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Such a shameful scene was exposed to the public eye.

The Empress was naturally furious, for the inner palace was under her jurisdiction. For such a thing to happen at today's banquet was tantamount to a slap in her face.

She ordered Yu Lu, "Drag them out!"

At this moment, the woman on the bed staggered and rolled to the ground, crying out, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, please do justice for me!"

Only then did people realize who she was.

Princess Duanmin exclaimed in surprise, "Alan, it's you?!"

Alan raised her head, her face streaked with tears and bearing the marks of her wounds. She cried out, “Princess, I can’t live like this! I drank a couple of extra cups of wine at the banquet and felt dizzy, so I thought I’d come here to sober up. But instead, someone covered my mouth and nose from behind and dragged me into this room.”

I struggled desperately, but it was no use. He... defiled me... Waaah..."

Alan collapsed to the ground, heartbroken and devastated. Everyone who saw her condition knew that she had been raped.

After all, his hands were tied behind his back and his body was covered in wounds.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, Alan was a gift I gave to Your Majesty. Who would have thought she would suffer such humiliation in the palace?" Princess Duanmin exclaimed indignantly. "This is utterly lawless!"

At this moment, Aman and another maidservant beside her had already stepped forward to help Alan put on her clothes and tie up her hair.

Alan collapsed into Aman's arms, crying his heart out, almost suffocating.

"Drag out the culprit now! I want to see who he really is." The Emperor's voice was deep, but it contained boundless rage.

The head guard stepped forward, intending to pull the man up, but he was so frightened that he let go as soon as he turned the man's face around.

"What's wrong?" The Empress, unaware of the situation, couldn't help but ask, "Quickly wake him up!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, this..." The head guard felt cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be Prince Consort Dong..."

"what?!"

"what?!"

"what?!"

These questions arose almost simultaneously.

The Emperor did not expect it, the Empress did not expect it, and Consort Hui did not expect it either.

In her mind, the ones caught in the act should be Wen Mingqian and the painter Zhang Yunqi.

How did they turn into Alan and Dong Gang?

Dong Gang was still fast asleep in bed, completely unaware of the situation.

Even though the guards were in a difficult position, they had no choice but to pull him up, secretly applying force to wake him up.

Dong Gang opened his eyes groggily. He felt a sharp pain in his head, dizziness, and a general sense of confusion, as if he had lost his memory.

When he saw the scene before him, he was also taken aback and couldn't help but ask, "What... what happened?"

The Emperor remained silent with a gloomy face, and the Empress's expression was also extremely unpleasant. Looking down at herself, she realized she was completely naked and quickly pulled the blanket up to cover herself.

At this moment, his father, Dong Sicheng, had already walked quickly to him and whispered, "Hurry up and put on your clothes to apologize to the Emperor and Empress!"

"Father," Dong Gang cried out, "What...what's wrong with me?"

"Don't you know what's wrong with you?" Dong Sicheng gritted his teeth. He knew what kind of person his son was, but under such circumstances, how could he, as the prime minister, possibly show favoritism?
Dong Gang raised his hand to support his head, trying to clear his mind.

He remembered that Wen Mingqian had invited him here, but once he entered the house, he couldn't remember anything.

Judging from the situation, he must have been caught cheating. The woman crying on the ground... is that Wen Mingqian?
"Your Highness, you are truly outrageous!" Princess Duanmin sneered loudly. "Alan was offered to His Majesty by the Fenye tribe. You have defiled her, not only blaspheming His Majesty but also trampling on the dignity of our Fenye tribe. I will not let this matter rest no matter what. Your Majesty the Empress and Prime Minister Dong, you will not continue to protect him, will you?"

Princess Duanmin's open challenge clearly indicates that she is not willing to let the matter rest.

"How could it be Alan? No... it shouldn't be her!" Dong Gang was even more confused. Shouldn't it be Wen Mingqian?
"What do you mean by that?" Princess Duanmin questioned.

"Your Highness, please calm down. This beast must have been drunk and mistook this place for his own home, forgetting where he was. That's why he caused such a mess!" Dong Sicheng tried to defend his son.

"Prime Minister Dong, are you trying to fool a three-year-old? If he were drunk, he should be unconscious. How could he kidnap and tie up people? Is this how he treats his maids at home?"

Princess Duanmin's question was very sharp. The law clearly states that even maids and servants, even those sold into a contract of life and death, are not allowed to be humiliated or defiled by their male masters.

Dong Gang clearly used force, which is a crime.

"Dong Gang, how could you do such a thing? Even if you were drunk and confused, you shouldn't have mistaken Alan for a palace maid." The Empress finally spoke, but still defended her nephew, "How can you face His Majesty? How can you face our ancestors?! You really... have disappointed me so much."

"You worthless brat, what are you standing there for?!" Dong Sicheng also hated this good-for-nothing son to death. He had cleaned up countless messes for him since he was a child, and now he had caused such a big disaster!
Dong Gang was speechless. He wanted to say that he was innocent, but then he thought that he was going to meet someone in secret anyway, so he couldn't be considered innocent.

He wanted to say he hadn't used force, but who would believe him? After all, people only believe what they see with their own eyes.

He wanted to say that he was innocent, but where could he find any evidence? He knew he had been framed, but he was afraid that the more he explained, the worse it would get.

He coveted Wen Mingqian's good looks and wanted to force himself on her.

This was originally a sordid and shameful thing to do, and I planned to do it secretly, without anyone knowing.

Wen Mingqian, being a woman, could only suffer in silence.

Who would have thought that the Emperor himself would catch them in the act of adultery?
Even if he lays everything bare now, he won't get any credit.

Thinking of this, he could only admit defeat. He rolled off the bed, prostrated himself on the ground, and kowtowed, begging, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it was all my fault for being drunk and immoral. I did this inhumane thing in a muddle. I dare not defend myself anymore. I only beg that you punish me alone and not implicate others."

To defile the harem and commit adultery with concubines is a grave crime, no small matter.

The trouble Dong Gang caused in the palace before was mainly because the people he humiliated were all young palace maids, and he did it behind people's backs, so he wasn't caught red-handed.

Therefore, the Empress was able to cover it up for him afterwards.

But today, there were no fewer than a hundred witnesses to this incident. It was his mother-in-law, Consort Hui, who personally reported it, and his aunt, the Empress, personally led people to catch them in the act.

The woman he defiled was a noblewoman who served the emperor, and she was a gift from the Prince of Fenye.

This cannot be resolved hastily under any circumstances. (End of Chapter)