Dong Chengbin followed Eunuch Xu to the imperial court. Eunuch Xu went in first to report, and then let Dong Chengbin enter the study.
He knelt on the ground, looked at Ning Xinran indifferently for a moment, and then continued to lower his head.
Emperor Kang Yuan waved to him, motioning for him to come closer, and said: "Prince-in-law, some people say that you once had a secret meeting with Princess Chen. Is this true?"
Dong Chengbin immediately raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. I was beaten by Princess Chen at that time."
Emperor Kang Yuan couldn't help but frown and looked back at Lu Qingtang, "What's going on?"
Lu Qingtang raised his head and looked at Emperor Kang Yuan, "Back to my father, here's what happened. That day Prince Consort Dong came to the palace to ask the prince to go to Changle Tower for dinner. Someone came to the palace to report that the prince was drunk. It happened that cousin Ning was also at my house that day. , I asked my cousin to accompany me. When we got to the private room on the second floor of Changle Building, I picked up a stick and beat the prince indiscriminately. Only later did I realize that I had beaten the wrong person. Fortunately, the prince came out to stop him. , otherwise something big will happen.”
She told Emperor Kang Yuan exactly what happened in an understatement.
Emperor Kang Yuan was okay at first, but when he heard what happened, he couldn't help but stand up. He pointed his finger at Lu Qingtang, "You are so brave. You dare to hit the prince. Are you crazy?"
Mo Zeshen quickly bowed and said: "Back to my father, it's common for a princess to be in a bad mood when she has an heir in her womb. I originally promised well and said I would never drink, but she heard that I was very drunk. , naturally became angry, it’s not the princess’s fault. Besides, it wasn’t me who got beaten, it was Dong’s consort.”
As he spoke, he turned his attention to Dong Chengbin.
Dong Chengbin immediately answered: "Yes, Your Majesty, I was beaten badly at that time, but it's my fault that I was drunk and didn't know how to hide."
Emperor Kang Yuan snorted coldly, pointed his finger at Dong Chengbin and cursed angrily, "You dandy, you only know how to play with cats and dogs all day long. When you get drunk outside, Qingle has to take care of you. You don't know how to feel sorry for you." Princess!"
He said, and then looked at Lu Qingtang with a puzzled expression, "No! How could you not be able to tell the difference between the consort and Shen'er, and hit them when they saw them?"
After Lu Qingtang heard this, he couldn't help but sneered in his heart.
Finally got to the point.
She lowered her eyes and said, "To answer your Majesty's question, the prince's clothes fell on Dong Chengbin when he went out. The room was dark, so I only looked at the clothes but not the person, so I picked up a stick and beat him."
As soon as these words came out, Your Majesty became even more strange.
How could Mo Zeshen's clothes appear on Dong Chengbin's body.
So Mo Zeshen explained, "My son accidentally knocked over his wine glass when he was drinking, and then changed into a dress prepared by Changle House. Dong's consort was already drunk at that time. I didn't think much about it at the time and just took it. The changed clothes were placed on the bed. Perhaps Prince Consort Dong drank too much and mistakenly wrapped my clothes around him, which made the princess look at the wrong person. When I went back to get the clothes, I happened to see Prince Consort Dong being beaten. Only then did I know that the princess came out to find me."
His words made Emperor Kang Yuan feel very reasonable, so he nodded and looked at Ning Xinran, "Ning Xinran, tell me, was it Changle Tower that you accompanied the princess to that day?"
Ning Xinran, who had been silent all this time, heard Emperor Kang Yuan's question and immediately knelt up and crawled forward with his body on the ground.
She originally thought that Dong Chengbin would bite her out so that Lu Qingtang could have solid evidence of having a secret meeting with her foreign man.
Anyway, she herself was no different than dead, so she might as well go all out and drag Lu Qingtang into the water.
But who would have thought that the three of them, as if they had agreed upon it, would lie so well without even a single flaw.
She was silent, not knowing how to answer Emperor Kang Yuan's question.
If she said yes, how should she explain the false accusation she just made.
If not, then how did she know the details.
But she hasn't figured out how to answer it, and she doesn't know how to come true with this lie.
Emperor Kang Yuan couldn't help but get angry when he saw her keeping silent, "Ning Xinran, falsely accusing the prince is a serious crime!"
After hearing this, Ning Xinran suddenly raised her head and looked at Emperor Kang Yuan, her face suddenly turned pale.
"Your Majesty, my daughter didn't know about it. She went home from Prince Chen's Mansion that night. Maybe... maybe she heard what others said." Mrs. Jiang immediately replied for her daughter.
Emperor Kang Yuan sneered, "One said he was accompanying him, and the other said he would go home that night. Whose words should I believe?"
"Return to Your Majesty..."
"Shut up! I didn't ask you!" Emperor Kang Yuan angrily scolded Jiang, interrupted her, and then looked at Ning Xinran, "Say."
Ning Xinran pinched the corner of her clothes with her hands, trying not to tremble so obviously. She gritted her teeth and said: "Back...back to Your Majesty, I may have misunderstood you at that time. I was so frightened that I went home and didn't dare to go back." I'm afraid of staying in the palace..."
Emperor Kang Yuan snorted coldly, "You are using your own assumptions to denigrate someone's innocence. Uncle Chongxin, you taught a good daughter! You actually dare to enter Prince Chen's palace, where is your face!"
Chong Xinbo still has the nerve to squat here. He wants to get into a mouse hole right away.
He lay on the ground and kept kowtowing to beg for mercy, as if he had aged more than ten years.
He originally disagreed with the mother and daughter's intentions. It was simply a daydream for a broken man to marry King Chen as his concubine.
Not to mention that she no longer has chastity, even if she is pure and pure, marrying into Prince Chen's palace is as difficult as climbing a mountain.
But the mother and daughter were more stubborn than the other. One wanted to jump into the river, and the other said he wanted to hang himself, which made the house restless. Feeling confused, he followed the two of them in a daze.
Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, they chose to go to the tiger mountains. The mother and daughter really deserved it, just for screwing him up.
Seeing the deadlock in the study, Lu Qingtang spoke again, "Your Majesty, since what happened that time was a misunderstanding, it's good if the misunderstanding is resolved. I always thought it was because of our poor reception that day that my cousin left without saying goodbye."
She smiled gently, giving the whole study a bright feeling, and Emperor Kang Yuan's anger suddenly disappeared.
He waved his hand and said, "That's all. Since Princess Chen is so generous, I don't have much to say. I'll let this matter go and no one should mention it again in the future."
His Majesty has spoken, who dares to say more.
Uncle Chongxin was in a state of confusion. He wished he could immediately abandon the palace and fly out of the palace, vowing never to enter the palace again.
As for King Chen's father-in-law, he would never think about it again.
Not to mention him, even if it is his daughter, he is not allowed to think about it in the future. At worst, he will raise her for the rest of his life. If he can't get married, he won't be able to get married.
Seeing that the three members of the Ning family were about to get up, Dong Chengbin glanced at Lu Qingtang eagerly.
