All I heard was an angry roar from the Emperor of Chu.
The wrath of thunder shocked everyone.
"Okay, very good..."
The King of Chu gritted his teeth and uttered only three words.
"Princess You, where is your master?"
Emperor Chu stared at Qing Yunyao and asked sternly.
Qing Yunyao's cheek hurt so much, but she didn't dare to cover it with her hands. She couldn't help but tremble, "Your Majesty, my master is not..."
"I ask you, where is the person?"
Before she could finish her words, Emperor Chu shouted sternly, with coldness and murderous intent in his eyes almost overflowing.
Ever since Qing Yunyao replaced Qing Yue, she had always been the center of attention. How could she have experienced such a scene? Becoming Princess You, she was treated with great kindness because of her status as the legitimate daughter of the Qing family. Neither the Emperor nor the Empress had ever spoken harshly to her. This was her first time facing the Emperor's wrath.
Qing Yunyao's head was buzzing and her face turned pale. For a moment she didn't know how to refute.
"Yue girl, can you contact your master? Tell the emperor the truth. Don't make any excuses or hide anything!"
At this moment, Qing Leishan's voice sounded heavy.
From the moment it was revealed that Prince Yu was poisoned, he had not spoken a word until this moment, when the emperor was furious.
In fact, from the moment Qin Wan said that she saved Qing Zhan, he believed the little girl in front of him and believed everything she said.
He was a general who had fought on the battlefield for more than ten years. He felt the malice of his enemies most clearly. Those enemies wanted to drink his blood and eat his flesh. Even those scheming people could not hide the hostility in their eyes. But Princess Yu... this little girl from the Qin family did not have any malice towards him. This was his most straightforward feeling.
Whenever he looked into her eyes, he could see the hesitation in her eyes. She was really trying hard to find the truth, and she was really trying her best to save Zhan'er. She saved him once, but failed the second time.
Instead, it was Yue girl who puzzled him.
In his heart, his child was the best, smart, outstanding, and the most filial. But why, when things had become so clear and her second brother had been killed, did she still protect her master so much? Why?
Qing Leishan suddenly found it difficult to understand his daughter.
His little daughter wasn't like this before.
Is it true that once you get married and start a family, your heart will turn to someone else?
Not to mention the Emperor of Chu, even Qing Leishan now suspected that Chu Yan and Empress Xiao were in collusion with this person. It was they who harmed Prince Yu Feng Ling and Qing Zhan.
As for the tragic death of his second son, was it because of the discovery of this secret?
People are most afraid of imagining things. Once they have imagined something and made a conclusion about it, then the matter is basically determined, including the Emperor of Chu. He has obviously already imagined it and completely believed in Qing Yue's guidance.
After being scolded by Qing Leishan, Qing Yunyao finally regained consciousness. She hurriedly shook her head and said, "Daddy, I can't contact Master. I only know that Master lives in Kyoto City, in that thatched cottage on the mountain outside..."
Qing Yunyao said anxiously. At this moment, she finally saw clearly how far Qing Yue had pushed her. If she had protected her master, Brother Ayan and the Queen would have been implicated. She had to find a way out to save herself and Brother Ayan...
What should I do?
When people are pushed to the extreme, their minds will really work very fast. She closed her eyes deeply. She knew that in order to protect herself and her brother Ayan, she had to abandon her master.
Her hatred for Qing Yue deepened. The next moment, she slumped to her knees, tears streaming down her face. She sobbed and shook her head, "Daddy, I really don't know where Master is... Father, Mother, and Imperial Concubine, I've known Master for almost four years. Back then, the Qing family suffered a great disaster, and I was kidnapped and poisoned. It was my cousin Qing Yunyao who saved my life, but ended up dying tragically herself. I was in a daze back then, unconscious for days and never woke up..."
When Qing Yunyao mentioned this matter, everyone fell silent, and Qing Leishan's eyes turned red. What happened back then was a painful thing for the Qing family. It has been rarely mentioned in recent years. Now that it was brought up by Yue Yatou herself, it was obvious that there must be some hidden story behind it.
"Later, my master showed up at the Qing family and saved my life, but he had only one request: not to tell anyone about my whereabouts. He said he was the Wushuang Old Man."
Qing Yunyao explained with red eyes.
Qin Wan listened from the side with a mocking smile on her lips. Qing Yunyao was indeed cruel and selfish to the extreme. Just by hearing her words, she knew that Qing Yunyao planned to sacrifice her master to save herself and Chu Yan.
"At that time, I was very ill, and Brother Ayan stayed by my side every day. Everyone said that it was Brother Ayan who woke me up, but in fact, this was only part of the reason. Another reason I was able to get better was because my master saved me. After I recovered, my master left. His whereabouts were uncertain, and he traveled all over the country. He rarely appeared in Kyoto, but he would come back several times a year. Knowing that my mother was not in good health, he also prescribed some elixirs for me. My master has always been very good to me and my family, so father, how can you let me believe that my master would harm others?
And my father and brother Ayan, they have never met my master, and I have not mentioned this to anyone.
This time, it was also because my second brother was poisoned. I left a letter at my master's wooden house in Kyoto, just holding on to a glimmer of hope. Unexpectedly, brother Ayan was also poisoned, and my master happened to appear again. I begged my master to save brother Ayan and introduced him to the Empress..."
Qing Yunyao explained with tears in her eyes.
The King of Chu remained silent with a sullen face.
The longer the silence, the more tense the atmosphere became. Chu Yan also knelt on the ground, his heart tense to the extreme. The only sound in the entire hall was Qing Yunyao's occasional sobbing.
"Qin Wan, what do you think?"
In the silence, Emperor Chu looked at Qing Yue and asked.
Everyone was shocked, and all eyes turned in the direction of Qin Wan. From Chu Yan to Empress Xiao, they never expected that things would come to this moment. Their fate was actually in Qin Wan's hands?
Empress Xiao's eyes turned red with hatred, but at this moment she could only grit her teeth and dared not say a word, let alone scold out loud like before.
"Your Majesty, I don't know whether what Princess You said is true or not, but one thing is certain: this person killed Qing Zhan and poisoned Prince Yu for three years. If it weren't for the fact that I know medicine and happen to be the disciple of Elder Wushuang, what would the current situation be like?
General Qing was blinded by the grief of losing his son and believed that Qing Zhan was murdered by Prince Yu's Mansion.
Prince Yu was wrongly accused, but he was unable to defend himself, and ultimately died from the Seven Star Begonia poison..."
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