Chapter 591: My Daughter’s Reputation is Lost

The atmosphere inside the hall was very strange.

By this time Pang Xinyue's medicine had already worked. She knelt in the palace and cried, begging the Crown Princess to make the decision for her.

Mrs. Pang cried sincerely.

She didn't even dare to think about how the Prime Minister would punish her when she returned after such an incident!

Maybe she might report a sudden death from an acute illness or something like that, it's all possible!

The more Mrs. Pang thought about it, the more frightened she became.

Mu Rujun's face looked rather ugly. She sat high up in the main seat, looking coldly at the group of people of all kinds below.

The young lady who was taken away at first now had a pale face, as white as a ghost, her clothes were sweaty, her hair was stuck to her face, and her pearl hairpins were a little messy, probably because she was dragged - in short, she looked very messy.

The prince came in from outside the palace, his face also looking very cold.

Mu Rujun stood up and went to greet him. Before she could say anything, the prince patted her hand soothingly and said, "You've worked hard today."

These words were naturally very considerate to Crown Princess Mu Rujun, but they were not so pleasant to the ears of others.

Pang Xinyue raised her head with tears in her eyes and looked at the prince sadly, looking extremely aggrieved.

Unexpectedly, the prince didn't even look at her, took Mu Rujun's hand, and returned to the main seat in the hall and sat down.

Pang Xinyue's face went blank for a moment.

She gritted her teeth, said nothing, just knelt there, lowered her head and cried.

Wei Shiqing asked calmly, "Madam Pang, what is going on?"

Mrs. Pang Xiang did not expect that Wei Shiqing would ask her first. She cried sincerely, "Please, Your Highness, please make a decision for our Xinyue... There is indeed someone with evil ambitions who tried to give Your Highness some insidious and dirty things, but our Xinyue accidentally ate them..."

After saying this, Mrs. Pang pointed at the young lady who was first dragged here by the nanny with tears in her eyes.

The young lady knelt there, trembling all over and unable to speak.

She is still a little dazed.

That medicine, how come that medicine became an aphrodisiac?

Isn't it said that this is a magic drug that can make people fall in love with the person in front of them at first sight...

She was shaking all over and bursting into tears: "I, I didn't want to drug His Royal Highness, I just, I just wanted His Royal Highness to like me -"

It is said that this is an extremely precious secret medicine of the royal family of southern Xinjiang. When she bought it, she clearly saw a demonstration of its effects, and it was fine. How come it turned into some kind of aphrodisiac!

Her mother was kneeling there, her face pale and almost fainting.

If the crime of drugging the prince is really investigated, the entire nine generations of the family will be implicated. Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is magnanimous and lets him off the hook, the good days of the whole family will be over!

The official beside Wei Shiqing shouted coldly: "You are not allowed to make such a noise in front of His Highness!"

The lady who drugged the patient was so frightened that she didn't even dare to cry. She just held her breath so hard that her face turned pale, red, and blue, and her whole body was shaking violently.

The maid beside Mu Rujun whispered to Wei Shiqing about some details that had been found out.

For example, the lady who drugged the prince somehow learned that the prince was walking in the garden near the front hall, so she took the bird's nest cup with drug to bring food to the prince. As a result, when she was about to reach the front yard, Pang Xinyue happened to pass by and was thirsty, so she drank the bird's nest cup without saying anything.

After drinking it, the lady who drugged him turned pale.

Pang Xinyue said, "The Crown Prince is very open-minded and will definitely not blame me for a small bowl of bird's nest. I am willing to accompany this young lady to make amends to the Crown Prince."

As a result, the lady who drugged the boy instinctively wanted to run away, but Pang Xinyue pulled her back and dragged her to find Crown Prince Wei Shiqing.

Wei Shiqing knew what happened next. He heard something strange and brought people across the courtyard to check. He found Pang Xinyue with a flushed face.

Fortunately, Wei Shiqing acted decisively and asked the eunuch beside him to send Pang Xinyue to Mu Rujun.

What happened next was that Mu Rujun discovered that Pang Xinyue had been poisoned by an aphrodisiac. The female doctor in the East Palace could not cure the poison, so she asked Xing Xing to come and take a look.

Wei Shiqing's face was cold, his eyes were as cold as ice, he glanced at the people kneeling in the hall, and said coldly: "There are still some doubts about this matter, first take this girl to the dungeon of the East Palace."

The young lady was so frightened that she was shaking like a quail.

Her mother didn't dare to utter a word to beg for mercy at this moment. She kowtowed repeatedly and was dragged away.

The hall was a little empty for a while.

Just then someone came to report that Pang Xiang wanted to see him.

An ambiguous light flashed in Wei Shiqing's eyes: "Pass it on."

Prime Minister Pang strode into the hall.

Pang Xinyue suddenly covered her face and cried bitterly: "My reputation is ruined, I might as well hit my head against a pillar and die! How can I face my father again!"

As he spoke, he actually bumped into the pillar.

Pang Xiang's eyes were red with anger and he stretched out his hand: "Xin Yue!"

Mrs. Pang was so frightened that her soul almost flew out of the sky!

Fortunately, the guard beside Wei Shiqing was very helpful. He flew forward and stood in front of the pillar. Pang Xinyue bumped into the guard and fell to the ground.

Pang Xiang rushed forward and hugged Pang Xinyue: "Xinyue, you are confused! If you die, what will your father do?!"

Pang Xinyue hugged Pang Xiang and cried loudly: "Dad, my daughter's reputation is gone, what is the point of living like this?"

Mrs. Pang Xiang also stepped forward with great tact, and the family of three hugged each other and cried bitterly.

It's very moving to watch.

However, Wei Shiqing was as determined as if he had eaten a weight and was not moved at all. He even said in a cold voice: "Why, Miss Pang keeps saying that her reputation is ruined. I want to ask, where is it ruined? I was there when Miss Pang was poisoned. Does that mean I have ruined Miss Pang's reputation?"

When Prime Minister Pang heard what Wei Shiqing said, he immediately knelt down, tears streaming down his face, "Your Highness, I didn't mean that. It's just that my innocent daughter came to attend the Crown Princess' birthday banquet for no reason, and she did nothing, but she ended up hitting her head against a pillar and committing suicide. I am old, but my daughter is the apple of my eye. Please forgive my daughter's gaffe in anger for all the years I have sacrificed for Da Xia!"

Wei Shiqing was still sneering when he heard Mu Rujun speak: "Oh? Why does Prime Minister Pang sound like he is blaming me? Blaming me for not taking good care of Miss Pang, causing her to suffer such a great injustice at my birthday party?"

Pang Xianglian said he didn't dare.

Pang Xinyue knelt there crying, her lips bitten white, "My Lady Crown Princess, it's okay for me to suffer some injustice. Have you ever thought about what would happen if the Crown Prince drank this medicine at your birthday party? Isn't it..."

Wei Shiqing's face turned cold and he said angrily, "How dare you! Are you blaming my Crown Princess in front of me?!"