Chapter 154 Rethinking

The men in black moved and immediately rushed towards Ye Linghan.

Ye Linghan remained motionless, but all the palace guards rushed to him and made gestures to resist the men in black.

Seeing this, the man in black immediately stopped and turned to look at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's face darkened and he shouted angrily: "Capture them all!"

The man in black immediately raised his weapon and prepared to fight the palace guards, but he heard a sentence: "Stop."

Ye Linghan spoke slowly, and although his tone was not so strong, the coldness in it made the hearts of everyone present tremble.

He waved to the guards, who looked hesitant but still obediently stepped aside.

The man in black also stayed where he was and did not take any direct action.

"What do you have to say now?" Li Yuan asked bluntly.

"You said that I imprisoned the Emperor and the Queen Mother in order to usurp the throne..." Ye Linghan finally got to the point, but his tone was still unhurried, as if he didn't care about Li Yuan's slander at all: "You also said that I am not my father's blood, and I am not worthy of sitting on the throne of regent?"

Li Yuan didn't know why his chest suddenly beat violently, as if he was a little guilty, but his face was even more indignant: "Yes!"

He did all this for the Ye Kingdom, not for his own benefit, so there was no reason to feel guilty.

"What if I say that all this is slander caused by your stupidity?" Ye Linghan's gaze suddenly became sharp and revealed a strong sense of oppression at this moment.

After the words fell, the entire court seemed to be wrapped in a thousand-year-old ice, and it suddenly became extremely cold.

"Impossible!" Li Yuan denied it without even thinking about it.

"The late emperor told me your life story himself, and everyone can see that you have imprisoned the empress dowager and the emperor. Are you still trying to make excuses?"

"Heh..." Ye Linghan curled his lips coldly, revealing a handsome and cold-blooded smile: "What if I say that my father himself has been deceived?"

There were exclamations in the court, followed by extremely restrained discussions.

Li Yuan's eyes widened immediately. Before he could speak, Ye Linghan said, "As for why I put the Queen Mother under house arrest and did not allow you to see the Emperor, it was to protect the Emperor, not to usurp the throne as you said..."

"What nonsense!" Li Yuan was so angry that he was shaking all over. "Imprisoning the Queen Mother and the Emperor, what kind of protection is this? Don't confuse right and wrong!"

After saying this, he was about to order the Ye family army to take action again, but Ye Linghan took the lead and said, "Bring the people up."

Everyone was stunned and immediately turned their attention outside the hall.

Almost at the same time, Ying Yi and Ying Er walked in with two people.

One was Xia Yunjie, and the other was the midwife that Ye Lingchen had found with great difficulty.

Many people knew Xia Yunjie and they thought they saw a ghost and almost fainted from fright.

Li Yuan was also startled, but remained calm.

He didn't take the two men seriously, but stared at Ye Linghan vigilantly to prevent him from playing any tricks.

"Greetings, His Majesty." Xia Yunjie and the midwife bowed respectively.

Xia Yunxi's expression looked a little strange only when Xia Yunjie just walked in and stared at her, and then she returned to normal.

"This is the person who delivered my child. She delivered many princes and princesses in the palace." Ye Linghan introduced coldly, "She can prove my background."

"How can she prove it?" Li Yuan immediately retorted: "She was most likely coerced or induced by you. She is totally untrustworthy."

"I will never tell a lie!" Before Ye Linghan could speak, the midwife spoke excitedly, "I was forced by Concubine Rong to tell a lie, which has made me feel guilty for the rest of my life. Now I finally have a chance to clear it up. I am willing to die to atone for my sins!"

Perhaps it was because the midwife's aura was too shocking, or because she said Concubine Rong's name too suddenly, but everyone looked at her in shock.

Su Xing already knew the secret of that year. He was not looking forward to it and even didn't want anyone to hear it.

Because it was related to Ye Linghan's life experience, in order to prove his innocence, he had to make it public in front of so many people.

But how much harm would this cause to Ye Linghan?

I don't know how many people will use this as a topic of conversation in the future...

When Su Xing thought of this, he felt so heartbroken that he almost died!

The midwife had a natural talent for storytelling and described past events vividly, and since she was expressing her true feelings, everyone couldn't help but take her seriously.

Although Li Yuan was shaken, he still refused to believe it.

Ye Linghan didn't waste any words and directly called the old concubine in the palace to confirm the identity of the midwife and the specific circumstances of Concubine Rong's pregnancy. Many points matched what the midwife said.

Most people in the court were convinced by the scene before them, but they did not dare to make a decision on their own. Instead, they all looked at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was shocked and had to rethink the whole matter.

But in the end, he just said coldly: "Even so, it is not my turn to decide this matter."

After a pause, he continued, "If you hadn't intended to take the throne, I wouldn't have made the late emperor's will public!"

"Now let's talk about your so-called conspiracy to usurp the throne..." Ye Linghan said and glanced at Xia Yunjie.

Xia Yunjie swallowed nervously, took a step forward and knelt again: "I am Xia Yunjie, the younger brother of the current Queen Mother..."

As Xia Yunjie continued to speak, people kept gasping for air in the court, and everyone's eyes turned to Xia Yunxi.

Li Yuan's expression was the most complicated. He was shocked, incredulous, suspicious, and finally angry: "Xia Yunjie, what temptation did you get that you dare to slander the Queen Mother like this!"

Without waiting for Xia Yunjie to respond, he shouted again: "Do you know the consequences of doing this?"

Xia Yunjie no longer had the initial nervousness. Hearing this, he sneered disdainfully: "Master Li is really old. He can't even tell right from wrong!"

Li Yuan was about to rebuke him, but Xia Yunjie said first: "Everything I said has evidence to prove it. If Master Li doesn't believe me, just go check it out!"

"You said I was tempted?" Xia Yunjie said sadly, "My father is gone, and the Xia family has become like this. What use is there to me, no matter how great the temptation is?"

"I just hope the truth can be revealed to the world, and the people who killed my father will receive the punishment they deserve!"

After hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought. Everything Xia Yunjie said could be checked, so it shouldn't be false.

Apart from being shocking, the whole thing is logical.

As for the fact that Xia Yunjie was seduced by Ye Linghan, it really doesn't make sense. The Xia family has been branded as a treasonous family, and Xia Yunjie will never be able to turn things around in his life. No matter how great the temptation is, it will be useless to him.

Li Yuan's face looked ugly, but he was not an unreasonable person.

So he looked at Xia Yunxi and asked in a deep voice, "Queen Mother, how do you explain this matter?"