On the third day, Ling Xiang went to Shuntian Prefecture in accordance with the handwritten agreement with Yuan Zhengqing.
Yuan Zhengqing was very worried about her:
"Miss Ling, your marriage to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin..."
"Don't you think, sir, that this engagement comes at a very opportune time?" Ling Xiang smiled, her smile quite ironic.
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is already engaged, and the marriage was granted by the Emperor. What right does he have to defend Gao Zhenzhen, a criminal? Isn't this a blatant rebellion against His Majesty's marriage?"
Yuan Zhengqing immediately understood what Ling Xiang meant: "So that's indeed the case."
Ling Xiang nodded: "If Lord Yuan goes to the Prince of Qin's mansion to arrest someone tomorrow, let me know and I will go and join in the fun."
Seeing Ling Xiang like this, Yuan Zhengqing became even more worried: "Miss Ling, are you really willing to marry the King of Qin?"
"The imperial decree has been issued. What's left for me?" Ling Xiang shrugged indifferently.
Since the eldest princess wanted her to marry him so much that she even made the matter public, Ling Xiang would not go along with it.
When the time comes, as long as Nangong Yu really dares to marry her, she will dare to marry him! It all depends on whether he is lucky enough to accept it!
As soon as the agreed three days passed, Yuan Zhengqing went to the Prince of Qin's Mansion to ask Nangong Yu for the person.
Nangong Yu failed to find any substantial evidence to prove Gao Zhenzhen's innocence. The witnesses he took away, Zhang Qian and Gao Zhenzhen's maid, were tortured beyond recognition. Yuan Zhengqing went all out right away:
"Since Your Highness the Prince of Qin has failed to find evidence proving Gao Zhenzhen's innocence as agreed, please hand her over. I will record this matter in detail and submit it to Your Majesty. Your Highness the Prince of Qin will take care of it."
Gao Zhenzhen has been bedridden these past few days. The day before yesterday, the eldest princess ordered her to be thrown into the Lotus Lake, which aggravated her condition. How could Nangong Yu bear to let her go to jail?
"Sir Yuan, I will not hand this person over to you, and you don't need to bother coming to the palace. I will personally explain everything to His Majesty."
"Your Majesty, are you going to the palace?" Ling Xiang walked out from the crowd with a cold expression.
"Since the prince has thrown everything away for Gao Zhenzhen, as your future princess, I cannot stand idly by. Why don't we go to the palace together to explain to His Majesty and let others hear the story of your everlasting love with Gao Zhenzhen, so that I won't be accused of usurping your rightful place in the future."
The emperor's marriage was granted by the eldest princess. If Nangong Yu really wanted to use Gao Zhenzhen, his so-called true love, to slap the emperor in the face, then he would be like an old man hanging himself - he was tired of living.
Nangong Yu looked at Ling Xiang with a deadly gaze: "Ling Xiang, it's not your turn to interfere in my affairs!"
Things have developed to the worst point, Ling Xiang will not give in anymore:
"Your Highness is wrong. Publicly, I am the victim of this case and have the right to seek justice for myself. Privately, I am the future Princess of Qin, chosen by His Majesty, and I have the responsibility to uphold her dignity!"
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That day, after Nangong Yu threw Ling Xiang into the Lotus Lake, the eldest princess directly threw Gao Zhenzhen into the Lotus Lake, because she said that she would treat Gao Zhenzhen the same way Nangong Yu treated Ling Xiang.
The atmosphere in the Prince of Qin's Mansion was very tense these past two days. Nangong Yu once wanted to go to the Emperor to cancel the engagement, but was stopped by the Princess. The princess's excuse was: if Nangong Yu dared to cancel the engagement and embarrass both the Emperor and her, she would marry Gao Zhenzhen off.
The mother and son had the most intense conflict in history.
Upon learning that Shuntian Prefecture was coming to ask for someone, the eldest princess immediately went to Gao Zhenzhen.
Nangong Yu arranged for experts to protect Gao Zhenzhen, but in front of the eldest princess, Nangong Yu's guards did not dare to take real action and were quickly subdued by the eldest princess's men.
Without Nangong Yu, Gao Zhenzhen really didn't have the confidence to face the princess: "Meet the princess."
In the past, no matter what tricks Gao Zhenzhen used, the eldest princess would tolerate them for the sake of her son.
But ever since she learned that Gao Zhenzhen had managed to hide from all of her and the King of Qin's spies and kidnap Ling Xiang without anyone noticing, the princess became extremely wary of Gao Zhenzhen and became increasingly dissatisfied with her.
It can be said that Ling Xiang's move at the beginning - making the princess and Gao Zhenzhen, the mastermind behind the scenes, suspicious of each other, did play a very obvious role.
"Gao Zhenzhen, no matter how you messed around in the Prince Qin's Mansion, as long as you didn't bring shame to the palace, I could turn a blind eye for Yu'er's sake.
"But now, you've gotten into trouble and have implicated Yu'er. Now that the three-day deadline has passed, do you still want to hide behind and cause Yu'er to lose his job or even his life because of you?"
The eldest princess' words were so harsh that Gao Zhenzhen knelt down immediately in fear.
"Princess, I didn't! I really didn't murder Ling Xiang, let alone the prince!"
"Master Yuan is the modern-day Justice Bao! In all his years as prefect, he has never wronged a good person, nor let a bad person go! Since you didn't murder Ling Xiang, why don't you dare let him investigate?"
The eldest princess' words struck Gao Zhenzhen so deeply that she had no way to refute them. She could only pretend to be frightened and have a heart attack.
The princess had anticipated Gao Zhenzhen's behavior and had already brought the doctor with her: "Doctor Wang, wake her up immediately!"
After taking Gao Zhenzhen's pulse, Doctor Wang naturally discovered that she was pretending. He took out a silver needle and pierced the painful point. After a while, Gao Zhenzhen "woken up".
"I give you two choices: one, go with Lord Yuan to accept the investigation. As long as Lord Yuan says you are innocent, I will personally take you back to the palace; two, leave Yu'er and never appear in front of me again. I will settle the case for you."
Gao Zhenzhen had finally gotten along with Nangong Yu, so how could she give up so easily? She had no choice but to take the initiative to go out and meet Yuan Zhengqing.
In the front hall of Prince Qin's Mansion, Ling Xiang and Nangong Yu were confronting each other. Yuan Zhengqing stood firmly on the side of the victim Ling Xiang, and the smell of gunpowder in the air became stronger and stronger.
"Isn't your highness the Prince of Qin firmly convinced that Gao Zhenzhen would not harm anyone? Why are you afraid that Lord Yuan will take Gao Zhenzhen away? Are you not confident enough and think that Gao Zhenzhen will be convicted of poisoning me if she goes to Shuntian Prefecture, or do you think that the selfless Lord Yuan will make things difficult for Gao Zhenzhen, a patient?" Ling Xiang's tone became increasingly sharp.
Yuan Zhengqing then pressed, "Your Highness, Prince Qin, if a prince breaks the law, he is subject to the same punishment as a commoner. What's more, Gao Zhenzhen is just a commoner. Please hand over the suspect Gao Zhenzhen!"
At this point, Nangong Yu is in a difficult situation. If he doesn't hand over Gao Zhenzhen, today's matter will definitely not end well.
Just at this moment, Gao Zhenzhen came over helplessly and called out "Prince" with a heart-wrenching voice.
Nangong Yu didn't expect Gao Zhenzhen to come over on her own, so he quickly walked over to support him: "Didn't I tell you to recuperate in your room? Why are you out? Go back now!"
"Your Majesty, you have protected Zhenzhen for three days. I can't let you down again." Gao Zhenzhen gently pushed Nangong Yu away and bowed seriously.
"Master Yuan, I am willing to leave with you. I also ask you to handle this case impartially and clear my name!"
"This government never wrongly accuses a good person!" Lord Yuan waved his hand, "Come here, please ask Miss Gao to go to Shuntian Prefecture."
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