Hu Hongzhi flinched, and seemed to muster up the courage to say boldly: "It's true... someone indeed invited me to go..."
The Thirteenth Princess asked: "Who asked you on a date? What did you ask for?"
Hu Hongzhi hesitated.
The Thirteenth Princess rolled her eyes and pretended to be surprised: "I didn't date anyone else, so I made an appointment with you. Could it be that I want to have a private meeting with you?"
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of many ladies and ladies lit up, feeling excited about gossip.
"Ah..." Hu Hongzhi didn't even react and looked at the Thirteenth Princess blankly.
The thirteenth princess didn't give him a chance to speak, and immediately asked: "Who is the person who asked you out? Tell me quickly!"
Hu Hongzhi: "Yes...yes..."
He hesitated to speak and secretly glanced at Concubine Wen who was sitting there, looking very guilty.
Concubine Wen's heart skipped a beat, and her face became a little colder.
She looked at the Thirteenth Princess and said calmly: "Princess, you are too anxious. Mr. Hu hasn't said anything yet, and you almost finished his sentence for him."
"Aren't I impatient?" Princess Thirteen retorted: "Anyway, I'm not the one having a private meeting with my cousin. I should have asked clearly earlier to avoid misunderstandings."
As she said that, she turned her head and glared at Hu Hongzhi again, her words threatening.
"Cousin, if you don't tell the 'truth', you will really be dragged down as an assassin. Then no one will intercede for you. Don't regret it!"
Hu Hongzhi immediately said: "I said! I said! It was the Eighth Princess who invited me to the garden!"
"Hiss—" Everyone gasped in shock.
Xiao Lingyue narrowed her eyes slightly, thinking that it was true.
The words spoken by the Thirteenth Princess were obviously suggestive. Hu Hongzhi followed her wishes and was eager to find someone to take the blame. This basin of dirty water would naturally fall on the Eighth Princess.
The reason why she is the eighth princess is not Xiao Lingyue.
There are two reasons.
First, the Thirteenth Princess hates the Eighth Princess even more and wants to harm her even more.
Secondly, because Hu Hongzhi had suffered at the hands of Xiao Lingyue, he did not dare to drag her into trouble again, and he was also afraid that if he slandered Xiao Lingyue, she would reveal his evil intentions towards the eighth princess, and the gain would not be worth the loss.
In comparison, the eighth princess is much easier to bully.
Of course, pick the soft persimmons.
The Thirteenth Princess exclaimed: "What? It's actually the Eighth Sister..."
Hu Hongzhi made up nonsense: "It was indeed the Eighth Princess. She, she invited me to the garden. She said she wanted to talk to me alone about something, so I went alone... I didn't expect that when I arrived at the garden, I just saw her.
Not long after, he was knocked unconscious, and when he woke up, he was caught here as an assassin..."
He stumbled a bit at the beginning, but became fluent as he spoke, kneeling on the ground and sobbing: "Auntie Mingjian! I... I was really harmed like this, I'm so sorry
It’s unjust!”
Everyone was dumbfounded and couldn't react for a while.
The Thirteenth Princess deliberately added jealousy and said: "Eighth Sister actually asked you to have a private meeting in the garden, or on an occasion like the mother-in-law's birthday banquet. What is your relationship?"
Hu Hongzhi hesitated: "This..." He hadn't finished making it up yet.
The Thirteenth Princess hinted: "This private meeting in the garden between a man and a woman is too unruly! Sister Eight usually looks so dignified, but she didn't expect that she would have an affair with you behind Brother Shaoqing's back...
"
"Princess Thirteen!"
A cold and solemn voice interrupted her directly.
Concubine Wen stood up with a cold face and looked at her with icy eyes: "You are not young anymore. It is better not to follow such baseless nonsense. Tong Yanwuji also needs to have someone."