I'm shocked! After breaking off the engagement, the emperor's uncle wants to have a fake m

What an injustice!

Liang was not a person who was easy to deal with. Even after her death, she left him with such a disaster!

He shouldn't have let Liang teach him himself in the first place. Spoiling a son is like killing him. Look, the retribution has come!

Yang Yi knew that Prince Ling deposed Yang Jing for the sake of his career.

What can I say about this younger brother? He is not a wicked person, but he is foolish and absurd, and he has never changed his bad habits. If we let him continue to act recklessly, we don't know what kind of trouble he will cause. I think crippling his legs is the best outcome.

Such people are easily exploited, have great ambitions but little talent, and are most likely to be taken advantage of.

If someone tempted him with benefits, he would probably do anything!

Knowing clearly that there is a huge gap between himself and Miss Mu, he still dares to speak so arrogantly. It is not difficult to see that he is a person who only cares about his likes and dislikes and does things without considering the consequences.

In the past, even if he made mistakes, the Liang family would cover him up. Now the grass on the grave of the person who covered him up is already tall, and he still wants to act recklessly, isn't that courting his own death?

Three days later, the Lan case was publicly tried in the Ministry of Justice. The presiding judge was Yang Yi. Even the Minister and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice could only accompany the trial.

After Lan was brought to the court, witnesses were called up one by one and repeated what they had said in front of the emperor so that the people could hear it clearly.

Based on the official deeds, Yang Yi checked all the people who were slaves in the Duke Fuguo's Mansion at the time of the incident, and also visited many families. Although he did not gain much, it was enough to convict the Lan family.

As the witnesses spoke, the people's emotions became more and more heated.

Everyone in the hall was whispering.

In the court, Lan did not dare to act rashly and could only listen to others telling her about all the evil things she had done in the past.

At last, the gavel rang, shocking Lan. "Lan, you must plead guilty!"

With all the evidence, how could she deny it? However, she hoped that someone would come to save her before she confessed and signed the contract.

Once the verdict is made, there will be no room for maneuver...

But when she turned around, the Queen Mother was not there, nor were her most cherished daughter and son. Instead, it was the daughter whom she always bullied who came.

She stood in the crowd, watching herself being judged and criticized by thousands of people, without any emotion.

When she saw that person, she turned her head back abruptly, not daring to look back again.

But this action made Musnian alert.

He quickly looked in the direction where Lan had just been looking and saw a familiar figure.

Emperor Jianning said that if Lan's guilt was true, Yang Yi could make a direct judgment without waiting for a review and final verdict.

Therefore, Lan was sentenced to death by slicing.

The midwife and doctor who were instructed by her to do the evil did not escape punishment either. However, considering their old age, miserable life, years of displacement, coercion, and their cooperation in the trial process, they were only sentenced to three months in prison.

Mu Qingyan watched in secret and indeed, just as Prince Ling said, there was a person whose behavior was very suspicious.

This man is quite handsome, and even at his age, his posture is still upright.

He doesn't look like an ordinary citizen by his temperament. He just wears coarse linen clothes deliberately to hide his identity.

After adjourning the court, she went to Zuiyun Tower.

"That man in gray, is he Lan's lover?"

Prince Ling raised the corner of his lips, "You guessed right."

"What is his identity? Judging from his background, he must have been a prominent figure when he was young. No wonder the Lan family is so devoted to him that they married him and even gave birth to children for him."

"His name is Zhou Yuan. When he was young, he was considered a prominent figure in Kyoto. On the surface, he came from a poor family, but he was also a bit arrogant due to his talent and learning. At a young age, he won three first prizes in the imperial examination. At the age of 18, he became the most sought-after new champion, surpassing all the children of noble families in Kyoto. Now he holds the position of First-Rank Privy Councilor and is also a Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. His position in the court is second only to the Minister of the Central Secretariat."

All these titles do sound quite intimidating, but Mu Qingyan noticed that sentence, "On the surface, he comes from a poor family? What other identities does he have that he can't reveal?"

Prince Ling seemed very satisfied with her grasp of the key points. "It's not that I can't tell you, but this is a royal secret. The only ones who know about it now are me and my brother..."

Mu Qingyan's eyes suddenly lost the desire to hear gossip, "Since it is a royal secret, then don't tell me. I'm afraid of being beheaded..."

She even covered her ears to show that she didn't want to listen.

This action seemed very cute to Prince Ling.

"You are already the king's princess for sure. Even if you commit a heinous crime, at most you will be poisoned, daggered, or beheaded. "

Mu Qingyan forced a fake smile, "Then I have to thank you..."

"He is the illegitimate son of my aunt, the Grand Princess... At that time, the Grand Princess and her husband were not in harmony, but she fell in love with the husband's younger brother and gave birth to a child. In order to maintain the reputation of the royal family, my father ordered the death of the husband's younger brother and issued an order never to let the Grand Princess make his life story public. Otherwise, she would be stripped of all her honors as a princess, including her fiefdom and land, and she would not be allowed to call herself a member of the royal family. The Grand Princess was reluctant to give up her wealth and glory, so she had no choice but to agree."

"Later, this child became Zhou Yuan, who was born in a poor family. He was a poor child whose parents had both passed away and could only live with his uncle."

"So, she really doesn't care about this child?"

"If we didn't care, how could he be where he is today? He would have starved to death long ago."

That's true. As the eldest princess, she didn't have to do anything if she wanted to. Moreover, if she really had a deep love with her husband's brother and her lover died because of her, how could she bear to ignore his posthumous child?

"Does the Lan family know about his identity?"

"He should know, otherwise, Marquis Mingyuan would not have taken the risk to act as a matchmaker for these two people. The eldest princess is the only princess of my great grandfather, and she is deeply loved by him. She also has a cavalry unit left for her by my great grandfather..."

Mu Qingyan's eyebrows jumped, "So what you mean is that the Grand Princess is colluding with Prince Yong..."

But the eldest princess already has a prince consort, so why can't she give the child to him instead of trying to conceal it?

Prince Ling seemed to be able to read people's minds. "Lesson-in-law and the eldest princess were married for less than a year when he was trampled by a horse and lost his fertility..."

Therefore, everyone knew that the Grand Princess's husband was an inhuman man, and naturally he could not have a child...

Mu Qingyan swallowed her saliva. She could only say that the eldest princess was quite pitiful. Her husband was inhumane, so she could only live as a widow. No wonder she couldn't stand the loneliness and had an affair with her husband's younger brother.

Marriages in aristocratic families are closely related to interests. Even princesses cannot divorce easily. To put it bluntly, this is also the sorrow of women.