"Oh?" Emperor Jinde said coldly, "Do you have any evidence?"
At this time, Prince Kang arrived late and said in a gentle voice, "Cousin Yi'an, don't talk nonsense. Everything must be based on evidence."
"Cough, cough, cough." He held his lips together and coughed weakly a few times.
Emperor Jinde gave him a seat.
"Thank you, father." King Kang's eyes were filled with admiration as he slowly sat down.
Wei Yian was a little anxious. Why didn't even King Kang stand on his side?
But then King Kang continued, "Marquis Anguo is a man of high character, selfless, and thorough. He would never do something like this to harm someone behind their back. I'm afraid my cousin Yi'an has misunderstood Marquis Anguo."
The King of Longxi's eyes turned, and he understood what King Kang was planning. He would first praise Marquis Anguo highly, saying that he had no chance, and then produce evidence to completely bring Marquis Anguo down.
Let everyone see the hypocritical face of the Marquis of Anguo!
It’s wonderful, it’s really wonderful.
Moreover, Your Majesty has always been partial to Marquis Anguo. If you say right away that Marquis Anguo did it and put the blame on him, Your Majesty probably won't be happy.
The King of Longxi figured it out.
Wei Yian was shocked and angry, and shouted: "Of course I have evidence, I will not wrongly accuse the Marquis of Anguo with empty words."
Emperor Jinde frowned slightly, seemingly showing no emotion.
Only the Queen, who had always been by his side, noticed that His Majesty was angry.
It's an intuition.
If Wei Yian was not completely sure of his ability to incriminate Marquis Anguo, they would not be able to withstand the wrath of His Majesty.
Wei Yian suddenly took out a sachet and said, "This thing was found at the scene of the incident. It must have been dropped by the Marquis of Anguo by accident."
The prince couldn't help but say, "The sachet in your hand is a woman's, how could it belong to the Marquis of Anguo?"
Wei Yian smiled coldly, "Really?"
"But I clearly saw at the palace banquet that day that Marquis Anguo also seemed to be wearing a scent pouch around his waist. It was also a woman's scent pouch, and it looked exactly like this one."
"It's not a strange thing. Perhaps it was given to the Marquis of Anguo by his wife. It's not surprising that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't understand the love between husband and wife."
The prince pursed his lips.
This is making fun of him because he is alone and has no beautiful wife by his side, so he naturally doesn't understand these kinds of things.
The queen's usually gentle face turned cold for a moment.
What a dare to mock her son.
Wei Yian was certain that the Marquis of Anguo was responsible and said, "Your Majesty, if you summon the Marquis of Anguo and his wife for a confrontation, you will learn the truth."
Emperor Jinde said coldly, "Summon the Marquis of Anguo and his wife to the palace."
Soon, Xie Qingyao and He Zheng walked into the hall side by side.
Facing Wei Yian's aggressive questioning, He Zheng had no expression on his face and reached out to take off the sachet from his waist.
"Is this the sachet you saw at the palace banquet?"
"I have never seen anything like what you have on my hand. My wife's stitches are not as exquisite as these."
Xie Qingyao: "..." Public execution.
Indeed, when everyone got closer and took a look, they saw that the stitching on the sachet that Xie Qingyao gave to He Zheng was crooked and the embroidery was only average.
At first glance from a distance, it looks somewhat similar to the one in Wei Yian's hand, but as soon as you get closer, you can see that there is a world of difference.
The difference between a junior embroiderer and a top-level embroiderer.
Emperor Jinde suddenly felt a little complicated.
So Qi Yun also wants to hang this thing on his body, treating it like a treasure. Haha, he spoils it to the point of lawlessness!
Wei Yian's face turned pale: "How could it be?"
He couldn't believe it and said angrily: "Impossible!"
"You must have teamed up to trick me... You switched the sachets!"
There is another possibility. If that is the case, Xie Qingyao and He Zheng would be too terrifying.
From the moment the palace banquet began and he saw the sachet on He Zheng's waist, he fell into the trap carefully set by the two of them.
For this scene today.
But what would they gain by doing this? What did they want to do?
Wei Yian was already very weak, and now he was even more panicked.
He Zheng looked indifferent and asked calmly, "Does anything I pick up on the street belong to me?"
Wei Yian couldn't prove it at all.
The prince asked, "What did the patrol say?"
"If the Marquis of Anguo were to take people out of the palace, it would certainly make quite a noise. Not to mention alerting the neighbors, the patrols would definitely discover it."
Under pressure, King Longxi dared not lie to Emperor Jinde and could only tell the truth.
"The patrol officers happened to be on shift change, and there were no witnesses at the scene of the incident."
I didn't expect that the only evidence would be... useless.
It is very easy to find out whether Marquis Anguo has left the mansion. You can ask the neighbors, the grooms and servants in the mansion, etc.
Still no evidence.
That night, no one saw Marquis Anguo leave the mansion.
The hall was extremely quiet.
King Kang lowered his eyes and cursed "waste" in his heart.
What a waste who is more likely to cause trouble than to do anything else.
He can't even handle such a small matter.
Wei Yian was still unwilling to give in, his lips trembling as he said, "No, no, even if no one saw Marquis Anguo leave the palace...it wasn't Marquis Anguo who did it himself, but he could have ordered someone to do it!"
Xie Qingyao seemed a little angry. "Don't slander our Marquis with empty words. He was with me that night."
Since getting married, He Zheng almost never goes out for social events at night.
This further increased the credibility of her words.
In fact, even if the King of Longxi’s men went to investigate, they would not be able to find He Zheng. This time, it was indeed not He Zheng’s men who were used, but Mr. Tan’s men.
At this moment, the Queen suddenly exclaimed, "The sachet in Master Wei's hand looks quite familiar to me."
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