Chapter 382: Bullying the King
With a slightly cold voice, the eldest princess walked in slowly.
Snowflakes fell on the cloak of green lotus velvet, and because the temperature in the hall was high, it felt like it wanted to melt.
Lan Jing strode over and dusted off the snowflakes on it. He said angrily: "Mother, why are you here? You haven't been out of confinement yet." ”
Speaking of this confinement, it really refreshed Lan Jing's cognition, and the confinement set in the family was actually three months.
I can't go out for three months, I can't see the wind, and I can't wash my hair according to strict requirements.
At the thought of this, Lan Jing's scalp itched again.
"They just saw that I was confined and thought that I couldn't come out, so they boldly bullied my son. The eldest princess said with an eye knife shot over.
Zhang Cong, who was led by Lan Jing all the way, suddenly remembered that he had a witness. hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, eldest princess, this Tang Chunjing is really fake, and Weichen has witnesses." ”
"Who are you looking for to frame my son?" the eldest princess glared at him angrily, and fire erupted from her eyes.
When Lan Jing heard that there were witnesses, her heartbeat quickened a little, and those who could know her must be people around her family.
"Back to the eldest princess, this person is Lord Tang's biological father, and Weichen has already verified it. Zhang Cong glanced at Lan Jing as he spoke.
Lan Jing's heart was beating like a drum, and he wasn't sure if his father had been arrested, thinking that the emperor said that he would deal with it, so he raised his eyes to look at him.
When the emperor saw Lan Jing looking over, he motioned for her to be calm and calm, and said, "Where is the person?"
Zhang Cong tilted his head, with a sense of spirit that he was finally going to win back a game. replied: "If you go back to the emperor, you are at the gate of the palace, and Weichen begs to let the witnesses come." ”
"Xuan"
A Xuan word exit, each person has different thoughts and expectations.
The eldest princess patted Lan Jing's unconsciously tightened hand and said softly: "Mother is here, no one expects to pour dirty water on you." ”
Lan Jing smiled at the eldest princess, reached out and hugged her, and whispered in her ear, "Thank you." ”
"Silly Kid"
Half an hour later, the chamberlain led a middle-aged man in.
The middle-aged man was dressed in a faded winter coat, his hair was a little gray, his face was wrinkled, and his facial features were somewhat similar to Lan Jing.
"Grass people, grass people, grass people worship, meet the emperor. The middle-aged man knelt on the ground and stumbled in a salute.
"Whoever is the surname and where the family lives, report them one by one. Duke Gui asked on behalf of the emperor.
The middle-aged man lay on the ground and did not look up, and did not answer after listening to the question.
Zhang Congyin knelt next to the middle-aged man, and when he saw that he didn't react, he thought he was scared stupid, so he hurriedly pushed him: "The emperor asked you something, answer quickly." ”
The middle-aged man straightened up and looked at the emperor twice: "The grass people, the grass people are called Lantian, and their home is in Dingcheng." ”
"Dingcheng is not far from here. The emperor knocked on the table as he spoke, and then said, "Do you know what you are doing here?"
"Know, know, the grass people want to testify against the grass people's daughter, she is pretending to be a big official. Lantian replied.
Zhang Cong paused for a moment, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and in a trance, an idea formed in his mind, and his eyes widened in horror.
This is, this is Tang Chunjing's trick for him, no wonder he has been so calm.
"Is that your daughter? The emperor said lightly.
Lan Tian glanced around, fixed his eyes on Lan Jing, and pointed at her, "She is the daughter of the grass people." ”
Lan Jing's whole heart settled the moment she saw someone, as long as the person who came was not her family, she had no scruples at all.
Now that she heard his words, she let go of the eldest princess's hand and stepped forward, looked at him with a smile and said, "Are you indeed your daughter?" ”
"I, I, do you really want to destroy the Nine Clans?" Lan Tian tilted his head sideways to look at Lan Jing.
Lan Jing nodded his head: "Haven't you heard that the crime of bullying the king is to kill the head?"
Lantian seemed to feel deceived, and glared at Zhang Cong angrily: "Why are you lying to me, you clearly said that as long as I say in front of the emperor that the person on the painting is my daughter, I can get a hundred taels of silver, and nothing happens." If you want to kill your head, I'm not going to do it. ”
Zhang Cong looked at Lantian, there was no fire in his eyes, only desperate defeat, he couldn't say a word, his heart seemed to be injected with ice.
No wonder there were so many coincidences, no wonder it went so smoothly, he still remembered that when he went to this person with the demographic book, this person swore that he was Lan Jing's father, and he could find Tang Chunjing from the few paintings he prepared at a glance, and he could even tell that Tang Chunjing had a faint scar on his forehead.
It seems that Tang Chunjing thought about trapping him before he entered the city, first arranging for someone to deliberately say that he was a fake in front of his subordinates, and then arranging for someone to pretend to be his father, in order to punish him for the crime of bullying the king today.
After thinking this through, he sat down on the ground with a weak body.
Such an ending was unexpected by everyone, including Lan Jing, she didn't believe that Zhang Cong would be so stupid, and when she knew the facts, she would find a fake person to pretend to be her father, and give her a chance to shoot him to death, which is unreasonable.
Li Zizhi looked at the expression on Lan Jing's face, his eyes turned dark, thoughtful.
"Zhang Cong, deceived the king, framed loyal ministers, and put him on death row to be beheaded on a certain day. The nine clans of the Zhang clan have made contributions to the country, exempted the rest of the nine clans from capital crimes, changed their families and exiled, and were not allowed to enter the court as officials for 50 years. ”
After the emperor finished speaking, no one pleaded, and the matter came to an end.
Back at the eldest princess's mansion, Tang Lin stood outside the second gate waiting for them, and as soon as he saw someone, he immediately walked over, and was relieved to see that Lan Jing was intact: "Frightened, right? ”
Lan Jing looked at him, then at the eldest princess, with some mixed feelings in his heart, and said goodbye with his head down and strode away.
Looking at the familiar surroundings, she walked and tears flowed down her face. How much the eldest princess loved her before, how disappointed she is now, right? That's why she didn't say a word to her along the way, and she didn't even want to look at her face.
Sighing, she had imagined today a long time ago, but she didn't expect it to be so uncomfortable in her heart, and she couldn't hold back her tears.
returned to Anshouyuan, without saying a word, he took off his coat and climbed into bed and lay down, letting Danju and Qingzhu look at each other.
Tang Lin hugged the eldest princess and walked towards the Tongxin Courtyard, and the two were also silent.
After sitting down on the bed, the eldest princess spoke: "If it weren't for the fact that the chamberlain was heard by Man Dong, do you plan to continue to hide it from me?"
Tang Lin nodded: "At that time, you misunderstood first. Saying that, he sat beside the eldest princess and hugged her, and then said: "Don't blame Xiaojing, she is a good child, and the emperor and I begged her to pretend." ”
The eldest princess rested her head on Tang Lin's chest: "How could I blame her? When I think of being my son, she has suffered so much, I can't blame her, I just, I don't know how to face her, how good would it be if she was really my son?"
"When Jing'er comes back in a few days, we'll discuss it again. ”
The eldest princess looked up: "Why do you want to wait a few days? Send someone to pick up Jing'er now." I haven't met him yet. ”
"He's a little injured, Xiao Chu is treating him, and he can't come back for the time being, you bear with it. ”
The eldest princess nervously grabbed Tang Lin's hand: "Is it serious?"