frightfiction Chapter 187: Princess 5 Instigated
Chapter 187: Princess 5 Instigated
The emperor was so angry when he saw the dishevelled Xiao Yihang that he picked up the cup on the table and threw it at him, shouting angrily, "Look at what you have done, you bastard!"
Why sleep with anyone else but his brother's future princess?
The emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses.
Upon seeing this, the ministers who had come to watch the show quickly knelt on the ground, and each of them wished they could bury their heads in the ground, fearing that one of them would be unlucky and become a victim of the royal struggle.
Seeing that Xiao Yihang dared to hide, the emperor's anger was not released and he was even more displeased. He picked up a wine jug and threw it at him again, but was blocked by a black shadow that suddenly appeared in the hall.
Looking closely, it turned out to be Xiao Hanye.
Seeing that the emperor was even angrier, Xiao Hanye stepped forward and bowed his head, saying, "Father, please calm down. It was not my seventh brother's fault, but he was framed. If you punish me without asking for the reason, it will definitely encourage the arrogance of the people behind the scenes. If this continues, I'm afraid that everyone in the palace will follow suit and there will be no peace anymore."
As he spoke, Jiang Yan presented the ashes of the burnt incense.
"Father, please take a look. This was found in the room where my seventh brother was found. The Princess of Yan has confirmed that it is the forbidden palace item Mei'er. Father, please ask the imperial physician to find out!"
Jiang Shou immediately bent down to take it, looked at the emperor, and saw the emperor waved his hand, so he immediately sent a eunuch to invite the imperial physician to come.
The Sixth Princess suddenly asked, "The Princess and the Consort of Yan went out together. Why did the Princess get into trouble while the Consort of Yan was fine? And the Consort of Yan knows medicine. Could it be that the Consort of Yan gave the Princess a drug?"
Chu Nanyue, who came with Xiao Hanye, heard this and smiled faintly: "Why would I frame Prince Chen and the princess?"
The Sixth Princess' eyes flashed with a faint light, and she said sarcastically, "Everyone knows that you have always been in love with my second brother. For so many years, you have been pestering him in every way. You would go to Prince Ning's mansion to pester him whenever you have nothing to do. Later, I don't know how you caught the eye of the Fourth Brother and then fell into his arms. But you are jealous by nature. When you saw that the Second Brother was about to get married with the Princess, you had evil thoughts and plotted against the Seventh Brother and the Princess, causing the Second Brother to lose his love!"
As soon as she said this, everyone's eyes instantly shifted to Chu Nanyue. It made sense.
Although Chu Nanyue has performed many heroic deeds recently, she was too notorious before. For a moment, everyone tended to believe what the Sixth Princess said.
"Oh! I understand!" The Sixth Princess suddenly realized, "It must be like this, including the last time when Big Brother and Concubine Shen happened, it was all because of your jealousy."
The Sixth Princess has been brooding over what happened last time.
Although Su Xi is now her future sister-in-law, it is obvious that she cannot play with her. On the contrary, she and Shen Meng'er have more similar interests.
But because of Chu Nanyue, Shen Meng'er became King Jing's concubine. She is now closer to the Fifth Princess, so she was neglected. Therefore, she has always resented Chu Nanyue.
Shen Meng'er hated Chu Nanyue even more, because of her, she made a fool of herself in public and went from being the Princess of Ning to the Concubine of the Prince of Jing.
Prince Jing, the least favored prince!
She looked at Chu Nanyue angrily, her beautiful phoenix eyes reflecting a faint light.
On the other hand, Chu Nanyue laughed out loud, as if she had heard a huge joke: "Sixth Princess is really imaginative. My heart and eyes are full of my prince now, so why would I linger on your second brother? I'm not a fool. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell the pros and cons at a glance!"
As soon as she said this, everyone's eyes turned to Prince Yan and Prince Ning. Whether in appearance or power, the gap between the two was indeed obvious at a glance.
Prince Yan was somewhat aroused. He was pleased by what Chu Nanyue called "my prince".
What a joke! Chu Nanyue had changed her mind a long time ago, how could she still look down on Prince Ning?
Prince Ning's eyebrows moved, his face looked a little unhappy. Chu Nanyue dared to belittle him in public. He questioned: "The Princess of Yan was taken out by the Princess of Yan, and now the Princess is in trouble. Where was the Princess of Yan at that time?"
Chu Nanyue replied: "At that time, I suddenly felt uncomfortable in my abdomen, so I went to the toilet. Because I was not familiar with the palace, I specially found a servant to lead the way. After passing the pavilion, I found some Panax notoginseng growing among the flowers. Panax notoginseng is a precious Chinese herbal medicine that has the effects of dispersing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and relieving pain. So I couldn't help but dig a few plants..."
Xiao Hanye suddenly interrupted her: "Second brother, Sixth sister, if you have evidence, please bring it out. Don't just arbitrarily convict people based on your imagination. In today's incident, Seventh Brother's reputation was damaged, and the princess and I almost died. If you can't find out the truth, I will never let it go!"
Today we will settle all new and old grudges.
As soon as he said this, Qin Qi immediately stood up and said, "We in the General's Mansion will never let this go. If someone dares to frame my husband, then he must be able to bear it all!"
She came to Xiao Yihang and helped him up.
Xiao Yihang's head was still a little dizzy at this time, and he was very angry. Damn it, it was not enough to get hit once, he had to get hit twice. It was so embarrassing!
The Eighth Princess also slammed the table angrily: "Please ask Father to send someone to investigate and seek justice for Seventh Brother!"
The emperor's eyebrows jumped when he heard this. Today was his birthday. Who was so blind? He said word by word, "Master Yao, go check for me!"
The queen was always observant of the emperor's words and expressions. She sensed the emperor's anger and immediately said gently, "Your Majesty's body is precious. Don't get angry. Drink some tea!"
As he spoke, Jiang Shou immediately asked the eunuch to bring up a new cup.
Yao Wenhong was very efficient and soon a thin eunuch was brought up.
Yao Wenhong walked towards the young eunuch, took out a pearl earring from his arms, and said quietly: "I want to ask you, where did you get this earring? If you dare to tell a lie, I will send you to the Dali Temple. The Dali Temple has just developed a torture called "Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers"."
"The Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers is not a female dance, but a process of placing the prisoner in a thorny iron pear flower. As the iron pear flower turns, the prisoner will repeatedly roll in thousands of steel nails, with blood spurting out through the pinholes of the iron pear flower, blooming like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers."
Everyone felt their scalps tingling after hearing this. The tortures in the Dali Temple were visible to all, and any one of them was enough to make people live a life worse than death.
Chu Nanyue looked at the earrings in Yao Wenhong's hand, her face changed, and she hurriedly touched her ears.
It really is hers.
She was very sure that it was still there when she was in the side hall, so it must have been dropped when she was digging Sanqi...
But she heard the thin eunuch say: "My Lord, I found this on the way to the side hall. I was greedy for money, so I didn't report it. Please spare my life!"
Jiang Wanyan saw Chu Nanyue's actions and her eyes fell on her asymmetrical ears. She deliberately asked in surprise: "Princess Yan, where are your earrings? Could it be the one in Lord Yao's hand?"
"What is the future Princess Yan doing in the side hall?" The fifth princess' eyes also lit up.
As soon as the two finished speaking, everyone immediately turned their attention to Chu Nanyue.
What was the future Princess Yan doing in the side hall? Could it be that she still liked Prince Ning? She couldn't bear to see Prince Ning do any good, so she first framed Shen Meng'er, and now, she used the same trick again to frame Su Xi.
The look in the eyes of the future Princess Yan is a little unpleasant. Everyone can see how good the Prince of Yan is to her, but she still likes the Prince of Ning. Therefore, everyone looks at the Prince of Yan with some sympathy.
Although Xiao Hanye looked normal, his eyes were very dark.
Yao Wenhong looked at Chu Nanyue and asked, "Excuse me, Princess Yan, are these earrings yours?"
Chu Nanyue answered truthfully: "It's mine!"
Yao Wenhong continued to ask: "Then may I ask what you are doing in the side hall?"
Chu Nanyue said calmly, "I didn't go to the side hall. This earring must have fallen when I was digging for Sanqi in the pavilion!"
Yao Wenhong did not give up, and said sternly: "Since the future Princess Yan does not tell the truth, then please accompany me to the Dali Temple."
As long as we go to the Dali Temple, there is no need to worry that she will not confess!
Jiang Wanyan raised the corners of her lips. She wished Yao Wenhong could poke hundreds of holes in Chu Nanyue's body, and it would be best if he could use the "Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers" torture on her. If her body was ruined, would King Yan still like her?
The fifth and sixth princesses said in unison: "Yes, take her to the Ministry of Justice. We are not afraid that she will not tell the truth!"
Xiao Jun'an glanced at him indifferently and smiled lightly.
Sure enough, the next second, he heard two screams. Looking up, he saw that both the Fifth Princess and the Sixth Princess had blood marks on their faces.
After a while, Prince Ning finally came to his senses and said angrily, "How dare Fourth Brother hurt someone?"
Xiao Hanye didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "They both spoke evil words and wantonly slandered my princess, so I only gave them a slight punishment!"
The Queen narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "It was just a verbal dispute. In front of Your Majesty, the Prince of Yan dared to use such a heavy hand. He really doesn't take Your Majesty seriously at all!"
Xiao Hanye raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and saw that he was staring at him with a frown. He slowly raised the corners of his lips and smiled, "My mother's ability to confuse people is getting better and better. If you have this ability, you might as well spend some time disciplining the Sixth Princess. A girl has repeatedly used dirty tricks to frame my Seventh Brother and the Princess. Do you really think that I am dead?"
Of course he knew that the Sixth Princess was the instigator this time, as well as last time.
This time, he will never let her go.
The Queen was choked by Xiao Hanye and was speechless. How could she not know that this was the Sixth Princess's plan? She was so stupid as to frame Su Xi, but she was her biological daughter. What could she do even if she was angry? She could only think of ways to protect her, so she sent Rong Mama to deal with the aftermath at the first moment. She found Chu Nanyue's earrings behind the pavilion and quietly threw them on the road leading to the side hall...
Xiao Hanye glanced at the Queen and clapped his hands. Immediately, the Imperial Guards rushed in, escorting two eunuchs, one tall and one short.
When the fifth and sixth princesses saw who was coming up, they almost lost their balance.
It turned out that they were the two eunuchs they sent to frame Xiao Yihang and Chu Nanyue.
When Xiao Tao saw the tall eunuch clearly, she immediately ran over and shouted, "You were the one who knocked me unconscious and threw me into the lake. If I wasn't lucky, I would have been drowned by you!"
As she said this, she pounced on him and prepared to bite him.
She was scared to death. Although this was a plan of her prince and princess, she almost lost her life in the palace.
Only when she was coldly shouted at by the Royal Guards did she stop unwillingly.
Leng Jiu's mouth twitched again. The little servant looked very well-behaved, but sometimes she was a real tiger!
Yao Wenhong asked, "You were knocked unconscious at the time, how could you still recognize him?"
Xiao Tao looked at him as if he were a fool and replied, "Before I knocked him out, I looked back at him!"
Yao Wenhong asked again: "Is there any evidence?"
Chu Nanyue smiled: "Master Yao, can you ask that thin eunuch if he has any evidence that he picked up my princess' earrings on the way to the side hall?"
Yao Wenhong choked.
The emperor's eyebrows also twitched when he heard this.
Just when Xiao Tao had nothing to say, a cold voice came from outside the hall.
"I have proof!"
The sound is clear but powerful.
The person who came was Su Xi, one of the parties involved.
At this time, she had changed her clothes. She had clearly done something shameful in public and should have fallen into the dust, but she stood tall and straight, giving people a feeling of awe-inspiring pride.
King Ning still didn't want to give up on her. He narrowed his eyes and walked over with big strides: "Xi'er, you are the victim, you don't have to come. This king will definitely seek justice for you!"
Su Xi smiled faintly, slightly moved away to avoid his touch, and said something that was even more repellent: "Prince Ning, please respect yourself. Su Xi is already a fallen woman!"
Looking at Su Xi's coldness, Chu Nanyue felt a little sorry for her. Although she didn't care about these false reputations, Su Xi was a woman of this feudal dynasty. How important was reputation to her?
She couldn't help wondering if she had used the wrong method. But there was no turning back now, so she asked, "Does the princess have any evidence?"
Su Xi nodded to her, then looked at Yao Wenhong: "When he knocked me unconscious, I secretly hit him with a palm. If I'm not mistaken, there should be a red palm print on the left side of his chest!"
Leng Jiu immediately stepped forward and pulled open the tall eunuch's shirt. Sure enough, there was a red palm print on the left side of his chest, which was exactly the same size as Su Xi's right palm.
Su Xi smiled bitterly: "Who ordered you to do this? Why did you frame me?"
Chu Nanyue sneered: "I'm afraid they originally wanted to frame me, but I left halfway due to abdominal pain, so they mistook the princess for me!"
Xiao Hanye said sinisterly, "Will you two confess yourselves or will I do it for you? The methods used by Prince Yan's Mansion are no less than those of the Dali Temple!"
"Slave...slave will confess himself!"
Everyone knows that Prince Yan treats lingchi as a hobby. He once lingchied a spy in the street. Compared with the notorious Dali Temple, Prince Yan is even more notorious.
The two of them looked at the Queen, then looked at the Sixth Princess, hesitatingly saying, "Reply...Prince Yan, it is..."
The Sixth Princess was so frightened that her face turned pale. She instinctively grabbed the Queen's clothes...
At this time, Rong Mama appeared in time, nodded to the queen, and suddenly cursed loudly: "You dog servant didn't do your job properly and did something to harm your master. You are really tired of living. It's not a pity to die a hundred times!"
The two eunuchs were stunned for a moment, then they saw the two different bracelets in her hands and changed their words: "It was the Fifth Princess who ordered it!"