Chapter 575 dealt with it.
Lin Changning gently patted Li Mingshu's back: "I'm fine. It's so cold today, and you're not feeling well. Why are you running around like this?"
Li Mingshu clenched her fist and covered her mouth, coughing lightly twice. She had just heard Lin Changqing accusing Lin Changning of being a woman disguised as a man outside the door, and her mind was in turmoil. A metallic taste rose in her throat.
After a moment of silence, swallowing the metallic taste in her mouth, Li Mingshu looked up at the emperor: "Father, what this man said is utter nonsense. I beg you to drag him away immediately and punish him! To falsely accuse a high-ranking official is a crime punishable by death!"
Lin Changqing stared at Li Mingshu with bloodshot eyes: "It's just a matter of verifying one's identity. Does the princess dare to have Lin Changning take off her clothes in court to verify her identity?"
Li Mingshu looked at the kneeling young man with disgust: "Who do you think you are? To make a marquis of the highest rank strip naked in court? What a joke! If every person who makes a false accusation requires my husband to prove his innocence, how could he possibly do it all?"
A thoughtful look flashed across the emperor's eyes. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Marquis Qin Ying speak again: "Your Majesty, it's just a matter of asking Marquis Wu'an to take off a couple of clothes. Everyone here is a man, so there's nothing wrong with it!"
Seeing that things were turning around, the two kneeling marquises, though finding the whole thing absurd, seized the opportunity and began to accuse Lin Changning.
Just as Lin Changning was about to speak, Li Mingxiu chuckled a few times and said, "Absurd! Marquis Wu'an ate and lived with me and Duke Qi in the army! Does Marquis Qin Ying mean that Duke Qi and I can't distinguish between men and women?"
Qi Rong chuckled, "A woman? Has Marquis Qin Ying ever seen a woman who could fight a hundred men single-handedly and lead the eldest prince out of an encirclement? You can't even come up with a better excuse to slander someone!"
A few doubts flashed through Lin Changqing's mind. He was just guessing and had no concrete evidence. Lin Changping and Lin Changning had looked the same since they were young, and he couldn't tell them apart except for their genders.
However, when he stood in the crowd last time and saw Lin Changping and Lin Changning heading towards the Lin residence together, he knew that one of them must have been a woman disguised as a man.
He wasn't really sure whether it was Chang Zhiyuan or Lin Changning who entered the First Prince's residence, but he had a guess in his mind after finding out the name of Marquis Wu'an.
Looking at Lin Changning, who was handsome yet so different from the Lin of two years ago, he was momentarily confused. He couldn't recognize him, but if he hadn't been dragged into that situation, he probably wouldn't have seen the sun rise tomorrow.
Li Mingshu looked at her father, the Emperor, at the head of the table, coughed lightly a few times, and after seeing the worried looks from the people around her, she said breathlessly, "Father, taking off your clothes is really not very dignified. My imperial physician is waiting outside. He can come in and take your pulse to find out."
Just as the emperor was about to agree, the clan chief, who had been silent until now, suddenly took a few steps forward and kicked Lin Changqing in the chest. After catching his breath, he clutched his chest and said, "The village has treated you well. When you first entered school, the Marquis's father even sold half a year's harvest to give you the money! Your father cheated the Marquis's father and elder brother, and now you're trying to frame the Marquis. How could our village produce someone like you? After all these years of schooling, have you forgotten all your sense of propriety and shame?"
As the clan chief spoke, he turned and knelt before the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, I have lost my composure! I was truly angered by this matter, and I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness."
The emperor casually waved his hand, preparing to summon the imperial physician, when he saw the clan chief kowtow to him and say, "Your Majesty, this humble subject is willing to guarantee with his head that the Marquis's identity is innocent. As for Lin Changqing, although he has some talent in studying in the clan, he is notorious in the village for his ruthlessness and viciousness. Your Majesty, please do not believe this man's slander!"
Lin Changning sighed slightly as she looked at the clan leader kneeling on the ground, anxiously trying to explain himself to her.
The emperor remained silent, glanced at the eunuch beside him, and ordered the eunuch to bring the imperial physician directly in from outside the hall.
After the imperial physician entered, he respectfully bowed to the people in front of him.
He had overheard a few things outside, and when he came, he had also received a hint from the princess.
After bowing to everyone, the imperial physician looked at Lin Changning and said, "My lord, please extend your hand so I can take your pulse."
Li Mingshu nestled in Lin Changning's arms, gently tapping Lin Changning's chest twice with her fingers, then looked up at Lin Changning and blinked.
Lin Changning received Li Mingshu's hint and extended his hand. The imperial physician placed his hand on Lin Changning's wrist, examined it for a while, then stepped back two steps, withdrew his hand, and bowed to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Wu'an is undoubtedly a man."
Marquis Zhongyi gave a soft snort: "You are the princess's personal physician, so naturally you will side with him. Your Majesty might as well choose another physician."
The emperor's indifferent gaze swept over the oblivious Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness: "Yes, but Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, if the identity of Marquis of Wu'an is beyond doubt, you two..."
Before he could finish speaking, he gave the two kneeling men a cold look.
The two marquises who were swept by the emperor's gaze felt goosebumps rise all over their bodies. Even if they were stupid, they could tell at this moment that the emperor was probably angry.
Soon after, another imperial physician was summoned from outside the hall. After bowing to everyone, he looked up at Lin Changning.
Li Mingshu was a little nervous. This imperial physician was her father's personal physician, and he usually only listened to his father. It was impossible to bribe him.
Li Mingshu tightly gripped Lin Changning's clothes at his chest.
My palms were sweating a lot...
The imperial physician stepped forward. Lin Changning hesitated for a moment, but still chose to raise her hand; she was blocking the shot.
The person in front of me is the emperor's personal physician.
She was betting that her father would protect her.
After taking the pulse, the imperial physician glanced indifferently at the kneeling men, then bowed to the crowd and said, "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Zhou is right, Marquis Wu'an is indeed a man!"
The two marquises below turned pale instantly, and quickly kowtowed to meet the emperor's murderous gaze.
"Your Majesty, I was also deceived by this treacherous commoner. Please forgive me!"
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
The emperor's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty. He waved his hand and said, "Drag the man away and deal with him."
Lin Changqing hadn't realized he was the one who had dealt with the matter. His face was pale, and his eyes held a hint of disbelief as he looked at the imperial physician and the standing Lin Changning, muttering, "Impossible! Impossible! How could this be? Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I know! Chang Zhiyuan! Chang Zhiyuan from the Ministry of Personnel, she is Lin Changning! She is!!"
The voices faded into the distance from the main hall. Wei Shao dragged the man slowly out of the hall. Seeing that the man was still shouting recklessly, Wei Shao's eyes turned sinister. After dragging the man out of the hall, he twisted his neck and gave him a quick twist.
With a crisp cracking sound, Lin Changqing's head slumped limply.
A guard beside Lin Changqing checked his breath: "Sir, he's gone."
Wei Shao nodded: "Drag him to the mass grave and dispose of him."
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