When Qian Yuge heard the word "Zhenzhu", her mind suddenly buzzed. Wasn't that dead girl beaten to death by her? Why was she here? She lifted the veil at once.
But he couldn't see Pearl's appearance clearly, so he snorted coldly: "You said you are Pearl, what evidence do you have?"
Zhenzhu looked at Qian Yuge very much, and immediately a smug smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, but she ignored Qian Yuge at all, and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, my name is Zhenzhu."
"She was Qian Yuge's personal maid, but some time ago, Qian Yuge suddenly became furious and whipped me, then beat me to death and abandoned me in the mountains."
When Qian Yuge heard this, he couldn't help but snorted coldly: "What do you want to say? When did I hit anyone? Since you said you were beaten to death and abandoned in the mountains, why are you here?"
Zhenzhu looked at Qian Yuge and kowtowed to her directly: "I am asking for your help because you were my master before, so I am fulfilling our former relationship as master and servant."
"Now, I should express my respect for the royal family of the Great Zhou Kingdom."
Qian Yuge felt a little uneasy and looked at Mu Yesheng: "Third Prince, how could you find a girl and talk nonsense here? Take her away and beat her to death."
If what Pearl wanted to say was that she whipped her, then every young lady has her own way of punishing the disobedient girls around her.
So when Qian Yuge heard Zhenzhu say that, he was not worried. But when he heard Zhenzhu say something else, Qian Yuge's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously tried to stop her.
Because the uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense, she couldn't help but glance at Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu. Then she saw that Qian Jiujiu was actually pregnant, and she couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
However, this is not the time to care about Qian Jiujiu. Mu Yesheng also wants to take action against this maid named Zhenzhu, but the emperor and the empress are sitting here.
He had no right to speak at all, and the emperor did not look displeased. Instead, he looked at the pearl with great interest.
"You said your name is Zhenzhu, right? And you are the personal maid of the future Third Prince's wife? Do you have any evidence?"
Zhenzhu knelt down at once: "Zhenzhu has evidence. Many people know that there is a person like me by the side of the future Third Prince's wife, but my appearance is damaged now."
"I am afraid that taking off the mask will offend Long Tianyan, so I..."
Before Zhenzhu could finish her words, the emperor interrupted her: "I forgive you, you should take off your mask immediately."
Zhenzhu then knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, slowly taking off her mask. Everyone present took a breath. There were several scars on Zhenzhu's face, which were obviously caused by whipping.
Fortunately, after the treatment, her face was not completely changed, but she could still see her previous appearance. After taking off the mask, Pearl looked at the emperor.
"If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask anyone from the Qian family to come forward to testify. Even Qingyu Qinglian, who has lived in the Qian family for a while, knows me."
The emperor said "oh" and glanced at Qian Jiujiu. Qian Jiujiu smiled and looked at the emperor: "Father, Qingyu Qinglian, who is beside my daughter-in-law, lived in Qian Mansion for a period of time."
"You can come and testify, but my daughter-in-law is worried that Miss Qian will not accept it. This Pearl, right? Since you said that you are Miss Qian's personal maid."
"Then there must be someone among the dowry brought by Miss Qian who knows you. Instead of asking Qingyu Qinglian to identify you, it would be more appropriate to let Miss Qian, the future Third Prince's consort, identify you."
The emperor thought it made sense, and even the queen agreed, "That makes sense, Your Majesty. In my opinion, let Qian Yuge's dowry identify her."
"It also saves her from throwing this matter onto Princess Xiao. Princess Xiao is innocent. She just sat there and didn't say a word!"
The corners of everyone's mouth twitched, and they felt that Qian Jiujiu had just said something, had she forgotten it? The emperor saw that the queen agreed, and he was very happy to point it out.
"In that case, come here, go and bring a few people with Qian Yuge's dowry."
Soon, Qian Yuge's dowry maid was brought in from the bridal chamber. Seeing Qian Yuge's maid even lifted up her veil, what was going on
On the main seat, the emperor looked at the maids and said, "Look, all of you, do you know the person kneeling down?"
Several maids who came with the dowry were holding down Zhenzhu who was kneeling there. One of the maids saw Zhenzhu being beaten to death with her own eyes. When she suddenly saw Zhenzhu again, she was frightened.
"Pearl, you're not dead?"
When everyone heard this, they were all clear about it. The person in front of them was indeed Qian Yuge's personal maid Zhenzhu. Zhenzhu looked at the person who was speaking.
She thanked him, "Thank you, Sister Zhenbao, for speaking up and proving Zhenzhu's identity. Zhenzhu was lucky. She was abandoned in the mountains, but she met a hunter in the mountains who saved her life."
As she spoke, Zhenzhu bowed to the emperor again and said, "Your Majesty, Zhenzhu is not the kind of person who betrays her master. The young lady wants me to die, and I will not say anything."
"But I cannot watch the young lady hide the truth from the royal family. Although the young lady is my master, Your Majesty, this country is the root of pearls, and the royal family is the master of everyone."
"Your Majesty, Empress, this Miss Qian Yuge tried every possible means to beat and kill me, just because I knew a secret of hers, so she wanted to kill me to silence me."
"And this secret concerns the royal family's reputation."
When Qian Yuge heard this, her eyes widened. When it came to the matter of the royal family's reputation, there was only one thing that mattered, and that was her innocence. Qian Yuge couldn't help but scream.
"Shut up, you desperate slave, do you know what you are saying?"
Qian Yuge really wanted to kill this slave girl Zhenzhu right then and there, but Zhenzhu just laughed dryly: "Miss, at this point, do you still want to threaten me?"
"If you were to marry anyone else, I would keep this a secret, but you are marrying the prince, so I cannot turn a blind eye to this."
"Miss, you are no longer a virgin, but you want to marry into the royal family. This is extremely inappropriate. It is a crime of deceiving the emperor. You will kill the minister and his wife."
Listening to Zhenzhu's words, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and the queen slammed the table and said, "What is going on here? Zhenzhu, do you know that you have informed on the master?"
"What kind of punishment will you face if you cause a false accusation?"
When Zhenzhu heard the word "punishment", she smiled bitterly: "Replying to the Queen, since I appeared here today, I have never thought of leaving alive."
"But I cannot bear to see my young lady do something wrong and marry the Third Prince, thus harming the entire Qian family."
Everyone listened to the righteous words of Zhen Zhu, who looked like a loyal servant, and felt a little pity for him. But Qian Jiujiu found it funny.
For such a long time, she didn't realize that Pearl was a good talker and had a lot of tricks. Fortunately, she didn't use them on them.
The queen frowned and glanced at Qian Yuge: "Qian Yuge, do you have anything else to say about this matter?"
Qian Yuge just kept shaking her head: "Empress, this is not true. Don't believe that bitch. I didn't do that."
The rebuttal with only one sentence made her look pale and powerless. The queen was also stunned for a moment, and then her face darkened: "Why, Qian Yuge, are you saying that I can't distinguish right from wrong?"
"I have heard what Pearl said, and now I am here to ask you, what else do you have to say, and you just use one sentence to get rid of me?"
Imperial Concubine Qing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is not right. Think about it, Qian Yuge is a lady from a wealthy family, right? She would be very angry if she encountered such a thing."
"It's hard to say whether this is innocent or not. In our dynasty, all women have their uterus blood applied. If you ask Qian Yuge to show her uterus blood to everyone, wouldn't that prove it?"
"If this still can't prove it, then let the body-examination nanny take Qian Yuge down for a body examination."
When Xiangpin heard this, she was so angry that she almost died. Today was her son's wedding day, and these women were afraid that something might go wrong, so they actually came here to discuss the innocence of her future daughter-in-law.
She was so angry that she didn't care about the hierarchy and shouted directly: "Empress, Concubine, this is not appropriate. This is a lowly maid named Pearl."
"She is just a slave girl. Who is a daughter-in-law? Princess, how can you let someone examine her body just because of a slave girl's words?"
Imperial Concubine Qing looked at Concubine Xiang with a puzzled look on her face: "Concubine Xiang, what you said is extremely inappropriate. Not to mention that Qian Yuge and Mu Yesheng haven't finished their wedding ceremony yet, so they are not considered the prince's consorts.
"She is just a young lady from a Shangshu family. This matter is of great importance. Of course, we must investigate it thoroughly. This is the best way to prove Qian Yuge's innocence."
"What do you mean by stopping me like this?"
Concubine Qing's tone was a little strange. The Queen couldn't help but frown and looked at Concubine Xiang: "Concubine Xiang, what do you think we should do? According to you, should we drag this slave out and beat her to death?"
"And then the wedding ceremony will continue? If what this bitch said is true, aren't you worried about your son getting cuckolded?"
The queen's words were heartbreaking, but if it was found out on the spot that Qian Yuge was not innocent, wouldn't her son still be cuckolded? Xiangpin was furious.
But she wanted to say something else, but she heard the Queen continue to speak: "Why, or do you, Xiangpin, also know about this? Could it be that Qian Yuge is no longer innocent, and this was done by Mu Yesheng? Did they have an affair without a matchmaker?"
Xiangpin's face changed. If this was really the case, Mu Yesheng would lose his reputation. As a prince, he did such a thing.
That is totally rude. Mu Yesheng's expression changed, and Zhenzhu said something shocking again.
"Your Majesty the Queen has misunderstood. My young lady lost her virginity to a guard."