Wen Yue'er didn't understand the purpose of Yuxiao's question, and frowned and said, "Exactly! What does this have to do with the current situation?"

Yu Xiao seemed to be thinking about something, and asked, "How urgent is it?"

How urgent?

Wen Yue'er became even more confused, wondering if Su Feiran's maid was sick and kept asking such strange questions.

"Of course I'm as anxious as I can be!" Wen Yue'er replied impatiently, "I almost fell to the ground!"

Yu Xiao got the answer he wanted, smiled with satisfaction, and pulled up the sleeve of his left arm to show everyone in the courtyard. A long and horrible scratch was revealed in front of everyone. This scratch was obviously caused by a sharp object. Although the blood on the surface had dried up and solidified into blood clots, the exposed skin and flesh could be clearly seen, which was extremely hideous, making everyone gasp.

Su Feiran covered his mouth in shock and exclaimed: "Yuxiao! How did you get injured? Have you asked the imperial physician to see you? Don't get tetanus!"

"Thank you for your concern, Master. I have already asked the imperial physician to take a look. He said that it is hot in summer and it would be difficult to heal such an external wound by bandaging it. He asked me to apply herbal medicine externally and take tonic internally every morning and evening. Although the scar looks scary now, it is actually not a big deal."

Yu Xiao smiled and winked to signal Su Feiran not to worry.

"As for how I got this injury, it was all thanks to Miss Xinye. When Liu Ronghua was rescuing people, I saw Aunt Yuliu rushing back with the guards and the imperial physician, so I hurried to greet them. Unexpectedly, Empress Shuo brought Miss Xinye with her. The two of them were making a fuss and insisted that Liu Ronghua was committing an indecent act. I advised the Empress to wait until Concubine Wang was out of danger before moving around, but Miss Xinye got excited and pushed me into the bushes beside Chengxin Lake..."

Having said that, Yu Xiao turned to Qin Fengan and showed him the wound on his left arm clearly.

"I fell into the bushes and got several scratches on my body, with my left arm being the worst injured." Yu Xiao said passionately, "Lady Wen! If you really hid in the bushes in a hurry, why is everything on your body intact?!"

Hua Tangdi's pupils suddenly shrank and she quickly shouted, "Shut up!" She quickly took a few steps forward, but seemed unable to close the distance between her and Yu Xiao.

"Why was the branch still sharp when I fell in again, with no signs of being broken?!" Yu Xiao continued to ask, and every word pierced Wen Yue'er's heart, "Why are you still wearing the clothes you wore in the afternoon, and your clothes are intact?!"

Xin Ye immediately understood the meaning of Yu Xiao's words and said sharply, "You are talking nonsense!"

"There is only one answer, and that is - Mr. Wen, you deliberately hid in there a long time ago, and carefully avoided the branches that could hurt people, so you are unharmed!"

Wen Yueer immediately raised her head in shock: "This, this is impossible..."

Hua Tangdi and Xin Ye stared at Wen Yue'er blankly. They couldn't imagine that just a few words from a little maid could destroy Wen Yue'er's reputation.

Yu Liu looked at Wen Yue'er who looked dazed and sneered, "Mr. Wen, don't say that you went to pick up a kite and accidentally walked into the bushes, and don't make up other lame excuses. Your Majesty is wise, and Concubine Xian is smart. Even if you want to fool them, you don't have the ability to do so."

"I didn't mean to fool His Majesty!" Wen Yue'er raised her hand and pointed at Su Feiran, struggling to death, "Liu Ronghua, even if I deliberately hid in the bushes, so what? I saw what you did to Concubine Wang, do you dare to deny it!"

Su Feiran spread his hands and said confidently: "As a witness, your position is not clean. Why should I listen to your questioning?"

"Ridiculous!" Wen Yue'er was so angry that her face turned purple. She turned to Qin Feng'an, knelt on the ground with a plop, and cried loudly, "Your Majesty, please understand! Even if there were some untrue things in my previous remarks, I only polished the details. But I saw that Liu Ronghua did dirty things to Concubine Wang, which is a truly heinous crime! Your Majesty, please don't blame me for deceiving you. I just want the evildoer to be punished as soon as possible!"

Qin Feng'an sighed, looking at Wen Yue'er crying on the ground, and said quietly: "I have indeed neglected the harem for too long, and I didn't even know when you colluded with Concubine Shuo."

When the emperor said this, Wen Yue'er was immediately frustrated, tears welled up in her eyes, and she opened her mouth slightly but could not say anything.

She knew that no matter how much she defended herself today, the emperor would not believe her. Even if Su Feiran was really guilty, she could not escape the crime of deceiving the emperor.

Hua Tangdi saw that things were not going well, and quickly said, "Your Majesty, even if Noble Wen was wrong, Liu Ronghua is more guilty. Please postpone punishing Noble Wen and settle Liu Ronghua's case first."

Qin Fengan nodded, glanced at Su Feiran, and asked her if she had anything to say.

Su Feiran breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, and said, "Since Noble Wen's position is biased, then I and Concubine Shuo are just holding different opinions on this matter. As long as it is a fiction, there must be loopholes. I believe that Your Majesty will be able to see through it and distinguish the truth of what Concubine Shuo and Concubine Shuo said."

Qin Feng'an nodded, motioning for her to continue.

Su Feiran smiled slightly and said, "Madam Shuo Fei just said that I pushed Concubine Wang into the water first, then knocked her unconscious with a stone, and it was at this moment that she saw my appearance."

With Wen Yue'er's previous record, Hua Tangdi didn't dare to admit it rashly, so he said, "My memory is not good, and there may be some mistakes in the details."

"Don't be so scared, Concubine Shuo. You just gave evidence and you're overturning it." Su Feiran was even happier when she heard it. "Don't worry, Concubine Shuo, I'm setting you up. I just wanted to point out some unreasonable things."

After saying that, Su Feiran turned to Yu Xiao and asked, "Lady Wang is very agile. If she accidentally fell into the water, she would definitely swim back to the shore. If you were the murderer and wanted her to 'drowned' to death, what would you do?"

"Hmm..." Yu Xiao thought for a moment and replied, "Make her lose her ability to move?"

"That's right." Su Feiran clapped his hands, and then praised in a low voice, "Yuxiao, well said! Maybe you are a good candidate for crime!"

Yuxiao quickly waved her hand, signaling her master not to talk nonsense.

Everyone was confused, and Qin Feng'an didn't understand why Su Feiran asked that. Seeing that everyone hadn't figured it out, Su Feiran said, "If I had been coveting Concubine Wang for a long time, why didn't I knock her out first, but pushed her into the water first to give her enough time to save herself? I wouldn't be so stupid as to wait until Concubine Wang was about to get ashore before hitting her on the head. Wouldn't that increase the risk of exposing my identity?"

"Oh..." Everyone suddenly realized, "That makes sense."

"Speaking of exposing your identity," Su Feiran turned his head and stared at Hua Tangdi, "Don't you think, Empress Shuo, that you made up a story too hastily?"

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