The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

He didn't say anything, Xia Younan couldn't hold back his anger, coughed twice, and said faintly: "As the saying goes, a gentleman should never joke."

Lu Shian frowned. This girl was forcing him to bow his head and apologize to Lu Xiuyuan.

He is the emperor and Lu Xiuyuan is his enemy. Should he really bow and apologize to him in front of so many people?

This... is such a shame and humiliation!

But after all, I had already said it in advance, and it was impossible to go back on my word on the spot.

Damn it, all this work was in vain, and I lost both the wife and the army.

Ye Baijiang was not happy with this and shouted angrily, "What do you mean by 'the emperor never jokes'? The emperor is the emperor of the day. How can the emperor of the day bow to the prince? This is simply nonsense!"

Xia Younan didn't say anything, but the officials were unwilling to do so and angrily retorted, "It is precisely because he is the emperor today that he never jokes. It was the emperor who said so first, and it was you, Ye Baijiang, who agreed to search the mansion.

"Why can't the Prime Minister afford to lose now? Where is the solemn promise just now?"

"You!" Ye Baijiang's eyes widened, speechless.

Lu Shian waved his hands and said with a fake smile: "My dear ministers, please stop arguing. It is my fault. I shouldn't have listened to the slander and wronged my brother.

"Since we really haven't found the city defense map, I will fulfill my promise and apologize to my brother."

After saying this, he let out a sigh of resignation, stood up and bowed to Lu Xiuyuan, his tone full of reluctance, "I'm sorry, brother Wang, I wronged you."

Lu Xiuyuan felt relieved when he saw him bowing his head and admitting his mistake. He grinned unabashedly and raised his hand generously.

"Be flat!"

Lu Shian glared at him with gritted teeth. This brat, his words were really irritating.

Oh, how pathetic!

Xia Younan was also smiling secretly. It was so satisfying to see Lu Shian's frustrated look.

Tsk tsk, who told him to do such a wicked thing at the expense of others for his own benefit? He even called in all the civil and military officials, a typical case of shooting himself in the foot.

She stepped forward, poured a cup of tea into Lu Shian's cup, and praised him frivolously: "The emperor is the emperor after all, he keeps his word and keeps his promise. I really admire him."

Lu Shian glared at her hatefully, and growled in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Did you do this?"

Xia Younan still maintained a calm smile on his face and whispered, "The emperor knows better than anyone who is behind this."

"You..." Lu Shian was angry and hurt. Is she just defending Lu Xiuyuan like this?

The secondary part has been sung, and it's time for the climax to come.

Xia Younan returned to his seat, pretending to be ignorant, and asked the officials: "My Lords, I am very curious, what does the city defense map look like? Why is keeping the city defense map privately considered as rebellion?"

An official replied: "Princess, you don't know that the city defense map is top secret! It records the defense and guarding of the entire capital.

“For example, the location of the city gates, the location of the watchtowers, the height of the city walls, the number of people guarding each place, the routes leading to the palace, and even the defense information of the palace.

"Do you think that if this was hidden, could there be any other purpose besides rebellion?"

"So that's how it is..." Xia Younan rolled his eyes, suddenly exclaimed, and covered his mouth with his hands, as if he had thought of something incredible.

"What's wrong, Princess?" Everyone was confused.

Xia Younan looked extremely terrified, and glanced at Ye Baijiang intentionally or unintentionally. She stammered in shock, "I... I seem to have seen the city defense map that the adults described."

Everyone was really upset when they heard this, and asked in surprise, "Where have you seen this before? Hiding the city defense map is a capital crime, who dares to hide the city defense map?"

"I...I..." Xia Younan was in a dilemma, with tears in her eyes, as if she was struggling over whether she should say it or not.

The officials were anxious and urged, "Princess, please speak quickly. This is a matter concerning the safety of the capital. It must not be concealed."

"Yes, Princess, please tell me, who secretly hid the city defense map?" The urging voices kept coming.

Lu Shi'an looked at her steadily, and felt a chill rising from his heels, and his heart couldn't help but beat faster.

Something terrible is happening. This girl really wants to take this opportunity to cause trouble!

Xia Younan hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, raised his finger in grief and anger and pointed at Ye Baijiang, crying out in pain:

"Dad, why are you so confused? You hold the title of Prime Minister and the Emperor is your nephew, so why are you still not satisfied? Why do you hide the city defense map?"

"What?!" As soon as she said this, everyone's eyes turned to Ye Baijiang.

Ye Baijiang opened his eyes wide with a look of confusion. It took him two seconds to react. His beard was so angry that it was about to explode, and he yelled at the top of his voice.

"You're talking nonsense! You're such a disobedient and unfilial Ye Shiqing, you actually dare to make up lies and accuse your own father. When did I hide the city defense map? Don't slander me."

Ye Shiqing, this bitch, actually dared to throw such dirty water on him, it's outrageous!

Xia Younan was acting like a drama queen, shaking her head in grief, "Dad, how could your daughter be wrong? That night when I went to the study to bring you midnight snacks, I clearly saw you looking at the map with a lamp. I asked you what it was, and you just said it was an ordinary map.

"But just now, after the adults mentioned it, I realized why there were various city gates and watchtowers on the map? Why were they marked with red pen? Are you going to steal the city gates?"

"You..." Ye Baijiang's head was buzzing and he almost fainted on the spot.

"Nonsense! That's not true! She is slandering me! She is slandering me!"

He fell to his knees and cried out to the sky, desperately explaining to Lu Shian: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't believe her, she is full of lies. I didn't, I didn't hide the city defense map, I can swear!"

My goodness, Ye Shiqing wanted to kill him! She put such a big hat on her head in front of so many people.

Amitabha, she has no evidence, I hope no one believes her.

The officials who were at odds with him also had a handle on him. They snorted coldly, "If swearing is useful, what is the use of laws? She is your biological daughter. If you have never done that kind of thing, why would she report you by real name?"

"That's because she has a grudge against me!" Ye Baijiang yelled madly, pointing at Xia Younan and shaking, "She said the day before yesterday that she wanted to sever the father-daughter relationship with me, and that she wanted to discipline me. This is all her scheme, you can't believe it!"

"Really?" Xia Younan replied, tears streaming down her face, looking very pitiful, "Dad, I didn't expect things to have come to this point, and not only did you not repent, you even turned against your daughter.

"You said I have a grudge against you, so tell me, what is that grudge? Are you trying to kill me, and I am taking revenge on you?"

"You!" Ye Baijiang stared at her with angry eyes, leaving her speechless.

That’s exactly the reason!

But how can I say this? Saying it out loud will only make me die faster!