Cui Yan cried so hard she almost passed out and could barely speak.
His colleagues, seeing this, felt both sorry for the Cui family's plight and furious at Yun Zhuo's actions, and immediately stepped forward and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, how Prince Jing dotes on Princess Jing is their private matter, and we, as his subjects, cannot interfere."
"But what His Highness Prince Jing is doing right now is really too much. It's just that Princess Jing is a woman and the Ninth Prince is a child. Yet he wants to kill the Ninth Prince's brother-in-law to vent his anger, just to please Princess Jing. This is really too much!"
"His Highness Prince Jing's actions not only show disregard for Consort Xian and the Cui family, but also for the Emperor and the law! Your Majesty, I implore you to strip Prince Jing of his title and severely punish him!"
“The prince is subject to the same laws as the commoner. I believe that after stripping Prince Jing of his title, he should be executed. Only in this way can we give an account to the Cui family and to all the people of the land!”
"I second that proposal!"
The emperor was furious and was about to order the arrest of Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue, but Ye Qingxue's cold eyes looked at him at that moment.
...How dare you look directly at the Emperor's face without his permission?!
The emperor should be furious, but Ye Qingxue's gaze made him suddenly remember what Ye Qingxue had asked him before—no matter what happens, give them time and opportunity to argue!
The emperor coughed lightly, suppressing his anger, and decided to give the couple a chance: "Prince Jing and Princess Jing, do you two have anything else to say about this?"
Ye Qingxue scoffed, "To be accused like this on the second day of your wedding is truly an extremely rare and novel wedding gift!"
With tears welling in her eyes, Consort Xian said, "Your Majesty, with so many witnesses here, their rebuttals are useless! I beg Your Majesty to quickly send someone to Prince Jing's residence to retrieve my brother's body and see what Prince Jing and Princess Jing have to say!"
The Emperor said, "Guards! Proceed to Prince Jing's residence immediately!"
"Father!" Yun Zhuo stepped forward, shielding Ye Qingxue behind him, interrupting the emperor's words.
“The young master of the Cui family did go to Prince Jing’s residence last night, but the situation was completely different from what Consort Xian and Lord Cui said.”
Taking a deep breath, Yun Zhuo declared firmly, "Taking advantage of my wedding and the moment when I was off guard, the young master of the Cui family led two hundred assassins into the Prince Jing's residence to assassinate me and the Princess!"
Consort Xian seemed to be completely enraged by his words, so angry that she was about to faint. Her face was pale as she took one deep breath after another.
"Your Highness Prince Jing! My brother was kidnapped and killed by you, and now you're trying to turn around and bite the hand that feeds you! You're a heartless bastard!"
Then she turned to the emperor and cried, "Your Majesty, I beg you, send someone to Prince Jing's residence right now. As long as my brother's body is found, Prince Jing will have nothing more to say!"
Yes, once the younger brother's body is found, Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue will be doomed and will only die!
The others were also indignant and eagerly hoped that the emperor would send someone to Prince Jing's residence as soon as possible. After finding the body of the young master of the Cui family, they could directly convict Yun Zhuo.
The Great Zhou Dynasty must not allow a prince to be so heartless and insane!
Moreover, the young master of the Cui family is the son of an official of the imperial court and the younger brother of Consort Xian. If Yun Zhuo dared to kill him like this, wouldn't others be in even greater danger if Yun Zhuo were not executed?
The ministers were both angry and terrified!
Alas! Ever since Yun Zhuo was deposed and returned, his personality has completely changed; he's become far too ruthless!
The emperor did not reinstate him as crown prince before, presumably because he had already noticed his change.
Such a person is truly unworthy to be the crown prince!
Thinking this way, these officials began to exude an aura that said, "If the emperor doesn't execute Yun Zhuo, they'll just crash into the palace and die!"
Ye Qingxue stepped out from behind Yun Zhuo and said coldly, "Let me explain the whole story. Consort Xian is saying that last night my husband sent people to the Cui residence to kidnap the young master, just to vent my anger, is that right?"
Consort Xian answered through gritted teeth, "Yes!"
Ye Qingxue continued, "After the young master was abducted to my palace, he was tortured by my husband all night long and couldn't take it anymore, so he died! Is that right?"
"yes!"
Ye Qingxue continued, "So now you're asking the Emperor to send people to the Prince's residence to search for the young master's body, to confirm my husband's crimes, and then execute him, making me pay with my life, right?"
Consort Xian's eyes were bloodshot: "Isn't this what should be done? When the Emperor made a mistake, he issued an edict of self-reproach! Does Prince Jing not have to pay with his life for killing someone? Is he more noble than the Emperor?"
Comparing Yun Zhuo to the emperor is tantamount to blocking Yun Zhuo's path to survival.
Ye Qingxue said, "Why is Consort Xian so agitated? I just want to explain things so that everyone understands. After all, what Consort Xian said is completely different from what my husband said."
“You believe that Young Master Cui was kidnapped and tortured to death; but we say that Young Master Cui led two hundred assassins into Prince Jing’s mansion to assassinate my wife and me.”
"Since we each have our own version of events, why don't we invite Young Master Cui to the palace to clarify things?"
Consort Xian was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: "My brother has already been killed by you. Do you think a corpse can still talk? Or did you hire assassins from outside to fabricate evidence?"
Ye Qingxue just looked at her with a cold smile.
Yun Zhuo then announced to the outside world, "Zhuang Xin, please invite the young master of the Cui family to the palace!"
Consort Xian and Cui Yan were both stunned. They subconsciously looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes. Then, they both looked towards the entrance of the main hall.
Not only did the father and daughter look over, but the emperor and all the other officials also turned to look.
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