Eating Melons and Rising to Power, I Became the Tyrant’s Only Belief – Chapter 228

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第228章 满意的交代

萧靖凡适时开口:“人证现在何处?”

“回陛下,人证就是我的侍女露珠,她现在就候在殿外。”嵬名玉瑾道,“露珠可以替我作证,我说的都是真话。”

众人:“……”

这公主是不是傻,不管这侍女是不是知情人,肯定都向着她说话,证词如何能信?

尹泰宇冷哼:“公主让侍女作证,岂非公主说什么便是什么,公主这是将我们当傻子糊弄吗?”

闻言,嵬名玉瑾懵懂地眨巴眨巴眼,“侍女不能当人证吗?”

嵬名良:“……”

赵世奇:“……”

众人:“……”

萧靖凡也没想到这位公主竟然连这都不知道,委婉地问:“公主可有其他人证?”

嵬名玉瑾诚实地摇摇头。

尹美珍让她不要将跳舞一事说出去,以免被二皇兄知道,她当时只想着帮尹美珍,除了要帮她隐瞒行踪的露珠之外,别的人一概没说。

如今自然没有其他人证。

赵世奇使眼色使得眼皮子都快抽筋了都没能阻止她摇头,不由扶额。

这种紧要时刻,没人证也能造个人证出来啊,不要这么老实啊!
萧靖凡道:“若公主没有其他证据,公主方才的话便……”

“我有证据。”嵬名玉瑾忽然想起来,抬手一指嵬名良,“美珍公主交给我的珠花还在二皇兄那里。”

嵬名良:“……”

能不能长点脑子?就那毫无特殊之处、随便抓个宫女都能取下一朵来的便宜珠花怎么可能作为证据?

况且那珠花早在他能动之前就被拿走了。

萧靖凡看向他:“公主所言可当真?”

“确实有朵珠花。”嵬名良黑着脸道,“不过在我清醒之后便不见了。”

众人:“……”

说来说去,这不还是没有吗?

嵬名玉瑾努力弥补错误,张嘴还想说什么,赵世奇伸手一拉她的衣袖,冲她摇摇头。

没帮上忙不要紧,不要帮倒忙啊!
嵬名玉瑾扁扁嘴,垂着头不说话了。

是她害了二皇兄,她以后再也不帮别人撒谎了!

萧靖凡看着嵬名良,道:“你口口声声说被人设计陷害,可朕已经派太医检查过甘泉殿中的香炉,其中并无迷香。”

嵬名良抿了抿唇,心道你的地盘自然你说了算。

萧靖凡问:“若你不曾欺辱美珍公主,为何不留下解释,却要夺窗而逃?”

嵬名良斜眼瞅他。

明知被算计了还留下解释,等着被泼脏水吗?
况且若非那甘泉殿后挖了一个陷阱,他和拓跋勇不小心踩中掉了进去,凭他二人的武功,岂会那般轻易就让羽林卫生擒?

这一环扣一环,若说没有这位陛下的手笔,他就将名字倒过来写!

见嵬名良不回答,萧靖凡命令把给拓跋勇带路的那个小太监带上来。

小太监将自己的所见所闻一五一十地说了出来,包括看见疑似醉酒的嵬名良往甘泉殿去,拓跋勇一路找人又抓着他带路,目睹尹美珍叫着救命从甘泉殿跑出来,情状如何狼狈可怜,拓跋勇进殿查看久久不归等等。

待他说完,萧靖凡问拓跋勇:“这奴才所言可有假?”

拓跋勇纠结得不行,因为就他看到的那些,他敢确定就是自家殿下欺负了美珍公主。

他的良知与忠诚互相拉扯,让他久久答不上话。

这般情状,众人如何看不出来?
小太监说的多半是真话。

见状,尹泰宇气得一拍桌子站起来,怒声道:“美珍不能白白受辱,此事二皇子必须得给我高丽一个交代,否则即便撕破脸面,兵戎相见,我高丽勇士也要为我国公主讨回公道!”

“三王子不要动怒,坐下喝盏香茶。”萧靖凡命人奉茶,等尹泰宇坐下才转头看向嵬名良,“虽是因酒误事,但以二皇子的担当,定然会给美珍公主一个满意的交待,是也不是?”

这满意的交代指的是什么众人都心知肚明。

欺负了人家姑娘,坏了人家的清白,和亲是不成了,为了两国颜面好看自然得把人娶了,少不得还要多准备些聘礼。

嵬名良自然也明白萧靖凡的话中之意,若是楚流徵他也认了,毕竟确实想把人带回西夏好好查问来着,可对象是尹美珍,还叫他吃了这么大一个闷亏,他便满心不甘愿,沉着脸没说话。

局面僵持,眼见尹泰宇一双眼珠子都瞪得冒出火星子,拳头捏得嘎巴响,似要扑上来揍嵬名良,赵世奇只好替嵬名良开口:“陛下,此事事关西夏与高丽两国邦交,不可轻率,可否暂容我等商讨一二?”

左右局面已定,再谈也谈不出花儿来,萧靖凡自然没有不允的,命人将他们带去右侧殿。

尹泰宇则借着关心的名义将尹美珍带去了左侧殿。

钟皇后看了场戏也乏了,见没有她的事了便提出先去万寿宫陪伴太后。

若无甘泉殿这桩事,皇帝到御花园赏完花灯之后便会去万寿宫参加家宴,与往年一样与一众妃嫔一起陪太后守岁。

今年却是要晚些了。

皇帝有事耽搁,她这个儿媳自然要先去太后跟前尽孝。

萧靖凡叮嘱道:“莫要多言,别搅了母后的兴致。”

“唯。”钟皇后福了福身,“臣妾告退。”

她将手搭在秋穗手上,走出文华殿,坐着软轿往万寿宫去。

与此同时,右侧殿里,嵬名玉瑾正哭着同嵬名良道歉,“二皇兄,我只是想帮帮她,不知道会变成现在这样。对不起,我以后再也不骗你了,你打我骂我吧,我错了。”

“你!”嵬名良怎么也没想到单纯如嵬名玉瑾竟会帮着外人骗他,他心里窝着火,气得扬起右手。

嵬名玉瑾吓得闭紧双眼,睫毛直颤,那畏惧的神情简直将害怕二字写在了脸上。

嵬名良最终没有打下去,他气恼地一甩袖,“都出去,我与先生单独说话。”

“哦。”嵬名玉瑾乖乖应一声,拉着同样垂头丧气的拓跋勇出去了。

两个被骗的倒霉鬼坐在门口,看天的看天,看地的看地,一声接一声的叹气,一个决定以后再也不要撒谎了,一个决定以后要万事向着殿下,该撒谎就撒谎。

屋内的气氛也算不上好。

赵世奇脸色沉肃,盯着嵬名良:“公主说殿下被一朵珠花骗了去,殿下可否同我说说,什么珠花这般神奇,竟叫殿下一见便失了警惕,一头栽进这陷阱之中?”

Eating Melons and Rising to Power, I Became the Tyrant’s Only Belief

Eating Melons and Rising to Power, I Became the Tyrant’s Only Belief

吃瓜上位,我成了暴君的唯一信仰
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Zhu Liuzheng, having crossed over into a fictional ancient dynasty, was forced by circumstances to enter the opulent royal palace of the Sheng nation. Unexpectedly, she bound herself to the "Gossip System" and was assigned to serve as a tea maid in front of the tyrant. Every day, she would sneak some time to indulge in gossip, while nothing in the past or the harem could escape the system's watchful eye. "Wow! The pure and lovely Zhao Yi has just obtained a manual for secret encounters, locking herself in the palace for three days to practice quietly, planning to give the emperor a surprise." Delicate and soft Zhao Yi: "I'm so embarrassed!" "Behind the greedy officials are a string of people, including Lu Jiarui, the Zhejiang governor, and Shi Zhongzhichen, the commander..." Greedy officials: "Please let us go!" "The princess's husband is using a concubine to replace the princess's own child and even wants to make the princess have a double demise!" The sincerely betrayed princess: "Damn scumbag!" "Xing Pin was diagnosed as pregnant, but the child is by her lover!" With a green hat on his head, Xiao Jingfan: "I will turn that lover into a human pig!"… One day, the surroundings of Xiao Jingfan suddenly became quiet. "Leave the palace? Who allowed her to leave? Bring her back to me!" "Forget it, I’ll go personally!" "I’m not going back!" Zhu Liuzheng, with a bundle on her back, extended her hand towards the palace gate, "I want to go home!" "Home?" Xiao Jingfan rushed forward to embrace her, "The palace is your home." Zhu Liuzheng: "…" Unable to resist the emperor’s decree and suffer calamity upon her family, she could only slack off and continue to survive. She still gossiped in the harem. Big news after big news erupted, the previous dynasty gradually being cleaned up, and the harem becoming increasingly peaceful, with the entire Sheng nation thriving. However… Zhu Liuzheng’s expression of disdain: "Why is the tyrant here again today?" Xiao Jingfan secretly perked up her ears: "What gossip is there today?"

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