The younger sister-in-law falsely accused the sickly uncle and ran away with the baby

"Father! I want..."

"Qin Haowen! I said! If there is anything, let's talk about it after the banquet." Qin Guoan interrupted Qin Haowen again, his face became more serious, and even with a hint of anger.

Qin Haowen acted as if he hadn't heard anything at all, "I want to report that Concubine Yao and Qin Shi are colluding with the enemy..."

Qin Guoan was like a madman. He picked up the glass cup next to him and smashed it at Qin Haowen. Qin Haowen did not dodge. He just knelt there and let the glass cup hit his forehead. Blood mixed with wine flowed down his forehead.

Drop by drop, it fell to the ground, soaking Qin Haowen's clothes...

"I told you to shut up, didn't you hear me?"

Qin Haowen still ignored it, as if he was not the one being hit by his biological father.

"A few months ago, Qin Shi was ordered to lead a group to escort a batch of grain and fodder to the border. However, due to his own selfish desires, he colluded with the enemy emperor. The two of them staged a show, pretending that the grain and fodder were stolen by bandits, but in reality, they were giving it to the enemy. Their purpose was to kill me and trap all the soldiers who fought alongside me at the border. In my hands are the letters between Qin Shi and the enemy!"

"Later, when his plan failed, he even repeatedly leaked our secrets and sent our defense maps to the enemy emperor, just to make it easy for them to kill me."

"They even colluded with the enemy's spies hidden in our country to kidnap the Qingtian Goddess who can pray for rain and her family, and also took away the high-yield grain that the Goddess and her family had painstakingly found overseas. Their goal was to increase the enemy's strength and allow them to compete with our army for a long time..."

"Shut up! Someone, come! Drag the eldest prince who is talking nonsense away." Qin Guoan came back to his senses from his daze, shocked and angry, and stood up and yelled.

In fact, he has always known all these things, and he even suspected that the poison in his body was also given by this mother and son, but he could not possibly put Qin Shi to death!

After all, the royal family has a very bad reputation nowadays. Many people and nobles think that he is not worthy of being the emperor. At this time, nothing good can be spread about the royal family.

Of course, the most important thing is checks and balances. If Qin Shi died, there would be no one to check and balance his eldest son. He even secretly hoped that Qin Shi would succeed in plotting against his eldest son!

Because Qin Haowen is so outstanding that even his biological father can't help but feel jealous. Why did he have to work so hard to sit on this position, while he can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor? Even in the hearts of the officials, nobles and common people below, Qin Haowen is more popular than him, the emperor!

He was unwilling to accept this, and was even more afraid that all of Qin Haowen's current loyalty and filial piety were just pretense.

Once they come to power, they will show their claws, completely wipe out the merits and reputation he has worked so hard to accumulate, and expose all the wrong things he has done before. This is something he will never allow.

At this time, Qin Haowen was still recklessly enumerating the crimes of Qin Shi and the officials who colluded with him. Every time he mentioned a crime, there would be a small exclamation from the audience. They did not expect that Qin Shi, who looked like a decent person, who did not fight or compete, and always had a smile on his face for everyone, was actually so vicious in private.

All the officials who were named rushed out with pale faces, knelt on the ground and kowtowed for mercy, saying that they were innocent. However, when Qin Haowen threw the evidence in their faces, these people fell to the ground under control, and the fine beads of sweat on their foreheads showed their nervousness and guilt at the moment.

Qin Guoan looked at the guards standing there motionless, and shouted angrily, "Are you all deaf? Take the mad Crown Prince away immediately. This banquet ends here."

"Go away."

Those officials who thought they were about to die immediately breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the word "dispersed", and even had a faint smile on their faces. Sure enough, what the second prince said was right. Everything they did was to relieve the emperor's worries. They only did what the emperor wanted to do in his heart but did not dare to do.

If something happens, the emperor will naturally protect them.

As the guards approached Qin Haowen, the Duke of Protectorate suddenly stood up. He looked at the already angry Qin Guoan with disapproval, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Since the Crown Prince has solid evidence, Your Majesty should investigate it carefully and give justice to the people living on the border and to the soldiers who fought so hard."

Then, a group of ministers came forward one after another, and all of them knelt on the ground, "Please Your Majesty, please look into this matter."

"Your Majesty, please understand clearly."

Yu Ruyue and Shen Zhiheng were sitting in their seats at this time, neither standing up nor kneeling on the ground. Instead, they looked at Qin Shi, the protagonist who was being accused.

However, they didn't expect that this person not only didn't show any panic on his face, but had a smile on his face the whole time, as if everything in front of them was a farce.

but!

Is this really not a farce?

The emperor pretended not to see the evidence, and even punished the victim to cover up for the perpetrator.

But it is the crime of treason!

The emperor who was betrayed actually had to cover up for those who colluded with the enemy country. How could this not be considered a farce?

Seeing her son's confident look, Concubine Yao was no longer panicked. She just winked at the person next to her, and that person immediately took out something similar to a sachet from his sleeve.

When Concubine Yao saw that everyone's eyes were focused on the emperor and Qin Haowen, she took the sachet and carefully handed the one she was carrying back.

She lowered her head and pinched the round object in the sachet. With a little force, it shattered into powder, emitting a strong fragrance, and a trace of powder also stained her hands...

Just as Qin Guoan stood up, drew the knife beside him, and was about to go down and chop someone, she grabbed him and pressed her soft, boneless body against Qin Guoan's violently heaving chest.

A faint fragrance floated to Qin Guoan's nose.

She gently stroked Qin Guoan's back, scolded Qin Haowen for being ignorant, poured a cup of tea with her own hands, and handed it to him while kneeling.

"Your Majesty, please drink some water and calm down your anger. If you become ill from anger, Xiaoshi and I will never be able to atone for our sins even if we die a thousand times."

"I know that the eldest prince has always hated me. He hated my sudden appearance, which destroyed the relationship between His Majesty and the Empress. He hated me even more because he and the Empress were kidnapped by criminals during their exile and then sold into slavery, suffering untold hardships."

"I understand all of this. In fact, I hate myself too. Why weren't I and Xiaoshi kidnapped by the villains?"

"If it were really me and my concubine, perhaps there wouldn't be so many things going on, and perhaps Your Majesty wouldn't be so troubled! After all, we two are useless people, and being able to contribute to Your Majesty's great cause is a blessing for us, mother and son."