Leng Yu stared at her with a sharp look, and Yongping lowered his head timidly.
"Your Majesty, I...I'm worried that Yongning won't be able to get used to the food in this prison, so I thought of sending her some. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Yongning raised his head, looked at the emperor nonchalantly, and asked loudly with anger on his face,
"What's wrong with Big Sister bringing me food? This is the bond between us sisters. Unlike Your Majesty, you are so high and mighty that you won't even give a second glance to your Second Sister. We are siblings after all. If Your Majesty punishes Big Sister for bringing me food, aren't you afraid that people all over the world will laugh at you for being heartless?"
Leng Yu listened to her words with a serious expression, then said coldly:
"I'm very pleased that you can be so kind, elder sister. However, even if there are delicious foods here, you can't just eat them for you sisters. This little animal who has been in prison for years needs to eat something too."
As he spoke, he picked up the steamed bun that Yongping had just thrown into the food box and threw it into the mouth of a mouse. Yongping was so scared that her face turned pale. She wanted to step forward to stop him, but it was too late. The steamed bun had been surrounded by several mice.
Seeing this scene, Yongning glared at her angrily, panting and shouting hysterically.
"They say the Emperor is heartless. Now it seems that's true. You would rather give the white flour buns to these pests than to my second sister, right? In your eyes, my second sister is even worse than these little beasts?"
In response to her question, Leng Yu was neither anxious nor annoyed, but looked at the rats with a fiery gaze, raised the corner of his mouth, and snorted contemptuously.
"These pests deserve to die. Do you think you deserve to die too, Second Sister?"
Hearing this, Yongning was stunned. When she realized something, she couldn't wait to look at the mice. She saw that the mice that were still alive and kicking just now had fallen to the ground in an instant...
Seeing this scene, Yongning stared back at Yongping with astonishment.
"Sister, are you really here to harm me? How can you be so cruel? I am your sister, your biological sister who has lived with you for decades!"
Yongping, who was already trembling with fear, kept shaking his head and waving his hands.
"No, that's not the case, Yongning, listen to what I say, listen to what I say."
"What else do you want to say? If the emperor hadn't arrived in time, I would be the one lying there dead, right? I never thought you could have the heart to kill your own sister. You really disappoint me."
After saying this, she looked directly at the emperor, pointed at Yongping and said:
"Your Majesty, it was she who instructed me to harm the Queen. If Your Majesty punishes me, please punish her as well."
Hearing this, Yongping knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I beg you to forgive me for the hardship I've endured these past few years. I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have resorted to any means to elevate my status in Nanping. I was wrong."
Leng Yu looked down at her and sighed with reluctance, "You shouldn't admit your mistakes to me. You should go and admit your mistakes to the Queen. If she can forgive you, I will let bygones be bygones."
After saying this, he put his hands behind his back and said to the people around him in a cold voice:
"Someone, take them both to Fengyi Palace."
Yongning and Yongping, with terrified faces, were taken away from the sky prison by the emperor's guards and headed straight to Fengyi Palace.
Fengyi Palace
Luo Lan knew that Leng Yu would go to the Sky Prison to wait and see tonight. At this moment, she prayed silently in her heart, hoping that Yongping would not do anything stupid and would not really harm Yongning as they thought.
But when she saw Leng Yu bringing Yongping and Yongning to her, she knew that Yongping's true colors were finally revealed.
When Yongping and Yongning came to her, they knelt down on their knees without hesitation.
"Queen, I was wrong. I shouldn't have hurt you. Please forgive me. I know I was wrong."
Yongning was also crying with tears in her eyes,
"Second sister also knows she was wrong. This is all Second sister's fault. Second sister shouldn't be a pawn in the hands of others. She almost harmed the Queen and almost killed herself. Queen, please be magnanimous and forgive us!"
Luo Lan raised his head, looked at Leng Yusheng's cold face, and then asked:
"You're harming me just to make Xingnan the queen? Have you asked Xingnan's opinion? Is she willing?"
Yongping knelt on the ground, wiping his tears with his handkerchief, and shook his head vigorously.
"This is all my thinking. Xingnan said long ago that the emperor and the queen have a good relationship, and she won't be the villain."
"Then what you did was in vain, wasn't it? Not only did you not get what you wanted, but you almost hurt me and yourselves?"
"The Queen is right. I am too smart. In fact, Yongning is innocent. She always listens to me and does whatever I tell her to do. This incident is all because of me."
"Since you know she is innocent, why do you still want to harm her?"
Yongping turned around and looked at Yongning who was looking at her with a pair of angry eyes, and began to explain,
"Yongning, Big Sister said that no matter what time it is, Big Sister will protect you."
Yongning shook his head vigorously in disbelief.
"You're still lying to me at this hour? Do you think I'll believe you? I saw with my own eyes those rats eat the buns you sent and fall to the ground and die. How are you going to explain this? Is this how you protect me?"
"Yongning, actually, that medicine isn't poison. It just makes people faint temporarily. I originally thought I'd poison you first so the emperor would think you committed suicide out of fear of punishment. I had already made arrangements. When the people in the prison carried you out and buried you, I'd send someone to rescue you. But who could have imagined that the emperor would reveal my plan?"
Yongning was skeptical about her words, but Luo Lan nodded with satisfaction. She looked up at Leng Yu.
"Your Majesty, send someone to the prison to see the truth."
After Leng Yu nodded, he ordered A Yu to go to the prison to check the condition of the dead rats.
Luo Lan looked at his injured leg again, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"You are lucky this time, you only hurt my leg. If you had hurt my life, I believe the emperor would not have let you off easily just because of your status."
Yongping raised his handkerchief to wipe the corners of his eyes, and continued to admit his mistakes with tears.
"The eldest princess must have been possessed by a demon. How could she have thought of killing you and replacing you with Xingnan? This idea is so foolish!"
Yongning also nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, I really regret it. I shouldn't have listened to everyone and done everything. I shouldn't have used my brain to think things through. I was wrong. I really know I was wrong."
Seeing these two sisters crying and admitting their mistakes in front of her, Luo Lan felt indescribable feelings in her heart.
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