Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

The emperor's shoulders shook with laughter. He handed the jade pendant to Xiao Chenze and then asked Shen Li, "Okay, then I ask you again, are you only sure that the owner of this jade pendant is your husband, and no one else?"

"Yes," Shen Li always felt that the emperor's reaction was strange. She suddenly felt something strange in her heart, but she couldn't put her finger on it. "This servant and the owner of this jade pendant have already made an engagement. I must marry him in the future, so I can't break the engagement at will."

"Okay, since you said so, considering your meritorious service in offering the medicine, I will not pursue your crime of deceiving the emperor."

"No, Your Majesty, I did not deceive you."

"How dare you," the emperor glared. Not only Shen Li was startled, but even Fang Yao was startled. Then he heard the emperor say, "Chen'er, look at this jade pendant. When you were born, your father personally drew the pattern and made it for you with the only piece of Tianshan seed jade."

Xiao Chenze took it with both hands, unable to suppress the smile on his face, "Yes, Your Majesty, please understand. This is my personal jade pendant."

Shen Li stared at them blankly, not knowing what they were talking about.

That was her thing, so how did it become a symbol of status that the emperor personally prepared for the eldest prince when he was born?

What are you doing?

Are you blackmailing someone?

Didn't she know her uncle was here? Did she think her things were so easy to cheat?

"Your Majesty, please let the Crown Prince open his eyes and take a good look. That was clearly a token of love my mother gave me when I was fifteen...er, thirteen. It is not some jade pendant that belongs to the Crown Prince. Your Majesty, you cannot forcefully claim that my jade pendant belongs to the Crown Prince just to tie me to him."

This was clearly something she took from the person she rescued on the way to Beijing. She stripped him naked and searched for this jade pendant, which she left as payment for his medical consultation.

What does it have to do with the eldest prince?

The royal family is really not a good person. They robbed people's things in broad daylight, and then made up a story to prove the origin. Why? Are they trying to fool people?

Fang Yao was also confused by what they said, so he had to step forward himself, come to Xiao Chenze, and look down at the jade pendant in his hand.

Just one glance.

Well, no need to read any more.

When he was at the border, the emperor drew the pattern of the jade pendant and specially copied it and sent it to him along with a letter.

He still remembers the emperor's smug tone, and the word "Chen" written in ancient characters on the side of the jade pendant.

Thinking of Shen Li's ugly handwriting, Fang Yao rubbed his forehead helplessly.

She certainly didn't know the mystery of the pattern, otherwise she wouldn't have sworn until now and insisted that this was the engagement token her mother had received for her.

Alas, the engagement token!

Fang Yao looked at the emperor and Xiao Chenze's faces, who couldn't hide their smiles, and didn't know what to say.

This time, Li'er got herself into trouble.

"Uncle?" Shen Li saw her uncle's expression change from confusion to helplessness, and he shook his head. She felt unsure and anxious. "Uncle, you have to make the decision for Li'er."

Fang Yao walked back silently and stood beside her. He lowered his voice to the lowest level, almost whispering into her ear, and said to her, "That jade pendant is indeed the eldest prince's. Where did you get it from?"

It was as if a thunderbolt hit Shen Li on the head, and he was stunned.

Senseless.

what?

Is it really...Xiao Chenze's?

She opened her mouth wide and stared blankly at Xiao Chenze, and it took a long time for her eyes to move.

Then he scanned him up and down several times, and his gaze turned to Xiao Chenze's lower waist.

The scene of myself sewing up his thigh wound in space suddenly appeared in my mind.

What did he say then?

He wants to kill her.

She said she had saved his descendants and accepted his jade pendant as a thank you gift.

Ah ah ah ah ah!

Who can tell her what happened?

How could such a coincidence happen in the world?

Shen Li was stunned for a long time, his head buzzing.

What did you say just now?

The owner of this jade pendant is her husband, there is no exaggeration.

No lies...

"Miss Shen, every prince and princess of the royal family has a token of identity at birth. The token cannot be forged. Forging it will be suspected of confusing the royal bloodline, which is punishable by death. Moreover, the record of the token must be archived and can be checked." The emperor was in a good mood and patiently said a few more words, "If you don't believe it, you can ask your uncle, or ask him to accompany you to check it. In short, no matter what, this jade pendant is indeed the eldest prince's identity certificate, and his name is even written on it. You..."

Fortunately, the girl didn’t know how to read well and didn’t know that it was the ancient character “Chen”.

"By the way, Chen'er, tell me honestly, how did this jade pendant of yours end up in Miss Shen's hands? Why didn't she even know it was yours?"

Not only the emperor was curious about this question, but Fang Yao and Eunuch Chang were also curious.

Only the eldest prince and Shen Li knew the inside story, but could they tell it? They didn't dare to tell it.

As long as it was said, the fact that Xiao Chenze had left the mausoleum and gone to Mizhou while guarding the imperial mausoleum would be exposed. Once exposed, Shen Li and Fang Yao would be under suspicion.

In particular, the emperor had asked Fang Yao at that time, was it certain that the person injured by the collapsed imperial mausoleum was the eldest prince?

Fang Yao was clearly unsure, but suddenly thought of the old Duke Zhenguo and answered yes.

The incident happened so suddenly that Xiao Chenze and Shen Li didn't know how to respond for a moment.

The Emperor couldn't help but glance at the two of them. "What's the matter? Miss Shen just bullied the Emperor, but why can't you explain it, Chen'er? You didn't even notice that such an important thing was not in your hands?"

"Your Majesty, did I really not notice anything? You know, my house is full of rough men, so who would help me clean these things? If Miss Shen hadn't taken them out today, I would have thought they were kept in the house... If I were to be honest, did I leave them at the Shen family's house when I attended the banquet there last time?"

Shen Li gritted her teeth secretly in her heart.

Damn it, you said you would leave it at my house to protect yourself, so what would I become?

I stole other people's valuables when I found them. I have such a bad character. It's just right that your family doesn't want to marry me.

"Your Majesty, I didn't pick up this jade pendant in the mansion, but..."

Thinking of how she had just sworn that this was a token of love her mother had accepted, Shen Li looked at the emperor hesitantly, "Your Majesty, you really don't blame me for lying to you just now?"

"I don't blame you, but you must tell the truth this time, otherwise we'll be punished together."

"Okay, I'm treating a patient, and he has no money, so I'll give him this jade pendant to cover the cost of the medicine."

She was not lying about this. She was treating Xiao Chenze, and the jade pendant was his medical expenses.

"What disease did that man treat? Did he tell me the origin of the jade pendant?" Eunuch Chang couldn't help but ask curiously.

"He's looking for... uh, venereal disease. He said he's the uncle from Yihonglou, and the jade pendant was given to him by a customer as payment for wine and veneer."

Xiao Chenze's eyelids also began to twitch.

I knew she couldn't say anything nice and she was so bold. My father had just said not to lie, and she started lying again.

Helplessly, he could only take a step forward and kneel down on one knee, "Father, she is joking with you. I secretly placed this jade pendant in her yard. I did it on purpose. She thought it was a windfall, and today she is using it to fool me. It is obvious that she does not like to have an engagement with me. But..."

He looked at the nervous Shen Li and smiled evilly, "My son is attracted to Miss Shen and wishes to be with her until old age. I hope your Majesty will grant your wish."