Yu Jiuchen sat upright on a high seat and narrowed his eyes subconsciously.
Sure enough, the above was just an appetizer, and they were finally going to bring up that matter.
Afraid of being fooled by Yu Jiuchen again, Cai Xujiang knelt down immediately.
The seven or eight officials behind him also knelt down.
"Your Majesty! I have solid evidence to prove that Prince Rao An raped his harem!"
Su Changzhao laughed immediately: "Haha, Cai Xujiang, you probably don't know what my identity is. How can you stick the words '** harem' on me? I'm afraid Lord Cai has the intention, but I don't have the ability~"
Upon hearing this, the other palace servants present also laughed at him.
Originally, everyone in the palace knew that Su Changzhao was a eunuch. How could she, a eunuch, enter the harem?
Even if she wanted to, there was no such function.
The court officials including Cai Xujiang all looked unhappy because they were now being looked at like fools.
Can.
Cai Xujiang's eyes immediately showed cunning: "Don't be impatient, my Lord."
He deliberately called Su Changzhao "Thousand Years Old" in front of Yu Jiuchen, which shows his intentions.
Cai Xujiang continued, "The witness is outside the palace right now. Let's have him come to the court and ask him about the right and wrong. We'll know once we hear him."
Upon hearing this, the people present began to look at each other in confusion.
If we don't let someone in to explain things clearly at this critical juncture, it would seem that we are trying to hide something.
Yu Jiuchen had no choice but to say, "Noisy."
Meng Wei immediately shouted: "Xiao Xuan, witnesses come into the hall!"
Not long.
A little maid who had never been seen before walked in.
From the moment she entered the hall, she didn't dare to raise her head.
"Your Majesty, I kowtow to you."
After the ceremony, Yu Jiuchen asked her, "Which palace are you from?"
"I am on duty at the Palace of Fairy Girls, and I am currently serving Master Ningshuang."
Among the concubines, the only one named Ningshuang was Fu Ningshuang.
It was not appropriate for Su Changzhao to speak at this time, so Yu Jiuchen could only interrogate him one by one.
He continued to ask: "Master Cai said, can you prove that your master has an affair with another man?"
"Yes." The palace maid Xiangxiang answered without hesitation, causing an uproar among everyone present.
"Is this really true?"
"Oh no, this is another palace secret."
"A royal scandal..."
"Could it be that the adulterer is really nine thousand years old?"
Yu Jiuchen turned a deaf ear to these gossips and then asked, "Do you recognize the adulterer?"
"Your Majesty, I recognize you."
Around: "Ah? She said she recognized him."
"Could it be that he is really nine thousand years old?"
Yu Jiuchen glanced at Su Changzhao and saw that she remained calm and composed, and did not look afraid.
There seemed to be nothing going on in his mind, and his attention soon turned to the palace maid kneeling below.
"Then tell me, is that person in the temple now?"
"Here I am."
"Who is it?"
"She!" The palace maid pointed directly at Su Changzhao.
Around: "Really nine thousand years old!"
"That's impossible. Jiu Qian Sui is a eunuch!"
"It's hard to say. If what this palace maid said is true, it's hard to say what will happen to a nine thousand year old eunuch."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's attention involuntarily focused on Su Changzhao.
Su Changzhao: “…”
[These people really spared no effort to frame me. ]
[But... isn't this the original owner's later storyline? ]
Su Changzhao looked in the direction of Yu Jiuchen: [This plot was originally used by the dog emperor to intensify the conflict between the original owner and Lu Xianzong, letting them fight each other so that he can reap the benefits. ]
[Now the plot has been advanced, could it be related to the Dog Emperor? ]
[Could it be that despite all I have done during this period, the dog emperor still wants to kill me as soon as possible? ]
[Sad, really sad! ]
Listening to Su Changzhao's inner words, Yu Jiuchen's hands on the armrest gradually curled up.
Su Changzhao, what are you thinking about? This matter today has nothing to do with me.
Looking at Su Changzhao's lonely silhouette, he felt anxious for the first time.
There was a voice in his heart telling him that he didn't want to be misunderstood by Su Changzhao.
"Hahaha..." Su Changzhao laughed again, "Lord Cai, you are not going to convict me based on the words of a little palace maid, right? If so, I will find someone to claim to be a witness and say that you had an affair with a sow. From now on, Lord Cai and the sow are really husband and wife?"
"You..." Cai Xujiang was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead.
The people around him laughed at him again as if they were watching a show.
Su Changzhao did not target the palace maids, but only pointed his spearhead at Cai Xujiang and poked him hard.
The attack was very effective, and the wind direction immediately turned to her side.
Cai Xujiang was angry, but after all, he had been in the court for many years, and his experience in officialdom quickly calmed him down.
"You said so much just to prove your innocence. I have a plan. It's easy to prove. As long as you take off your clothes in public, all the rumors will be broken."
[Fuck, this old pervert actually asked me to take off my clothes in public? ]
[I can’t take it off! If I do, I’ll be finished! ]
Yu Jiuchen just felt that Su Changzhao couldn't afford to lose this person.
After all, given Su Changzhao's identity and temperament, asking her to take off her clothes in public would undoubtedly make her look bad.
Considering her current power and status, how could she endure such humiliation?
Yu Jiuchen was afraid that she would think that today's situation had something to do with him.
He immediately said, "Come here, punish the maid Xiang Xiang in public until she tells the truth."
His voice was gentle, yet it contained an authority that could not be disobeyed.
Immediately, a guard walked towards the palace maid and made a noise.
She immediately looked at Cai Xujiang beside her.
Cai Xujiang was afraid that she would not be able to bear it and tell the truth, so he quickly pleaded, "Your Majesty, the matter has not been fully clarified yet. If you torture her right away, I am afraid she will confess under torture."
Yu Jiuchen remained unmoved, and continued in a gentle voice: "You have already been guilty of pointing fingers at a high-ranking official in court without any evidence. Minister Cai, do you want to say that I was tortured into confessing, or are you saying that I was unfair and intentionally shielding Prince Rao'an?"
Yu Jiuchen's voice was always gentle and soft, but every word he said was so pressing that Cai Xujiang was speechless for a while.
Cai Xujiang was a little dumbfounded: "I... don't dare."
He only discovered today: this sickly guy has such an amazing eloquence, he really had misjudged him.
Soon, the loud screams of the palace maids were heard.
Every time the guards brought down a stick, Xiangxiang would scream.
The sound kept echoing in the hall.
It makes one's scalp tingle.
Cai Xujiang was anxious, for he was afraid that Xiangxiang would not be able to bear it and tell the truth.
The sweat on my head never dries.
Su Changzhao felt a little confused when she saw that Yu Jiuchen was really protecting her.
[Looking at the dog emperor's attitude, today's scene should not be his work. It seems that I thought too much before. ]
Yu Jiuchen breathed a sigh of relief: He’s not that stupid.
But the next second.
[No, not necessarily. What if this is the dog emperor sacrificing a pawn to save the king? He still needs me now, and he deliberately puts on such a show because I am still worth using.]
Yu Jiuchen: “…”
However, it didn't take long.
The palace maid Xiangxiang finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Stop fighting... Stop fighting! I confess, I confess..."
Xiangxiang cried out with his lips turning pale.
But as soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from outside the hall.
"The concubine Fu Ningshuang requests to see His Majesty!"