"Has the Prince of Anyang uncovered the truth?" Ye Liming asked, but there was no surprise in his eyes, as if finding the real culprit was only a matter of time.
"Please allow me to bring a witness, Your Majesty!"
"A witness!" Prince Yu looked puzzled. The area had been cleared that day; who would be able to testify?
"Granted!"
A short while later, Ling Ran brought Xiu Niang to the palace. Her appearance startled Prince Yu.
Xiu Niang lowered her head, not daring to look Ye Liming in the eye. Her body trembled with fear as she stammered, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... This servant... this servant's name is Xiu Niang!"
"You are the young prince's personal maid?"
"That's right, Your Majesty!"
Then Ye Liming turned to Ye Lisheng and asked, "Is this your witness?"
The fact that this person was also a witness who could be exonerated puzzled those present.
"Indeed, Father!"
He raised his voice slightly and asked Xiu Niang, "I want you to tell me in detail what happened that day. Who harmed the young prince?"
Xiu Niang trembled with fear and said, "Yes..."
With a sob in her voice, she said, "That day, I deliberately led the young prince onto the broken ice. The ice couldn't support his weight and sank..." As she spoke, she burst into tears, her shoulders shaking with sobs.
Prince Yu, whose eyesight was failing, hurriedly asked, "I heard your home was attacked. Is someone secretly threatening you?"
Xiu Niang looked up at Prince Yu, her face streaked with tears, her eyes filled with regret.
"Your Highness, I watched the young prince grow up!"
She then added, "I stood at a distance and watched as the young prince slowly sank down until he stopped breathing... My heart was breaking... By the time Prince Anyang arrived, the young prince was already gone!"
"Then why did you frame Prince Anyang back then, and why are you coming out now to clear his name?" Prime Minister Su's aggressive questioning left her speechless for a moment.
"Xiuniang was being chased and faced many dangers along the way. Someone saved her life just so that she could tell the truth and clear His Highness Prince Anyang's name. People are not plants or trees, and Xiuniang has feelings!"
Ye Lisheng felt her eyelids twitch, a bad premonition washing over her: "Who is that person?"
Xiu Niang's eyes were filled with remorse and tears, and she kowtowed deeply to him.
"This servant is sorry, Your Highness. I am not worthy of that young master risking his life to save me!"
"Who is the mastermind? Who ordered you to frame Prince Anyang?" Ye Liming's barrage of questions filled Prince Yu with apprehension. If Xiu Niang revealed everything, all his efforts would be in vain.
He looked at Su Xiang with pleading eyes, but Su Xiang ignored him.
"Yes...yes..."
"puff……"
A mouthful of blood gushed from his mouth, followed by convulsions throughout his body, and soon after, he closed his eyes.
The young eunuch probed her carotid artery for a moment and then said, "Reporting to the Emperor, it's done!"
He waved, signaling for her to be dragged away.
Ye Lisheng felt his head buzzing; all he wanted was to get back and see the people he wanted to see.
Lord Li bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the whole story has been clarified. As for the Prince of Anyang..."
"Wang Wei!"
"Your subject is here!"
"Write down the whole story clearly, and I will announce it to the world to clear Prince Anyang's name!"
"Your subject obeys!"
After the court session, Prince Yu met with Prime Minister Su.
"Would it be possible to invite Lord Su to a gathering?"
Prime Minister Su refused without mincing words, saying, "I appreciate Prince Yu's kindness, but there are matters at my residence at the moment..."
"Hahaha!" Prince Yu laughed instead of getting angry.
His eyes were filled with coldness as he asked, "I'm curious how Lord Su would react if that servant revealed the mastermind?"
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