Prince, Do You Still Need a Prisoner

Ruan Xiaonuan unconsciously looked at Gu Junxiu, and when she saw the cold expression on his face, she slightly lowered her head. She did not rashly stand out to refute this woman's words.

"Your Majesty, this commoner thinks that this Qing Luan is not the real Qing Luan at all."

Ruan Xiaonuan finally could not resist standing out and saying, "Why would I believe your words to be true?"

The woman's face no longer had that sordid expression from before. She revealed a trace of shrewdness as she said, "Firstly, the birthmark on your collarbone has disappeared. Secondly, you don't have a twin brother at all."

Ruan Xiaonuan panicked and blurted out, "More than ten years have passed and my birthmark has slowly disappeared. Even if you were to deliver the baby, so many years have passed and it would be normal for you to forget something."

She turned to Gu Qingcheng and said, "This commoner was born with no birthmark on Qing Luan at all. Your Majesty, it is impossible for her to not even know her birthmark, so she is definitely not the real Qing Luan."

From the moment Gu Qingcheng saw Ruan Xiaonuan, there was already a trace of doubt in her heart. This was because their appearances were practically the same, and coincidentally, Gu Junxiu had taken a fancy to both of them. However, she was now a woman in the Prince Yu, so he could only ask: "Qing Luan, do you have anything to say?"

Ruan Xiaonuan thought about it for a long time but still couldn't think of an excuse. Right now, it seemed that everything that happened was against her interests. She could only kneel on the ground and say, "Your Majesty, please observe."

Gu Qingcheng sighed. If Ruan Xiaonuan was really a woman, then she had committed the crime of deceiving the monarch. Even with Gu Junxiu supporting him from behind, it would not change anything. He cleared her throat, and said to the woman and Ruan Xiaonuan who were kneeling, "You two go down first, we have our own decisions to make on this matter."

After he finished speaking, he instructed Su Desheng, "You placed this woman in Zhaoyang Palace, does Prince Yu have any objections?"

When Gu Junxiu was called out, he only indifferently replied, "Chendi has no objections."

Before Ruan Xiaonuan left, she looked at Gu Junxiu, wanting to receive some comfort from her, but he did not look at her. Waiting until everyone had left, Gu Qingcheng saw Xiao Ce, who still had an unsatisfied expression, and said, "Second Prince, you've waited for a long time."

Then, Xiao Ce said something that surprised everyone. He said with a smile, "This Miss Qing Luan is the only person who can make the announcement regarding my Dongqing Kingdom's national treasure. Could Your Majesty allow me to stay for a few more days so that I can report back to royal father when I return?"

Gu Qingcheng pondered for a long time, and did not know what reason he should use to reject, but he could not directly send his away, so he could only say, "Since the Second Prince wishes to stay in the capital, we naturally welcome him."

Xiao Ce said with a smile, "Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty."

With that, he brought his followers and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation. As he passed Gu Junxiu, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the doubt in his eyes. He only laughed and turned to leave.

"Ah Xiu, what do you think is his purpose for staying?" After he left, Gu Qingcheng asked impatiently.

"Chendi doesn't know." Gu Junxiu answered truthfully.

He then recalled another matter, and probed, "Back then, why would Ah Xiu have set his eyes on this Qing Luan. Other than being able to hit that thing, she didn't have any other outstanding points."

How could Gu Junxiu not know what he was thinking? He replied plainly, "It's just that I don't want to deal with mother's and Dongqing Kingdom's marriage alliance."

Gu Qingcheng did not believe him, but he did not continue asking. As a Sovereign, he said, "If this matter is true, then it is a crime of deceiving the Sovereign. Ah Xiu, you know the consequences."

These words were meant to wake him up so that he wouldn't be angered into a rage and become a beauty, even though he felt that his little brother wasn't such a person. However, if this Qing Luan really was the Ruan Xiaonuan of the past, then it was not certain.

When Gu Junxiu returned to the Zhaoyang Palace, he saw Ruan Xiaonuan pacing back and forth anxiously. Seeing him appear, she said with great difficulty, "This time, there's really nothing we can do, how could this woman know so much about Qing Luan. If Gu Qingcheng doesn't believe me, then I'll be beheaded."

She said incoherently.

Gu Junxiu grabbed her because she was like a headless fly, swaying back and forth in front of him, making it impossible for him to concentrate. After he ordered Zi Juan to shut the door, he said, "This woman's appearance is very suspicious. Even if Qing Luan had entered the palace, she wouldn't have known about it so quickly. There is a high probability that he was instigated by someone else. "

Ruan Xiaonuan did not calm down because of this. She continued to speak in a very anxious tone, "But what she said was the truth. I'm not Qing Luan, and there will be a day when someone finds evidence."

Because Gu Qingcheng had arranged for the woman to stay in the Zhaoyang Palace at that time, her movements had not been restricted, so she was just a commoner. She came and went freely in the palace, and in less than two days, many of the palace maids and eunuchs knew her.

When she said that Qing Luan was not the real Qing Luan, many people believed it without a doubt. When they first saw her appearance, some people were suspicious. It was just that no one dared to take the lead. Although Chu Ying had said this in front of the empress dowager, the results still made everyone sigh, so even more people wouldn't dare to openly doubt her identity.

Now that someone had spoken the words in everyone's heart, they did not need to be afraid. He dared to openly doubt Ruan Xiaonuan's identity.

Her Majesty had thought that the matter would be settled like this, but she didn't expect that something like this would happen again. More and more people started discussing the matter in front of her, but the person in question remained in seclusion in the Zhaoyang Palace as if nothing had happened. Noble Consort Guan ran over to Tzu Ning Palace early in the morning and said, "Esteemed Empress Dowager, the people from the palace are asking for a severe punishment on Miss Qing Luan, they can't hold it in anymore, they say that she has committed the crime of deceiving the monarch, if she is not punished, it will cause the officials of the imperial court to be unhappy with the imperial harem, and Prince Yu's will be affected." The Esteemed Empress Dowager was in charge of the harem, and the Noble Consort Guan was only there to assist. Thus, the empress dowager made many decisions.

"Because of an unknown person, the palace is filled with smoke every day." The Esteemed Empress Dowager said impatiently.

Because Qing Luan was someone that Gu Junxiu liked, she could save some face for him. It was just that this time, the matter was too excessive. She stood up and said, "Follow the I to see the emperor and have him capture Qing Luan. After saying that, she took the lead and left.