Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

She thought the prince would continue to shout, but there was no sound from above, so she could only maintain her posture and continue kneeling. But suddenly, an ominous premonition arose, and she felt that something was about to happen.

Just as I was thinking about it, a solemn voice came from above: "Zhang, do you admit your guilt?"

Mrs. Zhang lowered her head and rolled her eyes, her mind spinning rapidly, thinking: Oh no, has the matter been exposed?

Although she was startled in her heart, she remained silent on her face and said miserably, "I don't know what your Highness means by this! I have been staying in my own palace the entire time and have never stepped out of it! What could I have done wrong?"

Originally, the prince felt a little soft-hearted when he saw Zhang, who looked a little thin. However, when he saw her stubborn look, he couldn't help but get angry.

Zhang was still clinging to hope. After all, so much time had passed, and there had been no movement. Shouldn't they find out anything? She said calmly, "I wonder what I've done wrong to annoy Your Highness? If that's the case, I won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, she stood up and pretended to hit the pillar in the hall. But Li Chu would not let her succeed, no matter if she wanted to hit it for real or pretend.

So he signaled Feng Shengyi to stop Zhang. As soon as Feng Shengyi received the signal, Zhang just stood up and Feng Shengyi rushed forward to stop her.

The prince just said coldly: "Hold her, don't let her die."

Feng Shengyi took Mrs. Zhang back to her original place, and the trial officially began.

The Crown Prince first asked, "Zhang, are you colluding with outsiders to assassinate Chu'er and Ru'er while they are on a diplomatic mission to Yunnan?"

Zhang hadn't expected the Crown Prince to find out, but after a moment's panic, she regained her composure. She said to the Crown Prince, "Your Highness, I don't have any. I can't even get out. How could I have contacted someone to assassinate Prince Guangping and the Princess? Please investigate!" Then she kowtowed.

The prince also saw that she didn't want to admit her mistake, so he turned to Cai'er behind Zhang and said, "Tell me, what did Lady Zhang ask you to do?"

Zhang was startled at first, but then she thought about how much she had done for her, and that she had only been asked to help deliver the letter. She didn't know the content, and her testimony was harmless. So she felt relieved.

Cai'er had no idea what Zhang was thinking, so she simply said, "Reply...Reply to His Royal Highness, I'm responsible for taking care of Lady Zhang's daily life, but...but then one day, Lady Zhang gave me some money to help deliver messages between the Zhang residence and the palace."

Zhang thought to herself that this was indeed the case, so she said to the Crown Prince, "Your Highness, if that's the case, I was indeed wrong, but it was only because I was too bored and homesick that I gave Cai'er some money to help me bring a few letters home. I really haven't done anything else!"

Li Chu was young after all and couldn't wait to bring out all the evidence to see how she would argue.

The Crown Prince was also furious. Only the Crown Princess remained relatively calm, so she asked, "Just a few letters home?"

Although Zhang felt guilty, she tried to remain calm and said, "Yes!"

Seeing her like this, if it weren't for the prince's upbringing, he would probably have slammed the table and rushed over to slap him a few times!

Seeing that she refused to tell the truth, the Crown Princess said to Cai'er, "Your name is Cai'er, right? Tell Lady Zhang what you saw and heard."

Under everyone's gaze, Cai'er stammered and told everyone what she had heard Mrs. Zhang and He Lingyi plotting that day.

Cai'er was halfway through her speech when Mrs. Zhang stared at her viciously. If looks could kill, Cai'er would have been riddled with scars.

As Cai'er finished speaking, Zhang was still vehemently denying it: "Your Highness, Crown Princess, I don't know how I offended this lowly servant. How dare she slander me like this!"

Although the Crown Princess also wanted to convict her immediately, she still had to go through the formalities. So she looked at Lady Zhang with a mocking look, and then signaled the eunuchs around the Crown Prince to present the physical evidence.

When Lady Zhang saw the testimony from Cui'er, her mother's friend, she cursed her inwardly, but there was nothing she could do, especially since the other letter was from her father. If Liu Jingyue were there, she would definitely sigh, "What a bunch of idiot teammates! I can't lead them!"

Lady Zhang continued to argue, "The testimony was obtained through torture, and the letter was forged by someone imitating her father's handwriting! Your Highness, Your Majesty, please help her!"

The prince was so angry that he threw a teacup at Mrs. Zhang, smashing it into pieces. The broken pieces splashed all over her arms and face, causing her to bleed immediately. However, she didn't dare to say anything.

Finally, the prince asked Li Chu to invite Cui'er and the man in black to come out as witnesses. Mrs. Zhang's face turned pale instantly.

I had thought Cui Er had been tortured into confessing, but she was completely unharmed! I spat inwardly: They're all bitches! They've all betrayed me!

Especially after the two witnesses told everything they knew, Mrs. Zhang stopped making excuses and only thought: It's over, it's all over!