flstandardbreds Chapter 133 The real and fake princess
Chapter 133 The real and fake princess
When everyone was at a loss, news suddenly came from outside: "The big *** is back!"
Ok?
Everyone looked behind them in unison.
Lu Jingning and Xue Yuan appeared together, both of them were unharmed.
"Aning!"
Shangguan rushed over excitedly and hugged Lu Jingning: "Aning, where have you been?"
"Mother, your daughter is going to catch the traitor."
"Didn't you go to the Ministry of Punishment? There was a fire in the Ministry of Punishment and everyone said that you died in there." Shangguan's hands and feet were still weak. She raised her hand and touched her daughter's warm face, feeling extremely excited.
Lu Jingning shook her head: "Mother, my daughter is just..."
As soon as he finished speaking, another scream was heard outside.
"what!"
"Why, why are there two big ***s?"
Then another Lu Jingning appeared.
The two of them were dressed exactly the same, and their faces, figures, and heights were almost identical.
There is even a Xue Yuan who looks the same as them behind them.
"Here, what's going on?"
"Could it be that he is pretending to be dead?"
"It's a ghost in broad daylight."
"I have lived for most of my life, and I have never seen anything so bizarre and strange."
Shangguan glanced at Lu Jingning beside her, then glanced at the person walking slowly outside. Their faces were indeed exactly the same.
"How dare you impersonate me!" Lu Jingning shouted angrily as he approached the door.
Lu Jingning in the palace smiled contemptuously: "How dare you act so presumptuously in front of me with such a small trick? Someone, come here!"
The guards rushed out immediately, but stopped again after just a moment, because they were dealing with their own master, so they hesitated.
Shangguan released the hands of the people around her and said, "You all say you are real. As your mother, how about I test you?"
"Mother, don't you believe your daughter?" they both shouted.
Shangguan shook her head: "It's not that I don't believe it, but I want to give an explanation to all the civil and military officials. Otherwise, when you ascend the throne in the future, the mystery of your identity will be questioned. It's better to clarify it now, unless someone is too guilty to dare to do so."
They both hummed and said they would give it a try.
"In the interest of fairness, I suggest that you put handcuffs and leg irons on the two thieves first. If they are found to be fake, they should be strangled immediately," Shen Rufeng suggested.
Without saying a word, the two men stretched out their hands to show their frankness.
So both of them were handcuffed and shackled, standing on the left and right respectively.
All civil and military officials became witnesses.
The left side raised his eyes slightly: "Mother Shangguan Li is the eldest daughter of the Shangguan family. She is thirty-five years old this year. She married my father at the age of seventeen and became the Crown Princess..."
"These are things that everyone knows, why mention them again?" the one on the right rebuked.
The one on the left was not to be outdone: "I know my mother has a snow lotus birthmark on her back."
"This matter is known to all the maids around my mother, so it's not a secret." said the one on the right.
"Then tell me about it!"
The one on the right suddenly unlocked the shackles in his hands, and the one on the left looked at Shen Rufeng in astonishment: "How dare you betray me!"
Shen Rufeng bowed respectfully to the person on his right: "I, your humble servant, pay my respects to you, Your Excellency."
"Mother!" The one on the left panicked: "The daughter is the real one, she is a fake."
But Shangguan didn't even give her a serious look, and looked to the right with tears in her eyes. Lu Jingning was not panicked at all.
She is her mother's daughter. Others can admit their mistakes, but her mother cannot.
Shangguan could tell the authenticity at a glance.
I didn't expose it immediately, I was just acting along.
"Mother!" The one on the left was still struggling, but she found that the shackles on her hands could not be opened at all. She stamped her feet in anger: "Mother, are you really not going to care about your daughter anymore?"
Lu Jingning clicked his tongue: "The acting is really bad."
"Why is the big bastard so sure that she is fake?" someone asked in confusion. Anyway, he couldn't tell whether she was real or fake.
Lu Jingning signaled with his eyes, and Xue Yuan rushed forward, pressed the fake Xue Yuan to the ground, took out a special potion from his arms and sprinkled it on her face. With a light rub, he peeled off a layer of skin from her face, revealing another face.
Then he held down the fake Lu Jingning and peeled off the next layer of skin in the same way.
"what!"
The screams continued.
Unlike the fake Xue Yuan, when the fake Lu Jingning's mask was removed, it was already tightly stuck to his face. When it was forcibly separated, the bloody mess was very scary.
The prince stepped forward and blocked Shangguan's eyes.
Liao Han saw this scene. She was disheartened and got up excitedly, pulled out her silver hairpin and was about to poke Shangguan, but was blocked by the prince's arm.
Phew!
The silver hairpin sank into the arm.
The prince groaned.
Shangguan turned around, her face changed: "Protect the emperor!"
Before Liao Han could react, Luo Bing dropped from the sky and kicked Liao Han to the ground, and quickly subdued her. Liao Han looked at the prince with pity: "Your Highness, I was just too angry, so I acted impulsively. I didn't mean to hurt you."
The prince ignored Liao Han and only looked at Shangguan: "Are you not hurt?"
"I am fine, Your Highness is injured."
"No problem."
The prince shook his head.
"Father, please go and treat your wound. Leave this to your daughter." Lu Jingning said.
The prince nodded and pulled Shangguan into the inner hall, while Liao Han was taken away.
The ministers were all stunned.
What on earth is going on?
Lu Jingning snapped his fingers, and the guards brought up a dozen tied people. "These are people who are up to no good. Last night in the early hours, someone misled me to go to the Ministry of Punishment. Fortunately, I discovered it in time and avoided the Ministry of Punishment. The reason why I didn't show up is because I was waiting for this imposter."
She was able to leave the Ministry of Punishment thanks to Bu Yan who had told her in advance about the secret passages throughout the palace.
Over the years, Bu Yan has been digging tunnels under the imperial palace.
One after another, without interfering with each other, intricate and complex, just so that they can come in handy one day.
Of course Lu Jingning did not say this.
"These are all spies hidden in Southern Liang by Northern Qi, trying to disrupt Southern Liang. They are really hateful!" Lu Jingning tore off the clothes of these people one by one, revealing the same black marks on their bodies.
There were marks on the fake Lu Jingning as well.
Everyone suddenly realized.
The angry counterfeit stared at Lu Jingning: "Although I am fake, some people...Puchi!"
A knife cuts blood.
The imposter's neck was cut.
Shen Rufeng cupped his hands and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, for making the decision on my own. This person has confused the public and disturbed the officials. He deserves death."
Lu Jingning cast an admiring look at Shen Rufeng: "Lord Shen is innocent."
The farce in the East Palace is over.
The Imperial Astronomical Bureau popped up and said, "My Lord, tomorrow is also a very good day. Why don't you continue to ascend the throne?"
"Can!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.