Qian Xingyu couldn't bear to watch Lou Mengyun's nonsense. He fixed his eyes on the officer standing beside him and said, "Come here, bring the torture instruments! This woman is still insisting on not giving in. We should let her see the power of the Dali Temple's torture instruments."
Lou Mengyun was so frightened when she heard this that she nearly fell over. She could only kneel on the floor of the Dali Temple to steady herself. Although Lou Mengyun was the daughter of a minor official, she had been raised in luxury and had never seen such a scene as the Dali Temple.
The officer from the Dali Temple took out a handful of silver needles and placed them in front of Lou Mengyun, asking her to watch as her three souls and seven spirits flew away.
At this moment, Qian Xingyu, who was sitting on top, spoke again, saying to Lou Mengyun, "Miss Lou, it's not too late for you to tell the truth now. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to endure this iron torture device."
Lou Mengyun closed her eyes, not daring to think about what it would feel like to have those silver needles inserted into her fingers. She knelt on the ground and tremblingly said, "Sir, I..."
Before Lou Mengyun could finish her words, the official outside immediately shouted into the Dali Temple hall, "Princess Xiangyu is here——"
Everyone in the court looked out the door, only Yin Yichen seemed to have expected it and was leisurely drinking tea.
After a while, Princess Xiangyu came in from outside. Looking at the scene, she put on a fake smile and said, "Prime Minister, I asked Miss Lou to leave the palace with you yesterday. Why didn't you let Miss Lou go home? Now it's even brought to court?"
When Yin Yichen heard Princess Xiangyu say this, he immediately put the teacup aside and looked at Princess Xiangyu with a half-smile. "That's not quite right. I'd like to ask you, Princess. You have a grudge against me. Why did you let this murderer leave the palace with me?"
"Murderer? How could that be? A girl like Miss Lou wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken." Princess Xiangyu said with a smile, "I'm afraid this is just a misunderstanding."
Lou Mengyun, who was kneeling on the ground, heard Princess Xiangyu coming and immediately turned around and knelt down towards her, saying to her, "Your Highness, please stand up for me. I didn't assassinate the Prime Minister. I didn't."
Qian Xingyu, who was sitting at the top, was now feeling a headache. This case could have been closed, but now these two demons were arguing with each other. He was afraid that things would not go well. "Now that there is evidence, there is no denying it. Miss Lou was about to confess her guilt, but who would have thought that she would change her mind immediately after seeing the princess."
Princess Xiangyu snorted coldly after hearing this. "Witnesses? They are all from the Prime Minister's residence, so they will naturally be on his side. I'm afraid these witnesses are not counted."
"There are so many people in my Prime Minister's Mansion. Just ask them all to see if the situation is true. If anyone changes their story and the Dali Temple discovers the flaw, then my Prime Minister's Mansion will gladly bear the loss." When Yin Yichen heard Princess Xiangyu say this, his expression turned a little colder. He only smiled at Princess Xiangyu and said, "It's just that Lou Mengyun and Princess Xiangyu have always been good friends. I'm afraid Princess Xiangyu is just trying to abuse her power for personal gain."
"You..." Seeing Yin Yichen being so aggressive, Princess Xiangyu didn't know what to say for a moment. She just changed her mind and said, "Miss Lou is a woman who followed the Prime Minister out of the palace. She originally wanted to ask for his protection, but she didn't expect the Prime Minister to accuse her of assassinating the Prime Minister without any evidence. If I had known that day, I shouldn't have asked Miss Lou to follow the Prime Minister out of the palace."
"That's right." Yin Yichen nodded in agreement and said to Princess Xiangyu, "Princess Xiangyu really doesn't know. It was because she was concerned about Miss Lou's safety that she found the opportunity. Otherwise, it would not be good for a young woman to leave the palace in the middle of the night with a man like me. I'm afraid she already had evil intentions and was just waiting for this opportunity to use her power as a princess to let her follow me out of the palace. Then she entered my Prime Minister's residence and shamelessly asked to stay there for the night, looking for an opportunity to assassinate me."
"You..." Princess Xiangyu's face now looked frighteningly ugly.
Yin Yichen's sharp tongue had once allowed him to debate dozens of censors in the court without losing. Princess Xiangyu was, after all, just a girl in the boudoir, so how could she possibly win an argument with Yin Yichen?
But now, it’s not that Princess Xiangyu insists on protecting Lou Jiacheng. Lou Jiacheng is just a seventh-rank official, so it doesn’t matter if he is gone.
It was really because Lou Jiacheng surrendered to him, but the important thing was that he fell just after he got close to the princess. In the future, who among these officials would dare to continue to be friends with the princess?
Princess Xiangyu's expression grew even uglier as she thought of this. She looked at Yin Yichen and said directly, "If the Prime Minister insists on saying this, it's just his one-sided opinion. He hasn't even heard what Miss Lou has to say. If the Prime Minister acts this way, then the entire court can now accuse anyone they want. What's the point of keeping the Dali Temple?"
"She was given a chance to speak, but she refused to say anything." Yin Yichen smiled faintly, his eyes fixed on Qian Xingyu who was sitting above him, and said with a faint smile, "Sir, you agree, right?"
"Yes, yes." Qian Xingyu responded repeatedly. He really couldn't afford to offend either Yin Yichen or Princess Xiangyu.
But now, Qian Xingyu had no choice but to continue asking, "Miss Lou, I'll give you one last chance to tell the truth. If you still don't, don't blame me, the Dali Temple, for being rude to you."
Lou Mengyun was now trembling all over. When she raised her head, she saw Yin Yichen's smiling eyes.
Yin Yichen said in a low voice, "Some people are unwilling to speak. Could it be that your real purpose is to steal the military deployment map from my bedroom and give it to the enemy's spies? If not, you wouldn't be so afraid to admit it."
As soon as these words were spoken, Qian Xingyu, who was sitting above, felt a chill on his back.
If it was simply out of resentment for Yin Yichen's assassination of the Prime Minister, then everything would be fine. But if it was to steal Yin Yichen's defense map, then it would be a serious crime of treason and the whole family would be executed.
After hearing this, Lou Mengyun dared not say anything else and could only kowtow and confess. "I plead guilty. I only coveted the Prime Minister's beauty and wanted to have a one-night stand with him. I asked her to give me a status as a concubine. Who would have thought that the Prime Minister would die of drunkenness? I was so angry that I took a pair of scissors and tried to kill the Prime Minister. It had nothing to do with the Prime Minister's father."
It seems that Lou Mengyun has some brains now. Otherwise, her whole family would be in trouble. It's a pity that Yin Yichen can't let her have her way.
Yin Yichen immediately said, "Miss Lou, think about it carefully, is this really the case?"
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