Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 133 Letters
Su Qingwan was silent. There were some things she was sure of, but she couldn't explain them to the King of the Southwest. "Father, our guesses are useless. We will know once we enter the palace."

The King of the Southwest said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid the person who came here has bad intentions. No matter what, you can't reveal your identity, and you can't admit it. No matter what, you are also the princess of the Southwest. No one can prove your identity."

Su Qingwan nodded. All the people who could prove her identity were dead. Who could prove that she was the Princess of Huainan based on one-sided testimony? But she had a vague feeling that something was going to happen, and she couldn't be sure, so she was very panicked.

The father and daughter discussed for a long time on the road but could not come up with a solution. They even met the eldest princess at the gate of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. She came in a hurry with a serious expression, and seemed to deliberately slow down her pace to wait for the King of Southwest and Su Qingwan.

Outside the door were all Jinyiwei, and they had no time to talk to each other, but just exchanged glances. The King of Southwest was extremely displeased and had already identified the eldest princess as the mastermind.

The eldest princess was more worried about Su Qingwan. Su Qingwan shook her head at her. The three of them entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation with heavy hearts. This was not a grand court meeting, so there were not so many court officials. However, many important officials of the court came, including seven or eight civil and military officials. The emperor sat behind the dragon throne with a unfriendly look on his face, and Lu Jing was guarding on both sides. The Hall of Mental Cultivation was not as spacious as the main hall, so it seemed crowded when there were too many people.

Lu Jing frowned and looked at Su Qingwan who followed the King of Southwest into the palace. The emperor couldn't help but take another look at her. He didn't know why the King of Southwest wanted to bring his daughter into the palace, but no one investigated the current situation.

The eldest princess had her own chair in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. She sat down calmly. After several court officials greeted her, Su Qingwan stood behind the King of Southwest, very quietly, her eyes fixed on the girl kneeling in the hall.

She had a beautiful and calm face, and there was something of her mother in her eyes and eyebrows. She was wearing a green dress, which was so thin in such a cold weather, and her hands were red from the cold. She was indifferent and calm, and had something of the aura of a princess.

Who is she?
Why would you pretend to be her to appeal for justice?

Almost everyone was present, including the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple. Once the drum was struck, it was not something the Chief Justice could intervene in. The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple was a very young official. He was in his early thirties and could reach such a high position. In addition to his prominent family background, he also had real abilities. It would have been great if he could have stopped the case, but who knew that this girl would directly strike the drum, alarming the people of the whole city and making it difficult for the Emperor to deal with it secretly.

The emperor said, "Now that everyone is here, let's begin. The girl kneeling down claims that she is Su Qingwan, the daughter of the King of Huainan. She wants to redress the injustice of the King of Huainan and sue Prime Minister Lu for colluding with Xilin to slander Huainan for treason. This matter has alarmed the world. I invite all of you to discuss whether to reopen the Huainan case."

Before Prime Minister Lu could speak, the Minister of Works, Lord Chen, said, "Your Majesty, the Huainan Prince's family was executed twelve years ago, and their descendants have been cut off. This woman's origins are unknown, and she deliberately rang the drum when the Xilin envoy came to Beijing for peace talks. It is clear that she has bad intentions and deliberately sabotaged the peace talks. The evidence of Huainan Prince's treason is irrefutable. How can it be wronged? In my opinion, she should be executed on the spot to uphold the law of the country."

General Chen sneered and said, "The right and wrong have not yet been determined, but Lord Chen is thinking of bringing people to justice. Are you guilty?"

Although General Chen and Lord Chen have the same surname, they are not from the same family nor are they from the same clan. The contradiction between the civil officials and the military generals is becoming increasingly serious. Now that peace talks are needed and the border war is settled, the civil officials will suppress the military generals even more. There were obvious signs of this at the palace banquets in the past few days.

Anping Bo said calmly, "General, what Lord Chen said is very true. If she is the daughter of the King of Huainan, and there is injustice in Huainan, she would not come to appeal for it earlier or later, but she came to appeal for it when Xilin was negotiating with our country. It is clear that she has other intentions." Ningyuan Hou said, "The nine clans of the King of Huainan were executed. The little princess is naturally cautious while she is alive. How dare she reveal her identity? If she really wanted to reveal her identity, she would not be alive until now, let alone appeal for the King of Huainan. Since the drum of reporting has been beaten, there must be injustice. You should wait for the little princess to explain the injustice. Why are you calling for killing?"

"Marquis Ningyuan keeps calling her a little princess. Can you prove that she is the little princess of the King of Huainan?"

Ning Yuanhou looked at the emperor with a bad face. He knew that the emperor was furious, but he still spoke frankly, "I used to be a soldier under the command of the King of Huainan. I have seen the princess. This woman does have some similarities with the princess."

After these words were spoken, the emperor's face became even uglier, and several ministers really started arguing, arguing with each other. One side wanted to put the little princess to death before she filed a lawsuit, while the other side wanted the little princess to really produce evidence to seek justice.

Su Qingwan's eyes were always on the kneeling woman. She was calm and composed, and did not move at all, as if all the quarrels had nothing to do with her. Since she dared to strike the drum to report the incident, she was ready to die. Su Qingwan felt a strong sense of sadness in her heart.

The two sides could not come to a conclusion. The husband said he was right and the wife said she was right. The emperor was furious. "Enough, what are you arguing about? Do you think I'm dead?"

Several officials had already been arguing until their faces turned red. After being interrupted, they just snorted coldly. No one was convinced by the other. Prime Minister Lu and the King of the Southwest remained silent throughout the whole time, as if they were also waiting for them to come to an end.

"You said you are the little princess of Huainan King. Who can prove your identity?"

The woman raised her head and looked directly at the emperor. "Your Majesty, you have killed all the members of the Huainan clan. The only person in this world who can prove my identity died twelve years ago. Even if I take out the token of the Huainan Palace, you can still deny that I am not the little princess of Huainan."

She took out a token from the Huainan Palace. Lu Jing came over to take it and handed it to the emperor. The emperor looked at it carefully and remained silent. The woman said, "Back then, the Jinyiwei broke into the palace and killed everyone they saw, even babies in swaddling clothes. I hid in the lotus pond in the palace and soaked for two days and two nights until the Jinyiwei withdrew. I climbed over the wall from the backyard and fled all the way. I was rescued by a merchant. Over the years, I have been hiding my identity and investigating the truth, just to redress my father's injustice one day. Our Huainan lineage has been stationed at the border for six generations. We are loyal and have made many military exploits. The Huainan army has been stationed at the border for so many years, and Xilin has never set foot at the border, but was slandered as a traitor and traitor. I live to redress my father's injustice one day."

Everyone in the hall knew that she was telling the truth. It was a trumped-up crime that cost the lives of all the members of the Huainan clan, but no one dared to speak it out in front of the emperor.

The princess glanced at the emperor and knew that he was angry. She asked, "You said it was a false accusation. Where is the evidence?"

"The Emperor found a stack of letters in my father's study, saying that they were evidence of the correspondence between my father and Xilin, so I visited Xilin and secretly lurked in the Xilin Palace for six years. Finally, I found the evidence. The person who actually communicated with Xilin back then was you, Your Majesty!"