C15
"Nonsense, I didn't see the imperial edict at all."
Xiao Tianyue calmed herself down, her fury still burning, "Then the imperial edict was definitely destroyed by yourself. You just wanted to use it to frame me and hide the fact that you had a secret meeting with a wild man and even injured me."
This woman had completely inverted black and white. An Su was the one who kicked her into the river, and she had been faint until she was rescued. How could she destroy her imperial edict?
"If I am the one who destroyed the imperial edict, then let me, Ji Huachang, be hit by lightning!"
An Su pointed to the sky and swore. Then she snorted coldly and looked at Xiao Tianyue with anger, “If I want to have an affair with someone, why don't I choose a secluded place but go to the moat bank and strip myself naked for others to see? I'm going to the riverside to enjoy the wind by myself, followed by a large group of servants. How can you tell that it's a man? Third Princess, do you think there's something wrong with my head, or is there something wrong with your eyes? "
Naturally, the imperial edict wasn't destroyed by Xiao Tianyue. It was destroyed by Zhen Zhu, which was ordered by her.
"You're talking nonsense. I didn't destroy your imperial edict. It was An Su who destroyed my face…" Xiao Tianyue stomped her feet in anger and said with a sharp voice, "At that time, everyone had seen it. Father, believe me. I really did not lie. It truly wasn't me who did it. If you don't believe me, ask them. It's really not me. "
"The four of you bullied me and I was forced to retaliate. How could I have known that the whip would be so blind as to land on your face? Besides, didn't the princess injure me as well? "
An Su raised her sleeves, revealing a bloody wound on her snow-white arm, and pointed at her own face, "My face is still swollen. It was made by the Sixth Prince. If the Princess still feels angry, you can destroy my appearance and avenge yourself now or you can ask me to pour tea, kowtow and admit my mistake, or order people to slap me as much as you want again. But, after that, you must pay me back for my imperial edict! "
"The Third Princess wanted to shamelessly make me take the blame for you, but you can't be so vicious. You can’t even kill my entire family after you destroyed my imperial edict. Or else, Princess, you could have ordered the three of them to pay me back. In any case, I just need to get my imperial edict back, no matter who pays. "
Wang, Xie and Wei knelt on the ground with their heads bowed, their cold sweat trickling down. It didn't matter who was the wild man, who hit who, or who ruined who's face. It was all fucking unimportant. The important thing was that the imperial edict was destroyed. And the shrew was actually kicked into the river by them. Just like the shrew said it would be the crime of exterminating the entire clan.
None of them could stand it and none of them could afford it.
As for whether or not the imperial edict was with her, no one could say for sure. But she said it was, what could they do to her? They had followed Shao Feng directly into the palace, but this woman had arrived ahead of them.
Even if they insisted that the imperial edict wasn’t with her, what about the evidence?
Imperial Consort Jing's face turned green. After Ji Huachang was pestering the Emperor, Yue was clearly at a disadvantage. If she had known this earlier, she would not have brought Yue here to seek justice and just let this woman to cause trouble.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been disadvantageous.
Even the Empress Wang stared at Wang Xuanlang fiercely a few times before she retreated silently. She was afraid that she would be also involved in.
Fang Yuan stood beside with the corner of his mouth shaking. Since the founding of Great Ye, no, since ancient times, there had never been a case that an imperial edict was issued in the morning but was destroyed before the noon. This could be considered a fierce story.
The Miss Ji was forcing the princess to compensate her for the imperial edict?
These words were too funny. How could an imperial edict be so easy to remake after being destroyed?
It was the emperor's order. How could this be a game?
Especially since these two people had treated the Tenglong Hall as a casual market and they argued with each other just like that. No one dared to stop because the Emperor didn’t say anything.
Xiao Tianyue's face became pale after hearing what An Su said. At this moment, her eyebrows were slanted inwards and eyes were opened wide, revealing a ferocious look as if she was about to bite someone. "I didn't destroy that. Why should I compensate you? There's clearly a wild man with you and everyone has seen him. How dare you argue?
"You ordered them to kick me into the water."
An Su pointed at Wang and the other two and said angrily, "If they did not kick me into the water, how could my imperial edict be destroyed? The princess kept saying that there was a wild man. Was he Wang Xuanlang, Xie Wentao or Wei Jiaqi? Or was he Shao Feng, Prince Xian or that person who was surnamed Qian? At that time, there were so many men present. Princess, which one of them did I have an affair with? Point out!”
"You … It's a man in white. "
Xiao Tianyue's eyes turned black. She thought and thought again but her mind was only left with a patch of white. She finally recalled that she could not even see that man's face clearly.
An Su then asked, "Wearing white, Wang Xuanlang or that guy surnamed Qian? "
Xiao Tianyue instinctively shook her head, "It's not Wang Xuanlang."
"So it is the man surnamed Qian? Shao Feng, tell everyone. Did I have an affair with the man surnamed Qian? " An Su looked straight at Shao Feng. He wanted to see her acting, but she also wanted to see what he would say.
The emperor finally said with his face darkened, "Shao Feng, tell me. What exactly happened?"
"The Emperor, I only saw Miss Ji being pushed into the river by them. When Miss Ji fell into the water, she was still shouting that the Fourth Young Masters and the Third Princess killed her. At that time, the princess had also fallen into the water. As to whether the princess gave the order, I did not hear it with my own ears.”
Shao Feng stepped forward and cupped his hands, replying respectfully, "As for Master Qian and Miss Ji, the two of them have always maintained a distance and never made any physical contact. At that time the Highness was also present." He had always been on the boat with His Highness to entertain Qian Puti. When he heard the shout and went out to check, he coincidentally saw Ji Huachang being beaten into the water.
Since the Highness asked him to tell truth, he did tell the truth.
However …
Glancing at the additional wounds on An Su's body, he had wanted to add another sentence. Seeing the woman's clear and cold eyes and thinking of what she had said on the pleasure-boat, he didn't know why but his words were mysteriously swallowed back down his throat.
Now that he had realized that his Highness’s eyes were indeed sharp. This woman had actually caused the Third Princess to be so awkward. If not for his persuasion when he entered the palace, perhaps the Sixth Prince would also have rushed in. Based on the current situation, even if he came in, it would not have been good.
But he had helped the Sixth Prince like a good person!
"Your majesty, even though Yue is a delicate and barbaric person, she would never do something so outrageous like this."
Imperial Consort Jing knelt down and said slowly, "According to Ji Huachang’s words, the imperial edict was destroyed when she fell into the water, which means that the imperial edict should have been on her at that time. But she did not say anything or take it out. Otherwise, if Yue had the guts, she would not have dared to make a move, and even more so, they would not have dared to kick her into the river. This matter is definitely a misunderstanding. I hope that the emperor can make a clear observation! " As she spoke, she glanced at Ji Huachang.
That glance was extremely complicated.
"Consort Jing means that the imperial edict was destroyed by me and I used it to frame the Third Princess?" An Su also looked over. She gazed at Imperial Consort Jing with disbelief.
"I only said that it was a misunderstanding and did not say that you destroyed the imperial edict. However, you really did not tell them that you had the imperial edict on you. This is also an indisputable fact. All of you are all at fault for this matter. And I am not biased towards Yue but you have also destroyed her face, haven't you? "
The meaning behind Imperial Consort Jing's words was obvious that she wanted to just let this matter off.