Chapter 244 How Can I Be Willing to Lose to Yun Xiangye
Zhao Jing looked at Zhao Yun who came in from the palace gate and was stunned, "Your Highness? Why are you still..."
Some time ago, Zhao Jing watched the Crown Prince become so haggard that he was speechless. How could he still be alive?
Zhao Jing looked at the Crown Prince's appearance. Today, he did not look decadent at all, but instead looked very happy.
Zhao Yun looked at Zhao Jing coldly and said, "I am still alive and well, are you disappointed?"
Zhao Yun looked at the few people following Zhao Jing and sneered, especially when he passed by Wei Qian, he looked at Wei Qian with sarcasm.
When Gu Yan saw Zhao Yun, he took the lead in bowing and said, "Your Highness, I, Gu Yan, pay my respects to the Crown Prince."
In the hall, except for Zhao Jing and his entourage, all the ministers knelt before His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Yu Xihe looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, covered her lips with her hands, and said with tears in her eyes: "Your Highness, are you okay? This is so good, Your Highness... I just hope you are still alive and well."
Zhao Yun looked at Yu Xihe and Ye Zhimiao, "You two talked nonsense in front of the Crown Princess, and I haven't settled the score with you yet. How dare you come into the palace to give false testimony today? It seems that your father's position as prefect has come to an end."
Yu Xihe said, "Your Highness, I did not perjure myself. It was clearly the Crown Princess who poisoned you."
Zhao Yun said coldly: "I and the Crown Princess have a deep love for each other, how could she poison me?"
Yu Xihe was stunned, looking at Zhao Yun in disbelief. It was clearly Ye Wanhe who poisoned him: "Your Highness!"
Ye Zhimiao hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Ye Wanhe has also committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. She is not the daughter of the Wei family, she is the daughter of the Ye family..."
Before Ye Zhimiao could finish his words, Li Quan, who was beside Zhao Yun, slapped him hard in the face. "How dare you roar in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Shut up!"
Yun Xiangye sighed deeply. Ye Zhimiao brought this upon herself. Didn't she understand who made her sister the daughter of the Wei family?
After receiving this slap, Ye Zhimiao didn't dare to say anything.
Zhao Jing clenched his fists and looked at Zhao Yun in front of him, his heart full of unwillingness.
Zhao Yun looked at Zhao Jing coldly, "You committed treason, colluded with the bandits and led troops to force the palace, and also led troops to surround the Princess's residence. Each of these is a heinous crime punishable by the execution of all nine generations of your clan."
Zhao Jing still looked at Zhao Yun unconvinced, "How could you turn around? I saw with my own eyes that His Highness was about to die. You are not His Highness, you must be a substitute found by the Gu family!"
Zhao Yun said, "Zhao Jing, you still haven't given up? Xu Jie, go to the Princess's residence and tell her I want you to bring Zhu Ting to the palace."
Zhao Jing looked at Xu Jie and said in a loud voice: "Uncle! If the whole clan is to be exterminated, your Xu family will not be able to escape the responsibility, not to mention our cousin Xu Pei? Mobilize the troops in Chang'an City, and we will definitely be able to capture this fake prince that the Gu family found!"
Xu Jie said: "We, the Zhenbei Marquisate, swear to be loyal to Your Majesty until death. If Xu Pei really dies in Lizhou, he will be a good son of our Xu family. He died for the country and the people, and it is a worthy death."
Xu Jie's voice became weaker and weaker. After all, he only had this one son, but he couldn't be forced to rebel for his son's sake. Even if he saved his son's life, he would surely bear the infamy for the rest of his life.
After Xu Jie bowed to Zhao Yun, he hurriedly led his troops to the Princess's Mansion.
Zhao Yun looked sharply at Wei Xi who was standing beside the Queen.
Wei Xi was so frightened that he knelt down repeatedly and said, "Cousin, cousin."
Zhao Yun said: "You are really brave. If your uncle doesn't agree to your rebellion, you will team up with your mother to drug your uncle..."
Wei Xi said, "No, cousin, I just want to avenge you and seek justice for you! Daddy is colluding with the traitors of the Gu family. I just want to help you and don't want to watch the Gu family treat the Crown Prince as a puppet."
Zhao Yun said coldly: "Wei Xi, you conspired with Zhao Jing to rebel, and you also drugged your own father. Your crime is unforgivable. You will be imprisoned and executed in the autumn."
Wei Xi kept shaking her head and said, "No, cousin, no, please spare my life, I don't want to die! Cousin!"
Zhao Yun said, "You didn't want to die, but you sent Aunt Qi from your Wei family who had been lurking beside my mother for many years to try to kill my Yu'er. You deserve to be killed! If I hadn't carried Yu'er to the bedroom yesterday, my Yu'er would have died in your hands today!"
Queen Wei was so angry that she stood up and slapped Wei Xi'er in the face. "You! Xi'er, your aunt has always treated you well! How could you treat your aunt like this?"
Wei Xi covered her face and looked at Queen Wei unwillingly, "You've been kind to me? Auntie, which queen's niece in all dynasties has lived as miserable as I have? You knew that I loved Gu Yan, I have loved Gu Yan since I was a child, but you were unwilling to arrange a marriage for me, and accepted Yun Xiangye, a country girl!"
Queen Wei frowned and said, "You and Gu Yan are cousins!"
Wei Xi said: "So what if they are cousins? There are many cousins who get married in this world, not to mention that Gu Yan and I are cousins."
Queen Wei said, "Ming'er! Why would you make so many mistakes just for Gu Yan?"
Wei Xi said: "Aunt, how can I be willing to lose to Yun Xiangye!"
Wei Yu pointed at Yun Xiangye and said, "Gu Yan, look at her. How is she better than me? In terms of family background, I am the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wei, and my bloodline is far more noble than hers. In terms of talent, I have been well-read since childhood..."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "Although I come from a humble background, I have been well-read since childhood. If we really talk about talent, it's not certain who is inferior to whom. Besides, why are you competing with me for Gu Yan? Gu Yan is not a bet, so there is no winning or losing.
You were born noble, well-read, and have a cousin who is the crown prince. You have a noble family background, and you are more well-read than thousands of women in the world. You should do something more meaningful instead of arguing about winning or losing for a man. "
Gu Yan supported Yun Xiangye and said to Wei Xi, "I don't think Xiangye is inferior to you in any way. Besides, my wife is naturally the one I like the most. I only know that I fell in love with her at first sight on the boat trip that day. After we got married, I loved her even more. It's just that I was stupid before and didn't know how to express my love, which made her suffer a lot."
When Yun Xiangye heard Gu Yan say such disgusting words in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, she lowered her head in embarrassment and secretly twisted Gu Yan's waist.
Wei Xi shed tears of despair and said: "Gu Yan, Yun Xiangye only loves your status as a prince, only I truly love you!
Fu Anran proposed to you simply because she wanted to find the most handsome man.
Xu Mengqi proposed to you because she wanted the most noble man in the world to be her husband. At that time, the prince cousin was already engaged, so she could only choose you.
Lin Bolan proposed to you because you are her respected senior brother, and Princess Nan'an proposed to you because she wanted to be your mother's daughter-in-law.
I am the only one who truly loves you!"
Wei Xi pointed at Yun Xiangye unwillingly and shouted angrily: "Why did she come to snatch you away? Why?"
Yun Xiangye was very helpless. Wei Xi and Zhao Jing were a perfect match. She hoped that they could be husband and wife in their next life.
Yun Xiangye said, "Wei Xi, you are now the Crown Prince's Consort of the King of Chu and the wife of Zhao Jing. Isn't it inappropriate to say these things?"
Wei Xi's eyes were filled with tears and she was so angry that she took out a dagger from somewhere and stabbed it towards Yun Xiangye's face. Seeing this, Gu Yan quickly pulled Yun Xiangye away and stood in front of her.
The moment Wei Xi's dagger approached Gu Yan's back, Yun Xiangye's heart rose to her throat.
Fortunately, Wei Xi was kicked away by Gu Yan's father, and the dagger fell to the ground.
Zhao Yun looked at Wei Xi and said, "You really are stubborn and stubborn. Someone, take her to the jail!"
As soon as Zhao Yun finished speaking, two guards came forward and took Wei Xi, who was kicked to the ground, away.
Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan with fear and said, "Gu Yan..."
Gu Yan chuckled and said, "It's okay, don't worry."
When Zhao Jing saw Wei Xi being dragged away, he looked at the two of them being intimate as if no one was around, clenched his fists, and then slowly unclenched them.
As long as Zhao Yun is not dead, he no longer has any hope of winning.
Seeing this, Zhao Jing slowly knelt down in front of Zhao Yun and said, "Brother Emperor, I was bewitched by Wei Yu when I led the troops here today. She was the one who said that the Gu family wanted to hurt you. I didn't know that she actually had the intention to seize the throne! I only wanted to avenge the Gu family for you. I was deceived by Yu Xihe's false testimony."
Zhao Yun looked at Zhao Jing and said, "Uncle Chu may not be aggressive and soft-hearted, but he still has the backbone of a man of the Zhao family.
It seems that you are indeed not a descendant of our Zhao family. If the Zhao family really has a descendant like you, I am sure that Emperor Taizu would be so angry that he would come alive.
The winner is the king. You have the guts to rebel, and I admire your courage. But now you are pushing the blame onto two women. You are so shameless and unworthy of being a human being!"
Zhao Rui dropped his jaw. "Ah? Isn't Zhao Jing a descendant of the Zhao family? Brother, how could he not be a child of the Zhao family? Aunt Chu Wang doesn't seem like she would do anything to let Uncle Chu Wang down!"
Xie Zhixuan scolded Zhao Rui, "Rui'er, stop talking nonsense!"
Zhao Yun looked at Zhao Jing and Yu Xihe and said, "Look closely, you two cousins do look somewhat similar."
Yu Xihe saw Zhao Yun looking at her and sizing up her face. She completely ignored what Zhao Yun said, her heart pounding like a deer, her eyes filled with tears, and she looked at Zhao Yun pitifully, "Your Highness..."
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