Chapter 155 Surrender
Liang Chunrong blushed slightly, but she continued confidently, "I don't know what Your Majesty is talking about. I drank a few too many glasses at the banquet and came out to drink some wine. I was just walking down the street. I twisted my ankle and fell into the water. Then, for no apparent reason, Your Majesty brought me here and accused me of a serious crime. I simply cannot accept it!"
Ruizhu scolded, "How dare you, a commoner like me, question the Imperial Concubine!"
Liang Chunrong sneered, "What the Imperial Concubine did is unacceptable. As the saying goes, when things are unfair, they will speak out. What's wrong with this subject seeking justice for herself?!"
As she spoke, she felt more and more that she had done nothing wrong, and Concubine Meng did not have any solid evidence against her.
"Your Highness," Liang Chunrong raised her head, staring intently at Meng Yan, and spoke word by word, "Even though I am a concubine's daughter, I am still the daughter of the Liang family, the Prime Minister. Your Highness, you have humiliated me in this way and have shown the least regard for the Liang Mansion. Is the Emperor aware of this? If you do not give me an explanation for what happened today, I will not let it go. We have no choice but to go before the Emperor and make a statement."
emperor?
She still wants to see the emperor?
This girl hasn't given up yet!
Looking at Liang Chunrong's eyes flashing with strange colors, Meng Yan even wanted to laugh.
How come she didn't realize just now that this little girl fell in love with Lu Hao at first sight!
She did not mention the empress dowager, nor did she even mention her elder sister who was the imperial concubine in the palace. She only mentioned the emperor, and her thoughts were clear.
No wonder she would invest so much money and even destroy her own innocence to rely on the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I don't want to see you."
Meng Yan smiled lightly and shattered Liang Chunrong's fantasy with one word, "Do you really think that what you did today is imperceptible to God and ghosts? Let me remind you, this palace is no different from other places. Even the stones on the roadside have ears."
Liang Chunrong shouted, "I don't understand. I want to see the emperor and ask him to give me justice! Your Majesty, since you keep saying that I'm guilty, then show me the evidence. Are you trying to defame someone's innocence with such eloquent words?"
Meng Yan sighed softly, "These two have the same problem. They won't cry until they see the coffin." After that, she turned her head and gestured to Ruizhu, "Read it to her, so she can understand."
Ruizhu took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and read it out loud, "Don't worry, sister. I have arranged everything. The palace maid in front of the emperor has delivered the news that the emperor is a little drunk..."
Liang Chunrong opened her eyes wide, her mouth slightly open, unable to close for a long time.
What the palace maid was reciting was the conversation she had just had with her sister Liang Yanhua, word for word exactly!
How could these words be recorded? How could they reach Concubine Meng?
When she entered the garden, she had clearly looked around first, and there was no one there!
After Ruizhu finished reading, Meng Yan gently stroked the gold-threaded red agate bracelet on her wrist. The bright red agate made her plump wrist look even whiter.
Her eyes shifted slightly, looking disdainfully at Liang Chunrong, and she spoke calmly, "Miss Liang San, what else do you have to say? Despite your unmarried status, you set up such a despicable trap, plotting to frame the Emperor and bringing disgrace upon your own family. This alone is enough to convict you of a crime of gross disrespect. I wonder if Prime Minister Liang has ever taught you what gross disrespect is?" At this point, she smiled slightly, as if realizing something, and said, "Yes, I was confused. You're a concubine's illegitimate daughter, so Prime Minister Liang naturally wouldn't teach you carefully."
These words hit Liang Chunrong in the heart, and she screamed, "I'm not! Father, Master, treat me like their own daughter! I'm the Third Young Lady of the Liang Mansion, not some bastard-born bitch!"
Meng Yan raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "Oh? Prime Minister Liang treats you like his own child, so he allows you to do such shameless and despicable things? It's obvious that you are full of lies. How could a concubine like you, of low birth and with no education, possibly win the emperor's favor?"
Liang Chunrong almost went crazy, screaming, "I didn't do it! I didn't do it! I didn't do it on my own..."
"If it's not you? Then who is it?"
"It was Madam, it was Madam who made me do this! Madam forced me to seduce the Emperor and told me to do whatever it took to get into the palace..."
Liang Chunrong was stunned as soon as she said this. She had basically confessed everything about Madam Liang.
Meng Yan smiled faintly and instructed Ruizhu, "Record this. Miss Liang San confessed personally that Madam Liang instigated her to seduce the emperor with the intention of sneaking into the palace."
Ruizhu agreed, picked up the pen on the table, and quickly wrote on the page of confession.
Liang Chunrong knelt on the ground, stunned.
Meng Yan smiled at her and said, "Miss Liang San, I want to thank you very much for giving me such a powerful handle. But I don't know, after you leave this threshold, will there be a place for you in the Liang Mansion?"
Liang Mansion?
Liang Chunrong's mind flashed back to Madam Liang's treatment of the concubines. The master had previously instructed Madam Liang to investigate the mysterious miscarriage of Concubine Liu. Somehow, they had discovered abortion drugs in the room of the newly arrived Concubine Wang.
Concubine Wang was dragged out of the house, one of her shoes missing, her hair disheveled, and she knelt in the courtyard in only her undergarment, crying and wailing. Madam Liang ordered the maid to spank her forty times, then took it upon herself to sell her to a brothel. This Concubine Wang was the master's new favorite, yet she had been so easily taken to such a shameful place! Afterwards, the maid in the upper room secretly told her that Madam Liang saw that Concubine Wang was favored and was afraid that she would give birth to another son, so she set this trap.
Concubines and illegitimate children were never treated as human beings in the Liang family. Madam could beat them or sell them at will. My sister and I had lived in the backyard for years, living in seclusion, and never once had our father come to visit us. The only ones who could visit our father's study, chat with him, and listen to his teachings were my eldest sister and two brothers, who were legitimate.
So, when her father suddenly called her and her sister over and offered to send them to the palace, she thought her chance to turn things around had come.
If my father knew about this...
But when Liang Chunrong thought about Mrs. Liang's methods, she shuddered.
She closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again and asked quietly, "What does Your Majesty want from me?"
A hint of appreciation flashed across Meng Yan's eyes, "You are a sensible person."
Liang Chunrong smiled sadly and said, "If Your Majesty has no other instructions, then the moment you capture me, you should hand me over to Madam Liang for disposal. Why waste your breath on me? Now that I am Your Majesty's possession, please feel free to give me your orders."
Meng Yan curled her red lips slightly, "I like to associate with straightforward people." After that, she whispered a few words.
After hearing this, Liang Chunrong lowered her head and said nothing.
Meng Yan added, "Don't worry. Since I've asked you to be my insider, there will naturally be someone outside to contact you. I won't put you in any danger."
Liang Chunrong shook her head and said, "I am not worried about this matter. I just want to ask Your Majesty for a word. After this matter is resolved, I also ask Your Majesty to give my sister and me a home."
Meng Yan said with a cold expression, "Liang, you should understand that you have no bargaining chips with me now."
Liang Chunrong knew she had misunderstood and hurriedly explained, "Your Highness, that's not what I meant. I've committed such a heinous crime, how dare I meddle in the palace again? It's just that after this is over, my sister and I will have nowhere to go, so..."
Meng Yan understood and nodded with a faint smile, "Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly." As she said that, she glanced at Ruizhu.
Ruizhu then handed the confession to Liang Chunrong and said, "Miss Liang San, please place your fingerprints."
Liang Chunrong gritted her teeth, dipped the ink in the ink pad, and pressed it on the confession.
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