I'm a villain, not a devil

The confrontation between brothers, the third and fourth princes of the empire who are even twins, this absurd yet seemingly reasonable scene made all the high-ranking officials and nobles present gasp.

However, the third prince Bai You's words immediately attracted their attention.

Concubine Lan died, but the people around her didn’t die?

Didn’t the wet nurse who was responsible for the operation already die at the hands of the Prince?

Others knew, and Bai Si naturally knew it too. He still had a sad expression on his face: "Third brother, what nonsense are you talking about? Mother..."

It seemed that he was secretly glancing at the emperor who was high above him, but in fact, all his actions were revealed to everyone.

"Mother is gone... Sean was responsible for everything that happened before. I know you are angry, but this is no reason for you to frame me."

As he spoke, he revealed a deep sense of exhaustion: "Third brother... stop making trouble..."

These words were spoken with sincerity and if there were people present who did not understand, they would probably sigh for the Fourth Prince in their hearts.

But everyone present was a shrewd person. Seeing Bai You's behavior, they looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

It’s a good performance… but the Fourth Prince is not usually a person with rich body language and micro-expressions, so this performance makes people feel a little suspicious.

Bai You just watched his brother's performance quietly, then he turned around and saluted the emperor.

"Father, I beg you to let me confront Bai Si in public."

The emperor did not speak immediately. If it were not for his light breathing echoing in the silent hall, many people would have thought that he had fainted.

Finally, the emperor spoke: "In that case... Bai You, just say whatever you want to say."

Under Bai Si's gloomy eyes, Bai You clapped his hands.

Then, a huge glass box was pushed up.

Through the transparent glass, one could see an old woman with a haggard face slumped in the ground, her eyes blank, as if she were suffering from dementia.

Although she was too skinny to look like a human, everyone present had excellent eyesight. Someone had already called out the other person in surprise: "Isn't this the wet nurse beside Concubine Lan?"

There was an uproar.

The old nanny looked up blankly, with a frightened and foolish expression on her face.

The wet nurse beside Concubine Lan was not dead, which was something no one had expected.

That day, Prince Bai Youming was furious and killed people in the palace. The old nanny was tortured in public until she was unrecognizable. In the end, she pointed to Bai You.

And after that, Bai Youming went on a killing spree again. No one expected that a wet nurse who had already identified the mastermind did not die at the hands of Bai Youming?

Some people were shocked, while others, who were more perceptive, thought more deeply.

Sean has been confirmed to have faked his death... The prince was furious that day... If Sean had kept it a secret from Bai Youming, it would be fine, but now the nanny is not dead, which makes people have to raise more doubts - could Sean's fake death be instigated by Bai Youming?

If we start from here... the death of the eldest prince Bai Zhan, the confrontation between Bai You and Bai Si in the imperial palace today...

A few people took a deep breath and dared not look up at the emperor again.

Seeing the old nanny being pushed up, Bai Si's eyes flickered, and then he shook his head: "I didn't expect that the emperor's uncle actually kept her... But, third brother, have you ever thought about it? If you want to frame me, it means you have to dig up what happened that day. And at that time, the person the nanny accused was you."

Bai You looked at his brother calmly, then said indifferently: "Then why don't you listen to what she says?"

Bai Si lowered his eyes slightly, then walked to the old nanny and knocked on the glass. The latter just retreated to the corner in fear, still looking stupid.

"How can a person who has lost his mind serve as a witness? Third brother, can you teach me?" Bai Si asked.

"Loss of mind doesn't mean loss of memory." Bai You walked up to the nanny and asked through the glass, "How did everything that happened that day?"

As he said that, he pressed the button in his hand.

A helmet was lowered from the glass cage, and the nanny crawled over and put it on her head as if by reflex.

A bunch of parameters lit up on the glass on one side.

Although the wet nurse still looked stupid, she finally spoke.

"Princess Lan and Sean were at odds, and she was gloomy all day. I got a hint from the Fourth Prince, and used the ritual he gave me to lure Concubine Lan. Eventually, I led people to attack Sean. The Fourth Prince had already given me a mission: if I was caught, I would frame the Third Prince Bai You for it."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

"That's nonsense." Bai Si said coldly.

Bai You just glanced at him and then smiled.

He tossed the button in his hand and pointed it at the man in the church robes in the crowd: "This is a device developed by the Golden Dawn. It combines brain waves and fixed rituals. Its greatest function is to dig out the prisoner's true memory-"

Then he looked at Marshal Wu Xiao and said, "Marshal, the military captured a cultist and wanted to use this device of the Golden Dawn during the interrogation, but was delayed by the cult on the grounds of religious secrets. Is this what you want?"

Wu Xiao looked at it and nodded immediately: "This is it. Huang Jinli said that it involves a top-secret ceremony. If I want to change it, I need to ask for permission from various levels. Ha, they also said that if I get permission, they will give me a disposable device and let me prepare the 'consumables' in the laboratory first."

Bai You continued, "It's called 'Rainbow Nest', right?"

"Yes."

Bai You said, "The Imperial Research Laboratory previously captured a group of aliens called 'Rainbow Nest', who are born with the ability to detect lies. Haha, many people hope to get a servant of the Rainbow Nest. This matter caused a stir in the Imperial Capital at the time, right?"

Everyone present looked at each other guiltily, but it was indeed true.

Bai You sneered, "Moreover, Golden Dawn also applied for a considerable amount of development resources and used half of the consumables. The final result was this thing - and all of this is recorded."

He looked at the bishop with cold sweat on his forehead and said, "Your Excellency, please take a look at this device. Is it real or fake?"

Under Bai Si's cold eyes, the bishop gritted his teeth and finally lowered his head and said, "Your Highness...it's true..."

If it were anywhere else, he could play dumb, but not here.

The empire needs rules to continue. As long as there is no falling out, the imperial law is the greatest law. Disobeying the imperial law is disobeying His Majesty the Emperor - even His Majesty the Emperor cannot ignore this point.

The unique Golden Dawn mark on the device was right in front of him, and he couldn't hide it.

However, the few devices that existed should have been secretly transferred, so where did the one in Bai You’s hand come from?

Even if there were some abandoned equipment in the original headquarters that had not been moved away in time, it would take at least dozens of Rainbow Nest people to die before they could repair it, right?

But, but there has been no news from the Rainbow Nest clan recently!

No one paid any attention to the pale bishop anymore. They all looked at Bai Si and the emperor who had remained silent.

"Fourth brother——" Bai You finally called him brother, but the hatred hidden in this word made people's scalps numb. "There are witnesses and evidence, or do you think the military and Golden Dawn are lying?"

Bai Si raised his head somewhat stiffly, and he forced a smile: "It's hard for Third Brother to find so much evidence..."

He was about to continue speaking when suddenly, a man with white hair and beard came out hurriedly and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I beg your generosity..."

Everyone's pupils shocked, because the person who came out and knelt was the Speaker Lan Youshan, who was also the grandfather of Bai You and Bai Si!

The emperor finally spoke, and he sighed: "So, Lan Youshan, are you going to plead for Bai Si?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone lowered their heads, and Bai Si was struck by lightning.

He was about to argue when he saw his grandfather's hand moving towards him.

Lan Youshan knelt on the ground and said with great fear, "No, I hope Your Majesty will forgive my Lan family."

"Oh? What happened to the Lan family again?"

Lan Youshan said: "In the early years, in order to ensure that family secrets would not be leaked, the core members of the Lan family and their confidants would undergo brain surgery when they were young. This surgery would damage certain brain areas but would not affect the person. This was to resist the interrogation of this device."

He knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "This wet nurse is my Lan family's confidant, so it's natural. Later, she followed... into the palace, and I didn't arrange for anyone to repair her... Your Majesty, please forgive me! I didn't mean to hide it from Your Majesty, nor did I deliberately send her to the palace! If Your Majesty wants to punish me, I am willing to do so. I only ask Your Majesty to forgive the Lan family. Except for me, no one in the Lan family knows about this!"

As Lan Youshan spoke, tears began to flow down his face, and he looked like he was filled with regret.

Deliberately concealing and deceiving the emperor was indeed a serious crime - but among the countless servants in the palace, most of them had probably received benefits from outsiders. Would they be so stupid as to report me? Of course not.

Therefore, the old nanny's surgery has nothing to do with these... because everyone does it this way, but they don't have such advanced brain surgery methods.

But Lan Youshan didn't come here for this at all... If the brain surgery was confirmed by him as the head of the family, then the old nanny's testimony would be useless.

What about the Golden Dawn's secret device? She has a problem with her brain, so can you guarantee that the content read by the device is correct?

Many people looked at each other privately and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

The two princes were fighting each other, and Lan Youshan chose Bai Si directly from his two grandsons...

But this choice is not a problem. Bai You can no longer inherit the throne. If he successfully sue Bai Si, the two grandsons of the Lan family will no longer have any relationship with the throne. This is an unbearable loss.

If you think about it carefully, you can sort out the connections here, but there are very few people as decisive as Lan Youshan.

In order to prove the truth of his words, he even accused himself of a crime...

As expected of the Speaker...

Lan Youshan was kneeling on the ground. Behind him, Bai Si had a glimmer of satisfaction in his eyes, while Bai You just looked at his grandfather coldly.

The emperor's voice was filled with anger: "Lan Youshan, you are old and confused... When you go back, write a letter of resignation yourself."

Lan Youshan shuddered: "Yes... Your Majesty..."

The emperor coughed and then said, "Everything requires evidence. I originally believed it, but this foolish servant has had a bad brain since he was a child, so it really doesn't count... Let's end this matter here."

With his command, the decision was made.

Just looking at what happened today, everyone knows that it was Bai Si who framed his own brother in the beginning, but His Majesty's remarks are to directly protect Bai Si.

However, at this moment, Bai You cupped his hands again and said, "Then let's look at the next piece of evidence."

The rest of the people were all stunned.

Another glass prison car was pushed up, and inside it was a half-human, half-snake creature.

"Snake King, it was him who killed Sean that day." Bai You raised his head and looked upwards calmly, "Father, you should be able to recognize him, right?"

"Click——"

A crack was actually formed on the indestructible armrest of the throne!

Bai You continued, "Anyone who has been killed by the imperial bloodline has a sense of it. Father, I can ask the etiquette officer to come up and verify that the hands of the Snake King are stained with the blood of the imperial family."

long silence.

Finally, the emperor said: "No need, it's this villain."

The other people off the court were dumbfounded and for a moment they didn't know how to react.

If the snake king had Sean's blood on his hands, then how could Sean fake his death? If Sean came back from the dead, then... he was really a royal descendant?!

Isn't Sean Bai's adopted son? !

Bai You calmly operated the instrument and said casually, "Snake King, the military should have recorded that he has been missing for many years. In fact, he was working for Bai Si. In his crazy beast state, he only had instincts left, and he would not deceive the device - by the way, grandpa."

He looked at Lan Youshan who was standing there in a daze: "You just said that only you knew about the Lan family's brain surgery. Does this mean that Bai Si doesn't know about it?"

Lan Youshan was speechless for a moment.

Bai You smiled slightly: "Or... you personally performed surgery on the Snake King, so he can't tell the truth - meaning, the Snake King is from the Lan family?"

Lan Youshan's breathing suddenly became rapid - His Majesty had just acknowledged that the Snake King had killed a member of the royal family. If he admitted it, his Lan family would probably be expelled from the family in public!

Seeing that Lan Youshan stopped talking, Bai You pressed the button.

The half-human, half-snake King hissed in pain, and a sharp voice rang out: "I received an order from the Fourth Prince to help the old nanny kill someone. After killing Sean, I tried to escape, but was caught... The Fourth Prince tried to contact me, but I couldn't answer... Ah! Fourth Prince! Save me!"

"Shut up!" Bai Si's face turned paler than ever, his brows twisted with great anger.

Bai You stopped looking at him and only looked at the throne: "Father, according to the imperial law, those who frame the royal bloodline will be punished by cutting off the tongue, digging out the eyes, and chopping off the limbs."

He knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Bai You, please, father, make the decision for me!"

"It's all a false accusation! Bai You, you must be secretly in contact with Sean! My brother was killed by you and Sean!"

Bai Si's face was distorted to the extreme.

And in that cage, the snake king was still screaming: "Fourth Prince, save me! Save me!"

"Shut up! You bastard!!!" Bai Si roared.

"Shut up—" The emperor's voice suppressed everyone's breathing.

"puff!"

The snake king expanded rapidly and then exploded into a ball of bloody flower.

Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, the emperor slowly stood up and left the hall, leaving only the last words.

"Deprive Bai Si of his title as the Prince of Bai Si, and detain him in prison—execute him at a later date."