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Assistant Minister Ma immediately shut his mouth.

"The Assistant Minister Ma framed me without any proof. If I don't give an explanation to the Emperor in front of the throne room today, I, Shui Qingyan, will absolutely not submit." Shui Qingyan did not plan on letting Assistant Minister Ma go.

"Your majesty, this is absolutely true. All of our brothers are witnesses. Only the Fourth Miss has the scar of the Imperial Whip on her back. Only the Fourth Miss!" Assistant Minister Ma kneeled on the ground, raising his head, his face serious.

As soon as these words were out, the atmosphere in the throne room suddenly became sluggish.

All the ministers' memories were drawn to the day of the punishment. Shui Qingyan was the only one to be whipped as the daughter of a minister, there was no doubt about this.

"Your majesty, Assistant Minister Ma has taken all the dead as witnesses. This subject is unable to calm down in fear, I wonder what the assistant minister's intentions are." Liu Changqing hurried forward.

The atmosphere of the hall was very stiff.

"Your majesty, everything this humble subject said is true. The wound on Fourth Miss's back is very obvious, especially the second scar. There is a new clot in the middle, which must have been caused by Miss being careless. This humble subject really did see it with my own eyes." Assistant Minister Ma said those words seriously.

Zhao Zhilan said in amusement: "Assistant Minister Ma's meaning is, you have seen Fourth Miss's bare back with your own eyes."

Doctor Senior Zhao took a step towards Zhao Zhilan, and glared at him.

Zhao Zhilan curled her lips, and snorted coldly.

"Your majesty, this humble subject did not do it on purpose. Fourth Miss fled desperately, this humble subject used my flying claw and accidentally tore off Fourth Miss's clothes from her shoulders. Only then did I see the wounds on her back." Assistant Minister Ma was sincere.

"What nonsense!" Shui Yiyuan's face was ashen, "Qingyan has been grounded for the past few days, how could she possibly be the Arcanist that Assistant Minister Ma has spoken of?

"Doctor Shui, you are also not a good person. You must be the person behind Fourth Miss, and it must be you who gave her the map. "Now, seeing that the identity of the fourth lady is about to be revealed, she's so angry that she's going to kill us to silence us." Assistant Minister Ma immediately grabbed ahold of Shui Yiyuan who just spoke.

"You must have set the fire last night. You wanted to burn us alive, but heaven gave me the chance to live. The fourth miss won't be able to escape punishment today, so don't even think about leaving this place safely." Assistant Minister Ma was furious. In the heart of the Assistant Minister Ma, the one who killed and silenced everyone must be the person standing behind Shui Qingyan, and that person must be Shui Yiyuan.

Shui Yiyuan was angered to the point of turning green from Assistant Minister Ma's words, "This is simply nonsense!"

"Your majesty, how is the matter? Just let Fourth Miss take off her clothes and examine the wound on her back." Assistant Minister took a step forward and said respectfully.

"Thank you for your joke, Imperial Physician Xie. As the future Second Princess of the Fourth Miss, how can you take off your clothes in front of the palace?" As the head teacher of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Changqing stepped forward and was the first to oppose it, "This is disrespectful to the royal family."

"What Liu Shangshu said is flabbergasted, this matter is related to the national destiny of Da Yun, if we sacrifice Fourth Young Miss's name to prove the innocence of our Da Yun, then Fourth Young Miss is a person of righteousness." National Duke Ying took a step forward and said. In the heart of the National Duke Ying, Shui Qingyan had already lost all face to protect.

"Otherwise, when the matter of Fourth Young Miss being a Arcanist spreads to the Southern Barbarians, to Feng Wushan, and to the West Cold, wouldn't my Da Yun be in grave danger? At that time, it won't just be a simple matter of taking off my clothes to prove my innocence." National Duke Ying's expression was arrogant.

"Your Majesty, this matter absolutely cannot happen. After all, the Fourth Miss is still the future Second Princess." Liu Changqing had already knelt down, "Your Majesty, please reconsider."

"Your majesty, the whip wound on Fourth Miss's back is the best proof!" The Assistant Minister Ma kept kowtowing. "Your Majesty, please be clear-minded, this humble subject's words are true. Fourth Miss really is a Arcanist."

"Your Majesty, everyone in the imperial court knows that Fourth Young Miss has been whipped. The wounds on her back can't be hidden from anyone." The Assistant Minister Ma used the dead to testify, and also used what everyone knew to testify. Doctor Senior Zhao took a step forward and knelt beside Liu Changqing, "Your majesty, you can't just listen to a single side of the story.

"Not really." Assistant Minister Ma immediately said, "The second scar on Fourth Miss's back showed clear signs of splitting. This humble subject still remembers clearly, it was probably the middle part. Please examine it, Your Majesty." With that, the Assistant Minister Ma bowed his head.

"Your majesty, the Fourth Miss is the Second Imperial Brother's future Crown Princess after all. Taking off her clothes in the throne room is truly humiliating for the imperial family." Fifth Prince Yun Yi finally could not bear to see this, and took a step forward to say a few words, "Moreover, a woman's reputation is as heavy as life and death. I'm afraid the Fourth Miss would do something stupid after insulting her like this."

"Saying that she is the Arcanist is the true harm." Zhao Zhilan laughed as she looked at Shui Qingyan, "People say that it is better to kill the wrong person than to let it go. If we do not openly remove this title, the Fourth Young Miss might bring about a countless amount of death in the future."

Doctor Senior Zhao kneeled there in anger, hating himself for giving birth to such a brainless son.

Fifth Prince Yun Yi lowered his eyelashes, his eyes filled with anger. Zhao Zhilan, you vengeful hypocrite!

Zhao Zhilan saw Yun Yi lower his head and snorted. If Yun Yi dared to give an incomplete book to him, he would probably be burned to death.

Yun Lancang looked at the various officials and frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject agrees with Doctor Little Zhao's words." Thank you for taking a step forward and kneeling down, "This matter is not clear. Whether it's the Fourth Miss or the Da Yun, it's all a threat. The three of them have been through a lot of trouble, so there must be one person who knows about this today. "

"I second that." Immediately, someone knelt behind Censor Xie.

"I second that." With the first, there would be the second.

"I second that." In the throne room, only the Prince Chu and Zhao Zhilan did not express their opinion. The rest, whether they were in support of it or against it, all had their own opinions.

"Fourth Miss, although your reputation is heavy, it isn't as important as your life." Zhao Zhilan looked at the Shui Qingyan who stood there, as if she was an independent individual from the outside world, her eyes slightly narrowed, "Although the national doctor does not recommend that you take off your clothes, but neither does he recommend that you not take them off." He didn't understand, at a time like this, how could this Shui Qingyan not have any reaction at all.

This was the second time that the Prince Chu had looked at Shui Qingyan seriously. This time, he saw an endless whirlpool behind Shui Qingyan, like a black hole.

Yun Lancang was also in a dilemma. His hand tightly held the dragon's descendant.

Eunuch Shou looked at Shui Qingyan with worry. If the Fourth Miss took off her clothes in front of all the ministers and officials today, she would have a dirty and obscure name for the rest of her life.

Shui Qingyan slowly lifted the corner of her lips and opened her red lips: "Shui Qingyan can take off your clothes."

Once he said that, Liu Changqing immediately looked up at Shui Qingyan's back: "Absolutely not!"

"Fourth Miss, think twice!" Doctor Senior Zhao also spoke up.

"Your majesty!" Shui Yiyuan lowered his head, his voice filled with grief.

"Our Emperor is wise!" The officials bowed and shouted.

"But let's put the blame first." Shui Qingyan slowly turned around and looked in the direction of the officials, "Ministers, either you are rich people who have studied hard for ten years, or you are great generals who have the ability to attack and defeat enemies."

When Shui Qingyan said this, everyone was baffled. They did not know what Shui Qingyan wanted to say.

Prince Chu was not in a good mood today, because before the imperial court, he had received news that Chu Chen was infected with another poison, and was only waiting to return home to take a look, this time delaying him from entering the imperial court, he was already very impatient, but after seeing Shui Qingyan, his vexed mood had lightened by a lot.

"If Fourth Miss has something to say, feel free to say it." National Duke Ying was the first to speak.

"Everyone, disregarding the integrity of my Maiden Day, for you to have my throne room strip and prove your innocence is not something a gentleman should do." Shui Qingyan smiled as she looked straight ahead, her pupil-less eyes overflowed with a dark color, "All of you are either my elders or modest gentlemen of the Da Yun."

"Could it be that Fourth Miss wants all of us to take responsibility for you?!" National Duke Ying snorted coldly.

"Shouldn't it?" Shui Qingyan looked in the direction of the National Duke Ying, "After seeing my back, it is already very polite of me not to ask for your eyes to be gouged out."

"You!" National Duke Ying was so angry that he was blowing his beard as he glared at Shui Qingyan, "You are trying to prove your innocence! If you do not give all of us a sincere reason to submit, what reason do you have to leave the throne room safely?!"

"Since that's the case, if I, Shui Qingyan, were to be found guilty today, I want all of you to kneel down and support me, and all those who have taken off their clothes in front of my hall, will be given three lashes!" Shui Qingyan laughed and said, but once she said those words, the entire audience went into an uproar.

"Ridiculous!" National Duke Ying flung his sleeves, "All subjects are trying to prove the innocence of the Fourth Young Miss, why did they bear three lashes in vain!"

"I, Shui Qingyan, have done well, sat straight, why should I prove my innocence? As long as I don't marry you two, I won't eat your food!" Shui Qingyan sneered, "You all asked to see this lady's body, and this lady nodded. What, shouldn't all of the courteous ministers pay a little bit of sincerity to this lady for doubting me?"

"Since you've seen my body, I'll naturally collect some interest." Shui Qingyan did not retreat at all.

"Insolent!" The National Duke Ying coldly snorted. "How can you allow such nonsense in front of the Emperor!"

"We already allowed this Assistant Minister Ma's Sir Ma to mess around, but why didn't he allow me to!? In terms of relationship, the future daughter-in-law is much more intimate than the Assistant Minister Ma. " Shui Qingyan said with a cold smile.

"There is no need for Fourth Miss to be so moved!" Assistant Minister Ma raised his head and looked at Shui Qingyan, "Isn't the Fourth Miss trying to use all of the officials to explain her crimes? The Fourth Miss must have escaped using her Broken Mountain the night before yesterday, so the scar on her back must have not only cracked, it."

"Your majesty, all the subjects are supporting each other. Your subject's daughter has no choice but to plead for the emperor's court and take off her clothes to prove her innocence." Shui Qingyan saw that the officials were shaking and hesitating, occasionally believing in the Assistant Minister Ma, and sometimes not believing in the Emperor, so she could only ask the Emperor.