Chapter 289: Making up a story and refusing to admit guilt
As soon as Li Tianzhuo said this, the whole audience was boiling.
Everyone knows that Miss Min is the most noble daughter of Yuncheng.
He is well-educated, well-mannered and has an extraordinary appearance.
Even a prostitute might not bother to do such a thing as drugging a man and having sex with him, so how could the daughter of the Min family... ?
Everyone was talking about it and the whole place was in an uproar.
Yuan Gu's face turned pale, and he was already cursing Min Nanqiu's ancestors in his heart.
Such a useless thing, no wonder King Changle looks down on her!
More likely to cause trouble than accomplish anything!
Beads of sweat rolled down the forehead of Minister Min, and his palms were wet with sweat.
If you look closely, you'll notice that his legs are starting to tremble slightly.
That unfilial daughter kept promising that she would be successful and could bring her whole family to prosper, but she had only been in Changle Palace for three or five days and might not even be familiar with the road, but she had already committed such a foolish thing!
He sighed, hoping that the evil girl could distance herself from the Min family and stop bringing trouble to her family.
The more you fear something, the more likely it will come to happen.
Li Tianzhuo's eagle-like eyes had already fallen on the Minister of the Central Secretariat.
"Master Min, you really raised a good daughter!"
"Not only did he drug me and try to do something illegal, but he also learned Bei Xuan's secret technique of disguise from somewhere and entered the palace under someone else's name."
"This ability is truly beyond even the reach of this king!"
As he spoke, he clapped sarcastically.
Upon hearing that there were people from other countries involved, the emperor and his ministers had to take it seriously.
"Actually, I think these things were not done by Miss Min alone. She is just a weak woman after all."
"She told me that the Beixuan stranger who helped her disguise herself was found for her by Young Marquis Yuan."
"On the evening of the fifth day, my secret guards also saw Young Marquis Yuan and Miss Min disguised as the maid going in and out together at the pawnshop."
"Young Marquis, I wonder if you can give me a reasonable explanation?"
Li Tianzhuo called out the names one by one, and now it was Yuan Gu's turn.
Although Yuan Gu's heart was in turmoil, his expression remained calm.
He smiled politely at Li Tianzhuo.
"Your Highness, your words make perfect sense, but these are just your words. How can you convince others?"
Sure enough, as soon as he said this, people who were usually very close to him expressed their dissatisfaction.
Li Tianzhuo forgave their rudeness.
"Okay, if you don't believe what I said, I will ask them to come and tell you."
"Xiu Ming——"
He shouted loudly outside the hall.
The sound carries inner strength and has great penetrating power.
The word "Xiu Ming" was heard clearly by everyone outside the palace without the eunuchs having to pass on the message.
Xiu Ming hurriedly brought a few people in.
"My Lord, the person has been brought here!"
He was extremely fast and efficient.
After all, Min Nanqiu was a lady from a wealthy family. She had seen many big scenes and had been to the palace with her father countless times.
But Nanny Lin was just an old country woman. She was extremely curious about everything in the palace and looked here and there.
Soon, his eyes met Yuan Gu's unconsciously.
Yuan Gu's eyes seemed to be on fire as he glared at her.
Nanny Lin was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head.
Xiu Ming, who was standing by, saw this and reminded them loudly, "Don't be afraid of him. Your Majesty, the prince, and the officials, just answer them truthfully."
As he spoke, he made a face at Yuan Gu under the gaze of Nanny Lin.
Nanny Lin looked up at the tall Xiu Ming and suddenly felt safe.
She sighed again, she had made the right decision to follow the Prince of Changle!
The two men repeated in the hall what they had said in the palace.
Li Tianzhuo was also observing Yuan Gu's expression. He was a little worried at first, but in the end he simply disdained to listen.
It was as if the person they were talking about was not themselves.
That calm and composed look was very much like the turtle in the lotus pond outside.
Even Li Tianzhuo couldn't help but sigh that he had a strong ability to withstand setbacks.
As expected, he and Ningning come from the same master!
Whether it was Min Nanqiu's words or Nanny Lin's words, everything pointed to Yuan Gu. While Emperor Nan Xin was listening, he was also doing self-analysis in his mind.
He had heard that this Young Marquis Yuan and Princess Dongji were from the same school, and that the young Marquis seemed to have great admiration for her.
As Li Tianzhuo's father, Emperor Nan Xin reasonably suspected that his son deliberately found someone to frame him in order to get rid of this love rival.
But Min Nanqiu spoke with tears in her eyes, and after today's incident, her reputation and life were in danger.
Emperor Nan Xin felt that it didn’t seem fake.
"Yuan Gu, Min Nanqiu also pointed out that you were the one who instigated everything behind the scenes. You were also the one who introduced the Beixun person who knew how to disguise herself to her."
"Besides, Nanny Lin also said that it was you who sent Min Nanqiu, who was disguised as Yao Bier, to the dental clinic."
"What explanation do you have for this matter?!"
Yuan Gu bowed and stepped out of the line, sighing silently three times as if he had suffered a great injustice.
"If your majesty says that I am wrong, then it is true that I am wrong."
"My biggest mistake is that I am too kind-hearted and help everyone."
He sniffed, as if he was about to cry.
Min Nanqiu and Nanny Lin looked at him suspiciously.
Li Tianzhuo and Xiu Ming also seemed to be waiting to see the show.
They wanted to see what kind of show Yuan Gu could put on!
He knelt down, bowed deeply, and began to tell a story.
"Your Majesty, I am walking on the street with my servants on the fifth night of the lunar year. I saw a poor woman named Yao Bier, who was covered in dust."
"The girl said that her family had no food and could not survive, so she wanted to sell herself into slavery."
"But I have too many servants in my house, so there is no need to buy another one. I kindly sent her to the pawnshop and handed her over to Nanny Lin."
At this point, he glanced at Nanny Lin again and continued to cry pitifully:
"Madam Lin, you can't lie. Does the person I sent that day look the same as Miss Min in front of the palace today?"
After saying this, he stared at Nanny Lin with murderous eyes.
Nanny Lin was frightened and shuddered.
Even if he didn't threaten me, what he said was true.
"Your Majesty, it is true that the person I saw that day was the slave girl Yao Bier."
"It was early yesterday morning when the prince invited the old woman to his palace. The old woman accidentally cut Yao Bier's face, which revealed that she was not the real Yao Bier."
Li Tianzhuo nodded to indicate that what Nanny Lin said was not false at all.
Min Nanqiu looked at Yuan Gu, who refused to admit it no matter how hard he was beaten, and anger burned in his heart. He wished he could pounce on him and strangle him to death right now.
If I hadn't been instigated by him and believed his lies, I wouldn't have fallen from a rich lady to a shameless slut!
He deserves to die!
"Oh, Young Marquis Yuan, you are really good at making up stories!"
Min Nanqiu sneered and stared at him with murderous eyes.
"Then tell me, I don't even know a few people from Nanxun, so how can I know the people from Beixun who are good at disguise?"
Yuan Gu directly returned this sentence to Min Nanqiu, who asked back in confusion:
"If you don't even know him, how can I know him?!"
It was a truly thrilling confrontation.
Li Tianzhuo looked somewhat excited.
"Young Marquis Yuan really won't cry until he sees the coffin!"
"Old Marquis, what do you think?"
After drinking all night and crying silently in his heart, Li Tianzhuo's voice became slightly hoarse, just like the night wind in late autumn blowing through the leaves.
His eyes, as black as obsidian, were like a bottomless ocean. He looked at the Yuan father and son with a smile.
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