Return of the Phoenix Lady

The slender fingers pinched the hand on Shangguan Hongyuan's neck, seemingly gently, but in fact, Shangguan Hongyuan's hand was pinched so tightly by Jin Yifeng that he couldn't break free at all, so Shangguan Hongyuan could only watch his hand being taken away.

"You...how is it possible?" Shangguan Hongyuan stared at the hands that were pinching him with wide eyes, his face full of disbelief.

Jin Yifeng didn't bother to talk nonsense. After breaking free from the clamp, he turned around and came to Han Xing.

Jin Haoyu also stared at Jin Yifeng's series of actions in a daze. It was really strange. Jin Yifeng had clearly been drugged, and the effects were about to take effect, so how could he escape Shangguan Hongyuan's grip so easily?!

When the two were wondering why, they suddenly felt powerless.

Supporting his somewhat weak body, Shangguan Hongyuan was shocked. As smart as he was, how could he not think of the reason?

Shangguan Hongyuan glared at Han Xing fiercely and cursed in anger: "You useless bastard! How dare you betray us!"

Jin Haoyu finally understood and looked at Han Xing in shock. He opened and closed his mouth for a long time but couldn't say a word.

"Hmph~ Those who do evil will eventually perish. You should have thought that there would be such a result." Jin Bintian looked at the two of them with anger and disappointment. Before coming, Han Xing had already sent Ying Rui and others to the palace to meet the emperor, and told all these things, just waiting for them to admit what they had done in person today.

Shangguan Hongyuan glared at Han Xing with hatred. If it weren't for that bastard, his plan would have succeeded, absolutely! The Jin Kingdom would have been his ass! It was all because of that bastard! He was the one who had ruined all his years of hard work!

"Jin Haoyu! Shangguan Hongyuan! Do you two plead guilty?" Jin Bintian stared at the two men who were lying on the ground and unable to stand.

The two remained silent. Seeing this, Jin Bintian became furious and said, "Hmph! You're still stubborn! Someone come..."

"Wait!" A delicate cry was heard, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice. They saw Shangguan Lan'er running in from outside, followed by Jin Xiyu and Yingchen not far behind her.

Jin Bintian couldn't help but feel slightly angry. This father and daughter pair, the father was planning a rebellion against him, and the daughter actually dared to interrupt him! How audacious!

"I, Shangguan Lan'er, pay my respects to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor!" Shangguan Lan'er had just been in her boudoir when she heard a noise outside. When she came out to see, she realized that His Majesty the Emperor had actually come. Although she didn't know much about her father's plan, she knew that today's invitation banquet was by no means simple. When she saw this scene, she felt something was wrong and quickly called Princess Xiyu and the others to come over.

Jin Bintian glanced at Shangguan Lan'er who was kneeling on the ground and ignored her. Humph~ A mere daughter of a prime minister dares to be rude to the emperor. She must be taught a lesson!

Jin Xiyu also ran in, dragging Yingchen with her. Seeing her brother, uncle, and Lan'er all kneeling on the ground, Jin Xiyu, who hadn't realized what was happening, assumed that her father would pamper her and give in to her, so she said directly, "Sister Lan'er, why are you all kneeling? Get up!"

Shangguan Lan'er didn't dare to move, because the emperor hadn't spoken yet! If she stood up, she would definitely anger him.

Shangguan Hongyuan and Jin Haoyu were too weak to stand, and they were lucky enough to be able to kneel instead of lying down!

Seeing this, Jin Xiyu frowned and said to Jin Bintian coquettishly, "Father, let Sister Lan'er stand up!" Glancing at her kneeling third brother and uncle, Jin Xiyu pouted and ignored them. It was their fault for helping that lowly person scold her just now.

When Jin Bintian saw Jin Xiyu, his anger subsided a little. He said to Shangguan Lan'er, who was kneeling on the ground with her head bowed, "Stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After Shangguan Lan'er stood up, she looked at the two people kneeling behind her, and then looked at Jin Bintian who was still angry, and decided to step back first. After all, the emperor's favorite princess was here, and the princess would not watch her father and others get into trouble. It would be much better for the princess to plead for them personally than for her!

Jin Bintian paused, then looked at the two people kneeling on the ground and said sternly, "Do you plead guilty?"

"Your Majesty, I am innocent! Please... Your Majesty, please look into this matter!" Shangguan Hongyuan explained with great effort.

Upon seeing this, Jin Xiyu couldn't help but glance at Shangguan Hongyuan in surprise, then said to Jin Bintian, "Father, what's going on? My uncle has always been loyal and patriotic, and we can all see that. Father must have wronged him!"

Jin Bintian was furious upon hearing this, and his anger rose again. He shouted at Jin Xiyu, "What do you know? Loyalty to the country? Humph~ He is indeed very loyal, so loyal that he wants to take away my father's position!"

"What?" Jin Xiyu was shocked when she heard this, and looked at Shangguan Hongyuan in disbelief. She didn't even care that Jin Bintian yelled at her.

Upon seeing this, Shangguan Hongyuan hurriedly shouted to Jin Xiyu, "Princess! I am innocent! It was... Xinghan! ... No! It was Qin Wuyou! ... It was Qin Wuyou who wronged me! ... Princess! Save me!"

Jin Xiyu was puzzled when she heard this: "Who is Qin Wuyou?"

"It's... Xing... Xinghan! He... is the orphan of the Qin family!... His whole family died tragically! So he came... to take revenge... to take revenge on us!... Your Majesty! Please don't believe what he says!... He is doing it for revenge! He is wronging me!" Shangguan Hongyuan shamelessly tried to put all the blame on Han Xing.

Jin Xiyu was even more surprised when she heard this. This lowly person was actually... Qin's brother! Then, what else could she do... Looking at Yingchen, who stood beside her with a calm expression, Jin Xiyu was puzzled. Wasn't Qin Wuyou his brother? Why was he so indifferent? Did he trust Qin Wuyou? Or was their brotherly relationship not good?

Seeing Jin Xiyu remain silent after hearing his words, Shangguan Hongyuan suddenly felt that he had said the wrong thing and had lost the princess, a valuable chess piece. The princess's husband was Qin Wuguo, and Qin Wuyou was Qin Wuguo's younger brother. Could the princess still hate Qin Wuyou as much as before? In this case, are they really finished?

"Hmph~ Still trying to quibble! I heard everything you just said, and you still want to frame others? Shangguan Hongyuan, is it because I've been too indulgent towards you that you've become like this?" Jin Bintian glared at Shangguan Hongyuan.

"This...this..." Shangguan Hongyuan didn't know how to argue, so he turned to look at Jin Haoyu, but Jin Haoyu just lowered his head, said nothing, and didn't make any excuses. It was unknown what he was thinking.

Jin Bintian turned his gaze to Jin Haoyu and said, "Haoyu, do you have anything else to say?"

Jin Haoyu seemed to come back to his senses and raised his head, but he didn't look at Jin Bintian, but looked straight at Han Xing.

Seeing this, Jin Yifeng took a few steps forward unhappily, blocking Han Xing behind him to block Jin Haoyu's sight.

Seeing this, Jin Haoyu smiled bitterly and said weakly: "Brother Han, why?"

Han Xing walked out from behind Jin Yifeng, looked at Jin Haoyu, and said bluntly: "Because you want to use me!"

Jin Haoyu was startled for a moment, then continued with a wry smile, "You knew? So you knew everything... But... I... didn't mean to harm you..."

Han Xing recalled everything that had happened with Jin Haoyu, and finally sighed silently. He said lightly, "It's just that you are too ambitious."

Jin Haoyu looked at Han Xing steadily for a few seconds, then his eyes rolled back and he fainted. The drug had finally taken effect.

Shangguan Hongyuan was immediately furious when he saw Jin Haoyu's useless look. He looked at the emperor in front of him, and finally could only sigh unwillingly and bow his head to admit his guilt.

"Come here, take these two people to the Sky Prison and await your punishment!" Jin Bintian waved his hand, and the guards quickly took the two away.

After resolving the matter, Jin Bintian looked at Han Xing and said, "The Qin and Wu families were both harmed by that traitor Shangguan Hongyuan. I will give you justice! I will posthumously honor you and reward you! Qin Wuyou, are you satisfied with my arrangement?"

"Your Majesty shouldn't ask me. My brother is the biggest victim in this." Han Xing said lightly.

Jin Bintian nodded and said to Yingchen, "Wuguo, are you satisfied?"

Yingchen nodded, knelt down, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Yeah!" Jin Bintian nodded.

Suddenly, a sharp female voice rang out: "Qin Wuyou! You destroyed everything I have! I want your life!" Shangguan Lan'er, who had kept her head down and had no reaction until Shangguan Hongyuan and the other man were taken away, seemed to wake up suddenly and rushed towards Han Xing like crazy, with a pink ribbon wrapped around her hand, shooting towards Han Xing.