Cut off my tendons in my hands and feet to make me marry? Prepare to die!

Yue Ran stood up, saluted to Emperor Shengwen who was still standing there awkwardly, and then saluted to the empress dowager.

"I knew that the werewolf had a grudge against me. Fortunately, I am upright and have nothing to fear. Otherwise, I would have no way to defend myself today."

Yue Ran untied his cloak, walked to the center of the garden, glanced around, and said to the Queen Mother:

"Today, I have a way to prove my innocence, but I have a request. If I can prove my innocence, please allow me one condition, Queen Mother and Princess."

The Queen Mother no longer had a smile on her face and snorted coldly:

"I agree, but if you can't prove yourself, don't blame me for being ruthless. The emperor has granted you the right to choose your own marriage, but I will take it back!"

Yue Ran blinked gently and finally understood the Queen Mother's thoughts.

It turned out that the Queen Mother and the eldest princess came this time for her marriage.

Emperor Shengwen did not expect that he would run into such a thing when he came with his ministers to appreciate the plum blossoms with great enthusiasm.

It’s because of Yue Ran again, and because of that orc!

Emperor Shengwen's face showed no emotion. He glanced at the werewolf Hall kneeling on the ground and took another step forward.

The powerful people of Da Chu like to form alliances with orcs, which is not a big deal.

Orcs have a low status and are played by other countries as playthings and slaves. The nobles of Da Chu are at least willing to form a pact with the orcs, making it the country that treats orcs the best.

Despite this, some of his courtiers were still entangled by the orcs.

Especially since Yue Ran holds military power, how could he be restrained by an orc?

Yue Ran is a woman after all, and as a woman it is easy for her to be trapped by love.

He had trusted Yue Ran to take control of the Dingbei Army because her identity as a woman would make her easier to control.

If Yue Ran is unable to subdue the orc this time, he will have to consider taking back Yue Ran's authority.

As a woman, your success or failure is really determined by Xiao He.

The ministers, each with their own thoughts, followed the palace servants to their seats and sat down.

The Queen Mother had just announced that she was going to take back Yue Ran's privilege of marrying independently. Upon hearing that, everyone immediately became excited.

There is no family in the court that doesn't have an unmarried man of marriageable age, whether civil or military. If Yue Ran could be married into the family, it would be like marrying Dingbei Jun into the family as a support.

Emperor Shengwen values ​​the Dingbei Army, so he will naturally look at Yue Ran's husband differently.

At this moment, the court officials who had unmarried sons at home were carefully considering the marriage with the Dingbei Palace, and few of them really had the mind to appreciate the green plums in the garden.

At the same time, no one thought that Yue Ran could find a way to break the impasse this time.

After all, Yue Ran is an unmarried girl, and she has only two options:

Or admit that she had an affair with Hall before her marriage and lost her virginity.

Otherwise, the Queen Mother would send a medical examiner to examine her to prove her innocence.

The second way seemed to be useful, but Yue Ran had to verify her virginity in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, especially the envoys from Beiliang and the three princes of Beiliang.

Even if she was really still a virgin, this shame was enough to make her unable to hold her head up.

In this way, even a fourth-rank court official had some confidence in his heart. If his son was willing to marry Yue Ran, Yue Ran would be grateful.

The Beiliang envoys who had been sitting silently nearby now showed playful smiles on their faces, and looked at Yue Ran without a trace of respect in their eyes.

Beiliang's eighth prince Murong Chi was like an old monk in meditation, looking down at the wine jug on the table, as if a flower had bloomed on the jug.

Beiliang's tenth prince Murong Jian leaned sideways, propped up his chin with one hand, and watched the farce in the garden with a smile. Finally, his eyes locked on Yue Ran, and the corners of his rosy lips were full of sarcasm.

Beiliang's eleventh prince Murong Hui also looked at Yue Ran calmly. Under the edge of his clothes where no one could see, his left hand slowly clenched into a fist.

At the entrance of the garden, Zheng Minglou, the son of Marquis Jing'an, held a knife in one hand, his thin lips pressed into a straight line, his eyes without a trace of warmth, like two sharp blades, silently analyzing the situation before him.

Yue Ran stretched out his hand and bowed to the surrounding courtiers like a man, and finally looked up at Emperor Shengwen:

"This lady requests the director of the Imperial Observatory to come here."

Everyone was stunned. The director of the Imperial Observatory, Hu Bugui, was a fifty-year-old man. How could they ask an old man to come for a physical examination?

Is Yue Ran so anxious that he is confused?

Emperor Shengwen did not ask the reason, but just winked at the eunuch Chen Wenjin.

Chen Wenjin immediately withdrew and found a fast eunuch to summon Hu Bugui, the director of the Imperial Observatory.

The eldest princess leaned against the empress dowager, leisurely picked up a piece of date paste cake and put it into her mouth, squinting her eyes in satisfaction.

Hall knelt in front of her, head lowered, his long eyelashes slightly blinking, and his back still revealed a stubborn look.

This werewolf boy had a handsome appearance and exuded an aggrieved aura. Most of the women present had already believed what he said.

Not long after, Chen Wenjin led an old man with white hair and beard into the garden.

The old man's face was not old, and he looked as if he was in his forties, but if you looked at him from behind, his completely white hair was something only an octogenarian would have.

It was Hu Bugui, the director of the Imperial Observatory.

Hu Bugui had asked this question many times on the way. Although his face was calm, his heart was full of questions and fear.

He is just a fortune teller. What's the point of asking him to examine a woman's body?

How is he going to explain to his wife when he returns home?

Emperor Shengwen said in a deep voice:

"Hu Bugui is here, Yue Ran, what else do you want to do?"

Yue Ran straightened his back, reached out and took off half of his jacket, revealing a small piece of snow-white shoulder.

The court officials present quickly turned their heads away.

Grand Secretary Cheng Wei snorted angrily:

"How shameful! It's totally against public morals!"

Emperor Shengwen's eyelids twitched, and he was about to scold Yue Ran.

But I heard Yue Ran say loudly:

"Master Hu, do you recognize this tattoo on my shoulder?"

Hu Bugui also avoided the gaze, but had to look towards Yue Ran's shoulder. When he saw her, his eyes widened and he exclaimed:

"This is... Acacia!!!"

Emperor Shengwen's curiosity was completely aroused.

He quickly glanced at Yue Ran's shoulder, only to see a cassia flower tattooed on her shoulder with cyan paint.

The flower was only the size of a dandelion, but its color was a very rare lapis lazuli. When it was printed on Yue Ran's fair skin, it had a strange beauty.

"Hu Bugui, what does this green golden acacia mean?"

At this moment, even the Queen Mother and Princess Shouning sat up straight, and everyone stared at Hu Bugui.

Only Hall stared at Yue Ran's shoulder, his fair face gradually becoming as pale as paper.

He didn't know, he never knew that Yue Ran had such a tattoo on his shoulder.

Yue Ran never mentioned it either.

Although he didn't know what the tattoo was used for, Hall's heart beat very fast and he had an ominous premonition in his mind.

Haha, Yue Ran is such a hypocritical villain.

She said she trusted him completely, but she never said anything about the tattoo!