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Duan Chen sat dejectedly on the Dragon Throne, not daring to look at Duan Mu Yan again. So all of this was true? So it turned out that he had wrongly hated Zi Yan for so many years, wronged her for so many years, and even ignored her children for so many years! The entire great hall was deathly silent. Everyone was enveloped in a sorrowful atmosphere, and the haze above their heads could not be dispelled no matter how hard they tried.

His heart, at this moment, slowly calmed down. Duan Mu Yan's eyes, which were sparkling and translucent, quietly looked forward, and although he was obviously looking at Duan Chen, he seemed to be looking far into the distance through Duan Chen. There, the mother was smiling, and the royal brother was smiling, and the entire world was peaceful.

"Third Princess …" I, Wei Liang, have let you down! " Tears streamed down Wei Liang's face as he prostrated himself at Duan Muyan's feet. How could he not know that Pi Fei was wrongly accused? However, he did not have the courage to return to the Royal Capital to report everything to the Emperor. Speechless, Duan Mu Yan knelt down and looked at the man before her with a smile in her misty eyes.

"You did not let me down. If not for you, mufei would never have wronged Zhao Xue. Mu Yan thanks you!" "Thank you …" Her voice was filled with boundless gratitude, causing Duan Mu Yan to choke in tears as she spoke. She used both hands to help Wei Liang up before shifting her gaze to Duan Chen.

"Your Majesty, now that the truth has been revealed, Mu Yan does not seek for the throne, nor for the Emperor to pardon Mu Yan for all of her crimes. She only wishes for the Emperor to bury the body of mufei within the imperial mausoleum, she is the Imperial Consort of the Great Mo, she only loves one man in her entire life, no matter how much that man misunderstood or hated her, she has never regretted it, but the only thing she regretted is giving birth to her royal brother and Mu Yan. However, Mu Yan had never blamed mufei, because she knew that mufei was innocent and had known this from the very beginning! Even if the people of the world did not believe in mufei, Mu Yan still believed firmly! Today, the truth has finally been revealed to the world and Mu Yan has finally failed mufei … " Her choked voice was like that of a small beast crying softly. Duan Mu Yan's lips were pursed tightly, and every word and sentence was clearly engraved in everyone's heart.

In the main hall, some people had lowered their eyes in silence, some had a sorrowful look on their faces, and some had even started wiping away their tears. In the main hall, some people had lowered their eyes in silence, and some had even started wiping away their tears.

"In the spring of the thirty-sixth year … I have sent the edict to the Third Princess of the Badlands Court, Duan Mu Yan … "This …" An aged voice rang out peacefully as her trembling lips used all the strength they had left to say these words. Dou Jing and Zhu Xu were the first to kneel to the ground, kowtowing in worship.

"This subject, Dou Jing, pays his respects to the Emperor!"

Following which, Xiao Yuxuan, Wei Liang, and Qi Hu, as well as more and more civil and military officials kowtowed towards Duan Moyan. The echoes of the kowtow resonated throughout the hearts of everyone present. The moment Duan Zitong knelt down and kowtowed, there was only Duan Xingyi left standing in the great hall with a look of admiration on his face. His handsome face still had a carefree expression on it, but deep in his heart, he was feeling extremely depressed.

"Everyone, please rise!" Duan Muyan tried her best to suppress the grief in her heart as she calmly spoke, displaying the aura of an overlord. Hearing the commotion, everyone stood up and moved to the sides. Duan Muyan's gaze shifted to Duan Chen, who had already handed over the throne. Just as she was about to speak, she was stopped by Duan Chen.

"Mu Yan, royal father owes your mufei, owes your royal brother, and owes you too much. Right now, royal father does not expect you to forgive him, but please allow royal father to bring Yi'er back to the Imperial Palace. There are some things royal father cannot let go of and when we return to the Imperial Palace, no matter how you punish Yi'er, royal father will not interfere, what do you think?" A low voice, a petty tone, Duan Chen looked towards Duan Mu Yan in a begging manner.

"Since it is royal father's wish, Mu Yan will not disobey!" Initially, she thought that the hatred was so deep that even if the truth were revealed for a moment, the traces that were etched into her heart would still not disappear. However, when she saw Duan Chen's aged face and eyes filled with the tears of the Emperor, all of her hatred disappeared without a trace.

"Thank you …" Duan Chen pursed his lips and nodded slightly, his eyes filled with gratitude. When Duan Chen turned around, Duan Mu Yan's gaze subconsciously flashed towards Duan Xingyi, who still had that incomparably handsome face of his, but not a trace of fear or anger could be seen. Instead, there was an extraordinary calmness and indifference, as if he had already predicted that all of this would happen.

As he left the throne room, a light flashed in his eyes. So what if it was the Empress of the Great Mo? Since he had fallen for her, even if he had to use all sorts of methods, he would still keep her by his side. Perhaps others might not have noticed him, but Duan Mu Yan could clearly see the smile in the depths of his eyes, and an indescribable panic filled her heart.

After Duan Chen and Duan Xingyi left, the entire great hall once again calmed down. Zhu Xu methodically reported everything that had happened outside the great hall to Duan Muyan. At this moment, Xu Tianshu and Qi Hu had already arrived at their destination.

Outside the hall, Duan Chen struggled to push Eunuch Li away.

"You can leave. Yi'er is enough …" Her deep voice was filled with an irresistible dignity. Even though Eunuch Li was unwilling, she could only retreat. Behind him, Duan Xingyi's eyes flashed as she walked towards Duan Chen's side.

"Royal father, your son knows that you must have a lot of questions that you wish to ask me. I will agree with you. Once we reach the crown prince's hall, Xing Yi will naturally tell you everything. I won't hide anything from you!" Duan Xingyi lightly said. His thin lips slightly pursed as he suddenly felt some sympathy for the old man beside him. In his lifetime, he had exchanged for the foundation of the Great Mo, but because of a woman, he had almost destroyed the entire country. Now that the hero was old and he had experienced such a failure, how could he not be lamented? Duan Chen fiercely sighed, but he didn't object. With Duan Xingyi's support, he walked towards the Crown Prince Palace.

At this moment, the Yichun Courtyard had been in an extremely chaotic situation. Yan Wuhen and Zi Min had already set up an ambush and left with their men on the night. They were in a stalemate.

"Who the hell are you people?" Ye Li thought things would go smoothly, but the moment he moved the silver taels out, he was surrounded by people in the backyard of the Spring Festival.

"Who we are is not important. What's important is that you can't take it away!" He knew that things were not going well, and if he continued to delay things any further, he would not have a chance to leave the city. Therefore, without further ado, the two groups began to fight. Originally, both sides were equally matched, but after that, with Qi Hu leading a large group of soldiers and officials to surround the entire Spring Festival, Night Centrifuge knew that the important matter had been resolved, and with the addition of the fact that he was concerned about Duan Xingyi's safety, there was an ambush here. Yan Wuhen and Zi Min wanted to stop him, but there were too many of them. After a few moves, they had already left for Ying Kong.

"Qi Xianfeng!" How about the palace? " Yan Wuhen asked anxiously, his eyes filled with worry.

"Wu Hen, don't worry. The empress has ascended to the throne and has just completed her great mission. Now that the imperial government has settled down, Old Prime Minister Zhu and General Dou Jing are assisting the empress in handling the imperial government. The empress has just ordered their subordinates to come over to assist. Is everyone alright?" Qi Hu anxiously asked.

"We're fine with it, these are all proof of Duan Xingyi's corruption. I'll have to trouble Qi Xianfeng to bring this silver back to the palace for the empress to handle." Yan Wuhen cupped his fist, Qi Hu did not refuse, and led the soldiers to send the Yichun Courtyard silver taels back to the palace.

Duan Chen sat dejectedly on his chair. Because he was weak, he had no choice but to lean back in his chair. His hawk-like gaze looked towards Duan Xingyi with too many questions in it.

"As you wish, you can speak now. Why did you do that? frame-up Dou Jing, Qi Hu, royal father thinks you are to eliminate dissidents. But why did you steal the treasury's relief money? Why... You want to poison royal father's tea? Do you really hate royal father that much? No matter how much royal father gave for you, you won't forgive him? " Perhaps it was because he hadn't done his duty as a father in the past twenty years that caused Duan Xingyi's hatred towards him to sink to the bone marrow. Therefore, taking Duan Xingyi away from the throne room was the last thing he could do for his son. Otherwise, with Duan Xingyi's crimes, every single one of them would be enough for him to die several times over.

Facing Duan Chen, Duan Xingyi stood with his hands folded behind his back. Duan Xingyi's thin lips slightly curled into a helpless smile as he looked at Duan Chen's puzzled eyes.

"I don't hate you, and I have no reason to. In other words, I don't have the qualifications to hate you …" Duan Xingyi slowly walked to Duan Chen's side and took advantage of the moment when Duan Chen was caught off guard to tap his acupoints. Unable to speak, Duan Chen's white brows tightly knitted, and the doubt in his eyes deepened.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you the reason right now. You do have a son called Duan Xingyi. It's a pity that it's not me!" These few simple words resounded like a thunderclap in Duan Chen's ears. Duan Chen looked at Duan Xingyi in disbelief. He had given up so that this person wasn't his son. How could he endure such a thing!?

You don't need to look at me like that. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have had the chance to impersonate you as your son. Speaking of which, that bastard outside looked exactly like me. Seeing Duan Chen's eyes filled with shock, Duan Xingyi couldn't help but sigh and continue speaking.

"You should really want to know who I am and where the real Duan Xingyi went to, right?" Duan Xingyi pursed his lips and looked at Duan Chen with great interest. Before this, this might have been a secret, but now, nothing mattered anymore. Sooner or later, someone would find out about this secret.

"Since I'm pretending to be Duan Xingyi, the real Duan Xingyi naturally cannot live in this world. But don't worry, he died very peacefully. After all these years of fighting with the Southern Yue, have you never noticed that the Southern Yue had a fourth prince? " The curve of Duan Xingyi's thin lips became even more pronounced as a chilling light flashed in his eyes.