Jiaoruan Donggong: Your Highness, have you been reborn too?

Chapter 18

"It's okay." Su Ling shook his head, the second half of the sentence was stuck in his throat, thinking whether to ask or not.

Bai Shao thought for a while and said cautiously: "Miss, when the young master sent you back today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still standing in the courtyard for a long time, knowing that you have nothing to do before leaving."

Hearing this, Su Ling sighed helplessly, regretting losing such an opportunity to talk to Yun Ting.

"Second Miss, in fact, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was already looking for you at that time."

Bai Shao's unintentional words set off huge waves in Su Ling's heart.

It turned out that he had been watching her every move, so why did he want to break off the engagement?

When Su Ling held an empty teacup between his pale fingers and looked at it, Bai Shao hurried over and said: "Miss, Lord Xie has brought His Majesty Xie to sue His Highness in front of the Emperor!"

Hearing that, Su Ling hated Xie Jing even more, the person who wanted to do such shameful things was clearly him, but it was the villain who sued first.

She remembered that Yun Ting punched Xie Jing yesterday, and they would definitely make a big fuss about it.

"Bai Shao, contact Princess Changning, I want to enter the palace."

After thinking for a long time, Su Ling made up his mind, Bai Shao didn't dare to delay, and hurried to get ready.

The imperial study room.

The atmosphere was tense, the emperor's face was tense, and his eyes were full of restrained anger. He frequently looked at Yun Ting, who was kneeling under his eyes, but whose back was still as straight as a green pine.

"Your Majesty, I know that it's not good for this matter to be brought up in front of you. I know in my heart that His Highness the Crown Prince has paid a lot, but this is not enough reason for him to beat up my dog!"

Xie Houye kowtowed heavily, patted his chest in pain and finished speaking, then pointed to Xie Jing's swollen right cheek.

The emperor took advantage of the situation, his face twitched uncontrollably, and he cursed in his heart: Ting'er did not attack lightly.

At the same time, it also caused more headaches. One side was his important court officials, and the other side was his beloved prince. No matter which choice he made, it would give him a big headache.

"Prince, the injury on Xie Shizi's face was caused by you?" After a long silence, the emperor asked deeply.

Yun Ting raised his jaw slightly, and nodded arrogantly in response.

"His Royal Highness, why did you take action on the only son of this humble official for no reason? Did Jinger do something outrageous?" Lord Xie Hou asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty Xie intends to ruin my reputation, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't want to see it before he took action. Could this reason fall into the ears of Marquis Xie?"

A clear voice like a nightingale resounded, and Su Ling, who was dressed in pale pink palace attire, walked in with lotus steps, and then knelt down in front of the emperor.

"The daughter of the people, Su Ling, sees the emperor! The daughter of the people broke into the imperial study without authorization, and I ask the emperor to come down."

Her neither humble nor overbearing attitude attracted the attention of the emperor, feeling the emperor's eagle-like gaze on her body, Su Ling's breath was stagnant.

Thinking of the purpose of my trip, I calmed down and let the emperor look at me.

After a while, the emperor withdrew his gaze in satisfaction and waved his hand: "You are the second girl of the Su family, Su Ling?"

"Back to the emperor, it's the civilian girl." Su Ling nodded in response, and her clear eyes looked straight at the emperor.

"Just now you said that Xie Shizi intends to ruin your reputation, what does it have to do with the crown prince?"

The emperor straightened his face, caught the point of Su Ling's words just now, and asked instead.

With Su Ling's appearance, Xie Jing's complexion became extremely ugly.

"Back to the emperor, my grandmother held a banquet at the mansion yesterday to clean up the dust for my minister's daughter and elder brother, but Xie Shizi took the opportunity to drug my minister's daughter in an attempt to do something wrong. If the Crown Prince hadn't come down in time, the reputation of my minister's daughter would definitely be ruined in the hands of the prince. gone."

After finishing speaking, Su Ling lowered her head slightly, her white teeth pressed against her red lips, her pretty face was filled with forbearable grievances, which made people's hearts soften a little at a glance.

No one would believe that a timid girl would lie in front of the emperor. Hearing this, the emperor's face became gloomy, and the air around him seemed to freeze, as if a storm was about to come.

"Xie Qing, didn't you tell me that it was the crown prince who first attacked Xie Shizi?"

Xie Houye trembled all over, no matter how eloquent he was, he couldn't make any excuses in front of the situation, his lips trembled and he couldn't say a word.

"Emperor, Your Majesty, it's Second Miss Su who slandered me!" Xie Jing became anxious, and made a foolish act in panic.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Su Ling was lying nonsense, so he became more courageous, and immediately questioned her again: "Second Miss Su, you said that I drugged you, do you have evidence to prove it?"

The emperor's eyes fell on Su Ling, waiting for her to answer the question, or to present evidence.

She had been husband and wife with Xie Jing for so long in the previous life, how could Su Ling not understand his character, she lowered her head indifferently, and immediately took out the empty teacup from her wide sleeve.

"Your Majesty, yesterday, the daughter of the people drank the cup of tea from Shizi Xie, and her limbs became sore and weak."

Master Xie and his son turned pale with shock, only Yun Ting looked at Su Ling with a hint of ambiguity.

The emperor turned his head and signaled to the father-in-law beside him to fetch the teacup, and ordered the imperial doctor to come.

Since he drank the tea contained in this cup of tea, there must be traces left in the tea cup.

Xie Jing's face turned pale instantly.

"Return to the emperor, there are traces of waste medicine in this teacup."

The old imperial doctor's words directly settled the matter. Whoever is lying and who is at fault is already a final matter.

The emperor's face became more and more gloomy in an instant, causing Lord Xie to knock his head heavily on the ground.

"Your Majesty, this minister is guilty. Seeing the wound on Nizi's face, this minister believed Nizi's one-sided words in a moment of impatience. Please punish him! But it's the first time the child committed a crime, please forgive me!"

Looking at Xie Jing again, he was already prostrated on the ground intimidated by the majesty of the emperor, trembling like chaff.

"Xie Shizi, you are so brave, you dare to slander His Highness the Crown Prince? You even want to destroy the innocence of Miss Su's family."

After a long silence, the emperor moved his lips, stared at Xie Jing with a sneer and said.

Xie Jing, who was named, straightened his back, as if he was facing a life and death judgment.

"Wei... I don't dare, I beg the emperor to spare me, I'm just, just fascinated by ghosts for a while." Xie Jing slowly regained his senses, put his head on the ground and dared not lift up to look at the emperor.

"Slandering the current prince, Xie Aiqing, you have been in the court for many years, you should know what the crime is!" The emperor narrowed his eyes, and asked Xie Houye in a calm and deep voice.

Slandering the current crown prince is tantamount to provoking the majesty of the royal family. If it is serious, it will implicate the nine clans, or if it is light, it will be demoted to the frontier to serve as an army. No matter what it is, it is not the result that Lord Xie wants to see.

The emperor's move was obviously forcing him to make a choice.

He lowered his head and sighed heavily.

"Your majesty, I ask you to allow me to resign from my post and return to my hometown. I will raise this rebellious son well and not let him come out to make trouble again."

As soon as these words came out, Marquis Xie seemed to have aged several decades, and the hair on his temples had turned gray a lot.

(End of this chapter)