"Liu Qingmei! You've gone mad!"

How could the Third Prince possibly stand still? His eyes, like those of a demon from hell, were fixed intently on Liu Qingmei!

He didn't believe his mother would do such a dirty thing; it must have been the Liu family father and daughter who did it on purpose!

They wanted their daughter to divorce them, so they staged this farce!

Jiang Yuanlang strode forward and yanked Liu Qingmei up from the ground. The force with which he pulled her caused the assembled ministers to frown.

Even though Miss Liu is getting married today, she is still a woman. With such strength, she could probably dislocate a man's arm!

Ignoring all that, he turned sideways to snatch the memorial from Liu Qingmei's hand!

Knowing he had nowhere to retreat, the man possessed immense strength. Enduring the excruciating pain of his dislocated arm, he dodged Jiang Yuanlang's movements. The scene was beyond chaotic; it defied explanation.

Amidst the crowd, Jiang Yuanche silently observed all of this.

He knew from the start that someone as eccentric as Liu Qingmei, raised by her family with no political acumen and only concerned with her own interests, would ultimately be of great help to him.

Look at Jiang Mingyun's calm face before the storm; his eyes, though not angry, are as cold as a thousand-year-old ice.

The ministers had already wisely knelt down, and Minister Liu, steeling himself, stepped forward to help his daughter. However, Liu Qingmei mistook him for someone else trying to take something from her.

Without hesitation, he gritted his teeth and threw the memorial over Gu Zhan and the others with all his might.

Unfortunately, he failed and was caught by Gu Zhan in a leap.

"Your Majesty." Without asking any questions, he handed over the memorial as the emperor reached out his hand.

Upon opening the package, Jiang Mingyun glanced at the words on it before furiously throwing it to the ground, yelling, "You worthless bastard!"

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger!"

Calm down!

How could he possibly calm down?!

The concubine he had favored for many years had cheated on him while they were still in the palace.

That person was the Empress's own brother, her own brother-in-law!

The bastard child was left behind, so they replaced him with his own son and made him raise the bastard like a precious jewel. They made him crown prince, taught him the ways of governing the country, and almost put him on the throne!

No wonder, no wonder Consort Shu is always concerned about the Crown Prince's marriage!

No wonder she didn't cause trouble after he arranged for the Crown Prince to marry a daughter from the Su family. So that's what she was planning all along! If he hadn't discovered this now, he doesn't know how long he would have been kept in the dark!

Jiang Mingyun: "Guards! Take Consort Shu to prison and issue a nationwide warrant for Ye Ze's arrest! The Third Prince has behaved improperly in front of the Emperor and assaulted his wife; his conduct is also deplorable. Throw him to prison as well!"

"Your Highness..." His gaze fell on Jiang Yuanling, and he paused for a moment, "Your Highness is confined to the Crown Prince's residence. Until the truth comes out, you are stripped of all your posts and await further judgment!"

Gu Zhan, and the Fifth Prince below, were both somewhat surprised.

Especially Jiang Yuanche, after pausing for half a second, his eyes filled with a hint of mockery and bitterness.

It turns out that his father, the emperor, also had good intentions.

If this had happened a decade or two earlier, not only would those who committed the crime have been implicated, but even the Empress and the Duke of Cheng's family, who had no connection with them, would have suffered because of it!

Even more shockingly, there was the Liu family, who exposed the affair and brought shame upon the emperor.

"People have feelings. You'd be reluctant to part with a cat or dog you've raised for a long time, let alone the crown prince he personally raised?"

Xu Nian wasn't surprised; she had noticed it a few days earlier when she went to the palace to have her face read by the emperor.

The man had a peaceful expression, as if he had figured something out. Or perhaps he was old, which made him exceptionally tolerant of everything.

While he wasn't entirely devoid of qualities like suspicion, ruthlessness, even vindictiveness and pettiness, he could at least suppress them with his rationality.

Today's events are a case in point. "When he was furious, he probably wanted to execute all those involved, even the ministers standing in the hall. He probably wanted to find an opportunity to kill you all."

"But after being emperor for so many years, and with that farce involving the Third Prince and the others, I've regained some of my rationality. So I dealt with those directly involved, and Jiang Yuanlang was the one I took my anger out on. He became the outlet for my emotions, after all, he couldn't bear to do anything to his wife and the child he had raised and truly loved for so many years."

The emperor was a traditional man, and he probably only truly cared about the children born to the empress.

Others, like Jiang Yuanqing, only occasionally received some fatherly love. As for Jiang Yuanlang, who was disobedient and the son of a favored concubine, he was probably favored at first as well.

However, this affection gradually faded with time and as he grew up and became more ambitious.

[So, streamer, won't the people behind this get away with it?]

[Speaking of the Fifth Prince, the main villain who instigated all these events, why did he do it?]

"Perhaps he wants to avenge his mother," Xu Nian thought, shaking her head and sighing as she recalled the story Jiang Yuanqing had told her. She lay back in the rocking chair, letting the wind blow through her.

Gu Zhan stayed with her like that, his eyes so sweet they seemed to melt your heart.

Suddenly, his young wife opened her eyes and saw that his cheeks were slightly flushed. "I haven't asked yet. In the end, who did the emperor send to resolve this matter?"

The wind is picking up.

He bent down, picked the person up, and carried them into the house, saying as he went, "It's the Fifth Prince. There's no other way. The Crown Prince's faction in the court can't be trusted. Minister Liu seems to want to suppress this matter, and the Emperor is even less likely to believe him. Using the Third Prince's men might be a trick, and the Fourth Prince is just a playboy who has a deep relationship with the Crown Prince. The Second Prince's health hasn't recovered yet, so we can only let Jiang Yuanche do this thankless task."

Xu Nian thought about it and realized it was true.

Jiang Yuanche had just returned to the capital and was unfamiliar with everyone. His relationship with the Crown Prince and his associates, which had lasted for many years, was superficially distant, making him the perfect person to take action.

Moreover, it doesn't matter whether you do it well or not.

They had thoroughly offended the Duke of Cheng's mansion, the Duke of Qing's mansion, and even the Third Prince and the Crown Prince's side.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some people might change their allegiance to him immediately.

But this will soon become a thorn in the emperor's side. You should know that Jiang Mingyun probably wouldn't support Jiang Yuanche even if he made Jiang Yuanmo, who spends all his time eating and drinking, the crown prince.

"It's so pitiful for the Empress." Xu Nian fiddled with the prayer beads in her hand, leaning against her husband. "Her closest brother caused her to be separated from her own flesh and blood. If the Emperor had been a little more mild-mannered, she probably would have lost her position as Empress. But she is the most innocent one. The Duke and Duchess of Cheng might know that their son brought back a child, but she was kept in the dark from beginning to end."