"No! I sincerely asked to marry Qingluan back then!" Song Linyuan flatly denied. "Back then, the Song and Xiao families joined forces to fight against the Western Rong army and easily recovered the lost city. I went to the border to experience the local customs and find inspiration for my paintings when I met Qingluan."
"Whether you were sincere in your proposal or not, it's true that you later took a concubine and a concubine. You're not wronged at all. You, Song Linyuan, can't escape responsibility for allowing Baili Qingluan to steal military secrets and triggering a military conflict between the two countries!"
"Princess!" Qi Lianli entered the room and was no longer as excited and happy to see Song Linyuan as he was at the beginning. Instead, there was a bit more inquiry and suspicion in his eyes.
"How can the diners downstairs discuss state affairs?"
"My Lady, there are rumors that Baili Qingluan was framed. They say she never had a good day in the Song family. She was tortured, mistreated, and starved to death in the Song family dungeon. The reason why Xirong sent troops to attack Beiyi was to seek justice for Baili Qingluan!"
"What?" Xiao Lingyu pretended to be shocked and stood up from his chair. "You heard correctly. The Song family treated Baili Qingluan harshly, leaving her without enough food to nearly starve to death in the dungeon?"
"You heard it right. I asked several times, and it was still the same."
"Princess!" Song Hua said anxiously, "They're talking nonsense! My wife is the eldest princess of Xirong, after all. How could our Song family have the guts to treat her harshly?"
Xiao Lingyu turned around and looked at Song Linyuan coldly, "Rumors can't be groundless. Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
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