If Xie Lingyu is not General Xie's daughter, then who is she?
Impersonation is a death sentence.
But it also means what a huge joke she and her son made.
She slept with a freak, and she didn't even know what kind of creature the freak was.
If he were some kind of traitor who brings disaster to the country, then...
Upon further reflection, Consort Lan and Yuwen Xian both turned pale, as if a catastrophe was about to befall them.
The Empress remained seated to the side, watching everything without uttering a sound.
As for Xie Lingqin, she stood quietly to the side, her eyes lowered, and she did not speak.
But no one knew how wildly excited her heart was at that moment.
She knew that this was not her feeling; she thought it must belong to the original owner, the resentment left in her body.
The resentment of dying unwillingly turned into a sense of exhilaration upon witnessing the truth presented in court.
Xie Lingyu, I spared you for so many days, but today I will finally put you to death and never let you live again.
A fate worse than death is your end.
Eunuch Ni quickly led a young man up.
The man was dressed plainly and had a sleazy air about him. He had clearly never been to such a place before. As soon as he entered, he didn't even dare to lift his eyes before kneeling on the ground, stammering, "Little one, little one, little one..."
He stammered and mumbled, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.
"You, speak to the Emperor," General Xie commanded.
Upon hearing General Xie's voice, the man shakily raised his head.
Upon seeing his face clearly, Xie Lingyu felt utterly heartbroken and overwhelmed with despair.
“The little one, the little one is her playmate, we grew up together…” The man swallowed hard and pointed at Xie Lingyu quickly, “She is not the real second young lady of the General’s Mansion, she was a little beggar who used to beg with me.”
The man's words were like a stone thrown into water, creating ripples.
At the head of the table, the Emperor's sharp eyes glanced at General Xie.
General Xie accepted the order and immediately shouted at the man, "You, continue."
"Ten years ago, she and I—she used to be called Little Kitten—were begging together when we met Miss Xie, who was out having fun. She looked a lot like Little Kitten. She insisted on scratching Little Kitten's face and even kicked over our bowls. Then, Little Kitten started fighting with her, and then..."
"What?" the Empress shouted.
The man swallowed hard and continued, "The little kitten hit Miss Xie with a stone, causing her to bleed a lot. We were terrified, so...we buried her together. We were so scared, and just as we were getting frightened, we met the maids who came looking for her. When they saw the little kitten, they were so frightened that they changed her clothes. They must have mistaken her for someone else..." The man babbled on and on, then paused and continued, "That's how the little kitten entered the General's Mansion, and then...and that's how it happened. But only I know that the little kitten is a freak, so for all these years, I've been threatening her to give me money to live on..."
"Then Miss Xie is dead?" the Empress asked at the Emperor's prompting.
The man didn't dare raise his head, and listening to the voice, he could only stammer, "I don't know. Later, later, a few days later, I went to see the grave mound, but it was gone, gone, the grave mound was gone..."
As the man spoke, he immediately kowtowed again, saying, "I don't know, I don't know, I don't know how it disappeared." His head was bleeding from the kowtow.
"Your Majesty, spare me! Spare me!" the man pleaded repeatedly.
The Emperor frowned, then looked at General Xie and asked, "My dear minister, where did you find this person?"
"Your Majesty, this man took jewelry from my treasury to pawn, and I happened to witness it, which is why..." General Xie shook his head, overwhelmed with grief, "I was horrified to hear of such a thing."
"Little kitten?" The Emperor then looked down at Xie Lingyu, whose eyes were now unfocused. "At such a young age, you've already committed murder for money and impersonated someone else. Your mind is truly quite cunning."
Xie Lingyu was in a daze when she finally raised her eyes to look at the Emperor. Then, she pointed at Xie Lingqin opposite her and said, "Your Majesty, she... she's not a simple woman either. She's not the real Xie Lingqin."
Xie Lingqin's heart skipped a beat. Meeting everyone's gazes, she frowned slightly. "Xie Lingyu, no, little kitten, you say I'm not Xie Lingqin, then tell me, who am I?"
Xie Lingyu stared blankly, then chuckled coldly, "Xie Lingqin is useless. I bullied her since she was little, and she was almost killed by me and the Prince Xian. But she didn't die. How can she live so long? She must be a fox reincarnated. Isn't it said that foxes have nine lives? Prince Xian, don't you think so?"
"How dare you! Shut up!" Yuwen Xian roared. "When did I ever conspire with you to harm Xie Lingqin?"
"Then why did you say that the one you were intimately entwined with was Xie Lingqin when you were clearly being intimate with me in the Flower Falling Palace?"
Yuwen Xian's expression was grim.
---Aside---
Xinzhi thinks the battle between the Wise Prince and Little Flower Anchor over the blanket is quite entertaining, isn't it?
Volume One is finished, the next volume will reveal its brilliance.
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