At this point, the situation has reached a stalemate.

It is impossible for Lou Xiao to really take off her clothes for inspection. Once she starts to prove her innocence, she will be at a disadvantage.

It would be better to let them come up with more convincing evidence to convince everyone of the accusations against Lou Xiao.

The Queen remained silent, while Li Huaiqing was still arguing.

Lou Xiao glanced at the two old men, but still couldn't make any impression.

However, they opened their cloudy eyes wide, not afraid of her scrutiny, not panicked at all, and actually looked very confident.

"You mean, the real bloodline of the Lou family is that sickly child?"

And the healthy and fierce woman standing now, is she the beggar who was picked up from nowhere?

"The Duke of Zhenguo has not been in the capital for long, and he does not often appear in public. You are in the village, how do you know whether she is a descendant of the Lou family?"

Lou Xiao spent most of his time in the capital in the palace, or traveled like a man of the world, wearing coarse cloth, which was completely different from his time in the capital.

They are all farmers working in the fields, so how could they know what the Duke of Zhenguo looks like?

"I don't need to know what she looked like. I just remember that when the woman passed away, the child, who was already seriously ill, was only half alive and could not be saved."

The one who survived is definitely not that person.

The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was very secretive about Lou Xiao's life story and was unwilling to reveal it.

The former Duke of Zhenguo was confused but good-looking. During the previous emperor's time, there were many mansions in the capital where men were in charge. However, just like in the palace, the bloodlines were mixed, and no one could tell whose child it was.

Now that the former Duke Zhenguo is gone, who in the palace knows how many romances he had?

Upon closer inspection, Lou Xiao does not look much alike to the Lou family. The Lou family has been in the capital for many years and has had countless in-laws, but none of them has had a face like Lou Xiao.

Could it be that he resembles his mother?

Then wouldn't the truth be revealed if we find her mother?

Li Huaiqing suddenly realized that even though he had known her for so long, he had never heard of her parents, and he didn't know whether Lou Xiao's mother looked like her.

"Words are not reliable. No one can prove whether what you said is true or false. The lords present are not easy to fool. If you can't produce physical evidence, the crime of deceiving the emperor is enough to make your entire clan be exterminated."

Li Huaiqing's voice was steady but full of threats. Lou Xiao felt that it was a bit too much and was about to say something.

When she looked at Li Huaiqing, the comforting look in his eyes made her shut up.

She couldn't possibly ruin his show at this moment.

“Physical evidence…”

"Master Li is right. If anyone can convict important officials of the court with just a few words, then what kind of laws can we talk about?"

There are old officials who are watching from the sidelines, and some who, like Censor Zhu, dislike Lou Xiao.

However, the family behind Li Huaiqing only talked among the crowd and did not take the lead.

He only glanced at the servants around His Majesty, trying to spy on His Majesty's thoughts.

"Of course there is physical evidence!" The old man felt around on his body, trembling, and it was unclear whether he was in pain or afraid.

"When the woman came to the village, she had all the good stuff with her, but she sold it all to pay for the child's medical treatment.

I was lucky enough to get a pearl hairpin, and I wanted to pawn it when my family was in trouble, but the pawnshop owner told me that the pearls could be sold after being disassembled, but the hairpin head was made by the government and was engraved with words, so it was difficult to sell, so I kept it until now. "

A hairpin that is hard to sell? That's what came out of the palace.

Censor Zhu said, "That woman is the former love interest of the Duke of Zhenguo. The hairpin she is wearing is naturally from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. Let someone from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion come and identify it and they will know if it is real or fake."

It was quiet.

Some were curious and stretched their necks to take a look at the hairpin that the old man took out, but it was quickly presented to His Majesty by the servants for inspection.

The Queen only glanced at it and then spoke,

"The people from Duke Zhenguo's Mansion are coming to the palace."

No matter what other people think, Lou Xiao is fearless.

She was curious, who would come into the palace to identify this hairpin?

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