Dongfang Yinzhang recounted everything he had seen in detail to Emperor Qianyuan. "Perhaps it was God's blessing that little Ayi was not destined to die. He was still breathing when I dug him out. I carried little Ayi out of the palace that night, bought a dead baby from the outskirts of the city, rushed back to the palace, and buried him under a sycamore tree. I suspected that Rui'an's death was related to Empress Dowager Du, so I sneaked into the Cining Palace first. When Empress Dowager Du came back, I heard everything I wanted to hear. It was Empress Dowager Du who tampered with Rui'an's labor-inducing prescription to gain power for the Du family, causing her to suffer heavy bleeding during childbirth. And you also knew about this. The child we brought back from the Du family died not long after... The midwife who was thrown into the mass grave by you and your son, and the senior palace maid who was with Rui'an, I also rescued them that night. Do you want me to find them and confront you?"
Emperor Qianyuan only knew that the Eastern Seal appeared in the Cining Palace and was intended to assassinate his mother, but he didn't expect to hear so much!
"What you said is nonsense!" Emperor Qianyuan still refused to admit it.
"Now at this critical moment, if you still refuse to admit it, then I will hand over the midwife and the palace maid to Shangguan Lan. Oh, and that poisonous recipe was provided by Duke Du. If Shangguan Lan knew that her precious daughter married you and ended up like this, the 100,000-strong army from the Eastern Territory would attack the city tomorrow, leaving the people to suffer the ravages of war. Do you think the ministers would still support you?"
"You..." Emperor Qianyuan felt like someone was strangling him and couldn't breathe!
"Dongjun has had numerous military conflicts with Beiyi over the years, and this time we managed to force the Dongjun army back!"
Dongfang Yinzhang curled his lips. "Dongjun used to be skeptical about Rui'an's death. Every time they fought, they were afraid of disturbing Rui'an, so they didn't fight to the death and attack the city with all their strength. They just wanted to move Rui'an's tomb back to Dongjun. Now that they know that Rui'an was killed by you and your son, they must avenge Rui'an! Dongjun will not retreat so easily this time! Ayi will naturally also avenge his mother. The little Prince Fu is his adopted son. With just Ayi's words, Xirong will definitely send a large army to join Dongjun in attacking the city. And Nankun, what do you think your chances of winning are?"
"So what do you want?!"
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