"My name is Ma Guixiang. My sister Juxiang and I were just ordinary singers at the post station. A month ago, someone secretly summoned us to go to the camp to serve the Crown Prince. We thought that we could serve the prince and become phoenixes, so we served him with extra effort."
"My sister and I were making love with the Crown Prince inside the tent, oblivious to everything else. The Crown Prince even praised us, saying that we two sisters had good figures and that we served him very well..."
Ma Guixiang was a prostitute and spoke lewdly. Before she finished speaking, a chorus of boos arose from the crowd.
The image of the eldest prince plummeted.
While disaster relief efforts are underway, he's still indulging in womanizing, having taken in two women at a time. How can such behavior be reconciled with the rumors of a prince working tirelessly day and night on disaster relief?
Yi Chenxuan's face turned bright red. Although he was a womanizer, he still couldn't bear to have such a thing brought up in public by a woman.
He retorted angrily, "How could I possibly be interested in such a lowly woman? Father, this woman is trying to curry favor with me and deserves to be executed."
Ma Guixiang panicked: "Your Highness, how can you turn your back on us after you've already done this? We've been husband and wife for several nights, how can you be so heartless? My sister and I were hoping to get a title after serving you. But who knew that a few days later, you gave us some silver to send us back? That's not all, on the way back, someone tried to kill us. If someone hadn't come to our rescue, I would have been beheaded like my poor sister."
Ma Guixiang's words directly implied that the eldest prince had killed her to cover it up.
In a moment of desperation, Yi Chenxuan gave Prime Minister Pan a wink.
Prime Minister Pan immediately said, "Words are meaningless. Everything requires evidence. Otherwise, if any woman comes along and frames the prince, there will be no explanation. This woman is unbecoming of this place; take her away."
Ma Guixiang refused to go down and shouted loudly, "Who says I have no evidence? I know the First Prince has a black mole on his buttock. If you don't believe me, you can check it on the spot! Also, I originally wanted to keep it as a memento, but now it's come in handy."
Ma Guixiang took out a belt from her pocket: "This is the First Prince's."
The eldest prince's mouth was wide open, and he could no longer speak.
The belt was presented to the emperor, and a moment later, the sound of a cup shattering came from behind the screen.
The emperor was furious. This belt belonged to the eldest prince; it was a yellow belt personally bestowed upon him by the emperor before he left.
"You unfilial son, with the evidence before you, what excuses do you have? I ordered you to carry out disaster relief, and this is how you do it? You sabotage Li'er's disaster relief efforts, and then you commit adultery in the camp. You really are the 'good' crown prince I chose!" The emperor's roar could be heard clearly even through a screen.
"Fortunately, the Crown Prince's investiture ceremony has not yet been held. In my opinion, the Crown Prince is not fit to be the eldest prince."
With just one sentence from the Emperor, Yi Chenxuan's dream of becoming Crown Prince, which he had cherished for over a decade, was now completely shattered.
Han Yuanyuan, who was listening nearby, couldn't bear the shock and fainted on the spot.
The guards hastily carried her away, and the scene became somewhat chaotic.
Now that things had come to this, Yi Chenxuan could no longer deny it. He knelt on the ground and cried out in anguish, "Father, I was just confused for a moment. I was so angry that I sent someone to trip up my sixth brother. As for this woman, I was foolish. Please forgive me, Father. I will never do it again."
Yi Chenxuan admitted his mistake quickly, but that was far from enough.
An Yuan'er said, "This play isn't over yet. You confessed to your crime a little too quickly."
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