Before Su Lingyue lost the last bit of consciousness, a pair of big hands wrapped around her slender neck, held her head at the elbows and swam upwards.

After swimming out of the water and breathing clean air, Su Lingyue began to cough violently due to inhaling mud and water in her mouth and lungs.

Su Lingyue was carried back to the shore by the people who rescued her and laid flat on the lawn beside the lotus pond. She coughed for a long time before she regained consciousness.

"Miss!" Caidie Caiyi cried anxiously.

"Su Lingyue, how are you?" It was Xiao Yu's voice.

Su Lingyue opened her stinging eyes and saw Xiao Yu half-kneeling beside her, his brows furrowed with worry, his coat draped over her.

"Your Highness...I'm fine." Su Lingyue said uncomfortably.

Every time I said something, there was a sharp pain in my heart.

"I'll take you back home." As he said that, he picked up Su Lingyue and took her back home.

"Wait... Your Majesty... Someone just pushed me."

Xiao Yu stopped walking after hearing this and said gently, "I'll take you back first, and I'll take care of the rest."

Su Lingyue shook her head, "I want to find it out now."

Seeing Su Lingyue's determined expression, Xiao Yu put her down, gathered the clothes on her, hugged her and let her lean on his chest.

"My Lord, when I fell, I tore the man's clothes."

"Whoever pushed her just now, stand up!"

Xiao Yu's voice was cold, with bloodthirsty oppression and coldness in his eyes as he looked at the female guest beside him.

Seeing that no one came forward, Xiao Yu ordered the servant, "Go find someone with torn clothes among the female guests."

In a moment, a woman dressed in moon-white brocade embroidered with silver was dragged in front of Su Lingyue and Xiao Yu by a servant.

She was the wife of Qi Feng, a tutor in the Hanlin Academy. When she saw Su Lingyue and Xiao Yu, she didn't dare to raise her head and just knelt there trembling.

Qi Feng saw that it was his wife who was dragged out, so he hurriedly walked over to her side and knelt down together, saying, "My Lord, Princess, is there something wrong? How could my wife…"

Qi Feng looked at his shivering wife again, feeling unsure.

Looking at the person in front of him, Su Lingyue said with difficulty: "Your Majesty... She is not the mastermind, it should be Su Nanxing."

"Okay, you take a rest and I will give you justice." Xiao Yu tightened his arms around Su Lingyue's shoulders.

Xiao Yu looked at the two people kneeling in front of him and said coldly: "Do you know that murdering a royal relative is a capital crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan?"

Madam Qi knelt on the ground, her body trembling, crying and begging: "My lord, the princess is really not me, not me."

"Your sleeve is the evidence. The princess tore it when she pushed him into the water. And you're still trying to argue."

Xiao Yu said to Zhang Zhong, the Minister of Justice, "Sir Zhang, this man is plotting to murder the emperor's relatives. His entire clan should be executed. The Ministry of Justice should arrest him immediately!"

The murderer had been caught on the spot, and Zhang Zhong did not hesitate, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will call someone right away."

He said to the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, "Go and bring a team of people."

"Pa" Qi Feng slapped the woman on the face.

"You idiot, why would you do such a thing!"

Seeing her usually amiable husband suddenly hit her, the woman was frightened and said in a trembling voice, "It's the Crown Princess..."

Before she finished her words, Su Nanxing walked out from the crowd and said coldly, "Madam Qi, why are you framing me without any evidence?

This palace and the imperial aunt are sisters, how can I allow you to sow discord between us! Come, pull out her tongue!"

"Yes!" said the guard of the Prince's Mansion as he was about to go and arrest Madam Qi.

"Wait! She hasn't finished her words yet, why are you so anxious, Princess?" Xiao Yu continued to look at Madam Qi and said coldly, "Go on!

After receiving Xiao Yu's order, Madam Qi continued to speak.

"The Crown Princess said that if we kill the Princess of Su, our son will be released from prison alive. We only have this one son..."

"Her son is one of the accomplices in the Qingfeng Pavilion murder case." Su Lingyue explained to Xiao Yu.

Hearing this, Qi Feng reached out his hand and wanted to hit her again, but he couldn't bring himself to do it and slapped himself in the face.

"Why didn't you discuss this with me? I'm already trying to find a way to save him. You're only going to make my son die faster!"

Su Nanxing was already a little flustered at this time, "Poisonous woman, you murdered my own sister and slandered me.

Sister, she must be trying to alienate us! You can’t believe it!”

Su Heng on the side said lovingly: "Yue'er, the murderer has been caught, don't listen to the nonsense of the crazy woman."

Qi Feng, who was standing aside, finally understood that the Crown Princess was using his wife as a weapon.

Qi Feng said angrily: "My Lady Crown Princess, everything has a motive. My husband and I have no grudges against the princess in the past or in the present, so why do you want to harm her? Instead, you..."

Before Qi Feng could finish, Su Heng shouted, "Master Qi, shut up! Are you still going to defend this crazy woman?"

Su Lingyue felt that she needed to clarify, "Su Nanxing, you and I are not from the same mother. On the day of your wedding..."

"Yue'er, shut up!" Su Heng shouted.

Xiao Yu also shouted coldly: "Prime Minister Su, shut up! My princess has been murdered. Now the three judges are here. The back garden of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion is the court. If you have no guilt in your heart, why not let the three judges try you?"

Then he said to Su Lingyue gently: "You continue."

"On the day of your wedding, you conspired with your mother Xue Man to drug me and move me to Prince Su's mansion.

The Queen Mother and His Majesty also know about this. You said sisterhood? Where is sisterhood? "

"Besides, I have no grudge against Lord Qi's family and I was not instructed by someone. Why would she want to harm me?"

Su Lingyue then looked at Qi Feng and said, "Master Qi, don't you have anything to say?"

They all closed their eyes, looking painful.

Indeed, if it weren't for his greed, his whole family would not have suffered such a devastating disaster.

It's too late to repent now!

But he would never let go of the person who had used his entire family to such an extent!

Qi Feng slowly opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Changshi in the crowd: "I was greedy and thought the position was too low, so I joined the prince's party. In order to help the prince get the Ministry of Personnel, I sacrificed my only son. Now you even want to use my wife and abandon her after using her!"

Xiao Changshi in the crowd could no longer stay out of it. He slowly walked out of the crowd and came to Su Nanxing's side. His usually gentle face was now cold and sharp.

"Master Qi, be careful with your words! I have had dealings with you only for matters of great importance to the court. Your son was involved in murder, and your wife murdered the wife of Prince Su. What has this got to do with me and the Crown Princess?"

The Queen usually taught Xiao Changshi to be cautious when employing people and not to leave any evidence, so he never left any evidence when interacting with other people.

So even if Qi Feng said this, Xiao Changshi would not worry.

Qi Feng was speechless, he really had no evidence.

When Su Lingyue heard Xiao Changshi talking like this, she couldn't help but curl her lips. Who else do you have available in the future?

Regarding this matter, Xiao Yu said in a cold voice: "Qi Feng, whether there is evidence for what you said or not, leave it to the Three Divisions to make it clear. Whether it can be used as evidence, His Majesty and the Three Divisions will make their own judgment."

Qi Feng kowtowed and said, "Yes."

Everyone knows how the current emperor ascended the throne. Now someone wants to imitate him. How can he tolerate it!

Su Lingyue leaned on Xiao Yu's shoulder and rested for a while, and her strength recovered a lot.

"Your Majesty, I will take care of the rest myself."

After saying that, he broke free from Xiao Yu's hand and slowly walked towards Su Nanxing, his face full of coldness!

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