She had just returned to the palace and had not had time to take a sip of tea when she was called to the main hall. As soon as she entered the door, a teacup shattered at her feet.
"You little bitch! You married into our Dingguo Palace to be a spy." Aunt Zhang said in a shrill voice, "How dare you frame me like this."
Shang Ruoyi looked at Aunt Zhang in confusion: "Aunt Zhang, what are you talking about?"
"Humph! You know best what I'm talking about!"
Shang Ruoyi's eyes were filled with impatience: "Aunt, there's no need to play dumb. Just speak directly."
"Ruoyi, our He family has never treated you harshly, why did you do this?" The princess' eyes were red: "Although you are a concubine of the prime minister's mansion, since you married into our palace, no one has ignored you. Why did you put those forged letters in the study?"
Forged letter?
What do they say?
"Mother, what are you talking about?"
The old princess frowned and said in a deep voice: "Your father took a pile of letters to the imperial court today to report the Dingguo Palace, saying that the Dingguo Palace was collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country, and this letter..." She looked at Shang Ruoyi, her eyes full of scrutiny: "Your father said that you found it in the study."
What?
"How is this possible? You don't even know which way the door of the study in the palace opens, how can you go to read letters?" Shang Ruoyi looked at the old princess and said in a deep voice: "Besides, if you marry into the Dingwang Palace, what good will it do to do these things?"
"What about these letters?"
"It must be that old thing Shang Bu!" Shang Ruoyi finally understood why Shang Bu would rather hand over all of her mother's dowry and marry her into the Dingguo Palace.
It was to frame her with a legitimate reason, and then present these pre-prepared letters to her on the day she returned home.
A complete frame-up plan was completed.
At this time, a eunuch came to the palace with an imperial edict.
"Everyone in Dingguo Palace accepts the order."
Shang Ruoyi sank.
It seems that the person in the palace hates Prince Ding's Mansion to the core and is eager to get rid of everyone in Prince Ding's Mansion as soon as possible.
"In compliance with the order of the Emperor, the Emperor proclaims that Prince Ding Heyu has colluded with the enemy and betrayed his country, causing the tragic deaths of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield. His crime is unforgivable. Prince Ding Heyu has seized the throne and his life and death are unknown. Once he is found, he will be executed. His family will be exiled three thousand miles away and will not be allowed to set foot in the capital for the rest of their lives. All the property of the Prince Ding's Palace will be taken from the national treasury. This is my decree." The eunuch put away the imperial edict and sneered, "Old Princess, accept the order!"
The maidservant beside her helped the old man to stand up, but before she could stand firmly, she fell to the ground.
"Old Princess!" The maids around her were suddenly in a mess.
"Humph! I'm still going back to the palace to report to the emperor. Is there anyone from your Dingguo Palace to receive the imperial edict?"
"Give it to me!" A jade hand stretched out.
Shang Ruoyi said coldly: "Go slowly."
The eunuch looked at her, with a look of sarcasm on his face: "The second young lady of the Shang family has just been married for a few days, and she has suffered such a misfortune. It is really sad!"
When he left the palace, he said to the guards behind him: "Guard the gate of this palace, and no one is allowed to enter or leave."
The door of the palace slammed shut, and the palace was instantly in chaos. The old princess sat on the chair and murmured, "It's over, it's all over. Our Dingguo Palace and its foundation are all gone."
The princess held a handkerchief and wiped the tears from her eyes: "Someone just sent a message that Jing Heng was detained as soon as he returned to the military camp this morning. He was not in good condition to begin with, and I don't know how much torture he has suffered now."
Aunt Zhang's room packed up their gold and silver jewelry and tried every possible way to hide them on their bodies.
Shang Ruoyi took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness and quietly came to the backyard and opened the storeroom filled with her dowry. After a while, the storeroom was empty, not even a leaf was left, all were collected into the space.
She also visited several warehouses where the palace's valuables were stored.
After she left, the entire palace was emptied.
"Even if these things are gone, they must not be given to that unreasonable dog emperor." She looked at the space full of treasures and returned to the main hall with satisfaction.
At this moment, a group of soldiers rushed into the palace, and the leading captain said coldly: "Come here, take them away! Strip off their gorgeous clothes, put them in prison carts, and send them to the city immediately!"
Shang Ruoyi frowned slightly. How impatient was this emperor?
They were all put into prison uniforms, had their hands and feet shackled, and were sent directly to the prison van.
At this time, Shang Ruoyi saw a pool of blood under the front prisoner car, and fresh blood was dripping down.
Her pupils trembled slightly. It was He Jingheng!
When the princess saw this, she stumbled to the prisoner's carriage and grabbed it with trembling fingers: "Heng'er! Heng'er! Open your eyes and look at your mother! Heng'er!"
At this time, two soldiers stepped forward, rudely grabbed the princess' arm, and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and get in the car, there is no time for you to chat here. When you get to the city and meet up with the exiled prisoners, you will have time to cry. Hurry up!"
The princess was pushed to her feet, stumbled to her feet, dragged her feet into the shackles, and walked to her prison van, looking back every step of the way.
The prison van passed through the most prosperous street in the capital. In the past, the people on the van were either corrupt officials or murderers and releasers. When they passed through this street, they were all despised and even thrown stones at by the common people. However, today, when the prison van passed through the street, the common people all shed tears and some even knelt and kowtowed on the ground.
Shang Ruoyi saw all this. Although she lamented her pitiful fate more than once, being innocently implicated and exiled just after traveling through time, she gritted her teeth and thought that she had to save these people when she saw that the people in Dingguo Palace, who were so loved by the people, were treated so unfairly just because of the emperor's suspicion and their great achievements.
He Jingheng already had an injury on his leg. Although she had not seen the injury, she could smell the ointment he had used on his leg before. It was indeed used for broken bones and tendons. However, his current leg injury might be a bit tricky.
Aunt Zhang was still chattering in the prison car: "Shang Ruoyi, you jinx! It's all your fault! It must be that your horoscope conflicts with the Dingguo Palace, otherwise why was everything fine before you married in, but as soon as you married in, such a big problem happened in our Dingguo Palace?"
Shang Ruoyi didn't want to pay attention to her, but she was too ignorant and said loudly: "You little bitch, I'm talking to you, can't you hear me?"
"Okay, stop talking!" The old man looked at Shang Ruoyi and said in a deep voice, "Ruoyi, now that Jingheng is divorced from you, you can be free again and will not be burdened by our Dingguo Palace. Are you willing?"
Aunt Zhang's face changed instantly when she heard this: "Old man, how can you let her leave like this? We were all harmed by her!"
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