Hearing this, Tang Youyou stood still on the spot. She had just recovered from her wounds, but now she was being slandered.
It seemed that this person was determined to leave her no way out. Looking at the crocodile tears streaming down her face, Tang Youyou was itching to give her a good slap.
"Concubine Wen, when you speak, you must present evidence. That time in the Cool Palace, you slandered me for murder. Now you're slandering my innocence. How much of what you say can be trusted?"
This was truly what was on her mind. This woman never thought before she spoke. She said whatever came to her mind, and what was worse, there was always someone ready to back her up.
It was a pity for Su Nian'e. She had done all the hard work but ended up making wedding clothes for others. One could only say that she was stupid.
Wen Ruxue wiped the tears from her face. She cast a tender glance at Rong Xun, then looked at Tang Youyou with feigned concern.
"Your Majesty the Queen, you are a paragon of grace and beauty. Naturally, your humble sister believes in you. But in this harem, everyone is spreading rumors. Things like this, if spread long enough, might become the truth..."
She left her sentence unfinished. Only then did Tang Youyou notice that Rong Xun, who had been sitting beside her, had come up to Wen Ruxue.
He grabbed Wen Ruxue's chin with his big hand, forcing her to shut up. His scarlet eyes stared fixedly at this woman, making her tremble with fear.
For the first time, Tang Youyou thought Rong Xun was extremely manly. It seemed that only a villain could subdue another villain. To deal with Wen Ruxue, they needed a big bad like Rong Xun.
But in the blink of an eye, two more concubines appeared at the door. These two concubines were strangers to Tang Youyou. She looked at Rong Xun, feeling rather puzzled.
But Rong Xun subconsciously avoided her gaze and then flung Wen Ruxue's face away.
After the suffocating feeling disappeared, Wen Ruxue quickly stood up again. At this moment, she seemed a bit more well - behaved.
She casually glanced at the two concubines in the distance and a sly smile appeared on her lips, as if she had been waiting for this moment.
These two concubines had been forced upon Rong Xun by court officials a few days ago. They claimed it was because there were too few concubines in the palace, which was detrimental to the succession of the imperial heir. But in fact, it was just a way to place more constraints and surveillance on Rong Xun.
However, given Rong Xun's personality, if he really didn't want them, even if a knife was held to his throat, he wouldn't accept them.
Who could force him to expand his harem again?
Seeing Rong Xun's anger, the two concubines quickly knelt down. They said timidly, "Your Majesty the Emperor, may you enjoy boundless blessings. Your Majesty the Queen, may you enjoy boundless blessings."
Rong Xun casually waved his hand, indicating for them to stand up and speak.
After standing up, the two concubines looked at Tang Youyou on the couch.
The taller concubine said, "Your Majesty, your humble servant, Concubine Li, would like to accuse Her Majesty the Queen of having an affair and causing chaos in the harem."
This girl spoke each word forcefully. If she didn't have full confidence, she probably wouldn't have dared to do so.
After the taller concubine finished speaking, the shorter concubine on the other side slowly spoke up. Her voice trembled, and her whole body was shaking.
"Your Majesty, your humble servant has evidence that can directly prove that Her Majesty the Queen has had an affair."
The shorter concubine took out a blood - stained rag from her sleeve. This rag looked like a piece of bedsheet.
Just as she was about to present it, Su Ningde on the other side waved his whisk and knocked it to the ground.
He raised his voice and screeched in his shrill voice, "How dare you! In front of His Majesty, how could you take out such filthy things!"
Just this one sentence scared the shorter girl into tears. She sobbed and said, "Your Majesty, this is what your humble servant saw in the Bright Zhen Hall a few days ago after Her Majesty the Queen had an intimate encounter with a man there."
Hearing this, Rong Xun just glanced at the rag on the ground. Although his expression remained unchanged, he sneered inwardly.
What was most precious to his wife was also precious to him, but he had no idea where this filthy thing came from.
Moreover, he had already had Tang Youyou before, and now there was a child in her womb.
"So, what else did you see? Can you tell me the details of what you saw?"
These words were spoken by Tang Youyou. She just wanted to hear what else Wen Ruxue could fabricate to frame her.
Hearing this, the girl's face changed slightly, and then she began to tell her story.
"That day, your humble servant saw Her Majesty the Queen rowing a boat alone to the Bright Zhen Hall. Your humble servant was afraid that Her Majesty the Queen might be in danger, so she followed her there."
"Then, Her Majesty the Queen and that man ate a lot of things. Strangely enough, that man was wearing iron chains, as if he had been deliberately chained there."
"Your humble servant was even more worried. But after a while, the two of them started to be intimate. That man even said some filthy words. It was really disgusting."
"After a short while of intimacy, they had sex. They were so engrossed that they seemed to have forgotten the world. Your humble servant even saw Her Majesty the Queen's red mandarin duck bellyband hanging on that brute's belt."
At this point, she glanced at Wen Ruxue and then added, "And this incident happened a month ago. That day, Her Majesty the Queen seemed to be sick and shed a lot of blood."
Hearing this, Rong Xun took another look at the thing on the ground. He seemed to understand now what this thing meant in their mouths.
That was to say, a month ago, this person saw the Queen having an affair and losing her child, which was why she shed blood.
But now, Tang Youyou was inexplicably pregnant again, which was the same situation as what he had seen at the entrance of the Bright Zhen Hall a few days ago.
After all, when he asked Tang Youyou at that time, she had told him that she wasn't pregnant. But when he saw her looking for Rong Jiangyu again, she kept asking about the child there.
It seemed that Tang Youyou might have lied to him.
Rong Xun suddenly felt a splitting headache. He looked at the people in front of him, not knowing what to say or who to believe.
If Tang Youyou hadn't deceived him back then, he might have unhesitatingly believed in her. But now he wasn't sure.
If this incident was true, then his child had been defiled and killed by that brute Rong Jiangyu a month ago.
If this was the truth, he would never forgive Rong Jiangyu, nor would he let Tang Youyou off!
He took a deep breath, looked at the two girls, and said calmly, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly. You two go to the Household Department to give your testimonies. Everything will soon come to light."
After saying this, the two concubines present left, while Wen Ruxue still pretended to be worried. "Your Majesty the Queen, you should still take good care of your body."