The Imperial Guards turned over the bed and dragged the woman out. Xie Yunzhang looked at her face carefully and confirmed that this person was Lin Qingru, the eldest daughter of the Minister of Rites.
"Caihe, why is the eldest daughter of the Lin family here?"
Cai He understood and cried, "I went to the banquet with the eldest and second young ladies. But during the banquet, the eldest young lady said she was not feeling well and left. The second young lady asked me to go with her, but on the way, I ran into His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin. He found an excuse to take the eldest young lady away. I had no power and no influence, so I had to come back to discuss countermeasures with the second young lady. But after I left for a while, the eldest young lady actually hooked up with the Prince of Qin... I really deserve to die!"
"You truly deserve to die." A cold glint flashed in Xie Yunxiu's eyes as he spoke coldly, "Are you, a mere servant, capable of defaming the royal family? You, the Minister of Rites, are truly powerful. A servant actually dared to act in their place. How shameless! Someone, take her away and beat her to death with clubs as a warning to others."
"yes."
"Wait a minute. What are you planning, Ninth Brother? Are you trying to destroy the evidence?" Xie Yunzhang raised his hand to signal his men to withdraw. He then said, "I know you and Fifth Brother have always been close, so it's inevitable that you might be blinded by some superficial reasoning and try to exonerate him. Now that we have both witnesses and evidence, you won't be able to deny it even with your eloquence. Someone, bring some water to wake Lin Qingru. I want to ask her something."
Xie Yunxiu frightened the servant away with a cold glare. "Do you have both witnesses and evidence? What kind of witnesses are you, Sixth Brother? You're slandering the prince based on a maid's one-sided statement. If you want to kill her, you don't have to be so obvious, do you?
They say that if you catch an adulterer, you must catch two. How can we prove anything by relying on just one Lin Qingru? Sixth brother, you are too anxious!
"I have come here on orders. I hope you, my ninth brother, will not meddle in other people's business."
Xie Yunzhang had no real skills, but he was very good at using his power to bully others. Xie Yunxiu was caught off guard and was flattered by him, feeling trapped and indignant.
Xie Yunzhang saw that Xie Yunxiu couldn't use him to his liking, so he poured a basin of cold water on Lin Qingru to wake her up.
Lin Qingru woke up in a daze, and before she could see clearly what was happening, Caihe pestered her. "Miss, what happened to you? Did that lecherous King Qin flirt with you and damage your reputation? Tell me."
What did you say? You said you were molested?
Lin Qingru rubbed her swollen head and thought carefully about what happened before and after. She remembered that she was drunk and was helped to the toilet by Caihe. She didn't remember anything that happened after that.
"Caihe, what exactly happened?"
Xie Yunzhang looked at her and said with a half-smile, "Miss Lin, stop pretending and tell me where the King of Qin went."
What King Qin? She hadn't seen him.
"Why are you here?" Lin Qingru looked down and saw her disheveled self. She screamed, "Get out! Get out!"
An innocent girl in the boudoir was surrounded by countless people, and Lin Qingru wanted to die.
She said with a sad face: "Caihe, you actually teamed up with outsiders to damage my reputation, you traitorous bitch. Get out of here!"
"Miss, I had no choice but to do this." Cai He burst into tears. "Miss, for the sake of your reputation, you should tell me. It's better than you bearing it alone."
Lin Qingru was no fool. Caihe, the slave, was trying to trick her into revealing her affair with the King of Qin. Regardless of what would happen to the King of Qin, she would first be dealt with for defiling the imperial harem.
After all, a woman's reputation is more important than her life, and she must protect herself at all costs.
"What nonsense are you talking about, you slut? I was just drunk and lost my way. His Highness the Prince of Qin and I have never met, so how can you say that the Prince of Qin is disturbing my reputation?"
Cai He was about to say something when Lin Qingru slapped her in the face. "It was clearly Lin Wanru who ordered you to slander my innocence. If you continue to lie, I'll kill you, you lowly slave!"
Xie Yunxiu heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "Sixth Brother, since Miss Lin has already stated that she has nothing to do with Fifth Brother, you should at least give her some face. If this gets out, it will affect both you and Miss Lin. How about reconciling and pretending it never happened?"
Xie Yunzhang ignored Xie Yunxiu's implicit ridicule and turned to look at Caihe. "Caihe, did you see your eldest daughter and His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin in the same room?"
Cai He lowered her head and cried, "I dare not lie. I did see His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin molesting the young lady. I swear on my life."
"Very good. Now, as long as we find the King of Qin, everything will be clear. The Imperial Guards will accompany me to search every corner of the cold palace and leave no one behind."
"yes."
The Imperial Guards searched the cold palace inside and out, but could not find the King of Qin.
Xie Yunxiu looked at Xie Yunzhang's increasingly bad expression and teased, "It's getting late. If Sixth Brother keeps investigating, the Empress's Thousand Autumn Banquet will be over soon, and you won't be able to explain yourself."
"You..." Xie Yunzhang was so angry that he had forgotten about the incident. It was these two troublemakers who had affected his judgment. Seeing that he couldn't find the person, Xie Yunzhang became more and more impatient and ordered the Yulin Guards, "Search the palace for me. If you find the King of Qin, I will reward you handsomely."
"Sixth brother, are you crazy? Who gave you the right to search the harem? If you find something you shouldn't, how will you explain it to our father?" Xie Yunxiu said angrily, "Commander Wang, don't you understand that the King of Chu is ignorant? If you keep investigating like this, I don't know what will happen to the King of Chu, but you will definitely be dead."
Commander Wang always understood the meaning of "a man of his time." He knelt on one knee and saluted. "I hope His Highness the King of Chu will rescind his order."
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