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Chapter 4205: You Can't Control This

"Crown Prince!" Empress Dowager Chen's heavily made-up old face was now completely ruined by the streaking tears and snot.

She was truly trembling with rage, pointing a shaking finger at the little Crown Princess, "It was her, she framed me! It was her!"

"You can't just, without asking why..." Empress Dowager Chen looked in horror at the white silk being wrapped around her neck, screaming, "Stop it, stop it!!"

"I was dragged out of my bedchamber and thrown here by the Crown Princess! This wretch had premeditated this... Ah!"

With a single look from the Crown Prince, Aoye (Stay-Up-Late) unhesitantly slapped Empress Dowager Chen's mouth, twisting it sideways.

Two guards took the white silk from Aoye's hands and immediately wound it around her neck, pulling both ends to tighten it without a word.

Qiao Mu coldly watched the Empress Dowager, who was kneeling there, her face filled with terror.

At this moment, the woman bore no resemblance to her usual elegant and noble self; she was completely a beggar hag, her old face dimmed by tears and her body filthy.

"When did I ever go to your bedchamber?" Qiao Mu's voice was icy, sounding exceptionally merciless to Empress Dowager Chen's ears.

"You're shameless, messing around with your Chen family's vermin, and now you dare to just spout nonsense?" Qiao Mu's eyes stared at her coldly.

Empress Dowager Chen was now choked speechless by the white silk, her old face turning purple.

Suddenly, a servant urgently announced, "Consort Fang has arrived! Prime Minister Chen Chaozhi requests an audience!"

Consort Fang and Chen Chaozhi rushed in and, upon seeing the scene in the garden, their faces suddenly changed dramatically.

"Stop it!" Consort Fang cried out in alarm.

Behind her, a figure immediately darted out, raising a hand and throwing a dart towards the Empress Dowager.

It hit the white silk directly, cutting it in half.

The two guards, each holding a broken piece of white silk, abruptly stepped back.

Consort Fang quickly pushed aside the guards blocking her way and rushed to Empress Dowager Chen.

She took a brocade outer robe from a maid and wrapped it around the disheveled Empress Dowager Chen, who was slumped on the ground.

"Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Chen, with tears streaming down her face, grabbed Consort Fang's hand, "Consort, you've come to save me, haven't you?"

"What exactly is going on?" Consort Fang hurriedly turned to face the Crown Prince, "Crown Prince, the Empress Dowager is, after all, the Great Emperor's foster mother, and your grandmother. How could you possibly…?"

The little poker-face expressionlessly interrupted her, "Consort Fang, we don't blame you for stepping forward and causing a scene without knowing the facts."

"However, it's best if you don't interfere in this matter, lest you needlessly bring trouble upon yourself."

"You!" Consort Fang was so infuriated by this poker-faced Crown Princess that she almost laughed.

Look at her words, truly not courteous at all.

"The Empress Dowager brought shame upon herself and disgraced the purity of the imperial harem. She was entangled with her grandnephew in broad daylight," the Crown Prince said with a cold face. "By granting her death now, I am also doing it for her own good."

Consort Fang's expression suddenly changed. She lowered her head and looked at the Empress Dowager, who was trembling inside the brocade outer robe, her eyes revealing a hint of deep concern.

She had already advised this elder sister many times not to insist on being an enemy to the Crown Prince and Crown Princess.

But she stubbornly refused to listen, and now, wasn't this precisely what went wrong?

Even Consort Fang herself didn't know how to handle the situation next.

Chen Chaozhi quickly stepped forward, cupping his hands and saying, "Your Royal Highness, Crown Princess! There must be something fishy about this matter."

"How could Empress Dowager possibly…?" Chen Chaozhi's face turned pale.