The queen was suddenly shocked. What was going on? Why could the damned man now walk to the palace on his own?

Yuan Heng's pupils had dilated involuntarily.

"you……"

Thousands of words rushed to his lips, but his throat seemed to be blocked, so that Yuan Heng could only utter one word and no more.

The servant walked straight up to him and said, "Master, I died tragically... I have always been loyal to you, why did you kill me?"

His gray face was covered with blood and tears, and his eyes were staring straight at Yuan Heng. Yuan Heng kept retreating with a pale face, and the servant followed him step by step.

Yuan Heng's voice was sharp and broken: "I didn't kill you, it was Xie Lin! He instigated Xie Mingzhi to do that to you, you should seek revenge on him!"

The servant said sternly and firmly, "No, it was you who stabbed the dagger into my heart and made me fall in a pool of blood. It was you who wanted to kill me, not Master Xie. I saw it clearly."

Yuan Heng collapsed after hearing such clear words from the servant. At this moment, he only wanted to protect himself.

"It was not me who wanted to kill you!" Yuan Heng rolled to the ground with tears in his eyes. "It was the Queen who asked me to kill you, frame Xie Mingzhi, and bring down the Xie family! It wasn't me! It really wasn't me!"

His words shocked everyone present. Is it the Queen?

How could it be the queen? She has no grudges against the Xie family!

In order to avoid the waving hands of the servant, Yuan Heng used his hands and feet to climb up to the platform, hoping to be blessed by the real dragon's spirit, while at the same time not forgetting to excuse himself.

"Your Majesty, it was Aunt Queen who asked Yuan Heng to do this. It was Aunt Queen who wanted the Xie family to die. Yuan Heng couldn't think of such a trick. It was Aunt Queen who came up with it. Please save me, Your Majesty."

The queen's face was filled with rage. She stood up and walked forward to slap Yuan Heng twice!

"Have you lost your mind? How dare you slander me! Look carefully, he is a living person, not a ghost seeking revenge!"

Yuan Heng didn't dare to look at the servant, and cried out in despair: "It can't be a living person, I stabbed the knife into his heart myself, aunt, he can't be alive, it must be a ghost!"

The queen was so furious that she wanted to pull out Yuan Heng's tongue on the spot so that he could no longer speak.

At this time, the servant had already walked up to the emperor and knelt down to pay homage.

“Your Majesty, Master Yuan Heng wanted to marry Miss Li, but Miss Li’s lover is Patriarch Xie. Master Yuan Heng was filled with hatred, so he set up a conspiracy to kill the servant, hurt himself, and put the blame on Patriarch Xie.

"Although I was stabbed, I was fortunately saved by the Xie family master. The Xie family master is innocent, and Xie Mingzhi never hurt Young Master Yuan Heng. Your Majesty, please understand."

On that day, Xie Lin guessed that something must have happened to Li Yiyue's coming-of-age ceremony, so he placed people in Li's mansion in advance, kept a close eye on Yuan Heng and Li Yiyue, and learned of their conspiracy.

When Yuan Heng drew his knife, his men hiding in the dark shot out silver needles first, sealing the servant's fatal points, causing the servant to fake his death.

The moment before Yuan Heng's knife pierced the servant's heart, the servant had already slid to the ground, so Yuan Heng's knife did not hit his heart.

At that time, Yuan Heng was concentrating on framing Xie Mingzhi, and did not notice the subtle movements of the people around him, and he did not care about the body of the servant afterwards. So Xie Lin sent someone to secretly heal the servant's wounds.

The servant escaped death and was disappointed with Yuan Heng, so he was willing to testify for Xie Lin.

Yuan Heng had been too spoiled since childhood, and was uneducated and unskillful. He had evil intentions but was not too scheming. So he was frightened by the servant and told everything.

Yuan Heng slowly came to his senses: "You're not dead? You're not dead? If you're not dead, how dare you betray your master?"

Yuan Heng was extremely angry. He pushed the queen away and wanted to rush down to attack the servant. Wen Tingshen spoke first: "Capture Master Yuan Heng!"

Yuan Heng was captured by the guards who rushed in from outside the door.

Xie Lin took the opportunity to speak up: "Now, the people who have accused Young Master Yuan Heng of murder include not only the guards who were present at the time, but also the victim himself, and most importantly, Young Master Yuan Heng himself. At this point, how can Young Master Yuan Heng defend himself?"

Yuan Heng's knees softened and he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. It was really the Queen Aunt who asked me to do this. I am not the mastermind, Your Majesty..."

The emperor was already on the verge of a rage, and after he said this, he became completely furious.

"Yuan Heng is the grandson of the Grand Tutor, but he has no regard for the law and deliberately kills people. Now that the matter has been exposed, he even wants to slander the Queen. He will be dragged down and beaten with 50 sticks, and then thrown into prison to await his fate."

Yuan Heng was dumbfounded and wanted to shout for help, but his mouth was quickly blocked and he was pulled away.

After a while, sounds of beating and screaming were heard outside.

The queen had recovered from her pale face and shaky state. She immediately returned to the emperor, crying bitterly.

"Your Majesty, I have no grudges against the Xie family, and it is impossible for me to frame the Xie family. Yuan Heng was anxious and deliberately accused me. As the grandson of the Grand Tutor and my nephew, he ignored more than 300 lives and deserved to die. Now, I ask Your Majesty to pardon the Xie family."

"I know that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with the Queen." The emperor took the Queen's handkerchief and wiped her tears personally.

"Master Wu, why don't you quickly release all the members of the Xie family from prison and send them back home."

Wu Jianan immediately took the order and left. As for whether Xie Song had molested the second young lady of the Yuan family, no one pursued the matter at this time.

Xie Lin knelt down to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

He realized that the emperor quickly took Yuan Heng away to protect the queen.

To pursue the matter further would only anger the emperor and put himself and his entire family in danger, so Xie Lin simply thanked him and said no more.

The biggest purpose of his trip was to find out who the real person who wanted to persecute him was, and he has now achieved it.

But suddenly, the queen raised her eyes and looked at Xie Lin.

Xie Lin noticed something and looked over, his eyes met the queen's, but he did not avoid it. Instead, he looked at her calmly.

The queen's eyes were cold and filled with murderous intent. Although she was silent, she seemed to be saying: You can't go far in this palace!

"Your Majesty, Xie Lin said before that my father neglected to discipline his children and grandchildren, which led others to follow suit, and this was one of the reasons why 'Daqi is in danger'. When I return, I will definitely instruct my father to educate the children and grandchildren of the Yuan family well, so that such things will not happen again and disappoint Your Majesty."

The emperor said, "Thank you for your concern, Queen."

"This is what I should do. But Xie Lin said that there are five reasons that caused the Great Qi to be in danger. Now that he has given two reasons, what are the remaining three reasons?"

The Queen believed that Xie Lin said that Da Qi was in danger just to overturn his own case tonight, and he didn't really have so many reasons.

As long as Xie Lin fails to gather five reasons in the end, he will be guilty of deceiving the emperor and should be sentenced to death.

She could sense that the emperor had repeatedly wanted to talk to her about Xie Lin's appearance, but as long as she was here tonight, he would never allow Xie Lin to leave the Zichen Palace alive.

Then, no matter how curious you are about Emperor Xie Lin's appearance, it is useless.

The emperor also frowned and asked unhappily: "Yes, Xie Lin, what are the remaining three reasons!"

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