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The woman walked to the front of the hall and knelt down, saying, "This humble servant, Qi Nian, greets the General."

Yan Qi looked at her coldly and said, "What evidence do you have?"

Qi Nian took out several letters from his pocket and presented them with both hands.

The Prefect of Qianzhou, who was standing next to Yan Qi, immediately signaled to his servants, and one of them walked up to Qi Nian, took the letter from her hand, and presented it to her.

Qi Nian spoke at the same time: "I was originally from Modu on the border of the Great Yan. Five years ago, I went to do business with foreign tribes with my family. I was taken by the current foreign prince Yelü Qi and forcibly taken by him. I have been by his side all these years."

"This time, Yelü Qi cooperated with the court, and he brought me along. Yelü Qi is a ruthless man who has tortured me in every way in the past. This time, he almost killed me. I couldn't bear it any longer, so I thought that since I was going to die anyway, I would drag him down to be buried with me."

"I originally planned to steal their battle plan and then find an opportunity to run away and give it to the general. However, Yelü Qi gave me to Ni Hai as a gift for his cooperation with Ni Hai, and I was responsible for delivering letters between the two of them."

"This opportunity is just what I need to do with my plans. I've been following Yelü Qi around for years and I'm very familiar with his notes. I keep all the letters Yelü Qi wrote to Ni Hai, and then I copy one for Ni Hai. These are all Yelü Qi's handwritten letters."

As she finished speaking, Yan Qi also finished reading the contents of the letter. His face darkened considerably, and he slammed the letter onto the table. He looked at Ni Hai.

"What's going on?"

Ni Hai immediately said, "General, don't listen to her nonsense! This...this..." He pointed at Li Chenbi, "This must be Li Chenbi conspiring with this woman to slander me, and these letters must be fake too."

Li Chenbi scoffed, "Since Lord Ni says this letter is fake, aren't you even a little curious about how it falsely accuses you?"

"Or did you see the imitation before, so you already knew the content?"

Ni Hai's thoughts were disrupted by Qi Nian's appearance. In his panic, he forgot about this point and hurriedly added, "No matter what's written on it, it's all fake, it's all slander against me!"

He then looked at Yan Qi and said urgently, "General, don't believe Li Chenbi and this woman's words. I've been by your side since I was a child, and my loyalty to you is as clear as day. On the contrary, how did Li Chenbi even know this woman? This must be a conspiracy between him and this woman to frame me!"

Before Yan Qi could ask any questions, Qi Nian spoke first: "General, I know Lord Li because I surrendered to him voluntarily."

"I used to follow Yelü Qi day and night. He never hid from me when he talked to people. From him, I heard a lot about the rebel army and learned a lot about Lord Li's deeds."

"Furthermore, the fact that Ni Hai and Yelü Qi conspired to frame Lord Li proves that Lord Li is absolutely reliable. So I took the initiative to find him and told him everything I knew."

"If you don't believe me, I also have Yelü Qi's war plans against the court." As she spoke, she took out a scroll from her sleeve.

Someone came and took the scroll, presenting it to Yan Qi.

After reading the contents of the scroll, Yan Qi jumped to his feet and roared, "Ni Hai! I treated you like a brother, trusted you, and valued you, and this is how you repay me?"

Ni Hai hadn't seen the battle plan and didn't know what was written on it, but seeing Yan Qi so angry made him even more flustered.

"Brother-in-law, don't believe what they say, he..." Ni Hai turned to look at Li Chenbi, and saw the faint smile on Li Chenbi's face.

He turned back to look at Yan Qi, and when he met Yan Qi's indifferent gaze, as if he were looking at a stranger, he immediately understood everything.

He realized that he had fallen into Li Chenbi and Yan Qi's trap, and that what he thought was a good show was nothing but a joke.

He glanced back at Li Chenbi, then turned to look at Yan Qi at the head of the table, his eyes filled with resentment.

"Fine, fine, so in the end, I was the one who was trapped!" He stared at Yan Qi with bloodshot eyes. "My sister and I have been with you since we were teenagers. My sister served you for over a decade and even bore you a son and two daughters. Brother-in-law, is this how you treat me?"

"Aren't you afraid of upsetting my sister?"

Yan Qi sat back down in his chair, looked at him and said calmly, "Ni Hai, how much trouble have you caused over the years by taking advantage of your status? If it weren't for your sister, you would have died hundreds of times over."

"This time, even your sister can't protect you."

Ni Hai gritted his teeth, his hand hanging at his side secretly gripping the sword at his waist.

"If that's the case..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around abruptly, drew his sword, and charged towards the crowd standing outside, his target Yan Ling, who was watching the show.

No one on the field expected Ni Hai to launch a sudden sneak attack. In addition, his martial arts skills were quite good. By the time everyone reacted, the sword was already in front of Yan Ling's face.

The guards accompanying Yan Ling reacted quickly and pulled Yan Ling away, causing Ni Hai to miss his target.

Yan Ling may not be skilled, but he is cunning. As he dodged, he tripped Ni Hai, which prevented Ni Hai from stopping in time. Ni Hai then thrust his sword straight at Yan Qiu.

Yan Qiu was still watching the commotion when he suddenly realized what was happening. In the blink of an eye, his arm tightened, and just as the sword was about to pierce his brow, he was pulled away by someone beside him.

Ni Hai missed again, staggering several steps forward before being captured by soldiers who pounced on him.

Yanqiu snapped out of his daze, turned to look at the person who had just saved his life, and saw that it was Fan Liuer, who was still patting her chest in lingering fear. He immediately beamed with joy.

"Sister-in-law..." She started to say, but then noticed Fan Liuer's attire and immediately changed her words, "Brother Fan, thank you."

Fan Liuer was quite frightened; she almost witnessed a murder scene and was still somewhat shaken.

Even though Ni Hai had been arrested, she was still scared and tugged at Yan Qiu's sleeve, taking a few steps back.

She whispered, "Next time you're watching something exciting, don't get so close. It's too easy to accidentally hurt someone."

Yan Qiu thought what she said made sense and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, someone suddenly stood behind Fan Liuer.

He looked up and saw Li Chenbi with a stern face, and immediately fell silent.

Although he didn't know why Li Chenbi looked so grim, based on his experience of being scolded by Li Chenbi, the safest thing for him to do at this moment was not to say anything more.

When Fan Liuer saw Yan Qiu's expression suddenly turn ugly, she subconsciously turned her head away.

Upon seeing Li Chenbi, she was first surprised, then overjoyed, her eyes immediately welling up with tears, and she reached out to hug him.

He had just raised his hand when he thought of the situation and silently lowered it again.

But he still smiled at Li Chenbi.

She was relieved that he was alright.