Chapter 8: False Accusations
The concubine looked at Jiang Yizhi kneeling in the hall, her heart was about to jump out, she already had sweat in her hands, and even a layer of fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead.
"What?" The Emperor asked.
"Wechen got the wrong love of the emperor and the queen mother, and was able to walk in the palace, Wechen has met Princess Zhaoyang since he was a child, and he has been longing for a long time, and now the princess and Xu, Wechen with the wish of the whole family, the heart of the fist, begging the princess to marry Wechen, and will use his life to protect the princess, and ask the emperor and the queen mother to be fulfilled!" Jiang Yizhi solemnly kowtowed.
At this time, everyone's eyes were already focused on Concubine Yan, and she looked at Jiang Yizhi in disbelief, she saw him so serious for the first time, so that she didn't know whether what he said just now was a joke or a real heart.
Liyang clenched her fists, her slender nails were embedded in the flesh, and a few wisps of blood slowly flowed out of her palms, and she bit her lip as hard as she could, until she turned white, so that she didn't let her words of objection come out.
The emperor frowned, looked at the empress, and said nothing.
The Queen Mother was overjoyed, and said three times: "Okay!" Good! Good! ”
Then he looked at the emperor and asked, "Emperor, what do you mean?" ”
The emperor still looked at the queen angrily, and said for a long time: "Listen to the queen mother." ”
Today is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and if the emperor disagrees in his heart, it is not good to disobey the Queen Mother.
"Good!" The Queen Mother smiled so that the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes deepened, and she agreed: "Today is really a double happiness, and the mourning family will draw up a decree in a while, and the concubine will be married to ......."
"Wait!" Liyang, who was on the side, finally couldn't help but shout: "Imperial grandmother, wait a little longer!" Her eyes were almost pleading.
Wait? What are you waiting for?
Concubine Yan looked at Liyang suspiciously, and her eyelids suddenly jumped.
"The Emperor...... Emperor! Father-in-law Li's eager voice suddenly came from outside.
Gonggong Li is Concubine Mei's person, and if he comes in now, there must be nothing good.
"Here," Liyang muttered, suddenly sneered, looked at the concubine, her eyes were both resentful and proud, she whispered to the concubine: "Fight with me?" Concubine, you should never want to win! ”
Concubine Li looked stunned, seeing that Gonggong Li was supported up by two guards behind him, and the bloodstained Jun Yue Lou was brought up, his legs were softly dragged on the ground, his head was drooping, and thick blood slowly flowed out of his forehead.
For a while, everyone covered their mouths and noses.
The concubine's eyes widened in horror, and she covered her mouth tightly so that she didn't scream.
This person was hiding in her temple just now, but she didn't expect to be tortured like this by them in the blink of an eye!
Liyang suddenly attached to the ear of the concubine, and said with a smile: "It was your good maid Cai Ping who told the palace, I didn't expect you to have a habit of stealing men?" ”
Her laughter was strange, like the laughter of demons in the ghost stories that Mama had told her.
Gonggong Li is reporting something to the emperor, but she can't hear it, her mind is buzzing, and Cai Ping's figure keeps flashing, Cai Ping and Cai Yue have been playmates since they were children, and they are one of her most trusted people, so many years, so many years She has hidden it so well, when did she take refuge in Liyang, and when did she save her from Liyang's stick? Or when she allowed her to leave the palace for the funeral of her dead mother?
"Concubine, kneel!" The emperor suddenly attacked, and he looked at the concubine coldly, like looking at a stranger.
It was the wrath of the emperor, not the wrath of the father.
The concubine met his gaze, walked out of the crowd, knelt in front of the emperor, and two lines of hot tears poured out uncontrollably.
"Concubine?" It was the voice of the queen mother, who was unsteady on her feet, and the maidservants beside her supported her.
"How could this man be hidden in your temple and still wearing the jade plaque I gave you?" The emperor's voice was extremely majestic, and she was so oppressed that she didn't know how to answer.
This was torn from her when she was rescued by this Junyue Lou that day, did she tell her father like this, would he believe her?
She looked at the Lainyue Lou who was forced to kneel beside him, he struggled hard, roaring, his eyebrows, eyes, nose and nose at the moment, and every part of his body was full of deep hatred.
The concubine tried her best to restrain herself, and thought about the matter from beginning to end, and suddenly it occurred to her that she could not say that this person was an assassin who broke into her temple that night, so not only would he die, but she would also die.
Possession of assassins is a grave crime, even a princess is not immune, and she is a princess who is not favored.
"Father, this person was brought by his daughter from the palace to the emperor's uncle's house a few days ago, he said that he had never seen the palace, so I invited him to the palace to play, this jade plate was used by me to let him take it in and out of the palace," no matter how stubborn the concubine is on weekdays, she has to submit to her father when she encounters such a big thing, she cried and kowtowed heavily: "Father, father, it's the daughter's fault, it's the daughter's fault!" ”
Hearing this, Lathe Yue Lou turned his face, and the blood on his forehead dripped from his eyelashes, drop by drop, and the hatred in his eyes had been replaced by doubt at this time.
The concubine looked at him, shaking her head slightly but vigorously, her eyes made Jun Yuelou understand that the truth must not be told at this time.
"Father, that's not the case at all!" Liyang suddenly stood up, knelt beside Jiang Yizhi, and pretended to be sad and told the emperor: "Father, I just went to my sister's palace today, and I felt strange at that time, why it was noon, but my sister was still lying on the bed, I took a closer look, but saw a corner of the man's clothes exposed on the bed, and my daughter was going to lift the quilt at that time, and my sister was ...... She actually slapped me! ”
At this time, Liyang put down his left hand that had been covering his face, and there were tears in his eyes, so pitiful.
And everyone at the birthday banquet saw the five finger prints on Liyang's red and swollen left face, and some mouthy concubines had begun to whisper.
"Tell the truth!" Concubine Yan pointed at Liyang and shouted angrily, she only felt that the blood all over her body was rushing to the top of her head, if it weren't for the presence of everyone, she would have rewarded this person who pretended to be pitiful in front of her father at every turn.
But looking at the eyes of others, this scene made it even more obvious that the concubine was bullying Liyang, and several older concubines began to openly accuse: "Concubine, you are a sister, how can you reprimand your sister like this?" ”
Liyang won everyone's sympathy, smiled secretly in his heart, and became more courageous.
"If the father doesn't believe it, you can call the maidservants in the Zhaoyang Palace to ask and see who is lying!" The tears that she had been brewing for a long time finally dripped down, it seemed that she was so wronged, she wiped her tears, and continued: "Father, my daughter will suffer this slap after receiving it, but my sister's virtue is really damaging to the royal face, if she marries into the Prime Minister's Mansion, what should the Prime Minister think, how can such a person match Jiang Duwei?" ”
"She's not ......" Jun Yuelou couldn't stand it anymore, he was about to refute, but was pulled by the concubine.
"Your Majesty!" Although Jiang Yizhi had all kinds of heartache at this time, he still kowtowed to the emperor and pleaded: "There are still many doubts in this matter, Weichen believes that Princess Zhaoyang is definitely not such a person!" ”
Liyang cried even more fiercely this time.
The empress also knelt down and begged the emperor for mercy.
The Empress Dowager, who had never spoken, shook her head at the concubine, and said with a sad face: "Concubine, you are really confused!" ”
"Queen Mother," the emperor supported the Queen Mother with concern, and all the concubines also rushed to help each other......