novelones Chapter 318 The People Behind the Scenes
Chapter 318 The People Behind the Scenes
Emperor Yong'an was furious and ignored Xiao Chenyan's request. "Bring Shen Ruzhou here immediately. Once verified, he will be executed according to palace regulations and will not be tolerated!"
Shen Mu's face turned pale, and he immediately stepped forward and knelt down, "Your Majesty, although I am not talented, I have a strict family tradition. Quanzi and my daughter will never do such deviant and unethical things."
He spoke sincerely, with his hands clasped in his fists, and his face as tough as a mountain peak, "I am willing to guarantee with my life that my little girl has been wronged. Please don't believe the slander and give justice to the Shen family!"
A trace of cruelty flashed across Emperor Yong'an's stern face. He looked condescendingly at the illustrious general, his voice seemed to be covered with a layer of ice, "Is General Shen threatening me?"
Like a heavy thunder striking his head, Shen Mu was terrified and kowtowed heavily.
"I dare not offend Tianwei, but there are many strange things about this matter. I sincerely ask the emperor to give my daughter a chance to clarify. After the truth is found out, it will not be too late to deal with it!"
"I would like to ask, if my son or daughter is going to do such a promiscuous thing, why do they have to choose it in the inner courtyard of the palace? From this, it can be seen that there must be something fishy about this matter!"
Shen Mu's eyes were firm and his words were sincere. His words were so flawless that people had to believe him.
Emperor Yong'an's eyebrows were heavy, and he turned around and sat down at the first place in the middle of the hall.
Although he didn't speak, everyone already understood that they had listened to Shen Mu's words.
The queen and the concubine also sat down one after another with their own thoughts, waiting to see how the situation would develop before deciding what to do.
King Yu stood behind the queen, impatience flashed across his brows. He glanced at everyone in the palace, and finally his eyes fell on Jianing.
"I heard that the eldest princess intends to promise you to Shen Chumu. I just saw you following Shen Chumu out of the Taihe Palace. I don't know what you were doing after Shen Chumu. How did you end up with the eunuch being poisoned? "
King Yu's words seemed to hint to everyone that Jianing failed to drug Shen Chumu, but was succeeded by an eunuch instead.
For a moment, everyone in the palace had different expressions, and countless eyes glanced at Jianing and the eldest princess.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
The eldest princess became angry and pointed at Prince Yu, scolding him.
"Our country in Jianing is beautiful and fragrant, and our youth and beauty are more than enough for him, Shen Chumu. Why do we need to use these shameful means to marry him?"
"Obviously Jianing is the one who suffers, but you say he is the initiator. Why does Prince Yu confuse right and wrong in this way?"
Prince Yu's eyes were full of disdain, but his tone was unexpectedly gentle, "Sister Huang, my brother didn't say anything. Why are you in such a hurry? We are just analyzing it before everyone else comes."
He looked at Xiao Chenyan again, "King Wu Cheng, what do you think?"
Xiao Chenyan looked at him steadily, his eyes filled with unknown emotions.
He looked at Shen Mu again and saw that he was bowing his head in deep thought, probably already believing a little bit.
Xiao Chenyan's eyebrows turned sinister. Regardless of whether it was true or false, King Yu's move to sow discord had paid off!
Xiao Chenyan strode up to Jianing, stared at Jianing with a pair of black eyes in shock, and said in a deep voice, "Jianing, do you have any evidence that Shen Ruzhou gave you the medicine?"
"I……"
Jianing couldn't answer, so she looked at her mother as if asking for help.
Seeing that Jianing couldn't answer, Xiao Chenyan breathed a sigh of relief and was about to report back to Emperor Yong'an. He just regarded the matter as a misunderstanding. He had just gained a place in front of Emperor Yong'an and could not be swayed by anyone.
What's more, this matter is obvious to be false at a glance. If Jianing and Shen Ruzhou's affair comes to an end, it will only hurt the friendship between him and the Shen family!
If the matter ends here, it will not cause any harm to Shen Ruzhou, and she probably won't mind either.
Xiao Chenyan's plan was very good, but it was unexpected——
"How could Shen Ruzhou drug you, how could she take away the maids around you, get a eunuch, and arrange everything in Nuan Pavilion?"
"It's not easy to do all this. When did Shen Ruzhou have so much power in the palace?"
Before Xiao Chenyan could open his mouth, King Yu pressed Jianing into a desperate situation with one sentence after another. He stared at her with his eyes fixed on her, as if he saw that she had nowhere to hide.
Jianing shook his head, "How do I know?"
After she was woken up by the splash, she thought about framing Shen Ruzhou. She couldn't arrange the details in a hurry, so she had to cry loudly like a rogue.
"Uh-huh, it was Shen Ruzhou who did it. As for how she could do this, I don't know! If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come out at all, and I wouldn't have fallen into her trick!"
Xiao Chenyan closed his eyes deeply, and the veins on his forehead jumped.
Jianing cried loudly, not forgetting to observe everyone's reaction with the corner of his eye, "I was drugged as soon as I left the hall, and I don't know anything about what happened next."
She tried her best to distance herself from herself, thinking of various reasons, but she didn't know that Xiao Chenyan had seen through these tricks a long time ago.
Based on his understanding of his niece, Xiao Chenyan knew very well that she was lying. He walked over and comforted her gently, "Jianing, don't be afraid."
"Is there any powerful person coercing you? Don't be afraid, just tell the truth and the emperor will make the decision for you."
Xiao Chenyan knew very well that Shen Ruzhou could not have an affair with his brother in the palace, and Jia Ning's secretive appearance meant that someone was making her afraid to tell the truth.
Since they cannot be suppressed, Shen Ruzhou and Shen Chumu are innocent and are not afraid of investigation.
The person who dared to threaten Jianing must be very powerful. Thinking of this, a name came to his mind.
King Yu was not willing to let go of this perfect opportunity and asked directly: "Xiao Chenyan, don't even think about changing your target. All the powerful people in the world are in the hall. Just say what you have to say."
He looked around at everyone, a cold light flashing in his eyes, "Everyone here?"
As soon as he said this, everyone present looked around and realized that the regent was not there!
Emperor Yong'an, who was sitting on the throne, couldn't help but narrow his eyes. At the palace banquet, the regent left the banquet early and didn't come back after so long. It was really strange.
Xiao Chenyan observed the change in Emperor Yong'an's expression and thought in his mind that even if this matter was really done by Beixiu Yan, the emperor would not really do anything to him, but it would be worth it to make Emperor Yong'an fear him.
Shen Mu suddenly raised his head and looked at Xiao Chenyan, his eyebrows trembling.
The expression on Prince Yu's face was even richer. First he was shocked, and then he was filled with pride. He originally only wanted to drive a wedge between Xiao Chenyan and the General's Mansion, but he didn't expect Xiao Chenyan to be stupid enough to throw dirty water on Bei Xiuyan.
His eyes were full of smiles, just waiting for a good show.
Xiao Chenyan, you dare to offend the god Beixiu Yan, let me see if you can bring him down?If you can't bring him down, you have offended the Prince Regent, and I may give you some good fruits in the future!
Li Bin was keenly aware that the trouble was being directed to Beixiu Yan, and she was immediately worried.
She was about to help with a few words of defense, but suddenly she remembered that the last time Shen Ruzhou was drugged, Bei Xiuyan looked concerned about saving people, she couldn't help but doubt the relationship between the two, and for a moment she didn't know how to speak.
At this time, Cao Dehai came in and reported, "Your Majesty, that Li Lianyung was too drugged, and he is not fully awake yet, but he kept chanting a name repeatedly -