Right Prime Minister, "..."

Intercepting the imperial edict and bringing it back directly is definitely adding fuel to the fire of the emperor's anger.

The Emperor was furious, his head practically steaming with rage. He barely managed to restrain himself from ordering Xie Jingyan to be dragged away and beaten to death. He roared, "Do you think that no matter how much trouble you cause, I won't kill you?!"

Xie Jingyan said, "If I wanted to die, I could just smash my head against a pillar. There's no need to go through all this trouble of intercepting the imperial edict."

Xiao Xizi stood to the side, her eyes wide open, thinking that what Ling Wang said made a lot of sense.

The Emperor's anger was evident on his face, and the Right Chancellor also said, "I also feel that Prince Ling is not someone who doesn't know what's important, and I think he must have a reason for doing this."

The Emperor glared at Xie Jingyan, "I told you to stop interfering in this matter, why did you intercept the imperial edict?"

Xie Jingyan said, "The case of the Prince of Yanping killing the son of the Princess of Huyang needs to be retried and judged. Once the imperial decree is issued, Father Emperor will not restore the title of Prince of Yanping in the short term for the sake of his own face."

The Empress Dowager walked in just in time to hear this, and she was so angry that her vision blurred. "A retrial and a severe sentence?! It's not enough that you and the Yun family used your immunity tokens to save the life of the Prince of Yanping's heir, what more do you want?!"

Xie Jingyan did not turn to look at the Empress Dowager, but looked at the Emperor and said, "Father knows in his heart that if this case had happened to someone else, the Prince of Yanping would never have been sentenced to death, let alone implicate the entire Prince of Yanping's mansion."

The Empress Dowager was so angry she could barely stand, her hand trembling as she pointed at Xie Jingyan. "If Your Majesty doesn't severely punish this wretched boy today, you can expect to collect my corpse!"

The Emperor hurriedly said, "Empress Dowager, please don't upset yourself. I will certainly not let this rebellious son off easily."

The Emperor personally helped the Empress Dowager to sit down, then looked at Xie Jingyan and said, "Why don't you kneel down and apologize to the Empress Dowager!"

Xie Jingyan said, "It is the eldest son-in-law who should apologize to the Empress Dowager, not your son."

The Emperor frowned, "This is getting more and more absurd."

Xie Jingyan said, "The one who died at the hands of the Prince of Yanping was not the Empress Dowager's biological grandson at all. The son that Princess Huyang risked her life to give birth to was someone else."

"For more than a decade, the eldest son-in-law secretly searched for the switched imperial offspring without the knowledge of the Empress Dowager and the eldest princess."