Chapter 91: Dog bites dog, it's more interesting
"Pull her away!"
Changning shouted angrily, and the maid who was nearby ignored her identity as the wife of the Marquis of Liang and grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and threw her out.
Liang was about to fall when Marquis Yong'an stepped forward and held her up.
Liang took advantage of the situation and cried into his arms, begging, "My Lord, there must be something wrong here. Yao'er was still a child back then, how could she have done this? We must get to the bottom of this. Even if she did something wrong, you shouldn't give her a chance to defend herself and just throw all the blame on the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion."
Although she cried, Liang's words were very clear, especially when she added the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
Even though it was Zhou Yao and Chen Youmin who secretly plotted against Su Rui and gave birth to an illegitimate child five years ago, as Liang said, Zhou Yao was young at the time, and he was still partial to the child he had raised since childhood.
What's more, Changning cannot be the only one to say the truth. The Yong'an Marquisate cannot bear the charges of deceiving the emperor and colluding with bandits.
Patting Liang in his arms, Marquis Yong'an raised his head and said to Changning, "Princess Changning, we can't just listen to one side of the story when it comes to right and wrong. Now that Mr. Yunji and the Crown Prince are here, let's discuss this clearly."
Changning didn't want to say a word, he just wanted to cut this bitch and bastard into pieces to vent his anger.
But Yun Ji and the eldest prince were like two big Buddhas sitting there, and most of the people here were court officials. Even though Prince Long's palace had always been able to act arbitrarily, it couldn't be too arbitrary in such a scene.
"Okay, I'll see what else she can say!" Chang Ning cast a sharp glance at Zhou Yao.
She curled up on the ground, the words Liang had just said in her ear kept appearing in her mind, and she couldn't make a decision.
If she said it, then she would...
"Yao'er! Don't hide it anymore. Tell the truth. If we are wrong, we will admit it. If it is not our fault, we must never admit it. Don't be confused anymore." Liang shouted at the top of her lungs, as if she wanted to help her confused daughter one last time.
Zhou Yao slowly raised her head, took a few deep breaths, and finally started crying, "I...I don't know. I just admired Brother Chen. I was young at the time, and he said he liked me and would marry me after he married my sister. He wanted me to be with my sister, so I followed him."
"Afterwards, he...he forbade me to tell anyone. It was the same thing at the banquet five years ago. I didn't want to tell him at first, but he said he wouldn't let me down, so I blindly agreed to it. But I didn't expect someone to show up."
The more Zhou Yao spoke, the more her body trembled. She lowered her eyes to glance at Liang secretly, and then continued.
"I was scared, so I ran away. When the princess came to question me, I didn't dare to say anything. I just remembered that my sister in the bellyband also had it, so I got confused. Later, Brother Chen also said it was my sister, but I didn't dare to quibble. I was so scared."
"Sister took the punishment on my behalf. I felt bad, but I didn't dare to say anything. Later... Later, my belly grew bigger and bigger. I didn't know what was wrong. Later, the maid said I was pregnant, but I was about to give birth. I... I gave birth and asked the maid to throw it away."
Zhou Yao raised her eyes and looked at the wolf cub, trying her best to imitate Liang and act like a mother.
"I was too young at the time. I didn't dare ask the maid where she threw him. I just pretended it never happened. I don't know how he was taken away by bandits, or how he knew it was me. I don't know."
In the end, Zhou Yao knew nothing.
But this is also reasonable. Even if she was only thirteen years old five years ago and could commit those shameful things, she was still young after all and could not distinguish many things. It was normal for her to make all kinds of wrong choices in a confused manner.
After all, the current hard evidence can only prove that the child is Zhou Yao and Chen Youmin's, but it cannot prove that the Yong'an Marquis Mansion knew about the child and that they colluded with bandits to take the child to Lin Chuan to raise.
Even though people had long suspected that Su Rui had been taken away, such a major event required solid evidence.
"Don't you know? You're so shameless at such a young age, secretly having sex and even giving birth to an illegitimate child. Yet you have the nerve to discuss marriage with my Prince Ping's Mansion. You're trying to take advantage of us!"
Princess Ping was so angry that she slammed the chair and yelled. It sounded like she was angry, but they were all smart people. Everyone knew that she spoke at this time to sever ties with the Yong'an Marquisate.
It also clears up the relationship between Chen He and Zhou Yao. After all, everyone knows that they are planning to get married.
"Princess, I know nothing about this matter." Liang insisted that she was completely unaware of it.
But there was no way to save the relationship, and it was too embarrassing after all, so the matter ended like this.
But looking at the wealthy family she had been planning for so many years and was finally about to marry into, Zhou Yao couldn't give up easily.
The obsession took root in her heart, and for a moment Zhou Yao had only one thought in her mind.
She seemed to have forgotten that she was naked and crawled out quickly without caring.
No one expected that she would run out like this. By the time she reacted, she had already reached Shen He's side, stretched out her hand to grab the corner of his robe and shouted: "Brother He, I am willing, I am willing to be your side. We have been friends for so many years, can you love me, okay?"
This is her only hope.
For whatever reason, she was going to marry into Prince Ping's mansion. Even if her mother said she would protect her, what was the point of keeping her life? She would become worse than Su Rui.
She doesn't want it!
She was so excited that she didn't notice the deep disgust in Shen He's eyes, as if he had seen something extremely disgusting.
"Get your dirty hands off me!" Shen He kicked him mercilessly. "You shameless bastard, how dare you defame this prince?"
"Prince Shen has such a sudden change of attitude. He was being affectionate with my cousin just now, but now he calls her a dirty bitch. He doesn't care about the friendship we have had for years at all." Su Rui jeered as she watched the fun.
When Zhou Yao heard these words, they further stimulated her already confused heart.
Yes, why does Shen He despise her!
She lunged forward again, and Liang Shi was too late to stop her. She grabbed Shen He's clothes and pulled them, venting all her anger on him, cursing, "You said you wanted to marry me! Liar! Liar! What a good thing you are! You're only interested in what's in the pot, and you say you dislike Su Rui, but you've already had your eyes glued to her. You've been secretly having an affair with her for a long time, don't think I don't know!"
Before he finished speaking, Shen He felt the gazes of Yun Ji and the eldest prince falling on him, and a chill ran down his spine.
"Don't talk nonsense. You have no shame and think that everyone is the same as you." Shen He argued while trying to push Zhou Yao away.
But Zhou Yao was like a madman, with extremely great strength. Even though the servants of both families came up to help pull her away, they couldn't pull her away for a while.
Suddenly, she struggled and grabbed something.
Zhou Zhao’s people gasped and looked at Shen He’s head with wide eyes.
"Oh, Master Shen must have been hurt by love, disillusioned with the world, and became a monk, but why is his hair so messy?"
Someone made a joke, and many people started laughing too.
"He'er, you..." Princess Ping was so shocked that she couldn't say anything, but she also understood why he had begged her to come today.
Others naturally understood the difference between the two families and laughed to themselves that it was really a broken pot with a broken lid.
But this time the dog-eat-dog fight is even more interesting.
Facing those mocking looks, Shen He was furious. He snatched the wig from Zhou Yao's hand and covered his head with it. He slapped Zhou Yao in the face and turned to Chang Ning and said, "Princess, this bitch is crazy. She should be killed!"
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