Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

Prime Minister Lin jumped to his feet, his face filled with shock: "Princess Anguo, this is no joke!"

Not only Chief Minister Lin, but all the officials of the Northern Xuan court looked at Ying Yufu with shocked expressions.

Ying Yufu's expression was serious as she said, "My lords, how could I dare to joke about such an important matter?"

"Ying Yufu, what nonsense are you spouting? Do you know that framing a prince is a serious crime?"

The empress trembled all over, whether from anger or shock, it was hard to tell.

Ying Yufu said, "Your Majesty, of course I know that framing a prince is a serious crime, so I will not commit a crime."

The Empress glared at Ying Yufu with bloodshot eyes. "Ying Yufu, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Ying Yufu smiled slightly at her: "Of course I want to prove that what I said is true."

The Empress's heart skipped a beat, and she said sharply, "You're insane, you..."

Before the Empress could finish speaking, Ying Yufu had already strode out and headed straight for Jin Zishi.

Jin Zishi stared intently at Ying Yufu, his brows twitching violently. His whole body tensed, his fingertips twitching slightly, as if a hidden weapon was about to be unleashed.

However, Ying Yufu simply smiled slightly at him.

Jin Zishi's heart pounded with alarm bells, and the next moment, something was stuffed into his mouth.

It's like a pill; it melts in your mouth and flows into your stomach.

"What did you give me to eat?"

Jin Zishi said sternly.

Ying Yufu stepped back and smiled: "The pill for telling the truth."

Jin Zishi did not react after she said this.

However, the Second Prince, who had witnessed the power of the True Word Pill in Yuzhou, turned deathly pale instantly.

He struggled to sit up in his wheelchair.

"Father, the Imperial Tutor is old and must be tired. I'll have someone escort him back to rest."

The second prince spoke, his voice trembling.

The Crown Prince lazily raised an eyebrow and said, "Second Brother, Fu'er said that the Imperial Tutor was impersonated. The Imperial Tutor's departure at this time might suggest he is trying to escape. Second Brother, are you perhaps feeling guilty?"

"Your Highness is joking, I didn't mean that." The Second Prince's expression was stiff.

"Your Majesty, this woman is truly arrogant. She actually forced me to drink pills of unknown origin. Please, Your Majesty, do me justice."

Jin Zishi spoke with a gloomy expression. At this moment, he had not yet realized the power of the True Word Pill.

Emperor Cangxuan said, "Fu'er is indeed reckless."

A hint of smugness flashed in Jin Zishi's eyes. He knew that Emperor Cangxuan would speak on his behalf.

Emperor Cangxuan looked at Ying Yufu with a reproachful expression: "Fu'er, if he is really an imposter, it would be dangerous for you to approach him rashly. You were too reckless just now. You must never be so impulsive in the future."

Jin Zishi: "?"

"Ha, what does Your Majesty mean by this? You're actually protecting this little girl while ignoring me?"

Jin Zishi said coldly.

Emperor Cangxuan looked at him and asked, "Are you truly my benefactor, Jin Zishi?"

Jin Zishi blurted out, "Of course...no!"

The ministers: "?"

Why did you admit it so readily?

Could it be that Princess Anguo really didn't wrong him?

Jin Zishi was completely bewildered.

Did he just say an extra "no"?

Just as he was completely bewildered, the voice of Emperor Cangxuan rang out again from the head of the table, carrying a chilling undertone:

"If you are not my mentor Jin Zishi, then who are you?"

Jin Zishi's expression hardened, and he opened his mouth to try to argue.

But what he said was: "I am Han Meng, a relative of the former imperial family. My mother is the Grand Princess of the Great Qian Dynasty, and my father is the Imperial Tutor of the former dynasty."

My Han family is a prestigious clan. This Jin Zishi was originally an orphan that my father took in.

If it weren't for my father's kindness in recognizing and nurturing me, how would Jin Zishi have had the chance to enter my Han family?

Not only is he ungrateful, but he also joined the rebels and became the mentor of you, this peasant emperor. He is a disgrace to the Han family.

Twenty years ago, I killed this traitor, disguised myself as him, and took his identity!

Han Meng talked on and on, seemingly enjoying himself immensely. In the end, he even tore off his mask, revealing the face of an unfamiliar old man.

Old Duan, who had been sitting there in a daze, suddenly widened his eyes.

He looked incredulous.

Han Meng ignored the shocked expressions of everyone in the hall and looked at the Empress and the Second Prince with pride.

"The Empress is of royal blood from the Great Qian Dynasty. It is your good fortune to marry her, you peasant emperor."

"This throne should naturally be passed to my own grandson, Emperor Cangxuan. If you were wise, you would know the importance of passing the throne to someone of noble blood."

The court officials of Beixuan: Has this man gone mad?!

"Shut up!"

Old Duan screamed, interrupting Han Meng's incessant chatter.

This interruption seemed to bring Han Meng back to his senses.

Old Lady Duan had personally experienced the power of the True Word Pill, and she knew the feeling of saying things against one's will.

Han Meng looked at the human skin mask he had torn off in his hand, and when he looked up again, the Thousand Feather Army had already surrounded him.

Just then, Shangguan Cheng stepped out from his seat.

"Your Majesty, these are some account books that I have recently discovered. I want to expose the Second Prince's collusion with officials of the Ministry of Revenue, including the former Left Vice Minister of Revenue, Duan Yuqing, for embezzling tax silver and withholding grain rations."

Three years ago, during the suppression of the rebellion in Jinzhou, our army suffered a defeat due to a lack of food supplies. At that time, the wartime food supplies were transferred away by the Second Prince to support his private army.

The disaster in Yuzhou was caused by the Second Prince's collusion with the Yuan family, leading to widespread suffering among the people of Yuzhou.

"Not only in Yuzhou, but also in other places, the Second Prince has colluded with dozens of local officials over the years. All the accounts of corruption in various places are here; Your Majesty, please review them."

Shangguan Cheng ordered someone to bring over a large box.

The box was full of account books.

The second prince sat in a wheelchair, his whole body trembling like a leaf.

"Shangguan Cheng, this is a frame-up! Ze'er did not do those things! You're talking nonsense!" the Empress shrieked.

She panicked completely, losing her usual composure and grace.

Those eyes, which were always innocent and kind, were now filled with terror and distortion.

Shangguan Cheng glanced at her and said, "Your Majesty, please don't worry. I also have some account books about Your Majesty here."

Over the years, local officials must have showered you with gifts, right?

Shangguan Cheng then ordered someone to bring over another box.

"What a coincidence, I also have some account books here," the Crown Prince suddenly said.

Before long, Shengdong brought over several boxes of account books.

The Crown Prince said, "These account books belong to Fengxinlou. Everyone knows Fengxinlou, right? It used to be the most popular brothel in the capital."

These account books are the records and evidence of the Empress's collusion with the madam of Fengxin Tower to forcibly buy and sell respectable women.

I was truly shocked at the time. Who would have thought that the Empress would run a brothel for money and even abduct, coerce, and entice innocent women?

Emperor Cangxuan looked at the stacks of account books, his eyes turning red.

"Impossible, the Fengxinlou account books are already..." the Second Prince said in disbelief.

He paused halfway through his sentence.

The crown prince smiled and said, "What you burned was fake."

The second prince looked at him in disbelief.

The Empress's face turned deathly pale. She knelt down with a thud. "Your Majesty, this is all a frame-up by Shangguan Cheng and the Crown Prince. I did nothing wrong."

"Whether it's done or not, I'm not blind." Emperor Cangxuan threw down the account book he was flipping through.

At this moment, the Thousand Feather Army brought in some officials.

These officials were brought over, and without saying a word, they knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, spare my life! All the money I embezzled was offered to the Empress. If I hadn't done so, I would have lost my position!"

"I have studied diligently for ten years, but it has not been easy. I... I have no other choice. I beg Your Majesty for forgiveness."

"Your Majesty, it is the same for me. The Second Prince is forcing me to plunder the people's wealth and is also ordering me to capture local able-bodied men to serve as his private army. If I do not comply, the lives of my entire family will be in danger!"

The other officials also began to weep and complain.

Emperor Cangxuan's eyes were like those of ice shards, staring at the Empress and the Second Prince as if they were dead.

The Empress and the Second Prince turned ashen-faced. With a thud, the Second Prince fell off his wheelchair.

He looked up at Emperor Cangxuan, "Father, I know I was wrong, Father..."

At this moment, a group of Northern Xuan court officials strode out.

The first to be affected were several censors from the Censorate.

The two censors at the head of the court looked indignant. "Your Majesty, the Empress and the Second Prince are remnants of the previous dynasty. According to the laws of Beixuan, this is a capital offense and cannot be pardoned."

Furthermore, the Second Prince and the Empress, as princes and empresses respectively, preyed on the people for their own selfish interests. The Second Prince even raised a private army, which was tantamount to treason.

The second prince is unworthy of his position and is an outcast; there is irrefutable evidence against him, and he deserves to be executed.

Another imperial censor said, "Your Majesty, the Second Prince is a fraud, a traitor in disguise, and insatiably greedy. He is a monster of the nation, as is the Empress. If these two are not eliminated, they will surely shake the foundation of the country, and our Northern Xuan will suffer chaos, following in the footsteps of the previous dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, we are willing to offer our heads to beg you to execute the treacherous and wicked!"

"We beg Your Majesty to execute the treacherous and wicked!"

The assembled officials cheered.

The Empress and the Second Prince looked dazed, with the Second Prince appearing as if he had lost his soul.

Only the Empress's eyes darted around, revealing her cunning. She locked her gaze on the Abbot of Baiyu Temple and shrieked, "You're talking nonsense! My son is destined to be a Ziwei star! You ignorant and foolish creatures, you've offended the Ziwei star, you're courting the destruction of your nation!"

The courtiers were all taken aback.

The leading censor sneered, saying, "Such a treacherous person, does he even deserve to be called the Purple Star?"

"Who said Ziwei Star is the Second Prince?" The abbot of Baiyu Temple stepped out, flicking his whisk.

The ministers remained silent and looked at him.

The Empress also stared at her in a daze, then hurriedly tried to explain, "I dreamt last night that..."

The abbot of Baiyu Temple looked at the Empress with eyes that seemed to see through everything. "Did Your Majesty truly dream of me?"

The Empress, stared at by those eyes, found herself unable to utter the lie that had been on her lips.

She stammered, her words barely audible.

The abbot of Baiyu Temple calmly shifted his gaze to the Second Prince's face and said, "The Second Prince is shrouded in bad luck, with black mist covering his body; this is truly an ominous sign."

"I am a person beyond worldly affairs, possessing insight into the secrets of heaven; therefore, I dared not touch the Second Prince just now."

Upon hearing this, the courtiers gasped in surprise.

Even the envoys from the other three countries looked surprised.

Everyone looked at the Second Prince with disdain and disgust.

The second prince felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, stared at by so many eyes.

Beside him, Han Meng stared wide-eyed at them with resentment. His lips trembled as he muttered, "It's over, it's over. The last glimmer of hope for my Great Qian Dynasty is gone..."

The leading censor then respectfully bowed to the abbot of Baiyu Temple and asked, "May I ask, Abbot Baiyu, who is the true Ziwei Star?"

The abbot of Baiyu Temple raised his eyes, his expression solemn.

He turned towards the direction of the Crown Prince, bowed solemnly, and said, "Your Highness, you are ordained by the Purple Star, and we look to the ministers of the Northern Xuan and His Majesty for your protection and respect!"

The ministers looked in the direction of the crown prince, their expressions excited and fervent, and bowed in unison: "We will cherish and value him!"

Emperor Cangxuan's eyes shone brightly, filled with pride.

The crown prince, with a solemn expression, rose and returned the bow to the assembled officials, then turned to the abbot of Baiyu Temple and said, "Thank you, abbot of Baiyu Temple."

The abbot of Baiyu Temple said, "Your Highness, there is no need for you to be so polite. I have a mission to fulfill as I descend the mountain. Baiyu Temple has always been detached from worldly affairs. When we occasionally offer divination, it is always related to the affairs of the world."

The appearance of the Ziwei star this time is an omen of great prosperity, therefore I, a humble Taoist, have descended the mountain to announce it.

The Empress stared at the Crown Prince with eyes blazing with fury, the resentment and madness in her eyes almost tangible.

"Impossible, impossible! That short-lived prince, he died young! How could he be the Purple Star..."

Although the empress's words were harsh, they also reflected the doubts in the minds of the court officials.

The Crown Prince's poor health has always been a source of worry for the officials of Beixuan.

The abbot of Baiyu Temple darkened his eyes slightly as he looked at the crown prince and said, "The crown prince himself was born with the Ziwei destiny, but due to the chaotic celestial phenomena and the presence of a calamity star, the Ziwei destiny has fallen."

Upon hearing this, the courtiers were greatly alarmed.

Emperor Cangxuan's expression instantly turned cold, not at the Abbot of Baiyu Temple, but at the 'Calamity Star'.

The Empress laughed heartily: "Heaven has eyes! Heaven has seen all! So what if he's the Purple Star? He's still going to die young!"

Ying Yufu was quite surprised.

Xiao Dian echoed, "Host, this Master Baiyu has some real skills. His prediction of Ziwei's early demise and the rise of a calamity star perfectly matches the fate I foresaw in my dream."

Ying Yufu nodded. "That's right, Abbot Baiyu has some real skills..."

Just then, the abbot of Baiyu Temple looked in her direction.

But then he said, "However, things took an unexpected turn for the better. A lucky star appeared and suppressed the calamity star, allowing the Ziwei star to break through the clouds and reveal its brilliance."

Everyone followed the gaze of the abbot of Baiyu Temple.

Then they saw that Princess Anguo had a solemn and dignified expression.

The ministers' eyes lit up; they had never thought that Princess Anguo had the appearance of an empress.

"Am I seeing things? I think Princess Anguo is glowing."

The very few ministers who knew that Ying Yufu possessed a divine artifact and a vast space all wore expressions of pride.

That's right, Princess Anguo is their lucky star in Beixuan. She was chosen by the divine artifact.

The rumors about the goddess are absolutely true.

The Duke of Zhenguo also looked at his granddaughter in surprise, and a look of uncontrollable ecstasy gradually appeared on his face.

"Master Baiyu, are you saying that my granddaughter is... a lucky star?"

The abbot of Baiyu Temple bowed and said, "He is the Lucky Star of the Northern Mystic Realm, and also the Lucky Star of the world."

Is he not only the Lucky Star of the Northern Mystery, but also the Lucky Star of the whole world?

As a result, not only were the officials of Beixuan excited, but the envoys of the other three kingdoms also changed their expressions.

Pei Shiliang's expression was uncertain, and his gaze towards Ying Yufu was somewhat unfriendly.

The Left Prime Minister of Dongchen then asked, "May I ask the Abbot of Baiyu Temple, what is meant by 'the lucky star of the world'?"

The abbot of Baiyu Temple glanced at him and said, "The world is the world!"

Dong Chen, the Left Prime Minister, had a slight change in expression.

On the other side, the Grand Preceptor of Xilin turned his gaze to Ying Yufu for the first time.