At this moment, the Wise King and the Loyal and Brave Marquis also followed closely behind.
Zongzheng Xu propped himself up from the bed with his hands, looking at Li Junru with a cold and ridiculous smile. "You had an affair with the Seventh Princess, and I caught you. To prevent me from telling, you tried to slander me like this, even kidnapping Jing Zhaoyin's daughter to frame me. But, Li Junru, I, Zongzheng Xu, a man of honor, would rather die than harm others."
"you……"
“I escaped. I hurt myself one cut at a time to clear my head. What about the Seventh Princess? Tell her that no matter if she is a princess or whatever, my clan government will not keep her here. I believe the Emperor will not show favoritism.”
Every word he uttered was a slap in the face to Li Junru, leaving him utterly speechless.
Everything makes sense, yet everything clearly shouldn't be this way.
There must be loopholes, there definitely are.
“Your Highness, you must also stand up for me in this matter.”
Zongzheng Hao also looked at the Wise King at this moment.
Yuwen Xian was completely bewildered.
So it's undeniable that Zongzheng Xu's injuries are genuine. He had initially wondered if it was a ruse, but he himself admitted that he injured himself to prove his innocence. Moreover, there were also injuries on his face and hands from being hit and scratched by tree branches and other objects.
It's obvious he was injured while fleeing.
There is absolutely no way to turn things around.
Furthermore, if Li Junru's previous words and actions are true, then today is a dead end. Zong Zhengxu is weak and could not possibly have the ability to reverse the situation.
"Li Junru, this matter is beyond my control. You should go and apologize to the Emperor yourself."
Yuwen Xian flicked his sleeve, immediately turned around, and walked outside.
After Zhongyong finished speaking, he went up to Zongzhengxiong and asked him a few words of concern before leaving.
Li Junru quickly caught up with him.
No, he has to turn the tables.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Xie Lingqin, Xie Lingqin..." Li Junru stepped forward, "I..."
Yuwen Xian stopped in his tracks, his expression suddenly widening. "What does this have to do with Xie Lingqin?"
"Your Highness, I..."
"Hoo."
Just as Li Junru was walking towards the main gate of the Zong government, before he could finish his sentence, a carriage came to a stop at the gate.
This carriage...
The curtain was lifted, and Xie Lingqin jumped down with a worried expression. She looked at the butler who came to greet her and asked, "Uncle Meng, I've heard about it. How are Grandpa and the others?"
"Miss, don't worry, it's nothing, it's nothing. It's just that the young master was seriously injured. Why did you arrive so late? We thought something had happened to you."
Xie Lingqin shook her head, "It's just a small thing, nothing to worry about."
Li Junru, standing to the side, widened his eyes. Wasn't the carriage supposed to be destroyed?
Why is the carriage still perfectly fine? Weren't the coachman killed? Why is he still alive and well?
Actually, not only Li Junru couldn't understand this, but Xie Lingqin couldn't understand it either.
She never expected that the stingy crown prince had already replaced the carriage with his own people, so it was no surprise that the carriage was unharmed.
“Eh, Prince Xian…” Xie Lingqin’s gaze fell on Li Junru again, and her voice immediately turned cold, “Hmph, Young Master Li, I didn’t expect you to be so vicious. You have truly disgraced your Minister’s Mansion.”
Xie Lingqin, with a stern expression and an indignant tone, followed Uncle Meng into the mansion.
"You just said, what happened to Xie Lingqin?"
Yuwen Xian's gaze followed Xie Lingqin into the mansion before shifting back to look at Li Junru.
Li Junru remained silent.
Dragging Xie Lingqin into this matter will only bring him harm and no benefit.
Inside the mansion, after turning through a long corridor, Xie Lingqin looked at Uncle Meng and said, "Uncle Meng, have you returned everything?"
"Miss, rest assured, everything is going according to your plan without any problems, except that Young Master is indeed quite badly injured."
"Yes, I'm sorry to have worried you, Uncle and Aunt. But we still shouldn't let our guard down. This is just the beginning."
"Don't worry, Miss."
Behind her, Zihe carefully observed her surroundings.
Meanwhile, before Yuwen Xian and Li Junru had even left the main gate, a carriage stopped ahead.
The coachman jumped down and bowed to Yuwen Xian. "Your Highness, the princess was stopped at the palace gate. According to the Emperor, since the princess is already married, she is now a member of the Imperial Clan Government. This matter will be temporarily handled by the Crown Prince."
Yuwen Xian's expression tightened, as if he were deep in thought.
Meanwhile, a maidservant stepped forward and helped the Seventh Princess out.
The Seventh Princess had regained consciousness. Looking at Yuwen Xian, she was extremely unwilling to agree. "Fifth Brother, I don't want to go into the Zong government. They will definitely kill me."
The wise prince's face was pale and gloomy. "If only you had known then what you know now. Go inside. In a moment, your elder brother, the crown prince, will stand up for you."
"Fifth Brother..."
Upon seeing this, a guard from the Zongzheng government office went inside to report.
Xie Lingqin remained calm when she received the message.
She was not saying that the Crown Prince would help her, but as she expected, the high and mighty monarch also knew the importance of the royal family's reputation. He directly blocked the Seventh Princess at the door and sent her back to the Zongzheng government for processing. With just the words "married daughter," she was already free from the entanglement.
This was exactly what she wanted.
The Seventh Princess can't escape.
Of course, she also wanted Li Junru to be disgraced and never be able to rise again.
The Seventh Princess was finally helped into the Zongzheng government. At this time, when she sat in the front hall, opposite her sat the Wise Prince, the Loyal and Brave Marquis, and Li Junru.
Of course, there was also the Prefect of Jingzhao who rushed over upon hearing the commotion.
Since the Emperor has entrusted this matter to the Crown Prince, he naturally wants to have his say as well.
Finally, there was also the Minister of War. The matter had spread throughout the capital in the time it takes to burn an incense stick. How could he not know? He immediately got dressed and came under the cover of night, his face more unpleasant than anyone else's.
At this moment, the front hall was completely silent.
The maids and servants outside the door all had frosty expressions on their faces.
---Aside---
Guess what will happen next~
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