"Minister Zhou, Lord Wang, what are you still standing there for? Go get help! My hand is about to be crippled. Can't you see?"
Minister Zhou and the others remained silent, but instead looked at each other with complicated expressions.
"It's hard to depict the bones, Gu Yanran, even if you're wearing the princess's face, what does it matter? Have you forgotten that the princess is also a martial artist? How could she not be able to withstand a mere move?"
Zhixia lifted her foot and stood slowly aside, admiring her embarrassment.
"Or do you think that all the gentlemen are brainless and can be fooled by you forever?"
After saying that, Zhixia glanced at Minister Zhou and the others meaningfully. The latter avoided his gaze, looking a little embarrassed.
Seeing Zhixia expose her identity in public, Gu Yanran didn't care about anything else and immediately retorted:
"You lowly slave, what nonsense are you talking about here without any evidence? I am the Crown Princess personally appointed by my father, the future Empress of Great Chu. What evidence do you have to prove that I am a fake?"
She glanced back and forth between Zhixia and Li Linyuan, a vicious smile forming on her lips:
"You were my personal maid. When I was injured and unconscious, not only did you not return to Da Chu to pledge your loyalty, but you lingered in Da Qin instead. You even had an affair with someone else and got pregnant. Humph! In my opinion, your heart has long been with someone else. You are now a spy for Da Chu!"
When Zhixia saw that she was turning the tables, she immediately became furious and couldn't help but want to go up and tear her mouth apart.
"Don't be impulsive!"
Li Linyuan protected her behind him, "You are pregnant, you can't get angry, and you can't hurt your bones. Be careful of you and the baby."
"How do you want to deal with her? Do you want to cripple her other hand? Or cut off her tongue?"
Li Linyuan spoke casually, as if he was discussing today's weather.
"You! How dare you! You are a minister of the Great Qin, how dare you treat me like this!" Gu Yanran screamed fiercely, her inner panic surging like a tide.
But it was only for a moment, and she forced herself to calm down.
This is just the one-sided statement of that bitch Zhixia. As long as I can prove that my face is real, I will have a chance.
Yes, as long as there is no evidence, she will deny it to the death!
She raised her hand and touched her cheek. It felt warm and smooth, just like real human skin. She was confident that there was no flaw.
Back then, we suffered so much, endured what ordinary people couldn't endure, and even wasted all our skills, wasn't it just to make it perfect?
But at this moment, a familiar, cold, and supremely majestic voice quickly penetrated the tense atmosphere of confrontation and entered Gu Yanran's ears, causing her blood to freeze instantly!
"She can't prove you're fake, so how about I prove it myself?"
Gu Yanran looked at it in horror!
Outside the hall, Chu Qingluan was wearing a plain and elegant dark-patterned brocade dress. She did not wear too many pearls and jades, but her whole body was imposing, like the bright moon in the sky, instantly dimming the light in the room.
As she walked in slowly, her gaze was as cold as substance, shooting straight at Gu Yanran who was frozen in place!
"You, you are..." Gu Yanran's pupils suddenly shrank, and a huge panic rose in her heart, but she still forced herself to scream.
"How dare you! Who are you? How dare you impersonate me? You're so bold!"
She looked at Minister Zhou and the others in panic, which formed a sharp contrast with Chu Qingluan's calmness.
"Minister Zhou, Lord Wang, she...she's an imposter. I'm the real one. Hurry and have someone arrest this imposter! Quick!"
However, no one present moved. Everyone looked at her as if she were a clown.
Gu Yanran ran over to grab the imperial guards behind her and shouted, "And you guys, are you all blind? I order you to arrest her, quickly!"
Just as she was panicking, an angry voice came from the door, shattering Gu Yanran's last glimmer of hope.
"Do you need me to help you recall how this face of yours was peeled off?"
When Gu Yanran heard this voice, her pupils dilated instantly and the blood in her body flowed backwards.
She will never forget this voice until her death.
It was the owner of this voice who ruthlessly ordered someone to peel off her face alive, which was the beginning of all her suffering.
Chu Hong was seen wearing a moon-white brocade robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a golden crown on his head. He strode towards this side, holding a special lantern in his hand.
When Gu Yanran's eyes fell on the lantern, her whole body trembled and even her breathing stopped.
Despair and fear instantly overwhelmed her like a tide.
She collapsed on the ground dejectedly, her eyes fixed on the lantern, shaking her head repeatedly.
“No…don’t…don’t…”
She seemed to have recalled something terrible and buried her head in her knees, trying to escape it all in this way.
Chu Hong stood in front of her, his handsome face full of anger and hatred, staring at Gu Yanran.
If he didn't need to maintain his amnesiac character, he would have cut this witch into pieces long ago!
"You damned witch! How dare you come out and cause trouble in front of your sister? You deserve to die!"
Chu Hong raised his foot and kicked Gu Yanran hard in the chest.
Gu Yanran instantly flew out like a rag doll and hit the lamppost behind her.
In an instant, the oil lamp rolled down, and a few drops of hot oil fell on her face, burning her skin red.
"Ah! My face!"
Gu Yanran screamed, and as luck would have it, a piece of candle rolled out of the oil lamp, and the candle flame brushed against her cheek and fell into contact with the hot oil, instantly igniting a flame on her face.
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