nashuaworldcup Chapter 865: So you were all drugged?
Chapter 865: So you were all drugged?
Soon, Marquis Changping, his wife and their daughter entered the palace, and Helan Yanran also dressed up in disguise.
Seeing Lin Yu following along, Hong Xiu hurried over to greet him and said softly, "The Queen asked me to wait for you here."
Lin Yu looked at Helan Yanran, worry flashing in her eyes, "I've told her the pros and cons, whether she listens or not is up to her."
Stepping into the palace again, Helan Yanran was trembling all over. She even wanted to retreat. Her mother held her arm and said softly, "Don't be afraid, Ran'er. With your parents here, his family won't dare to bully you. If anyone dares to bully my daughter, I will fight him to the death."
Helan Yanran's eyes were slightly red, tears welled up in her eyes. She held her mother's hand tightly, "I'm sorry..."
"Silly daughter, you are the apple of my eye. For you, I am not afraid of anyone." Madam Helan had experienced the pain of losing a daughter. She knew the feeling of losing and regaining better than anyone else. As long as her daughter was still alive and standing in front of her, she could give birth to the child in her belly and raise it in the Helan family.
With the support of her family, Helan Yanran felt more confident and bold. She would not cry even if she saw Shang Hong. She said to Lin Yu, "Thank you, Miss Lin."
Lin Yu sighed, "It was the Queen who helped you out of compassion. I hope you won't be stupid again this time." In her opinion, Helan Yanran made the same mistake that many women would make by just giving her body to a man and trusting him. She was lucky to have parents who loved her deeply.
Helan Yanran wanted to die last night. She wanted to be dead and it would be over. If she died, she wouldn't have to drag down the Helan family. But if she died, her parents would be even more miserable.
It was the first time she saw her father cry. Her brother had been in poor health since childhood, but her father had never cried or given up on her brother. But this time, her father actually cried for her.
Helan Yanran also regretted her decision.
When she saw Shang Hong kneeling outside the imperial study with a cane on his back, her heart skipped a beat. If Madam Helan hadn't held her back, she would have rushed forward.
Madam Helan wanted to rush forward and slap him hard, but she had to endure it. If she had any grievances, she would cry to the emperor.
Lin Yu ignored Helan Yanran. If she continued to be stupid, she would be dead.
Lin Yu thought to herself, "What is Shang Hong acting out? Is this a self-torture tactic?"
She sighed, hoping that Helan Yanran would see his true face.
Helan Yanran wore a veil on her head and was wrapped in a cloak, but Shang Hong still recognized her. He suddenly called out softly, "Lan'er."
Helan Yanran walked past him without saying a word. Her whole body seemed to be shaking. She had a lot of questions to ask him, but...
At this time, Wuxin came out again, "Marquis Changping, please come in!"
Marquis Changping brought his family into the imperial study, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Xie Shang stared at Helan Yanran and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, get up!"
He simply wouldn't believe what Shang Yi said. Shang Hong had been walking around in the palace all year round, and he deserved to die if he had his eyes on the concubines in the harem.
But now the Great Zhou Dynasty is in need of people...
The eyes of all nations are fixed on the Great Zhou.
Xie Shang then said, "Go and call Shang Hong in!"
Wuxin is gone again!
Shang Hong limped into the hall and knelt before the emperor to admit his fault. "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
In Xie Shang's heart, he didn't believe Shang Yi's words at all. He was the commander of the Imperial Guards and had free access to the palace. He didn't know when he got involved with Helan Yanran.
Was Ruan Ruan deceived by them?
When he thought that Helan Yanran's departure from the palace was all planned by the Queen to help them, he thought to himself that Ruan Ruan was really brave and dared to do anything.
Xie Shang said in a cold voice: "What's going on, Helan Yanran, tell me yourself." He even felt disgusted to call her Noble Concubine Lan. A woman who is unfaithful to me deserves to die.
Helan Yanran knelt on the ground, she suddenly burst into tears, "I am guilty, I deserve to die, it's all my fault... I really didn't know I would be drugged, I was unconscious at the time, I just felt that someone broke into my room, and then..."
She had white gauze wrapped around her wrists. She was kneeling on the ground, supporting her head with her hands. The bloody gauze just happened to be visible to the emperor, and Xie Shang happened to see it.
He frowned. What was going on in the Helan family?
When Shang Hong heard her say this, he was completely confused. She meant that he broke into her room and forced her.
He knelt on the ground with his head slightly lowered. Could it be that Helan Jue lied to him?
Madam Helan also cried and complained: "Your Majesty is very clear. Yanran was badly harmed by someone. When she woke up, she saw that the person next to her was Commander Shang. She didn't dare to speak out, and Commander Shang didn't let her speak out either. Later, she found out that she was pregnant. Yanran had no other choice but to ask the Queen for help."
Xie Shang said in a deep voice: "According to what you mean, Shang Hong drugged her."
Shang Hong and Shang Yi were both stunned, and Xie Hong said, "Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation. I did not drug Concubine Lan. I was also drugged at that time. I don't know why I entered the same room. Concubine Lan and I were both drugged. Later, I was very scared, so I asked Concubine Lan not to make it public. Then I asked the Queen for help, and the Queen arranged for Concubine Lan to leave the palace and fake her death."
Jiang Fenghua raised the corners of her lips. Shang Hong was talking in this way. In this way, it was she, the queen, who took the initiative to arrange for Helan Yanran to leave the palace.
The merchant must have planned to let her take the blame long ago!
Jiang Fenghua didn't say anything, just listened quietly.
Helan Yanran said, "It was not the Queen who asked me to leave the palace. I took the initiative to ask to leave. I knew that I was no longer a virgin and that I was pregnant with Lord Shang's child. I knew that I could not serve the Emperor, so I did not want to stay in the palace.
The Queen knew that I had nowhere else to go, so she kindly let me leave the palace. I just wanted to live the rest of my life in hiding, but suddenly one day, a group of men in black came. They knew everything about my experience. It was as if they had seen everything that happened to me in the palace with their own eyes. They tore off my fig leaf with their own hands, forcing me to return to the Helan family. "
These words were taught to her by Lin Yu.
Xie Shang asked: "So you were all drugged."
Shang Hong nodded, "Yes."
Helan Yanran also nodded and said softly: "Yes."
Then Helan Yanran took out another letter and said, "This is a letter from the man in black using my whereabouts to threaten my parents. Your Majesty, please take a look."
Jiang Fenghua was also confused. Where did she get the evidence? If she had this letter, then it would be perfect.
But Xie Shang is not stupid, it just depends on whether he is willing to believe it.
Xie Shang said, "Present it."
Wuxin went to receive the letter personally and handed it to the emperor.
Xie Shang opened the letter and read it. He frowned, his face was gloomy, and his fingers were tightly holding the letter.
Jiang Fenghua asked in confusion: "What is the letter? What is written in it that makes the emperor so angry?"
Xie Shang said in a deep voice: "Someone asked Marquis Changping to pass on the message of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the signature has a pattern of a waning moon and a whale."
Jiang Fenghua said: "Let me take a look."
After reading it, she felt that the letter was imitated very well, even the pattern of the waning moon and whale was exactly the same as that of the Disha Sect.
Marquis Changping said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please understand. Although I received the letter, I have never revealed any news about the Great Zhou."