When he came back to his senses, he realized that Chu Shoufu had diverted his attention. The focus of the problem was not whether he had exceeded his authority. It was that the Crown Princess had gone to Leprous Mountain.
He calmed down and said: "The first assistant has taught me a lesson. The lower-ranking officials will naturally accept the blame in a while. However, if the Crown Princess went to Leprous Mountain privately, should she also give an explanation to the Emperor and all the civil and military officials?"
Over there, the exchange of glances between Yu Wenhao and Emperor Ming Yuan has been completed. And what he wanted to question, the first assistant also questioned him on his behalf. Then he slowly gave the order. "Since the Crown Prince said that the Crown Princess is in the Qiankun Hall, come on, please invite the Crown Princess.
Come to the temple."
When Di Weiming heard what Emperor Ming Yuan said, he felt relieved. Fortunately, the emperor was not led astray.
The civilian girl was still kneeling in front of the palace. She was kneeling a little shaky and looked like she was about to faint. After seeing this calmly, she said, "Your Majesty, her face doesn't look good. You can spare her from kneeling."
Emperor Ming Yuan glanced at her and said calmly: "Get up!"
Ling Yan then asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
After thanking her, the girl stood up tremblingly. With tears in her eyes, she said with great grievance: "The girl is fine, but she hasn't had a drop of water since yesterday. She's hungry and thirsty, and she's even a little dizzy."
When Prince Rui heard this, he frowned and said, "Not a drop of water? General Di, since you said she is the princess, and you have detained her since last night, is it possible that she has not been served with food or tea?"
Di Weiming was stunned for a moment, "This... I told Prince Rui to greet him well, but I'm afraid the people below may have been negligent."
Prince Rui looked at her hands again, his brows furrowing even more tightly, "What's wrong with your hands? There are red marks on them, and on your neck. Why does it look like someone has strangled you?"
When everyone looked closely, they saw finger marks on the back of her hands and finger bruises on her neck. Although they were not very obvious, they could be seen if they looked closely.
Rong Yue, a folk girl, lowered her head and cried, not daring to speak.
Prince Rui was immediately furious, "General, how dare you use torture?"
Everyone was in an uproar!
Di Weiming sneered, "I'm afraid no one will believe the Crown Princess's cruel trick. Even if it gives the lower officials so much courage, even the lower officials would not dare to torture the Crown Princess."
Prince Rui said coldly: "Isn't it true that we won't give you food or drink?"
Di Weiming said simply: "I was negligent and I will take the blame."
Prince Rui was so angry that he laughed, "Charge? It seems that the general is really going to charge a lot of crimes. At least, he can't escape the crime of leaving his post without permission."
"Yes, General, aren't you on duty in the military camp? Why did you suddenly pass by the foot of Leprous Mountain? Did you squat on purpose, or did you meet someone on the road? I heard that many people have been squatting under Leprosy Mountain recently. Could it be that they all belong to the General?
People?" Jingyan asked.
Di Weiming saw that the so-called Crown Princess had not arrived yet, but Prince Calm Yan Herui kept staring at him to find fault, and obviously wanted to divert his attention, so he simply said nothing. Unless the emperor asked, he would not answer anything.
Just waiting to see if the news reaches the Crown Princess.
However, a moment later, Eunuch Mu Ru led the Crown Princess Yuan Qingling into the palace.
Yuan Qingling wore a yellow palace dress embroidered with peony patterns in gold and silver, and had a high bun with clouds. She looked noble and majestic. When she entered the palace, she looked a little dazed, but she still remembered to kneel down and salute.
"Meet the Emperor!"
There are no fathers and sons in the court, only monarchs and ministers, so the title of father became emperor.
When Di Weiming saw this scene, his eyes almost popped out, and his face was filled with shock. How could it be possible? Yesterday he held a torch and saw it. It was undoubtedly Yuan Qingling. Why was there another Yuan Qingling?
All the civil and military officials were also stunned. They looked carefully at the two similar people in the palace. Comparing them at close range, they found that they were not exactly similar. The princess's nose was higher, her eyes were higher, her chin was slightly set back, and she was smaller than the common girl.
Rong Yue is more resolute. In terms of outline, Rong Yue, a commoner's daughter, is rounder and softer than a princess.
Yuan Qingling looked confused, not knowing what was going on. She glanced at the prince with a questioning look in her eyes.
Yu Wenhao grabbed her wrist and dragged her in front of him. He turned and looked at Di Weiming gloomily, "General, you just grabbed someone to frame the Crown Princess. What's your purpose?"
A trace of panic finally flashed across Di Weiming's eyes. The shock made his thoughts confused, and his lips trembled, "How...how can there be such similar people?"
Yuan Qingling was still surprised, "What on earth is going on?"
Yu Wenhao hummed: "Di Weiming caught a woman who looked similar to you at the foot of Leprosy Mountain. He said that you went to Leprosy Mountain privately. He detained her all night and sent her to the palace today in an attempt to frame you."
The civilian girl finally burst into tears at this moment. She cried aggrievedly in the main hall of the Early Northern Tang Dynasty, "They say I'm not the princess, why do you still beat me?"
The uproar resumed.
Yu Wenhao punched Di Weiming in the face and said angrily: "When you detained her privately and lynched her indiscriminately, you thought she was really the princess. Di Weiming, you are so brave!"
With this punch, Yu Wenhao almost used all his strength and hit Di Weiming so hard that his nose was crooked.
In the main hall, in front of the emperor, as the prince, he was angry and beat people, but no one thought it was inappropriate, and they were even encouraged by the prince's bloody nature.
Di Weiming touched the nosebleed that slowly flowed out under his nose. The pain made him wake up. After thinking about it, he realized how he got to this situation step by step. All the foreshadowing showed that the prince's punch was justified.
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Emperor Ming Yuan, who had not expressed any opinions until now, spoke slowly, "Okay, stop fooling around, Lao Wu, take your wife and take this civilian girl out of the palace, and warn her not to go to Leprosy Mountain again.
Also, find someone to visit her mother and treat her mother."
Yuan Qingling walked up to the civilian girl Rong Yue and said softly: "Girl, let's go."
Rong Yue, a civilian girl, followed Yuan Qingling and Yu Wenhao to retreat out of the house. As for how to deal with Di Weiming in the main hall, she was not in a hurry, she would always know.
After leaving the palace and getting on the carriage, Rong Yue pulled on her face, taking off her thin face and replacing it with her original delicate and beautiful face.
She picked up the cowhide water bag next to her, twisted it open, and drank.
"Slow down, don't choke!" Yuan Qingling said with a smile.
Rong Yue drank all the water and said angrily: "This old boy is so boring. He imprisoned me for a whole night and didn't even give me a drop of water. I am incompatible with this old boy."
Yuan Qingling said apologetically: "Rong Yue, I have wronged you."
Rong Yue smiled heartily, "Why are you aggrieved? I don't know how happy it is. When I was in the palace, I couldn't wait to see the old boy deflated. The prince's punch was so satisfying that it was a pity that I couldn't hit him.
A punch in the face, if it had been in the past, I would have chopped off this old boy's head and fed it to the gray wolf."
Yu Wenhao glanced at her sideways, "Rong Yue, tell me, besides being businessmen, what other identities do you and Fourth Master have?"