HLnovel Chapter 243 Face to Face Confrontation
Chapter 243 Face to Face Confrontation
Lu Mingyang looked away: "I don't remember where I put it."
Chu Mingzheng said "Oh" dejectedly, and coaxed her gently: "Then wear the hairpin I gave you, okay?"
The word "OK" was stuck in Lu Mingyang's throat and he couldn't say it out loud. Tears fell uncontrollably and he hit him angrily.
"What do you care what I wear?"
"If you don't want to wear it, then don't wear it." Chu Mingzheng held the hand that was beating him and comforted the girl who was crying.
Lu Mingyang wiped away her tears, feeling that the man before her was different from usual, and she chased him away with a guilty conscience. Chu Mingzheng watched Ruying tie her hair into a bun, then pulled Lu Mingyang up to the couch to eat.
He didn't eat, but just watched the girl in front of him eat. "Yangyang, why have you never called me affectionately?"
"What am I calling you for?" Lu Mingyang was about to be driven crazy by him.
Chu Mingzheng's mind was filled with her gentle voice to another man last night: "Call me...Brother Zheng?"
Lu Mingyang teased this name with disdain: "You hear it every day, and you're not tired of it!"
"But you never called me." He pouted in grievance.
Lu Mingyang frowned, leaned forward, touched the strange forehead, and asked, "Your Highness, are you possessed?"
"Your Highness!"
Zheng Hao's voice came in, and Chu Mingzheng subconsciously clenched the hand in front of him.
Zheng Hao walked to the door and said, "The Queen Mother went to Xiangguo Temple to worship Buddha this morning and specially summoned Your Highness and the Princess to go with her."
"I know!" Chu Mingzheng had no idea why Tian Qing came to the capital until he heard that the Queen Mother went to Xiangguo Temple to worship Buddha. He asked Zhu Cong to find out the news and found out that someone from the Qin family had come to the capital.
Since it was Duke Qin who did it, the Queen Mother must have known about it. What he was most worried about was not the Queen Mother's anger, but the look in the girl's eyes when she looked at another man.
Lu Mingyang followed Chu Mingzheng into the carriage, feeling increasingly uneasy. "Your Highness, why did the Empress Dowager summon us to Xiangguo Temple?"
Chu Mingzheng held her hand tightly and answered irrelevantly: "Don't be afraid."
The Queen Mother went to Xiangguo Temple to worship Buddha, but the people gave way. Xiangguo Temple, once a bustling place of worship, was now deserted. Only two sedan chairs slowly ascended between heaven and earth.
The palace door opened wide, and Lu Mingyang and Chu Mingzheng walked in hand in hand. The door closed instantly. The Queen Mother sat before a huge Buddha statue, her face grim. Beside her stood a young man who bore a passing resemblance to Qin Miao.
"Grandson pays homage to the Imperial Grandmother!"
"I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager!"
The two men stepped forward and saluted.
The Queen Mother pointed to a chair on the side and said, "Zheng'er, please sit down."
Lu Mingyang followed Chu Mingzheng over, and the Queen Mother's angry voice rang out: "Kneel down!"
"Grandma..."
Chu Mingzheng spoke, and Lu Mingyang quickly pushed him away and knelt down obediently.
The Queen Mother pointed to the young man beside her and said, "Zheng'er, this is your cousin Zhang from your uncle's family."
Qin Zhang bowed and said, "I greet His Royal Highness Prince Ningyuan."
Chu Mingzheng did not stand up, and said coldly: "My cousin, you are too polite."
The Queen Mother said, "Zhang'er, tell your cousin."
"Yes!" Qin Zhang bowed again. "Last month, my father passed through Chishui Town and met a mother and son. They said my cousin's wife was his. Since my cousin's reputation was at stake, my father didn't dare delay and immediately ordered me to bring people to the capital."
Lu Mingyang's last glimmer of hope crumbled to ashes at that moment. She slumped to the ground, watching the figure emerging from behind the Buddha statue become increasingly clear.
"I have nothing to do with him." She subconsciously looked at Chu Mingzheng for help, but when she saw those inquiring eyes, her heart began to tremble in panic.
Is this suspicion?
Tian Qing was leaning on a cane, which fell and she fell in front of Lu Mingyang. She grabbed the corner of her clothes and burst into tears: "Xi'er, you really don't want to..."
"Shut up! Tian Qing, let me remind you that slandering the princess is a capital crime." Lu Mingyang reminded him hurriedly, pulled back the corner of his clothes, knelt silently from his position, and explained loudly.
"Grandmother, please don't listen to his nonsense. He's just bragging because I've become the daughter of a marquis. We only played house together when we were kids. I have nothing to do with him."
Tian's mother knelt down hurriedly, holding her son in her arms with a distressed look, and angrily accused him, "You fickle, heartless woman! If it weren't for you, how could my son become a soldier and lose a leg?"
Tian Qing looked at Chu Mingzheng and said sadly, "Just because of this man, you didn't recognize me. I didn't expect that you are just like other women, greedy and vain."
As he spoke, he pulled out a yellowed piece of paper from his bosom and presented it to her: "This is the marriage certificate between me and Yang Xier. It is written by the head of the village. Please have a look, Your Majesty."
The Queen Mother slammed the marriage certificate on the table and said angrily, "What else do you have to say?"
Lu Mingyang said, "Grandmother, we were not married. My adoptive father accepted his betrothal gift and he went to join the army. The marriage certificate is just a certificate. Hundreds of people in Shangyang Village can testify to this."
"Bah, you dare say that." Mother Tian sobbed, "Empress Dowager, if she hadn't seduced my son into doing shameless things in the cornfield, how could my son be unable to break off the engagement and join the army?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lu Mingyang shouted.
Tian's mother snorted coldly: "Her father said it himself, and everyone in the village can testify to it."
Lu Mingyang looked at Tian Qing, his eyes filled with anxiety: "Brother Qing, I know you hate me for not waiting for you, but now is not the time to be angry. Can you tell the truth?"
Tian Qing raised his head and said resolutely: "She slept with me."
Lu Mingyang slumped to the ground, closed his eyes helplessly, and smiled: Brother Qing, do you hate me so much? You hate me so much that you want to die with me.
Chu Mingzheng, who had been silent the whole time, looked away and said calmly, "Grandmother, please let your grandson take a look."
Xu Pei picked up the marriage certificate and presented it to Chu Mingzheng.
Chu Mingzheng tore it into pieces without even looking at it and threw it away.
"Zheng'er!" The Queen Mother was surprised.
Chu Mingzheng stood up and helped Lu Mingyang to her feet. He held her hand and looked at the Queen Mother. "Grandmother, the princess has told me all these things. She has not lied to me. As for her innocence, that is pure nonsense. I know exactly whether she is innocent or not."
As he spoke, he bowed, his tone undeniably resolute: "I ask the Empress Dowager to sentence these two mother and son who have spoken nonsense to death, and restore my wife's innocence."
"Your Highness!"
"you shut up!"
Chu Mingzheng interrupted Lu Mingyang coldly.
The Queen Mother looked at her grandson with deep sorrow: "You are really bewitched by this woman and you don't care about anything else. Do you know..."
"Empress Dowager!" Xu Pei hurriedly stopped her and signaled the Empress Dowager to deal with the two people on the ground first.
Involved in the royal scandal, the Queen Mother naturally had no intention of letting them live. If it weren't for her grandson's belief, she wouldn't have let them live until now. She said lightly: "Zhang'er, take them out and find a secluded place to bury them."