I'm competing with the male lead for a woman[GL]

Chapter 95: Your Highness, I lost my composure

Ye Juege spoke very slowly. Amidst the falling petals of the locust tree, her voice sounded particularly gentle.

Twenty-two years ago, Li Da promised to give birth to an imperial prince, who was named Jin by the Emperor Qi. The prince was born safely, but Li Da suffered from difficult childbirth and died.

Li Da was originally a female singer who had been favored by the Emperor Qi while he was drunk.

Her status was lowly and insignificant.

However, because she had given birth to an imperial heir, the Emperor Qi posthumously bestowed upon her the title of a noblewoman.

The third imperial prince Jin was entrusted to be raised by a virtuous lady.

Many years later, the virtuous lady was promoted to the status of a noble consort, and the third imperial prince Jin became the Prince Yan.

It was rumored that the Prince Yan was violent and lawless, and she acted recklessly without any restraint.

Only the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace could somewhat control him.

Ye Juege said that the Prince Yan had a bad temper and had indeed killed many people.

However, almost all the people she had killed were assassins who had infiltrated the palace to assassinate her, or people who had provoked her.

Hearing this, Xiao Jin looked at Ye Juege and couldn't help but ask: "You said that ever since I was a child, there have been frequent assassins in the prince's residence. But my mother's family background was not prominent. Why did they do this?"

Ye Juege met Xiao Jin's gaze and was slightly stunned. 

Now, Ye Juege completely believed that Xiao Jin had indeed lost her memory.

After a deep look at her, she said softly, "The people in the palace only knew that His Majesty got drunk and favored a female singer. But few knew that the noblewoman was actually a singer in the Princess Zhao Yang Palace. When the noblewoman was giving birth, Her Highness the Princess Zhao Yang was dealing with affairs in her fief. After returning to the capital, she heard the news of her death and felt that it was somewhat suspicious."

Xiao Jin sorted out her thoughts and asked with a frown, "What was suspicious?"

Ye Juege thought for a moment and carefully considered her words, "Her Highness suspected that someone killed the noblewoman secretly to cut off her wings. So..."

Xiao Jin curved her fingers and knocked on the armrest of the wheelchair, "So what?"

Ye Juege spoke in a low voice, making her words very vague, "So the favored noblewoman was sent to the cold palace, and the second prince she gave birth to was sent to another country as a hostage. He encountered an accident on his way back to Qi Country and died violently."

Xiao Jin understood it now.

It turned out that the original owner also had a wronged second brother.

Princess Zhao Yang's revenge didn't surprise Xiao Jin too much, after all, in her eyes, the Princess was someone who would seek revenge for the smallest grievance, even more so than a phoenix.

However, Ye Juege's next words still shocked Xiao Jin, "All the concubines and officials involved in this matter did not have a good ending, including the Empress's family, who were also massacred."

Xiao Jin was not the original owner. She didn't have too much pity or sympathy for the noblewoman who died in the court struggle. However, she was still somewhat shocked to hear this. The noblewoman was just a female singer in the Princess Zhao Yang Palace, and Princess Zhao Yang went all out to deal with her unexpected death. She even dared to make an enemy of the empress.