"Furthermore, I have always believed what Wang Xuanzheng said, and I am convinced that there could not have been a rainstorm that day, and there would be no flooding in June. How could we have prepared manpower in advance? Your accusations are simply absurd!"
He looked specifically at the emperor and said, "Father, do you remember what happened three nights ago? Wasn't Miss Ye there too?"
The emperor snapped out of his daze. Yes, that day was both Yun Chi's wedding day and the day Princess Ding died. How could his son have had time to arrange for people to destroy the dike?
“I said long ago that Ye Qingxue framed him, but you insisted on making a fuss with her. Don’t you know what crime it is to frame a prince of the court?”
Pan Yuanzhou almost vomited blood: "Your Highness, these two have already admitted that they were sent by you! Are you still going to deny it now?"
Yun Chi looked at the two witnesses and suddenly let out a mocking laugh: "Back then, Miss Ye spent a lot of effort to protect Prince Jing and bring him back alive, didn't she?"
"So, Miss Ye, you simply can't accept that Prince Jing is in trouble? If he were alive, you could become Prince Jing's consort? If he's dead, your dream is shattered?"
"So Miss Ye bribed two strangers to testify that I had damaged the dike and drowned thousands of innocent villagers."
"Because I broke off our engagement in the past, preventing you from becoming my queen, do you want to use Prince Jing to trample me underfoot?"
Pan Yuanzhou and the others glared at Yun Chi with hatred, their expressions contorted with rage. It turns out that when people are shameless, they can twist the truth into such a distorted form!
But the emperor trusted him completely!
He then turned to Ye Qingxue and said angrily, "Ye Qingxue, from the first day you returned to the capital, I knew that you were very scheming. However, considering that you have made contributions to the country, I will not pursue the matter of what happened in the past!"
"But you shouldn't have set your sights on my son! A woman as despicable as you, even if Prince Jing hadn't been in trouble, I would never have agreed to let you marry him as a concubine!"
In the past, the emperor's words wouldn't have had much impact on Ye Qingxue, as she had never been interested in getting married.
But things are different now. She must marry Yun Zhuo, have a child, and bring Xiao Bao back!
No one can stop us!
Even the emperor won't do it!
“Father!” Yun Chi suddenly spoke up: “Miss Ye has come to this point because of my initial annulment of the engagement. If I had not annuled the engagement, Miss Ye would not have harbored hatred and framed me!”
"Although she has acted wickedly and is of despicable character, I beg Father to spare her life and simply imprison her. In time, her hatred and resentment will dissipate, and she will surely realize her mistakes today."
Ye Qingxue: "!"
Pan Yuanzhou and others: "!!!"
Yun Chi's plea only made things worse. In the Emperor's eyes, Ye Qingxue appeared even more despicable and narrow-minded, unable to let go of the past and resorting to all means to put her former fiancé to death!
As expected, the emperor was even angrier: "Last time, when Chi'er took the initiative to break off the engagement, I already reprimanded him and had him flogged fifty times!"
"Ye Qingxue, you still hold a grudge against Chi'er. Is it because you're dissatisfied with my punishment?"
Ye Qingxue remained kneeling on the ground, but her back was ramrod straight. She looked up at Yun Chi, who raised an eyebrow at her, his eyes full of provocation.
"Your Majesty, the matter of Prince Ding's annulment of the engagement is in the past. What I want to say today is that Prince Ding deliberately damaged the dike, causing the flood to prematurely destroy the village and sweep away the lives of thousands of people!"
"I even brought witnesses, but His Majesty still doesn't believe me. This shows that His Majesty truly favors Prince Ding and doesn't care about the truth at all! He doesn't care about the lives of thousands of innocent people!"
Ye Qingxue was furious. She suddenly threw off her skirt, stood up, and looked directly into the emperor's eyes!
Some palace servants tried to stop her, even trying to press her shoulders down to make her kneel again, but Ye Qingxue pushed them away.
She angrily said, "You trust him so much and favor him so much that you don't care at all even if thousands of innocent lives are lost before your eyes!"
"They are your people, and you don't even know that Prince Ding, Yun Chi, is not of the Great Zhou bloodline, not your biological son!!"
When Ye Qingxue roared these words, she was filled with endless disappointment and anger towards the emperor, so her roar was so powerful that it seemed to shake the mountains and rivers.
Boom!!!
As the lingering sound faded like ripples on water, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.
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