Chapter 210: Dog bites dog
The man hesitated for a moment, and his eyes fell on Gu Yunjin beside him.
Gu Yunjin had already panicked.
His face turned pale and he kept looking at Situ Mingji.
However, Situ Mingji didn't even look at her.
Gu Yunjin felt his heart pounding as he listened to Gu Jingchun's words.
It was only at this time that she discovered that Situ Mingji had actually arranged such a big thing behind her back.
What was even more unexpected was that Gu Jingchun was able to escape alive despite being surrounded by so many people!
One person was left alive.
Looking at the man in black again, his gaze was now on her.
She was so frightened that she was at a loss what to do and spoke almost immediately.
"Why are you...looking at me?"
When she looked up again, she found that not only him, but everyone's eyes were on her.
"Why are you all looking at me?"
Gu Yunjin was almost going crazy, and his voice began to tremble.
"I didn't do this. It wasn't me. I don't even know him."
However, her words were not convincing at all.
The man in black was already kneeling on the ground and spoke tremblingly.
"Your Majesty, it was the Third Prince's wife who asked me to do this."
As he spoke, he took out a silver note, put his head on the ground, and then raised the silver note high above his head.
His abdomen was bleeding and his hands were shaking constantly, looking like he might fall down at any moment.
Upon seeing this, Dexi immediately took the banknote and presented it to Emperor Rongcheng.
Emperor Rongcheng's gaze fell on Gu Yunjin.
"Third Prince Consort, do you have anything to say about this matter?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yunjin immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground.
"Father, this matter has nothing to do with my daughter-in-law. Jingchun is my sister. Even if I hate her, I will not let anyone kill her!"
Her face was full of sincerity and her eyes were filled with tears, which made her look very pitiful.
People started to doubt whether this person deliberately framed Gu Yunjin.
At this time, someone else walked into the hall.
There were two people in total.
One of them was sent by the Queen Mother.
He knelt down immediately after he came in.
"Your Majesty, I have been ordered by the Empress Dowager to report everything that happened today to you, so that you may make your decision."
Emperor Rongcheng nodded, and then he heard the man say, “Young Master Gu was kidnapped today and finally escaped from the abandoned palace.
When the Empress Dowager learned about this, she ordered an investigation into the matter and discovered the identities of the eunuchs who had kidnapped the young master.
After some investigation, we learned that those young eunuchs had been in contact with the Third Prince's wife recently. Furthermore, the Queen Mother also found several items in the eunuchs' rooms."
As the man spoke, he took out a few hairpins.
When the people present saw this, there was immediately a burst of discussion.
Among them, Wang Youqi spoke out immediately.
"Hey, isn't this the Third Prince's wife's hairpin?"
“I’ve seen you wear it before.
The Third Prince's wife has been hinting at how valuable this hairpin is, but I didn't expect it to be given away just like that?"
Now, Gu Yunjin's face turned even paler.
She looked up in disbelief, and suddenly crawled forward a few steps, while bowing her head, she said to Emperor Rongcheng:
"Your Majesty, this really wasn't done by my daughter-in-law. It wasn't done by me."
"Even if I did it, I wouldn't be so stupid as to give someone the hairpin I usually carry. Isn't this just leaving evidence for myself?"
As she spoke, she suddenly thought of something, raised her head abruptly, and looked straight at Situ Mingji.
"It's you, isn't it?"
"Did you do this?"
She stretched out her hand and pointed her finger directly in the direction of Situ Mingji.
"It must be you?"
"You did this on purpose. You want to put the blame on me, right?"
Gu Yunjin's words shocked everyone present again, and they all looked at Situ Mingji.
But Situ Mingji was not panicked at all.
She slowly stood up, walked to the middle, saluted Emperor Rongcheng, and then said:
"Your Majesty, I do not know why the Third Prince's wife framed me, but I have nothing to do with this matter, and I would never harm Miss Gu without reason. I hope Your Majesty will understand."
Gu Yunjin immediately retorted:
"Who said you have no grudge against her? You are clearly jealous that the Crown Prince wants to marry her, so you want to kill her so that you can become the Crown Princess!
Now you still want to pretend to be a good person and put all the blame on me, dream on! "
Hearing this, Gu Jingchun and Shen Hechuan's eyes fell on Situ Mingji.
Even Jiang Xianhao looked her up and down carefully.
But there was no panic on Situ Mingji's face. Instead, he turned his head to look at Gu Yunjin and then chuckled.
"I think the Third Prince's wife saw that the truth had been exposed and she couldn't defend herself anymore, so she wanted to find someone to take the blame for her."
"However, the Third Prince's wife's wishful thinking is wrong."
As she spoke, she glanced at Gu Jingchun and Shen Hechuan before continuing:
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is both virtuous and talented, wise and intelligent. It is only natural for a minister to admire him."
"However, I have met Miss Gu several times before and was attracted by her appearance. I also understand the affection that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has for her."
"At that time, I gave up this idea and sincerely wished His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Miss Gu well."
"Besides, the palace is heavily guarded. I am only the daughter of an outsider official. I don't have many opportunities to enter the palace. How could I possibly command so many people in the palace and accomplish such a big thing?"
Situ Mingji's words were quite clever.
She first expressed her feelings in a few words, and her words and deeds made it clear that Gu Jingchun was only beautiful in name only, and Shen Hechuan was bewitched by her beauty.
Afterwards, he used his identity to show that he had no control over and arrangement of everything in the palace, and completely removed himself from the situation.
After she finished speaking, everyone present nodded, obviously believing what Situ Mingji said.
Upon hearing this, Wang Youqi looked at Gu Yunjin and snorted coldly.
"Princess of the Third Prince, I think you have been beaten silly by the Third Prince. Who is Miss Situ?"
"She is the most talented woman in Tiandu, how could she do such a despicable thing?"
Gu Yunjin heard about being beaten again and was almost going crazy.
When she heard this, she immediately glared at Wang Youqi.
"You're talking nonsense. It's obvious that she did all this."
"I didn't want to kill Gu Jingchun at all. It was clearly her who planned all this and was determined to kill Gu Jingchun and her son."
"Why are you defending her everywhere now?"
"What did she promise you in private?"
When Gu Yunjin said this, he knew that he had no more room for maneuver, so he just gave up and laughed out loud with his head tilted back.
"Wang Youqi, you have to think carefully. If you cooperate with someone like her who has a beastly heart, you will be eaten alive in the end."
"Hahaha!"
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