Upon hearing this, Ling Yongqing immediately laughed, especially when he saw Mo Yunlan kneeling on the ground, his laughter grew even louder.
Mo Yunlan was caught in the act right here, so how can she testify? And how can her testimony be valid?
Princess Ning'an was favored by her father, but she couldn't just lie through her teeth, could she?
Emperor Yanwu glanced at his smugness, then at Mo Yunzhao's indifference, stroked his beard, and smirked, "Summon him!"
Ling Yongqing's witnesses arrived quickly, including a marquis and a prince, all prominent playboys in Ning'an City. They had arranged to drink at the First Prince's residence last night, and ended up catching Mo Yunlan cheating.
They all pointed to Mo Yunlan as the one kneeling.
Even Mo Yunlan's personal maid, Yinghong, testified to this.
She even brought her lover up with her.
The adulterer was a pale-faced, weak scholar who was kneeling on the ground, trembling, and explaining how he and Mo Yunlan had hit it off and started an affair.
Emperor Yanwu glanced at the silent Mo Yunzhao and asked in a deep voice, "How can you be sure that she is Mo Yunlan?"
The frail scholar pulled out a bright red bodice embroidered with twin begonias from his bosom. "This is a keepsake that Lan'er left for me. She also has a red mole an inch below her left shoulder."
Upon seeing this, Mo Yunlan's face turned deathly pale, and she collapsed to the ground like a limp rag.
Emperor Yanwu felt that even looking at it would taint his dragon eyes, and he lowered his head to ask Mo Yunlan, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Mo Yunlan resigned herself to her fate, "I have nothing to say. I did this only because I resent Mo Yunzhao for taking my position as city lord and for trying to take my fiancé. Even if they were to be together, I wanted to disgust them. She took away the dog I didn't want."
"Outrageous!" Emperor Yanwu angrily smashed the paperweight.
How dare he call his son a dog? What does that make him, the emperor?
The sharp crack startled everyone, causing them to tremble and kneel on the ground, their foreheads touching the earth.
Only Mo Yunzhao remained standing like a proud bamboo, his unfocused black eyes fixed on Emperor Yanwu, uttering only one sentence: "Your Majesty, she is not my elder sister."
Emperor Yanwu sneered, "I am not blind. She is Mo Yunlan, and I will not hold your Mo family responsible for her affairs. As the city lord, you should stop talking nonsense."
Ling Jingyu said, "Father, if City Lord Mo says she is not Mo Yunlan, then she is not."
Emperor Yanwu, who had just been cold-faced, immediately broke into a wide smile. "Very well, if my son says it's not true, then it's not true."
Mo Yunzhao: "..."
We were just talking about her, and now the emperor himself is blatantly lying?
Ling Yongqing: "..."
Which side is the crown prince on?
"Your Majesty, Princess Ning'an has arrived, and..."
Before the eunuch could finish speaking, Emperor Yanwu, with a cold and stern face, said, "Summon them."
Before long, footsteps could be heard, along with a delicate, melodious voice, as clear as a bell, "Father, Crown Prince."
Upon hearing the sound, everyone looked up, their eyes widening as if they had seen a ghost.
Beside the charming and lovely Princess Ning'an stood a woman who looked exactly like Mo Yunlan on the ground.
Emperor Yanwu looked at her, then down at Mo Yunlan on the ground, and blurted out, "Who are you?"
The young woman nodded and said, "Mo Yunlan greets Your Majesty."
Princess Ning'an stepped forward, took Emperor Yanwu's arm, and said with a knowing look, "Father, this is Sister Lan, my future sister-in-law."
Emperor Yanwu remained silent, only pointing to Mo Yunlan kneeling on the ground.
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