect Prince Chang back in the Southern Kingdom? You and Prince Wen are always wishful thinking. Have you truly seen any pure and kind people among the royal families of the Great Yue Dynasty?"
Song Chao Yu knew what Princess Ti Le meant, and admitted it was so.
They had indeed used overly old-fashioned thinking to shape the Princess Ti Le in their hearts.
Even so, Song Chao Yu still could not stand Princess Ti Le's current behavior, "Fine, you have your own principles, and we have ours. Today is your wedding day with Prince Wen, it's best not to cause any trouble. Otherwise, it will be a disgrace to both countries, and I'm afraid Your Highness would not want to see such a situation, right?"
"Don't try to scare me with that!"
Ti Le let out a scoff, "This is my last chance. Can you consider it my plea?"
"I'm sorry."
Song Chao Yu lowered her head, remembering that Qian Shan did not wish to see Princess Ti Le again, so she naturally would not agree to Ti Le, "Many things have reached this point, I cannot do anything. Neither can you. It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just—"
"Enough!"
Princess Ti Le's voice also turned cold, "Since you are unwilling, then don't say anymore. There is nothing more to say between us. Today, I will still have to trouble Princess Consort Chang to send me safely into Prince Wen's manor."
With that, she simply turned away, no longer paying attention to Song Chao Yu.
Song Chao Yu was not flustered at all, she just sat there, watching the people in the palace busy themselves, a complex feeling in her heart.
"Mmm—"
However, at this moment, the嬷嬷 who had been standing behind Princess Ti Le suddenly swayed.
Before Song Chao Yu could react, she saw a stream of blood spurt from the嬷嬷's mouth!
Then the嬷嬷 opened her mouth, said nothing, and her body collapsed!
"Ah—"
Following that was Ti Le's shriek, "嬷嬷, what's wrong? What happened? Princess Consort Chang, what did you do to the嬷嬷?"
Song Chao Yu opened her mouth, unable to say anything, when the door was pushed open.
Maids and guards rushed in from outside, and someone naturally went to check on the auspicious嬷嬷.
Ti Le, looking frightened, hid behind a maid, then looked at Song Chao Yu, suddenly bursting into tears, "Princess Consort Chang, what are you doing?! Even if you have some dissatisfaction with me, the嬷嬷 is innocent, why would you treat the嬷嬷 like this? This is a嬷嬷 sent by the Emperor!"
Everyone's eyes turned to Song Chao Yu.
At the same time, the chief eunuch of Prince Wen's manor, Eunuch Xiang, also walked in from outside.
Seeing the嬷嬷 lying on the ground, he exclaimed in surprise, "Oh dear, what's going on?! It's clearly the wedding day, how did it turn out like this?!"
The palace maid who was the first to check the嬷嬷 looked up and shook her head at Eunuch Xiang, "Auspicious嬷嬷 is dead, it looks like poisoning. However, what kind of poison it is, we'll have to check further."
Eunuch Xiang turned and looked at the bewildered Song Chao Yu, "Princess Consort Chang, aren't you going to explain what's happening?"
Song Chao Yu frowned, realizing what Ti Le was trying to do, and sneered at Ti Le, "Princess Ti Le, you explain it then?"
Since Ti Le wanted to frame Song Chao Yu, she naturally cried heartbrokenly at this moment, "You ask me? How would I know why you killed this auspicious嬷嬷? Even if we have disagreements about Prince Chang, can't we discuss it later? Today is my wedding day, and Princess Consort Chang insists on giving me such a show of dominance, it's truly heartbreaking!"
As she spoke, her body trembled slightly, making it seem as though she was genuinely afraid of Song Chao Yu.
Song Chao Yu sighed and looked at Eunuch Xiang, "I didn't touch the person. My Prince and Prince Wen have a good relationship, why would I ruin Prince Wen's wedding?"
Despite her words, Eunuch Xiang coughed lightly and stepped forward, "Although I don't want to suspect Princess Consort Chang, today is indeed the wedding day of Princess Ti Le and Prince Wen. The sudden death of the嬷嬷 from poison is truly an inauspicious event. If Princess Consort Chang doesn't mind... why don't you let me search Princess Consort Chang, to see if you are carrying any poison, and thus give the Princess Consort a clean slate, what do you say?"
"That's not appropriate!"
But before Song Chao Yu could speak, Tiao Hong stepped forward, staring angrily at Eunuch Xiang, "What is the status of our Princess Consort? How can you, a mere eunuch, lay hands on her like this?"
She turned and stared at Princess Ti Le, speaking bluntly, "Princess Ti Le, I heard everything you and our Princess Consort were saying just now! Stop pretending! I see that you clearly want to frame our Princess Consort, why are you now shifting the blame?"
"Presumptuous!"
Eunuch Xiang was, after all, the chief eunuch of Prince Wen's manor, and his position was naturally higher than that of the maid Tiao Hong.
He stepped forward, signaling the wet nurses behind him to grab Tiao Hong, "How dare you speak to His Highness the Princess like this!? Guards, seize this ignorant girl for me! Today, I will not let anyone who dares to ruin the wedding of His Highness and the Princess go!"
Those maids and wet nurses indeed stepped forward together, surrounding Tiao Hong.