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Assistant Minister's expression froze.

The eyes of the Eunuch Shou beside the dragon throne lit up.

Shui Qingyan turned around and took a step forward, "Your majesty, the reason why big brother city guard has allowed this subject's daughter to enter the city is because this subject's filial piety is important. Furthermore, this is because we have protected the emperor's way of governing the country with filial piety.

"Even you can't protect yourself, and you still have to plead for others. Rather than giving the time to plead for your brother who guards the city, why not explain to him why you went to the Ma Ji Town and killed someone?" Yun Sheng looked at Shui Qingyan with a smile.

"I don't know where your so-called filial piety is." Yun Lancang slowly said.

"Your majesty, the Fourth Miss is just stalling for time, she's just looking for an excuse to get rid of her crimes." Assistant Minister stepped forward, "Fourth Miss has already admitted to her crimes, I hope that Your Majesty can punish her."

"Your majesty, there must be a reason behind this matter. Since Fourth Miss has already said she would return late due to filial piety, I hope that Your Majesty can hear what Fourth Miss has to say." Liu Changqing said as he took a step forward.

"Assistant Minister, no need to be anxious. Even if Fourth Miss's words are reasonable, all you have to do is apologize to her. If her words are unreasonable, the Emperor will definitely punish her impartially." Zhao Zhilan glanced at Assistant Minister.

"You." Assistant Minister was speechless from anger.

"Fourth Miss, please continue. If you are unable to explain yourself, I will definitely discipline you properly on behalf of the Doctor Shui!" When the emperor said this, all the ministers looked at each other. The emperor had only used the word 'discipline', which meant that the emperor did not plan to investigate Shui Qingyan's crimes deeply. At the very least, a death sentence was impossible.

"Yes." Shui Qingyan looked in Yun Lancang's direction. "This subject has the guts to ask your majesty what the emperor does to his wet nurse."

"Treat her as my own mother and support her until rest." Yun Lancang said these eight words.

Shui Qingyan's lips curled up in a light smile, but within that smile, there was a trace of undetectable bloodlust: "This subject's daughter's wet nurse has no children, and has treated this subject as her own daughter. May I ask Assistant Minister if this subject should send his daughter off after the death of his wet nurse? "

Assistant Minister's name was suddenly mentioned, and he opened his mouth: "That's right."

"When I returned to my residence, I found out that my wet nurse had passed away. I left the city to pay my respects, disregarding the pain I had suffered from falling off the cliff. But who would have thought that this subject's personal servant girl would be so heartless that she would throw her daughter's wet nurse to the grave just to bury her two taels of grass. " Shui Qingyan continued to smile as she spoke.

When the ministers heard these words, they began to discuss amongst themselves.

"My daughter is worried that my mother's corpse will be eaten by wild dogs. She went to the cemetery outside the city late at night to look for my mother's corpse." With that said, Yun Sheng frowned, Yun Lancang frowned, Liu Changqing frowned.

"The Emperor did not disappoint those who cared for him, and my daughter went through so much trouble to retrieve the corpse of my wet nurse from the mouth of the wild dog. My daughter returned to the city with her personal mama Yu Niang that night, but the city gates were already closed. After this subject's daughter and Yu Niang explained the situation, big brother city gate was extremely touched. She gave this subject and woman an exception, and let her enter the city. " The corner of Shui Qingyan's mouth still held a light smile.

"After my daughter entered the city, she went to the coffin shop. The coffin shop owner also took pity on my daughter, who was in a mess due to her fight with the wild dogs. Seeing that my daughter and master were all thin and weak women, he helped her bury her mother and even made her pay for the coffin." Shui Qingyan's voice was very calm, as if she was talking about another person's story, but everyone who heard it couldn't help but sigh.

It was hard for them to imagine how Shui Qingyan had the guts to go to the unmarked cemetery in the middle of the night. Furthermore, Shui Qingyan had snatched the wet nurse's corpse away from the mouth of the wild dog.

"Assistant Minister, this is what you mean by returning to the city in the middle of the night. Shui Qingyan smiled as he looked in the direction of the Assistant Minister, "This is also what you mean by barging into a city gate privately, and the so-called method of raising girls in Shui’s Marion is not good."

Assistant Minister stared with his eyes wide open, unable to say a single word.

"This subject's daughter has gone to the Ma Ji Town, so she asked the two maids to bear the consequences for themselves. This is also what the Assistant Minister meant by 'I don't know what to do.'" Shui Qingyan was still smiling, but Assistant Minister felt a chill from his laughter.

"This subject's daughter took the evil slave's head and rushed back to her wet nurse's grave overnight. However, on the way, she was chased by the people of the 18 strongholds. They finally arrived at her grave and met the killer of the Exquisite Pavilion." Shui Qingyan was still smiling as usual.

But everyone in the throne room could guess what Shui Qingyan had said from her pale face.

"Perhaps this official's daughter had fallen from the sky and met Prince Chu once again. Luckily, Prince Chu saved me and I was unconscious for seven days, only then did I live again."

At this time, everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at Shui Qingyan in disbelief.

"This subject's daughter and Prince Chu are innocent." As she spoke, Shui Qingyan rolled up her sleeves high up. On her wrist, on her wrist that was as white as snow, there was still a light pink scar.

"I entered the city in the middle of the night just to save my mother's corpse. I went to the Ma Ji Town just to punish the evil slaves. Shui Qingyan said righteously.

"Assistant Minister, no matter if it's the Breast Burying Mother or the Evil Slave, these are all matters of the family of my Shui’s Marion. You have heard the rumors, and without investigating, you have come before the emperor, and if it's not peeping then it's what it is, if it's not listening to rumors, then it's what it is! If it's not disrupting the imperial court, then it's what it is!" Shui Qingyan's every word was like a gem.

"I'll sue you, do you have any reason to refute!?" When Shui Qingyan's last sentence came out, the Assistant Minister stared straight at the pair of eyes, unable to say a single word.

"May I ask Sir Assistant Minister again, am I looking for a wet nurse to bring shame to the royal family, or am I punishing the evil slaves for bringing shame to the royal family, or do you think I should not be saved by the Prince Chu because I deserve death? Is being saved by the Prince Chu a disgrace to the royal family?" Shui Qingyan raised her eyebrows and looked at Assistant Minister.

Assistant Minister's face alternated between white and green, and he was speechless.

"Since the Assistant Minister has nothing to say, I hope that you can apologize to me in front of the Minister of Civil and Martial Arts and the Emperor." As Shui Qingyan finished speaking, the sound of a needle hitting the ground could be heard in the throne room.

Everyone looked at Shui Qingyan. At this moment, Shui Qingyan, the one who dared to confront her life guard in the throne room, was completely counterattacking.

After a while, someone spoke up.

"Assistant Minister, it doesn't matter if you did something wrong. Just change it." The corner of Zhao Zhilan's mouth raised into a faint smile, "Don't throw your noble demeanor away, don't you feel like the Fourth Miss is apologizing?" Today was the most interesting day in the past four years.

Assistant Minister looked at Shui Qingyan. His hands and feet were cold, his face purple red, but he could not say a single word.

"Your majesty, the Assistant Minister listened to the rumors, formed the Doctor Shui first, then created the atmosphere of the Prince Chu Palace defying the authority of the Emperor. National Duke Ying was the first to speak.

The Prince Chu looked at Prince Chu and immediately stepped forward. "Your Majesty, Assistant Minister is in default.

"Your Majesty, Assistant Minister does not deserve to die. Please excuse me." Liu Changqing took a step forward.

Assistant Minister suddenly fell to the ground, his hands and feet turning cold.

Yun Lancang looked at Shui Qingyan and then at the collapsed Assistant Minister, his eyebrows raised up high.

"Your majesty, Assistant Minister is setting up the Fourth Miss, but in reality, he is setting up the Royal Family's future daughter-in-law. If you have disgrace from the Emperor, please punish his." Another Prince Chu came forward to speak.

In the current situation, Shui Qingyan had won.

"Assistant Minister, do you still have anything else to say?" Yun Lancang looked at Assistant Minister, and said majestically.

When Assistant Minister was called, he suddenly regained his senses, looked at Shui Qingyan, then looked at the rest of the people, and finally fiercely looked at Yun Lancang: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Fourth Young Miss, it's just a one-sided matter. Even if she and your Prince Chu are innocent, but it's true that she went to the Ma Ji Town, who knows if she took advantage of this or not!"

"There's more, there's more." "Fourth young miss has never been so lucky to be able to meet Fourth young miss every time. It must be because Fourth young miss and Prince Chu are in love with each other, and they must be in love with each other, which is why Prince Chu has come to our rescue so many times. Your majesty, they have humiliated the imperial family, the ones who have humiliated the imperial family the most are Shui Qingyan and Chu Chen!"

Shui Qingyan laughed coldly: "You want the evidence? "Alright, I'll give you the evidence."

Assistant Minister suddenly looked at Shui Qingyan. He felt that Shui Qingyan was like an evil ghost from hell, her every word would push him into an endless abyss.

"Your majesty, this subject has countless of wounds on her body. Although she has the help of the Prince Chu's Spiritual Jade Paste, her scars have yet to heal. I hope the emperor can send a trusted palace maid to inspect them." If the Assistant Minister were to put her, Shui Qingyan, to death, she would not let him go!

"Yes!" Yun Lancang said.

After a while, Eunuch Shou brought Shui Qingyan down, and some of the people from the palace saw the injuries on Shui Qingyan's body.

On the throne room, Shui Qingyan once again returned.

At this time, everyone knew that this was the time that decided the life and death of Assistant Minister.

Assistant Minister also stared at the servant's mouth as beads of sweat dripped down his forehead.

"To reply your majesty, there are indeed many wounds on Fourth Miss' body, and they vary in depth. Some of them haven't even healed." A court lady bowed and answered respectfully.

"I also found a big scar on the back of Fourth Miss's head." The other person also respectfully bowed as he replied.

"Go down." Yun Lancang said.

"Yes, your servant will take his leave." The two emperors left.

"Come forward." Suddenly, Yun Lancang spoke out.

At this time, everyone looked at Shui Qingyan.

Shui Qingyan could feel everyone's gazes on him.

"Fourth Miss, this old servant will help you." Eunuch Shou's voice sounded beside Shui Qingyan's ears.

Shui Qingyan raised her eyebrows. Eunuch Shou didn't even touch the ground when he walked, and there was actually no sound? As she thought about it, Shui Qingyan held onto Eunuch Shou's arm, and walked toward Yun Lancang, step by step.

When the Eunuch Shou stopped, Shui Qingyan also stopped.

"Lift your arm." Yun Lancang said.

Shui Qingyan immediately understood that the Emperor was probably unwilling to give up and kill Assistant Minister to test her injuries, thus Shui Qingyan rolled up her sleeves.

There were wounds of all sizes on Shui Qingyan's arm. Last time, when she fell off the cliff, she did not recover from the cuts from the killer Sword Qi of Exquisite Pavilion. There were even wounds caused by bamboo branches in the bamboo forest.

Yun Lancang's brows remained knit together. The ministers did not dare to look straight at the emperor, but they were instead solemn regarding the atmosphere of the nine dragon steps.

"Shui Yiyuan! "This is the daughter-in-law you raised for us!" Suddenly, Yun Lancang spoke out.