The emperor led the way to the outer hall of Baohedian, which is a lobby.
The emperor sat on the dragon throne, with the empress dowager and the queen sitting next to him.
The ministers and their families stood in the hall, anxious to know the truth.
Soon, Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng were dressed neatly and were brought over by their maids.
At the same time, the imperial physician prepared the medicine, brought it over, and asked the maid to give it to them.
After drinking the medicine, the aphrodisiac in Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng's bodies was completely eliminated, and they returned to normal.
Although they were controlled by aphrodisiacs, they still had some consciousness. Thinking of what they had done, they felt hatred, fear, and shame.
How could this happen? Shouldn't that bitch Princess Jiahui be the one being raped?
"Tang Tianjiao, Du Zheng, tell me why you did such a thing that is immoral and disruptive to the palace?" The emperor asked them when he saw that the two were fine.
"Your Majesty, I was framed. I beg Your Majesty to help me." Tang Tianjiao immediately told the emperor that she was framed.
They were tricked, and it was probably Princess Jiahui who did it. She must avenge this.
She believed that the emperor didn't know about her bribery of the palace maid, otherwise he would have put her to trial long ago. As long as no one knew about the drug she had given Princess Jiahui, she had nothing to fear.
This time, she was determined to make Princess Jiahui lose her reputation and be cursed forever.
It’s all that bitch Du Zheng’s fault. She couldn’t even do such a simple thing, and instead got tricked by the other party, lost face, and even her virginity.
"Oh, you were framed? Tell me who wants to harm you. If it's true, I will definitely seek justice for you." The emperor said with a wry smile.
He wanted to harm Princess Jiahui, but when he failed, he wanted to continue slandering her. It's really disgusting.
"Your Majesty, I saw that Princess Jiahui's clothes were wet. I was afraid that she didn't know where to change, so I wanted to follow her and tell her. But just as I walked out of the hall, Princess Jiahui suddenly turned around and smiled strangely at me. Then I was knocked unconscious." Although Tang Tianjiao did not specifically say that it was Princess Jiahui who drugged her, her words indirectly implied that it was Princess Jiahui who knocked her unconscious and drugged her.
Many ministers and family members understood her words and what she meant, that Princess Jiahui had drugged her and framed her.
Of course Li Yun also heard it, but she didn't say anything. Often explanation is just a cover-up. She just looked at Tang Tianjiao with a sneer.
Du Zheng also understood what Tang Tianjiao meant. She also wanted to excuse herself and put all the blame on Princess Jiahui.
But what puzzled her was that wasn't Princess Jiahui the one having an affair with a man? How did it become her and Tang Tianjiao? Could it be that a palace maid had betrayed her and put drugs in their food?
Bitch, damn bitch, wait until this time, I will deal with her, she made her so embarrassed.
Du Zheng wanted to find the maid. She looked around the hall but couldn't find the maid. She started to panic. Could it be that the emperor had discovered something and was questioning the maid?
It's worth mentioning that Du Zheng is quite clever, as she was able to anticipate the emperor's trial of the palace maids. Unlike Tang Tianjiao, that big-breasted, brainless woman who only wanted to frame others, she didn't realize that all this was Du Zheng using her to kill her.
"Du Zheng, what about you? Why are you there?" The emperor asked Du Zheng, who was absent-minded and looking around.
"Your servant and Tang Tianjiao went out together. Sister Tianjiao said that she was worried that Princess Jiahui was unfamiliar with the place and might not be able to find a place to change clothes, so she wanted to take Princess Jiahui to change clothes. She pulled me along to follow her, and then, just as Sister Tianjiao said, Princess Jiahui smiled strangely at us, and we were knocked unconscious. I don't know what happened after that." Although she was panicking and felt that something big was going to happen, Du Zheng suppressed her panic and blamed everything on Princess Jiahui.
"I heard that you two meant that Princess Jiahui drugged you and framed you, right?" The emperor asked Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng.
"That's it. Please, Your Majesty, give us justice!" Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng said in unison.
"Very good, I will do justice for you.
You must understand that the crime of deceiving the emperor is punishable by the death of all nine generations of your clan." The emperor said with a sneer.
He observed Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng's reactions, wanting to see if they wanted to change their statements.
When Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng heard that their entire clan was going to be executed, they were terrified and shocked.
Stay calm. As long as they can't find out they drugged the princess, they can blame everything on Princess Jiahui. This is what Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng thought in their hearts. They decided to make a mistake to the end.
"Everything we said is true. We would never dare to deceive you. Please understand, Your Majesty!" Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng said calmly.
The emperor saw their reactions clearly and sneered in his heart.
Okay, very good. Now that it has come to this, and you still want to throw dirty water on Princess Jiahui, I will let you suffer the consequences.
"Princess Jiahui, do you have anything to say?" The emperor asked Li Yun in pretended anger.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the innocent will be cleared, and I believe Your Majesty will prove my innocence." Li Yun didn't want to defend herself for the time being. She wanted to see Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng jumping around.
Li Yun's refusal to explain made her relatives who cared about her anxious, and made Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng ecstatic, thinking that they could finally ruin her reputation and trample her under their feet.
"What a good case of an innocent person being cleared! I will investigate it thoroughly and clear your name." The emperor said admiringly.
At this time, the leader of the Imperial Guards came over and said to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the interrogation is complete. The man and the palace maid have confessed. They both said that Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng had ordered them to do this. This is their confession." The leader of the Imperial Guards presented the confession, and Eunuch Shen took it and placed it on the dragon table.
The emperor picked up the confession, looked at the words on it carefully, and was filled with anger.
After reading it, the emperor handed the confession to the queen beside him. After reading it, the queen also became furious.
The emperor asked Eunuch Shen to read out his confession. The ministers and family members looked at each other in disbelief. Is this what they call the thief crying "stop thief"?
After hearing this, Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng panicked. No way, the emperor couldn't possibly know about the palace maids. But the facts were before their eyes, and no matter how they tried to deceive themselves or cover up their mistakes, they couldn't change the facts.
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple and Si Zheng collapsed on the ground, thinking: It's over, it's over, it's really over this time!
"Tang Tianjiao and Du Zheng, you are crying wolf, slandering the princess and trying to deceive the emperor. You have played me around and your attitude is terrible. I will kill all your clans!" The emperor was furious and scolded them harshly.
"Your Majesty, please have mercy! All of this was done by someone hired by Du Zheng, and it has nothing to do with me!
She also hired that maid and that man. This has nothing to do with me. Please have mercy, Your Majesty!" In order to save her life, Tang Tianjiao blamed everything on Du Zheng.
"Nonsense, it was you who asked me to do it. You said Princess Jiahui was a village woman, and that she seduced your Prince Jin, and you wanted to ruin her reputation!" Du Zheng confessed everything without giving in.
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