sbdcsierra Chapter 1048 Isn't this illogical?
Chapter 1048 Isn't this illogical?
"At first, I knew this was a capital crime, so I didn't dare to agree to it!"
"It was Princess Qingyang who said that this medicine would only make Lord Gu a little confused. He had already drunk some wine, so he wouldn't notice this abnormality."
"Princess Qingyang is infatuated with Lord Gu. She doesn't want to be separated from her beloved. She might even be sent to marry a foreign prince in the future. That's why she wants to take advantage of Lord Gu's unconsciousness to make him agree to be her consort. I beg you to do me a favor."
"Concubine Rong once saved my life. I couldn't bear to see Princess Qingyang's wish go unfulfilled and end up in a miserable situation, so I agreed."
"If I had known earlier that what Princess Qingyang gave me was an aphrodisiac, I would not have dared to obey even if I had ten thousand courages..."
"Your Majesty and Concubine Chen, please understand!"
Princess Qingyang felt dizzy when she heard this.
Her mother once told her that if she encountered any urgent matters in the palace, she could use Xiao Anzi and Tao Le.
But I didn't expect that these two people were so spineless!
Before Concubine Chen sent anyone to torture them, they confessed everything...
Shen Zhinian took in Princess Qingyang's pale face, and a sarcastic arc appeared at the corner of his lips.
If Concubine Rong was a powerful person, how could she be defeated by Empress Dowager Liu and eventually be banished to a royal temple to live out her life with green lamps and ancient Buddhas?
Can a daughter raised by a loser in palace fighting be a smart person?
The palace servants under his command are definitely not powerful characters.
It’s a pity that Princess Qingyang didn’t understand this truth and was too clever for her own good.
There was deathly silence in the room.
Princess Qingyang subconsciously looked at Gu Jinxiao.
What would Minister Gu think of her?
Will he believe what Xiao Anzi and Tao Le say?
Will he...will he hate her because of this?
At this moment, Princess Qingyang found in despair that she could not see any emotion on Minister Gu's face. It was as if she was just an irrelevant person, not worth wasting a single bit of his expression.
Princess Qingyang suddenly understood Princess Yun'an's feelings on the night of the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet.
She would rather Minister Gu dislike her than ignore her completely...
Shen Zhinian looked at Princess Qingyang and asked coldly, "There are witnesses and evidences. Do you have anything else to explain?"
Princess Qingyang gritted her teeth, a look of determination flashing in her eyes!
Although she is the emperor's sister, if she admits this, her reputation will be completely ruined.
From now on, there is no possibility for her and Minister Gu.
No matter what, she can't take the blame!
"Noble Concubine Chen, I have never done these things. I really don't know where these two palace maids made up these nonsense stories."
"Everyone knows that you are the assistant manager of the six palaces. The power of the harem is under your control. Naturally, they will say whatever you ask them to say..."
Princess Qingyang's words and deeds implied that these things were made up by Shen Zhinian.
"absurd!"
Nangong Xuanyu was extremely disappointed when he saw Princess Qingyang's expression: "Noble Concubine Chen has no grudge against you, why would she arrange for someone to slander you?"
"Qingyang, even now, you still don't repent!"
Princess Qingyang's eyes were red, and she shook her head and said, "Brother, I really didn't do that. Please believe me..."
Princess Yun'an finally came back to her senses from her shock.
Even though what Xiao Anzi and Tao Le said was very convincing and true, she still couldn't believe that her sister, whom she had watched grow up, could be such a scheming and unscrupulous person.
In contrast, in just two years, Concubine Chen climbed up from a small concubine to her current position as the head of the harem. Who doesn't know that she is extremely cunning and ruthless!
Can we trust what such a person says and the witnesses we find?
Princess Yun'an knelt beside Princess Qingyang, protecting her, and said to Nangong Xuanyu: "Brother, what Qingyang said makes sense!"
"The power of the six palaces is under the control of Concubine Chen. Today's first birthday banquet for the fourth prince was also organized by her. Whatever these two slaves want to say, it's up to Concubine Chen to say it."
"How can you ignore the relationship between brothers just because you favor Concubine Chen?!"
Nangong Xuanyu's face darkened: "Yun'an, have I been too indulgent towards you in the past?!"
Feeling the pressure from the emperor, Princess Yun'an would be lying if she said she wasn't afraid. But facing the slander of the evil concubine today, if she couldn't even protect her own sister, how could she be worthy of being the princess of the Great Zhou?
Thinking of this, Princess Yun'an mustered up her courage and said, "Brother, I just don't want you to be deceived and wrongly accuse your own sister!"
Princess Qingyang knew Nangong Xuanyu's character quite well.
She knew that her brother, the emperor, was not a good-tempered person. If she really made him angry, neither she nor her third sister would have a good ending.
She didn't care about her third sister's ending, but she had to plan for herself.
Thinking of this, Princess Qingyang looked at Shen Zhinian with tears in her eyes: "Noble Concubine Chen, you are the one in charge of the harem. You want the palace people to say something. Qingyang is powerless to change it, and she can't argue."
"But I just want to ask you one thing. Since you said that I ordered this palace maid to give Minister Gu aphrodisiac, you wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to do something shameful."
"But everyone at the banquet just now saw it with their own eyes. After Minister Gu left, it was my third sister who followed him out first. I was worried about my third sister drinking, so I went outside to get some fresh air, and then I went to look for her."
"If it is true as you said, and I plotted against Minister Gu, why didn't I go look for him as soon as he left, instead letting Third Sister get there first?"
"If Minister Gu had something going on with Third Sister while under the influence of the aphrodisiac, wouldn't it be all in vain for me?"
"Besides, besides..."
Having said this, Princess Qingyang simply made up her mind and said everything: "Since I know that Third Sister is also interested in Minister Gu, then after Minister Gu leaves, Third Sister will definitely chase him out."
"If I take this opportunity to do something to Minister Gu, aren't you afraid of being caught by Third Sister?"
"Noble Concubine Chen, your accusation is totally groundless!"
Hearing Princess Qingyang say in front of so many people that she also had feelings for Gu Jinxiao, Princess Yun'an's cheeks turned red and she didn't dare to look at Gu Jinxiao at all.
Because of this, she firmly believed that Princess Qingyang was wronged: "Yes, Fourth Sister clearly went out to look for me. But you, Concubine Chen, said that she had someone put drugs in Minister Gu's wine so that she could take advantage of the opportunity to do something."
“Isn’t this illogical?”
Shen Zhinian had already expected that Princess Qingyang would defend herself in this way, so she was not panicked at all.
Because Princess Qingyang's little cleverness is not enough in front of her.
Shen Zhinian looked directly into Princess Qingyang's eyes, revealing the most secret thoughts in her heart word by word in front of everyone!