Suddenly, both the prince, the third princess, and even Emperor Zhou felt that this case was complicated and confusing.
What Xu Qing said here is succinct, but what about this King of Loulan?
Not only can they not produce any convincing evidence, but the most they say is to make strong arguments.
At least Xu Qing still had a reason to rob him, but King Loulan didn't even want to rob him.
King Loulan gritted his teeth and said, "Then why did I only say that you had a secret meeting with the princess and didn't slander anyone else?"
Xu Qing said, "If you want to get away with it, you have to choose someone to slander, right? If you were slandering Brother Xiao, would you also ask Brother Xiao the same question? Oh, by the way, you don't dare to slander Brother Xiao.
, you can’t beat him..."
"You!" King Loulan really almost spat out a mouthful of blood at this moment. Is there anyone who is so revealing?
Xu Qing looked at the aggrieved King Loulan and said, "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, the more you argue, the clearer the truth becomes. You might as well start the argument from the beginning, and I will be able to prove my innocence!"
Emperor Zhou looked at King Loulan and asked, "What do you think?"
King Loulan cupped his hands and said, "True gold is not afraid of fire!"
Emperor Zhou turned his head and looked at King Loulan and said, "Let's get started. I also want to know who is right and who is wrong."
Xu Qing first asked: "King Loulan said that a foreign minister had a private meeting with the princess. Here comes the problem. Even if King Loulan saw that I climbed over the courtyard wall first, he should have preconceived the idea that I was in Loulan as the deputy envoy thought.
In the king's mind, he should be a thief, so why did he accuse him of having an affair with a princess from the beginning? Isn't it too strange?"
King Loulan said: "My attendants saw this man cuddling with the princess in the princess's mansion yesterday. At that time, the princess even put a robe on this man herself. That's why I came with my men today to capture this man! I speak from the bottom of my heart."
, absolutely true!”
Xu Qing asked: "Did your subordinates see it with their own eyes?"
The black-clothed attendant on the side said: "I saw with my own eyes that you were having a secret meeting with the princess!"
Xu Qing asked: "You didn't come in through the front door, right?"
"This..." The attendant in black couldn't help but froze in place when he heard Xu Qing's words: "Don't distort the topic!"
Xu Qing continued, "Just tell me, did you come in through the main entrance and have you notified the concierge? You wouldn't have known that the princess was having a private meeting with someone else before you came in, right? Then what was the purpose of your coming in? You haven't given it yet.
I’ll recruit you from the bottom of my heart!”
"This... you..." the black-clothed attendant gritted his teeth and said, "You... you use such forceful words!"
Xu Qing snorted coldly and said: "Even if you don't say it, I can deduce it based on my many years of experience in handling cases. You must have come to the princess's house to explore the way for your master. Yesterday you discovered the princess after exploring the way.
The guards in the palace are not strict. Today I want to bring King Loulan here to see the princess's face. I don't know if there is any evil behavior, but I happened to be noticed today. If you two don't dare to plead guilty, you are doing it to me and the princess.
Frame-up, yes or no?!"
The attendant in black shouted angrily: "Nonsense!"
Xu Qing spread his hands: "Then explain why you climbed over the wall and sneaked into the princess's mansion yesterday. Why did you climb over the wall if you didn't want to do something evil? If you want to see the princess's face, you can just enter through the main entrance.
Well, he climbed over the wall and said he didn’t want to do anything bad, Brother Xiao, do you believe it?”
Xiao Ye shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. Would a serious person climb over the wall and come in?"
Xin Dianxiang nodded: "Can you still be a serious person after you have climbed over the wall?"
Xiao Ye & Xu Qing: "Despicable!"
King Loulan's fists hardened when he heard this. He was horrified to find that the ultimate purpose of the case was not whether Princess Ming Yueguang had an affair with a wild man, but Loulan's intention to climb over the wall last night.
This damn fool! He actually told the truth!
Now they, Loulan, immediately fell into a passive position. They were all caused by him!
Xu Qing cupped his hands to Emperor Zhou and said, "Fortunately today, the foreign ministers and others were passing by the princess's house and discovered the two people who were plotting evil. Otherwise, I don't know how much they were thinking about it. Fortunately, the princess is fine. How can the princess marry such a beautiful woman?"
Someone with evil intentions?"
Emperor Zhou looked at King Loulan and asked, "So, why do you want your subordinates to climb over the wall of the princess's palace? Why don't you enter through the main entrance?"
King Loulan didn't know what to explain at this time, and a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Xu Qing said: "I am afraid that such a man with ulterior motives is not worthy of the princess's lifelong trust. Your Majesty should think twice."
Just when Emperor Zhou's face was uncertain, Prince Zhou said: "Father, I thought that King Loulan only made such a mistake because of his deep love for Princess Mingyue. Now that the wedding day is approaching, Emperor Mingyue
In the hearts of the people in the world, my sister is already the royal concubine of King Loulan. According to Erchen, it is just a trivial matter between husband and wife, and there is no need to be so serious about it. Previously, King Loulan and Erchen were talking about the fact that Emperor Mingyue's sister has been suffering from the cold these days.
I don't want to meet her because I'm afraid of being betrayed by Prince Loulan. I think Princess Mingyue must be doing this for her husband's sake."
"Now that I see that Princess Mingyue's complexion is rosy, I must have recovered from the cold. In the past few days, Prince Loulan has been accompanying Princess Mingyue to walk around the capital. I believe that today's misunderstanding will soon be resolved, and it will not be harmful to the future.
It affects the life of the couple."
The third princess also echoed the prince's words and said: "Yes, father, the plum blossoms in the Plum Garden are blooming well. Why don't you let King Loulan and Princess Mingyue go to the Plum Garden together tomorrow, so as to enhance the relationship between them?"
In this way, even if Princess Mingyue marries Loulan far away in ten days, she won't be too sad."
When King Loulan heard what Prince Zhou said, he also understood in his heart that His Highness the Crown Prince was begging for mercy for him. Now that he could not find any evidence that Princess Mingyue had a secret meeting with this person, he could only follow his wishes. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a refutation?
Losing Prince Zhou’s face?
Originally, Loulan didn't have many people in the Zhou Kingdom who spoke up for him, so naturally it was difficult to offend the Zhou Kingdom's crown prince and future emperor.
Emperor Zhou asked: "Does that mean the private meeting is an act of slander?"
Prince Zhou said, "This is natural. When King Loulan learned about Princess Mingyue's private meeting, he only heard a few words from the attendant. Maybe the attendant had second thoughts. After all, countries in the Western Regions pay attention to blood. King Loulan accepted Princess Mingyue's private meeting.
As the principal concubine, my sister will naturally cause the blood of the Loulan royal family to be impure, and it is reasonable for the attendants to stop this out of loyalty."
King Loulan looked at the attendant in black and feigned anger: "How dare you slander the princess?"
When the black-clothed attendant heard what Prince Zhou said, he immediately looked horrified and said, "I'm confused, I deserve to die..."
King Loulan cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have not been strict with you. I will punish this person severely when I return! I will restore the princess' reputation!"
Prince Zhou said: "I'm afraid that only the long-lasting companionship of King Loulan can repair the wounds in Princess Mingyue's heart. It would be good for the two of them to go to Meiyuan to relax together tomorrow, as Princess Yining said.