The whole family is obsessed with love? The princess woke them up one after another.

"Shut up!" the Third Princess shouted angrily.

"The betrayal I'm referring to is that he deliberately framed us!"

"Father, we have absolutely no reason to do this!" The Third Princess immediately looked at Emperor Kangwu.

Emperor Kangwu did not speak, but simply looked at Qi Yanhe.

Qi Yan said helplessly, "Your Majesty, we really didn't do anything."

He's truly innocent this time!

"No! It wasn't the prince who ordered me to do it, I didn't do anything!" the craftsman shouted.

"You mustn't falsely accuse my lord!"

"Your Highness, it's all because of my skill that I've ruined you! I deserve to die!"

After the craftsman finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and spat out a mouthful of black blood.

The Prefect of the Capital was greatly alarmed and rushed forward to check on him.

Unfortunately, the person had already stopped breathing.

He died in the main hall.

This change was so abrupt that even Emperor Kangwu was stunned.

What's going on?

Qi Zhiyu clapped her hands and laughed heartily: "What a loyal servant!"

Qi Yan looked at Qi Zhiyu with a complicated expression.

He now suspects that everything was orchestrated by Qi Zhiyu, but... he has no proof!

He suddenly felt a sense of frustration that he couldn't explain no matter how hard he tried.

"Your Majesty, this matter truly has nothing to do with the Qi Kingdom!" Qi Yanhe knew his explanation was weak, but he still had to say it.

If we don't say it, it will really become a fact.

"The Qi Kingdom has absolutely no intention of instigating internal strife in the Great Rui Kingdom!"

Emperor Kangwu simply smiled.

"This isn't right," Qi Zhiyu said. "My second brother is perfectly fine, but someone has copied his jade pendant."

"It was such a coincidence that the jade pendant appeared at the scene where Qi Jinghong was beaten."

"Oh, what a coincidence, you have such a skilled craftsman in your household."

"And what a coincidence, he committed suicide by poisoning himself right there in the palace."

"Chen'an, what are you trying to say?" the Third Princess asked anxiously. "This has nothing to do with us, are you trying to pin it on us?"

The craftsman committed suicide, and the third princess realized that something was wrong.

Regardless, let's get rid of them first.

If this matter isn't clarified, it could become troublesome.

"It's not that I'm trying to pin this on you... Fine, Third Princess, Prince Qi, you say this has nothing to do with you, then just answer one question for me." Qi Zhiyu took a step back, deciding to give them a chance.

"Explain to me, why would your family's skilled craftsman hide poison in his mouth?"

The third princess was stunned, and she subconsciously looked at Qi Yanhe.

Qi Yan closed his eyes and felt as if all the blood in his body had been instantly drained away, leaving his hands and feet ice-cold.

The civil and military officials also looked at Qi Yan with suspicion.

They felt that the craftsman's words and suicide were too suspicious.

Even if they confessed, it was far too easy for them.

Easy ones are just like fake ones.

However... if you think about it from the perspective of Princess Chen'an's statement, something does seem off.

Whose servant would hide poison in their mouth for no reason?

Is he waiting to commit suicide at any moment?

Even assassins wouldn't hide poison in their mouths when they weren't on a mission.

The Third Princess suddenly asked, "Chen'an, you know medicine, so did you give him the poison?"

"My decision to arrest someone at your residence today was a spur-of-the-moment thing," Qi Zhiyu said with a smile.

"I knew that my second brother had been wronged, and that his jade pendant was left at the scene. I also learned from the third princess that you have such skilled craftsmen, so I brought him to the palace to ask my grandfather for justice."

"Tell me, how did I manage to persuade him to commit suicide by poisoning himself in such a short time to frame his own master?"

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in deep agreement.

Princess Chen'an is right!

How could someone be persuaded to betray their master in such a short time?

And he still lost his life.

So, could it really be that Qi Yanhe is trying to frame Qi Jingxi in order to cause the Prince of Rui and the Prince of Wu to break off relations and cause internal strife in their Great Rui?

The way everyone looked at Qi Yanhe changed.

Qi Yanhe felt a sense of suffocation, as if he were being roasted over a fire.

He really didn't do anything!

He was also curious to know what was going on.

The third princess panicked completely, grabbed his sleeve, and asked, "Your Highness, could it be that you really...?"

"How is that possible?" Qi Yanhe really wanted to slap the Third Princess.

What does she mean by saying that now?

Don't you think he's suspicious enough?

Qi Yanhe took a deep breath, having already made up his mind: "Your Majesty, this matter was probably decided by that servant on his own."

"Oh?" Emperor Kangwu became interested and wanted to hear what Qi Yanhe had to say.

"I'm afraid this servant did it on purpose to frame me," Qi Yanhe said in a deep voice.

"He just wants to stir up trouble."

By saying this, Qi Yanhe was essentially admitting that the jade pendant was carved by this craftsman.

He can't deny it.

The craftsmen all chose to die to prove their integrity.

He used his own death to prove that he was the one who did it.

What can Qi Yan do?

The man is dead, how can he clear the craftsman's name?

Moreover, since the craftsman himself has proven guilty, what can he do?

Qi Zhiyu asked curiously, "Why would a craftsman like him instigate conflict between my father and the King of Wu? Why would he cause internal strife in the Great Rui?"

"Could it really not have been at the prince's behest?"

Qi Yan would absolutely never admit to this: "Of course not!"

"How could I do such a thing?"

"The princess heard it too. He just said that I ordered him to do it. He deliberately dragged me into this and wanted to incite conflict between Qi and Da Rui."

"Besides, I'm still in the capital. Wouldn't it be easy for His Majesty to take my life?"

"Even if I did have that thought, I wouldn't risk my life."

Qi Zhiyu pursed her lips: "What if you're willing to die for the sake of Qi Kingdom?"

"It's not impossible."

Qi Yanhe wished he could go over and tear Qi Zhiyu's mouth apart.

She doesn't speak, so nobody thinks she's mute!

"Your Highness is too kind. Qi and Da Rui are on good terms, why would you want to start a war?" Qi Yanhe forced a smile.

But the forced smile looked stiff and unsightly.

"War benefits no one."

Qi Zhiyu asked疑惑地问道, "Then why would he want to harm you?"

Qi Yanhe smiled wryly and said, "Perhaps he's dissatisfied?"

"No matter what, the fact that my people did such a thing is due to my failure to discipline them properly."

"It was my fault that I almost caused the two princes to develop a rift with each other."

Qi Zhiyu clapped her hands and asked happily, "So what kind of apology will your Qi Kingdom give this time?"

Qi Yanhe's heart skipped a beat.

He's now traumatized by the word "apology."

Hearing that made me feel unwell all over, and I broke out in a cold sweat.

However, he still had to agree.

"What does Your Majesty want to feel our sincerity?" Qi Yanhe looked at Emperor Kangwu.

A deep smile appeared in Emperor Kangwu's eyes. Chen'an, he really is his precious darling!