After Wei Wangqing went out, she saw Lord Yao waiting outside. She raised an eyebrow. "She's still here?"
There was no other reason why I let her go earlier. I just felt that she was too upright, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to perform well with her there.
"Your Highness, how is it? Has He Sheng confessed?"
Seeing Lord Yao looking at her with such expectation, Wei Wangqing felt a little helpless. How come she didn't know that Lord Yao had ever thought so highly of her?
Wei Wangqing rubbed his temples: "No, not so fast. We'll have to wait two more days."
Lord Yao, seeing this, was quite considerate, saying, "Your Highness need not worry too much; you should get some rest."
Wei Wangqing was truly shocked this time. Could it be that Lord Yao thought she was tired after only being inside for a short while?
Wei Wangqing adjusted his mindset and got down to business.
Upon hearing this, Lord Yao's eyes immediately lit up as he looked at the Sixth Princess, making Wei Wangqing feel embarrassed.
"However, Lord Yao, please remember that this matter must not be known to anyone else, lest the news leak out."
"Yes, I understand."
After Wei Wangqing left, Lord Yao listened to the report from his subordinates and connected what had happened in the prison with what His Highness had just instructed him to do. He sighed with admiration, "The younger generation is truly formidable!"
If she weren't a princess, she would have really wanted to drag her into her prison camp!
Wu Changming hadn't left the house these past few days, so the Jiang family mother and daughter hadn't found an opportunity to make a move, and they couldn't go directly to the Sixth Princess's residence either, which was quite frustrating.
Wei Wangqing then returned to his life of growing flowers and plants, reading books and practicing calligraphy.
Until this day.
"Your Highness, Lord Yao sent me to report that the man has been captured."
Wei Wangqing rushed over and indeed saw the assassin lying unconscious in the cell and a corpse.
Meanwhile, in another cell, He Sheng, whose original appearance was completely unrecognizable, shouted, "Confess, I'll confess everything."
Lord Yao looked at the Sixth Princess with admiration, thinking, "Your Highness is truly a prophet!"
Recalling what the Sixth Princess had said in her ear that day: "Find a death row inmate who is about the same size as He Sheng, smear her face with blood, lock He Sheng in the cell next door, and make sure she can clearly see the scene of the fake He Sheng being killed by the assassin from her position."
And he foolishly asked, "What if they didn't send anyone to kill us?"
The sixth princess retorted, "Why don't you send someone to impersonate you?"
Looking at He Sheng now, so scared he wets his pants, one has to admit that some people are born to play chess and strategize.
Wei Wangqing also ordered that a sleeping potion be applied to the death row inmates to prevent the assassins from realizing something was wrong and committing suicide.
Therefore, Lord Yao had already had the assassin's teeth checked and found no poison, nor any distinguishing marks on his person. He took the man away and placed him under careful guard; the important thing now was to get He Sheng to confess.
"Yes, it was the Third Princess, it was the Third Princess who made me do this."
This is an earth-shattering secret!
Everyone present trembled, their hair standing on end.
Wei Wangqing did not react much, after all, he had long expected that someone with such power must not be an ordinary person, and how many people could be in that position?
Lord Yao was also taken aback at first, but then he saw the Sixth Princess's calm demeanor and realized that his cultivation was still insufficient, and he was actually inferior to the Sixth Princess.
“Continue,” Wei Wangqing said coldly.
Then everyone present heard all of the Third Princess's plans, so much so that when they learned that the Third Princess's original intention was to get rid of the former Crown Princess, they were not greatly surprised.
Then they looked at the sixth princess, who had almost become a wronged ghost—no, perhaps it was a blessing in disguise. Those present couldn't help but think this.
"Go see if you can get anything out of that assassin. If you can't, then start with the Third Princess and see if there's anyone around her who matches her description."
"Organize this evidence and present it to His Majesty at the morning court tomorrow."
"Your humble servant obeys," Lord Yao replied with great emotion.
Through this incident, Wei Wangqing gained a die-hard fan, Lord Yao.
The next day, a huge uproar broke out in the imperial court.
As the empress looked at the memorials on the table, a surge of blood rose in her throat.
But not wanting anyone to notice, he raised his sleeve to cover it.
"Sijin, is what they said true?"
Faced with this irrefutable evidence, the Third Princess was unsure whether to deny or admit it.
Seeing the Third Princess like this, the Empress understood everything. She had truly given birth to a wonderful daughter!
She's a traitor, she's harmed her own sisters—what else is she incapable of? Is her next step to murder her mother?
If she can disregard the country and its people for the sake of this position even before she has taken office, what will she do when there are even greater benefits to be gained in the future?
The Empress closed her eyes, "Third Princess Wei Sijin."
She opened her eyes and sighed deeply, “For her own selfish reasons, she plotted to harm the people of Jiangcheng, cruelly harmed her own brothers, and was unrighteous and inhumane. She is stripped of her title as Crown Princess, demoted to a commoner, and sent to the border region, never to set foot in the capital again for the rest of her life.”
"Mother Empress, please forgive me! I made a mistake in a moment. Please give me another chance!" Wei Sijin knelt down and wept bitterly.
"Take him away." The Empress waved her hand.
It's not that she doesn't want to, but that she can't.
She was an emperor first, and a mother second.
She has to give an explanation to all the people and officials, one by one.
"Mother Empress, Mother Empress..." The Third Princess's voice was filled with sobs, like an explosion in everyone's ears, sounding an alarm for everyone.
The power shifts too quickly. One moment you may be second only to the emperor, but the next you may become a slave that everyone can trample on.
If even the Crown Princess and the Imperial Princess are like this, then what about the rest of them?
The empress, who was at the center of power and revered by thousands, was pale and swaying precariously.
"Someone come here! Quickly summon the imperial physician! His Majesty has fainted!"
The court assembly ended just like that.
The gentlemen returned to their residences feeling deeply troubled and dared not say much.
The fourth and sixth princesses, who were also the children of the emperor, stayed behind, along with Prince An, who was in charge of the affairs.
"How is His Majesty?" Prince An asked the imperial physician.
"Your Majesty is suffering from exhaustion and anger due to the recent days of hard work. You need to rest and recuperate properly and avoid getting angry."
"I understand. Go and prepare the medicine for His Majesty."
"yes."
Several people waited by the side for His Majesty the Emperor to wake up.
After a moment, the Empress slowly opened her eyes and saw the people in front of her, but her gaze paused when she saw the sixth princess.
"Little Six is really talented!"
The Empress had praised her in the same way before, but back then it was a genuine compliment. Now, however, it carries a somewhat ambiguous meaning.
"Your Majesty flatters me. This is my duty, and I am merely following orders."
The Empress gave her a deep look and said nothing more, instead giving the Fourth Princess a loving gaze.
Then Prince An and the sixth princess were driven away, leaving only the fourth princess behind.
That's enough to give a lot of people a hint, since that position has become vacant again, hasn't it?
But Prince An, who had just stepped out of the palace gates, spoke first to the Sixth Princess: "Sixth Princess, aren't you angry?"
Wei Wangqing chuckled: "What's there to be angry about?"
Prince An looked at the Sixth Princess, who was pretending to be stupid, but did not expose her. The woman his son had chosen was no ordinary woman!
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