Chapter 556: Confrontation in Class
The moment Wen Yan opened her mouth, her mind became clear: "Did I not explain myself clearly enough? I haven't met you three tonight, and I haven't murdered anyone.
What you said is outrageous. I am a weak woman and it is difficult for me to even hold an inkstone. How could I possibly fight against seven people alone?
You can actually make up such an outrageous story to harm me!"
Wen Yan looked like she had suffered a great injustice.
Concubine Lan and the other three were stunned.
They had never seen such a shameless person.
Even after being confronted face to face, he still refused to admit it.
Ji Xiangyun had the hottest temper, and he was so angry that he threw the bowl in his hand at Wen Yan.
Wen Yan was about to hide when Ying Zhilin suddenly stood in front of her to protect her.
The soup bowl hit Ying Zhilin on the back.
Ying Zhilin groaned and his body shook a few times.
He turned around and looked at Ji Xiangyun: "Princess, why did you hurt my wife?"
"So what if I hurt her," Ji Xiangyun pointed at Wen Yan, "She lied, she deserves to die!"
"Princess, please be careful with your words and don't throw dirty water on my wife." Ying Zhilin retorted loudly.
He glanced behind him and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his body falling forward.
"Ying Zhilin!" Wen Yan hurriedly hugged him and helped him sit down steadily on the ground without causing any secondary injuries. "What's wrong with you? Why are you vomiting blood? Don't scare me! You can't die!"
Wen Yan was flustered and her eyes were red.
"They bullied you and I'm angry." Ying Zhilin took a deep breath and scratched Wen Yan's palm.
Wen Yan was stunned for a moment.
He took a little of the blood Ying Zhilin vomited, rubbed it, and then leaned closer to smell it while crying.
It turned out to be duck blood mixed with red pigment...
The panic in Wen Yan's eyes disappeared instantly.
She even retreated in disgust, still shouting in panic: "Imperial Physician! Imperial Physician! Please ask the Imperial Physician to come and save me!"
However.
No one in the hall moved, everyone just watched coldly.
After a long while, Lan Fei threw a piece of paper in front of Wen Yan: "Sign this confession, and I will go find a doctor."
Wen Yan picked up the paper, read it quickly, and sneered, "You want to force a confession!"
"You won't die if you confess, but if you don't, the man in your arms will surely die."
Wen Yan glared at Lan Fei angrily.
At this moment, a question suddenly came from outside the hall: "Who do you want to kill?"
The palace door creaked open from the outside.
Looking back, I saw the emperor and empress walking in side by side.
Behind the two of them were Meng Chifei and his mother.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"
How long has the emperor been here?
How much did he hear?
He still looked calm. Was he angry or not?
A flash of panic crossed Lan Fei's face, but she immediately put away the harshness on her face and returned to her usual innocent and naive self.
She bowed gracefully, and without waiting for the emperor to excuse herself, she stepped forward and embraced his arm.
Ji Xiangyun and the other two also hurried forward and knelt down to pay their respects.
The Emperor glanced at Concubine Lan, then swept his gaze over the three of them before saying calmly, "Please excuse the formalities. Also, please ask an imperial physician to come and give Ying Zhuangyuan a thorough examination."
"Yes." Chief Steward Liu immediately gave the order.
The queen walked to the top and sat down, while the others stood aside in silence.
From Wen Yan's angle, she could just see how nervous and uneasy Concubine Lan and Ji Xiangyun were.
Soon, the imperial physician arrived.
After taking Ying Zhilin's pulse, he looked up at Wen Yan and came to the conclusion that Ying Zhilin vomited blood because of anger.
As long as you take good care of yourself afterwards, you will be fine.
Wen Yan showed a relieved expression, and worked together with the young eunuch to help Ying Zhilin sit down on the chair.
The Queen then asked, "Just now, you said forced confession? What's the reason?"
"Empress..." Wen Yan stepped forward and was about to report, but Ji Xiangyun stood up and complained first.
"Mother, it was Wen Yan who wanted to kill me, Ting Xue, and Jing He.
She threw us into the lake, and we couldn't swim. If the palace maid hadn't arrived quickly, the three of us would have turned into cold corpses by now."
After hearing this, the Queen asked Lan Tingxue, "Xue girl, tell me, is this true?"
Lan Tingxue bit her lip and nodded in response: "Yes..."
The Queen looked at Gu Saisai again: "Jinghe, do you have anything to add?"
Gu Saisai lowered her eyebrows and looked very obedient: "No more."
Then the queen asked for details: "Why did you go to such a remote place?"
Gu Saisai and the other two looked at each other and said, "We were drunk and went out for a walk to sober up, and we ended up there without realizing it.
Unexpectedly, Wen Yan suddenly appeared and attacked us.
If you don't believe me, you can call the four palace maids over; they can testify for us."
After the four palace maids came up, their testimonies were consistent with Gu Saisai's.
The Queen looked at Wen Yan sternly and said, "Wen Yan, what else do you have to say?"
Wen Yan directly denied it: "They are lying. Throughout the entire night, I did not leave the palace where the banquet was held, except for your palace, Your Majesty. Unless I have the ability to clone myself, how could I push them into the lake?"
"It's clearly..." Ji Xiangyun hurriedly explained.
Wen Yan interrupted her directly: "Your Highness, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want.
I have witnesses, and I didn't have the time to commit the crime."
Wen Yan looked at Meng Chifei: "At the dinner tonight, I was either sitting next to Huang Ying'er or with Meng Chifei."
Anyway, Ji Xiangyun and the others did not dare to admit in front of the emperor and empress that they were the ones who led Wen Yan to the remote lake.
Meng Chifei stood up and nodded solemnly: "That's right. Yanyan is timid and delicate, and it's her first time in the palace. I was afraid that she would make a mistake and offend someone she shouldn't offend, so I kept an eye on her.
If you don’t believe me, you can call my sister-in-law.”
Ji Xiangyun: "You are in the same group. Your evidence is not credible."
Meng Chifei said calmly, "Those four palace maids served you personally, so can their testimony be trusted?
Besides, my Yanyan is so weak and petite, and there is only one of us, how could she push so many of you into the water?"
Ji Xiangyun: "..."
Both sides insisted on their own opinions and could not reach a conclusion at all.
Wen Yan covered her face and sobbed, "Maybe it's the three nobles who want to teach our husband a lesson.
The fifth princess had tried to find a husband for herself many times after the provincial and palace examinations.
Princess Jinghe even broke into our house late at night and tried to abduct my husband. Fortunately, my husband was quick-witted and knocked on the copper basin to attract the neighbors, so he was saved.
And my husband has discovered that Miss Lan exploited the people to transport water..."
As soon as Wen Yan said this.
The hall suddenly became silent, and you could hear a pin drop.
The queen observed the expressions of everyone and had an idea in her mind.
She looked at Lan Fei with a smile: "Sister, you see..."
Concubine Lan gritted her teeth.
She knew that the evidence was insufficient and she couldn't convict Wen Yan tonight.
But she was unwilling to give up.
This pair of bastards has brought her Lan family to this point. How can she miss such a great opportunity?
Seeing that it was difficult to make a decision, the Queen suggested: "Why not hand this case over to the Dali Temple for investigation.
Pei Qiuyan is the most impartial and selfless person, and will definitely get to the bottom of this matter."
The expression on Lan Fei's face froze.
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