"Li-You!"
Li Dan's voice was as cold as a wind sweeping out of an ice cellar, carrying anger he could no longer suppress. "Do you know what a grave crime it is to frame a member of the imperial family? If you dare fabricate accusations without cause, I will convict you of deceiving the sovereign this very day!"
Li You kowtowed, pressing his forehead against the cold stone floor.
His voice was neither servile nor arrogant, every word ringing clear. "Your Majesty, judge wisely! Every charge I have made can be substantiated. Not half a word is false!"
He straightened, took a memorial from his sleeve, unfolded it, and declared in a resonant voice:
"I impeach Princess Taiping on five counts!"
"First, extravagance and debauchery in violation of womanly virtue. Princess Taiping's Residence houses dozens of male lovers, who indulge in lust day and night, befouling her household. The princess recently took a new lover named Lu Changfeng. Originally an itinerant physician of the Jianghu, he won her favor through the arts of the bedchamber. He comes and goes from her residence as easily as walking on level ground. The princess follows his every word and even entrusts him with military and state affairs. I dare ask-since when has a mere male lover been entitled to decide the governance of Great Tang?"
A buzz erupted throughout the hall!
Xiao Zhizhong's mouth twitched, and he could not resist glancing at Li Lingyue. The princess really is ruthless!
She would even let people spread something like this?
Subtle changes crossed Li Dan's and Li Longji's faces as well.
They had long known about Lu Changfeng.
Lu Changfeng had intervened several times to help Li Lingyue and them: in Lu Prefecture, he had helped Li Longji stabilize the killing intent at Hu Pass;