The three people in the hall were all stunned. Yan Tonglin was already a little upset, and when he heard Yan Ru's crying, he immediately became angry.

"Cry? You still have the nerve to cry. You did such a shameless thing, and you still have the nerve to cry. You have disgraced the Yan family and even implicated the whole family."

"It wasn't me. It was Han Liang who drugged me and sent me to King Xiang's bed. He lied to me, he lied to me!"

Yan Ru cried and shouted at the top of her lungs, shocking the three people present to the point of being speechless.

Zhao Shihuan was the first to react, and then asked Yan Ru: "What do you mean, wasn't it you who designed the King of Xiang? Why is it Han Liang!"

She thought her daughter had grown up and knew it was time to marry someone better, but she didn't expect that she was being plotted against.

Zhao Shihuan had a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, which couldn't go up or down, and he felt extremely nauseous.

Yan Ru's eyes were blurred with tears. She was too embarrassed to speak up about what was concerning her daughter's reputation, but now that she had spoken, the rest would be easy to talk about.

She paused for a moment, choking with sobs as she spoke, "I heard it with my own ears. He said he would not marry me, but I am his fiancée after all, so I am his person until the engagement is cancelled. It is only natural for me to help him win over the King of Xiang."

Yan Tonglin slapped the coffee table again, this time with full force. With one slap, the tea on the table was shaken and splashed out.

"Beast! This Han Liang is such a beast!"

Jiang Qingqing didn't try to comfort Yan Tonglin immediately, obviously she was also angry.

But she still couldn't figure out the key question.

There was sympathy and pity in her eyes when she looked at Yan Ru, but her tone of questioning was full of inquiry.

"What good will it do Han Liang to do this? You are his fiancée. If the news of your affair with someone else gets out, he will be the one to be criticized. Moreover, it was his Han family who first came to ask for marriage. Now that the wedding is imminent, why did they suddenly do this?"

After Jiang Qingqing's analysis, Yan Tonglin calmed down and began to think carefully.

As a man, he understands men better. No man would be willing to give his woman away. Even if he doesn't like her, he will never allow others to have any thoughts about her.

This is a man's nature and a way for a man to demonstrate his possessiveness.

There has never been a situation like Han Liang before.

If he wanted to please King Xiang, there must be many other ways besides sending women. There is no need to send his fiancée.

Unless King Xiang asks for it.

But Prince Xiang is about to marry the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so this rule will definitely not be true.

After considering so many things, there is only one possibility left.

Yan Tonglin's face turned pale. "Are you lying? You did something shameless and you want to cover it up."

Yan Ru looked at Yan Tonglin in astonishment. She didn't expect that her biological father would think of her like this.

Although she wanted to marry Han Liang, she never crossed the line during the time she was with Han Liang, except for the night when she was caught by Yan Ci.

Yan Ru screamed, "I didn't!"

The anger of not being trusted and the shame that had been hidden deep in her heart made her explode completely.

She stood up from the ground and looked straight at Yan Tonglin, "Dad, if you don't believe me, I am willing to die to prove my innocence."

As soon as Yan Ci walked into the door, he heard Yan Ru say such a decisive word.

Who would have thought that Yan Ru, the aggressive and mean-spirited man, would one day be forced into a desperate situation.

Yan Ci smiled and strode in, "I believe what Sister Nine said is true."

The four of them looked at Yan Ci at the same time.

When Yan Tonglin saw that it was Yan Ci, he thought of the dirty things that had happened to Yan Ru and that Yan Ci was still an unmarried girl, so he decided not to listen.

He immediately asked Yan Ci to return to Liufangyuan.

Yan Ci came in as if nothing had happened and stood next to Yan Ru. He felt the suspicious look from Yan Ru and the big eye roll from Zhao Shihuan.

She said slowly: "I think the problem lies with Han Liang. He was the one who invited Ninth Sister out, but he disappeared after the incident. I'm sure that in the end, even the Xiang Palace will feel guilty about him."

How can you not feel guilty towards someone else after taking his wife?

Yan Ru didn't expect Yan Ci to actually speak up for her. The shame and anger in her heart were slowly replaced by inexplicable emotion, and she felt mixed emotions for a moment.

Yan Ci was not thinking about helping Yan Ru, she just wanted to find out the truth. No matter what the result was, the truth should not be buried.

Besides, it is simply a fantasy that a humanoid animal like Han Liang, who only thinks with his lower body, would send his fiancée to another man's bed.

There must be reasons for this that they are unaware of.

"I suggest waiting and watching the situation. After all, the King of Xiang is involved. As long as he still wants to marry into the Xiang Mansion, he will handle this matter properly. If he comes to our Yan family, we can deal with it then."

Compared with Prince Xiang's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion, their small Yan family is not worth mentioning at all. If we talk about the one with the greatest influence, it has to be Prince Xiang.

The King of Xiang would be extremely anxious if the marriage, which he had petitioned for three times, was ruined.

Even if the sky falls, there will always be someone tall to hold it up, so the Yan family just needs to hide for now.

What was happening outside was exactly as Yan Ci had expected. The incident had not been spread, and because it involved Shen Zhaoyan, Prince Xiang's Mansion had already taken action to block the news. Except for Yan Ru who was sent back to the Yan Mansion in a panic, everyone in the Guanshui Pavilion was taken away for questioning.

Shen Zhaoyan has returned to Prince Xiang's Mansion. Although he is not a man who keeps himself clean, it is shameful for him to be tricked into having an affair with a woman.

But after searching for a long time, except for the ashes of burnt aphrodisiac incense found in the room of Guanshui Pavilion, all other traces had been cleaned up very well.

Dao Ji bowed to Shen Zhaoyan and said, "Your Highness, we have interrogated all the people in Guanshui Pavilion. There is nothing suspicious. However, we found a letter under the red candle in the room. It is for you."

Shen Zhaoyan took the letter and almost fainted on the spot after reading its contents.

"Han Liang, you're such a fucking idiot!"

Shen Zhaoyan had been learning literature and martial arts since he was a child, and he claimed to be familiar with some strategies and tactics, but he had never seen such a blatant trap, and he fell into it.

The letter was left by Han Liang for Shen Zhaoyan, telling Shen Zhaoyan that Yan Ru was the great gift he gave to King Xiang.

This matter can be traced back to half a month ago, when Shen Zhaoyan tried to win over the Han family to work for him.

Although the Han family did not hold high positions and were not prominent in the court, they could do some small things that would not attract attention. Han Liang was very greedy and slippery, and was very easy to deal with, so Shen Zhaoyan intended to win him over.

Han Liang felt honored by Shen Zhaoyan's appreciation and said he wanted to give Shen Zhaoyan a big gift.

At this time, Han Liang discovered during his frequent contacts with Yan Ru that the person who had asked him to meet at Guanshui Pavilion and caused his reputation to be ruined because of the picture of his beautiful buttocks spread throughout Dongdu was not Yan Ci, but Yan Ru.

His feeling of being touched by Yan Ru's initiative to marry him turned into disgust.

In addition, his poor health at the time made him worry that his marriage to Yan Ru would be exposed in the future, so he had to cancel the marriage before the wedding.

So he simply did a favor and gave Yan Ru to King Xiang. In this way, not only did he not have to marry Yan Ru, he also saved his reputation and pleased King Xiang, killing three birds with one stone.

Little did he know that his actions were like a bolt from the blue to Shen Zhaoyan!

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