The emperor sat upright in the main hall of the prince's mansion. Leng Yun and Wu Linlin, holding the baby, stood in front of the emperor with joy on their faces.
The emperor looked at Leng Yun with a sullen face and asked sternly:
"Is this child born to the Crown Princess?"
Hearing this question, Wu Linlin was stunned for a moment, then bowed slightly in panic and replied:
"Father, this child is of course born to my daughter-in-law. Look at how much he looks like the Crown Prince."
As she was talking, Wu Linlin was about to walk towards the emperor with the child in her arms, but the emperor waved his hand impatiently.
"I heard that this child was not born to the Crown Princess, but to a woman named Xiaoyu?"
Hearing this, Leng Yun's face, which had just been smiling, suddenly froze.
He stood there at a loss for what to do, then shook his head vigorously.
"Father, I don't understand what you are talking about."
The emperor looked at him, his originally calm face suddenly filled with gloom, and he shouted coldly:
"Bring the man up."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaoyu brought Dazhi and slowly walked towards the main hall. Xiaoyu was still disheveled, but her eyes were filled with resentment and determination. Dazhi stared at Leng Yun with a pair of hateful eyes. Perhaps when he saw Leng Yun, he remembered the past and his body couldn't help but tremble.
Seeing Xiaoyu and Dazhi walking towards the emperor, Leng Yun suddenly panicked. Wu Linlin also looked at Xiaoyu with disbelief, and her face suddenly turned pale.
Xiaoyu and Dazhi came before the emperor and knelt down to pay their respects.
"Commoners Zhang Xiaotong and Liu Xiaoyu pay their respects to His Majesty. May His Majesty be blessed with good fortune."
The emperor looked at Xiaoyu with a gloomy expression, and then asked Leng Yun with a cold face:
"Do you recognize this woman?"
Leng Yun blinked his panicked eyes several times and shook his head vigorously, "Father, I don't recognize this crazy woman."
Hearing his words, Xiaoyu's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing an unfathomable smile.
The emperor looked at Xiaoyu and asked sternly:
"Liu Xiaoyu, you said the prince stole your child. Tell me, where is your child? Do you have any evidence to prove that what you said is true?"
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Xiaoyu stared at Wu Linlin with tearful eyes, and suddenly pointed at the baby and cried:
"Your Majesty, that child is mine. I gave birth to it. Wu Linlin was not pregnant at all. Otherwise, why didn't she call the imperial physician for so long?"
Wu Linlin, who was holding the child, saw this scene and immediately pointed at Xiaoyu in panic and shouted,
"You're talking nonsense! I carried this child for ten months and gave birth to him. How dare you talk nonsense here? Someone, take this crazy woman down and chop her up."
"presumptuous!"
The emperor shouted loudly to stop Wu Linlin. Wu Linlin was so scared that she closed her mouth quietly, but her eyes were fixed on Xiaoyu, as if she wanted to kill her with her eyes.
Seeing this, Leng Yun knelt on his knees and swore solemnly:
"Father, I guarantee with my life that this child is the child of me and Linlin, and has nothing to do with this crazy woman. I recognize this crazy woman. She once came to me and tried to seduce me with her beauty, but I ignored her. She might be crazy and starting to have illusions. Please, Father, help me."
"You're talking nonsense."
Xiaoyu suddenly pointed at him like crazy, shaking her head vigorously and yelling,
"Leng Yun, not only did you take my child for yourself, you also killed my husband and my son in order to possess me. You locked me up in your Prince's Mansion for seven months and tortured me to death. During this time, it was Nanny Fang who took care of me. If it weren't for her, I would have died long ago. Now you still dare to deny me? You are so despicable."
"Don't spit blood."
Leng Yun saw Xiaoyu confess everything and shouted:
"I am the prince. If you talk too much, it will do you no good. If you don't want to die, don't talk nonsense."
He originally wanted to use his identity to put pressure on Xiaoyu, but he didn't seem to know that Xiaoyu came here this time with the determination to die, so there was nothing to be afraid of her?
She looked at Leng Yun, gritting her teeth and speaking sharply,
"I'm not talking nonsense. You brutally killed my man and my son. You even lied to me and told me you gave them a large sum of money and let them go out to make a living. You also said you would let me go home to reunite with them. You are truly despicable."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dazhi clasped his hands together and said to the emperor:
"Your Majesty, I can confirm that every word Sister Xiaoyu said is true. I was there and witnessed it all. The Crown Prince beat me to death to silence me. Fortunately, I was taken to Shuntian Prefecture while I was still breathing, and was rescued by Princess Yu by chance. This can be confirmed by Lord Lu, the then governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and Manager Nie of Changshou Hall."
Hearing what he said, Yu Shiming walked up to the emperor, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, I know about this matter. When I took over Shuntian Prefecture, the case was still unresolved, and the people in the streets were talking about it all the time. So I can be sure that the story of this man being injured and dying, and later being revived by Princess Yu in the back hall of Shuntian Prefecture, is true."
Listening to Dazhi and Yu Shiming's words, Leng Yun's eyes rolled a few times, then he pointed at Luo Lan and shouted:
"Father, this must be the work of this woman. She recognizes both of these people. This man has lived in Prince Yu's mansion for a long time. She is deliberately trying to frame me. You must help me."
When the emperor heard this, his brows knitted together in an instant.
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