This attendant used to serve him, but was kicked out of the mansion for stealing.
I don’t know how much money Li Rao spent to bribe him to spread rumors.
"After listening to his one-sided story, I was very suspicious of the truth of the matter, so I sent someone to the Song Mansion to investigate. Sure enough, in Song Chengyi's study, I found a love poem he wrote to Concubine Ning." Li Rao said, and ordered someone to present a piece of paper.
He continued, "I have found another maidservant in the Song Mansion. She heard with her own ears that Song Chengyi was going to the Shou'an Marquis' Mansion to propose marriage."
Another maid was brought up.
She was a cleaning maid in the study and heard the quarrel between the Song father and son outside the door that day.
"That day, the young master asked the master to go to the Shou'an Marquis's mansion to propose marriage. The master was very angry and smashed two teacups. The young master was also very angry and slammed the door and walked out..."
Her description was vivid and the details were coherent. It didn't seem like fabrication but rather like fact.
Song Chengyi's face turned red and he was unable to refute.
Ning Wanyin listened quietly, her eyes fell on Song Chengyi. She remembered that he had peeked at her before, and was startled and avoided his gaze.
So, could it be that, except for the secret meeting, all of these are true?
It was simply a disaster that came from the sky and was an unexpected calamity.
After laying out all the evidence, Li Rao said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Ning and Song Chengyi had an affair. The evidence is irrefutable and they should be sentenced to death!"
Helian Qi looked at the love poem on the letter, his face as gloomy as water, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Ning Wanyin bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, I am innocent."
Even if all of this is true, as long as one of them can be proven to be a rumor, it can be used to overturn other evidence.
And just in good time, Ning Wanyin could prove that the secret meeting was fake.
"I do not know Lord Song, and I have never met him. Lord Li said that I had a private meeting with a foreign minister during the summer hunt. May I ask what day, time and place it was?"
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