Chapter 163 !!!

The palace fell deathly silent at Qiu Xue's words.

Shu Fei covered her mouth, staring at Xie Qiyun with wide eyes, shocked, "This... utterly shameless! Utterly despicable!"

To have Qiu Shiyi Niang carry his child and marry Xie Jin Yan, the purpose was as plain as day.

Xie Qiyun's face was deathly pale, his eyes filled with the fury of betrayal.

"You... you vile slave! Don't you dare slander me!"

"Who! Who instructed you to slander me like this?"

Xie Qiyun was so angry that his veins nearly burst, he even jumped up, wanting to strike Qiu Xue.

Wei Jing Emperor was already filled with anger, seeing his reaction, he directly grabbed the teacup from the table and threw it at him, roaring, "Xie Qiyun! Do you want to rebel?"

The hot tea and shards of the teacup landed on Xie Qiyun, making him tremble from the heat.

Only then did he realize his loss of composure and retreated.

Extremely unwilling, he looked at Wei Jing Emperor and shouted, "Father, I am innocent, don't listen to this vile slave's nonsense! This vile slave must be acting under someone else's orders, deliberately framing me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! It must be... must be this vile slave slandering!"

At this time, Consort Liu also spoke, her eyes filled with tears, she stepped forward to grab Wei Jing Emperor's sleeve, reluctantly glanced at Xie Jin Yan and Empress Zhou, and cried, "In my opinion, there must be a misunderstanding! Perhaps... these two servants are instigating things, deliberately provoking the relationship between Qiyun and the Crown Prince! Wanting to cause internal strife in our Great Wei!"

"Maybe, these two maids are spies from another country!"

Heh, Consort Liu was truly grasping at straws, even bringing out spies.

Unfortunately, Xie Jin Yan wasn't someone to be trifled with, Empress Zhou was even less so, and Wei Jing Emperor wasn't a fool.

Seeing her crying like this, the anger in Wei Jing Emperor's stomach rose even higher.

He pushed her away heavily and looked coldly at the kneeling Qiu Xue, calling out to her, "Qiu Xue, is it? Don't be afraid, just tell me everything you know, today I will be the judge for you."

Qiu Xue was originally a little scared, but hearing Wei Jing Emperor's words, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, repeatedly kowtowing to thank him, then glared at Xie Qiyun and Consort Liu with resentment, gritting her teeth, "Your Majesty, the First Prince and Consort Liu also asked us to help the Qiu family's girl marry His Highness the Crown Prince, and then have the Qiu family's girl give birth to the First Prince's child, and then, as soon as that child was born, they would... would have us poison and murder His Highness the Crown Prince, and when His Highness died, the child of the First Prince and the Qiu family's girl would be the legitimate son, and also the Imperial Grandson, even if in the future, the First Prince failed to seize the throne, as long as we waited for that child to succeed, he could abdicate, and then, the First Prince himself would become the emperor."

This First Prince and Consort Liu, they had so many preparations?

They could even think of such despicable methods...

Hearing this, Consort Liu and Xie Qiyun were almost crazy, You Wanwan was also furious, and Qiu Shiyi Niang was trembling.

Wei Jing Emperor held a new teacup in his hand, gripping it tighter and tighter, almost wanting to crush it.

"Bastard! I'm not dead yet!"

This time, Wei Jing Emperor directly threw the teacup at Xie Qiyun's forehead, and Xie Qiyun's forehead immediately bled.

He covered the wound, feeling extremely wronged, and cried out loudly, "Father, I didn't! Don't listen to their nonsense! It's Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother is dissatisfied with the court officials supporting me, he deliberately framed me..."

To say that when people are stupid, they are truly hopeless.

Clearly, Xie Jin Yan was the Crown Prince, but Xie Qiyun said that Xie Jin Yan was dissatisfied with the court officials supporting him, wasn't this clearly telling Wei Jing Emperor that he, Xie Qiyun, was forming cliques?

Wei Jing Emperor was almost shocked, and the anger in his eyes could no longer be concealed.

And Consort Liu was so frightened that her face turned pale.

Before Wei Jing Emperor could get angry, she took the lead, stepped forward and slapped Xie Qiyun's face, angrily rebuking him, "Xie Qiyun, what nonsense are you talking about? Jin Yan is the Crown Prince! What are you? You're just a son born of a concubine! What qualifications do you have to have court officials support you?"

"That's right! I told you not to brag so much on weekdays, but you just wouldn't listen!"

"Now it's good, those nonsense words have become handles for others to slander you."

At that time, You Wanwan also came up, she couldn't bother with the affair between Xie Qiyun and Qiu Shiyi Niang, but was even more afraid that Xie Qiyun would continue to talk nonsense, and her family would also be implicated.

While wiping her tears, she stepped forward and pushed Xie Qiyun, crying, "Xie Qiyun, you've hurt me so much! How did I usually advise you, why didn't you listen to a single word? What are we going to do now? You probably can't explain yourself even with ten mouths."

You Wanwan's words seemed to be blaming Xie Qiyun on the surface, but in reality, they were subtly implying that Xie Jin Yan had deliberately framed him.

Compared to Xie Qiyun, You Wanwan, the daughter of a military family, had more influence in front of Wei Jing Emperor.

Seeing her crying, Wei Jing Emperor couldn't help but frown and hurriedly instructed the嬷嬷 (momo, female attendant) next to him, "Quick, help the First Prince's Consort up."

"Father, Qiyun just likes to brag a little on weekdays, please don't take it to heart." You Wanwan stood up with the help of the嬷嬷 (momo, female attendant) and said to Wei Jing Emperor again.

Wei Jing Emperor sighed, feeling a little embarrassed.

The atmosphere suddenly froze...

"That..."

"Your Majesty, the thief who administered the vicious medicine has been found." Just as Wei Jing Emperor was hesitating, Yu Qi suddenly entered the door.

He looked at Consort Liu, then at Xie Qiyun, his expression troubled.

Xie Qiyun was already very flustered, seeing Yu Qi looking at him with such an expression, he became even more exasperated and angrily questioned Yu Qi, "Eunuch Yu, if you've caught him, you've caught him, why are you looking at me like that?"

Hearing this, Yu Qi didn't answer, but slowly walked to Wei Jing Emperor's side and whispered a few words in his ear.

It was unknown what he said, but Wei Jing Emperor's face became more and more gloomy.

Finally, he gave Consort Liu a gloomy glare and ordered Yu Qi, "Bring him up."

Wei Jing Emperor's reaction made Consort Liu's heart tighten, she pursed her lips tightly, her breathing becoming tense, and she quietly looked at the door.

After a while, a woman was brought into the inner殿 (dian, hall).

The moment she saw the woman, Consort Liu's face turned pale, and Xie Qiyun's face was also filled with disbelief.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, all of this was done privately by this subject's wife, it has nothing to do with Consort and the First Prince." As soon as she entered the door, the woman knelt on the ground with a thud.