Transmigrated As My Former Uncle’s Sweetheart

n’t the Emperor treasure the newborn child even more? Given how much he loves her, how’d he have the heart to kill their child?”

“I’d like to agree with you, but the Emperor loved the Empress so much that he couldn’t accept the fact that she’d died.
In fact, he wanted everyone to die with her, and Princess Ji’er was his first target.
He believed Princess Ji’er was responsible for the Empress’s death, so he took all his fury out on her by letting her fall to her death, but General Chu Qi caught her at the very last second.
Otherwise, a newborn child like her wouldn’t have survived the fall—her head would’ve exploded, being thrown to the ground like that.”

“If that’s true, I really pity Princess Ji’er.
Even though she’s royalty, her birth wasn’t welcomed.”

“Exactly.
Even wild beasts look after their young, you know.
The Emperor’s absolutely cruel for laying his hands on a newborn, and his own child at that.”

“If I were her, I’d hate my father with all my heart.
Even though he’s the mighty Emperor, he’s still a terrifying killer…”

At those words, Ji’er’s entire body went cold as if she had fallen through a crack in a sheet of ice.

It was a dreadful feeling.
She felt cold inside and out.

Her expression was alarming as well, and her face appeared somewhat ashen under the moonlight.

Tong’er watched her in distress, unable to stop her tears from falling.

She had been serving the Princess since she was a child, but she had never heard of this particular palace secret.

However, those two voices sounded so certain that it seemed like the truth.

Regardless of the veracity of the story, the Princess was definitely hurt by it—even Tong’er was heartbroken after hearing it.

All energy seemed to have been drained from Ji’er’s body, and she released her grip weakly.

The instant Tong’er was free, she dashed around the corner to catch those two gossiping servants and give them a good beating.

However, when she turned the corner, there was no one in sight.

It seemed that they had fled after sensing someone was nearby.