Chapter 344: Chapter 344: What Private Belongings? This Is Just a Footcloth the Empress Uses!
Zhi’er blinked her big eyes and observed.
Is it mother’s personal possession?
What is that?!
From the crowd, the sound of whispering could already be heard—
"This girl is really trying hard, she actually took out a bellyband!"
"Indeed, could it be that she really is the Emperor’s true child?"
"Otherwise, where would she get such intimate clothing?"
"Others might not recognize it, but the Emperor certainly does!"
The crowd then shifted their eyes to look at Bai Xilie’s expression.
However, Bai Xilie was first a bit astonished.
Then, he suddenly sneered, his gaze more evidently murderous.
Bai Yanyan saw his reaction, and her heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that this isn’t something that belongs to Empress Jing Jia?
No! It can’t be wrong.
This was something her aunt, Huang, had picked up after serving Jing Jia when they left.
Bai Yanyan shed tears, pretending to be pitiful: "Father, you must recognize mother’s private belonging."
Bai Xilie nodded faintly, his tone inscrutable: "Yes, it is indeed something of the Empress."
A glimmer of light flashed in Bai Yanyan’s eyes.
However, she then heard Bai Xilie sneer: "But it’s merely a foot cloth, something the Empress discarded after use, how can it prove you’re my child?"
Foot cloth?!
Bai Yanyan was taken aback.
This clearly has the style of a bellyband!
Bai Xilie laughed: "I know you don’t believe it."
He turned his head and called out: "Wen Aiqing, you speak."
Prime Minister Wen stepped forward, after bowing to Bai Xilie, he swept a stern gaze towards Bai Yanyan.
"Back when the Emperor and Empress were rising to power, they stayed for two nights in a village near Pinghe in the suburbs of the capital."
"At that time, as the Empress was traveling with the army, she had slight injuries on her feet. Considering her delicate health, the Emperor sent me to find some soft cloth in nearby towns to wrap around her feet to prevent serious abrasions."
"But by then it was late, and there was no suitable fabric in the towns, so after much consideration, I had no choice but to buy a few bellybands used by women."
"According to the Emperor’s orders, a few pieces were also bought for Princess Consort Rui and Princess Consort Kang to step on, to prevent abrasions."
"An embroidery lady was asked to roughly stitch some words on them for identification."
Prime Minister Wen stared at Bai Yanyan: "Back then, many in the army heard about this matter, and there were quite a few officials who accompanied me to the towns to oversee this, all of whom can testify."
Princess Consort Kang said with hostility: "Do you want me to send someone to get that silk material from home to show you?"
"This girl, so young, yet with such a vicious mind, picks up a foot cloth that her second sister-in-law used and shamelessly claims it as her personal item to forge a mother-daughter relationship!"
Princess Consort Rui scolded heavily: "What wishful thinking, slandering the reputation of your sister-in-law everywhere, and trying to bully Zhi’er, how brazen can one be!"
Bai Yanyan was completely dumbfounded.
How could she have thought that Bai Xilie was so devoted to his wife?
Using a fine silk bellyband to wipe her feet!
No wonder it was thrown away after use, then picked up by her aunt, Huang.
They thought it was a treasured belonging left by someone important, who would have guessed it was just for wiping feet!
Bai Yanyan felt as if she had fallen into an icy abyss.
It’s over!
Before she could defend herself.
Feng Fuce had already stepped forward.
The young boy’s voice was steady and cold: "She could hardly come up with such a deceitful idea by herself."
"Apart from Lord Wang Yi associated with Bai Yanyan, perhaps there were others assisting her in entering the capital to deceive."
Among the crowd, Wang Yi trembled, being held by two Xiu Luo Envoys, and was pushed to his knees on the ground with a thud.
"Emperor, this humble official was deceived by her as well!"