Su Zhiyao knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes, and she looked like she was going to faint at any moment. "I know the rules of the palace. How could I do such an outrageous thing? I know that my sister holds a grudge against me because of the carriage that entered the palace and Miss Jiang, but aren't we sisters..."
Before she finished the second half of her sentence, she knelt on the ground and sobbed, looking exactly like a sister who was betrayed by her elder sister.
It seems that they are determined to push the blame onto her today. Since they don't want to save face, she will tear off the last fig leaf!
"Let's not talk about how easy it would be to be discovered if I asked my maid to do this. This was my first time in the palace, and I knew to ask the maid to lead people to a less crowded palace. If I say this, it will definitely make people laugh!"
Su Jinyue said coldly, "I have someone present at the banquet today. Your Majesty and Your Majesty can have someone check. I have the opportunity to leave now."
"Could it be that Su Zhiyao was also led out by my maid?"
Su Zhiyao was originally crying, but she choked when she heard Su Jinyue's words. Her eyes drooped and rolled around twice. She just sobbed and didn't say anything.
Su Chengjiang said: "Could it be that you bribed the palace maids?"
"Brother, you are right. Why don't we find all the palace maids who attended today's banquet and ask them which one has accepted the bribe!" Su Jinyue looked at him sarcastically.
They were the ones who hired the maid. Su Chengjiang was shooting himself in the foot when he said that. Su Jingnian quickly changed the subject, "How could anyone admit their guilt? What's the point of calling everyone here? Don't make trouble!"
"I think you are the ones who are making trouble. You want to put all the blame on me without any evidence!" Su Jinyue turned the situation around with just a few words.
After listening to Su Jinyue's well-organized words today, the emperor had a slightly changed impression of her. She was not as bad as the rumors said.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have something to say." Ruan Liuzheng suddenly spoke.
When the emperor heard Ruan Liuzheng's voice, he remembered that she was still in the palace. He said to her, "Stand up and talk. What do you want to say?"
Ruan Liuzheng stood up and bowed in the direction of the emperor and the virtuous concubine, "Your Majesty, I want to say something unpleasant, if it offends you, I will not say it!"
The emperor and the virtuous concubine looked at each other and both felt a headache.
The firecracker was about to explode at any moment, but her father was a founding hero, and the emperor valued her brother very much, and he also loved her, the only daughter of the Ruan family.
The only thing was that she never behaved as gracefully as other women in the capital, and sometimes she said shocking things, which gave the emperor a headache.
"Go ahead," the emperor said, "I allow you to speak, but don't go too far."
"yes."
Ruan Liuzheng bowed respectfully before saying, "Before I speak, I would like to say a few fair words on behalf of Miss Su."
"I sat next to Miss Su during the dinner, and she never left the table. I can guarantee this."
After saying that, Ruan Liuzheng's eyes turned cold and she said, "The reason why I am speaking now is because I want to see how shameless the Su family can be!"
"It was Madam Su who asked Miss Su to go find someone. Miss Su didn't want to go at first, but she went with her when she knew something was wrong."
"Miss Su asked the two brothers not to barge in for the sake of the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion. But you two kept saying that General Xiao had tarnished the reputation of your sister. How come the person who tarnished your sister's reputation has changed to someone else, and this incident has been framed by Miss Su?"
Su Jingnian knelt on the ground and his face changed, "I..."
Bang!
Hearing Ruan Liuzheng's words, the emperor's expression changed immediately, and he slammed his palm heavily on the table beside him, "How can this matter be linked to Xiao Duo?!"
Under the emperor's pressure, only Su Jinyue spoke calmly.
"At first, my brothers and the others blocked the palace gate. They said that a eunuch in the palace saw the young general and Su Zhiyao entering a palace, so they had to break in."
"This is absolute nonsense!"
Concubine Xian's expression turned cold. "How could Duo'er do such a thing? Moreover, Duo'er was outside with me at that time. Who would dare to spread such rumors without caring about his own life?"
"Your Majesty." Concubine Xian looked at the emperor, "This matter must be investigated thoroughly!"
Ruan Liuzheng did not forget to continue to complain, "Your Majesty, the virtuous concubine, there is more than that."
She told the emperor everything that had happened since she entered the palace. "I saw that they united to target Miss Su. Madam Su favored the younger daughter and wanted to put all the blame on the older daughter."
Jiang Caiping's face flushed red. She had never expected that the incident in the Imperial Garden was caused by the young lady of the Jiang family. She even slapped Jin Yue for this...
She suddenly felt a little regretful.
The emperor's sharp voice made her shudder and come back to her senses!
"I will definitely punish you severely for this! But considering your meritorious service in guarding the border, I will pay the second son of the Marquisate a year's salary, and the adopted daughter of the Su family will reflect on her mistakes in seclusion in the mansion for a month!"
"And you, Xie Qingxu!" The emperor looked at him coldly, "You will all be fined one year's salary!"
The emperor's punishment seemed a bit severe, but in fact it also saved their face and he did not want the matter to become more embarrassing.
"Report! Urgent battle report from the 800-mile border!"
Su Jinyue immediately looked towards the entrance of the palace. She learned from Xiao Duo about the urgent battle report from 800 miles away, but she didn't expect it to arrive so quickly!
Outside the palace gate, the little eunuch crawled in, his face looking extremely panicked!
When Eunuch Xu saw him like that, he hurried over and frowned, "How dare you! You're going to lose your life if you barge in like this!"
The young eunuch quickly whispered a few words into Eunuch Xu's ear, panting with a very ugly look on his face.
After hearing this, Eunuch Xu's face instantly turned ugly. He shook off the dust and took the urgent letter that was sent from eight hundred miles away, his hands trembling a little.
He turned back to the emperor, bent down and presented the urgent battle report of eight hundred miles, and spoke to the emperor in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, the soldier who brought back the battle report was seriously injured and has been arranged to receive medical treatment."
The emperor's face changed and he immediately took the Eight Hundred Miles Battle Report and opened it!
The more he looked at the emperor's face, the more it looked like a storm was about to come. He held the battle report tightly in his hand, and when he saw the end, he suddenly jumped up and smashed the report heavily on Su Jingnian's head!
Bang!
Su Jingnian felt a dull pain in his forehead, and blood slowly flowed down his forehead!
"Ah!" Su Zhiyao screamed and fell to the ground fainting.
"Your Majesty!" Jiang Caiping didn't know why the emperor suddenly got angry and his face turned pale!
The emperor pointed at Su Chengjiang and Su Jingnian and said, "The two men from the Su family, each will receive fifty lashes! Drag them out and beat them now!"
Fifty lashes!
Even if you can survive, you will be completely ruined!
Jiang Caiping had never expected that she would be punished so severely for this matter, and she immediately kowtowed to the emperor and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty! Please spare my two sons for the sake of my Lord!"
It would have been fine if Su Yan was not mentioned, but when Ning Yuanhou was mentioned, a sneer appeared on the emperor's face, "Hit me!"
"Let Su Yan get in too!"