Even someone as unfamiliar with them as Su Wenyuan could sense it.
Not to mention Sheng Jingyu, who deals with them every day, who could possibly hide such a little scheme from him?
Sheng Jingyu feigned anger and insisted on killing someone. The group of people seemed to be pleading for mercy, but in reality, they were stirring up trouble.
If we really kill Qu Mingzhi, wouldn't that be doing what they want?
At this moment, Qu Mingzhi, like Su Wenyuan on their wedding night, was just cannon fodder.
Sheng Jingyu knew they had ill intentions, yet he still cooperated. What was he trying to do?
As Su Wenyuan pondered, she re-examined Lou Hui and the others, and upon realizing that they were all Sheng Yuanhe's people, she immediately understood.
Sheng Jingyu wanted to make a big scene and expose the person who was really trying to test him.
How could she not cooperate?
Su Wenyuan raised her hand and called Ye Shan over, whispering a few words in her ear, instructing Ye Shan to find the people who had been drinking with Qu Mingzhi.
Ye Shan replied in a low voice that the person had been found and questioned. They said that they deliberately provoked Qu Mingzhi to come to the Duke of Wanguo's mansion.
Now that we've got the facts straight, all we need to do is find out who's using him.
However, none of the ministers watching had any intention of asking any further questions. Instead, they wanted to take advantage of Sheng Jingyu's anger to kill Qu Mingzhi.
If we really kill him, we won't be able to get past the Emperor.
The Emperor was just looking for an opportunity to deal with Sheng Jingyu.
Just as Su Wenyuan was in a dilemma, the Vice Minister of Revenue arrived; he was Qu Mingzhi's father.
In addition, there were also Censor-in-Chief Lou Jiangtai and others, who came to rescue people after hearing about the incident.
There were also some ministers who simply wanted to see what was happening here.
The ministers who originally claimed they couldn't attend due to other commitments have now almost all arrived, along with their families.
Su Wenyuan lowered her voice and asked, "Are you waiting for them?"
Taking advantage of the chaos, Sheng Jingyu replied, "Of course, without these people, even if we find out that someone is against me, there's nothing we can do. The ministers here before all had good relations with the Duke of Wan."
If it's all people from that side, Sheng Jingyu will suffer.
Su Wenyuan said, "Okay, we can't just end this so quickly after making such a big fuss."
The group of people came in and asked about what had happened again.
Lou Hui spoke haltingly, with a hint of unease, and some of the stories were fabricated. As she continued, she began to lose confidence.
When the topic of the wine pot came up, Su Wenyuan suddenly interrupted, saying, "The banquet hasn't even started yet, where did the wine pot come from? Aren't there only teacups on the table?"
It's not time yet, so everyone sits in small groups chatting. If you have the leisure, you can go out for a walk.
Lou Hui said guiltily, "It was Young Master Qu who wanted to drink..."
"I didn't!" Qu Mingzhi suddenly came to his senses. "I didn't ask for any wine, but the wine pot just inexplicably ended up there."
Wan Gaoyi said, "Perhaps it was placed there unintentionally by a servant. That shouldn't be important, right? What's important is that Qu Mingzhi humiliated the Sixth Prince and was disrespectful to Prince Chen, almost injuring him."
Qu Mingzhi lowered his head and stopped arguing.
He said those words, and he threw away the wine jug; there's no way to explain either of those things.
Sheng Jingyu said impatiently, "If it weren't for the Princess Consort stopping us, there would have been bloodshed already. What's there to say? You've repeated it over and over again."
Lord Qu panicked immediately, his mind racing. He knelt down with a thud and said, "Your Highness, there is definitely more to this than meets the eye!"
He knew his son well; he was a bit simple-minded and impulsive, but not bold enough to come over and verbally abuse Sheng Yuanhe.
Furthermore, Qu Mingzhi's plan for today was not to come to the Duke of Wanguo's mansion. His sudden appearance must indicate a problem.
After he finished speaking, before Sheng Jingyu could say anything, Su Wenyuan spoke first: "Then tell me, what's the hidden story?"
Throughout the whole affair, Sheng Jingyu only needed to play the role of a prince with the urge to kill.
Everything else had to be done by others, otherwise, these people would have to join forces to smear Sheng Jingyu, saying that he planned this whole thing.
Su Wenyuan spoke before him, and Sheng Jingyu wasn't annoyed, but he looked somewhat helpless.
At first, Lord Qu didn't react, but seeing that Sheng Jingyu wasn't angry and was letting Su Wenyuan act up, he immediately seized the opportunity and said, "Can I ask my son?"
“Okay.” Su Wenyuan agreed immediately, waving her hand to signal them to go talk to each other over there.
“Your Highness has a bad temper and can’t stand being wronged, but I’m not willing to kill innocent people indiscriminately. We need to find out the truth.” Su Wenyuan looked at them with a smile and replaced Sheng Jingyu’s hand warmer with a new one.
While waiting for Lord Qu to ask his questions, Su Wenyuan observed everyone's reactions.
Some shrewd old foxes have realized something is wrong.
Not long after, Lord Qu returned excitedly, saying that Lou Hui and the others had started the provocation.
They had a conflict before, and back then, with the Crown Prince backing them up, they spoke harshly to Qu Mingzhi.
Today, they deliberately brought Qu Mingzhi in front of their group and brought up old matters. Qu Mingzhi couldn't stand it, so he mentioned Sheng Yuanhe.
As for the wine pot, Qu Mingzhi only remembered that he grabbed something and threw it, but after being reminded by Master Qu, he realized that the direction was wrong and he couldn't hit Sheng Jingyu at all.
In other words, it wasn't him who threw the wine pot at Sheng Jingyu.
Upon hearing this, Su Wenyuan immediately took off Sheng Jingyu's cloak and handed it to Meng Qi, telling him to stand in Sheng Jingyu's place.
Qu Mingzhi was perfectly lucid at this moment, and took the opportunity to stand in the spot where he had stood, even demonstrating which side he was facing and how he waved his hand.
He grew increasingly agitated and finally realized that someone had framed him.
After watching the whole thing, Su Wenyuan clapped her hands and said, "Luckily you still remember. Perfect timing, I also asked a few of your friends if you want to meet them."
Qu Mingzhi looked at his father, at a loss, and Lord Qu quickly replied, "If you wish to see her, Your Highness, I will trouble you."
"I'm not tired, I'm just here to watch the show. Let them come in and explain how they were ordered around!" Su Wenyuan gestured for Ye Shan to bring the people in.
Those people had already been interrogated once, so there was no need to ask them any more questions; they all told the truth.
He deliberately got Qu Mingzhi drunk, which angered him and led him to the Duke of Wanguo's mansion.
As soon as he entered the mansion, someone greeted him and led him to Lou Hui, who then took him to her group of friends.
His sarcastic remarks angered him, and remembering that Sheng Yuanhe had already been crippled, he impulsively cursed and attacked.
Someone noticed that he picked up the wine jug and immediately used another spare one to smash it at Sheng Jingyu.
There were also people closely watching Sheng Jingyu's reaction, to see if he would reveal any flaws, just like he did during the morning court session that day.
Finding no flaws, he then considered having Sheng Jingyu kill Qu Mingzhi.
Of course, this idea did not come to fruition. As the witnesses stepped forward one by one and the evidence gradually emerged, Lou Hui turned pale and collapsed to the ground.
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