C72 (1/2)

”How am I not respectful? You all didn't even listen to what I had to say before you started punishing me? ”

Mu Zhihuan's handsome face did not reveal any expression, but her eyes were bright. Just as she was about to speak up … Suddenly, a cold voice could be heard from outside the hall.

”This matter is more suitable for me to explain.”

He was dressed in white, his sickly white face had a faint smile, looking very polite and distant, it was actually Gu Mingxuan?

Mu Zhihuan's heart tightened. Why did he come here? If he were to come to an occasion like this, not only would she not wash herself clean, she might also get beaten up by this woman, Consort Xian, saying that they were not in order.

”Greetings to Your Majesty and the Consort Xian.”

Gu Mingxuan's clear and cold voice sounded out in the great hall, sounding like a melody, causing everyone to feel relaxed and happy.

The Emperor gave an indifferent grunt, but shot Mu Zhihuan a glance from the corner of her eyes, ”You say? Do you know what mistake this woman committed? Who, in your opinion, is convincing? ”

As if he had already guessed that he would be troubled, Gu Mingxuan lightly pursed his lips, and a hint of a faint smile rose from his pale lips: ”Since that's the case, then let the third person present speak.”

With that, Gu Mingxuan stepped aside, revealing Princess Pingle who was dressed in willow green robes behind her.

After seeing the Emperor and the Consort Xian, he paid his respects and began to explain, ”Then I shall first explain why I have to go kayaking with my wife.”

The corner of Princess Pingle's eyes sneaked a glance at Mu Zhihuan, and then cleared her throat, ”As everyone knows, at Crown Prince Jiang Zimu's birthday banquet, the successor of Prince Lee accidentally fell into the water. The situation at that time was extremely critical, and it was Gu Mingxuan who ignored the night water and bone-piercing jumped in to save the successor …”

Seeing the crowd of people, the Princess Pingle smiled, she was dignified and magnanimous: ”I believe that everyone present has heard of this, right?”

After all, what happened at the time wasn't small either. A long time after that, the rumors still spread that Mu Zhihuan had an eccentric personality and she actually lost face during the Crown Prince's birthday banquet.

Seeing that no one refuted him, Pingle continued to explain, ”Mingxuan saved Prince Lee's son, and because he fell into water and was infected by the cold, he was unable to escape. When Aunt Wang found out about this, he paid a visit to express his gratitude, and coincidentally met me.”

Raising her face to look at Consort Xian, Princess Pingle said with a calm face, ”May I ask Empress Consort Xian, is there anything wrong with Aunt Wang's way of doing this? This is what any person would do, right? ”

”This... Naturally, there was nothing wrong with it … Since she had already thanked him, why did she still appear in front of Gu Mingxuan's residence a second time? Furthermore, you even hid away guiltily. How can you explain that? ”

This time, without waiting for Princess Pingle's reply, Mu Zhihuan sneered: ”I did indeed go to the door of the Great Wei Prince's mansion, and I did hide, but I went to his door because I wanted to buy candy for my son.

Upon hearing this question, the candy seller hurriedly nodded. ”That's right.”

Seeing that Mu Zhihuan was about to clear her suspicions, Consort Xian hurriedly asked, ”Then why did you hide? If it was in the open, what would you have to hide from? ”

Just as Mu Zhihuan was about to say that she felt it wasn't good to appear in front of them just like that, Pingle helped her out, ”About this, we'll have to talk about the last boat trip again.”

After pausing for a moment, Pingle glanced at Gu Mingxuan shyly: ”Last time, when I was sailing together with Aunt Wang and the other Crown Prince s, because of the slip of my feet, I accidentally fell into the river. After being rescued, Aunt Wang entered the palace to visit me after knowing that I had gotten better, but for some reason, when I saw Aunt Wang, I felt suffocated and uncomfortable, as though I was still in the water.”

As she spoke till here, Pingle frowned a little uncomfortably. ”Later on, the imperial physician said that it was probably because I had a bad feeling about what had happened at Fallen Lake.”