Ruan Songling did not expect her daughter to admit it so quickly.
Her cold gaze swept across the servant girl kneeling on the ground. She must not be allowed to live.
"I did not instruct her to set the fire, but she said she wanted to."
She had already noticed that Prince Jin's expression was extremely unsightly, so she could not admit it directly.
The maidservant's eyes suddenly reddened. "Princess Consort, didn't you and the princess said that both of you really can't take this lying down and that you want to kill all these lowly commoners in Heyang County, but His Highness didn't agree. Y'all said that it's all because of Shi Qingluo.
"Previously, you asked the prince to send someone to set the fire, but the prince didn't agree. You didn't have anyone on hand, so you ordered me.
"You asked me to handle this matter clean, otherwise, my entire family will die. How would I dare to disobey?"
