White Fence Dream

Chapter 283 Testimony
Although it seemed like a dream, the sounds from the main hall continued to come.

"…I have already noticed this and have been secretly collecting evidence."

"……absurd!!"

"The Board of Supervisors has gone crazy!!"

"...Guo Shun! You are so brave! Do you know what you are talking about!"

"…I know, and I guarantee with my life that what I said is true!"

"…Your Majesty, Zhang Ze has confessed!"

"…Your Majesty, this is Zhang Ze's incriminating certificate."

"…The doctors and midwives who were involved at the time, as well as the baby's biological parents, were all waiting outside the palace!"

The emperor's astonishment, Guo Shun's response, and the uproar of the courtiers surged like waves. Bai Ying's body was shaking, and his ears were sometimes clear and sometimes blurred.

She thought of many things, but her mind seemed to be blank. It seemed like a long time had passed. When she seemed to be swallowed by the tide and there was dead silence between heaven and earth, an angry shout came from the sky.

"Bai Ying!"

Along with this shout, the tide receded, and there were the sounds of doors and windows falling to the ground, chaotic footsteps, and exclamations one after another.

"His Majesty!"

"Be careful, Your Majesty!"

Bai Ying turned her head and saw that the emperor had kicked open a partition wall leading to the side hall.

The emperor was so angry that he didn't bother to pass on the imperial edict or go through the door. He just rushed over and kicked the wall.

The officials in the hall were shocked.

Your Majesty is so brave that he can kick down a partition wall...

Bai Ying was also a little surprised.

She had the wooden board replaced. It looked like a partition wall, but was actually much thinner and more transparent, allowing the court meetings in the main hall to be heard more clearly.

This was kept secret from the emperor.

But the emperor actually found this place, which shows...

"Your Majesty." Bai Ying looked at the emperor and murmured, "You actually know about this door panel..."

"Yes, that's right. I know you changed the wooden board." The emperor looked at Bai Ying who was still sitting, his expression sad and angry, "But I know you are afraid and want to hear my voice at any time and want to be closer to me."

So just ignore it and pretend you don’t know.

Bai Ying looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty is so kind to me."

The emperor's face was frozen, as if he had forgotten what he was doing for a moment. However, as he stepped through the doorway, the golden-armored guards on duty in the hall, including Guo Shun, also rushed over.

"His Majesty!"

"What I said is true. Please confront the Imperial Concubine!"

The noise poured into the side hall from the main hall like a tide.

The emperor was also knocked awake.

"Shut up!" he shouted.

This was probably the first time that the emperor roared like this, and the whole hall was silent.

The emperor walked towards Bai Ying step by step.

"You should have heard it." He gritted his teeth and asked, "I am asking you now, is what Guo Shun testified true? My beloved..."

When the emperor said the word "Baolang", his voice became hoarse and he could not speak.

Bai Ying stood up and looked at Wang Degui who was standing beside her: "Go and bring Bao Lang here."

Wang Degui responded in panic and stumbled out. Soon he came back holding the little prince. The little prince's face was wrinkled, perhaps because he was suddenly taken away from the wet nurse's arms, or because he suddenly saw so many people in the room. When he saw the emperor, he immediately opened his arms to him.

The emperor subconsciously took a step forward and stretched out his hand.

Bai Ying hugged the child first.

The little prince immediately burst into tears and struggled to reach out to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, look, Baolang only loves you." Bai Ying said, "How can you have the heart to ask if he is your biological son..."

The little prince cried even louder and looked at the emperor and stretched out his chubby hands.

The emperor could no longer bear it and took the child. He hugged the child tightly and sobbed, "Baolang, Daddy..."

"Your Majesty!" Guo Shun shouted, "Don't be deceived by the imperial concubine! Look, these are the real parents of the fake prince."

As he spoke, a man and a woman were pushed out. They looked panicked and in tears, but the woman couldn't help but look at the emperor... and the child in his arms.

Everyone in the hall looked at the child, and then at the couple, their expressions becoming strange and complicated.

A child who is over five months old looks just like a child when seen alone, but if you look closely at the child with his parents, you can see that they do look alike.

This child especially resembled the man. Everyone's eyes fell on the emperor's face.

Compared in this way, the little prince does not look like the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the midwife has already confessed..."

"That's enough! Stop talking! Do you really want to piss His Majesty off to death?"

Bai Ying suddenly shouted, and Guo Shun's voice stopped.

The emperor's body was shaking, and his chubby face was a little distorted. It was not known whether the child was frightened by his expression or because the strength of the hoop had suddenly increased, but the child in his arms, who had stopped crying, started to cry again.

Bai Ying stepped forward and took the child from his arms.

"Your Majesty," she said, rocking the crying child, "I do have something to hide from you."

The emperor looked at her without saying a word.

"My sister Bai Li is not dead." Bai Ying said, "She has been on the run."

The officials in the hall remembered that this was the case, but in fact, no one cared much. Most of the cases confirmed by the Board of Supervisors were cases of wrongful accusations, not really heinous crimes.

Just run away, it's a good thing.

The emperor's voice trembled: "Do you hate me because of this? How many times have I said that I would exempt the Bai family and spare your sister's life and punishment, but you disagreed, you..."

"No, I don't hate your Majesty for this." Bai Ying said, "But I feel sorry for your Majesty. Not only did I hide from your Majesty that my sister was alive, I also helped her become the Princess of Chu."

Princess Chu?!

The officials in the hall looked over in surprise, and saw that the King of Chu and a woman were also in the hall, with the woman holding a baby girl in her arms.

Unlike the child who was crying breathlessly in Bai Fei's arms, this child was silent and just stared with his eyes wide open.

The family of three was silent in the hall as if they didn't exist.

They all knew that the King of Chu made his maid his wife, which was really unbearable. They disdained to attend the King of Chu's wedding, but it was the first time they saw the King of Chu's wife. It turned out that she was Bai Ying's sister.

The emperor also looked over, and his originally excited expression was slightly stunned.

"she……"

He seemed to remember that the Princess of Chu's surname was Bai, but he didn't remember her name. The marriage certificate was written by Li Yu, and he copied it without paying much attention.

"Your Majesty, this is your servant Bai Li." Bai Li spoke at this time, holding the child and kneeling, "Your servant lied to your Majesty about your true identity."

The emperor was about to say something when Bai Ying's voice rang out again.

"It's all my fault. I helped you conceal the truth because I pitied you, but I didn't expect that you hated your majesty for killing your entire family and wanted revenge!"

"You failed to seduce me, and you colluded with the Board of Supervisors to frame and slander the little prince!"

"Ali! You are crazy!"

"Did the King of Chu ask you to do this?"

"Do you know that the King of Chu has been harboring evil intentions for a long time?"

After these words were shouted out, everyone in the hall was stunned.

How did it become that the Princess of Chu and the King of Chu had bad intentions?
Is the testimony of Guo Shun from the Board of Supervisors false?
Bai Li took a step forward.

"Bai Ying!" she called out, looking into her eyes, "Don't you dare say that again!"

Bai Ying looked at her and subconsciously retreated to the emperor's side, choking with sobs and anger: "Why shouldn't I dare? Ah Li, you are really crazy. Father's affairs have nothing to do with His Majesty. You can't resent His Majesty and do such a crazy thing!"

"Your Majesty! What I did has nothing to do with the King of Chu and the Queen!" Guo Shun shouted, "I have proof, a confession, witnesses and evidence..."

The emperor's gaze moved between Bai Li and Bai Ying. His chest heaved violently. He was about to say something, but when he opened his mouth he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"His Majesty!!"

There were exclamations in the hall.

Bai Ying had already rushed to support the emperor.

“Someone come!!!” Her voice was sharp, drowning out the others, “Protect the emperor!! The King and his wife of Chu poisoned your majesty and intended to usurp the throne!!!”

As she shouted, the golden-armored guards in the hall drew their weapons. Some of them surrounded the Emperor and Bai Ying, while others surrounded the King of Chu and his wife.

The weapons surrounding Your Majesty and Bai Ying were pointed outward, while the weapons surrounding the King of Chu and his wife were pointed at them.

Accompanied by screams and cries, the golden-armored guards beat Guo Shun and the guards and witnesses he brought with them with weapons. At the same time, heavy footsteps were heard outside the palace, and the guards on duty outside instantly surrounded the palace door.

The screams and exclamations disappeared in an instant.

The hall fell into silence inside and outside.

The officials standing in the hall, watching this scene, their faces turned pale. What was going on?

Once it’s written, it will be even better!

(But tomorrow's update may not be available...)
I wrote this on my phone. If there are any typos, let me know and I'll correct them.