Qin Ye looked at Gu Yunji with a half-smile, but there was no smile in his eyes: "I thought that Lord Gu was displeased with Your Majesty and was deliberately going against Your Majesty."

Knowing that Qin Ye was deliberately setting a trap for him, Gu Yunji had to force a smile and said, "Your Highness, please don't wrongly accuse me. I am sincere to Your Majesty, and my heartfelt sincerity is evident to all the sun and moon. How could I be so rebellious as to displease Your Majesty?"

"Isn't it Lord Gu who wronged people?" Qin Ye stared straight at Gu Yunji and sneered, "After all, when Lord Gu punishes people, his majesty is even more powerful than Your Majesty's. Even I can't help but look at him sideways. I will definitely have a good talk with Your Majesty someday."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji was covered in cold sweat and his breathing stopped. Qin Ye's words were pushing him into the fire pit!

"Your Majesty, I have never had any intention of opposing Your Majesty!"

Gu Yunji was left speechless. Qin Ye said calmly, "Master Gu detained someone today without any reason and tortured him without knowing the facts. He must apologize to the victim, otherwise I don't mind seeking justice for him."

The victim he was referring to was obviously Song Qianning.

After all, he was the son of the Grand Tutor. Apologizing to an ordinary woman was tantamount to insulting him in Gu Yunji's view.

"Why, Master Gu doesn't want to?"

Gu Yunji was in the wrong today, so to prevent Qin Ye from taking advantage of the situation, he could only continue along with Qin Ye's words: "Your Highness is right, I didn't think of it for a moment, and I have to thank Your Highness for reminding me."

The last sentence was almost uttered through gritted teeth.

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the anger that welled up in his heart, looked at Song Qianning, and put on an apologetic smile again on his face: "Miss Song, I was wrong about what happened today. I shouldn't have detained you so arbitrarily. I apologize to you."

Facing Gu Yunji's apology, Song Qianning sneered and said rudely: "I'm sorry, I don't accept Master Gu's apology."

The rejection without hesitation successfully made Gu Yunji's face look even uglier.

That's not all. After rejecting him, Song Qianning continued, "Master Gu's mistake wasn't just to detain me. As a court official and the son of a royal tutor, he handled the case arbitrarily and even imposed the death penalty on me..."

If Qin Ye had come a little later today, she would have been in trouble at Gu Yunji's hands.

Now that Gu Yunji has finally been in the wrong, she will not let him go no matter what.

It's not her style to leave a grudge unresolved.

So, she calmly told him everything Gu Yunji had done in the cell, and said in a gloomy tone, "If it were someone with a weaker body, they might not be able to withstand a few lashes and would die in the cell."

"...Miss Song, your words are too serious." Gu Yunji said reluctantly, "I didn't mean to do anything inappropriate to Miss Song at that time. I definitely didn't mean to kill you."

"Master Gu's unintentional act almost cost me my life. It's the same as killing me."

Song Qianning pointed at Qin Ye beside him and said, "In addition to this, Lord Gu also fabricated a charge out of thin air in an attempt to frame the current regent, which is one of the serious crimes."

"The two crimes combined are an aggravated crime, aggravated to a degree. If you don't punish them and let them go lightly, I'm afraid that if the news gets out, the prince will lose his authority in the eyes of the world."

As she spoke, she looked up at Qin Ye and deliberately said, "Your Highness, Lord Gu has made two serious mistakes in a row, neither of which is what a court official should do. Your Highness, please remember to impeach him when you attend court another day."

When Qin Ye met her gaze, a smile flashed across his eyes. He didn't show it on his face, but nodded in agreement: "Miss Song, what you said makes sense."

After nodding, Qin Ye also cooperated with a thoughtful look, glancing at Gu Yunji out of the corner of his eye, as if thinking about the feasibility of impeachment.

"As the regent, I have every reason to purge the court for Your Majesty. It just so happens that I haven't impeached anyone in court for a long time."

Gu Yunji began to feel uneasy as early as when Song Qianning started speaking, and when he heard the end, his heart skipped a beat.

Especially when Qin Yezhen revealed his intention to impeach, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He and Qin Ye had been at odds for a long time.

It was obvious that he was wrong in what happened today. It was equivalent to giving Qin Ye a handle, but he couldn't deny it.

He had no doubt that if he really allowed Qin Ye to impeach him, he would lose his official uniform.

In addition, the emperor has disliked him for a long time, and he will most likely use this as an excuse to punish the Gu family. By then...

Not daring to think any further, worried that Qin Ye would really impeach him, Gu Yunji didn't care about his own face and looked at Song Qianning.

"Miss Song, I was wrong about what happened today. I shouldn't have used the death penalty against you." He said sincerely, bowing to Song Qianning: "I am willing to apologize to Miss Song."

Amidst his sincere apology, Song Qianning sighed softly, "Master Gu, as a court official, how could you apologize to an ordinary woman like me?"

Gu Yunji's expression couldn't be more sincere: "It's my fault in the first place. It's only right that Miss Song and I apologize."

After admiring his humble manner for a while, Song Qianning finally spoke, but her expression was extremely awkward: "Master Gu's apology is a bit too insincere."

"I was nearly whipped to death by Master Gu, and nearly lost my soul. I simply can't accept a simple apology."

Hearing the meaning behind her words, Gu Yunji responded tactfully, "As long as it can calm Miss Song down, I will definitely not refuse anything I can do."

Just waiting for Gu Yunji to say this, Song Qianning smiled and asked, "Is what Master Gu said true?"

Knowing that only by calming Song Qianning down could Qin Ye cancel the impeachment, Gu Yunji nodded: "Of course."

"Since Lord Gu sincerely apologized, I can't refuse. However, what happened today has hurt me so much that I'm afraid I won't be able to calm down unless I get a hundred or eighty thousand taels of silver."

Gu Yunji thought that Song Qianning would only make a few requests like a little girl, but he never expected that she would ask for money, and such a large sum at that. His smile froze on his face.

Even though Gu Yunji is the son of the Grand Tutor, it is not easy for him to take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. It is enough to make him bleed.

Noticing his expression, Song Qianning said sympathetically, "If Master Gu doesn't want to give it, then forget it. After all, a few impeachments won't be a big deal."

Without hesitation, Gu Yunji said hurriedly, "I am willing to give Miss Song some money."

Song Qianning's face bloomed with a smile again: "Master Gu is really generous. He can take out so much money as soon as he says so."

Thinking of that number, Gu Yunji's eyes twitched with heartache, but he still had to force a smile on his face.

It turned out that he wanted to throw dirty water on Qin Ye and make him bear the stigma of raping a woman.

Not only did his plan fail, but he was almost charged with disrespecting the emperor, and Song Qianning even cheated him out of a large sum of money.