"That's right!" "Back then, Former King and I went to Marquis Zhan Xiong's residence and met him before. This woman was not acquainted with Miss Zhan Ling in any way."
Hearing that, Zhan Ling's face turned even paler, his expression became even more helpless, while Liang Xing and the other ministers all stared wide-eyed, revealing looks of shock.
If others were to say that Zhan Ling was fake, they would say that the other party was framing him with some ulterior motive. However, if Former King's Bin Fei also said that Zhan Ling was fake, then everyone would have no choice but to suspect.
After staring blankly for a long while, Liang Xing finally regained his senses. He laughed dryly: "Madam, back then when you saw Miss Zhan Ling, she was still young, and had changed into an eighteen year old woman. After all these years, Miss Zhan Ling would inevitably be different from when he was young. In addition, the Miss Zhan Ling was harmed by a scoundrel, and was left behind in the outside world, suffering all sorts of hardships, so... It would also be very different from back then. "
Just as his words fell, Bin Fei Fei replied: "I understand that, but even if Miss Zhan Ling had grown up and become an adult, her appearance still wouldn't have changed so much. If Prime Minister Liang doesn't believe me, you can look at the back of Miss Zhan Ling's neck and see if there is a red birthmark that looks like a maple leaf. If there is one, and she isn't a Miss Zhan Ling, it must be a fake. "
A birthmark? On the nape of Zhan Ling's neck, there was a birthmark that none of the ministers knew about. Out of etiquette, no one had surrounded Zhan Ling, but they had all turned to look at the nape of her neck. Zhan Ling was frightened and frightened at the same time. She couldn't help but step back. Her head shook violently as she stammered, "You …" "You're lying. You've never seen me before, and I don't have a birthmark on me …"
Without waiting for her to finish speaking, another Bin Fei said: "I can confirm that Miss Zhan Ling's nape has a leaf shaped birthmark. Back then, when Former King was free, he especially mentioned this to me, saying repeatedly that it was a pity. Former King rarely takes the initiative to praise others, so I remember this point very clearly. "
It was one thing for the two Concubines to confirm, but the other Concubines nodded in agreement, indicating that they had heard of this as well.
All of Bin Fei's words were identical, saying that there was a birthmark on his neck. This way, even Liang Xing had no choice but to believe it. Without saying a word, he strode to his side, put his arm around her shoulders first, and with his other hand tugged at the back of her neck. He looked down and his head buzzed.
On the back of Zhan Ling's neck, there was not a single birthmark. It was so smooth that not even a mole could be seen.
Ah! Liang Xing gasped, his body froze up and he stood there stupidly. Initially, he thought that he had found a Feng Country Crown Prince who could inherit the throne, but in the end, he was just pretending. He had even left her at home and brought her to the palace.
Liang Xing was stunned, the other ministers only needed to look at his appearance to know that there was no birthmark on his neck, it was an impersonation. The ministers who supported Liang Xing initially did not say anything, and Ziyang Haochun also hid far away, afraid that he would be implicated, and did not dare to raise the matter of using his Spirit as a part of the Crown Prince.
Seeing that, Tang Yin laughed out loud. He walked over to Liang Xing with a relaxed expression and asked with a smile: "Prime Minister Liang, is the Spirit Spreading Fist that you 'found' true? "Since you've already checked, tell us all about it!"
Liang Xing regained his senses, and at the same time, shivered. He first looked at Tang Yin, then at the other Concubines, and thought to himself: Could it be that Tang Yin has already colluded with the various concubines, and slandering Zhan Ling is fake? Liang Xing had looked at it for many years and saw that every single eyelash he plucked was empty. He immediately felt that something was amiss.
It could be said that the life and death of the imperial concubine was entirely within Tang Yin's control. If Tang Yin forced them to submit, the other imperial concubines wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
After thinking about it, Liang Xing suddenly understood, no wonder Tang Yin suggested to let the imperial palace people confirm whether or not the Spirit Spreading Fists were right and wrong, it was all part of the plan, why didn't he think of this earlier?
Liang Xing secretly stamped his foot on his chest in regret, but it was too late to regret. Under the situation where he did not have any solid evidence, how could he dare to easily accuse Tang Yin of colluding with Bin Fei to frame Zhan Ling as fake?
He took a deep breath. He had underestimated Tang Yin too much, or perhaps he had underestimated the think tank by Tang Yin's side. He shook his head, clasped his hands, and bowed to all of the banners-in-waiting, saying, "There is no birthmark on the back of this woman's neck, it seems that she is truly a scoundrel pretending to be. This old official's eyes are blurry, and she is unforgiving in the face of others.
"Humph!" Mrs Huarong coldly snorted at this time, and said: "Even if you want to punish someone, you can't punish just Prime Minister Liang. All of the ministers in the court are at fault! A mere little girl has already tricked all the ministers into falling, can the revival of my Great Gale count on you all? "
This sentence was too heavy. The faces of all the ministers changed at the same time, and then, one after another, they kneeled to the ground.
Tang Yin stood in his original position without moving. Right now, he was considering whether or not he should investigate this matter.
If this matter were to be investigated, it would be difficult for Liang Xing to escape from it, and it would also be a good opportunity for him to overthrow Liang Qi, but the problem was Liang Qi was the commander of the two hundred thousand Sanshui Army, and he was cunning enough, and was extremely skilled in the use of soldiers. He had the reputation of being clever, but if he punished Liang Xing severely, would Liang Qi still be as loyal to him as he is now?
Tang Yin wasn't sure, so he wasn't sure if he should pursue Liang Xing's responsibility.
Just as he was hesitating, Mrs Huarong suddenly spoke out: "From my perspective, Prime Minister Liang is already old, and Prime Minister has too many matters to handle. I'm afraid that Prime Minister Liang won't be able to do it."
These words caused everyone's bodies to tremble. As the imperial concubine of the imperial harem, the Mrs Huarong had no right to participate in the political affairs of the country, nor did she have the right to control the appointment and removal of the Minister of Imperial Court. It was just that there was no king right now and Liang Xing was at fault, so her words were very important.
Originally, Tang Yin was hesitant, but after hearing Mrs Huarong's words, he immediately frowned. This woman's ambition wasn't only to become the monarch's wife. She was already involved in the imperial court. If he allowed her to do as she pleased now, what would she do in the future?
Without waiting for the others to speak, Tang Yin coughed heavily, and said: "Although Prime Minister Liang is at fault, it is not to be forgiven, not to mention the crafty evil person, not to mention the Prime Minister Liang, even the court officials were almost tricked by her, how can Madam remove all the officials from the imperial court?"
Mrs Huarong was startled by Tang Yin's words, she looked at him, then indicated to Tang Yin that she was helping him.
Tang Yin understood what she meant, but pretended not to see, and continued to speak instead: "The imperial concubine has no authority to negotiate, not to mention the Madam, even the Queen does not have that authority. This is a rule set down by the ancestors of the Feng Country, and no one can break it. As for whether or not the Prime Minister Liang is fit for the post of Minister of the Left, all officials in the imperial court and above will decide for themselves. "
After hearing what he said, Mrs Huarong was speechless. She had wanted to use this opportunity to get rid of Liang Xing, and go further in order to curry favor with him. However, she didn't expect that she had fawned at the right place, and fawned on him. Mrs Huarong did not understand what Tang Yin was thinking, and was a little stuffy in his heart, but he did not reveal any expression on his face. She nodded with a smile and said: "What Master Tang said is extremely true, this is just too much talk."
At this time, the ministers of the imperial court were all confused, they did not know what kind of medicine Tang Yin ate wrong, why did he suddenly speak up for Liang Xing, who had always been his enemy? If Tang Yin had not stepped out just now, the position of the Left Premier would most likely not have been preserved.
Even Liang Xing herself was confused by Tang Yin. She stared at Tang Yin in a daze, not knowing whether she should hate him or thank him.
Actually, other than this little worry that Liang Qi had, Tang Yin also had another concern. If he moved to Liang Xing's side, Wu Yu would be the only one left in the imperial court. If Liang Xing was still here, the two factions would continue to fight each other, and it would be easy for him to escape from this issue.
Tang Yin was very satisfied with the confused look on the Concubine Bin and the ministers' faces. With a cold expression, he shouted towards the outside, "Men!"
Following his shout, over a dozen guards came over from outside and stood in front of Tang Yin, and all of them interfered and saluted, asking: "What orders does Master have?"
"Bring this daring thief over!"
"Yes!" "My Lord!"
The imperial guards didn't care about all that. They all rushed forward and dragged Zhan Ling out of the palace without a word.
"Prime Minister …" Prime Minister, save me … "I was wrongly accused …" Zhan Ling trusted Liang Xing the most. When she was dragged out by the guards, she looked at Liang Xing with teary eyes and cried for help.
Liang Xing did not even dare raise his head, much less look at Zhan Ling. Right now, he was unable to protect himself, how could he even dare to plead for Zhan Ling? It did not matter if she was real or fake, he could not intervene in this matter anymore, and now, he could only blame her misfortune, the heavens were blind.
The guards dragged Zhan Ling out of the great hall, and the cries gradually faded until they eventually disappeared. Tang Yin looked around at the crowd, then said seriously: "I will investigate this matter strictly, and understand why this woman is so familiar with the situation in the Marquis' residence, and why she has the jade pendant that the Former King bestowed upon her. Within three days, I will give all of you Masters a clear explanation."
Ah!" Liang Xing and the others stood up and cupped their hands together, saying, "Then …" This matter, I'll have to trouble Master Tang!
"My lords, please be courteous!" Tang Yin cupped his hands in return.
Tang Yin did not imprison Zhan Ling in the palace, but instead escorted him back to his own residence for questioning by the Dark Arrow.
Even Madam Rong Hua was very curious as to whether this woman was real or not. Afterwards, she also asked the middle-aged Bin Fei if there was a red birthmark on the back of her neck.
She had indeed seen Zhan Ling when she was young, and felt that there was too big of a difference between her and Zhan Ling now. As for whether or not Zhan Ling had a birthmark on the back of her neck, she could not remember clearly, and the answer to Mrs Huarong was as if there was one, but at the same time, as if there was none.