Madam Zheng was kneeling on the ground, crying with snot and tears streaming down her face. However, her appearance failed to arouse others' sympathy. Instead, people silently took a few steps back.
"My lady usually goes out late. But as soon as I entered the palace, I was forcibly taken away by this man. All this was forced on me by him. I beg Your Majesty to seek justice for me!"
Madam Zheng now knew that this guard stammered. As long as he was not given a chance to speak, there might still be a chance to turn the situation around. He was just a low - ranking guard, and it would be his fortune to take the blame for her.
"Bu...Bu..." The guard was eager to explain, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence. He was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. This wasn't the case. This woman was lying!
He was the one who had been forced!
"Your Majesty, I believe my mother is innocent. Please make a thorough investigation," the two Zheng sisters also knelt down. Now this was the only way, to shift the blame onto this guard.
"Your Majesty, my mother and father grew up together as childhood sweethearts. How could mother ever betray father?" This was when the eldest Miss Zheng came in handy. She was crying so pitifully and looked so frail that it quickly stirred the sympathy of the men present.
They couldn't help but believe what the eldest Miss Zheng said. Right, childhood sweethearts who had grown up together had such a deep affection for each other. How could there be betrayal? It was obvious that someone was framing them.
"So what if they're childhood sweethearts? Does that mean there must be love? How many childhood sweethearts in the capital city actually end up together?" Mu Fengqie laughed as she watched the eldest Miss Zheng crying and trying to gain sympathy.
She thought the eldest Miss Zheng might have some good ideas to help Madam Zheng get out of this mess. But in the end, it was still the same old trick, no creativity at all.
The people in the hall thought it made sense. How many people in the world were truly in love? The eldest Miss Zheng must be really stupid. They would never agree to marry such a woman. But it would be okay if she became a concubine.
The eldest Miss Zheng was initially smug, thinking that people had believed her words. But unexpectedly, Mu Fengqie's words directly refuted hers.
The eldest Miss Zheng wanted to retort but didn't know what to say. She was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead. Damn it! Why did this Mu Fengqie always haunt her and oppose her?
"Your Majesty, we can't just listen to Madam Zheng's one - sided story. We should also listen to the other person's explanation," Yuan Yuhan had watched the drama for a long time. After receiving a look from Jing Xinche, he spoke up.
"Your Majesty, every word I said is true. Please punish this man quickly," Madam Zheng panicked. She must never let this man speak.
"Why is Madam Zheng in such a hurry? If you're telling the truth, we'll surely seek justice for you. Or, is Madam Zheng lying?" Yuan Yuhan looked at Madam Zheng with undisguised disgust in his eyes.
"I'm not!" Madam Zheng's lips were trembling. Her hands and feet were cold and weak.
"I think what the Regent said makes sense. Let this guard have his say. We don't want to misunderstand an innocent person in the end," the King of the Grassland said leisurely.
If he hadn't spoken, Yuan Yuchuan would have really forgotten about him. "I'm afraid I've made the King of the Grassland laugh. How about the King go back and rest for a while?" The meaning of driving him away was quite obvious.
Unfortunately, the King of the Grassland seemed not to understand. "Your Majesty of the Qin Dynasty need not worry about me. I'm not tired."
Who's worried about you? I'm going to handle this matter. Aren't you ashamed to stay here as an outsider?
However, Yuan Yuchuan didn't say anything. He just darkened his face.
"Speak."
The guard took a few deep breaths to calm himself down and stop being so nervous.
"Your Majesty...she...she's lying..." The guard slowly told the whole story.
It turned out that he was on his way back to his post after using the toilet when he was suddenly knocked out from behind. When he woke up, he felt a person lying on top of him.
He tried to push her away, but he was weak all over because he had been drugged. And the woman was so strong that she pinned him down and...
People around him sighed. It was really embarrassing for a man to be in such a situation.
"No, Your Majesty. This man is lying. It's not like this," Madam Zheng explained anxiously. But they each insisted on their own version, and people didn't know whom to believe.
"Your Majesty, the guard said he was knocked out. We can just call the imperial physician to check and see if it's true," Mu Fengqie believed the guard was telling the truth. Don't ask why. It was just her intuition.
Generally, if someone was knocked out from the back of the head, there would be a bump. The truth could be easily verified.
Before the imperial physician arrived, the eldest Miss Zheng accidentally lost her balance while kneeling and toppled the second Miss Zheng. Coincidentally, the second Miss Zheng was beside the guard. The guard was hit hard by the second Miss Zheng and fell to the ground. Unfortunately, he hit the back of his head again.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I didn't do it on purpose. I just had no strength and couldn't kneel steadily for a moment. Please forgive me," the eldest Miss Zheng knelt down nervously.
But secretly, she let out a sigh of relief. The deed was done.
Mu Fengqie saw what the eldest Miss Zheng had done. It seemed that the eldest Miss Zheng was not completely stupid.
Soon the imperial physician came. After examining the guard, he reached a conclusion.
"Your Majesty, this guard did suffer a blow to the back of his head. But the injury was just caused, not some time ago."
Hearing this, Madam Zheng immediately relaxed. Fortunately, her life was saved.
The guard wanted to argue, but the eldest Miss Zheng and Madam Zheng didn't give him a chance to speak. They blocked all his ways out.
"Your Majesty, this guard must have been instigated by villains to do this. Please make a fair judgment," the eldest Miss Zheng said so movingly.
Yuan Yuchuan thought the matter should end like this, so he quickly convicted the guard.
Kill him and throw his body out.
No one objected to this result. They just knew the truth in their hearts.
Mu Fengqie glanced at Jing Xinche. Jing Xinche nodded and quietly moved his fingers.
Mu Fengqie knew the guard was telling the truth. But there was no solid evidence for now, so they could only save his life first.