Chapter 59 Do you still want to slander the truth?
Jun Liluo looked at Song Yunchu's calm appearance, and a very slight curve appeared at the corner of his lips.
Song Yunchu really did not disappoint him.
"I was discussing matters with my uncle in the imperial study room when someone suddenly came to report that the princess of Beichen Country had entered your room, Yun Chu. After that, you closed the door, and a man and a woman were alone in the same room."
As soon as Jun Liluo finished speaking, Song Yunchu's eyes widened. "Your Majesty actually received such news? This is ridiculous! This person must be trying to frame me for being disloyal and unjust. Your Majesty, please understand clearly."
"Your Majesty, I was the one who was alone with Lord Song. Lord Song is an excellent chess player, and I know I cannot beat him, so I asked him for guidance. I closed the door just to block out the noise outside so that I could concentrate more during the game. I don't know how others spread the rumor that Lord Song and the princess were having a secret meeting? It's unbelievable."
Jiang Rumin's tone was somewhat indignant. "If there really was something going on between the princess and Lord Song, how could I, the future mistress of the Prime Minister's Mansion, sit idly by and watch? I can see very clearly that there is nothing going on between them."
Jun Liluo nodded and said to Song Yunchu: "Don't worry, Yunchu, I will take care of this matter for you."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and glanced at everyone, his tone cold, "Who was the one who spread the message just now?"
At the same time, Jiang Rumin looked at Jun Tianyi, and Jun Tianyi was also looking at her. When their eyes met, Jun Tianyi read the anger and disappointment in her eyes.
His heart sank and he subconsciously avoided her sight, not daring to look Jiang Rumin in the eye.
Song Yunchu did not fall into the trap, most likely because he realized that there was something wrong with the medicine.
The spy saw Song Yunchu drinking the medicine with his own eyes, and there was nothing wrong with the incense on the princess's clothes.
It is impossible for a person who has been drugged to have no reaction to someone who has been drugged by incense. If Song Yunchu really drank the drug but was still sober, there is only one possibility -
Induce vomiting as soon as possible after drinking the medicine. Rumin is proficient in medicine. She can give Song Yunchu a dose of emetic medicine and Song Yunchu will vomit everything.
Therefore, Song Yunchu deliberately got intimate with the princess and then closed the door, just to put on a show for his people and make them think that he had fallen into the trap without knowing it.
Really cunning!
This bastard actually persuaded Rumin to help. The way Rumin looked at him just now... was she resenting him for taking advantage of her?
He didn't want her to be involved in these grudges, so he kept it from her. He thought that as long as she didn't know, it wouldn't affect their relationship.
He also sincerely wanted Jiang Rumin to return to him, but Jiang Rumin was now obviously trying to help Song Yunchu. Was she trying to deliberately anger him and take revenge on him?
She knew that staying with the thief Song would only bring endless troubles!
Under Jun Liluo's cold questioning, a young eunuch in the crowd knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, I really saw the Princess of Beichen enter Lord Song's room! How dare I lie to Your Majesty? I am definitely not the only one who saw the Princess appear in this Imperial Hospital!"
"The princess did show up, but she only came to give me elixirs to express her gratitude."
Song Yunchu took over the conversation calmly, "She left after delivering the medicine. After all, I saved the princess' life, and the princess sent the medicine just to repay her kindness. But in your eyes, it became a private affair with me? Why are you trying to smear the reputation of me and the princess like this?"
"This...I clearly saw you close the door with my own eyes!"
The young eunuch was really surprised about the replacement of people in the room.
He clearly saw Prime Minister Song hugging the princess, and he looked distraught when he closed the door. How was it possible that nothing happened?
In order to ensure the success of slandering Prime Minister Song, he also specifically told several palace servants nearby about the fact that Prime Minister Song and the princess were alone together, and asked them to go to the courtyard and watch the door. In this way, even if the princess was conscious and ran out, Prime Minister Song, as a Chinese medicine expert, would not be able to maintain much rationality.
The scene that might appear at that time is - the princess runs away in dishevel, and Prime Minister Song chases her madly, and everyone in the courtyard can become a witness.
If the princess liked Prime Minister Song enough, she might not run away. On impulse, the two of them would have made a fait accompli and then let the emperor come and catch them on the spot.
No matter which situation happens, Song Yunchu is a sinner.
But the third situation was what he didn't expect. Song Yunchu was fully awake and the princess was nowhere to be seen.
"You still want to slander me even now. Do you really not take His Majesty seriously?"
Song Yunchu sneered and glanced at the eunuchs and palace maids beside him. "You look very unfamiliar to me. Did you come with His Majesty? Did you believe some slander and squat outside the door early to see me make a fool of myself? Tell me, besides this eunuch, who else can prove that the princess and I were in the same room?"
Under Song Yunchu's sharp gaze, several people trembled and knelt down.
"Master Song, please don't misunderstand! I didn't see what happened before the door was closed. It was Xiao Fuzi who told me that Master Song and the princess were alone together. She asked me to call a few people to the courtyard to watch over them while he went to report to His Majesty."
"Yes, yes, it was Xiao Fuzi who spread the rumors. He was the one who slandered Lord Song! He spoke as if it were the truth, and even mentioned His Majesty in his words, asking us to keep an eye on Lord Song for His Majesty. That's why we are standing outside watching over this door."
Song Yunchu was very satisfied with their answers and said slowly, "So, your eyes never left this door, right?"
Regardless of whether these people were really just there to watch the fun, or whether Jun Tianyi had spies there, at this moment, they could only put all the blame on Xiao Fuzi who reported the news.
If Shangguan Yun was not present, Jun Tianyi would be helpless. Those palace servants who were watching the fun were probably afraid that she would come after them later, so in order to protect themselves, they had to speak for her unconditionally.
"Master Song is right. We have been watching this door the whole time and no one has ever entered or left. This shows that the person who was alone with Master Song was Miss Jiang from beginning to end."
"Lord Song is getting along with his wife who has not yet married him, but he is slandered by Xiao Fuzi. This person is really despicable!"
Faced with the angry accusations of the crowd, Xiao Fuzi's face turned pale.
Song Yunchu walked slowly in front of him and said, "Xiao Fuzi, I will give you a chance to confess. As long as you tell His Majesty who ordered you to slander me, I may ask His Majesty to give you a lighter sentence."
Xiao Fuzi bit her lip, and a struggle appeared in her eyes.
"If you were coerced or bribed by someone, you might as well speak out." Song Yunchu slowed down his tone and said, "You framed me, which is a serious crime. Think it over carefully. If you want to live, you must tell me everything you know in front of so many people. I promise you that I will never retaliate against you afterwards."
A few feet away, Jun Tianyi's expression remained calm, but his fists under his sleeves were quietly clenched.
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