After the milk ball arrived, the father who had no heirs had a string of good luck.

"What are you yelling about?" Situ Che wasn't afraid of him and immediately defended him: "Zhao Hua wasn't wrong. A grown man like him shouldn't wet his pants!"

One sentence is "wetting your pants," the other is "wetting your pants."

The crown prince was so angry with this father and daughter that he almost fainted!

The emperor's face was grim. Although he had achieved his goal, he could use this pretext to depose the crown prince.

But the thought of those students who died unjustly made him feel very bad.

and also…

"Marquis Yong'an..."

"Your Majesty, this old minister knows nothing about this matter!"

The Marquis of Yong'an finally came to his senses, and after speaking, he slapped Madam He hard across the face, saying fiercely, "Tell me, was it you?"

Madam He covered her face, her eyes filled with guilt: "My lord, I...I..."

"If you dare to do something like this, what wouldn't you dare to do?"

Marquis Yong'an was furious with this fool. He righteously bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I will divorce this vicious criminal woman. You may beat or kill her as you please, I will not stop you."

"My Lord!" Madam He was stunned, staring at him in disbelief. "How can you abandon me? I've done all this for the sake of our Marquis's manor!"

The Marquis of Yong'an angrily retorted, "What kind of family does my manor have? Does it need such embezzled and illegal money? Madam He, you have committed a heinous crime by disregarding human life. I have no wife like you."

"You..." Madam He trembled with rage, and in a fit of anger, she lost all sense of proportion, shouting hoarsely, "The expenses of the Marquis's mansion are so high, how can your meager monthly allowance be enough? You say you don't know, do you really not know? You clearly know, but you pretend not to, only knowing how to enjoy my sacrifices!"

"Nonsense!" Marquis Yong'an refused to admit it: "I truly knew nothing about it. An upright person has nothing to fear. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can investigate thoroughly!"

"Hahaha..." Madam He laughed bitterly, "Qin Zhen'an, you're no man at all. No wonder Madam Qin refused to see you again until her death, and even after her death, she refused to be buried in your Qin family ancestral tomb. She must have seen through your true colors, and even in death, she didn't want to be a member of your Qin family anymore!"

Qin Zhiyan was taken aback upon hearing this: "It's my mother who doesn't want to be buried in the Qin family ancestral tomb?"

She used to think that her father was heartless for not allowing her mother's remains to be buried in the Qin family ancestral graveyard.

Left with no other choice, she sent her mother's body to a Buddhist temple for worship.

Who would have thought that not being buried in the Qin family ancestral tomb was actually my mother's last wish?

Madam He sneered, "Yes, your mother said before she died that she would never see your father again, whether in life or death. She hated your father, that hypocrite, the most."

"Shut up!" Enraged, Marquis Yong'an slapped her hard across the bottom again.

But Madam He was no longer afraid. She laughed loudly, her eyes flashing with a manic light, and kept shouting at Qin Zhiyan, "You don't know, do you? Actually, you should be the younger sister, and Zhirou is the older sister. Your mother and I were best friends, but when your mother was pregnant with you, your father got together with me and had Zhirou. After your mother found out, she resolutely refused to be intimate with your father. Your father held a grudge and tacitly allowed me to tell your mother this news when she was about to give birth to you. Your mother went through a miscarriage, gave birth to you prematurely, and her health deteriorated. If you ask me, your mother was naive. How could she believe your father's vow of one love for life? Don't you think so? Hahaha... Hahaha..."

Qin Zhiyan was already in tears, and her legs went weak, causing her to take a step back.

Gu Ruoxue caught her in time, looked down at Madam He, and retorted in a gentle voice: "Madam of Yong'an is wrong. Princess Consort's mother comes from a noble family. How could she be so naive? When I was still a young lady, I heard that the Yong'an Marquis's mansion had a large number of wives and concubines. If Princess Consort's mother believed such a vow, she would not have allowed the Yong'an Marquis to take a concubine."

Upon hearing this, Madam He was stunned: "Then...why?"

"Why?" Gu Ruoxue covered her mouth and chuckled, making no attempt to hide the disdain in her eyes. "Of course, it's because I'm disgusted by you, her mistress who pretends to be her sister but is actually eyeing her husband's mistress!"

As if provoked by those two words, Madam He collapsed and roared, "Shut up! I am the wife of the Marquis of Yong'an, not some mistress!"

Gu Ruoxue nodded and said slowly, "That's right. Even a mistress has a higher status than you, since it's an unmarried affair! You... at most you're just an adulterer, aren't you?"

Upon hearing this, Consort Zhu's expression became exaggerated: "No way? Then the Crown Princess is..."

She was too embarrassed to say the words "illegitimate daughter," but subconsciously looked at the Empress and Qin Zhirou.

The Empress's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and the Crown Prince's was almost the same!

Qin Zhirou herself was completely dumbfounded!

She is... a child born out of wedlock?

"Nonsense, you're all talking nonsense! I'll tear your mouths off!" Madam He was furious and had completely lost her mind. With a scream, she charged at them.

Situ Che stepped in front of the two women, shoved her aside, and looked at Marquis Yong'an: "Marquis Yong'an, can't you control your wife properly?"

The Marquis of Yong'an felt he had never been so humiliated. Without saying a word, he caught Madam He and slapped her hard.

This time he showed no mercy. He was slapped so hard that she flew backward and fell to the ground unconscious.

Civil and military officials: "..." What a juicy story! We're all stuffed!

Liang Aning, who had come to assassinate the emperor and also to lodge a complaint, was speechless.

The emperor had had enough of this farce: "I'm tired, and the empress must be tired too?"

The Empress took a deep breath, still trying to defend her son: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is your own son. How can you distrust your own son because of a stranger?"

"Because he is my own son, I know what kind of person he is!"

The Emperor, no longer looking at the Empress and the Crown Prince, wearily raised his hand: "The He family is but a woman; they wouldn't have such audacity. Imprison the entire He family and await further instructions. As for the Crown Prince, he is incompetent, corrupt, and lawless. How can he be the heir apparent? From this day forward, he is deposed..."

"Your Majesty!" The Empress interrupted the Emperor, suddenly kneeling down, head held high, looking directly at him: "If Your Majesty listens to others' slander of the Crown Prince, I am willing to die to prove my innocence!"

The emperor choked, his face instantly turning extremely pale: "Empress, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Your Majesty, I am not forcing you. I just do not want Your Majesty to be instigated by villains and damage your relationship with the Crown Prince."

After speaking, the Empress fearlessly kowtowed three times to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, I beg you not to listen to the words of petty men, and to rescind your decree!"

The emperor stared at her intently for a long, long time…

Tang Rui noticed with her sharp eyes that the emperor's hands were clenched into fists, clearly on the verge of exploding in rage.

Finally, the emperor slowly loosened his fist, his expression calm, and said, "Liang, the assassination attempt on the Crown Prince is true; take her away. The He family, and all those involved, are imprisoned. As for the Crown Prince, confine him to the Eastern Palace; a thorough investigation will determine his fate!"

"Your Majesty is wise! Long live the Emperor!" the civil and military officials shouted.