Mo Qi's answer instantly excited everyone present.

"It seems Su Xuening wasn't lying; Su Linyuan really did have ulterior motives towards her!"

"Su Linyuan is a beast! Su Xuening is his cousin!"

"If Su Linyuan could even have such thoughts about his own cousin, he's worse than a beast."

"This family has bullied those siblings so badly, it's outrageous!"

When Madam Zhong saw that Moqi did not report as she had instructed, she immediately shouted excitedly, "You damned servant, how dare you slander your own master! I think you don't want to live anymore!"

Mo Qi immediately looked up at Madam Zhong with tears streaming down her face: "Lying in front of the Emperor is punishable by the execution of the entire family. This servant really dares not lie. Please, Madam, give this servant a way out!"

Moqi's words directly revealed Zhong's thoughts, instantly infuriating her.

Madam Zhong hurriedly protested to Xuan Yuanpeng, "Your Majesty, please don't listen to my one-sided story. I think he has been bribed by Su Xuening to frame my Yuan'er like this."

Seeing that Madam Zhong had come to plead her innocence again, Xuan Yuanpeng frowned in disgust.

Upon seeing this, Zong Jiu immediately scolded Madam Zhong: "Madam Su, let me remind you again, no one is allowed to interrupt during the Emperor's questioning. You may only speak when the Emperor asks a question. If there is a next time, you will be slapped."

Seeing that Xuan Yuanpeng's expression was not right, Zhong Shi, despite being full of resentment, dared not speak again.

Xuanyuan Peng then looked at Moqi and asked, "What did Su Linyuan do to Su Xuening after he entered her room?"

Mo Qi looked troubled, as if she wanted to say something but dared not.

"Speak!" Xuan Yuanpeng shouted impatiently. Mo Qi was so frightened that he fell to the ground and said as if he dared not hide it anymore: "When the young master entered the room, the young lady had not yet gotten up. The young master wanted to... take liberties with the young lady. The young lady was frightened awake by the young master and began to resist. Later... later Bihe entered the room and I fainted."

Everyone was indignant when they heard about Su Linyuan's misdeeds towards Su Xuening.

Most of the people present were women, and Su Linyuan's behavior was the kind of behavior that women despised the most. Su Linyuan already had a reputation for being a playboy, and the noble ladies of the capital did not have a good impression of him. Now, they hated him even more.

Xuan Yuan Yu was so angry when he heard Su Lin Yuan bullying Su Xue Ning like this that his face turned green. He wished he could rush up and tear Su Lin Yuan to pieces!

When Zhong heard that Moqi had told the truth, she was extremely anxious, but remembering Zong Jiu's warning to her, she dared not speak up to defend Su Linyuan.

Seeing how frightened Mo Qi was, Xuan Yuanpeng believed he was telling the truth, but still probed, "How did that maid knock you out?"

“Bihe used a copper basin to fetch water, presumably to help the young lady wash up. When she saw us, she splashed the water and knocked me unconscious. I don’t know what happened after that.” Moqi pushed his logic to the limit, not daring to have the slightest flaw.

"How did the fire start here?"

Mo Qi looked up: "This servant does not know. When this servant woke up, the room was already on fire. However, this servant clearly remembers that the fire was the biggest at the windows and the front door. Someone must have started the fire!"

As soon as Mo Qi finished speaking, Madam Zhong started making a scene again: "Your Majesty, it was Su Xuening, it was Su Xuening who set fire to my Yuan'er!"

Before Xuanyuan Peng could get angry, Zong Jiu shouted, "Guards, slap him!"

Immediately, a young eunuch stepped forward and slapped Zhong twice across the face, causing her mouth to bleed.

Zhong dared not cause any more trouble.

Xuanyuan Peng squinted at Mo Qi again: "Why do you say that someone set the fire?"

Mo Qi prostrated himself and replied, "Because the young master's Lingxiao Pavilion had a fire before, when the eldest young lady went to Shuntian Prefecture to complain, she mentioned that the fire in Lingxiao Pavilion was most intense in the windows and doors, so the eldest young lady guessed that someone had set the fire. Later, Lord Cen sent people to Lingxiao Pavilion to check the windows and doors and found that they had indeed been doused with tung oil, so it was indeed arson. That's why I have this suspicion as well."

Xuanyuan Peng frowned and looked at Su Xuening: "Was the fire at Lingxiao Pavilion like this back then?"

Su Xuening replied respectfully, "Yes, when I rushed into the fire to save my brother, I found that the fire was most intense at the windows and the main door, and we couldn't escape at all. So I suspect that Lingxiao Pavilion was deliberately set on fire."

Xuanyuan Peng looked at the Imperial Guards beside him: "Go check if there are any traces of tung oil poured on the windows and doors."

"Yes." The Imperial Guards immediately obeyed and went to check the doors and windows.

A short while later, the Imperial Guards returned with a piece of charred wood and reported: "Your Majesty, it does indeed smell of tung oil."

Xuan Yuanpeng frowned and turned to Cen Jinfeng: "You also sent people to check the windows and doors back then."

Cen Jinfeng immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Yes, when the yamen runners came to investigate, there was indeed a smell of tung oil."

Xuanyuan Peng stared at the charred wood and said in a deep voice to Jin Lu, the commander of the Imperial Guards beside him, "Go and investigate the origin of this tung oil."

"Yes." Jin Lu replied and immediately led a group of people to investigate.

Green Lotus was so nervous that she was drenched in sweat, but she dared not show any sign of nervousness on her face.

She must stay calm, otherwise she will harm not only herself, but her entire family.

Xuanyuan Peng then asked Moqi, "When you woke up, who else was in the room?"

"Besides my young master, there is no one else."

Xuanyuan Peng narrowed his eyes: "Since the fire had already started, how did you manage to save your lives?"

"I heard that the young lady and the young master escaped the disaster by hiding in the side room of Lingxiao Pavilion. The young master's legs were trapped under a collapsed beam, and I was also trapped under a broken beam. Fortunately, the broken beam that trapped me wasn't too big, and I managed to free myself and go to rescue the young master. It took me a lot of effort to pull the young master out and get him to the side room. There was a water vat in the side room, which is how we survived," Mo Qi said in great detail.

From Mo Qi's answer, everyone understood why Su Linyuan's injuries were so severe.

Xuanyuan Peng stared intently at Moqi.

The servant answered all the questions flawlessly. What he said matched up with Su Xuening, her maid, and Su Linyuan's injuries. In addition, he probably wouldn't dare to lie in front of him.

Not only Xuanyuan Peng thought this way, but everyone around him thought the same way.

Everyone thought that Mo Qi wouldn't dare to lie to the Emperor, but the truth was that Su Linyuan, drunk, went to Jingxue Pavilion and took liberties with Su Xuening, only to suffer the consequences.

Xuanyuan Pengchao gestured with his chin toward Su Linyuan, who was being held in Zhong Shi's arms, and said, "Go and wake him up for me."

"yes."

The imperial physicians responded and began inserting various needles into Su Linyuan's head.

"Hiccup~" Su Linyuan finally reacted and suddenly hiccuped.

The imperial physicians immediately stopped what they were doing, and everyone looked at Su Linyuan.

A strange fragrance wafted into Su Linyuan's head. He opened his eyes groggily, as if he could see the woman he had been longing for smiling seductively at him, making his heart itch unbearably. He couldn't help but smile lewdly: "Little sister, come and give your big brother a kiss!"