Emperor Jianxi delayed giving the order.
The Crown Princess knelt down and begged, "Your Majesty..." But before she could finish her words, she was stopped by the Crown Prince.
The prince shook his head at her.
The Crown Princess was puzzled.
The next second, Nanny Li beside Zhao Ying suddenly stood up and kowtowed to Emperor Jianxi, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
Emperor Jianxi: "Speak!"
"Your Majesty, my young lady was indeed born in the Year of the Dog, but she wasn't born at the end of the Chou hour, but rather at the third quarter of the Wei hour! Therefore, the evildoer in the stone seal doesn't refer to Miss Qingyue, but someone else!"
"Is this really true?" Emperor Jianxi looked shocked.
The prince standing by was impressed by his father's exaggerated acting skills.
Hu Yanxue refuted, "Impossible! You're lying!"
"How dare this servant lie to the Lord? Besides, it's written on the birth chart. I dare not lie! But I do remember that there is another person in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion who was also born in the year of the dog, and his birth chart records the hour of Chou and the quarter past seven!"
"Who is it?"
"The young lady is two years old this year. Born in the Year of the Dog, she should be fourteen, twenty-six..."
Mrs. Jinghou suddenly thought of something!
Here, Emperor Jianxi asked sternly, "Who is this person?"
Shangguan Shu closed his eyes silently.
Hu Yanxue wanted to stop her but couldn't. Nanny Li spoke faster than her fingers moved, "This person is Princess Hu Yan!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
"Your Majesty! I am not a monster. There must be something wrong with the stone seal!"
The Crown Princess smiled wryly, "You keep saying that the stone seal contains the maxims of heaven and a warning from heaven, how could you be wrong?"
"It couldn't be you..." The Crown Princess suddenly realized, "It was you who deliberately framed Yue'er!"
"You knew you were a demon, yet you pinned that title on Yue'er! Your Majesty! I've always felt that the predictions of Master Yuanzhuang and the Imperial Astronomical Observatory had some flaws, especially after Princess Huaian was harmed... If Yue'er is a demon, then how come the Crown Prince and Princess Chengqian are all right? And yet, Jinghui Temple, far away in the capital, caught fire!"
"If Princess Huyan is the evildoer, then everything makes sense!"
"Princess Huyan has subjugated her own mother, bringing disaster to the Great Chu!"
As soon as the Crown Princess finished speaking, all the officials and their families began to discuss.
"Yes... The Imperial Observatory only said that a demon appeared in the Zhenguo Mansion, but did not specify who it was! Could it be true..."
"Ah! I just remembered that Hu Yanxue was at the same table with the old Duke, and then the old Duke fell ill. Could it be..."
Everyone avoided Hu Yanxue as if she were the plague.
Hu Yanxue was speechless. She was panicked and didn't understand why she was the one who pointed the finger at Shangguan Qingyue, so how could she be the evildoer? "Your Majesty, I'm not an evildoer! I'm not! Someone must have framed me!"
How could Emperor Jianxi listen to her excuses?
He asked Zhao Ying, who had been silent beside him, "Cheng Qian, you are her aunt, I believe you remember her birth chart, but is it Ugly End?"
Zhao Ying nodded and looked at Hu Yanxue worriedly.
"Xue'er, I can't bully you in this kind of situation..."
"It's you! You are the one who slandered me, right? This shrewd slave is your nanny, and you ordered him to do it, right?!" Hu Yanxue rushed towards Zhao Ying hysterically, but was restrained by the guards beside Emperor Jianxi.
She collapsed and yelled, "Your Majesty! I am innocent. I was framed by Zhao Ying!"
However, no one present believed this statement.
Even the Cui and Lin families didn't believe it!
Because who is Zhao Ying?
Zhao Ying is the only legitimate daughter of the current emperor and the apple of the late queen's eye.
Princess Chengqian has never been competitive. You can say she is stupid, but you can never say that she has the intention to harm others, because everyone in the country of Chu knows that Princess Chengqian treats Princess Huaian's children as her own.
Her own child has not yet received a title, yet she lets her husband, who has an ambiguous relationship with Princess Huai'an, request a title for someone else's child... How magnanimous is that?
When Princess Huai'an died, Princess Chengqian even gave away her own daughter.
When Hu Yanxue was conferred a title, Princess Chengqian took care of the event even though she was ill, and even gave her the phoenix hairpin of the late queen!
Even at this moment, when he was slandered by Hu Yanxue, he just looked at her with grief and grief, without saying a word in rebuttal.
What's more, if Zhao Ying framed her, why would she smash the stone seal like a madman?
Upon hearing this, Nanny Li kowtowed and tearfully complained, "Your Majesty, please understand! The princess has always treated Princess Huyan as her own daughter. Even though she was ill, she insisted on hosting Princess Huyan's enthronement banquet!"
"Besides, the strange phenomenon from heaven cannot be faked. If Your Majesty has any doubts, you can torture the people who organized the banquet at the Zhenguo Mansion!"
To prove her innocence, Zhao Ying knelt and swore, "I swear, if what happened today was my fault, I will be despised by my husband and live out my life in solitude!"
Shangguan Shu's tall body shook, and he frowned and looked at Zhao Ying with a deep gaze.
Everyone was shocked. Everyone knew that Princess Chengqian was deeply in love with her husband, so why did she make such a solemn vow?
When Emperor Jianxi saw that everyone forced his daughter to swear in public, his face turned extremely ugly.
Madam Jinghou couldn't stand it any longer and stepped forward to speak for Zhao Ying, "Princess Huyan, how dare you slander your aunt like this? Everyone has seen how she treats you. I think she would rather be the evildoer than you!"
Hu Yanxue didn't know that their deception and concealment in the past had become a knife stabbing her today!
One person came out to speak for Zhao Ying, and several others spoke up for justice, exposing all of Hu Yanxue's disrespectful behavior towards Zhao Ying.
In the end, Emperor Jianxi could no longer hold his temper.
Cheng Qian is his most beloved daughter, how could this barbarian be so rude!
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