The legitimate daughter is reborn and the fake Bai Lian is completely panicked

Zhang Huaian was still wearing red clothes and a Ruyi jade pendant around his waist, looking extremely weak.

The tortures used on him by the Dali Temple included iron whips, tongs and branding irons.

However, most of the injuries were superficial, and some of them damaged the root of the body, but at least the patient was still alive.

Although he had been tortured and his body had not yet fully recovered, he was still holding on to his breath. Under the persuasion of Madam Zhang, he followed Prince Rui to the court.

After all, this is a matter of life and death for the Zhang family, as well as the future of Prince Rui and his own life and death.

The Zhang family had raised him for more than ten years, and he was unwilling to see the Zhang family being punished by Emperor Ren De.

Murong Che had a blank expression on his face. He walked to the front of the court with Zhang Huaian and bowed respectfully to Emperor Ren De.

"My son, I will meet my father."

Zhang Huaian gritted his teeth and knelt down, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

The moment I knelt down, the piercing pain penetrated into my bones.

On the high seat, Emperor Ren De's face turned ashen, and he stared at Murong Che fiercely with his eyes.

He angrily said: "King Rui, do you admit your mistake?"

"All the officials in the court are reporting that you have no respect for the law and have disrupted the government of Great Yan!"

"You broke into the Dali Temple, whipped the Dali Temple Minister, and imprisoned a third-rank official in the court. What crime should you be charged with?"

"I spoiled you too much in the past, and it was your royal grandfather who spoiled you too much, so that now you are going against my Great Yan."

Murong Che curled his lips slightly and sneered, "I am not wrong, but I won't admit it."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the court.

The sound of officials whispering could be heard again.

"Prince Rui is still powerful after all. He will become a disaster for Dayan one day."

"That's right. A third-rank official can beat or imprison anyone he wants. What should we do in the future?"

"Dayan, it's over."

Murong Che heard the subtle voices of the crowd, but his face remained expressionless.

He sneered, "The Dali Temple Minister Zhou Yi, there is insufficient evidence, he abused his power, and used his official position for personal gain."

"Those who hurt the bloodline of the Great Yan royal family deserve to die!"

"I don't know how many wrongful convictions and innocent people have been killed by such a crooked official!"

"If Father doesn't believe me, then take out all the cases that the Dali Temple has tried and conduct a thorough re-investigation to see how many innocent people have died."

"Royal blood?" Emperor Ren De, who was in a high position, frowned slightly.

He looked at Murong Che in disbelief, "As far as I know, the Dali Temple Minister has never tortured you."

"How can you say that you are hurting the royal bloodline?"

As he finished speaking, his eyes fell on Zhang Huaian who was kneeling in front of the hall.

Zhang Huaian was kneeling on the ground, with a Ruyi jade pendant hanging around his waist, the same as Murong Che's.

There is also an uncanny resemblance between his eyebrows and Murong Che's.

He remembered that jade pendant, which was the one the former queen always wore.

The jade pendant is in the shape of a ruyi. After Murong Che was born, the former queen gave half of the jade pendant to Murong Che.

Now, how come the other half of the jade pendant is on Zhang Huaian?

The ministers in the court seemed to have discovered that Zhang Huaian's jade pendant was the same as Murong Che's, and they all lowered their heads and whispered to each other.

Emperor Rende asked, "Prince Zhang, why do you wear the former queen's jade pendant?"

Zhang Huaian said weakly: "Your Majesty, this jade pendant has been with me since I was born."

"It is said that it was given by my biological mother."

As soon as the voice fell, the court suddenly became noisy.

After the death of the late queen, there were rumors that the jade pendant had been buried with her. How could it be on Zhang Huaian?

Emperor Rende looked at Murong Che and then asked, "What's going on?"

Everyone speculated in low voices, and felt that Murong Che and Zhang Huaian had some inexplicable similarities in their facial features.

Murong Che had a blank expression and a cold voice.

"If Father wants to know the answer, why not use blood test to prove our relationship?"

"I, your son, will also help my mother clear her name from the past."

"Blood test to identify relatives?" Emperor Ren De looked at Zhang Huaian in disbelief.

"Prince Rui means that this Zhang family's eldest son was born to your mother?"

"Before your mother died, the maids in the palace said that she died after giving birth to a baby girl. Why did she suddenly become a baby boy after all these years?"

"I don't believe it!"

Murong Che stood in front of the hall in black, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and there was a perverse air in the corners of his eyebrows and eyes.

He sneered, "Father, when did you ever trust me more than my mother?"

"You never believed her, so she died with hatred in her heart."

Emperor Ren De was so angry that his face turned red: "So, you are here today in front of all the civil and military officials to make me admit my mistake?"

"Murong Che, I am the emperor of Dayan!"

Murong Che sneered: "Father is right, you are the emperor of Dayan, even if you are wrong, you are right."

"I came here today just to let the world know that my mother was innocent back then, but was framed by a treacherous person."

"Zhang Huaian, the eldest son of the Zhang family, is the posthumous child of the queen mother. He is my brother and also your son!"

When the cold voice came out, the court was in an uproar.

Emperor Ren De held the throne tightly with his hands, and his body was shaking.

The sound of civil and military officials whispering could be heard below.

"How can the Zhang family's heir be your majesty's son?"

Emperor Ren De's eyes fell on Zhang Huaian who was kneeling on the ground, and he suddenly remembered that many years ago, the former queen knelt in front of him with tears in her eyes.

"Your Majesty, I am pregnant with your flesh and blood."

"Che'er is your own flesh and blood. How could you bear to send him away from the country?"

"We have been married for ten years, why did it come to this?"

"How could you listen to other people's slander?"

But at that time, he didn't believe her at all and left her alone in the cold palace of the imperial palace.

He even insisted on sending Murong Che to leave the country. It was not until the death of the late queen that he realized that he had made the stupidest mistake in the world.

Thinking of this, Emperor Ren De closed his eyes with a painful look on his face.

"Come here, call the Marquis of Yongchang and his wife."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, everyone saw a young eunuch rushing over.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Yongchang and his wife wish to see you."

"Xuan."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The young eunuch turned around and shouted loudly at the palace gate, "Announce, the Marquis of Yongchang and his wife come to see the emperor."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone saw the Yongchang Marquis and his wife walking out of the lobby.

Mrs. Zhang's expression was very firm. When she saw Zhang Huaian kneeling on the ground, her heart ached.

Duke Lin stood among the civil and military officials, clenched his fists, and looked at Zhang Huaian in disbelief.

If Zhang Huaian is really the prince of Dayan, then the prince will have one more powerful rival.

What's more, didn't the queen say that the baby boy was strangled to death by her?

Why...are you still alive?

When Marquis Yongchang and his wife walked into the front hall, they immediately knelt down.

Marquis Yongchang lowered his head, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.

"I am guilty, please punish me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Rende asked, "Marquis Yongchang, tell me, is Zhang Huaian, the eldest son of the Zhang family, your son?"

"Who is he? Is he my child?"

Marquis Yongchang's body trembled slightly, and he cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty, Huai'an is not my heir."

"Yes, she was born to the late queen."

The court was noisy again. Emperor Rende's eyes widened and he trembled as he asked, "What did you say? Is he really the son of the late queen?"

Marquis Yongchang: "I, your humble servant, dare not deceive your majesty."

"If I dare to tell a lie, my Yongchang Marquisate will be ruined and I will be at your disposal."

"Huai'an is the son of the late queen, born on the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the thirteenth year of Mingde."

"His Majesty."

At this moment, an official in the court stood up.

It was Duke Lin.

"This is related to the royal bloodline. It is impossible to determine that the son of the Zhang family is the heir to the throne based on a jade pendant."

"I remember that in the twelfth year of Mingde, although the late queen was pregnant, her belly was much bigger than that of the imperial concubines born in the same month."

"It's rumored in the harem that the late queen had an affair with a guard."

"How can we be sure that this prince is your majesty's son?"

"Nonsense!" At this moment, Mrs. Zhang beside Marquis Yongchang said angrily.

"When the late queen was pregnant with twins, the Imperial Hospital was unable to diagnose the condition, which led to malicious speculation by the people in the harem, tarnishing the queen's good name."

"When the queen gave birth, the imperial physician was late in coming, so only the maid in the palace could deliver the baby."

"After the queen gave birth to a son, the child was weak and could not survive the night."

"Your Majesty, please give your other son to me, and also give me the jade pendant, and ask me to take it back to the Zhang family to raise him."

"Your Highness has always been upright and honest throughout her life, and has never had any affair with the guards."

"I'm afraid that His Majesty will misunderstand Huai'an's identity and not let him live, so I resorted to this desperate measure."

She raised her eyes to look at Emperor Ren De, "Your Majesty, I did not intend to deceive Your Majesty."

"It's just so that one day, Huai'an can stand before His Majesty openly and not be cursed or questioned."

"He is your Majesty's own flesh and blood."

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can test the relationship by dropping blood in public."

"To clear the Queen's name, and also for the sake of the child, so that he will not be criticized and talked about by the world in the future."