After entering the room, Lan Linxue didn't even glance at Xu Jinlan, who was weeping bitterly on the ground. Instead, she walked straight to Lan Shanyang, bowed, and said, "Father, the Prime Minister and Lan Xiuyuan have arrived!"
Lan Shanyang nodded slightly, then looked up at Hu Tianyong, who was still very grief-stricken.
"Please grant the Prime Minister a seat!" Lan Shanyang said calmly.
Immediately, someone brought Hu Tianyong a chair and helped him sit down.
When Lan Xiuyuan saw Xu Jinlan on the ground, his expression turned both sorrowful and furious, as if he wanted to rush up and kill her.
Lan Shanyang looked at Hu Tianyong and said calmly, "Has the Prime Minister seen Qianyu?"
A simple question immediately brought tears to Hu Tianyong's eyes, and he jumped up from his chair. "Your Majesty! My son died unjustly! I beg Your Majesty to do justice!"
Lan Shanyang said nothing, but looked outside with a calm and unwavering gaze and said, "Yes, we must make the decision! We can't let people who have followed me for so many years just die in vain!"
As he spoke, Lan Shanyang calmly looked down at Xu Jinlan and said, "I will ask you one last time, why did you try to harm Consort Hu?"
"Your Majesty, I am innocent! I really did not do such a thing!"
Xu Jinlan cried so hard that her face was practically covered in graffiti.
“Your Majesty, I did indeed go to reprimand Consort Hu yesterday, but she was perfectly fine when I left. Moreover, I explicitly told everyone in the Cold Palace that they were absolutely forbidden from mistreating Consort Hu. Who would have thought she would die last night! Your Majesty, this matter truly has nothing to do with me!”
As she spoke, Xu Jinlan lowered her head and kowtowed repeatedly on the ground.
"You're talking nonsense!" Lan Xiuyuan stared coldly at Xu Jinlan, his eyes sharp as he glared at her. "I've already had people question you. When you questioned my mother yesterday, you used deadly force. Everyone present said you practically forced Consort Hu to her death! You didn't kill my mother with your own hands, but you drove her to her death! How are you any different from a murderer! Father, I beg you to seek justice for my mother!"
Filled with grief and indignation, Lan Xiuyuan knelt on the ground and began to kowtow.
Lan Linxue looked at everything in front of her expressionlessly, a cold smile playing on her lips. This dog-eat-dog scene was truly a rare sight, and the exciting part was not to be missed.
Just then, Lan Jiayuan came to see him from outside.
Lan Shanyang didn't say anything, he just tapped his finger.
Immediately, the servants below let Lan Jiayuan in.
When Lan Jiayuan came in and saw his mother pitifully pleading on the ground, he immediately glared angrily at Lan Xiuyuan, then knelt down and bowed to Lan Shanyuan.
"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty!"
Lan Shanyang seemed a little tired and didn't want to say a word. He just moved his fingers to wake Lan Jiayuan up.
Lan Jiayuan didn't get up at all, but instead kowtowed and said, "Father, my mother is innocent! I just questioned all the eunuchs and maids in my mother's palace. She hasn't left since yesterday evening, and has been eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers in the palace. I also asked the old imperial physician, and even if my mother did teach Consort Hu a lesson, it was definitely not enough to cause her death! Consort Hu truly hanged herself, and it has nothing to do with my mother. Please, Father, see the truth!"
"If your mother hadn't forced my mother, how could she have died of shame?" Lan Xiuyuan glared fiercely at Lan Jiayuan. "You could say a thousand or ten thousand things, but my mother was killed by Consort Xu! Killing someone always requires paying with one's life!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Lan Jiayuan roared in anger. "Don't go around biting people like a mad dog! Let me tell you, Lan Xiuyuan, Father knows this perfectly well. It's you who's spouting nonsense and framing people. Don't even think about making my mother a scapegoat for your filthy thoughts!"
"What filthy thoughts do I have?"
Lan Xiuyuan straightened up abruptly, confronting Lan Jiayuan, and roared, "My mother's body is barely cold, how could I possibly have any wicked thoughts about you! It's you who's crying 'stop thief' here, what are you shouting about being wronged? If you were truly innocent, why would Father have summoned you here to reprimand you? It was your mother, with her vicious heart, who had been plotting to harm my mother all these years. Now that you've driven my mother to her death, are you satisfied? Let me tell you, Lan Jiayuan, I will absolutely not let you get away with this! Even if I die, I will make you pay for my mother's life!"
"You're dreaming!" Lan Jiayuan also became furious, pointing at Lan Xiuyuan and starting to curse: "Your mother is truly a wicked woman. Everyone in this palace knows she's a vixen reincarnated, only knowing how to scheme against the Emperor. Countless innocent souls have died at her hands over the years, and you still have the nerve to cry foul here? Why don't you go outside to the gates of Kunning Palace and cry foul? The one who was burned to death inside is still waiting at the gates of hell to take your mother's life!"
Lan Jiayuan's words completely enraged Lan Xiuyuan, who suddenly raised his hand and slapped Lan Jiayuan hard across the face.
Lan Jiayuan was already on guard against Lan Xiuyuan. He ducked his hand and then suddenly attacked him with his elbow. The two of them immediately started fighting, rolling and crawling in front of Lan Shanyang.
Lan Shanyang just watched quietly, as if he had never seen it before.
Lan Linxue, on the other hand, watched the spectacle with his hands behind his back, seemingly unconcerned. He had been looking forward to this scene for a long time, and it would be even better if the two of them could kill each other at the same time.
Finally, the two started fighting and rolled around on the ground.
Hu Tianyong looked up at Lan Shanyang with a cold gaze, only to find that Lan Shanyang had been quietly watching him for some time now.
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