Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

Chapter 47
No one expected that things would turn around so quickly. Ling Youyao, who was the target of public criticism a moment ago, has now become a victim.

Concubine Zhou Shu stared at Mingyue, and suddenly shouted: "It's Mingyue! It's this lowly maid who framed me!"

Everyone was surprised at first, and then laughed sarcastically. Concubine Zhou Shu was about to die, and wanted to use a palace maid to defend herself?Ridiculous.

They don't believe Concubine Zhou Shu, but Ling Youyao does.

"My lord, bright moon is not easy." She said to Fu Mingjue.

Fu Mingjue said: "It's really not simple."

He had doubts about Mingyue's identity for a long time, and today's palace banquet was just a trap set up by him to lure Mingyue to show up on his own initiative.

Ling Youyao raised her eyes to look at him, but she couldn't bear to look at her poisoned hands. Could it be that he already knew about the poisoned crab?
Facing Concubine Zhou Shu's accusation, Mingyue said desolately: "Your Majesty, how could this servant harm you? If you hadn't rescued this servant from the clothing bureau, I'm afraid that this servant would have died there. Always in my heart."

Perhaps because she knew that she had no way out, Concubine Zhou Shu screamed regardless of her appearance, her voice was sharp and piercing: "Bitch! I shouldn't have saved you in the first place!"

"Your Majesty, the slaves can't hide the matter now."

Mingyue's thin body trembled slightly because of her sobs: "It was you who asked the servant to identify Princess Jing, and it was you who asked the servant to bribe the prince. The servant just followed your orders."

"You, you framed me!" Concubine Zhou Shu stared at Mingyue viciously, as if she wanted to devour her alive.

Mingyue kowtowed a few times and burst into tears: "The Empress Dowager, please be aware that all this was done by the Concubine Shu instigated the servant girl! If the servant girl speaks half a lie, the sky will be struck by lightning, and I will die a terrible death."

This play is fake, but Mingyue's performance is very real.

She and Concubine Zhou Shu, one is a lowly court lady, the other is His Majesty's favorite concubine, it is clear at a glance which is right and which is wrong.

Concubine Zhou Shu couldn't argue with her words, she stretched out her bright nails, and said with a distorted face: "Empress Dowager, look, this Danko was dyed by Mingyue for my concubine, she must have mixed poison in it, and wanted to murder Your Majesty—"

But in the Empress Dowager's view, this was just an excuse for Concubine Zhou Shu, "A mere court lady, what reason does she have to murder His Majesty?"

"What if she's not just a court lady?" Fu Mingjue's voice was very light, but it was enough for people to catch a hint of other hidden feelings.

Everyone was stunned and looked over.

The Queen Mother asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Fu Mingjue said: "A few days ago, the Feng family was imprisoned due to the case of stealing ordnance. Feng Zonghai committed suicide, and Feng Yuanshan also died at the hands of his son. But Feng Yuanshan left two things behind."

As he said that, he looked at Mingyue whose gaze was almost shattered with a half-smile, and continued: "A key proves that the Feng family is a remnant of the previous dynasty, and a soldier talisman proves that Yuanwuwei is still alive. "

Many ministers present knew about this matter, but the search for the remnants of the Yuanwu Guard has not progressed so far, let alone the search for the orphans of the former royal family.

After today, it will be the execution day of the Feng family, but now there is another case of poisoning His Majesty.
Somehow, there seems to be some connection between the two.

Afterwards, Fu Mingjue gave an accurate answer: "The person in front of me is not the court lady Mingyue, but the daughter of the former Princess Nishang."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, Mingyue is actually the daughter of Princess Nishang? !
This name is unfamiliar to most people, but Ling Youyao has read about Princess Nishang in the book——

Princess Nishang was the most beloved daughter of Emperor Ying in the previous court, and she was also the smartest among all the princes and princesses. If she were a man, she would definitely accomplish a lot, but unfortunately she was framed by someone later and died early.

But Ling Youyao didn't expect that Princess Nishang left behind a daughter.

Fu Mingjue looked at Mingyue calmly, and said: "Back then Princess Nishang had an affair with others and became pregnant out of wedlock. In order to protect his daughter's reputation, Emperor Ying announced that she was suffering from a serious illness and sent her to Puhua Temple."

"But paper can't contain fire. Princess Nishang's pregnancy was known by the queen. In order to help the prince regain Yuanwu Guard, she sent secret guards to hunt her down. Later, Princess Nishang fled to the northern border, where she met Mrs. Yu's family"

What happened later can be imagined.

Mingyue straightened her back, forcibly suppressing the turbulent waves in her heart, but her slightly trembling hands revealed her hatred at the moment.

"Later, the Daying Kingdom was destroyed. In order to protect the only blood of the royal family, the Yu family sent you to Huaizhou. It wasn't until you were 14 years old that you complied and were drafted into the palace as a palace maid."

Fu Mingjue's voice did not fluctuate, and he narrated Mingyue's rough life in an extremely indifferent manner.

Every word he said was like a sharp knife, repeatedly cutting Mingyue's heart until it was devastated.

Mingyue looked at Fu Mingjue with scarlet eyes, and said firmly, "My mother didn't have sex with anyone!"

With just one sentence, she cut off her last retreat with her own hands.

But she doesn't regret it.

——Just to be able to call "Mother" in front of people openly.

Ling Youyao couldn't understand the determination in Mingyue's eyes.If she insisted that she was wronged, there was still a chance of survival, but she would rather die than allow Fu Mingjue to slander Princess Nishang.

She has never even met her mother, but she still respects Princess Nishang from the bottom of her heart, and is willing to bear the hatred of her family and the country for her mother.

No right or wrong, just different positions.

Mingyue personally admitted that she was the daughter of Princess Nishang, and the officials were enraged and asked to execute Mingyue.

"So what if you kill me?" Mingyue sneered, "If Yuanwuwei is not eliminated, the Fu family's throne will not be stable for a day. Even if I don't take over the world, your Royal Highness King Jing will take that dragon chair sooner or later !"

Ling Youyao's eyes sank, and she said sternly: "It's ridiculous! You don't want to provoke the relationship between the prince and His Majesty."

Mingyue was taken aback when she saw Ling Youyao, and then laughed loudly: "You are just a chess piece used by Fu Mingjue, and you still foolishly speak for him?"

"Do you think he doesn't know that there is something wrong with the crabs tonight? The imperial dining room has already received King Jing's order, and no shrimps or crabs are allowed to be served on the table."

Ling Youyao was a little shaken in her heart. Fu Mingjue knew she was allergic to shrimps and crabs.

"But he knew that there was something wrong with that plate of crabs, so he let you touch it." Mingyue smiled wildly, "Miss Ling, you are just a stand-in."

"Shut up!" Fu Mingjue interrupted her coldly.

Mingyue smiled and asked back: "Why, is this what I said?"

Fu Mingjue didn't answer, but just stared at her coldly.

Everyone knew that Ling Youyao was just Ling Qingwei's stand-in, but no one had ever brought it up to the public.

Now that Mingyue announced so loudly, everyone looked at Ling Youyao curiously, what expression would she have?
Sadness, loss, or anger?
—Unfortunately, neither.

(End of this chapter)