The tone was gentle, without the slightest hint of anger.
The Emperor came over and asked, "What's going on?"
Su Jinfu bowed to the Emperor in greeting.
"On the day of the flower lantern festival, there was a stage set up on the street, and Princess Chengxian's cousin and my husband were both competing for a lantern."
"My husband was more skilled and won the lantern to give to me."
"Who would have thought that Princess Chengxian's cousin, with his insatiable greed, would send assassins to kill me and my husband."
"Unable to win with skill, he resorted to such despicable means to snatch the lantern. What a vile little person! I was somewhat annoyed, so I poisoned the lantern. Anyone who touched it would be poisoned."
"If Princess Chengxian were truly aboveboard, she wouldn't have touched the lantern and naturally wouldn't have been poisoned."
Unfortunately, she was poisoned.
She fell into the trap Su Jin set.
