Hearing Wu Linlin say this, Concubine Chang looked at Luo Lan with an expression of wanting to watch the fun without fear of trouble, with the corners of her mouth raised, as if she was waiting to see her fun.
The expression of Concubine Li was quite calm, as if she was neither surprised nor happy, but there was a kind of meaning that was hard to understand.
The emperor looked at Shui Luolan and suddenly asked:
"Linlin said you seriously injured her. Is that true?"
Luo Lan bowed slowly and replied:
"In reply to Your Majesty, the Crown Princess is mistaken. First of all, I, Shui Luolan, am not a wild woman. I was married to Prince Yu by Concubine Chang, and Your Majesty has approved of me. Now, what is the Crown Princess's intention in slandering me, Prince Yu's Princess, as a wild woman in front of everyone? Are you looking down on me, Shui Luolan, or are you looking down on Concubine Chang's perspective?"
Her words were as sharp as a needle, which surprised Wu Linlin a little, and everyone present broke into a cold sweat for her.
Everyone knows that Prince Yu was confined to his house for life for attempting to kill his father. He is also a dying man, and the so-called Princess Yu is just a burial object.
Today, she actually dared to contradict the Crown Princess in public? She was really too bold.
Among these people, only Yu Qiaoqiao looked at her with a hint of clarity in her eyes.
When Wu Linlin heard her say this, she hurriedly explained,
"That's not the case. Don't try to sow discord here. What I mean is, you're from the countryside, right? You walked too fast and caused me to sprain my waist, right?"
"Of course it's wrong."
Luo Lan turned to look at her and replied word by word:
"Excuse me, Crown Princess, who saw me, Shui Luolan, walking like the wind and bumping into you? You were walking slowly in front, and I was following behind with my maid. How could I have walked like the wind and knocked you over?"
Wu Linlin snorted coldly, pointed at her and said angrily:
"There were many people who saw it at the time, and they can all prove to me that you did hit me."
After saying this, she pulled the woman next to her and said, "Miss Sun, did you see that?"
The young lady surnamed Sun nodded decisively, "Yes, I was behind at the time and saw it clearly. It was indeed this Princess Yu who bumped into the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess nearly fell, and then she couldn't dodge in time and sprained her waist."
Hearing that Miss Sun was willing to tell lies to testify for Wu Linlin, Luo Lan turned around and looked at her. Her eyes were like knives, as if she could kill her. Miss Sun lowered her head guiltily, not daring to look Luo Lan in the eye.
Wu Linlin said to the emperor again:
"And the girls around me saw it, don't you think?"
Naturally, these girls didn't dare to talk nonsense, so they nodded and agreed: Yes.
Luo Lan didn't interrupt her, but just watched her as if she was watching a play.
After Wu Linlin had been looking for someone to prove it, Concubine Chang frowned and questioned Luo Lan in a parental manner:
"Princess Yu, I personally selected you, so even though you're from the countryside, I haven't treated you any differently. How could you do such a reckless thing on my birthday today? I'm so disappointed."
Concubine Chang's words made Luo Lan couldn't help but look up at her with contempt in his eyes.
This woman must be hating herself for choosing Shui Luolan as Princess Yu! Because Shui Luolan did not become a chess piece that she could summon and dismiss at will.
She turned her gaze towards the emperor, still folded her hands, knelt down and saluted, and said to the emperor slowly:
"Your Majesty, it's clear that Luo Lan didn't do anything. Even if others wanted to slander him, they couldn't do it. At that time..."
"Do you still want to deny it?"
Seeing that she wanted to explain the situation, Wu Linlin interrupted her and said bitterly:
"Princess Yu, this is the first time I've met you. I never thought you were such a vicious person, actually trying to kill me. You... you're so hateful. What's your purpose?"
At this point, she picked up the handkerchief and covered her face with it and sobbed again.
Seeing how convincingly she acted, Shui Luolan's eyes tightened, and she blinked and said to her:
"If the Crown Princess insists that I knocked you down, then I won't explain any further. I just want to ask, I, the Princess Yu, was ordered to enter the palace to celebrate the birthday of Concubine Chang, and my status is recognized by the Emperor. Why did the servants around you, the Crown Princess, speak disrespectfully to me? Was it wrong for me to ask my maid to teach that rude girl a lesson? If you didn't use all your strength to hit me, how could you have sprained your waist?"
Hearing her say this, Wu Linlin bit her lip, stared at her, and asked in a stern voice without saying anything:
"Hmph! It was you and your servants from Prince Yu's Mansion who were disrespectful to me, the Crown Princess, first. You even dared to hit my maid. Shouldn't I have hit you? Why did you suddenly squat down? If you hadn't dodged, how could I have sprained my waist?"
Her words undoubtedly showed that her sprained waist was not caused by Luo Lan bumping into her, but because she wanted to hit someone and Luo Lan dodged.
Luo Lan curled the corners of her mouth and thought to herself, no wonder she could become the Crown Princess, she was really as stupid as that dog prince, she would be fooled by just a few words.
This matter is a mess to begin with, and the emperor will not make it clear who is right and who is wrong. Instead of this, it is better to end it early to avoid getting too entangled in it and losing face.
Thinking of this, she pursed her lips and whispered with an apologetic tone:
"Luo Lan was wrong. The Crown Princess was scolding Luo Lan, and I shouldn't have dropped the handkerchief in my hand at that moment. Even if I did drop it, I shouldn't have bent down to pick it up, causing you, the Crown Princess, to sprain your waist while scolding Luo Lan. I'm sorry, Your Majesty, please punish Luo Lan for his stupidity and disrespect to the Crown Princess."
The emperor naturally understood what they meant. No matter who was right or wrong, or which maid caused the dispute at that time, Wu Linlin's waist was not hit by Luo Lan, but was caused by her trying to hit someone but failing.
Thinking of this, the emperor frowned and raised his hand to stop him:
"Okay, let's end this matter here. Don't let this disrupt my beloved concubine's birthday party."
Hearing this, Wu Linlin shouted relentlessly:
"Father, please help me. If it weren't for her, how could my waist be injured?"
The emperor looked at her and replied coldly:
"Does the Crown Princess want me to ask about what you just said?"
After hearing what the emperor said, Wu Linlin lowered her head feeling a little guilty.
She had clearly said just now that it was Shui Luolan who hit her, and later she told the truth in the conversation. It is not easy to hold Shui Luolan responsible now. If Shui Luolan brings up the matter of her false accusation again, she may not be able to get the upper hand.
Thinking of this, she glared at Luo Lan angrily, tore the handkerchief in her hand hard, and bit her lips in annoyance.
Although she was dissatisfied, she could only swallow her anger secretly. After all, there would be plenty of opportunities to deal with this ignorant woman in the future, so she was not in a hurry.
The emperor saw that Wu Linlin had finally quieted down, and waved his hand to Luo Lan, saying:
"There's an empty seat next to Xi'er. You can sit there. After all, you're Princess Yu. You won't be afraid of gossip if you sit in the corner."
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