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186 Confrontation

Zhang Huan blinked his innocent big eyes and said with a dazed crying: "If you want to add a crime, why don't you worry about it? If you pretend to be a show girl, a criminal deceives the king, kills people and bury corpses, even if you lend a hundred courage to your granddaughter-in-law, you can't do these incredible things."

The Queen Mother agreed and nodded, "How capable is she, a teenage girl, to do these bold things? I see that this is clearly someone deliberately slandering the Crown Princess."

Zhang Huan was overjoyed. He held the empress dowager's arms, with tears in his eyes, and was indescribable and innocent. He sobbed in a low voice: "Thank you, my grandmother."

The Queen Mother patted her back and comforted her warmly: "Don't be afraid, although the emperor's grandmother is old, her eyes are bright and she won't be fooled by others."

Concubine Wan curled a sneer on the corner of her lips and said, "Empress Dowager, I have found several witnesses to prove that she is not the real Zhang Huan at all." She said sinisterly to Zhang Huan, "I will see how you pretend later."

The Queen Mother felt Zhang Huan's body tremble slightly, and hurriedly patted her back and said warmly: "Don't be afraid, the emperor's grandmother will make the decision for you. We will never let you be wronged."

Concubine Wan sang: "Transferred to the witness Yang."

After a moment, a woman lowered her head and walked into the hall, combed her flat bun, with a few strands of white hair on her temples, and a blue-gray dress was a little white with a few patches on her cuffs. She stymically stymple the hem of the clothes, raised her head carefully, and had a few deep wrinkles on her forehead, and her face was old and depressed. It was Yang, the mistress of the Zhang Mansion, who was the former Zhang Mansion, who knelt uneasy and said, "Michelle Yang, a civilian woman, wishes the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager a happy life and good health."

Zhang Huan's heart tightened, and his hands hidden in his sleeves couldn't help but tremble slightly. Chuxia had lived in the Zhang Mansion for several years when she was a child. It was impossible for Yang as his legitimate mother to be unfamiliar with him.

Concubine Wan took a sip of the wine of grapes and asked casually: "Do you still recognize the Crown Princess?"

Yang quickly stared at Zhang Huan and replied respectfully: "The civilian woman recognizes it."

"I received an anonymous letter, which stated that the Crown Princess was not the real daughter of the Zhang family. Her real name was Mujin. She was from Taiyuan, Shanxi. On the way to the capital, she changed her identities with the real Zhang Huan." Concubine Wan ordered Wang Zhi to display a portrait of the early summer and said leisurely, "Look at me for my life. Which one is the real Zhang Huan?"

Yang stared at Chuxia's portrait for a while, then stared at Zhang Huan tightly, with a trace of resentment flashing in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "She is fake."

"Did you look carefully? She is really not Zhang Huan?"

"She is not even alike in the same way as Aunt Mei," Yang said, pointing to Chuxia's portrait, "On the contrary, this girl is seventy or eighty-eight-eight-eight-similar to Aunt Mei, and she is the real Zhang Huan."

Zhang Huan looked calm and asked calmly: "Does the daughter have to look like a mother? Princess Renhe and Empress Shun are not similar. In your opinion, Princess Renhe is also fake?" She looked at the queen mother and said frankly, "The emperor's grandmother, Ling Cairen is indeed three or four points similar to the granddaughter-in-law's mother. It is precisely because of this that the granddaughter-in-law felt that she was very friendly when she saw Ling Cairen for the first time, so she specially arranged for her to become the prince's concubine." She looked sad and sad, raised her sleeves to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and choked, "This is also the granddaughter-in-law's selfishness. She wanted to keep Ling Cairen in Ciqing Palace as her companion, but she never expected that she was used by someone who was interested to slander her granddaughter-in-law."

The Empress Dowager sighed: "What a filial and good child."

Concubine Wan sneered: "The Crown Princess is really eloquent! She is so confused about right and wrong, and she can easily pick it up. I admire it."

Zhang Hua looked at her calmly and said in discomfort: "My daughter-in-law is clearly the real Zhang Hua. Why would the Empress rather believe a letter of unknown origin than a letter?"

Concubine Wan praised: "I can be so calm when I was exposed by someone's fake identity. I really admire you more and more."

"Empress, the civilian woman remembered something." Yang suddenly said, "When the Crown Princess was six years old, she had an argument with her elder brother Zhang Yanling. Zhang Yanling smashed the forehead with a stone. At that time, the wound was very deep and a lot of blood was bleeding, and she almost died. The Empress only needs to check whether there is a scar on the Crown Princess' forehead to tell whether it is true or not."

Zhang Huan's heart sank, terrible! Yang actually knew about this! When Zhang Yanling questioned her identity, she lied to him that she used white otter marrow to remove the scar. In fact, white otter is extremely rare and precious, and it is extremely difficult to capture. There is no white otter marrow in the palace. Moreover, white otter marrow is only effective for new scars within three months. Of course, she cannot fool the old witch woman like she fooled Zhang Yanling!

Concubine Wan looked at Zi Yue and ordered: "Come on and see if there are scars on the crown princess' forehead?"

Zi Yue agreed, walked to Zhang Huan, and said respectfully: "The Crown Princess has offended him." After that, she reached out and pulled Liu Hai in front of Zhang Huan's forehead. A hint of surprise flashed across her face, and she looked at her in disbelief.

Concubine Wan asked coldly: "Do you have any scars?"

Zi Yue glanced at Zhang Hua in embarrassment, lowered her head and replied: "Return to the Empress, there is no scar on the crown princess' forehead."

The queen mother was stunned, stared at Zhang Huan, frowned and asked, "Are you fake?"

Zhang Huan had a thousand thoughts in his mind and decided to take a gamble. He calmed down and replied calmly: "Grandmother, the granddaughter-in-law is of course the real Zhang Huan." She turned and pointed at Yang and said coldly, "It was she who was lying! The granddaughter-in-law had never been smashed by the eldest brother to his forehead, so how could the scar come from?"

Yang immediately shouted: "Empress Dowager, the civilian woman did not wrong her! If the empress dowager doesn't believe it, she can summon Zhang Yanling to confront her!"

The empress dowager hesitated for a while and said loudly: "Tell me about Zhang Yanling." A young eunuch agreed to run out of the hall.

Zhang Huan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead without any trace, feeling panic in his heart, and tried his best to maintain a calm expression on his face.

Suddenly, an eunuch's notice came from outside the hall: "The prince is here!"

The soft apricot yellow gold-spreading curtain was lifted up, and Zhu Youzhang walked into the hall as if he was rushing all the way, his face was pale, and the red gold-clad jade crown on his head was slightly tilted. Seeing Zhang Hua standing beside the empress dowager, his frown slowly spread out, and his eyes suddenly fell on Zhang Hua's red and swollen hands. A hint of shock and pain flashed in his eyes. His hands were tightly clenched into fists, and he slowly let go again. He stepped forward to pay tribute to the empress dowager and Concubine Wan.

The Empress Dowager said anxiously: "Didn't the Ai family tell you to stay in the bedroom and recuperate? There is the Ai family here, so why don't you go back soon."

Zhu You said: "The emperor's grandmother doesn't have to worry, the grandson is already well."

Concubine Wan stared at him and pretended to be concerned and asked, "What disease does the prince suffer from? Is it important?"

Zhu Youzing replied lightly: "Empress Xie Wan cares. My son just felt the cold and took a few doses of medicine, and it was no longer a problem."
Chapter completed!
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