Yun Xiangye took a deep breath and said, "Take me to see Gu Yan. I want to see Gu Yan."
Xie Shian nodded and said, "Get on my horse."
Yun Xiangye endured the pain in her feet and limped onto Xie Shian's horse, then followed Xie Shian to the palace.
In the main hall, all the civil and military officials of the court have gathered.
Yun Xiangye had no official position and was not supposed to enter the hall. But when she saw Gu Yan, she couldn't help but feel worried and aggrieved. She limped into the hall and said, "Gu Yan."
Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye, who came into the hall with disheveled hair and frayed skirt, and hurried to the palace gate. "What happened?"
Yun Xiangye said aggrievedly, "Just now, Zhao Jing sent soldiers to surround the Princess's residence and injured the guards. He also forced me onto a carriage, so I had no choice but to jump out. Fortunately, I met my cousin Shi An."
Gu Yan hugged Yun Xiangye in his arms with a distressed look on his face. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have woken you up when I saw you were asleep. I should have brought you with me."
Yun Xiangye cried, "Nuonuo! Oh, by the way, Nuonuo is still in the Princess's Mansion."
Yun Xiangye only then realized that Nuonuo was her fault and became even more panicked.
"Mother, Nuonuo is here."
Yun Xiangye saw Jingru and Nuonuo beside the eldest princess, and hurried over to hold little Nuonuo in her arms, "Nuonuo."
Gu Yan said, "Nuonuo saw me leaving just now and insisted on following me. Fortunately, I took her with me. Are you okay? I saw that you were limping. Is your leg injured?"
Yun Xiangye shook her head, reluctantly saying, "I'm not in serious trouble."
A voice was heard outside the hall. Gu Yan looked over and saw Zhao Jing entering the hall with Emperor Fu's family, Wei Qian, the prince of Weiguo, and a group of supporters.
Xie Zhixuan frowned and looked at Zhao Jing and said, "Zhao Jing, who gave you the permission to lead troops to surround my Princess's residence? Do you know that this crime is treason?"
Zhao Jing said, "Weren't you the one who plotted rebellion? Aunt! Your Princess's Mansion colluded with the Crown Princess to drug His Royal Highness. There are witnesses. I'm here on behalf of my uncle and His Royal Highness to eliminate this family of traitors!"
Zhao Jing glanced at the ministers in the hall and said, "My dear ministers, we received the tragic news this morning. Your Majesty has been seriously ill these past few days. All this is due to the poison given to Your Majesty by the Gu family!
The Gu family is still thinking of supporting the crown prince to ascend the throne so that he can become their puppet. As a descendant of the Zhao family, a descendant of the emperor, I naturally cannot stand by and watch the Gu family's wolfish ambitions and rebellion."
Gu Yan frowned and said, "You said I colluded with the Crown Princess to drug His Highness. Where's the evidence?"
Zhao Jing said, "Of course there is plenty of evidence. The evidence is Yun Xiangye's cousin, Ye Zhimiao, the Crown Princess's younger sister, and your Highness's benefactor, Yu Xihe, the daughter of the Yuezhou prefect. They can both testify that your Gu family drugged your Highness."
(End of this chapter)
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