Wu Yaohui clearly hadn't expected this. He turned to look at Consort Li, who glared at Tian Yu angrily before comforting her, "Your Majesty knows best how I protected you when you were in Che Kingdom."
"So after returning to the country, you directly became a Noble Consort, second only to the emperor. Now the entire harem is yours, and I, the Empress, am just a figurehead. No, soon the entire Wu Kingdom will be yours. Dowager Consort, you are so cunning!" Tian Yu said with a smile, pointing to the seat where Dowager Consort Li was sitting. Everyone could see that it was the Empress's seat, but now a Dowager Consort had taken it first.
"I am your elder, after all. Is the Empress blaming me for not giving you the right to manage the harem? Everyone knows that the Empress's health has been poor since giving birth, and she has been relying on medication to maintain her health. I am the only one who can manage it on her behalf. I am old and I still have to manage the affairs of the harem for you. You are not grateful to me, but the Empress still wants to humiliate me like this?" Consort Li said loudly.
"To be honest, I have no evidence. So much time has passed, and the Dowager Consort must have destroyed all the evidence long ago. But I still want to tell everyone that she colluded with the Mongol Kingdom to frame the Zhao family, persuaded other countries to be enemies with the Wu Kingdom, and caused the Emperor to have to be a hostage at such a young age. You even took advantage of his trust and reliance on you to kill the late Emperor! You killed his father. Where is your conscience?"
"You! You're talking nonsense! Your Majesty, please don't believe what she says. I have never used you. You must believe me." When Consort Li finished speaking and saw the look in Wu Yaohui's eyes, she knew it was too late. She slumped into her seat, but she believed that since Tian Yu had no evidence, no one could do anything to her.
"Lord Li, you and Zhao Moyan's father are close friends. I don't believe you haven't had your suspicions, perhaps you just don't want to believe it. But I still want to remind you, whether it's to protect the Li family or for the entire Wu Kingdom, you should stand up and put righteousness before family ties. Otherwise, your Li family will be infamous for eternity, all because of a woman!" Judging from his political attitude over the past few years, Li Linfeng is a man of action. He has repeatedly disregarded the opposition of others and resolutely stopped the emperor from starting a war, which shows that he still cares about the country. So Tian Yu is betting that he won't harm the national interest for personal reasons. This is the only pride of a person who has studied the classics!
“Brother, I didn’t do it. Don’t listen to her nonsense. I didn’t do anything!” said Consort Li.
"It was the Dowager Consort who arranged for me to contact the Emperor and collude with the Mongol Kingdom to frame Zhao Moyan!" Qiu Xue stepped forward and said.
"Then why did you do that?" Li Linfeng asked.
"She promised me that she would send troops to help me reclaim Qiu Kingdom after the matter was accomplished."
Li Linfeng said, “This old minister once suggested that Your Majesty kill Zhao Moyan, but Your Majesty did not agree. It turns out that there is another way. Your Majesty, this old minister apologizes to you here, but if the Marquis is not dead, the Wu Kingdom will not be stable! As for what your sister did, if it is true, I will deal with it impartially. I don’t need you to worry about it.”
Tian Yu knew that Li Linfeng was trying to downplay the matter, after all, it was a crime of exterminating an entire clan, and who would dare to admit it!
“I can vouch for all of this!” Li Weiwei said loudly as she walked in from outside the main hall.
"Weiwei!?" Li Linfeng exclaimed in surprise.
Li Weiwei walked into the main hall step by step, looked at the two people sitting high on the throne, and slowly unbuttoned her clothes, taking them off one by one. Li Linfeng exclaimed in fright, "Weiwei, what are you doing? Put them back on quickly!"
Ignoring her father's objections, Li Weiwei insisted on taking off all her clothes, leaving only her undergarment. Seeing the large bruises on her back and the scars on her arms, everyone gasped. Li Weiwei said, "Everyone has seen it. This is the Emperor's special hobby."
"Weiwei!" Li Linfeng looked at his daughter with some heartache, picked up her clothes and put them on her. At this moment, Li Li also supported his younger sister with great heartache.
Li Weiwei put on her clothes, looked at Consort Li, pointed at her and said, "As for their affair, I saw it with my own eyes, and what the Empress said is true!"
"Weiwei!" Consort Li scolded.
"My beloved concubine!" The Emperor squinted at her.
Tian Yu could hardly believe that she would stand up for her. Hadn't she always hated her?
Li Weiwei looked at Tian Yu and said, "Don't look at me like that. I'm not trying to help you! I still hate you!"
"I know! I don't like you either! But I still want to thank you for standing up and telling the truth! In this respect, you are better than all the women in the harem. He is no longer good enough for you!"
Li Weiwei smiled, then looked at Consort Li and said, "Aunt, no, should I call you elder sister or younger sister?"
"You! You're insane!"
"I'm not crazy! You two are the crazy ones, having done so many dirty things and still having the nerve to sit here!"
"Guards! Drag her out!" Consort Li was furious and roared loudly, while Wu Yaohui watched everything without saying a word.
Li Linfeng, protecting Li Weiwei, thought for a long time before turning to the Empress Dowager Li, who was seated high on the throne, and said, "Wait a minute! Lian'er, it's my fault for what happened back then, but you shouldn't have hurt the Zhao family, much less betrayed the country! How can my Li family face the world after doing such a thing?!"
"Brother! Even you don't believe me? How much have I sacrificed for the Li family over the years?! Without me, where would you be today with your wealth and glory!" Consort Li said angrily.
“My Li family doesn’t need to sacrifice you for wealth and glory!” Li Linfeng said loudly.
"Fine! Since you're going to throw the mask on, don't blame me for not being able to tolerate your brother!"
"What are you still going to do now? Stop!"
"You're my own brother! You don't believe me, you believe what she said! And you want me to stop?!"
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