The general kneels on the washboard again

Yue Niang followed the crowd inside and found that the incident happened in a side room.

This room is strategically located between the men's and women's sections.

In the room were the disheveled Yi Meiren and Jiang Yunxiao, who was only wearing a sweat towel.

Lady Yi's face was covered with tears as she glared at Jiang Yunxiao: "I'm going to tell His Majesty to kill you."

Jiang Yunxiao's face was filled with uncontrollable anger. "Beauty, please stop slandering me. Nothing really happened between us. You were lying there when I came in, and you woke up as soon as I pushed the door open."

Yi Meiren cried even harder: "Do you think I will believe it?"

Fu Yuanniang looked at Yue Niang coming in all wet, and her face looked unhappy.

Yue Niang didn't care about the water on her body and hurried forward to stand next to Jiang Yunxiao.

"Fu has met Lady Yi."

"Fu? Are you Fu Yueniang?"

"My beauty, that's right." Yue Niang answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

It did make Yimei appreciate it a bit.

Yue Niang handed Jiang Yunxiao two words: Accept it.

Jiang Yunxiao also sorted out his thoughts at this time.

This Lady Yi was presented by Ling Xun, so naturally she is of the same mind as Ling Xun.

After calming down, Jiang Yunxiao started to act helpless: "Forget it, since it has become such a big deal, let's just continue our relationship on the Yellow Springs Road."

Jiang Yunxiao took a breath and said, "Let's go to the palace to meet His Majesty. Even if it means death, I still want to be with you."

Concubine Yi was a little panicked. Her original plan was just to ask His Majesty to kill Jiang Yunxiao, but she still wanted to continue to be his concubine.

Yue Niang also fanned the flames: "Jiang Yunxiao, how could you do this to me? If you commit such a mistake, the entire Duke's Mansion will be buried with you. What a sin I have committed."

Ling Xun originally wanted to use Concubine Yi's life in exchange for the nine clans of the Duke's Mansion, but poor Concubine Yi still foolishly believed in the emperor's favor.

Lady Yi wrapped her clothes and was about to speak, but Ling Xun would never give her a chance.

He planned to have the two men tied up and killed secretly.

"You actually did something so shameful to the royal family in my house. I will definitely handle it impartially."

They are all acting geniuses, and the water becomes muddier and muddier.

Yue Niang blocked the doorway and said, "Your Highness, this concerns the emperor's dignity, and I am his favorite concubine. I must be allowed to argue my case, right?"

"What is there to argue about? She just said that Jiang Yunxiao was being frivolous with her." Ling Xun flatly refused to argue.

Since Concubine Yi was able to survive in the harem, she must have her own strengths. Before her hands were tied up, she took out a token.

He said in a shrill voice: "Whoever sees this token is like seeing the emperor."

The noisy room suddenly became quiet, and they saluted and said, "Long live the emperor."

"I want to go to the palace to meet the emperor." Lady Yi raised her voice a few notches higher.

Ling Xun gave her a disgusted look and said, "You slut, please don't dirty my father's eyes."

"What slut? You clearly told me to take a nap in this room and I don't have to worry about the rest. Now you plan to kill me too?"

Jiang Yunxiao must be a martial artist. Those who tied him up were just ordinary guards, so they were naturally no match for him.

He could even talk while beating me: "It was your maid who splashed water on me and insisted that I go to this room to change clothes. It turned out that this was all planned."

Amidst the shoving and pushing, a voice came from outside the house: "The Emperor has arrived."

Yue Niang sent someone to invite the emperor early in the morning.

The emperor's face was already showing signs of vicissitudes. Time was like a knife, carving deep lines on his face. Although his majestic eyes still shone with a captivating light, they could not hide his fatigue and vicissitudes. Silver hair was faintly visible on his head.

How could he not know what his children were thinking? It was just that he was no longer able to handle many things.

The accompanying palace servants brought in chairs.

Everyone continued to salute.

After the ceremony, the emperor said, "Everyone, get up."

"Xun'er." Cough cough cough - he started coughing uncontrollably after saying only two sentences.

Lady Yi was quite perceptive and quickly climbed up to help the emperor calm down.

The eunuch following behind him was quite perceptive and immediately advised softly: "Your Majesty, your health is important, please don't get angry."

The emperor was the supreme ruler after all. After clearing the phlegm from his throat, he said, "Xun'er, tell me, what's going on?"

Ling Xun exaggerated and said, "Father, this Jiang Yunxiao is a dandy boy, but I never thought he would be so bold as to disregard the royal family's reputation and have an affair with your beauty."

The emperor was naturally upset and looked at Concubine Yi who was kneeling beside him: "What do you want to say?"

Yi Meiren knocked her head loudly: "Your Majesty, I am wronged."

The emperor glanced at Jiang Yunxiao coldly again: "The Jiang family has been acting so arrogantly lately, could it be that they really have some selfish motives?"

"Your Majesty, how dare I? What happened today was a deliberate frame-up."

Ling Xun bowed and said, "Father, no matter how much I mean to do this, I can't leave two people naked and unwilling in a room, right? There's no trace of drugs in this room."

Then he looked at Lady Yi, who was hesitant to speak, and said, "Lady Yi, you are also from a family of scholars. You can disregard your own dignity, but you cannot disregard the reputation of your sister who just came of age."

To others, this sounded like a warning, but to Yimeiren, it became a blatant threat.

Because her parents died when she was young, her lost sister was only recently found by Ling Xun and is now being raised in Prince Cheng's Mansion.

After Ling Xun said this, Lady Yi could only bite her lip and remain silent.

Yue Niang waited for a long time, and only dared to step forward when she saw the maid beside Fu Yuan Niang come back.

"My beauty, you said that my husband and you are truly married today, right?"

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lady Yi, who had just cried out in injustice, nodded.

"Yes, Young Master Jiang and I were in love with each other, which is why we made such a serious mistake. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Yue Niang no longer cared about propriety: "You can die, but my husband was wronged and cannot die."

The emperor looked at the somewhat arrogant girl and asked, "You say Jiang Yunxiao is wrongly accused? Do you have any evidence?"

"Yes." Yue Niang said towards the door, "Come in."

Dongzhu brought in a maid from outside the door.

"Is this what you call evidence?" The emperor looked at the old woman in front of him.

The old woman stepped forward and saluted: "This humble woman pays respects to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."

Yue Niang also continued the emperor's words and said, "Your Majesty, this is my witness."

The emperor naturally didn't believe it. What could a strange old woman know?

Yue Niang continued, "This lady is a maid from Lilan Garden, and she's very good at women's affairs. Since the beauty insists that my husband has an affair with you, why not take a physical examination?"

Yi Meiren was obviously panicked and looked at Ling Xun for help.

Ling Xun also began to feel guilty: "Father, this Lilan Garden is a place of prostitution after all, how can we let her touch the concubines?"

Ling Xun panicked. Yue Niang easily found a loophole in his words. "Your Majesty, please be aware that Concubine Yi is a concubine, and now she is charged with the crime of exterminating her entire clan. Furthermore, the entire Cheng Palace is surrounded today. As long as Your Majesty has given the order not to leak anything, who would dare to commit such a disobedient act? The Third Prince has repeatedly prevented us from finding out the truth. What is his real intention?"

Jiang Yunxiao also understood Yue Niang's intention and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty is wise. What I just did was merely a temporary solution. I will die anyway. Regarding the matter between me and Lady Yi, my argument is no match for Lady Yi's desperate fight. I only hope to die with a clear conscience and do not wish to tarnish the reputation of the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion."

Ling Xun gritted his teeth and glared at him angrily: "Father, this is not what I meant. Please do as you please."

If we talk about Li Lanyuan's attainments in matters concerning women and men and women, she is far ahead of those gynecological masters.

The old woman brought Lady Yi into the inner room.

After coming out, the old woman whispered a few words into the father-in-law's ear, and the father-in-law relayed them to the emperor without any change in his expression.

The emperor's expression was different, with a hint of joy.

"Yimeiren and Jiang Yunxiao are innocent. Third brother, come in with me."

With just this one sentence, the crowd was in an uproar again.

Seventh Rank Official: "Innocent? Isn't that a frame-up?"

Fifth Rank Master Zhao: "You are already the Emperor's beauty, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

A third-rank official said, "Concubine Yi is from Prince Cheng's mansion. The rumors that the Third Prince and the Jiang family are at odds are not groundless."

Yue Niang helped Jiang Yunxiao up: "Husband."

There was helplessness in the eyes of the couple, which could be seen from the fact that the emperor did not expose Ling Xun in public. He did not intend to pursue the matter.