Lou Mengyun in the hall was shaking like a sieve all over. Now that the situation has become like this, it is likely that there is no way to turn it around.
It doesn’t matter whether Lou Mengyun can become Yin Yichen’s concubine. What matters is that what she is doing now will also bring misfortune to his father Lou Jiacheng. If it gets worse, the entire Lou family will be in trouble.
Yin Yichen, dressed in a white robe, sat on a chair in the Dali Temple, a stark contrast to the dark-black uniforms of the officials. He drank tea and waited, oblivious to the others, a sentiment Lou Mengyun found profoundly ironic. With Yin Yichen's current power, the Dali Temple felt like home to him. How could she possibly stand up to him?
Not long after, Lou Jiacheng was escorted to the Dali Temple by the officials.
Lou Jiacheng was stunned by the scene in the hall. He looked at his daughter, Lou Mengyun, and immediately said, "Daughter, you went to the palace yesterday and haven't returned yet. Daddy thought you stayed overnight in the palace. Why are you here?"
Lou Mengyun kept shaking her head and wanted to speak but couldn't because of the rag stuffed in her mouth.
Seeing this, Lou Jiacheng hurriedly called out to Qian Xingyu above him, "Minister of the Supreme Court, what's going on today? Why did you kidnap my daughter and call me here? What happened?"
Qian Xingyu slammed the table and said sharply, "Reviewer Lou, the Prime Minister was nearly killed by your daughter's assassination attempt. Was it you who ordered this?"
Lou Jiacheng was stunned when he heard this. He knelt on the ground and repeatedly said no, "Sir, even if you gave me ten times the courage, I would not dare to commit such a crime. Please be kind and consider it. The Prime Minister has always been clear about right and wrong. I'm afraid this matter is just a misunderstanding."
"With all the evidence, Lou will be unable to deny it." Yin Yichen, who was sitting next to him, spoke at this time, his eyes indifferent. "It is now an irrefutable fact that your daughter tried to assassinate me. If it wasn't for the adults' instructions, how could your daughter, a girl from the boudoir, have the courage to assassinate me?"
Lou Jiacheng never thought that Yin Yichen would turn the matter upside down to such an extent. He looked at Yin Yichen and said, "Prime Minister, this must be a misunderstanding. I know nothing about it. Besides, my daughter has always been gentle and virtuous at home. How could she do such a thing as assassinating the Prime Minister? Then again, why would I assassinate the Prime Minister?"
Yin Yichen snorted coldly, his face expression indifferent, "A few days ago, I went to the Hanlin Academy for a routine check of the files. The files there were in a mess. I just said a few extra words, but who would have thought that Lou Jianchao had such a grudge against me? He might even come to assassinate me because of this incident."
"This is truly a monstrous injustice." Lou Jiacheng knelt on the ground, not daring to stand up. He looked at Qian Xingyu above him, trying to excuse himself. "Sir, this must be a misunderstanding. Now my daughter is trapped here and I can't explain myself. Why don't you let her go and let her speak for herself? Your Excellency would also like to hear what is going on."
Qian Xingyu didn't dare to make the decision on his own. He immediately looked at Yin Yichen and asked, "What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Yin Yichen snorted lightly and sneered, "What's the harm in letting her talk? Anyway, the witnesses and evidence are all there, she can't deny it no matter what."
The officer at the side came forward and removed the rag stuffed in Lou Mengyun's mouth, allowing her to speak.
Lou Mengyun had never seen such a scene before. She burst into tears before she could speak. Looking at Lou Jiacheng beside her, she cried, "Daddy, I dare not assassinate the Prime Minister. I am really wronged. Please explain to me, Daddy and the adults..."
"Since Miss Lou says so, could you please explain the murder weapon and the bloodstains on the bed sheet? Could it be that the Prime Minister stabbed himself with a pair of scissors and then put the blame on Miss Lou?"
Qian Xingyu, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple for so many years, was no stranger to handling minor cases like this. He immediately said, "And according to the guards at the Prime Minister's residence, you sneaked from the wing room they had assigned you to the Prime Minister's bedroom and assassinated him. If the Prime Minister hadn't been completely drunk, he'd probably be dead by now."
Lou Mengyun never expected that the Prime Minister's rhetoric would turn out like this. The rhetoric she had prepared before was all about her and the Prime Minister accidentally having sex in the bridal chamber after getting drunk. Who would have thought that now, she didn't know how to explain this matter.
The most important thing is that Yin Yichen actually found the scissors that she used to stab herself.
"Why doesn't Miss Lou say anything?" Yin Yichen, who was sitting next to her, spoke at this time, looking calm and composed.
Seeing Lou Mengyun's timid behavior, Qian Xingyu immediately spoke up, "You are such a bold servant! How dare you lie in the Dali Temple? Now that you dare to lie, even ten heads wouldn't be enough to chop off."
Lou Mengyun lowered her eyes and kept trying to make excuses for herself, "I...I...I didn't assassinate the Prime Minister. I went to the Prime Minister's bedroom to look for him because he was drunk. I figured I'd take care of him when I'm living under someone else's roof. The people in the Prime Minister's Mansion are all macho men who don't do things in a detailed manner, and I was worried they wouldn't be able to take good care of him."
Qian Xingyu, who was sitting up there, continued to ask with his sharp eyes, "Then why did you go there in the middle of the night?"
"I'm still an unmarried girl. If others saw me in the same room with the Prime Minister late at night, I'm afraid they would misunderstand me. That's why I left in the middle of the night." Lou Mengyun spoke in a deep voice. As she spoke, she finally gained some confidence and immediately looked up. "That's right, that's it."
Qian Xingyu continued to ask, "If that's what you said, why did you carry a weapon with you when you went to take care of the Prime Minister? And you even stabbed the Prime Minister."
"I...I..." Lou Mengyun was a little panicked when she said this. Looking at Lou Jiacheng kneeling on the ground, she wanted him to help. She really had no good way to make things go smoothly.
Lou Jiacheng wanted to look up, but then he glanced at Qian Xingyu's cold face and quickly lowered his head again, not daring to speak to Lou Mengyun.
"You actually dared to whisper in the court of Dali Temple. You really don't take our Dali Temple seriously." Qian Xingyu was really angry now. He originally thought that there might be other hidden secrets in this matter. Now seeing Lou Mengyun hesitating and not daring to speak, he realized that this might be the truth.
Anyway, Lou Mengyun couldn't deny that she had stabbed Yin Yichen.
Qian Xingyu, the superior, made the final decision, "Lou Mengyun, you sneaked into the Prime Minister's residence and assassinated the Prime Minister. Do you plead guilty?"
"I didn't. I didn't dare to assassinate the Prime Minister." Lou Mengyun didn't dare to confess her guilt, but she also didn't dare to reveal her true purpose. If she did, she was afraid that all the girls in her family would have no way to live as human beings in the future.
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