Feng Liyan staggered out, calling out, "Hui'er!!"
Xiao Zhixing shoved his head into his chest and said, "Take it."
Feng Liyan frantically clutched his head, his eyes bloodshot with rage and hatred, "Xiao Zhixing!!!"
Xiao Zhixing curled his lip, ignored him for the time being, and bowed to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, the kidnapping of Ji Bai and the harm done to court officials have been revoked. I intercepted and killed them on the spot."
Xiao Jue walked to the middle and knelt down; his disheveled appearance was proof of this.
Feng Liyan's eyes blazed with fury. "That's still not a capital offense! You're blatantly disregarding human life and showing utter contempt for the law!"
He clutched his head, turned and knelt down, weeping and wailing, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must do justice for me!"
Xiao Zhixing remained calm. "Feng Hui has offended this king and deserves to die."
She was running out of patience, eager to become the crown prince. "Your Majesty, has Feng Mo from Jianan Pass sent any secret letters?"
Zhao Yunqi nodded, "Perfect timing, Fulu, show everyone the secret letter from Feng Mo."
Feng Liyan looked slightly taken aback, forgetting to protest his innocence. What secret letter?
What secret message does Mo'er have? How would Xiao Zhixing know about it?
He had a bad feeling.
As the secret letter was circulated and pairs of eyes were fixed on him, Feng Liyan's unease intensified.
Finally, Fulu handed him the secret letter, saying, "Lord Feng, please read it carefully."
Feng Liyan unfolded the document with trembling hands, his face shifting from shock to disbelief to utter ashen color.
puff--
He spat a mouthful of blood onto the secret letter, and felt dizzy.
Zhao Yunqi coldly said, "Feng Liyan, Feng Lizhen and other members of the Feng family colluded with Xiahou Gong of the Southern Barbarians to massacre 70,000 soldiers of the Xiao family army, and used the Southern Barbarian Gu poison to harm the Prince of Zhenguo. The evidence is conclusive, and their crimes deserve to be punished. They are sentenced to beheading immediately, and all their descendants will be exiled three thousand miles away, with no possibility of pardon."
"Feng Mo, having shown righteousness by sacrificing his family for the country and loyalty to the emperor, is hereby pardoned. The army at Jianan Pass will be taken over by Xiong Chumo, who will be promoted to commander-in-chief and garrison Jianan Pass."
Zhao Yunqi swiftly and decisively determined the Feng family's guilt.
Feng Liyan, holding Feng Huitou's head, was dragged away by the guards with a humiliated expression and quickly disappeared without a trace.
The ministers were invigorated, knowing that the main event of the day had arrived.
Zhao Yunqi said with emotion, "Yuan Sheng survived a great calamity, which is a blessing for our Great Sheng."
"By imperial decree, Prince Xiao Zhixing of Yuansheng is hereby established as the Crown Prince of Dasheng. So be it."
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
"Long live the Crown Prince!"
The Gansheng Hall was filled with splendor, and all the officials knelt in reverence.
The Zhao clansmen and the die-hards moved their mouths, but remembering the tragic state of the Feng family father and son, they ultimately shut up helplessly.
The tide had turned, and they were helpless.
Li Jun knelt there, looking up at Xiao Zhixing, who stood with his hands behind his back.
Your Highness.
A mix of emotions churned within him, and he lowered his eyelids, sighing silently.
Suddenly, Qi Mengshu's words and her strange obsession with herself came to mind.
Is it possible that... if I hadn't fallen into the water that time, everything would have been different?
No one could answer him.
[Three-color bullet comments: Long live the Crown Prince! Long live the Crown Prince! Long live the Crown Prince!] More than 10 billion similar bullet comments flashed before my eyes in a dazzling display.
Bai Su covered her mouth and burst into tears.
Ahhh, Your Highness!
Only she knew how difficult it had been for the prince to get to where he was today; she was incredibly moved.
On that day, the imperial edict was sent throughout the entire territory of Dasheng and to other countries.
The Da Sheng Daily devoted a full page to reporting this great news.
It was truly a time of universal celebration and jubilation.
The people of Dasheng had never longed for their crown prince to ascend the throne as soon as possible and bring blessings to all.
At Jianan Pass, Feng Min clutched the latest newspaper, chuckling strangely, "Crown Prince, Crown Prince!"
What exactly did he miss?
Thinking back to that day when I fell into the water, and the opening of the Gentleman's Academy examination.
You're all wrong, hahaha...
The newspaper slipped from his lips, and Feng Min, lifeless and dying with his eyes wide open, looked on in dismay.
Upon hearing the servant's report, Feng Mo merely gave a cold "hmm," and said, "Bury him anywhere, no tombstone."
A disgraced official is not entitled to have a monument erected.
Feng Lizhen, Feng Meng, and Feng Meng also did not have memorial tablets.
In a gloomy little courtyard of the Duke of Li's mansion.
The woman on the hospital bed trembled violently. A thin, mean-looking maid was muttering to herself at her bedside, "They say that a lowly person has no good fortune. Look at you, you have the Prince of Zhenwang's Mansion behind you, such a powerful backer. Why did you have to become a concubine?"
"Even entering the Gentlemen's Courtyard would be good. Our Seventh Lady of Dasheng is so prestigious. His Highness the Crown Prince and several female officials are there. I really envy them. Alas, I am not fortunate enough to be born into a high-ranking official's family."
"But you are the most unlucky. You ruined your own promising future and even went against His Highness the Crown Prince."
"That's Her Highness the Crown Prince, the first female Crown Prince in history, the future female emperor. Tsk tsk, are you regretting it so much you want to hang yourself?"
Qi Mengshu's cheeks twitched violently, his eyes opened wide with difficulty, and he made strange, hoarse noises.
The maid sneered, "You heard me right, Prince Yuansheng is now the Crown Prince. Are you regretting it so much you could die?"
"You scoundrel, don't be so heartless in your next life, be a decent human being."
The maidservant tossed her handkerchief away in disgust, while Qi Mengshu stared at the gray-black window frame, tears welling in her eyes.
The Western Barbarians, the residence of Xiao Chi.
He gazed at the female emperor in the Dasheng Daily, dressed in military attire and looking as if she were a real person, his eyes deep and unfathomable.
His subordinates smiled wryly, "It's unbelievable that she actually became the crown prince."
And yet, it felt perfectly natural.
Aside from gender, that woman was stronger than all the men in the world.
"Your Majesty, the Great Sheng, led by Xiao Zhixing, will be a formidable opponent. We need to plan this carefully."
When she was a subject, she defeated the barbarian tribes so decisively that they had no chance to fight back. When she became emperor, she could command the entire nation's military.
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