CHAPTER 86: CHAPTER 85: THE REAL AND THE FAKE PRINCESS CONSORT!

"The Princess Consort truly has a talent for acting!" Yu Nianzhao couldn’t help but applaud her after listening to the story.

Princess An Nan’s sobs came to a sudden stop. She lifted her eyes and glared at Yu Nianzhao with a sinister look, "What do you mean by that? Who’s acting?"

"Woo woo woo..." The ghost angrily wailed at Princess An Nan in pain.

If she hadn’t promised Yu Nianzhao not to hurt anyone, she would have lunged at her already.

"Is what you say necessarily true?" Yu Nianzhao countered, "The ghost’s tongue was forcibly torn out. Why do you think that was?"

"That’s because... because her curses were too venomous, that’s why it’s like this, I suppose."

"So was it you who tore out her tongue?"

"How could that be? I pity her as my half-sister and didn’t let her soul scatter, that’s already good enough."

"Tsk, saying that kind of thing, you’re fooling ghosts, aren’t you? Her resentment runs deep, yet she has no intention of harming anyone. Look at you though, from the first moment I saw you, the aura of death around you was even more intense than that of the ghost."

Yu Nianzhao narrowed her eyes, staring at her coldly, "Are you really Princess An Nan?"

One sentence froze the atmosphere in the room.

"What nonsense are you spouting? If I’m not Princess An Nan, then who am I?" A flash of unease crossed Princess An Nan’s eyes as she clenched her fist and rebuked, "Princess Consort Su, you haven’t even married Prince Su yet, and you’re openly challenging and disrespecting me here. Do you not respect the An Nan Royal Mansion? From what I see, you have skills in sorcery and are deliberately targeting me."

"Prince, are you just going to let her slander me like this?" Princess An Nan looked up tearfully at Prince An Nan, filled with grievances.

Prince An Nan was taken aback and instinctively comforted her, "Princess, don’t rush, if necessary, I will invite other Taoist priests to take a look."

"Father, this concerns the dignity of the royal family, not to be handled lightly!" Xie Yunzhe pulled back to rationality, his body cold, gritting his teeth, "Now that Aunt is still in the mansion, we can invite Aunt to discern."

Prince An Nan clapped his hands, "Yes, quick, go invite her over."

Soon, Ms Cui came in with a puzzled look on her face.

When she clearly saw a ghost in the room, she was so frightened that her eyes rolled up, and she fainted on the spot.

"Wake up." Yu Nianzhao directly splashed a cup of cold water on her face.

As Ms Cui opened her eyes and saw the ghost, her face turned pale, pointing at her and shouting in horror, "Yuelin? Aren’t you already dead? Have you turned into a vengeful ghost to claim lives?"

"Shen Yuelin, that’s my half-sister’s name, Princess Consort Su heard clearly this time?" Princess An Nan suddenly became spirited, she lifted her chin slightly and said, "This ghost is my half-sister, now coming to disturb the peace of our royal mansion again, so I have no choice but to clean up the premises."

"How will you clean up the premises?"

"Naturally for the sake of my children, I will capture her... and send her to a Taoist temple for redemption."

"Oh? I thought you hated her so much that you wanted her soul scattered, also... really letting her soul scatter is something you wouldn’t dare, right?"

"What kind of sinister insinuations are you making here?"

Princess An Nan clutched her chest, truly about to be infuriated by Yu Nianzhao’s words.

"Is she really Shen Yuelin?" Yu Nianzhao ignored her, pointing at the ghost and questioning Ms Cui.

Ms Cui said somewhat bewildered, "This face is indeed Shen Yuelin’s, but this demeanor... and that gaze, indeed it’s unlike her."

Xie Yunzhe asked urgently, "What does this mean exactly?"

"That’s right, Aunt, it’s either is or isn’t, why can it be both like and unlike?" Xie Jiarou was also anxious, not knowing why, but the first time she saw this ghost, she inexplicably felt that the ghost wouldn’t harm her.

"Shen Yuelin is someone who repays every slight, born of a concubine, with the heart of a legitimate daughter, always wanting to become a phoenix. She was originally to be matched with a seventh-rank petty official, the marriage had been arranged, but upon hearing that the Princess Consort had given birth to a son and was promoted, she resolutely ruined the marriage. She always visited the mansion under the guise of visiting her sister, and over time, we all understood her intentions. She wished for the Princess Consort to bring her into the mansion to serve the Prince, but unfortunately, the Prince didn’t even know who she was. Visits continued, but she never succeeded, and later she was stopped by the in-laws and locked in the room."

"It was indeed after the Princess Consort gave birth to County Lord Jiarou that Shen Yuelin caused such a ruckus within the mansion that she ended up ruining herself."

Ms Cui even mimicked a hanging tongue-out gesture, evidently Shen Yuelin had pretended to hang herself and then truly died.

"So where is her body?"

"At that time, the Princess Consort giving birth to a girl was a joyous occasion, and the Earl’s Mansion didn’t want this incident affecting the Princess Consort, so they secretly transported her body overnight to be buried in the outskirts nearby."

"Is the body still there?"

"Huh? This... this I don’t know?" Ms Cui was confused.

"You’re asking this, suspecting my mother?" Xie Yunzhe’s eyes were bloodshot, he clenched his fists, and complicatedly looked at the ghost.

Yu Nianzhao sighed lightly, "Xie Yunzhe, Xie Jiarou, who gave birth to you, raised you, do you feel nothing about the so-called blood ties?"

Xie Yunzhe and Xie Jiarou felt as if struck by lightning, the sense of unease in their hearts growing stronger.

"Such Eye-blocking Skill can fool you, but it cannot fool me."

Yu Nianzhao threw out a talisman, which automatically ignited in front of the ghost.

After the smoke cleared, the ghost’s appearance actually changed.

In the blink of an eye, that face became identical to Princess An Nan’s.

"Ah! How is this possible!" Xie Jiarou was shocked, glancing around, first at the ghost, then at Princess An Nan, she was completely bewildered.

"This, this, this..."

Prince An Nan’s eyes widened, he instinctively retreated a few steps, trembling as he pointed back and forth at Princess An Nan and the ghost, "You look identical? Who exactly is the Princess Consort here?"

A chill ran up from the bottom of his heart, Prince An Nan suddenly felt somewhat nauseous, unable to help but gag a few times.

"Woo woo woo..." The ghost whimpered, tears couldn’t stop flowing down.

"Princess Consort Su, what kind of sinister technique did you use, why is this ghost’s face identical to mine, what wicked intent do you harbor, could it be Prince Su instructed you to do this?"

Princess An Nan was genuinely panicked, she never expected Yu Nianzhao to have such ability; seeing the ghost’s face, she shouted frantically, "Prince, Yunzhe, Jiarou, I am the real Princess Consort, don’t be deceived by them, this red jade earring was brought by Princess Consort Su, she surely wants to frame me."

Yu Nianzhao calmly said, "Did you think that tearing out her tongue, preventing her from speaking and revealing the truth, even if discovered, you’d rest easy?"