Lan Shuang's mouth was almost out of her control.
Only after speaking did he quickly realize that he was in front of the emperor, and such rude behavior would only leave a worse impression on the emperor.
She stole a glance at the emperor's expression and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no significant change in his expression.
Gu Jiangli sneered: "You say I'm talking nonsense, but apart from the maid you mentioned, no one can prove that I was in this room today."
"That maid is still someone from your household. She might have made a mistake, or you might have arranged for her to frame you."
Lan's eyes darted around nervously, trying to mask her panic with her loud voice.
"Fine! Even if you say that the maid misjudged you and that you never came to this room, how do you explain Xu Zhuo's matter?"
"If Xu Zhuo hadn't actually received your letter of invitation, how could he have been so audacious as to come to the Prince's mansion alone?"
"Your Highness, even if your secret rendezvous with Xu Zhuo was a lie, your secret correspondence with him is absolutely true!"
Lan Shuang's confident demeanor drew everyone's attention to Gu Jiangli.
Only Prince Yu held her hand tightly, his gaze unwavering.
The emperor looked at Xu Zhuo, who was kneeling on the ground and dared not raise his head, with a probing gaze, and asked:
"You said the princess sent you a letter asking you to come here to see her, but what proof do you have?"
Xu Zhuo kept kowtowing, "Yes, yes... Your Majesty, some of the letters the Princess wrote to me are still at home, and two are on my person."
Only after obtaining the emperor's permission did he respectfully kneel and present the letter, stating directly:
"Your Majesty, please investigate! In fact... the Princess has been writing to me almost every day recently, hoping to meet me as soon as possible. However, she is now a Princess, so after receiving her letters, I always reply to her and refuse her invitations."
"But the princess's letters keep arriving every day despite my refusal, and I am really... often troubled by this."
"So I thought I'd take this opportunity to clarify things and make sure the Princess stops bothering me from now on."
"Therefore, my purpose in coming to the Prince's residence today is not to have a secret rendezvous with the Princess, but to sever all ties with her."
"Who knew...who knew the princess was so cunning, she bewitched me the moment she saw me!"
The emperor looked at the two letters, and even though he had always been calm, he still frowned after seeing the sentimental words on them.
He glanced at Gu Jiangli; the contents of the letter certainly didn't seem like something the strong-willed Gu Jiangli would write.
Meanwhile, Gu Jiangli was still rolling her eyes.
Xu Zhuo actually said that he came here to distance himself from me; what a remarkable excuse!
So the person who hugged me as soon as I walked in wasn't Xu Zhuo, but a ghost.
His ability to talk nonsense is just as good as mine.
Gu Jiangli said coldly, "Xu Zhuo, I have never written you a letter, but I have indeed received the letter you wrote to me. Not only that, the Prince has also read the letter you sent."
Everyone was taken aback.
Can the princess openly show the prince the contents of her correspondence with other men?
The prince is actually this magnanimous?
Prince Yu said, “Your Majesty, I have indeed read Xu Zhuo’s letter. I am aware of Xu Zhuo’s longing and remorse for the Princess, as well as his desire to see her.”
"But the princess burned the letter in front of me, along with the ginkgo leaf that was tucked inside."
After saying that, he glanced coldly at Xu Zhuo and added, "Not even ashes will be left."
Xu Zhuo trembled three times in fright.
He never expected that the letter he sent to the princess would be so bold as to show it directly to Prince Yu!
The emperor said, "Oh? So it's not that the princess is obsessed with you, but that you miss her and want to see her? You're lying."
Xu Zhuo hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! I'm not lying! The letter the Princess gave me is in your hands. It expresses her affection for me. Surely it's not fake!"
Gu Jiangli suddenly said meaningfully:
"The letter you received was definitely not written by me."
Lan Shuang suddenly chuckled contemptuously, "Just because you say it wasn't you who wrote it doesn't mean it wasn't you. Your Highness, do you dare to compare the handwriting?"
Gu Jiangli narrowed her eyes, this was exactly what she wanted, "Alright, let's have the competition then."
Lan Shuang suddenly became smug again.
She was already waiting to see Gu Jiangli get a severe slap in the face.
Gu Jiangli took the paper and pen, wrote a few words at random, and presented them to the emperor.
After comparing the results, he reached a conclusion in front of everyone.
"The princess's handwriting is indeed different from the handwriting on the letter Xu Zhuo handed over; they were not written by the same person."
Lan Shuang's expression changed drastically, "How is this possible!"
She went to great lengths to find Gu Jiangli's original letters and imitated her handwriting for a long time before she could imitate it perfectly.
How could they be different!
Seeing that she didn't believe him, the emperor handed two pieces of paper to Lan Shuang as well.
Lan Shuang was truly dumbfounded.
"It really is...different...how could it be?"
Gu Jiangli ignored her questions and remained calm and composed.
It's certain that the handwriting is different.
How could the handwriting of the original owner, "Gu Jiangli," be the same as the handwriting of the person sent by the system?
He said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, those letters sent to Xu Zhuo were not written by me. Xu Zhuo, however, claims to correspond with me daily. I am also curious to know where those letters that Xu Zhuo supposedly sent to me have gone."
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