Changqiu Palace.
This place is a complete mess.
Shangguan Xu had already broken free from the servants' restraints at this time. He cursed at Fu Yijing, "You bitch, how dare you treat me like that. I must kill you!" In his entire life, he had never been tied up hands and feet at the same time and dragged out of the door like a commodity. This was simply a great humiliation.
Shangguan Xu stared at Fu Yijing intently. The first thing he did when he was free was to beat Fu Yijing up.
Fu Yijing could have dodged it, but when he heard someone outside say, "Her Highness is back," he stopped dead in his tracks. Shangguan Xu slapped him in the face.
Fu Yijing's face was filled with an insulted and aggrieved expression, and tears suddenly fell. "Shangguan Xu, I am the Princess Consort. How could you commit such a crime? You really don't care about rules and regulations at all! I finally understand why you dared to harm the child of our noble servant Lian. You even dared to hit me, what else can you not do?"
Shangguan Xu was so angry that he raised his hand to pull Fu Yijing's hair. Ling Shumo saw this scene as soon as she walked in. She shouted anxiously, "Xiaojing, get out of the way!"
Shangguan Xu pulled Fu Yijing's hair into a mess. He originally wanted to pull out another handful of hair, but when he heard Ling Shumo's voice behind him, he still had some rationality left and stopped.
Ling Shumo protected Fu Yijing behind her, her face full of concern, "Let me take a good look at you, are you okay?"
Fu Yijing wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand. "Fortunately, the princess arrived in time, otherwise I would have been beaten to death by Shangguan Cejun."
Ling Shumo said angrily, "Shangguan Xu, you have to make this family restless before you can be happy, right?"
This was the second time Ling Shumo had been mean to that bitch Fu Yijing. Shangguan Xu stamped his feet in anger, "I didn't do that! I didn't do that! If it weren't for Fu Yijing teaming up with Xue Wu, and the two of them conspiring to accuse me of killing Xue Wu's child, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to him. Princess, I'm almost dead from being wrongly accused. I'm just waiting for you to come back and make things right for me."
Ling Shumo had just returned from the morning court session. She only heard Zhiqi say that there was a commotion in Changqiu Palace and asked her to come quickly to calm the situation. She had no idea what the specific reason for the commotion was.
When Ling Shumo suddenly heard that Xue Wu's child was gone, her brows furrowed. She asked sharply, "What on earth is going on?"
Xue Wu was still wearing the blood-stained dress. He knelt upright at Ling Shumo's feet, tears streaming down his face. "Your Highness, my child is gone. It was kicked to death by the Concubine Prince one after another. My poor child, I could already feel the fetal movement, but it's gone just like that. Shangguan Xu, you are too cruel. You are not a human being!"
Fu Yijing explained, "Shangguan Concubine's confinement just ended today. He came to Fuyao Palace this morning to pay his respects to the ministers, and on the way he ran into Concubine Lian. He saw Concubine Lian's belly bulge and was furious that Concubine Lian was pregnant with His Highness's child, so he kicked Concubine Lian's child to death."
Shangguan Xu was so angry that he wanted to hit Fu Yijing again, "Shut up, you bitch! I told you, I didn't even touch Xue Wu. When I saw him, his skirt was already covered in blood."
Ling Shumo grabbed Shangguan Xu's wrist and said, "Calm down for a moment. I never said you killed Xue Wu's child. This matter hasn't been thoroughly investigated yet, and no one has convicted you yet."
As soon as Ling Shumo said this, Shangguan Xu immediately put away his aggressive look. He turned around to look at Ling Shumo, tears welling up in his eyes, "Your Highness, Your Highness, you believe in me, don't you?"
Ling Shumo didn't answer Shangguan Xu's question. She said calmly, "We need both witnesses and evidence to convict you."
Fu Yijing couldn't help but clench his hands under his sleeves. He originally thought that the princess would be furious with Shangguan Xu as soon as she entered the room, but he never thought that the princess would not believe him at first and actually look for witnesses and evidence.
Fu Yijing's mind was full of thoughts, but he maintained a sad expression. Since he wanted to frame Shangguan Xu, he had naturally made all the necessary preparations.
Ling Shumo sat at the head of the table. She asked, "Xue Wu, you said Shangguan Xu kicked your child away. What was the exact time? Who saw it?"
Xue Wu knelt on the ground, wiping away tears. "To your Highness, when I met Shangguan Cejun, it was around noon, on the path to the right of the rockery complex not far from Fuyao Palace. Guyu and several other attendants who followed me can testify to this."
Shangguan Xu sneered, "Can your servants all testify? Of course your servants are on your side. Even if the sun rises in the west, they would agree. If you say so, Rumo and Ruyan, who are by my side, can prove my innocence. Xue Wu, I tell you, I have no reason to harm your child. Even if you say it to the sky, don't try to throw dirty water on me."
The tears Xue Wu had just wiped away burst out again. He was so excited that his voice broke when he accused Shangguan Xu, "You have no reason to harm me? Shangguan Xu, do you need a reason to harm others? Back then, my servant Zhu Ye had never offended you in any way, but you ordered him to be beaten to death. A person as vicious as you kicked me to the point of miscarriage..."
Xue Wu was halfway through his words when Ling Shumo interrupted him, "Who is Zhu Ye? Aren't we discussing your child's miscarriage now? What are you talking about now?"
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