Chapter 216 The plea for help went to King Xiao.

"No, no, I am not an assassin! Your Highness, I have been wronged!"

The servant was terrified when he heard Xiao Ye define him as an assassin.

If it's an assassin, then the nature of the situation is completely different.

He slept with Princess Changning, but at least there was no evidence that he did it on purpose. If he was lucky, the royal family might marry the princess to him to protect her reputation.

But if it's defined as an assassin, then it's a conspiracy, and you should be imprisoned!

At that moment, he forgot what he had done to the Crown Prince. His survival instinct made him subconsciously beg the Crown Prince for mercy.

He still dreamed that the Crown Prince would spare him.

"Ha, if you're not an assassin, then why did you attack me?"

Xiao Ye sneered, his gaze as sharp as a knife as he looked at the servant.

"I...I'm because..."

The servant suddenly choked up; he didn't know how to explain.

Are we going to have to reveal the identity of King Xiao?

He didn't dare, he really didn't dare.

His entire family is in the hands of Prince Xiao. If he were to surrender to Prince Xiao, his entire family would die.

But if I don't confess, then I...

He didn't want to die either!

The servant looked anxious and was conflicted. Finally, his gaze fell on Princess Changning, and he immediately had a solution.

"Yes, it was Princess Changning. She wanted to harm His Highness the Crown Prince and made me knock him unconscious and bring him here."

"You're talking nonsense! I don't know you at all!"

When Changning saw the servant pointing at him, he roared angrily.

"How dare you! You actually slander the princess! I ask you, if the princess ordered you to do this, then why are you in this room?"

The princess was furious when she heard the servant's words and immediately pointed out the flaws in his statement.

yes!

If he was following Princess Changning's instructions, then why was it he who slept with Princess Changning?

The servant lowered his head, trying to come up with a reason.

After scratching his head for a long time, he finally said, "That...that's because His Highness the Crown Prince was rescued. I...I was afraid the Princess would blame me, so I had to take the risk..."

"The princess mistook me for the crown prince, that's why..."

It has to be said that the reason the servant came up with was quite reasonable, and even Su Liluo, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but twitch her lips.

It seems that I don't need to put in much effort; this servant can finish the whole act.

"you......"

Changning was so angry that she could hardly breathe. Her finger trembled as she pointed at the servant on the ground, wishing she could tear him to pieces.

The people around Changning were looking at her with increasingly strange eyes.

Although some people were wary of her status and dared not point fingers at her, the disdain and contempt in their eyes were still evident.

Everyone despised her in their hearts. It turned out that Princess Changning had done many evil deeds and was about to bring about her own downfall. She was reaping the bitter fruit of her own actions!

"Guards! You utterly despicable slave, seize him and beat him to death with clubs!"

When the eldest princess saw her daughter being harmed like this, and that a lowly servant dared to falsely accuse her daughter, she was furious.

Immediately, he ordered his men to drag the servant away and beat him to death!

But at that moment, Su Liluo spoke up to stop her.

"Princess! Slow down! You mustn't! This servant has now had relations with the princess, so the princess's body belongs to him, and this was all arranged by the princess herself."

According to tradition, the princess is probably destined to marry this man! Although he is of lowly status, it is because the princess lost her virginity to him that so many people saw it.

"In the future, I'm afraid no ordinary nobleman will dare to marry the princess. If you kill him, won't the princess be unable to marry for the rest of her life?"

"How could my daughter, a princess, be worthy of such a lowly slave?"

The eldest princess said angrily after hearing Su Liluo's words.

Changning, who was standing nearby, was nearly driven mad with anxiety when she heard the suggestion to marry her off to this servant.

How could she marry a servant?

"Mother, kill him! Kill him! I absolutely refuse to marry a lowly slave!"

Changning kept urging the princess on, and the servant was terrified when he saw this.

He never expected Changning to be so stubborn, refusing to marry him even if it meant giving up her reputation.

At that moment, he felt that this tactic was useless.

Xiao Ye and the others remained silent; he simply stood there coldly.

He was waiting, waiting for the servant's final choice.

Because he knew that Changning alone did not have the ability to arrange such a thing in the backyard of the Grand Tutor's mansion.

Even the poison that servant used to knock him unconscious was definitely not something that could be easily bought in the imperial city.

Although he didn't possess medical skills like Su Liluo and couldn't avoid certain poisons, he had taken some medicines to improve his physical condition and prevent poisoning because of his previous battles.

Ordinary date rape drugs are unlikely to incapacitate a person, especially the methods used by women, which often involve the use of low-grade date rape drugs.

Such a potent drug, capable of knocking someone out with just a whiff, is definitely not easy to obtain.

He did not stop them, and the princess's men came over and dragged the servant down.

The servant was torn and struggling with the decision: should he save himself or protect his family?

Only when he saw that he had been dragged out of the door did he begin to feel truly terrified.

"No, don't kill me! I... I'll talk, it wasn't the princess who ordered me, it was—"

"What happened?"

Just as the servant was about to reveal who was behind him, a clear male voice suddenly rang out.

When the servant saw who had arrived, his pupils constricted sharply, and he was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

He was just about to implicate Prince Xiao. He was a selfish and self-serving person. If he weren't like that, how could he have been bribed by Prince Xiao to do such a thing?

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