Princess Huaichang didn't know where to start. She couldn't tell anyone about her false identity, otherwise she would die immediately. She hadn't enjoyed enough of the glory and wealth.
But Queen Mother Shen said coldly: "Don't let me down, this is your last chance. You should know me, I am not a slimy person, and I still have the ability to judge facts."
Of course Huaichang knew.
The last time she tried to plot against Gu Fenglin, she was plotted against by Mu Yunhan instead, and she fell into the hands of Gu Fengyuan. She also begged hard.
Empress Dowager Shen didn't give her a chance at all, and resolutely asked the emperor to grant her a marriage, settling the matter in the most direct and simple way.
She also saw the methods used to deal with Lin Mi and the Empress Dowager. They were not easy people to get along with.
She trembled and knelt down: "The Queen Mother, can you save my life?"
Empress Dowager Shen knew that her entire mentality had collapsed, and she immediately said coldly: "It depends on what you do."
Princess Huaichang cried: "I am not to blame for this. I did not come to this palace voluntarily. I am also a victim..."
She told a bizarre story.
Because Zhou Taibin was sick all year round and could not take care of her, she had been close to her wet nurse since she was a child.
The wet nurse treated her very well, like a heart-wrenching kind of person, but she was also very strict with her.
I often tell her that if she doesn't obey and doesn't work hard, she won't be able to be a princess, and will have to go back to being a slave girl, who will be thrown into the mountains and treated as prey, shot and plundered.
So she was always on tenterhooks. Later, the wet nurse told her that she was not Zhou Taibi's biological daughter, but that she was her biological mother.
Although Empress Dowager Shen had been mentally prepared, she was still trembling with anger when she heard this. She finally endured the tone and asked, "Maybe she lied to you?"
Huaichang lowered his head and smiled miserably: "I thought so too, but the facts prove that what she said is true."
She unbuttoned her clothes, revealing the red mole on her waist: "She and I grow in the same place."
Queen Mother Shen waved her hand: "Continue."
"In addition to the wet nurses, there are often old eunuchs and old ladies who come to see us, and they ask me to do something.
For example, delivering something to someone in a certain palace, going to get something from a certain empress or prince, or delivering a message to someone.
If I didn't do well, they would punish me and the wet nurse behind closed doors, deny me food, beat the wet nurse in front of me, and scare me by pretending to be ghosts at night..."
Huaichang's face turned pale: "I am very afraid of them, so I can only listen to them. The wet nurse also said that we must listen to them, otherwise we will all die."
Later, when I was ten years old, because my mother-in-law had doubts, they killed my wet nurse and poured poison in front of me, which was the kind of bitter almond-flavored shadowless water.
They said this was the wet nurse's punishment for not doing her job well, and warned me that if I didn't obey, I would die even worse than this.
If the identity of the fake princess is revealed, you will kill me too..."
From then on, she became a puppet in their hands, and she had to do whatever they asked her to do.
Huaichang cried: "I really don't want to do these things. I can't help myself. I'm afraid. I have no choice but to listen to them."
Queen Mother Shen was not in the mood to listen to her complaints and interrupted her: "What old eunuch, old nanny? Where is she? What is her name?"
Huaichang shrank his neck: "They are dead. One died of old age, and the other committed suicide on hunger strike after being caught when the priest searched the palace."