Jing Chengzhi's refusal to admit his guilt only intensified the disgust in Duan Gouqiong's eyes. She looked at him mockingly, then said to Shao Lecheng, "From now on, you are innocent! I will explain everything to the Emperor!"
Shao Lecheng's expression was calm. He didn't cheer or jump for joy because he was found not guilty. He just asked calmly, "So, Princess, you owe me a favor?"
Duan Gouqiong was stunned, then said seriously, "Of course. I made you take such a big blame, so how can I not owe you a favor?"
Shao Lecheng smiled, very satisfied: "Okay, as long as you admit your mistakes in time, in fact, this Master Shao can forgive you generously!"
Things ended perfectly, and Ni Yueshan breathed a sigh of relief. She touched Jing Yuchen with her arm and said, "The princess is going to enter the palace, you should go with her!"
Jing Yuchen nodded: "Okay."
Jing Chengzhi, who was standing aside, felt that he was being completely ignored. Why did everyone understand, but only he was still a little confused? Duan Gouqiong was a little lucid, and then what?
What did she hear?
Duan Gouqiong was unconscious, so he was unconscious too, okay? Why wasn't he even a little bit conscious? Why didn't he hear any conversation?
He was so confused that he wanted to ask Duan Gouqiong what was going on, but Duan Gouqiong seemed not to want to say anything more and had already walked out.
Jing Chengzhi had no choice but to hurry up and ask anxiously, "Princess, I still don't understand what's going on. Could you explain it to me? Perhaps there's some misunderstanding?"
But Duan Gouqiong didn't bother to pay attention to Jing Chengzhi at all, because if he said one more word he would be disgusted by his hypocrisy!
Jing Yuchen walked beside Jing Chengzhi and reminded him helplessly: "When the princess was unconscious, she heard the robbers doing what you ordered..."
This one sentence instantly woke Jing Chengzhi up. So this is what happened!
But he was already unconscious at the time and didn't talk to anyone at all, so where did the voice come from?
Seeing Jing Yuchen looking at him confidently, Jing Chengzhi's expression changed: "It's you!"
Jing Yuchen simply responded calmly: "Give someone a taste of their own medicine, understand?"
With just one sentence, Jing Chengzhi was unable to say another word.
He clenched his fists, his heart in turmoil, and followed him into the palace?
As long as Duan Gouqiong makes a big fuss, the emperor will definitely punish him!
But he doesn't want anything to happen!
Jing Chengzhi was anxious, knowing that it was no longer possible to win back Duan Gouqiong.
He had to seek help elsewhere...
Duan Gouqiong and Jing Yuchen entered the palace together and found that Jing Chengzhi did not follow them. Duan Gouqiong was too lazy to care about it because he could not escape anyway.
Jing Yuchen didn't seem to care and didn't say anything.
After arriving at the palace, Duan Gouqiong did not hesitate and explained the matter of Jing Chengzhi clearly.
The emperor was surprised at how complicated the matter was...
One was his son, and the other was an unrelated flower thief. The emperor did not want the truth to be as Duan Gouqiong said.
His expression became serious and he looked at Jing Yuchen: "Is what the princess said true?"
Jing Yuchen lowered his eyes and said, "I only learned about this from what the princess said. I cannot determine the truth of the matter!"
Duan Gouqiong was very dissatisfied: "Your Majesty, you trust your son too much. How dare this princess lie to your face?"
"This princess has defended your son so many times, how could I deliberately frame him this time? It's because this princess knows the truth and is furious!"
"The prince has committed quite a few crimes, hasn't he? If he has to be punished for multiple crimes, can he be beheaded?"
Duan Gouqiong asked with anticipation, and she really wanted Jing Chengzhi to die right now.
The emperor frowned. If a person committed a crime, he should be put to death, but the person was a prince! His son!
As a father, how could I just kill my own son?
"Princess Gou Qiong, please be patient. I will summon the prince to come and see you!"
Duan Gouqiong was a little disappointed, but she didn't complain about anything. She just waited silently for Jing Chengzhi to be brought over.
When Jing Chengzhi appeared, he saw Jing Yuchen standing on one side, and Princess Gou Qiong sitting next to him seemed a little sleepy.
But the emperor sat in a high position, which gave him an invisible sense of oppression.
Jing Chengzhi knelt on the ground and said, "Greetings, Father."
"I've heard Princess Gou Qiong speak, and I've learned that you were the mastermind behind the princess's first kidnapping. Do you have any excuse?"
Jing Chengzhi knelt on the ground, his face filled with fear as he spoke: "Father, I am innocent! How could I have the guts to do this! I was about to be exiled, and my route was different from the princess's. How could I have the guts to lure the princess to my side and stage such a torture scheme!"
"This must be a frame-up! The princess is in a semi-conscious state, and perhaps she has confused dreams with reality. Those words were not spoken by me, or perhaps someone else is impersonating me and framing me!"
Jing Chengzhi looked aggrieved and waited for the emperor to clear his name.
Duan Gouqiong listened to Jing Chengzhi's sophistry and felt only mockery: "A grown man dares to do it but not to take responsibility for it, Prince, I really look down on you."
Jing Chengzhi frowned tightly, "Princess, you didn't see that it was me, you just heard it! Are you so sure it's true?"
"I saw with my own eyes that you had the upper hand, but when I woke up, I found you and I trapped together! It matched the conversation I heard with the robbers! Could it be that my dreams could predict the future?
Jing Chengzhi continued to argue: "That might be the voice of someone else impersonating me!"
Hearing Jing Chengzhi still quibbling, Duan Gouqiong sneered.
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