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In fact, because of her, her own son was in such a difficult situation among the court officials. She was only worrying about her, and she didn't blame him at all.

The emperor protected her and the empress dowager protected her. How could she bear to have Yan Yuan become enemies with the empress dowager because of her?

Since this matter is an unsolvable problem, then let her end it.

"royal sister-in-law, I want to see Heng Er."

The empress dowager opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she swallowed her words back and nodded. "Heng Er, you can go inside the palace."

"Thank you, royal sister-in-law."

Liu Ruo Qing followed the servant to the inner hall, and after the servant left, Liu Ruo Qing sat down on the side of the bed.

young son was already three years old, and on his white and tender face, there were shadows of Yan Yuan everywhere.

She stooped down and hugged young son to her chest, silently crying. She was unwilling to part with him, but she could only grit her teeth and endure, afraid that if she cried out loud, she would wake the little guy up.

She didn't dare to hold young son for too long. She was afraid that if she continued to hug him, she wouldn't be able to let go and she wouldn't be able to leave.

"I'm sorry, Heng Er, I'm sorry …"

She suppressed her sobs, her eyes filled with pain and reluctance.

After a long while, she placed the sleeping young son back onto the bed and covered him with his blanket. After taking a deep breath, she left the longevity palace.

At this time, the ministers had already begun attending the morning assembly in Zhaoming Hall.

The court officials were still discussing how to deal with Liu Ruo Qing when they saw Liu Ruo Qing wearing a light colored outfit, appearing outside the Shining Light Palace.

"Crown Princess Jing?"

Some people subconsciously exclaimed when they saw Liu Ruo Qing. The originally noisy Imperial Hall instantly quietened down.

The faces of the ministers were all different, and Yan Shuo even more so did not expect Liu Ruo Qing to appear at the Mansion of Light at this time.

"If the Crown Princess Jing is not staying at the Duke Palace at this time, what is she doing in the imperial court?"

looked at Liu Ruo Qing, and said in a heavy voice. In the Starlight Palace, he did not call him a "Ninth Aunt."

Liu Ruo Qing looked at Yan Shuo who was giving her a meaningful look, indicating that she should leave. Liu Ruo Qing only smiled in gratitude, but walked into the hall and knelt in front of Yan Shuo, surrounded by the fingers of the other officials.

"Reporting to your majesty, this subject's wife is here to plead guilty."

Yan Shuo's face suddenly darkened. At the same time, the faces of Yan Xiao and Yan Jue who were standing on both sides changed as well.

"Ruo Qing, what nonsense are you talking about?!

Yan Jue stood up from his seat with a dark face, walked forward to pull Liu Ruo Qing, and did not care about the sacred palace anymore.

"Go back immediately, this is the imperial court, don't mess around!"

Yan Jue pulled Liu Ruo Qing and tried to get her to get up, but she stubbornly kneeled down and tried to pry Yan Jue's hand away from his arm, "Eighth brother, everything that has happened recently has caused an uproar, I can't hide anymore."

She gave Yan Jue a light smile. There was reluctance, gratitude, and the resolution to make Yan Jue panic; it was clear that some decisions had already been made long before she had come to Zhaoming Palace.

"The culprits of the Tang and Li Families haven't been found yet, what does it have to do with you? Why did you come to confess your crimes?"

As long as the Kaiser still cared about the Emperor's Royal Golden Halberd, the army would not be able to enter the King Jing Palace. As long as they could not enter the King Jing Palace, even if she hid in there for the rest of her life, no one would be able to do anything to her.

Furthermore, as long as they were given some more time, and found the real killer, Ruo Qing would be fine, right?

Liu Ruo Qing knew that Yan Jue was doing this for her good, but even if the Tang and Li Families weren't killed, the fact that she was Liu Qian Xun's disciple couldn't be changed.

From the moment her master announced their relationship to the world, it was already destined that she wouldn't be able to live peacefully.

Remembering the old man that he respected, under his complete trust and carelessness, pushing him into the bottomless abyss with one hand, Liu Ruo Qing smiled bitterly, and his eyes gradually dimmed.

She looked at Yan Shuo, bent over and kowtowed deeply to Yan Shuo, "Your majesty, whether or not Master Tang Li and Master Tang Li have died in the Shen Ji Hall, this subject does not dare to accept this crime without permission. However, this subject's wife is indeed from the People from the Divine Artefact Hall, and according to orders, she is also intentionally approaching the Prince Jing, thus waiting for the opportunity to deal with the Prince."

She didn't want to take over the blame of Master Tang Li and the other two exterminating the sect, so she still felt that the crime was too big. She was also afraid that if she pleaded guilty, Yan Yuan and his own son would be implicated as well.

However, she had admitted that she was someone sent by the Shen Ji Hall to be with Yan Yuan, and that Yan Yuan was also a victim. No matter how dissatisfied the officials were with how much they had protected Yan Yuan previously, they wouldn't criticize him too harshly because of his "ignorance".

Grand Preceptor Pang stood in the line. From the moment Liu Ruo Qing entered the line, she had not spoken a word, only her eyes narrowed.

Regardless of whether Liu Ruo Qing admitted to it or not, as long as she acknowledged her relationship with Shen Ji Hall, she would be dead for sure.

One shouldn't blame him for bickering with a girl. He could only blame it on the fact that he had the backing of several princes. He was simply too arrogant, and didn't put the Grand Preceptor in his eyes at all.

Although she didn't admit that it was Shen Ji Hall who annihilated the Tang and Li Clans was not important, the Grand Preceptor Pang still "righteously" walked out of the formation. She glanced at Liu Ruo Qing and said to Yan Shuo: "Your majesty, Lord Tang and Lord Li have always been pure and honest officials, and have never formed any enmity with anyone. Only two people begged the Emperor to execute the Crown Princess Jing a few times, and were exterminated afterwards, not even sparing a child.

When Grand Preceptor Pang's words came out, many ministers echoed them very quickly.

Some were the clear flow among the court officials, and usually they were on good terms with the two lords, Tang Li. There were also some who always followed Grand Preceptor Pang as the leader, agreeing with whatever Grand Preceptor Pang said.

Liu Ruo Qing turned to look at Grand Preceptor Pang and mocked, "Grand Preceptor, I did it, I'll admit it myself. If it wasn't for me, don't even think about blaming me for it."

"It was clearly you defending yourself in order to get rid of your crimes!"

Grand Preceptor Pang snorted, and glanced at her coldly.

Liu Ruo Qing also smiled, "According to Grand Preceptor Pang's words, I'm a People from the Divine Artefact Hall, how could I possibly be sentenced to death?"

Grand Preceptor Pang was startled, and scoffed at Liu Ruo Qing's question, "What a joke, trying to rebel and rebel, do you still want to live?"

"Since I'm facing a death sentence, why should I deny the extermination of Master Tang Li's family? Even if I deny it, I still cannot avoid the death sentence. Why would I do anything unnecessary? What do you think?"