Chapter 680 Because she was unfaithful

Shen Wantang wiped the rain off his face and said softly, "It's nothing, just a little rain. You don't need to blame yourself. Husband and wife share weal and woe. This matter was originally caused by me, and it would be hard for me to bear the punishment alone."

"No, it was indeed my fault that you were dragged into this. If you hadn't married me, you wouldn't have suffered like this."

"That's hard to say. If I didn't marry you, I wouldn't have to suffer like this, but if I married someone else, I might suffer other kinds of suffering. If I marry you, at least you know how to cherish me, don't you?"

Gu Qianhan was heartbroken and filled with guilt. Just as he was about to say something, he heard a series of clapping sounds coming from above.

"Very well, I'll give you two a little punishment, and now you're starting to pour out your hearts to each other!"

Shen Wantang snapped out of her daze and saw the bright yellow robe under the eaves. She immediately knelt down and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"

Seeing her kneeling in the rain, prostrate on the ground, her eyes bloodshot, Gu Qianhan looked up at the emperor standing on the high steps and said, "Your Majesty, I was the one who injured Prince Xiao, and I should be the one punished. Why is Your Majesty punishing my wife who was injured by Prince Xiao?!"

"It's because she's not a virtuous woman!"

"What?!"

Shen Wantang never expected to be accused of such a serious crime. She raised her head and said, "I'm innocent, Your Majesty!"

The emperor sneered: "Injustice? I don't think you're innocent at all. Before you married Qianhan, you had an ambiguous relationship with Qingyuan!"

"You have manipulated my two best children. They were once good brothers, but you have turned them into enemies and made them kill each other!"

"Even after you married Qianhan, you still couldn't change your seductive nature. You even secretly corresponded with Qingyuan, deliberately trying to seduce him into competing with Qianhan for you!"

Shen Wantang was stunned. She knew that the emperor liked to frame people, but she never expected that one day she would be accused of being unfaithful to her husband!

Before she could even refute, a letter was thrown in her face.

When she unfolded it, she found it was a letter written to Xiao Qingyuan, imitating her handwriting and tone.

The letter was full of her admiration and respect for Xiao Qingyuan, but also contained a few complaints and dissatisfaction with Gu Qianhan. The image of a vixen who did not uphold the virtues of a wife was vividly portrayed on the page!

The letter was quickly soaked by the rain, and the handwriting began to become blurred. Shen Wantang wanted to laugh. The emperor's tricks were really clumsy!

If this were truly a letter she wrote to Xiao Qingyuan, such crucial evidence, would the emperor simply toss it over like that, letting the rain destroy it?

Or perhaps the emperor didn't care whether his tricks were clumsy or not, because he held absolute power, he was high above, and he could decide her life or death with a single word. He had even forged a letter, which was already considered giving her face.

Gu Qianhan naturally saw the letter, which was obviously fake, and a hint of mockery appeared in his gaze as he looked at the emperor.

In his previous life, after the Crown Prince ascended the throne and became Emperor, he also forged letters containing accusations of treason against the Duke's family. The entire Gu clan was executed because of that obviously fake letter!

Now that he has been reborn, he has seen the same clumsy method again!

He knew that explanations were pointless. If the emperor said you were guilty, you were guilty, even if you weren't! If the emperor wanted you dead, you had to die, whether you were innocent or not!

He thought that Shen Wantang, who had also been reborn, must have known this as well, which was why she only cried out "I'm innocent" at the beginning and didn't offer any further explanation afterward.

At the head of the table, the emperor's voice, which he loathed, rang out again: "Qianhan, I watched you grow up. I know you are a good child. You were just bewitched by this unfaithful vixen, which is why you hit Qingyuan."

"Qingyuan was also completely bewitched by this woman, which is why he had the idea of ​​kidnapping her. Otherwise, why would the dignified Prince Ning go to kidnap a vixen who was already married?"

"Alright, you've been punished. Let's leave it at that! Go home and don't worry your father and mother."

"Keep this woman in the palace and let the palace maids teach her manners properly. Once she's learned, you can come and take her back."

Gu Qianhan clenched her fists tightly.

By blaming all the blame on Shen Wantang and then detaining her alone in the palace to torture her, the emperor clearly didn't dare to target him and his father. Instead, he seized the opportunity to target Shen Wantang!

The emperor didn't actually want to avenge Xiao Qingyuan; he wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the Duke's Mansion!

Shen Wantang, who had the least background, became the perfect candidate for the emperor to arbitrarily frame and humiliate her!

He suppressed his raging anger and boundless hatred, knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly. This matter is entirely my fault and has nothing to do with my wife."

"During the day, His Majesty told me to kneel down and apologize to Prince Xiao, but I acted impulsively and refused, which hurt His Majesty's feelings and angered him."

"Now, I understand Your Majesty's good intentions. I know I was wrong. I am willing to kneel down and apologize to Prince Xiao. I beg Your Majesty to let my wife go home."

"I have made a mistake and I will take responsibility for it myself. If my wife is to take the blame for me, then I am not worthy of being a human being. I beg Your Majesty to give me a chance to be a human being."

The emperor snorted coldly: "I see you are stubbornly clinging to your delusions! Even at a time like this, you are still speaking up for her. Do you know that she is about to cuckold you?! What an upright and intelligent young man you were, how did you become so corrupt and muddle-headed after marrying such a vixen!"

Gu Qianhan remained kneeling, saying, "Your Majesty's lesson is etched in my mind."

"Now that you've memorized it, why don't you hurry home?"

The Crown Prince appeared behind Gu Qianhan and Shen Wantang without them noticing. He had already stepped down from the sedan chair and was standing under the umbrella: "Qianhan, get up quickly. The ground is cold and wet. If you kneel down again, will you even want your legs? Your father really cares about you. Don't make your father angry again."

Gu Qianhan remained kneeling, knowing that the Crown Prince wasn't concerned about his legs; he was deliberately reminding and provoking him that if Shen Wantang knelt here all night, his legs would be ruined.

Since bowing down and admitting defeat is useless, he doesn't mind provoking the emperor and the crown prince!

He was about to speak when a cold, stern voice came from behind him: "This old minister greets Your Majesty!"

Gu Qianhan didn't need to turn around to know that it was his father, Gu Rongchang, who had arrived.

Gu Rongchang had never come when he was summoned to the palace for punishment before, but he came today. It seems he came specifically to rescue Shen Wantang.

Before the emperor could speak, Gu Rongchang rebuked Gu Qianhan and Shen Wantang with displeasure: "What are you two doing kneeling here so late at night? You're an eyesore! You've delayed the emperor's bedtime, can you take responsibility for that? Get up now and go home!"