Chapter 55 - The Princess Is Sentenced to Death

Everyone felt their hairs stand on end when they heard the tale. Mrs. Zhou was tortured to death in such an extremely ruthless manner. So if the nanny had dared to put the blood jade in the mouth of the deceased, then... "The nanny witnessed how cruel my sister could be and feared that her niece Cuilian, and herself might end up sharing the same fate. In fact, Cuilian's face was scratched by my sister with her plum hairpin all because I had praised her hairpin that night. My sister had disfigured her and broke her plum hairpin!" Princess Huiling spoke extremely confidently and her crisp and cold words shook everyone's hearts. The Emperor's fists clenched and his Empress' face turned very pale. Cold sweat filled her palms but she couldn't do anything to save her precious daughter. "So, the Nanny secretly put the princess' blood jade into Mrs. Zhou's mouth in order protect herself and Cuilian. This also ensured that she could retaliate if the princess ever tried to do