Chapter 959 His clothes were torn in one place!
Yuwen Yuan asked, "Princess Qin, did you write this?"
Shang Ruyi raised her head and solemnly said, "Your Majesty, this handwriting does indeed resemble my own, but I have never written anything on this, nor have I had anyone pass it on to Sun Xianyue. Someone must have forged my handwriting to commit this treacherous act!"
Yuwen Yuan asked, "Then, who in the palace has received your letter?"
"this--"
Shang Ruyi gritted her teeth and could only say, "No one in the palace has ever received my handwritten letter. However, I have been practicing calligraphy and calming my mind in Qianqiu Palace for the past two days, and I have a lot of manuscripts. Just now, when I had someone packing things up, I discovered that one of my pieces of calligraphy had been stolen."
"Just discovered it?"
"yes."
At this point, Shang Ruyi's own breathing became unstable. All of this was too sudden. Even though she felt that Sun Xianyue's appearance was strange from the beginning, she did not expect that there would be so many traps around her, and she did not expect that they would all erupt tonight.
And his own rebuttals, even to himself, sounded so pale and powerless.
Yuwen Yuan asked, "Who can prove this?"
"I--"
Shang Ruyi wanted to say something, but anything she said seemed to only make things more pale and powerless.
At this moment, she could only blame herself for being too confused these past few days. Even though she had noticed something was wrong with Sun Xianyue's appearance, she hadn't immediately noticed the unease around her.
Just as she was speechless and seemed to have been asked a question that left her speechless, Han Yuhui suddenly sighed and said, "Princess Qin, although you have some connection with Chu Yang and were with him in Jiangdu Palace... you are now Princess Qin and the mother of the young prince. Even if Sun Xianyue resembles Chu Yang, you shouldn't have done such a thing!"
Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi's face darkened.
Han Yuhui's words, though short, were full of hidden meaning. Although her interactions with Chu Yang at Jiangdu Palace had been clarified at the Dharma assembly at Dayan Temple, they had spent a considerable amount of time alone together, making it impossible to completely erase any lingering resentment from one's heart. Furthermore, Sun Xianyue's sword dance resembled Chu Yang's, her own "loss of composure" at Baifu Hall last night, and the words Yu Mingyue had deliberately uttered had already stirred up suspicion in Yuwen Yuan's heart.
More importantly, Han Yuhui mentioned her identity in her words: the concubine of the King of Qin and the mother of Xiao Yuangan.
If she truly loved Chu Yang and couldn't forget him, and even took advantage of the King of Qin's absence on campaign to secretly meet with someone who resembled him late at night, how could such a person be worthy of being the King of Qin's consort? And how could she be worthy of being Yuwen Yuangan's mother?!
This is the truly scathing statement!
Even knowing that further argument would be futile, Shang Ruyi had to speak. However, she did not directly confront Han Yuhui, but instead addressed Sun Xianyue, saying, "Sun Xianyue, I ask you, did you enter Qianqiu Palace tonight and see me?"
Sun Xianyue immediately replied, "No!"
At this point, he seemed to realize something and hurriedly turned to Yuwen Yuan, saying, "Your Majesty, although I received that paper and did indeed secretly leave the inner palace, I became afraid halfway there and turned back before actually reaching the Qianqiu Palace. The place where they captured me was in the inner palace garden."
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Yuan looked up and glanced at the guards on the other side, who were responsible for patrolling that night. They immediately replied, "Yes, our squad caught him near Wangyun Pavilion while patrolling the inner court."
Shang Ruyi immediately said to Han Yuhui, "Since you have never been to Qianqiu Palace, how can you say that I had a secret rendezvous with him?!"
Han Yuhui did not argue with her, but turned to Sun Xianyue and asked, "You really didn't go?"
Sun Xianyue said, "I didn't go!"
Han Yuhui raised an eyebrow slightly and said thoughtfully, "In that case, could it be that Wen Ying made a mistake?"
Shang Ruyi frowned again.
Yuwen Yuan said, "Bring the people up."
Han Yuhui replied, "Yes."
She immediately dismissed the servants, and soon brought back a young palace maid, about sixteen or seventeen years old, who was the one who had been by her side all night. She was also trembling with fear and knelt before the emperor as soon as she entered the Liangyi Hall, shaking and not daring to raise her head.
Yuwen Yuan asked, "So you're Wen Ying?"
Wen Ying said softly, "This servant is Wen Ying."
"Tell me, what did you see in the Thousand Autumns Palace tonight?"
"..."
Wen Ying was kneeling on the ground, trembling all over. When she heard this, she barely raised her head and glanced at Han Yuhui. Han Yuhui said calmly, "Say what you saw. Don't lie in front of the Emperor."
Upon hearing this, Wen Ying's face turned even paler, and she quickly lowered her head.
Yuwen Yuan's expression darkened further: "What exactly did you see? Tell me."
Wen Ying said softly, "This servant saw something in the backyard of Qianqiu Palace, it seemed like there was a man climbing over the wall..."
Yuwen Yuan raised his hand and pointed at Sun Xianyue: "Is it him?"
Wen Ying glanced up briefly before bowing her head and saying, "It was too dark at the time, and I only saw a figure, but I couldn't make out who it was. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"..."
Yuwen Yuan paused for a moment, then said, "Go down!"
Wen Ying kowtowed, then immediately got up and left.
Shang Ruyi immediately said, "Father, the palace maid also said that she didn't see it clearly. Besides, it was so dark, and there are so many pine and cypress trees in the backyard of Qianqiu Palace. Maybe it was just a shadow."
"..."
"In the end, there is absolutely no evidence to prove that Sun Xianyue ever went to Qianqiu Palace, and no one can prove that he had a secret meeting with me!"
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Yuan's aura deepened.
He seemed to be thinking about this issue as well.
But at that moment, Shang Ruyi sensed that Han Yuhui, who had been so aggressive, had also quieted down. However, her quietness was not the quietness of someone who was speechless when questioned; rather, it seemed as if she was waiting for something.
Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi looked up at her.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door again. Yuwen Yuan raised his chin, and Eunuch Yu immediately went out to greet him. They heard someone outside whispering something.
A short while later, Eunuch Yu walked in.
He walked to Yuwen Yuan's side and whispered, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards found this in the corner of the wall in the backyard of Qianqiu Palace."
After saying that, he presented a piece of cloth to him.
It was a strip of grayish-black cloth. The color looked familiar to Shang Ruyi, and he immediately turned to look at Sun Xianyue. He seemed to wake up suddenly and looked down at his feet.
At the same time, almost everyone in the hall could see where the rag came from, and all eyes were focused on him.
Sure enough, there was a tear in the clothes hanging at his feet!
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