Chapter 1304: Chapter 968: Poison Doctor Unrivaled 29 (Four Thousand) (2)

Upon hearing this, Consort Hua fell silent, lowered her head, and then her red lips curled into a smile devoid of warmth, before she lifted her head to look at Murong Ze.

"What? Do you also think I’m ruthless?"

What could Murong Ze say to that?

To say she was ruthless, she did it all for them.

What right did he have to further question her about this?

But just thinking about that well full of corpses made him shudder; no wonder they say the well water inside the palace should never be drunk.

As for the dry wells, even those with water must have claimed quite a few lives.

He couldn’t quite grasp his feelings, but still, he tried to defend those people.

"What mistake did those palace maids and eunuchs make for you to treat them like this?"

Watching her youngest son’s furrowed brows, Consort Hua felt complicated emotions.

Then she chuckled softly: "Treat them like this? Which way of treating them? Throwing them into the well isn’t something I started. The bones down there have been there since the time of the Holy Ancestor. Can you hold anyone accountable for that now? If a person is perfectly fine, who would want to kill them? Nothing better to do? They ended up there because they all deserved to die!"

After uttering these words forcefully, Consort Hua continued speaking to Murong Ze and Murong Jie, who was listening intently.

"They met such an end because they heard what they shouldn’t have, said what they shouldn’t have. Don’t you know what kind of place the palace is? If you can’t keep your mouth shut, you deserve such a fate."

"Actually, seeing you question me like this makes me feel quite a failure. I’ve painstakingly worked for you, and yet you turn around and criticize my cruelty. You say if I weren’t a bit ruthless, would you siblings have your current status? This time it’s even more excessive, years of effort washed away by one word from your eldest sister. Ze, do you know how unwilling I am?"

"I have three sons and two daughters, yet when trouble arose, only the two of you came. I only told you three brothers about that place. But see, now it’s you, usually the most overlooked, who risked coming. So Ze, Mother Consort’s mind is very conflicted now. I don’t know if what I’ve done all these years is right or wrong, nor do I understand how the Emperor can be so fickle. Your Third Brother’s position as Crown Prince was clearly secured. Why could it be revoked just like that? Since when did a golden promise become so worthless?"

Murong Ze didn’t know how to console her, nor did he know what Murong Yun and Murong Qing were thinking. As for Second Sister, he felt something was strange.

"Mother Consort, we’ve never used that ’Empress’ word before you. Ru couldn’t possibly make such a blunder. I always felt there was something strange about this matter. You don’t know, Ru knelt in the banquet hall until dawn that day. I didn’t dare to approach her this time, fearing she might lose control. As for Third and Fourth Brother, I thought they would have arrived long ago..."

How could Consort Hua not know the temperament of her children? Maybe on that day, she would be very angry, scolding them for lacking promise. But thinking about it afterward, there were so many doubts.

Now, bringing it up made her feel even more uneasy, and she instinctively thought of the somewhat uncanny Murong Xue.

"Have you inquired about that girl?"

Murong Ze nodded slightly, "Uncle did look into it. She says she grew up on Snow Wolf Mountain and, aside from having a few shops, nothing particularly stands out. The only unbelievable thing is, she seems to have some connection with the Shui Clan Young Master."

Consort Hua abruptly lifted her head: "Who did you say?"

"The Holy Dynasty’s Holy Water Manor, Wind Valley under Snow Wolf Mountain, Shui Yixuan’s Shui Clan Young Master, you must have heard of it, right?"

Consort Hua’s heart jumped to her throat: "You said that girl actually has a connection with the Holy Water Manor’s Young Master? What kind of relationship?"

Murong Ze shook his head, "Can’t say what kind of relationship it is. Anyway, when they came to Lanyue, they initially set off together. As for why she returned with Sixth Brother in the end, I truly don’t know. The various sources couldn’t find any clues, as if Sixth Brother suddenly emerged from the sea."

On this, Murong Ze added: "And also, Prince Beiming Yiyi from the Holy Dynasty has arrived in our Lanyue. Now several forces are watching him and Shui Yixuan closely!"

After hearing this, Consort Hua first fell silent, then paced back and forth in the room, feeling increasingly anxious.

"I don’t know why, but I keep feeling that those siblings’ return has caused panic and unease for me, especially that wretched girl. Every time she looks my way with that smile, it’s so eerie, as if she wants revenge on me. She may not look like much, and she seems to lack cunning, but Ze, who knows whether those siblings have long known each other or just reunited. Their return is surely not simple. It’s just been a day, and I’m already confined. What will happen next?"