Hou Ye's palm heart is a black lotus

Chapter 525 Unique (Fourth Update)
She almost immediately looked at the eldest princess: "Princess, please understand! I have never done such a thing!"

No matter how much Xiao Lanxi thought about it, she never expected that Zhou Kangxue would actually say these words!

The eldest princess looked gloomy and said nothing.

Xiao Lanxi frowned and turned back, looking at Zhou Kangxue in disbelief.

"Doctor Zhou, I don't know you well, and we have no grudges against each other. Why are you slandering me like this?!"

Zhou Kangxue also opened his eyes wide: "How is this slander? You said this yourself, the Third Princess! You said that King Lie was poisoned by Guanling, and the antidote was only available in Guanling. No one else can really save King Lie except you. How come you deny everything now? If you hadn't repeatedly assured me that you could cure King Lie's poison, how could I agree to do these things for you?"

Xiao Lanxi's mind went blank and her breath was choked:
"When have I ever said such a thing to you!?"

She tried her best to calm herself down, her brows knitted tightly together, her face full of confusion and anger at being slandered.
"I have never offended you, why do you want to hurt me like this?"

"I harmed you?" Zhou Kangxue laughed in anger as if he had heard a joke. "If it weren't for your persuasion, coercion and inducement, how could I have come to this point today?"

Xiao Lanxi's ears were buzzing.

Only the last bit of her sanity allowed her to stand.

She pursed her lips, then suddenly turned around and knelt down towards the eldest princess.

"Please forgive me, Princess! If I have really done such a thing, please let me die without a burial place!"

Her eyes were red and filled with tears, and she looked extremely aggrieved and angry.

After saying that, she slammed her head heavily to the ground.

"Please, Princess, clear my name!"

There was a dead silence in the hall, and everyone exchanged glances secretly, feeling extremely embarrassed.

No one expected that Ye Chutang's casual question would lead to such a mess!

Zhou Kangxue was usually arrogant, but actually he was a coward. He confessed everything after just a few questions.

But no one expected that the name he uttered was Xiao Lanxi's.

Most people's first reaction was disbelief, especially when they saw Xiao Lanxi looking like she was about to cry, they felt that Zhou Kangxue was talking nonsense.

Fan Chengzhuo cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, the Third Princess is gentle and polite, and she has just returned to the capital. How could she be so capable as to do such a thing? Moreover, she is related to His Highness Prince Lie by blood. I guess there must be some misunderstanding here."

Tang Zhongli stroked his beard and said, "Ah, Lord Fan, you are wrong. Even the common people have all kinds of frictions because of a small piece of land, let alone the royal family? Whether it is true or not, we need to see real evidence."

"you--"

Fan Chengzhuo choked. He didn't expect Tang Zhongli to speak so bluntly and harshly, but he couldn't refute it.

——In the royal family, the least important thing is kinship!

What he just said was really ridiculous.

Chen Songshi nodded in agreement: "That's right. Everything requires evidence. Zhou Kangxue, you accused the Third Princess of asking you to do all this, do you have any solid evidence?"

Zhou Kangxue was stunned for a moment.

evidence?

"Of course there is! After the accident of King Lie in the hunting ground, the third princess sent someone to my house and gave me three thousand taels of silver notes, asking me to find a way to get rid of Zhao Xuanping and take care of King Lie instead. The silver notes are still -"

Suddenly, he realized something and shut his mouth abruptly.

Xiao Lanxi turned around, her eyes red and she was furious. She asked, "Is that all? Doctor Zhou, if you want to frame me, you should have made more preparations, right? Do you really think that everyone is stupid and want to convict me for a few banknotes?"

Zhou Kangxue thought to himself that this was not good.

The incident happened suddenly, and he was only thinking about getting away with it, but he forgot that he did not have any solid evidence!
What can a few banknotes prove? Who among those present can't produce one?

There’s no name written on the banknote!
But——"But what I said is true!"

Zhou Kangxue also became anxious.

"If the Third Princess hadn't promised me a huge profit, how could I have risked doing such a thing!? And, the rumors about Ye Chutang recently were also spread by her!"

Zhou Kangxue hurriedly looked at Ye Chutang, patted his chest and said: "Otherwise, Ye Chutang and I have nothing to do with each other, why would I do this!?"

Xiao Lanxi smiled bitterly, "Doctor Zhou, I really don't know why you treat me like this. You and Miss Ye Er have never met before. Do I have a deep hatred for her?"

Everyone looked at each other.

This... seems to be the case.

Speaking of which, neither Zhou Kangxue nor Xiao Lanxi had a close relationship with Ye Chutang.

Logically speaking, they didn't have much contact with her, so where did such hatred come from?
Xiao Lanxi said, "I know that many people dislike me after returning to Beijing, but I have always abided by the rules and have never done anything excessive. Doctor Zhou, why do you have to hurt me like this?"

"You! I, I—"

Zhou Kangxue was so angry that he could not even speak.

"Didn't you say at that time that you wanted to avenge her because she harmed the Second Prince? How come you deny everything in the blink of an eye? "

Xiao Chengxuan has been in a daze since just now.

When he suddenly heard himself being mentioned, he finally reacted slowly.

He slowly turned his stiff neck and looked at Xiao Lanxi.

Of course he didn't know about these things.

I don't know the inside story, whether it is true or false.

Xiao Lanxi's tears as big as beans fell down.

"I am heartbroken about my second brother's accident, but I have never done the things you said! If my second brother is wrong, it will be up to our father to make the decision. How can I be the one to judge?"

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

Also.

For an unpopular princess who has only returned to Beijing for such a short time, it is already good enough for her to live a good life. How could she have the extra ability to do those things?

Xiao Lanxi raised her hand to wipe her tears and said with a sob:
"I don't know why Doctor Zhou is targeting me like this. After my mother and my second brother got into trouble, I was worried day and night and couldn't sleep. I also want to help them, but I know that it is difficult to disobey the emperor's orders. If my mother and my second brother are wrong, then just admit it. I will never say no."

Her cheeks and nose were red from crying, making her look even more pitiful.

"At this point, I just want to ask the princess to distinguish right from wrong and give me justice!"

Zhou Kangxue felt extremely hateful and regretful.

Why didn't he think of keeping something back? If he had kept the evidence before, there would be no need to argue about it now!
"What a eloquent speaker!"

Zhou Kangxue was so angry that he was shaking all over.
"I have done so much for you, but in the end you deny it all! Then I want to ask, besides you, who else can be sure that he can cure King Lie's poison! The antidote is unique to Guanling! You came back from Guanling, so you are most familiar with it! How dare you say it's not you!"

Xiao Lanxi suddenly stared at him closely: "Doctor Zhou said that no one in the world can cure King Lie's poison? Have you forgotten that King Lie woke up yesterday?"

Zhou Kangxue choked.

At this moment, a light voice suddenly sounded beside him.

"What the Third Princess said is very true. Although the poison of King Lie is difficult to cure, there is a way. Moreover, if she promised you to cure the poison for King Lie on the day he was stabbed, doesn't it mean that she already had the antidote at that time?"

Ye Chutang's lips curved slightly.
"The poison was given by those Nanhu assassins. Where can the Third Princess find the antidote?"