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Chapter 722 The Lost Golden Nan

Yuan Yun naturally refused: "This is the fact. A verbal agreement is also an agreement. How can it not be counted? Do we really have to go through the three letters and six ceremonies before it counts? It is a foregone conclusion that they have an affair, and the two families have a verbal engagement, which is also an engagement, and there are witnesses. It is not groundless."

"Verbal agreement? Where are the witnesses? Where is the evidence?" Zhou Chang also asked back.

Yuan Yun pointed at the two old ladies kneeling on the ground: "They are witnesses, and so are all the people of Danlu."

"Haha, can a gossiper in the market be used as a witness?" Zhou Chang sneered, trying to stop the next words, "What's more, the so-called marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmakers' words. Now, unless the parents come out to clarify in person, or the government uses the marriage certificate as evidence, otherwise it is a false accusation. You are making a false accusation."

Yuan Yun blushed with anger.

Zhou Chang did not give Yuan Yun any more chances to speak, and turned to Emperor Lin: "Father, these evidences have nothing to do with the crime of deceiving the emperor, and they are not counted. Please examine them carefully."

Emperor Lin was old and frail, but he was not confused. After listening for such a long time, he knew very well that the two might have had a private affair, but they were not officially engaged, so the matter did not count.

His face remained gloomy and he coughed softly, "If that's all Princess Yi said, then don't bring up matters of private love in the court."

Yuan Yun was not discouraged: "Your Majesty, I have a second piece of evidence to prove that when Yuan Qi asked for the marriage ceremony, she still had feelings for Wen Fei and was secretly giving things to him without any self-control. Doing such a shameless and unchaste thing, facing the royal marriage, isn't it an offense to the heavenly family and deceiving the emperor?"

She always exaggerates and makes things sound more serious.

As expected, Emperor Lin was angered again.

Yuan Yun was about to call another witness as she spoke: "I have a witness who saw Wen Fei go to the Yuan family's residence to meet Yuan Qi, and the Yuan family also gave Wen Fei various things. The two of them not only exchanged things privately before they got married, but also after they got married."

Before Zhou Kai could speak, Wen Qingyan denied it: "No, since Miss Qihua... Yuan got married, I have never met her privately. I only went to the Yuan family once, and that was to thank Uncle Yuan for his help over the years. As for the things, they were given by Uncle Yuan, who thought that I had passed the imperial examination but had no money to return home. For this, Wen Fei has always been grateful and will never forget it."

"You frequently go in and out of the Yuan family, and the letters and items are very frequent. Who can guarantee that you are not using this as an excuse to collude secretly?" Yuan Yun looked at Wen Fei with a sharp and cold gaze.

Zhou Chang didn't understand. Yuan Yun used to worship Wen Qingyan as an idol, but how could she suddenly become so cold and indifferent to him?

Wen Qingyan is still the same Wen Qingyan.

Even though he became a commoner again, his face and figure remained unchanged.

She was kneeling in the hall in plain white clothes, still so handsome that no other man could compare to her.

Wen Qingyan was so angry that she kept repeating, "It's not true, it's not true... We... We are innocent, you... Don't wrongly accuse her, we didn't do anything, we are innocent... innocent..."

"Innocent? Humph..." Yuan Yun snorted disdainfully, glancing at Yuan Qi, "What kind of good girl would still show up in public after getting married, chatting and doing business in the market? It's simply shameless and immoral, and even..."

"Enough..." Zhou Chang couldn't listen any longer and stopped her abruptly, "That's what I agreed to and what I allowed. Yuan Qi is not an ordinary woman. She is born with a talent for business. I don't want to bury her and am willing to support her to continue to display her talents. How do you think?"

"What's wrong?" Yuan Yun gritted her teeth, "She...she is violating public morals..."

Zhou Chang raised his eyebrows, not allowing Yuan Yun to say anything more: "That's enough, what you said is all hearsay, it's all just rumors spread by ignorant women in the backyard who have nothing to do and gossip like street women."

"You..." Yuan Yun pointed at Zhou Chang in anger, but she still had some rationality and could not respond.

Emperor Lin's face also turned pale. The royal family had lost the last bit of face they had.

Yuan Chuan looked at the Emperor Lin's expression and quickly stepped forward to stop his daughter: "Yun'er, no matter how angry you are, this is still the imperial palace. Stop talking and leave quickly."

Yuan Yun finally noticed her father, and her voice began to sob with grievance: "Father, you don't know anything. You just keep asking your daughter to be tolerant. If you continue to be tolerant, you will give up everything..."

Zhou Chang had previously suspected that this was a farce staged by the Yuan family, but when he saw Yuan Chuan sweating profusely, he didn't think so.

There was a "pop" sound.

At this moment, the Emperor slammed the imperial desk and said, "Don't bring your quarrel here. Go away."

The emperor determined the nature of the matter with just one sentence.

Zhou Chang was waiting for this sentence, so he stepped forward and scolded Yuan Yun: "Stop making trouble and go back quickly."

Yuan Chuan was also standing by and trying to pull his daughter away: "Yun'er, let's go, don't be rude in front of others again."

Yuan Yun was unyielding and refused to give up. She turned to Emperor Lin and said, "If your majesty thinks these are not enough, then there is a third thing that can prove that Yuan Qi has also committed a crime of deceiving the emperor."

Emperor Lin no longer had the patience to listen.

Yuan Yun was even more determined to risk it all: "Your Majesty, when Prince Yi abandoned Yuan Qi before, it was not as Your Majesty said that he did it on his own initiative, but that Yuan Qi ran away first, disregarding the imperial decree and leaving without permission. Such a treasonous act that damaged the reputation of the royal family, isn't it also a crime of deceiving the emperor?"

Zhou Chang's heart skipped a beat.

I didn’t expect Yuan Yun had this skill.

Yuan Yun did not give him any chance to breathe. She moved over and lifted the red cloth covering the object held by another palace maid. What was revealed underneath was a glittering golden nanmu box: "This is the evidence that Yuan Qi disobeyed the imperial order and fled privately."

Zhou Chang could immediately recognize that it was the thousand-year-old golden nanmu brocade box that Yuan Qi gave to Prince Yi on the night of his birthday: "How did this wooden box end up in your hands?"

Earlier on the way to Yuebei, Zhong Yu mentioned in a letter that the brocade box was stolen by bandits who broke into Prince Yi's mansion.

At that time, although Zhou Chang was heartbroken, he was unable to pursue the matter.

Later, it was discovered that the so-called bandits were just people sent by Prince Rong in disguise, and their purpose was to find the jade pendant.

But as for the golden nanmu brocade box, Zhou Chang no longer paid attention to it.

"I'm glad that Your Highness can recognize me." Yuan Yun sneered, and her bright almond eyes were proud again.

This is her final trump card.

Earlier, during the time when Prince Yi was rushing to northern Vietnam to deliver military supplies, Prince Yi's mansion was robbed by bandits.

Since Prince Yi was not at home, Yuan Yun, as the legitimate Princess of Prince Yi, took people to search and count everywhere in the palace to see if anything was missing.

Fortunately, the palace only lost some property, but it was not much, so Yuan Yun didn't take it to heart.

But when he went to the inner room of Prince Yi's study, he saw the open golden nanmu brocade box thrown on the ground.

The brocade box had already been opened by the robbers, and there was nothing inside except two pieces of paper.