Sun Jingwen's words made Zhang Yanling regretful in her heart. A man disguised as a woman might only be able to fool him temporarily, but it was indeed easy to identify. His body shape and physique were flaws, and his voice was also a flaw.
But he was too confident. When Zhu Qingyi saw Sun Jingwen, he spoke. At that time, he tied a silk scarf around his Adam's apple to cover it up, and imitated a female voice, which was even more nondescript. Sun Jingwen must have felt very strange at the time, but he didn't expect it for a moment.
There will be people disguised as women around the princess.
As soon as Mrs. Wu ran to report the matter, Sun Jingwen immediately became suspicious. Thinking of the assassin entering the city, and then learning that the person he sent to follow was missing, he naturally connected them.
Zhang Yanling's hand holding the firearm was slightly raised, ready to fight to the death.
Zhu Qingyi put her little hand on Zhang Yanling's hand, gently held Zhang Yanling's wrist and pressed it down hard. This meant that Zhang Yanling should not act rashly.
"Princess, do you have anything else to say? Haha, I have nothing to say. I really didn't expect that you actually colluded with the imperial court and had evil intentions. After all, you are also the prince's niece, how can you help the imperial court deal with it?
Prince? It’s really heartbreaking. Why don’t you let that craftsman come out and surrender? Otherwise, I will only be offended. I will lead people into the room to search.” Sun Jingwen sneered.
"Sun Jingwen, what you did was just trying your best to sow discord between me and my uncle. Any assassination or elaborate tricks are all nonsense. You just wanted to be rude to me. I
Let me tell you, if you dare to break into my boudoir, I will kill myself here.
I have a dagger hidden in my hand, so I am ready to kill myself at any time. I do what I say. I might as well tell you that I have a huge amount of silver stored in the secret room of Prince Qing's Mansion, and only I know where it is. I will let these treasures go with Qingyi.
Buried deep in the ground as a burial. My uncle won't get even a tael."
Zhu Qingyi's voice came coldly.
Sun Jingwen frowned and said: "Princess, as long as you hand over the person named Xiaoling, Jingwen will naturally not offend the princess. As for the crime of harboring the princess, it is up to the prince to decide. But if you are unwilling to hand over the person,
Jing Wen doesn’t have much to worry about.”
Zhu Qingyi said in a deep voice: "Xiao Ling is not in my room. She has followed me out of the house today and left on her own. Besides, she is not the craftsman you said, she is just a person who has nothing to do with this matter."
Sun Jingwen sneered and said: "You have admitted to yourself that she is not your maid, right? You are not asking for it. Since you said she is an irrelevant person, why not reveal her identity? I will order someone to confront her.
If you ask, won’t the truth come to light?”
Zhu Qingyi said in a deep voice: "I can't tell you his identity because there are some hidden things involved."
Sun Jingwen chuckled and said: "Hidden secret? What secret? Why don't you tell me?"
Zhu Qingyi said: "You don't deserve to know, and I don't need to explain it to you."
Sun Jingwen's face turned red with anger and he said angrily: "I don't deserve it? I don't deserve it?"
"Of course you don't deserve it. You don't look at yourself in the mirror and see who you really are. You are here today only because you flatter others. You cheated in the imperial examination and were punished by the court. You relied on your parents to sell off their property.
Your family fortune has saved you. You deserve it if you claim to be a scholar. What’s funny is that you actually have evil intentions towards this princess. This princess looks at you like a mangy dog. You still have such delusions. It’s really ridiculous.
pole."
Zhu Qingyi's tongue was like a knife, and every word was a sharp blade that pierced Sun Jingwen's heart, causing Sun Jingwen's face to turn purple and become furious.
"Okay, I'm not worthy, am I? Today I want you to see if I, Sun Jingwen, am worthy. Come, come and search the house for me." Sun Jingwen said angrily.
Sun Jingwen reached out and grabbed Caiyun's hair and pulled it. Caiyun fell to the ground and screamed. Sun Jingwen raised his feet and rushed into the room.
At this moment, someone shouted in a deep voice: "Sun Jingwen, don't come here. Do you dare to break into the princess's bedroom in Prince Qing's Mansion? Do you want to die?"
Sun Jingwen's expression changed when he heard the sound, and he turned around quickly. He heard the sound of the stairs rattling, and the fat-bellied Zhu Zhixiu walked towards him with an angry face.
Sun Jingwen hurried forward and saluted: "When did the prince come? Jingwen didn't know."
Zhu Zhixiu shouted coldly: "I have been standing under the stairs for a long time, and I have heard what you said. Sun Jingwen, you are becoming more and more bold. Do you want to break into the princess's boudoir? What is your identity? What is Qingyi? Identity? Do you want to ruin the reputation of my royal family and humiliate me?"
Sun Jingwen was startled and said hurriedly: "Jingwen doesn't dare. Your lord, you have heard it. The facts are all there. The princess just refuses to admit it. Jingwen decided to do this as a last resort."
Zhu Zhixiu shouted coldly: "Then you can't break in by force. Are you going to kill the princess and prevent me from getting any money? You idiot."
Sun Jingwen did not dare to say anything more, bowed his head and apologized repeatedly.
Zhu Zhixiu glared at him, walked slowly to the door of the inner room, and said in a deep voice: "Qingyi, uncle is here."
Zhu Qingyi said in a deep voice: "Qingyi has already slept peacefully, but these people come to Qingyi's boudoir to cause trouble. Doesn't uncle care about it? Does uncle just watch Qingyi being bullied by these bullies? When my father was alive, , I have taken care of my uncle in every possible way, but now my uncle is allowing these bullies to bully my niece. My uncle is really capable and glorious."
Zhu Zhixiu laughed and said: "My good niece, I have already scolded them. But you can't blame them, I already know everything about this matter. Qingyi, don't be so stubborn and don't mess with my uncle." Get angry, otherwise you know the consequences will be serious. Just hand over the person you harbored. My uncle can ignore your fault. What do you think?"
"Qingyi has already said that Xiaoling is not an assassin or a craftsman. It is completely Sun Jingwen's nonsense. Uncle, don't believe him." Zhu Qingyi's voice came.
Zhu Zhixiu smacked his lips and said: "Qingyi, if you have this attitude, my uncle will have nothing to say to you. Now, what are you denying? You said that Xiaoling has nothing to do with this matter, but I know that, That's not the maid serving you. She may even be a man disguised as a woman. How do you explain it? You said Sun Jingwen didn't deserve to hear the hidden secrets. Then your uncle should deserve to hear it. You might as well talk to your uncle? "
Zhu Qingyi pondered for a moment, sighed and said: "Uncle, since you forced Qingyi to speak out, Qingyi has to say it. Otherwise, you will always listen to other people's words and think that Qingyi has done something that is not good for you. Qingyi It’s hard to prove it yourself. However, if this matter is revealed, Qingyi’s reputation will be ruined, and I’m afraid it will be difficult to live a good life from now on.”
Zhu Zhixiu sneered: "Is it so serious? What on earth is going on?"
Zhu Qingyi said: "Actually, that Xiaoling... he is a man..."
Sun Jingwen shouted from the side: "Let me tell you, it's true. My lord, is Jingwen right? That's a man."
Zhu Zhixiu frowned and shouted: "Shut up and listen to the princess."
Zhu Qingyi continued: "... He is indeed not from our Prince Qing's Palace. His name is Jia Lin, who is from the east city of Ningxia City. He is... the person Qingyi likes. Yesterday Qingyi went to Hongguang Temple to burn incense. In fact, I just went to see him. That night, he followed Qingyi back to the palace and stayed to meet me...to meet me..."
"Ah?" Everyone present widened their eyes. Including Zhu Zhixiu and Sun Jingwen, everyone was stunned. Zhu Qingyi meant that the man named Jia Lin came to Prince Qing's palace to have an affair with her. Last night, he stayed in Zhu Qingyi's boudoir. This was simply unbelievable. No one expected to hear such an explosive inside story.
Sun Jingwen was so jealous that he was so angry that his nose was crooked. Zhu Qingyi had secretly had an affair with another man. In all these years, he had never even touched Zhu Qingyi's hand, but Zhu Qingyi had already committed herself to someone else.
On his teeth, Zhang Yanling was also shocked. He never expected that Zhu Qingyi would come up with such a rhetoric. Isn't this an act of destroying his own reputation for innocence and integrity?
Zhang Yanling could feel Zhu Qingyi's body shaking slightly when she spoke. Obviously, for an innocent woman, it must take great courage to say these words.
Zhu Zhixiu frowned and said, "Qingyi, is this serious?"
Zhu Qingyi said in a deep voice: "Could Qingyi be joking about his innocence? He was going to leave early this morning. But last night, his uncle came and lost his temper. Qingyi was not allowed to go out, so he was trapped here. Qingyi thought that he had to be sent out, otherwise the matter would be exposed sooner or later and his reputation would be ruined. So after thinking about it, he thought of using Sun Jingwen to have delusions about Qingyi and sending him out through his hands. Because he was afraid that people would recognize him, he changed into women's clothes. He asked Caiyun not to allow others to get close to him because he didn't want to be known. Who would have thought that he couldn't hide it after all. Aunt Wu, I think I treat you well, and you have paid me your wages. For several months, I asked you to treat your son, but you repaid me with kindness and harmed me like this. You are really a dark-hearted person."
Mrs. Wu murmured: "Princess, I, I, there is nothing I can do...I..."
Zhu Qingyi sighed: "That's all, now that the matter has come to this, Qingyi doesn't blame you anymore. Uncle, Jia Lin left the palace today and left on his own. How could he still be in my room? Qingyi also made this clear. It's clear. Uncle, if you still don't believe it, Qingyi can't do anything about it. It's hard to talk about this matter, and Qingyi would never tell it if it wasn't forced by my uncle. I, Zhu Qingyi, can't see anyone from now on. Are you satisfied? "
Zhu Zhixiu frowned and twirled his beard in silence. He somewhat believed it. He knew the character of his niece. Zhu Qingyi had always cherished her reputation, so how could she destroy her innocence? How could she do this unless she had no choice but to do so.
Zhang Yanling's mood was complicated on his gums. Although he knew that this matter was a lie made up by Zhu Qingyi out of desperation, but she said these words in front of so many people, but she had completely ruined her innocence. No matter how she explained it later It's also useless.
Zhu Qingyi made a huge sacrifice by doing this. She risked herself for herself. However, she felt uneasy. She didn't know how to make up for her in the future.