flstandardbreds Chapter 394 Framed
Chapter 394 Framed
Another person echoed, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and Prince Gu are both very close to Princess Changle, so it's hard to guarantee that they are not deceived by her. Please investigate thoroughly..."
"Your Majesty," Xue Huang interrupted, "Xue Huang is guilty of deceiving the king and will leave it to Your Majesty to deal with me. But the Crown Prince and Master Gu do not know my true identity. It has nothing to do with them!" Xue Huang knew clearly their purpose, which was to confirm her identity and accuse Gu Qinglan and the others of treason, but as long as she insisted that they did not know, at most they would be charged with negligence.
Shen Congfeng stared at her coldly, "Princess Changle, deceiving the emperor is a capital crime!"
"General Shen, please be careful with your words. If you want to prove that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Master Gu are plotting treason, you should produce irrefutable evidence like you proved that I am Princess Beiyuan, instead of relying on some self-righteous speculation. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Master Gu don't know my identity, so they just don't know. No matter how many lies you say, they are just lies."
"You deliberately concealed your identity, married an important official of our dynasty, and got close to the prince and princess. Do you dare to say that you don't have other purposes?" Shen Congfeng asked back.
"I am the Princess of Beiyuan, but I am also the Princess of Dongchu. I am the bond between Dongchu and Beiling. General Shen, do you want me to go back on my word?"
"But Beiyuan died because of Beiling. Does Princess Changle not care about the national hatred and family feud?"
Xue Huang silently clenched her fists. The blood flowing in the Taiji Hall was a nightmare that she could not get rid of. How could she not care? But she knew better who was the culprit behind all this.
She looked at Shen Congfeng coldly, with murderous intent in her eyes, "May I ask General Shen, did Beiyuan perish because of a country or because of one's own selfishness?"
"What do you mean?"
Xue Huang did not answer, but said: "Your Majesty, Xue Huang is willing to plead guilty, but there are some things I want to say only to Your Majesty."
Emperor Ling propped himself up, "Are you really admitting your guilt?"
"Yes. Xue Huang is willing to take full responsibility for all the charges."
"Your Majesty," Shen Congfeng spoke again, "Even though Princess Changle deliberately approached the princes and important ministers, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Prince Gu, and even King Hanxi were all deeply deceived by her. Xuyao has repeatedly caused trouble in our dynasty. It is hard to guarantee that Princess Changle did not obtain our dynasty's secrets through them. The three of them are guilty of negligence and are suspected of colluding with the enemy and treason. Please investigate them strictly."
"Your Majesty," Gu Qinglan said, "Princess Changle has helped Beiling many times since she came to the court. First, she helped Beiling defeat Xiyue at Xuanyuan Terrace, and later she saved people and defended the border. Now, she puts the country first for the sake of the alliance between the two countries, putting personal hatred behind her. With such integrity, how could she have the intention to harm the court and the country of Beiling? I hope Your Majesty will understand!"
Another person from Shen Congfeng's faction said, "Since Princess Changle just said that she only knew her identity on the eve of her wedding, how can her previous contributions to Bei Ling be counted? If she knew her identity, would she still help? She didn't have the intention to harm the country before, but there's no guarantee that she won't have the intention in the future."
Gu Qinglan replied indifferently: "The great righteousness of the world is as vast as the rivers. How can the water in the ditches be compared with the vast ocean?"
The other person's face turned dark. It was obvious that he was mocking himself for being short-sighted and narrow-minded.
Then the factions in the court began to argue again. The content was nothing more than using Xue Huang's identity to suppress the prince's lineage, and this time there was also Mo Yunchen.