"Father, spare me! Father! I'm innocent! I really didn't do these things!"
Xiao Churen never expected things to turn out this way. He frantically tried to crawl towards Emperor Wenjian to beg for mercy, but was quickly stopped by the guards who came to arrest him.
It was a perfectly well-planned scheme. Today, I will submit evidence that Jiang Ruan is a spy from the Northern Desert, and then the Emperor will be furious and punish Su Zhen and the Crown Princess.
If Xiao Ye cared about the Crown Princess, he would definitely argue with his father for her sake, which would implicate him. But how did things turn out this way?
Why does Xiao Ye have evidence from back then?
Why did Qi Yinyin betray him?
He simply couldn't understand any of this.
Xiao Ye, on the other hand, remained calm and composed, showing no emotion whatsoever.
Everything that happened today was not something he prepared suddenly, but something he had been planning for a long time.
Since his leg was healed, he had been secretly searching for evidence of his defeat to the Northern Desert. It took him almost a year to finally collect it.
It's a pity that the messenger from back then was silenced. He was originally struggling with how to solve this problem, but an opportunity suddenly came.
After his men discovered that Su Wanshi had entered the Chu Prince's mansion, Qi Yinyin and Su Wanshi argued, and Qi Yinyin eventually lost the argument.
After falling out of favor, Qi Yinyin had a very difficult time in the Chu Prince's mansion. Su Wanshi took advantage of Xiao Churen's favor and used his name to suppress and humiliate Qi Yinyin in various ways, which made her extremely resentful.
Just then, Xiao Churen, misled by the Su family, suddenly framed Luo'er's mother.
After considering everything, he bribed Qi Yinyin to help him stage this charade.
Since some evidence has been destroyed, he will create evidence. The important thing is not the process, but the outcome.
Now, Xiao Churen has been completely rejected by Emperor Wenjian, and Consort Liu is about to die, and the Liu family is being investigated. This is the result that I have been planning for a long time.
As for Qi Yinyin, she was already poisoned by Su Wanshi and tormented by her every day, and she also fell ill. She was not going to live much longer.
She agreed to cooperate in order to avenge herself before she died.
Emperor Wenjian ignored Xiao Churen's pleas for mercy. He had committed such a serious crime that not killing him was already enough to anger the people. How dare he beg for mercy?
If it weren't for the fact that his own blood was still on him, Emperor Wenjian would have beheaded him long ago.
On the other side.
Consort Liu, still enjoying a life of luxury in the inner palace, was unaware of what had happened in the court. She was still waiting for news of Emperor Wenjian's punishment of the Crown Prince.
But what she didn't expect was that the grand eunuch who came to her palace with a three-foot-long white silk ribbon.
"Imperial edict has arrived!"
The eunuch strode arrogantly into Consort Liu's palace. Consort Liu was surprised for a moment, then frowned slightly when she saw the white silk behind the eunuch.
Why would a eunuch come looking for me at this time?
Is it because the King of Chu has rendered meritorious service that the Emperor intends to reward me?
Because she was quite far away, she couldn't see clearly that the white silk was actually three feet of white silk, and thought that the emperor was going to bestow some precious silk upon her.
What displeased her was that it was white, which was considered very unlucky!
She and her palace servants all knelt down to greet him. After the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, she felt dizzy and couldn't believe the contents of the edict.
"Consort Liu, receive the imperial decree!"
"It is a eunuch," the eunuch said quietly.
Consort Liu remained rooted to the spot, muttering in disbelief, "No, it can't be, this must be fake! How could the Emperor order my death! You're lying! You're lying! You're issuing a false imperial edict!"
As she spoke, Consort Liu went mad and tried to tear up the bright yellow imperial edict.
The eunuch holding the imperial edict quickly dodged to the side, avoiding Consort Liu's clutches, and then ordered the palace servants beside him.
"Someone, hurry up and restrain Consort Liu! Since she won't obey, then everyone, help her complete the contents of the imperial edict!"
At the eunuch's command, several palace servants immediately stepped forward, pinned down Consort Liu, and dragged her into the palace.
Consort Liu struggled frantically. At first, she didn't believe it, but when she was forcibly dragged and bound with the three-foot-long white silk ribbon, she panicked.
"No, I don't want to die! Go and call the Crown Prince, call the Crown Prince! I have something to say to him, I have a secret!"
"No, call her Empress. I know the Empress's secret. If she doesn't come, I will tell the Emperor all of this!"
"I know that the child the Empress gave birth to back then was actually—"
Her voice trailed off, her eyes widened, and her feet had already left the stool.
A palace maid standing nearby had a dark look in her eyes, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After everyone left, the palace maid quietly went to the Empress's Phoenix Palace.
This is such a big matter, we must tell Her Majesty the Empress!
Although Consort Liu is dead, it's hard to say that she didn't leave anything behind before her death, or that she might have already told someone else.
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"Did Consort Liu really say that before she died?"
Phoenix Palace.
The Empress's expression turned serious upon hearing the palace maid's report.
"Yes, fortunately, I kicked the stool away in time, and Consort Liu was unable to speak. Now her body has been dragged away."
The palace maid stood aside and honestly reported.
Since the Empress recovered, she has regained control of the harem. She was someone the Empress had specially placed next to Consort Liu.
"Hmm, you did a very good job this time. By the way, later take a few more people and sneak into Consort Liu's palace to see if you can find anything suspicious."
The Empress thought for a moment, and then gave the order.
Since Consort Liu can say such things, she must know something.
The prince's background has always been her biggest secret, and it is absolutely not something that can be easily revealed.
She thought that because she had kept this matter so secret all those years ago, no one would know about it, but she never expected that Consort Liu would find out in the end.
However, Consort Liu knew this but never spoke out, presumably because she didn't have enough evidence, or perhaps she wanted to wait for a crucial moment to deliver a fatal blow.
Although Consort Liu is dead, she still has to be careful, because the women in the harem are the most complicated. With Consort Liu gone, there's no guarantee that there won't be others.
Especially now that Prince Xiao has returned to the capital, Consort Zhang seems to have lost her usual composure.
When no one was looking, the palace maids secretly searched the deserted Consort Liu's palace again, but unfortunately they found nothing.
In the end, she could only report back to the Empress empty-handed.
"Since there isn't one, then forget it. Now that Consort Liu is gone, you will all be assigned to other palaces again. I plan to send you to Consort Zhang's palace."
The Empress did not make things difficult for the palace maid; instead, she gave her another task.
“This Consort Zhang is not as arrogant as Consort Liu. She has been able to live a secluded life for so many years, so you have to be careful.”
"Yes, this servant will remember."
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