Chapter 144 Emperor Qingyuan and Li Huairen
Li Jinglan was almost laughing because of her hypocritical sister.
She usually pretended to be pitiful, weak and kind, and that's how she deceived her father.
Li Jinglan knelt in front of the door of the hall, kowtowed to Emperor Qingyuan, and presented the petition with both hands, "Your Majesty, Qin and Li Tangluo conspired to murder me. The evidence is irrefutable. Please judge for yourself, Your Majesty."
Eunuch Li presented the petition. When Emperor Qingyuan saw Li Jinglan's beautiful and elegant handwriting, he showed admiration in his eyes.
He read Li Jinglan's petition sentence by sentence. Her literary talent and logical expression made him grow angrier little by little as he watched the injustice she suffered.
Emperor Qingyuan's eyes were deep. Even if Li Jinglan didn't become a court lady, she would still be a good lawyer.
Li Jinglan saw the admiration in Emperor Qingyuan's eyes, and she suddenly thought of what the prince had said to her last night.
The prince told her to write a petition for him so that she could have another opportunity to show her talents in front of the emperor.
After Emperor Qingyuan closed the petition, he looked at Li Tangluo coldly.
"It's ok that you and Qin mistreat Li Jinglan on a daily basis, but not only did you poison her, you even wanted to drown her in order to be able to participate in the palace examination. This is simply hateful and shameful!"
Li Tangluo was scared. She cried and complained: "Your Majesty, if this is true, I had no idea about it. I don't know if my mother did this to give me a chance to take the imperial examination. If it is true, I will...kill my relatives for the sake of justice!"
Chu Li smiled and shook her head. Qin and Li Tangluo were really mother and daughter. No, maybe Li Tangluo was even more vicious than her mother!
"Bring Qin in." Chu Li said coldly.
Li Tangluo was shocked. Her mother was captured by the prince. Could it be that her mother had confessed everything? Would she implicate her?
Qin was tied up and brought into the hall, where she was pinned to the ground.
Qin just heard what Li Tangluo said outside the palace.
She looked at Li Tangluo with disappointment. Although she was cruel, even a tiger would not eat its own cubs. She planned for Li Tangluo bit by bit, but she didn't expect that her daughter was so ungrateful and even bit back.
This matter was originally discussed between mother and daughter, but Li Tangluo unexpectedly pushed all the responsibility onto her.
What did she hear just now?
Her own daughter actually wanted to identify her and kill her!
What a heartless person!
Emperor Qingyuan said coldly: "Qin, confess the truth. If you dare to lie to me, you will be executed by slow slicing!"
Qin knelt on the ground in despair and said, "I plead guilty. I wanted to give my daughter a chance to take the imperial examination, so I took a risk and made a big mistake."
Li Tangluo breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, her mother was a smart woman and knew to leave a descendant for her.
Because her mother loves her so much, she burns incense for her mother every Qingming Festival.
She pretended to be sad and looked at Qin, "Mother, you are so disappointing. How could you do this? Sister Jinglan is my blood relative!"
Qin's eyes were cold, she clenched her fists, wishing she could kill her own daughter.
However, Li Tangluo was her daughter after all, whom she had carried for ten months and raised with great difficulty, so she couldn't bear it.
Chu Li smiled, "Bring a witness!"
Two old women and a security guard were brought over.
One of the maids confessed immediately. She trembled and said, "I took the orders from the Madam and the Second Miss and killed the First Miss!"
The other old woman had never seen such a magnificent palace. After seeing Emperor Qingyuan sitting on the high seat, she was so frightened that she fainted immediately.
The guard was trembling with fear, and pointed his finger at Qin and Li Tangluo, "Qin and the Second Miss are threatening us together. If we, the servants, dare to defend the First Miss, we will be sold out!"
Qin knew that the situation was hopeless, so she closed her eyes and stopped quibbling.
Li Tangluo cried as she looked at the maid and the guards, her face full of grievance, "Did you take money from others and deliberately frame me? I treat you well on weekdays!"
Until Li Tangluo saw a familiar figure looking at him with disappointment.
"Father......"
Li Huairen lifted up his robe, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Emperor Qingyuan.
"Long live the emperor. I, Li Huairen, am a bad steward and my crime is unforgivable!"
"Li Tanhua!" Emperor Qingyuan recognized Li Huairen at a glance.
When he was still King Yu, he once tried to win over this person, but after serving as an official in the court for a year, he left the court and began to devote himself to studying.
Chu Li lowered her eyes slightly. After she found out Li Huairen's identity, she discovered that her father had tried to win over this person when he was King Yu.
No wonder Li Jinglan has such insight, it turns out that her father is a top scholar in the imperial examination.
"Li Qing, long time no see." Emperor Qingyuan smiled slightly. He had pursued Li Huairen relentlessly in the past, and now it was Li Huairen's turn to beg him.
Didn't he think he was noble and refused to serve as an official in the court?
Why did he agree to let his two daughters take the imperial examination?
Li Huairen lowered his eyes. He did not agree with his daughters taking the imperial examination at first, but his eldest daughter Li Jinglan told him about her ideals and ambitions. Li Jinglan was very similar to him when he was young.
However, there were many factions in the court, and he was troubled after only one year in office.
He knew that if he didn't let his daughter become an official, she would not be able to experience the intrigues and schemes involved!
So he asked both of his daughters to participate.
Unexpectedly, this incident almost caused his eldest daughter to be separated from him.
Li Tangluo begged, "Father, please save my daughter! They are all framing her!"
"Shut up!" During the time that Li Huairen was in a coma, he suddenly woke up one day and heard the conversation between Qin and Li Tangluo.
It turns out that the mother and daughter just wanted to kill Li Jinglan and take her place!
Li Huairen, who was deeply hurt by the mother and daughter, bowed to Emperor Qingyuan and said, "Your Majesty, I am blind and did not realize that Qin and Li Tang were vicious and cruel..."
He told everything he heard after waking up.
Upon hearing this, Li Tangluo's face turned pale and his whole body trembled.
Her father actually heard her conversation with her mother.
When Emperor Qingyuan heard this, he was extremely disappointed with Li Tangluo!
He looked at the guards and ordered the punishment of the vicious mother and daughter.