Consort Yi
After saying this, Concubine Xiao angrily smashed her cup.
Bang!
Gao Bingze's body twitched. How could he not know the seriousness of this matter?
He lowered his body to the ground and said with trembling lips, "Your Highness, this subject is innocent. This matter … this subject really didn't know. Your Highness, please investigate!"
Ji Muqing, on the other hand, was sobbing like a pear blossom in the rain. She clutched the bundle of clothes in front of her chest and weakly knelt on the ground. She raised her teary eyes and shook her head desperately.
Choking with sobs, he explained, "Your Highness, I definitely didn't do such a thing. I don't know why this happened, I really don't know …"
"Don't talk nonsense. The matter is right in front of us, yet you two still deny it!" Concubine Xiao said.
Ji Muqing immediately rolled and crawled to Concubine Xiao on her knees. She hugged her thigh and begged pitifully, "I really didn't lie. I don't even know him. How could there be anything between a man and a woman? Your Highness, you must prove this commoner's innocence. If this matter is made public, this commoner won't be able to live. You must not wrongly accuse me ah. "
"Hmph!"
Concubine Xiao waved her sleeves and kicked her away. She said angrily, "Are you saying that I have wrongly accused you?"
"No … that's not what I meant, but I really didn't do anything improper with this person."
She sat on the ground, her eyes swollen from crying.
Her clothes were ragged, her hair was messy, and even her makeup was ruined.
"Whether he's innocent or not, we'll know once we get someone to examine him." Concubine Xiao gave Sang Lan a look as she finished speaking.
Sang Lan understood tacitly. She ordered a few young palace maids to pull Ji Muqing up from the ground and bring her into the inner hall.
After a while, he was dragged out and thrown to the ground.
Sang Lan bowed before Concubine Xiao and whispered a few words in her ear.
Concubine Xiao's expression darkened.
He walked over to the crippled Ji Muqing and squatted down, "You're no longer innocent, yet you still say you're innocent?"
Although Ji Muqing's eyes were wide open, they appeared to be lifeless.
Just now in the inner hall, the palace servants examined her body and found that she had broken her virginity!
In other words, she had been intimate with a strange man last night.
She was scared herself.
Gao Bingze raised his head in disbelief. His eyes were filled with fear as he slumped to the ground.
He didn't remember what happened last night. All he knew was that he was sleeping in his room!
Unless — —
Did he really do that?
After a long time, Ji Muqing said in a trembling voice, "Why did it turn out like this? Why? I can't do such a thing, it's impossible … "
Concubine Xiao arched her willowy eyebrows and questioned her, "Impossible? Then why don't you tell me, what exactly happened last night? Why are you in the Han Academy? "
"I …"
"Speak!"
Ji Muqing bit her lip and tugged at her clothes. Her eyes were dazed for a moment before she said, "Someone delivered a letter from the Crown Prince telling me to go to the Eastern Palace alone. On the way there, I felt a pain in my neck and fainted. When I woke up … Your Ladyship, everything I said is the truth. I didn't dare to lie in the slightest. Your Ladyship, you must investigate this matter. This commoner girl was also harmed."
Concubine Xiao's lips curled into a sneer as she looked at Gao Bingze.
Although Gao Bingze didn't cry or make a fuss, he was scared out of his wits.
He couldn't bear the crime of sleeping with the Crown Prince's consort. He was scared to a certain extent and was left in a daze.
Until — —
"Lord Gao, I will ask you again. If what Miss Ji said is true, that someone knocked her out last night and brought her to the Han Academy, then was that person you?"
Gao Bingze's body trembled.
"This humble subject would never do such a thing. The Emperor's birthday is approaching. Although this humble subject has been staying in the Han Academy for the past few days, I haven't taken a single step out. I beg Your Ladyship to investigate last night's matter."
He kowtowed several times.
Concubine Xiao was a temperamental person. With a cold expression, she waved her hand at the eunuchs beside her and said, "Take this scum away and lock him up. Without my permission, no one is allowed to speak of this matter. If anyone dares to reveal even half a word, I will remove your heads."
"Yes!"
The three eunuchs in the hall immediately pulled Gao Bingze up and dragged him out.
"Your Ladyship is wise. This humble subject really didn't do it. I beg Your Ladyship to investigate …" His voice was dragged out, getting softer and softer.
Ji Muqing shrank back, her face pale. She was worried that it would be her turn.
She didn't want to go to jail!
As he watched Concubine Xiao walk towards him, the fear in his heart intensified.
She leaned back and begged for mercy. "Your Ladyship, this humble subject doesn't want to go to jail. Please spare me."
Unexpectedly, Concubine Xiao squatted down and gently held her hand, her eyes full of kindness.
"Muqing, come, get up."
Ji Muqing was dumbfounded.
Her body trembled and her lips trembled. She allowed Concubine Xiao to help her up and sit down.
Then …
Concubine Xiao flicked her sleeve and ordered the servants in the hall, "All of you are dismissed."
The servants left one by one.
Only Sang Lan was left to attend to her.
Concubine Xiao took out a handkerchief and personally wiped away the tears on Ji Muqing's face. "I know this has nothing to do with you. You were also harmed. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. Just pretend that nothing happened."
Ji Muqing's eyes brightened.
"Your Ladyship means that I can still be the Crown Prince's Consort?"
Don't even think about it!
Concubine Xiao shook her head. "You are no longer pure. It's impossible for you to become the Crown Prince's Consort in this lifetime."
"Then …"
"I feel sorry for you after such a thing happened." She reached out to remove the crooked jade hairpin from Ji Muqing's hair, tidied her messy hair, and inserted the hairpin back. "You don't have to go to the Crown Prince's Consort Selection tomorrow. After all, you are no longer pure. If you are discovered, it will be a great crime. Even your eldest brother won't be able to save you."
"Then what should I do?"
Anxious!
"Don't worry, I will find a way out for you."
"A way out?" Ji Muqing didn't understand.
Concubine Xiao's red lips curved. "Muqing, I am quite fond of you. As long as you say the word, after the Crown Prince's Consort Selection, I will present a memorial to His Majesty and have Prince Yi marry you."
These words shocked Ji Muqing to the point that she was tender on the inside and crispy on the outside.
Her body tensed up, and she stared at Concubine Xiao with widened eyes. "Your Ladyship, is what you said true?"
Concubine Xiao stood up and took small, light steps.
"This consort's words are true to their words. Prince Yi will also listen to this consort's words and marry you. No one will know what happened last night."
To be able to marry Jing Yi and cover up the fact that she had been defiled, it was simply a gift from the heavens!
How could she have known that Concubine Xiao had set her up?
She wanted her to voluntarily give up the Crown Prince's Consort, and at the same time, her son would marry her. She would be able to rope in Ji Li and Ji Huan.
But Ji Muqing was completely unaware.
In the next moment, she suddenly stood up and tugged at Concubine Xiao's sleeve. She asked worriedly, "But will that person tell others?"
Concubine Xiao's red phoenix eyes narrowed.
"He won't have the chance to speak, I guarantee."
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