Although he was very annoyed that these ministers had come to block his way, he could only endure it since he couldn't kill them!
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Upon hearing that the emperor had agreed, all the ministers respectfully bowed to him.
Just when Qiu Qiyi thought this unsubstantiated interrogation was over, panicked voices came from outside:
"Your Majesty, the Second Prince has led two thousand troops and has already reached the outside of the main hall!"
"What?"
Qiu Qiyi immediately stood up in shock. How could this be! What ability did Qiu Jingfan have to break in so quickly with only two thousand men?
Even the ministers below looked at each other, their expressions varied, and they all saw astonishment in each other's eyes. Was the fate of the Zhao Kingdom about to change again?
Qiu Qiyi stood up and walked directly out of the main hall, and the ministers all followed.
Everyone saw that Qiu Jingfan was lightly dressed, with only a long sword in his hand. The people behind him were not wearing armor either, but were all dressed in civilian clothes, and did not look like soldiers at all.
But they all exuded an imposing aura!
Qiu Qiyi was quite surprised to see this. Where did Qiu Jingfan get all these people? And why were they all so extraordinary? Did he have something planned in advance?
Or is this someone he secretly trained?
"What's wrong, Your Majesty? Are you planning to force me to abdicate?"
Qiu Qiyi looked at Qiu Jingfan opposite her and questioned him directly.
"Qiu Qiyi, you have indiscriminately killed innocent people, murdered your father, and cruelly murdered your own siblings. You are not fit to be emperor. Today, I will purge the court of corrupt officials and act on behalf of Heaven!"
Qiu Jingfan raised his sword, aimed it at Qiu Qiyi, and said expressionlessly.
"What nonsense are you spouting? How could I possibly kill my father or harm my brothers? You need to provide evidence! And what you've done today is enough for me to tear you apart with five horses!"
Qiu Qiyi retorted without backing down, "To convict me, you need evidence."
He must take down Qiu Jingfan today.
Upon hearing this, the ministers exchanged bewildered glances. What the Second Prince had just said was exactly the same as what they had questioned the Emperor about. Could it be that the Second Prince had leaked this information to them?
"Evidence? If I didn't have evidence, would I have so recklessly led troops into the palace? Do you still remember Master Tianxuan? I was fortunate enough to find him severely injured and heal him. He told me that all these things were done by the Emperor. Qiu Qiyi, you are utterly heartless!"
Qiu Jingfan put down the sword in his hand and looked at Qiu Qiyi's disappointed and hateful expression.
He has plenty of evidence, but I'm afraid he can't handle it! He's been keeping a low profile lately, spending his days either meeting with ministers for tea or giving them gifts. Besides genuinely wanting to build good relationships, he's also trying to mislead Qiu Qiyi.
Secretly, he had been sending people to investigate the emperor's secrets. Sure enough, heaven rewards those who persevere. On the second day after they entered Bianjing, Li Xiaochen helped him find Master Tianxuan directly.
Based on Tianxuan's description, he has also discovered many other things in the past few days, enough to condemn Qiu Qiyi to eternal damnation.
In addition, Li Xiaochen secretly helped a lot, and the investigation was almost complete!
“You conspired with Master Tianxuan three years ago to gain his trust in the people and then trick them into giving you his heart’s blood as a medicinal ingredient.”
Seeing Qiu Qiyi's ashen face, Qiu Jingfan didn't wait for him to open his mouth to defend himself before starting to list his crimes.
"And this medicine is the elixir of immortality, and you deceived Father Emperor by saying that eating this elixir would grant him immortality, and Father Emperor believed your lies."
"You made Father Emperor take this elixir of immortality for a long time, but this medicine is a slow poison. Father Emperor died because of the poison you gave him!"
"And the same goes for those imperial brothers. Every time you tried to make them kings, you would secretly send them to Tianxuan under the pretext of sending them to their fiefdoms. You would then offer them your heart's blood, and in the end, none of the brothers made it out."
"And the number of ordinary people is countless, and many have died at your hands. What else do you have to say?"
Qiu Jingfan condemned Qiu Qiyi's crimes one by one.
"Is what the Second Prince said true? He described it in such detail, it can't be a lie, can it?"
"It can't be fake! Look at how the Emperor's face has changed; he must be feeling guilty! If the late Emperor's death was truly the Emperor's doing, and the disappearances of princes and commoners are all related to the Emperor, then this is just too much..."
"Aren't we supporting a serial killer as emperor?"
Immediately, the ministers behind Qiu Qiyi began to discuss among themselves. Although they had only heard Qiu Jingfan's words, they were already quite certain that this matter was inextricably linked to the Emperor.
Qiu Qiyi's face turned ashen as he listened to the ministers' discussions behind him. He had finally managed to intimidate them, only to have Qiu Jingfan expose his deception.
Qiu Jingfan, you're doing great!!
"Who can believe what you're saying? Where's your evidence? My father died of illness, what does that have to do with me? And what about my brothers who went out to travel and disappeared? Am I supposed to stop them? You're just trying to frame me! You can always find a pretext!"
"However, I am not a heartless person. I will go find the person! Don't make a big deal out of this."
Qiu Qiyi denied it expressionlessly. He couldn't admit it. With so many ministers present, if he admitted it, he would definitely alienate them and give them ammunition against him.
Even if he succeeds in killing Qiu Jingfan, it will be difficult to get these dogs to listen to him again!
While Qiu Jingfan was still confronting Qiu Qiyi, Li Xiaochen also sneaked into the palace to find Lin Yuxin!
He only brought Lie Yan with him when he entered the palace this time. Wang Yu and Bai Teng stayed outside the palace. He planned to have Lie Yan escort Xin Xin out of the palace after he found her, and then have Wang Yu and the others escort them out of Bianjing.
He's worried about Bianjing now that it's not safe for him, and he doesn't feel at ease leaving Xinxin here.
When he entered the palace, he happened to meet the jailer who wanted to leave the palace to find him. The jailer said:
"Your Highness, I was just about to come to you. The Princess Consort is in trouble, please go and save her!"
"What did you say?"
Li Xiaochen was shocked. Xin Xin was pregnant. What would happen if something happened to her?
The jailer recounted what had just happened in the prison, and Li Xiaochen immediately ordered the jailer to lead the way, running towards the prison.
When he arrived at the prison, the thick smoke inside had dissipated considerably, but he could still smell the odor. He knew that Xin Xin must have used a smoke bomb.
I hope she really did escape!
Li Xiaochen searched the prison for a while but didn't see Xin Xin. Instead, he found a hole in the innermost cell.
Li Xiaochen's handsome face twitched suddenly. He had a premonition that this hole must have been made by that girl Xin Xin! It seems he had really pushed her to the limit! She actually started crawling through a dog hole?
"Your Highness! Could this cave have been created by the Princess Consort?"
Even Lie Yan had some doubts about the origin of this cave.
What's behind this?
Li Xiaochen didn't answer her, but instead asked the jailer directly.
"Your Highness, this leads directly to the Cold Palace!"
The jailer thought for a moment and then said.
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