The legitimate daughter brings disaster to the concubine! Seize the imperial power and the throne

half an hour later

With a bruised face and nose, Lu Jingning limped into the hall, supporting Yun Zai's hand. After taking a few steps, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

"Hiss!" Lu Jingning took a deep breath and simply knelt on the ground and saluted: "Greetings to the Emperor."

The Fourth Princess and Zhao Yan were frightened by Lu Jingning's miserable appearance.

Emperor Nanliang frowned, "What on earth is going on?"

"Please Your Majesty, help Aning." Lu Jingning cried and pointed at Zhao Yan. "Miss Zhao San slandered Aning for stealing her marriage and humiliated Aning for being shameless. The prince of Duke Su even threatened in public that Aning was having an affair. Your Majesty, Aning is an innocent girl, but she was stopped by the people of Duke Su's mansion and humiliated in the street. Aning was so angry that she attacked Miss Zhao San. Who would have thought that the fourth princess would send someone to hold Aning down."

"Nonsense! When did I ever hit you?" The fourth princess' eyes widened and she pointed at Lu Jingning angrily: "You are committing the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"I have witnesses!" Lu Jingning raised his neck: "The gate guards of Shangguan Mansion are witnesses, as well as my maidservant."

The fourth princess sneered: "These people are naturally speaking in your favor, Aning, you are so bold that you dare to lie in front of the emperor."

After finding Lu Jingning's weakness, the Fourth Princess immediately said to Emperor Nanliang, "Father, Aning lied. She got all these injuries on purpose."

"Your Majesty, Aning didn't!"

The two started arguing.

"Enough!" Emperor Nanliang roared, and the two were instantly silent. He stared at Lu Jingning and asked, "Besides the witnesses from the Shangguan Mansion, is there any other evidence?"

"Your Majesty, there was a carriage passing by at the time, and it must have seen the whole story." Lu Jingning slapped his forehead and shouted, "It was Princess Ning!"

Seeing that more and more people were involved in this matter, the Emperor of Southern Liang even regretted summoning Lu Jingning. Now that both parties insisted on their own opinions, he had no choice but to invite Princess Ning to ask her about it clearly.

"Summon!"

Another half hour later, Princess Ning came hurriedly.

The Emperor of Southern Liang asked questions.

Princess Ning glanced at the people in the palace and said calmly, "I did hear some noise when I passed by Shangguan Mansion today. Several guards held down Princess Fenghe and beat her severely. The prince of Duke Suguo Mansion also insulted her very badly, accusing her of having an affair and being fickle."

"Nonsense!" The Fourth Princess jumped up and pointed at Princess Ning angrily: "Did Lu Jingning give you a benefit and you deliberately spoke for her?"

Princess Ning was stunned and waved her hands quickly: "Fourth Princess, Princess Fenghe and I have no contact at all on weekdays. How dare I lie in front of the emperor?"

"you!"

"Fourth Brother!" the Emperor of Southern Liang scolded.

The fourth princess turned around and cried out in grievance.

Emperor Nanliang saw that Princess Ning was hesitant to speak, so he said in a deep voice, "Go on, don't hide anything."

"Yes!" Princess Ning continued, "I also heard the Fourth Princess say to Princess Fenghe, 'Your father is only the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, and my father is the ruler of a country. The Eastern Palace will be replaced sooner or later if it has no son, and you are just a prisoner, at the mercy of others. This princess orders you to apologize to Yan'er immediately, otherwise I will never forgive you!'"

The fourth princess suddenly widened her eyes and opened her mouth but didn't say anything. Facing the fierce gaze, she shrank her shoulders and didn't even dare to call her father.

Emperor Nanliang said calmly, looking at Bu Yan: "What do you say?"

"Both sides have their own opinions. I suggest that we interrogate the guards around the Fourth Princess."

"Give me an explanation in one hour!"

The Emperor of Southern Liang waved at Bu Yan, as if he approved of Bu Yan's suggestion. Bu Yan turned around and glanced at Lu Jingning quickly before leaving. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly. This girl was really ruthless. There was not a single good spot on her face.

Lu Jingning lowered her eyes. She was not worried at all that Bu Yan would betray her.

After all, this matter involves Miss Zhao San.

If he doesn't marry me, he will have to marry Miss Zhao San, and the Bu family will never have peace.

Within an hour, Bu Yan came with some documents in his hand and handed them forward personally. The Emperor of Nanliang stretched out his hand to take them, glanced at them quickly, his face was long, and he stared at the Fourth Princess with a gloomy look.

The fourth princess' eyelids twitched.

The next moment, the Southern Liang Emperor slammed the table and stood up: "I didn't know you were so domineering outside. Aning's marriage was granted by me, how can you say anything about it!"

"Father..."

"And the prince of Suguo, how dare he take the initiative to come to Aning's house to cause trouble!" The Southern Liang Emperor was furious. The royal family had lost face today. He shouted: "Changxi, you go to the Suguo Mansion and slap the prince of Suguo thirty times."

Changxi agreed.

Zhao Yan's face turned pale, and she kowtowed to Emperor Nanliang: "Your Majesty, I beg you to show mercy, my brother was just confused for a moment."

"Miss Zhao San confused right and wrong in front of the emperor, and instigated the fourth princess. She shall be lashed fifty times. Duke Suguo failed to discipline her properly, and shall be stripped of his title of Duke."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yan's head exploded.

The Southern Liang Emperor looked at the Fourth Princess again and said, "Shen Rufeng has done a great service in saving the princess, so he is rewarded with a thousand taels of gold. The Fourth Princess is a virtuous woman with a kind heart, and she will be allowed to marry into the Shen family as a wife today."

The fourth princess wanted to argue, but when she saw the face of the Southern Liang Emperor, she dared not say a word. But when she heard that the Southern Liang Emperor had given Lu Jingning a thousand taels of gold, she felt even worse. She pointed at Lu Jingning and said, "I didn't do anything to Aning. This injury might be fake. Why don't we ask an imperial physician to take a look?"

Before the Southern Liang Emperor spoke, Lu Jingning sniffed, "Fourth aunt, I have no intention of arguing with you. Father usually taught me to be respectful to you. You must have been provoked this time. I won't blame you."

The word "father" immediately dispelled the doubts of Emperor Nanliang. He waved his hand impatiently: "Everyone, step back!"

After saying this, the Emperor of Southern Liang turned away.

The fourth princess pointed at Lu Jingning angrily, then looked at Bu Yan: "You are helping her!"

Bu Yan shook his head calmly: "If the Fourth Princess feels dissatisfied, you can go and complain again."

"You!" The fourth princess almost gritted her teeth. It was her recklessness today that caused her to lose her marriage. When she thought about marrying Shen Rufeng as his second wife, she almost vomited. She was so angry that she slapped Zhao Yan in the face with her backhand: "It's all because of you, this evil spirit, who has ruined this princess!"

Zhao Yan was beaten to the point of being on the verge of collapse. Her body went limp and she fell to the ground. She covered her face with her hands in grievance and dared not say a word. She looked at Bu Yan eagerly.

Bu Yan didn't even give her a glance and just walked away. Where was the sympathy and tenderness he had just shown?

"Sir, the emperor has taken away all of the Fourth Princess' guards." Lin Jiu muttered in a low voice.

Bu Yan smiled. It was not surprising that the emperor, who was suspicious, would do this. The guards did not dare to say anything.

Having been the Jingzhao Yin for so many years, he already knew exactly who was around whom and what their weaknesses were, but some people had never been put to use.

Bu Yan personally helped Minister Shen, who was kneeling outside the palace, up: "Congratulations, Minister Shen, there will be a wedding at home. Although the Fourth Princess's temperament is not pleasing, she is a royal princess after all. If she is well trained, she will definitely bring glory to the Shangshu Mansion in the future."

The royal power is complicated, and after a woman gets married and has a husband and children, her heart will naturally become crooked.