Chapter 84 The Scheme Succeeded (1/2)

After Chu Tiankuo heard about the diagnosis that Lengmei lost her child, he knew how serious the matter was.

Whether it was because the imperial physician was bribed by Lengmei or there was something hidden in this matter, the fact was that Tang Xia framed Lengmei and Lengmei lost her child.

Chu Tiankuo was quite aware of Lengmei's scheme and he knew that Lengmei framed Tang Xia. Even if Tang Xia did make Lengmei lose her child, Chu Tiankuo would protect Tang Xia. Besides, he did not believe that Tang Xia would do such a thing.

Chu Tiankuo also suspected that Lengmei was not pregnant at all and that she might want to make use of this matter to expose Tang Xia to mortal danger.

In Chu Tiankuo's view, Tang Xia was always an optimistic, sanguine, strong and kind girl. How could she do such a thing? It was impossible!

As for Lengmei, she was quite an insidious and cunning woman who wanted to take everything to frame Tang Xia. Tang Xia was so kind that she would never and dared not care about such a thing, but the consequence would be quite terrible.

Tang Xia was so tenacious that she would never admit something she did not do. Besides, as an envoy, Bai Bulun was involved in this matter. Domestic shame should not be made public, let alone such a terrible matter.

This was exactly what Lengmei planned—she wanted more people who was ignorant of this matter to support her. Now that Bai Bulun was in the hall, it was time for Lengmei to take action.

At this critical moment for negotiation between Chu Tiankuo and Bai Bulun, it would be too rash for Bai Bulun to sue peace with Chu Tiankuo after he knew Chu Tiankuo could not manage his own imperial harem well.

Besides, there was conflict between two sides. It would be hard for Bai Bulun to disarm all hostility as such thing had happened. Instead, it was just like washing dirty linen in public.

”Your Majesty, please help me! I lost my child; he should be the prince! Your child!” Lengmei pretended to cry out on the ground.

Everyone would feel sorry at the sight of this situation as Lengmei was acting so well. That she fell on the ground and showed how shattered she was after losing her child. Her hysterical cry made people have more sympathy for her suffering.

All the ministers and Bai Bulun were quite angry. They must feel sorry for Lengmei's helplessness and spurn Tang Xia's cruelness.

Chu Tiankuo was rather embarrassed as there were too many people here so that he could not favor Tang Xia. He would lose credit and be regarded as an emperor who indulged the woman and set state affairs aside if he pointed out that all this was planned by Lengmei.

Chu Tiankuo did not know what he should do to pay attention to the interests of the whole and protect Tang Xia. The best solution for him was to lock Tang Xia up and punish her, which could show his sincerity.

Only in this way could he make Bai Bulun believe that he laid emphasis on truth and state affairs instead of Tang Xia.

Also, it could help their negotiation, but Chu Tiankuo could not do it. Tang Xia did not do anything wrong and he would never let Tang Xia be framed by Lengmei, let alone make Tang Xia suffer for solving his own problem.

Chu Tiankuo was suffering from inner conflict, not knowing what he should do. He must make a decision in the face of Lengmei's complaints and the ministers' argumentation.

If he could not punish Tang Xia for the moment, people would regard him as an impulsive man who did not attach importance to the truth. Moreover, his people would lose their faith in him and defect to other countries. The plan of cooperation would also be impossible.

Chu Tiankuo was quite annoyed as Bai Bulun knitted his eyebrows. Chu Tiankuo knew it clearly that he would be counter-attacked by Bai Bulun if he spoke up for Tang Xia.

Not knowing anything about Lengmei and Tang Xia, Bai Bulun would only believe what he saw—Lengmei was trying to get sympathy from him by pretending to be innocent.

After pondering for a while, Chu Tiankuo said slowly, ”Just leave for the moment. I'm discussing official business now. We'll talk about your matter later.”

This was his only way, which would not delay their negotiation of cooperation and could avoid punishing Tang Xia hastily.

Chu Tiankuo must find the proof to disprove Lengmei and clear Tang Xia's name, which required much time.

What Chu Tiankuo could only do was to slight over Lengmei for the moment and to say that they would talk about it later, which could buy time for him to seek for countermeasure. He could not concentrate his efforts on this matter, or he would gain nothing.

He must protect Tang Xia as he believed that Tang Xia would never do such a thing. Besides, Lengmei had set up Tang Xia for several times. However, he could only stop talking about it because too many people were gathering in the hall.

Right, that was his only way.

But how could Lengmei give up so easily? Lengmei had racked her brains in scheming so that she gained such a good opportunity to bully Tang Xia in public. How could she miss the chance?

With so many efforts, Lengmei found Bai Bulun who could be her solid backer. She would never miss such an opportunity. Hence, she pretended to be sad for Chu Tiankuo was not willing to help her and moved to Bai Bulun, kneeling on the ground.