"I..." Lu Shian was speechless and could not answer her question. After a long while, he answered unreasonably, "Of course I have my reasons. The city defense map is a top secret and it is inconvenient to talk about it.

"In short, I allowed the Prime Minister to have the city defense map. He has no intention of rebellion."

He tried to evade the question, but Xia Younan didn't tolerate his bad habits, so he continued to ask with a cold face, "Really? Then may I ask your Majesty, when did you give my father the city defense map?"

"Uh... I..." Lu Shi'an's eyes were erratic, his palms were sweating, and he was helpless and perfunctory, "Half a year ago, it's been a long time, so the Prime Minister doesn't remember."

Xia Younan smiled coldly, "But I saw my father looking at the city defense map in the study room a year ago."

Lu Shian was completely speechless. He frowned, pursed his lips, and looked at her angrily and confusedly. There was nothing else he could do.

This girl is determined to punish her uncle and won't leave him any leeway.

What on earth was the reason that made her hate her own father so much?

Xia Younan stopped looking at him, turned around and threw herself into Lu Xiuyuan's arms, crying and acting out a self-torture tactic, "Forget it, forget it, the emperor is willing to protect your uncle, so don't pursue it.

"It's just that my son Yuan'er has been wronged and has been wrongly accused for no reason. The emperor had clearly said before that if the city defense map was found in the palace, our prince's life would be taken!

"Now the city defense map has been found in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the Emperor is trying every possible excuse to exonerate your uncle.

"Oh, never mind. Everyone knows that the emperor and the prince have a bad relationship. It is understandable that they treat each other differently."

"You..." Lu Shi'an was furious. This damn girl said these things in front of the civil and military officials, trying to push him to the center of the storm!

As expected, soon after she finished speaking, the officials lost their patience, lifted their robes, and knelt down in a large group.

An old man with a white beard was the first to clasp his fists and advise, "Your Majesty, Ye Baijiang secretly kept the city defense map. There are witnesses and evidence. We beg Your Majesty to make a fair judgment!"

"Your Majesty, if Ye Baijiang is not punished, it will be difficult to redress the prince's grievances. If this matter gets out, it will greatly damage your prestige. The people will definitely say that your Majesty is unfair and is targeting his brother."

"Your Highness implores His Majesty to severely punish Ye Baijiang!"

Most officials asked for permission in unison, and their voices were as loud as thunder.

The few who were in Ye Baijiang's group didn't dare to speak when they saw the situation. They stood timidly in the corners, fearing that they would be implicated.

Lu Shian was completely at his wit's end. He sat down on the stool dejectedly, sighed heavily, and asked in despair: "What do you want me to do? How do you convict me?"

Xia Younan curled her lips and smiled, like a sinister beauty snake, "The emperor said before searching the palace that if you secretly keep the city defense map, you must be executed!"

Lu Shian opened his eyes wide in shock, and roared at her in an unbearable manner: "Ye Shiqing! That's your biological father!"

She was really crazy, she actually wanted to kill her own father! When did Qing'er become so vicious?

Not to mention him, even Lu Xiuyuan was surprised.

He knew that this woman wanted to torture Ye Baijiang, but he didn't expect her to be so cruel and torture Ye Baijiang to death.

He was really curious about what had happened between her and Ye Baijiang. How could a blood-related father and daughter turn against each other like this?

Although he knew that Lu Shian would never execute Ye Baijiang, he was still happy to see Lu Shian in such a difficult situation.

Those officials were also shocked by her cruel words. They couldn't believe that the first person who requested the execution of Ye Baijiang was actually his own daughter.

Ye Baijiang was so furious that his whole body was shaking. He raised his arm and pointed at her. His lips moved for a while, but he couldn't utter a word.

This is his adopted daughter. Why would she treat him like this? After all, he gave birth to her!

Xia Younan ignored their shock, opened her red lips slightly, and uttered cold words again, "I am Princess Yu Nan, and I am considered a member of the royal family.

"My father's intention to rebel is disloyalty to the royal family. As the daughter-in-law of the late emperor, I am willing to sacrifice my own family for the sake of justice and sever my father-daughter relationship with Ye Baijiang. I also ask the emperor to enforce the law impartially and not show favoritism!"

In fact, she herself knew that if she wanted to kill Ye Baijiang, it would be difficult to get past the Queen Mother, so it was basically impossible.

But I would advocate killing him, so that even if I cannot kill him, I can still maximize the punishment!

The old villain Ye Baijiang wanted to harm Yuan'er and herself. If she didn't punish him, he would definitely cause other troubles in the future. She didn't have the mood to fight with him.

Therefore, only by pulling him down from the clouds will he behave himself.

After all, once he lost his power and position, he would not be able to take revenge on himself even if he wanted to.

Lu Shian and Ye Baijiang were furious, but the ministers gave Xia Younan a thumbs up, "The princess is impartial and knows the righteousness, we admire her."

"Do you really want me to execute the Prime Minister?" Lu Shi'an clenched his fists and looked at everyone steadily. "The Prime Minister has been an official for many years. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard. Just because of a city defense map, you want to take his life?"

"Your Majesty said it well!" Xia Younan clapped his hands, stood up, stared at him and said loudly, "The Emperor said that the Prime Minister has been an official for many years, and even if he has no merits, he has worked hard, so it won't cost him his life.

"Then I wonder if you have heard of Qingyuan Kingdom's former Prime Minister Su Boyuan? The old Prime Minister became an official at the age of 20 and served in the court for decades. He worked hard for Qingyuan Kingdom and made great contributions.

"What was the result? Because the city defense map and the dragon robe and throne were found in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ye Baijiang reported him for rebellion.

"The late emperor believed the slander and killed dozens of people in the Su family! He even spared the prime minister's six-year-old grandson.

"Now! Why can the emperor be so partial to different people when the same thing happens to them? Is it because he is your uncle?"

Her face was filled with indignation and her voice was loud. No one responded for a long time after she spoke. They all looked at her in a daze, shocked by her words.

Lu Shian's face was extremely ugly. After a long time, he asked her coldly: "Who told you this?"

This girl is really outspoken and dares to say anything. It is known throughout the country that Su Boyuan was convicted of rebellion by his father and his entire family was executed.

Her words clearly implied that Su Boyuan was being wronged and that her father could not tell right from wrong.

It was because he liked her, otherwise, based on her words, he could convict her of disrespecting the late emperor.

Xia Younan waved his hand and pointed at the trembling Ye Baijiang, his face full of murderous intent, "Ye Baijiang told me this himself, and he also revealed that it was he who was behind Prime Minister Su's rebellion.

"Also, he married me into the palace so that I could monitor the prince and test whether he would take revenge or rebel."

Just fight. Since the relationship has already broken down, there's no need to hide what needs to be said.

Although she had no evidence, Ye Baijiang did not directly say that the incident with Prime Minister Su was his doing, but during the conversation on the day of her wedding, she asked him if he was the one who caused the trouble for Lu Xiuyuan and the Su family.

He didn't deny it at all, and even said proudly that the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, which clearly acquiesced.

Her words were like throwing a huge rock into a calm lake, causing huge waves.

All the officials were dumbfounded and looked at Ye Baijiang in unison.

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