coobybook Chapter 53 053 Confrontation in Court
Chapter 53 053 Confrontation in Court
Chapter 53 053 Confrontation in Court
"She is Ye Pianran, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Anshi's family."
Upon hearing this, the hall fell into complete silence; you could hear a pin drop. The crowd, who had initially felt pity for Ye Pianran for bearing the stigma of infidelity, were now taken aback by the sudden turn of events, their expressions becoming quite interesting.
The emperor's expression was extremely unpleasant: "Which is the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Anshi's household?"
Ye Pianran knew she could no longer remain uninvolved. She took a deep breath and stood up calmly.
“Cousin…” Ye Shanzhu couldn’t help but call out.
He gave her a reassuring look, and Ye Pianran straightened her back and walked step by step to the front of the hall. She bowed to the emperor with composure and dignity.
"Your subject, Ye Pianran, greets Your Majesty the Emperor."
An Shihou snapped out of his shock and stared at Ye Pianran in disbelief.
Could it really be that Ran'er did something to Bi Jun of the third brother's family? Yes, the injury on Ran'er's face was caused by Bi Jun, and Bi Jun also scratched her own face in the palace just now. Perhaps it really is Ran'er taking revenge on Bi Jun!
Looking at Ye Yingrou, who was working hard to make her mother qualified to enter the Marquis's mansion, and then at Ye Pianran, who was calm and indifferent, Marquis Anshi felt a surge of disgust.
Ran'er is truly ignorant! Her brother is still performing for the emperor, yet she disregards their sibling bond and maliciously retaliates against her own sisters in the household. How could he have given birth to such a daughter!
"You are the eldest daughter of Marquis Anshi?" The emperor looked at Ye Pianran, who was still exceptionally beautiful and charming despite being veiled, and asked, "Why are you still wearing a veil when you see me?"
"Your Majesty, my face is disfigured and I am hardly fit for formal occasions. I also fear that I might offend Your Majesty, so I wear a veil. I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness for any rudeness," Ye Pianran replied, bowing her head.
"I see." The emperor, who had initially wanted to see what she looked like, had now lost all interest. He cleared his throat and asked, "What is your explanation for what the guard said earlier?"
Ye Pianran said, "Your Majesty, after my cousin entered Qionglin Garden, she accidentally fell into the Nine Palaces Lotus Pond and soiled her clothes. At that time, the eunuch Wang who was in charge of her escorting her arranged for a young eunuch to take her to a side hall to change her clothes, but she said she dared not go alone, so she invited me to go with her. Whether on the way to or from the side hall, or while she was bathing, there was nothing unusual around us, and we did not see any outsiders. I do not know why my cousin suddenly became like this."
"You really manage to absolve yourself of all responsibility. Since you can't see any outsiders, then the most suspicious person left is none other than you," Ye Yingrou retorted sharply. "Who knows if you deliberately pushed that sister into the water, or did something in the side hall to intentionally harm that sister just now?"
"Sister, are you joking? Sister Bijun is my cousin. When she invited me to change clothes in the side hall after she fell into the water, she said that we were the closest in the Marquis's mansion. How could I have pushed her into the water? When Sister Bijun invited me to the side hall, you were there too, weren't you?" Ye Pianran calmly retorted.
"Moreover, I had no idea that Sister Bijun would fall into the water by accident, nor did I know that she would ask me to go with her. Since it was something unknown, how could I have prepared in advance and deliberately set a trap in the side hall to harm her?"
"You!" Ye Pianran's words were logical and well-founded, leaving Ye Yingrou speechless. She had no way to refute her and could only grit her teeth and glare fiercely at Ye Pianran.
Ye Pianran then turned to the emperor and said, "If Your Majesty does not believe what I have said, just ask the eunuch Wang who guided us at the time, and the eunuch Xiao Hengzi who led us to the side hall, and you will know."
The emperor gave the two women a meaningful look and said, "Summon them."
Upon being summoned, Eunuch Wang and Xiao Hengzi stepped out from the crowd, knelt before the emperor, and said, "Your servants Wang Dexi and Xiao Hengzi pay their respects to Your Majesty."
"Wang Dexi, is what this young lady just said true?"