Yu Qi's expression was as gentle and calm as ever.

But a bad feeling rose in Yu Qingwu's heart.

After a pause, she didn't know where she got the courage, but she asked Yu Qi again, "Eunuch Yu, could you please tell us, what does His Majesty want us for?"

Hearing this, Eunuch Yu paused slightly.

Beneath his effeminate appearance, a hint of hesitation flickered in his eyes.

Finally, he responded softly, "Your Highness, Consort Yu, some things shouldn't be said by this servant, but it seems there may be some misunderstanding.

"When I came out just now, I heard Consort Liu say... that tiger and wolf medicine (aphrodisiac) was found in your carriage. The same drug was also found in the food of the First Prince and Miss Qiu."

After speaking, Yu Qi bowed again, glanced inside, and urged softly, "Your Highness, Consort Yu, please."

"Your Highness, what... is going on?" Yu Qingwu turned her head, frowned, and looked at Xie Jin'an.

However, Xie Jin'an's expression didn't show any tension.

His dark pupils were as calm as a still pool of water, without the slightest ripple.

He smiled faintly, took her hand, and said, "It's okay, let's go, hurry inside."

"I want to see what tricks Consort Liu can play."

What kind of reaction is this?

Could it be... that planting the evidence in the carriage was also part of the plan?

Yu Qingwu was suspicious and even more uneasy.

Empress Zhou protected her son and was willing to confirm that Xie Jin'an hadn't slandered Qiu Shiyi Niang for the sake of a few words from Xie Jin'an, but she might not... protect her.

Lost in thought, Yu Qingwu followed Xie Jin'an into the main hall of Fengzao Palace.

At this time, Emperor Wei and Empress Zhou were sitting in the main seat in the hall, with Consort Liu, Consort Shu, and You Wanwan standing to one side.

Qiu Shiyi Niang and Xie Qiyun were kneeling on the ground, both of their faces were wet, and there was a large shoe print on Xie Qiyun's face.

Judging from the size, it should be from Emperor Wei.

"Father, I am innocent!" Xie Qiyun covered his face, his eyes filled with anger and unwillingness. When he saw Xie Jin'an enter the door, he immediately pounced on him and said fiercely, "Xie Jin'an! I have no grievances with you, why do you want to frame me like this!"

"It's fine if you frame me, you and I are brothers, I won't argue with you, but Miss Qiu, how will you let her live in the future?"

Heh, what a righteous tone. When he was having an affair with the Qiu family, why didn't he consider how she would live after the incident?

Yu Qingwu snorted coldly in her heart, glanced at Emperor Wei's gloomy face without showing any signs, and looked at Xie Jin'an again.

Xie Jin'an didn't answer, just smiled faintly and avoided Xie Qiyun who was pouncing on him.

Instead, he looked at Emperor Wei and asked, "Father, I want to ask you something."

"Just now... did you hear what the First Prince and Qiu Kui said behind the rockery?"

He smiled and glanced casually at Qiu Shiyi Niang, who was kneeling on the ground, then looked at Emperor Wei and said word by word, "If I remember correctly, according to the two of them, this Qiu Kui and the First Prince have done this more than once, right?"

"Now you're talking about drugging! Your Highness, you're getting off topic!" Before Xie Jin'an could finish speaking, Consort Liu suddenly opened her mouth, her fair face and a pair of eyes filled with frost, "Your Highness, in order to frame your brother, you actually did such a thing on New Year's Eve, disturbing His Majesty's interest and losing the face of the royal family. May I ask, Your Highness, how should you be punished for several crimes?"

After Consort Liu finished speaking, Xie Qiyun, who had only been scolding, straightened his back and became more confident, angrily saying, "Isn't that right? Xie Jin'an, it's fine if you're absurd on weekdays, but now you're acting recklessly on such an occasion, where do you put Father?"

"I want to ask, where do the First Prince and Miss Qiu put Father?" Just as Xie Qiyun was speaking sharply, Xie Jin'an suddenly sneered, his cold phoenix eyes glanced at Qiu Shiyi Niang, who was kneeling on the ground and wiping away tears, then slowly looked at Emperor Wei, and asked, "Father, may I ask, this Qiu Shiyi Niang clearly had an affair with the First Prince, but deliberately concealed it, pretended to be innocent, and discussed marriage with me. Isn't that deceiving the emperor?"

"The First Prince clearly had an affair with Qiu Shiyi Niang long ago, but he didn't report it, ignored the laws, and allowed Qiu Shiyi Niang to act recklessly. Isn't that harboring? Harboring is punished as the same crime, isn't that also deceiving the emperor?"

Xie Jin'an spoke slowly, his voice gentle and calm.

However, as soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly fell silent.

Xie Qiyun, who had been fierce just a moment ago, instantly turned pale, and Consort Liu trembled her lips without speaking...

You must know that the crime of deceiving the emperor is much more serious than framing a brother.

Once it's confirmed, Xie Qiyun will probably never have the chance to be the Crown Prince in this lifetime...

As for Qiu Shiyi Niang, she probably won't even be able to save her life, and if it's more serious, the Qiu family might be implicated.

Thinking of this, Qiu Shiyi Niang was extremely frightened.

She hardened her heart, and suddenly glared at Xie Jin'an, accusing him with a sob, "Your Highness, I know that you favor Consort Yu. If you don't like me, you can just say it. I'm not someone who shamelessly clings to you and insists on marrying you. Why do you have to frame me and the First Prince with such viciousness?"

She said with tears in her eyes, while looking pitifully at Emperor Wei, and said, "Your Majesty, before I discussed marriage, there was a mama who examined my body, I am innocent..."

"Innocent? Miss Qiu, are you sure that mama examined you correctly?" Qiu Shiyi Niang was crying so hard that Xie Jin'an replied to her coldly, his narrow phoenix eyes carrying a bit of mockery, looking at her with a smile that wasn't a smile, "Are you sure that mama wasn't bribed by you?"

Hearing this, Qiu Shiyi Niang was shocked, and her eyes showed obvious guilt.

But soon, she calmed down again, looked at Xie Jin'an coldly, and suddenly let out a desolate laugh, saying repeatedly, "Your Highness... is this trying to force me to death for Consort Yu? But do you think that without me, Consort Yu can become the legal wife? She comes from a merchant family..."

"What's wrong with coming from a merchant family?"

"I come from a merchant family, but at least I won't deceive the emperor, and I won't bribe the examining mama." Yu Qingwu didn't want to interfere in this royal family infighting, but Qiu Shiyi Niang insisted on blaming her, so she couldn't be blamed.

Her cold and mocking voice interrupted Qiu Shiyi Niang, who couldn't help but be stunned, glaring at Yu Qingwu hatefully, and said sharply, "Consort Yu, don't slander people! I am your elder after all! Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning for slandering me like this?"

Hearing this, Yu Qingwu couldn't help but laugh, coldly scanning Qiu Shiyi Niang, and sneering, "Qiu Shiyi Niang, I don't have any blood relationship with you, what kind of elder are you to me? At such a young age, you don't know anything else, but you're good at putting on airs."

"Alright, since you have to say that His Highness is slandering you for me, then let's ask the palace mamas to examine you again today."