The concubine is extremely cautious

Wei Yingya was very anxious and wanted to help Ning Wanyin cheat.

She can still recite a few lines of poetry about lotus...

But she was quite far away from Ning Wanyin.

Just when she was thinking about how to cheat remotely...

Ning Wanyin has already picked up the pen and started writing, finishing it in one go.

Concubine Wei was stunned. "Concubine Ning, this is a masterpiece. You should think carefully before you write..."

I didn’t expect Ning Wanyin to dare to ruin this famous painting by writing nonsense!

She felt a pang of pain in her heart!

"Didn't Lady Wei ask me to write this? Even though my work is crude, it is written from a sincere heart. I'm sure Lady Wei won't mind, right?" Ning Wanyin asked back.

Lady Wei didn't know how to refute for a moment.

Concubine Shu took over the conversation and deliberately praised her, "A famous painting should be paired with a good poem. Concubine Ning will definitely not write nonsense and ruin this precious painting. Concubine Wei can rest assured."

Wang Degui presented the scroll to Helian Qi.

Helian Qi's expressionless face turned very happy after seeing Ning Wanyin's poem:

"Concubine Ning's poems are excellent. Come here and give her a generous reward!"

If Ning Wanyin was embarrassed, his face would also be lost.

Ning Wanyin hid her talents and solved the game perfectly.

Lady Wei's face changed instantly. This is impossible.

She obviously can't write poetry.

"Your Majesty likes it so much, it must be a good poem. I would like to read it too." Concubine Xue's eyes were full of doubt.

Helian Qi directly handed the scroll to Wang Degui and said, "Pass it around to all the concubines."

The concubines finally saw Ning Wanyin's poem.

Although it is not as amazing as those of Lady Ying, it is on par with Song Qingzhi's level.

It is definitely a masterpiece.

After seeing the poem, Lady Wei was even more unconvinced. If Ning Wanyin was of this level, why did she run away from the last poetry meeting?

This must have been written by someone else, she cheated!

But there is no reason to accuse Ning Wanyin of cheating and no evidence.

Concubine Wei could only swallow her anger.

Concubine Cen looked calm and she didn't interrupt from the beginning.

He simply looked down upon these ineffective little tricks of Concubine Wei.

Even if this thing succeeds, it will only embarrass Ning Wanyin and step on her.

To deal with a tough enemy like Ning Wanyin, stepping on her once is not enough. You have to step her into hell and not give her a chance to turn over.

The good show hasn’t even started yet.

After the poem-writing incident, the concubines sent more gifts one after another.

The banquet resumed its peaceful and harmonious atmosphere.

At this moment, a court official suddenly stepped out and said:

"I, Li Rao, the Imperial Censor of the Censorate, have a memorial to report. I want to expose Concubine Ning for having an affair with an outsider. She should be executed if found guilty!"

When these words were spoken, everyone in the room was shocked again.

The emperor's expression, which had just improved a moment ago, suddenly turned gloomy. "What did you say?"

"Your Majesty, please allow me to report that when I was on the summer hunt, I ran into Concubine Ning and the Dali Temple Secretary Song Chengyi having a secret meeting!" Li Rao said in a deep voice.

Everyone was stunned and looked at Ning Wanyin and Song Chengyi.

Before Ning Wanyin could say anything, Helian Qi was already impatient and angry:

"Since you said you caught them having a secret meeting, why didn't you report it to me at the time? Two months have passed now. During these two months, you knew about it but didn't report it. You concealed it and protected it. You will be punished for the same crime!"

Everyone was stunned.

Isn’t the emperor too partial?

When someone else reported Ning Wanyin, you actually said, "Why didn't you say earlier that you were equally guilty?"

Isn't this forcing Li Rao to change his words?

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I only saw Concubine Ning talking to Lord Song at that time, and I didn't see them being rude. Maybe they just met by chance, I dare not say anything nonsense..." Li Rao quickly changed his words and continued:

"I feel this matter is suspicious and have investigated it privately. Now that I have evidence of their past relationship, I dare to report it to Your Majesty. I have witnesses and physical evidence, please summon them!"

Everyone's face changed. Where's the evidence?

Song Qingzhi was stunned. What was going on? How could her brother have anything to do with Ning Wanyin?

Helian Qi's eyes flickered slightly, his expression unclear: "Pass it on."

Soon, a palace servant led two people in.

As soon as he saw these two people, Song Chengyi's expression changed.

All the secret meetings are fabricated, but some things are true!

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" The two men saluted the emperor.

Ning Wanyin was slightly startled. She didn't recognize the man who looked like a servant. But the other old man with a white beard was her chess teacher.

"Your Majesty, this Master Duan is the teacher of Concubine Ning and Song Chengyi. They met because of him." Li Rao introduced:

"Master Duan, if you don't tell the truth in front of His Majesty, you will be guilty of deceiving the emperor!"

Master Duan looked ashamed and said, "I am indeed their teacher. One time, I accidentally dropped Concubine Ning's chess manual, and it was picked up by Master Song. He asked several times, and I told him that it was Concubine Ning's..."

"I only know these. I don't know whether the two of them have any private contacts..." Master Duan felt a little guilty and added another sentence.

Li Rao was not in a hurry. He pointed at the remaining servant and said, "This one used to be an attendant of Master Song. They would not do such a secret meeting in front of the teacher, but the attendant knew about it."

"I can testify that my young master had secret meetings with Concubine Ning many times. My young master admired Concubine Ning and not only wrote love poems to her, but also asked the master to go to the Shou'an Marquis's Mansion to propose marriage. But the master refused, so the two could only communicate privately." The servant said hurriedly.

Song Cheng said angrily, "You are talking nonsense!"

He did write love poems and did intend to propose marriage, but he had never met Ning Wanyin in private!

This attendant used to serve him, but was kicked out of the mansion for stealing.

I don’t know how much money Li Rao spent to bribe him to spread rumors.

"After listening to his one-sided story, I was very suspicious of the truth of the matter, so I sent someone to the Song Mansion to investigate. Sure enough, in Song Chengyi's study, I found a love poem he wrote to Concubine Ning." Li Rao said, and ordered someone to present a piece of paper.

He continued, "I have found another maidservant in the Song Mansion. She heard with her own ears that Song Chengyi was going to the Shou'an Marquis' Mansion to propose marriage."

Another maid was brought up.

She was a cleaning maid in the study and heard the quarrel between the Song father and son outside the door that day.

"That day, the young master asked the master to go to the Shou'an Marquis's mansion to propose marriage. The master was very angry and smashed two teacups. The young master was also very angry and slammed the door and walked out..."

Her description was vivid and the details were coherent. It didn't seem like fabrication but rather like fact.

Song Chengyi's face turned red and he was unable to refute.

Ning Wanyin listened quietly, her eyes fell on Song Chengyi. She remembered that he had peeked at her before, and was startled and avoided his gaze.

So, could it be that, except for the secret meeting, all of these are true?

It was simply a disaster that came from the sky and was an unexpected calamity.

After laying out all the evidence, Li Rao said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Ning and Song Chengyi had an affair. The evidence is irrefutable and they should be sentenced to death!"

Helian Qi looked at the love poem on the letter, his face as gloomy as water, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Ning Wanyin bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, I am innocent."

Even if all of this is true, as long as one of them can be proven to be a rumor, it can be used to overturn other evidence.

And just in good time, Ning Wanyin could prove that the secret meeting was fake.

"I do not know Lord Song, and I have never met him. Lord Li said that I had a private meeting with a foreign minister during the summer hunt. May I ask what day, time and place it was?"