Chapter 1394

Duke Ning's face became very ugly. His eyes turned dark and it seemed like they were about to drip water.

All the ministers in the hall shrunk their necks, not daring to breathe too loudly.

They all understood that the emperor wholeheartedly supported the empress. Whoever dared to go against the empress was going against the emperor, so they would not have a good ending.

Duke Ning wanted to use the empress' maids as an example, but he never thought that the emperor would make the first move. He would use the guards as an example, making an example out of this old monkey Duke Ning!

At the heart of the struggle, if anyone were to stand on the same side as Duke Ning, then that would be someone who didn't know the actual situation.

The ministers all took a few steps back, staying as far away from Duke Ning as they could, showing that they had nothing to do with him.

"A bunch of fence-sitters who see the wind and set their sails, pooh!"

Duke Ning looked at everyone's expressions. He viciously cursed in his heart, but his face remained calm the entire time.

He calmly stepped forward, "Emperor, this girl is willing to be punished to prove her innocence, it's not that this minister wants to force her to confess. Zhao Rong has suffered this kind of humiliation today, this minister just wants to prove her innocence. If this proves that this matter has nothing to do with this girl, this minister is willing to personally apologize to miss Xiao Ru."

His words were very reasonable. With his status as a duke, he was willing to apologize to a servant. This was already giving Xiao Ru a large amount of face.

But Chen Ning and Mo Chuan understood his meaning, so they still insisted on torturing Xiao Ru.

Chen Ning's brows jumped up and she revealed a smile, "Sir duke, if you want to prove that the princess consort's matter is related to Xiao Ru, you don't need to use the stick. In fact, there is a simple way to prove that Xiao Ru has nothing to do with this matter at all."

"Oh, a simple way? What is it?" Duke Ning also raised his brows as he confronted Chen Ning.

"Since sir duke and the princess consort suspect that the problem is with this soup, then this princess will confirm whether there is a problem with this soup or not."

Chen Ning walked in front of the princess consort's table and picked up the soup. Without any hesitation, she drank it all down without leaving a single drop.

"Sir duke, princess consort, you should be assured now, right?" She showed the empty bowl to the two of them.

"… …"

Duke Ning and Princess Zhao Rong were dumbfounded and speechless.

This move was clean and beautiful, instantly shutting their mouths.

"High Duke, in my opinion, you'd better think of a way to cure Her Highness instead of suspecting that someone wants to harm Her Highness. Not to mention that Her Highness has unique skills, if someone really has the guts to harm her, she'll be the first to find out. Moreover, the courtiers are all here today. Under the watchful eyes of so many people, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to poison Her Highness!"

Chen Ning's voice was clear and melodious as she spoke, making all the ministers nod their heads.

"The empress is right.

"That's right, that's right. Who would have the guts to poison Zhao Rong Princess in front of so many people? That's impossible!"

"Her Majesty the Empress has personally confirmed that all of this is just Lord High Duke's conjecture. It's all unfounded."

The ministers all agreed with Chen Ning's words.