Xie Jingrun turned to Rong Qingqing and asked, "You had someone slap her?"
When Hua Yin saw that he turned around and questioned Rong Qingqing after hearing her words, she was secretly delighted and waited to see Rong Qingqing get into trouble.
It seems her cousin is still on her side.
She looked at Rong Qingqing with a smug expression.
That bitch dared to treat her like that, she won't let her get away with it.
Rong Qingqing blinked, nodded, and said truthfully, "That's right. She didn't bow to me and even glared at me. She really didn't respect me as the Empress. So I had someone slap her to teach her a lesson."
"You even smashed her head?" Xie Jingrun continued to ask.
“I hit her. Because she falsely accused you of raping her, I was so angry that my hand slipped and the stone in my hand hit her head by itself,” Rong Qingqing said innocently.
Xie Jingrun's temple throbbed, and he looked at her with a complicated expression.
He's not blind, and besides, why would he need to do something like that?
This woman is really outspoken!
But he did not speak immediately.
Hua Yin, who had been waiting to see Rong Qingqing suffer, froze on her smug expression upon hearing this, her eyes widening in disbelief as she stared at her.
What is that jerk saying?
When did she falsely accuse her cousin of raping her?
She was angry, anxious, and ashamed. Her pale face turned bright red with anger, and she said urgently, "Cousin, don't believe her. I didn't say that..."
Rong Qingqing interrupted her calmly, "You said it, you did say it. You even said that you soiled the bedding that night in Yuxian Palace, and that Xingchun changed the bedding herself. You even swore a solemn oath that if you were lying, you would be struck by lightning and die a horrible death. But now you say that you didn't say those words?"
Hua Yin's face turned pale.
The following words were indeed spoken by her.
Therefore, she could not utter a single word in her defense.
She never expected that this woman would actually blurt all these things out in front of her cousin.
Her purpose in saying those things was merely to sow discord between the two, thinking that Rong Qingqing would inevitably harbor resentment after hearing them, and then quarrel with her cousin or become resentful towards him. However, she never expected that Rong Qingqing would not believe her words, but instead forced her to make a poisonous oath and brought her into the palace to confront her cousin face to face.
Her cousin wasn't present when she said those things, so she took a chance, but now, in front of him...
No, she absolutely cannot admit it!
Thinking of this, she said angrily, "You're talking nonsense. I never said those things. You made them up to frame me."
When Rong Qingqing saw that she still dared to deny it at this point, she couldn't help but sneer. Back in Nanyuan, she spoke as if it were the truth. Isn't it too late to deny it now?
She curled her lips into a smile. "Did I make it up, or did you make it up yourself? There weren't just you and me there. I could have called everyone over to confront you. You spoke so confidently back then, so why are you afraid to admit it in front of the Emperor? It seems that those words were indeed slanderous and defamatory against the Emperor, which is why you dare not admit it, right?"
Her barrage of questions left Hua Yin pale and sweating profusely, unable to refute them at all.
At this moment, Rong Qingqing's voice suddenly deepened, "Huayin, you have slandered the Emperor, what is your punishment?"
Hua Yin's eyes widened, sweat dripped from her forehead, and she finally panicked when she saw Xie Jingrun standing silently to the side.
"Cousin, don't listen to her nonsense. I didn't say those things; she framed me..."
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