The emperor had agreed very readily at first, but now he was making excuses. Duan Gouqiong just wanted to laugh.
She looked at the emperor and sighed, "If the prince admits it himself, will it count?"
"Of course!"
The emperor responded, but Duan Gouqiong was still dissatisfied, as he always felt that the emperor was just being perfunctory.
She said, "I'll send someone to the palace later!"
After Duan Gouqiong finished speaking, he turned and walked out.
The emperor looked at Duan Gouqiong leaving with a frown on his face.
Jing Chengzhi confessed personally, indicating that he was tortured?
When the emperor saw Jing Chengzhi, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, because Jing Chengzhi had no wounds except being tied up and having his mouth gagged.
The emperor was sitting far away and couldn't see Jing Chengzhi clearly at this moment. He said, "Take the gag out of his mouth."
Duan Gouqiong personally stepped forward to take off the Sebu, and Jing Chengzhi's mouth was free, and he immediately sneezed.
I was freezing in the wild all night. I was cold all over...
Duan Gouqiong looked at the emperor and confessed, "I suspected the prince of the county was suspicious, so I kidnapped him. As expected, he couldn't stand the fear and cowardly admitted his crime. He even wanted to bite the emperor and the imperial concubine!"
Hearing the word "bite back", the emperor's expression changed. He looked at Jing Chengzhi with interest: "You bite back?"
These three simple words carried a kind of majesty that made Jing Chengzhi tremble uncontrollably. He had never thought that there would be a day when he would be caught before the emperor and questioned.
He felt like crying...
"Father, I, your son, only said that for expediency, so that the princess and the prince would release me! I did it to save my life! They want to kill me to silence me!"
Seeing Jing Chengzhi's tearful appearance, Duan Gouqiong's eyes were filled with sneer: "Can you pretend any longer? If you wanted to kill someone to silence them, why did you bring you back? Why not just kill you directly?"
Jing Chengzhi snorted coldly: "You want to ruin my reputation, so you let me live!"
The emperor felt a headache watching the two quarreling. Finally, he said in a cold voice: "Call the prince!"
Soon, Shao Lecheng was brought over. He was not surprised when he saw Jing Chengzhi, and knelt down to salute him properly.
Duan Gouqiong took the initiative to speak: "Prince, tell me, did the prince voluntarily admit that he sent assassins to kill you and me?"
Shao Lecheng looked calm and responded calmly: "Yes."
"You're threatening me, otherwise I wouldn't admit it!"
Jing Chengzhi refused to admit it after changing his environment, which made Duan Gouqiong a little crazy.
"Your Majesty, the Duke is not only vicious, but also shameless! However, this princess has found the wounds I suffered and the weapons used by the thieves! The owner of the long sword is a member of the Imperial Guard. Your Majesty, the Imperial Guard is under your jurisdiction. Was this person sent by you, or by the Duke?"
The Imperial Guards are the emperor's troops. If the Imperial Guards are guilty, the emperor will also be implicated.
A guard once came to tell the emperor that Duan Gouqiong had found evidence and asked him whether he wanted to intercept the news, but he did not expect that the perpetrator would be a member of the Imperial Guard.
If they are really from the Imperial Guards, who else can dispatch them except him?
The emperor clenched his fists and squinted his eyes at Jing Chengzhi, obviously waiting for Jing Chengzhi to explain?
At that time, Jing Chengzhi deliberately arranged for the imperial guard to make Duan Gouqiong misunderstand the emperor, but he did not expect that it would end up shooting himself in the foot.
He knelt on the ground, his brows tightly knitted, feeling a little anxious: "Your son doesn't know."
"How dare you, I trusted you so much, yet you colluded with the Imperial Guards to assassinate the prince!"
The emperor couldn't think of anyone else besides Jing Chengzhi who would mobilize the Imperial Guards to assassinate Shao Lecheng, so the emperor had already determined that it was him.
The emperor's voice was majestic and he was obviously angry.
Jing Chengzhi huddled on the ground, begging for mercy: "Father, I really don't know what's going on!"
Duan Gouqiong prompted, "Your Majesty, this prince came to the post station to look for me. He told me that the assassin was sent by you! You even framed your own father, the emperor! Tsk tsk."
Duan Gouqiong looked at Jing Chengzhi with a look of disgust, then looked at Shao Lecheng: "It's better to be a prince!"
Even though Duan Gouqiong praised him, Shao Lecheng did not show any joy at all. He just stood there indifferently with a frown on his face.
The emperor looked solemn and said, "Princess, please give me some time. I want to talk to the prince alone."
Duan Gouqiong hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and agreed: "Okay!"
Shao Lecheng and Duan Gouqiong walked out. Duan Gouqiong caught up with Shao Lecheng and took the initiative to speak: "Prince, I'm sorry for misunderstanding you and causing a scene at the Prince's Mansion. That concubine really has nothing to do with you?"
Shao Lecheng frowned, looked at Duan Gouqiong seriously, and responded: "No comment!"
His cold attitude and unwillingness to talk made the smile on Duan Gouqiong's face freeze. She looked at Shao Lecheng walking away in surprise. Why was he so cold to her?
Are you still angry?
Duan Gouqiong quickly followed, insisting, "I was wrong. Didn't I lose my memory? Isn't it okay if I'm wrong?"
But Shao Lecheng's expression remained indifferent, and he was unwilling to say more to Duan Gouqiong.
"Princess, everything you do is as it should be. How can it be wrong?"
In one sentence, it was said casually but was extremely hurtful.
He walked very fast, not wanting Duan Gouqiong to catch up with him.
Duan Gouqiong opened his mouth to call him, but finally shut up.
Shao Lecheng felt that Duan Gouqiong would be in danger if she stayed in Xianchang, so it would be better for her to return to Canglie, where she would still be a princess held in the palm of someone's hand, and would only be loved and respected. No one would think of murdering her or plotting against her.
So he decided to let go!
Duan Gouqiong watched Shao Lecheng leave in frustration. She decided to go find Ni Yueshan, because Ni Yueshan and Shao Lecheng seemed to have a good relationship. Could she ask Ni Yueshan for help?
In the Southern Study, after Shao Lecheng and the other two had left, Jing Chengzhi felt the pressure from the Emperor's gaze. He trembled with fear, fearing that the Emperor would suddenly become angry...
It was very quiet around, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Although the weather was a bit cold, he was sweating profusely.
Watching Jing Chengzhi kneeling on the ground and wiping his sweat, the emperor spoke sternly after a long while: "Is what the princess said true?"
Jing Chengzhi swallowed, a little scared: "No, it's not entirely true."
The emperor sneered: "You mean to say that it was your mother who asked you to do it?"
Jing Chengzhi looked up at the emperor in surprise. He didn't expect that the emperor knew everything.
"Are you curious as to why your mother insisted on killing the prince?"
Jing Chengzhi did have this doubt in his mind, but he just couldn't figure it out.
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