Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the tyrant to take the throne

Chapter 169 Xunyou tells the truth

Finally, Nangong Xuanyu closed his eyes and stopped looking at Shen Zhinian: "...Take Shen to the cold palace and order...to copy Buddhist scriptures every day to repent!"

Liu Ruyan could no longer hold back, and cried bitterly, gritting her teeth, "Your Majesty, a life for a life! Shen killed your heir, you should use her blood to pay tribute to the heir's spirit in heaven!"

Nangong Xuanyu's eyes were full of annoyance, and the last bit of pity for Liu Ruyan in his heart had disappeared without a trace.

Shen Zhinian's crime is unforgivable, but Liu Ruyan is pregnant with the royal heir. Why is she wandering around instead of just sitting in her seat?

Just as the guards were about to attack Shen Zhinian, Xun You suddenly rushed out and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, Concubine Rou was indeed wronged! She did not murder the heir to the throne..."

"What did you say?!"

The emperor suddenly looked at Xunyou, and in his dark and deep eyes, there surged up a storm!

Everyone was shocked by this, and all their eyes fell on her: "This seems to be Lady Liu's personal maid. Does she know something?"

Sun Changzai asked hurriedly, "Did Concubine Liu accidentally drop the heir and deliberately put the blame on Concubine Rou? Xunyou, His Majesty is here, don't be afraid, just tell me!"

Things took a turn for the worse. Even the concubine who wanted to take this opportunity to crush Shen Zhinian to death did not dare to remind the two that she had been demoted to a commoner by His Majesty and was no longer Noble Lady Rou.

Queen Jiang was already in poor health, and when she heard this her heart skipped a beat and her head felt dizzy.

Gao Yunhuai quickly helped her up with concern and sat her on a chair.

Liu Ruyan's heart sank to the bottom as she stared at Xunyou!

She had felt before that Xunyou was not as close to her as before. But they were on the same boat, and besides her, who else could Xunyou rely on in the harem?

This slut actually dared to betray her? !

Liu Ruyan looked like she was betrayed by her confidant and was heartbroken: "Xunyou, I know that since I fell out of favor, you have suffered with me, and you have always been resentful."

"But in the harem, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. If you make a mistake, not only will you suffer, but your family will also be implicated!"

Xun You sneered and said, "My young master, please don't use my family to threaten me."

"Xunmei is loyal to you. She was pushed out by you to take the blame, and she never made a single excuse for herself. But in the end, did her family escape death? In this case, I might as well tell you all the truth, at least I can save myself."

Everyone was shocked.

"Didn't Xunmei participate in the murder of Concubine Kang's heir, and that's why your majesty exterminated her entire clan? At the time, I felt that Concubine Liu was involved in this matter, but there was no evidence, so no one could do anything to her."

Of course, what everyone is most concerned about now is not what has happened in the past, but the words Xunyou said at the beginning.

Seeing Shen Zhinian sitting on the ground, with tears all over her sad little face and a look of despair, Nangong Xuanyu suddenly felt an inexplicable panic in his heart: "Xunyou, tell me everything you know!"

The side hall of the Qianqing Palace also had a floor heating system, and with so many people standing there, it was clearly quite warm. However, Liu Ruyan felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, as if all the blood in her body had frozen!

She subconsciously looked at Queen Jiang.

However, since the beginning of winter, Queen Jiang's health has been getting worse, and she has even skipped the palace visit. Tonight, on New Year's Eve, she was still like before, and she barely managed to cheer up after the imperial physician prescribed strong medicine.

At this moment, Queen Jiang was leaning back in her chair to recover her energy and didn't even look at Liu Ruyan.

Xun You knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily, and told the whole story like pouring out beans: "Your Majesty, our lady is not pregnant at all! She took a secret medicine and pretended to be pregnant."

"For ordinary pregnant women, eating a moderate amount of food that can promote blood circulation is actually good for the body; but for the 'pregnant woman' who took that secret medicine, once she took it, she would look like she had a miscarriage. The mutton soup at the dinner was the instigator!"

"This vicious plan has been planned by the young master for a long time, in order to frame Concubine Rou tonight and get rid of her!"

"I have advised you not to make the same mistake over and over again and commit irreparable sins, but you simply won't listen..."

"Your Majesty, I am really scared, I dare not not say it..."

After he finished speaking, Xunyou bowed deeply.

Liu Ruyan reacted very quickly and said sternly, "That's nonsense!"

"If there really is such a secret medicine in the world, wouldn't it mean that everyone can fake a pregnancy to frame others? Even if there is, how can I get it when I live deep in the harem?"

She said this deliberately because she was sure that even if Xunyou had a hundred guts, he would not dare to attack the Queen.

Queen Jiang, who was sitting on a chair with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes after hearing Xunyou's words.

This Liu is really useless. She can't even manage her own confidants!

The moment the truth came out, Liu Ruyan was already a discarded pawn in Queen Jiang's heart. But she couldn't let Xun Youpan be implicated in her case, otherwise Concubine Liu and her party would definitely take advantage of the situation.

After meeting her gaze, the concubines who were attached to the Zhenguo Mansion said, "Yes. Most of the sisters present are from aristocratic families and are well-informed, but they have never heard of such a medicine."

"The capital is under the feet of the emperor, what rare things are there? We grew up here, and we don't know about this kind of stuff, let alone Lady Liu, who was born the daughter of the Yangzhou prefect?"

"This palace maid may have suffered from hysteria, so she came up with such nonsense."

"In my opinion, she may have received favors from someone and deliberately slandered Lady Liu."

"That's right! Can you believe the words of a servant who betrayed her master?"

"..."

Liu Ruyan looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes again, choking with sobs, "Your Majesty, I really don't know how I treated Xunyou so badly that she would feel resentful and stab me in the back like this..."

"Maybe... Maybe Xunyou feels that I have fallen out of favor, and now even the last support of the royal heir is gone, so she wants to find another high-ranking branch. In the final analysis, I am still useless, wuwuwu..."

Listening to their argument, the emperor remained silent, only looking at Shen Zhinian with an extremely complicated look.

She was still sitting on the ground, her eyes empty and her delicate face filled with indelible sadness.

Xunyou said so much, she could have continued talking to clear herself of the grievances.

After all, those concubines who had committed crimes in the past and were punished by his order would frantically defend themselves as long as there was a chance. This was completely different from Shen Zhinian who did not plead for himself or explain.

It's like... I've really given up and don't care about anything anymore...