Marrying Wife and Concubine Together: After Rebirth, I Remarried the Scumbag's Father on the Sp

The queen's expression suddenly changed, and she hurriedly urged: "Let her in!"

Miss Chu Wu stumbled to the Queen and knelt on the ground, begging: "Queen, please save my father and our Chu family!"

The Queen quickly reached out and helped her up: "Tell me what happened."

Miss Chu Wu spoke with tears in her eyes, "First, Miss Cheng was silenced by the guards around Marquis Zhan Yi and sent back to her father. Then, Marquis Zhan Yi led the Imperial Guards to surround the Chu Mansion, claiming that a collection of poems from the previous dynasty was hidden in the mansion and they wanted to search it!"

The Queen's head was buzzing with anger. She gritted her teeth and cursed, "Zhan Yan is so outrageous! How could he wrongly accuse the Chu family for no reason? Are you just going to let him search? If he can't find anything, go to the Emperor and ask for justice!"

Miss Chu Wu shook her head sadly: "He found it, he really found it. I don't know how that poetry collection appeared under the window outside my mother's yard. Now all the Chu family members have been taken to the prison to await the emperor's punishment!"

The queen froze all over. How could she not know that this was revenge from Zhan Yan?

Is it because Cheng Lingzhi was forced upon him?

He was really cruel. In order to prevent Lin Yiwan from suffering any injustice, he even disregarded the lives of the entire Chu family.

She took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll take you to the emperor and let him make the decision for your Chu family!"

She took Miss Chu Wu to the imperial study, and happened to meet Zhan Yan and Li Youde returning to report.

His cold eyes suddenly fell on Miss Chu Wu, and he said in a low voice: "No wonder when I was arresting people, I felt that the number of people was wrong. It turns out that Miss Chu Wu was hidden by the Queen?"

The Queen angrily retorted: "Zhan Yan, how could I hide her? The Chu family was originally wronged. You slandered them recklessly. You are too childish!"

Zhan Yan looked at Li Youde standing beside him with a puzzled look on his face. "Commander Li, come and testify. Am I wrongly accusing the Chu family? Have you found that forbidden book, the poetry collection of the previous dynasty?"

Li Youde quickly spoke up: "Empress, this is the poetry collection of the previous dynasty that I personally discovered, so the Chu family is not wronged!"

The Queen was so angry that her chest was blocked. She glared at Zhan Yan with gritted teeth, "Zhan Yan, you know better than anyone how that poetry collection came to be. You're going to sacrifice so many innocent lives just for such a small matter. Don't you feel guilty?"

Zhan Yan spoke innocently, "Your Majesty's accusations terrify me. It's clearly the Chu family that did something wrong. Why are you wrongly accusing me?"

The queen was annoyed and furious. It was clearly all his doing, so how could he pretend to be so calm and composed?

That's over a hundred lives at stake, doesn't he care at all?

How could he be so cruel?

Isn't it just adding someone to his life? This is clearly for his own good, but not only does he not appreciate it, he even makes such a big fuss. He's really going too far!

The queen ignored him and rushed into the imperial study with Chu Wu.

She was the first to complain: "Your Majesty, Zhan Yan has wronged the Chu family. The Chu family has been loyal to you. You have seen it all over the years!"

Miss Chu Wu also knelt on the ground and kowtowed at the right time: "I beg the emperor to make the decision for our Chu family. My father will never have any other intentions. As for that collection of poems from the previous dynasty, someone must have deliberately thrown it outside my mother's room!"

When he saw them come in, Emperor Sheng An had completely calmed down.

He knew Chu Sanxi, who was timid and fearful. It was impossible for him to secretly keep banned books, unless someone deliberately framed him.

Now seeing the furious queen, the mastermind behind this is clear.

He said calmly, "I will thoroughly investigate this matter, but the Chu Mansion has discovered that the banned book is real, so Chu Sanxi needs to be locked up in the prison for a few days!"

The Queen said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you know that he is innocent, why are you still holding him captive?"

Emperor Sheng An stared at her with complicated eyes: "Queen, tell me in person, is Chu Sanxi really wronged?"

A trace of guilt flashed in the queen's eyes. She argued forcefully, "But he couldn't possibly be hiding a banned book. He and his entire family must not be thrown into jail for this!"

Emperor Sheng An interrupted irritably, "Shut up, Queen, don't you know what you've done? The Chu family is now implicated by you, and you have to let me say it to your face before you're satisfied?"

The queen clenched the handkerchief in her hand tightly with a look of grievance. She had done nothing wrong. As the most honorable queen of the dynasty, didn't she have the right to reward her subjects?

She was also helping the emperor to share his worries, so why did he blame her like that?

Emperor Sheng An rebuked him in a deep voice: "Queen, why don't you step down?"

The queen looked at him with resentment, turned around and left angrily.

Miss Chu Wu didn't dare to stay for long, so she immediately got up and ran away.

Only Zhan Yan stood at the door calmly, as if he was watching a good show.

Emperor Sheng'an waved at Li Youde, and he strode back.

Suddenly, only the emperor and his minister were left in the imperial study, and the atmosphere was tense.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Sheng An finally spoke first: "Zhan Yan, I apologize to you on behalf of the Queen. She shouldn't have meddled in the affairs of your mansion!"

Zhan Yan remained unmoved, obviously still angry.

Emperor Sheng An then added, "She wasn't targeting you. She was just dissatisfied with my selection, so she caused all this trouble!"

Zhan Yan couldn't help but sneer: "Is she still qualified to be the queen now? I can guarantee that as long as she is here, you women in the harem will never have children again!"

Emperor Sheng An's expression was complicated and ugly, he certainly understood this truth.

Ever since Yu'er was burned, the Queen has become unrecognizable.

She always blames others, and even hates Lin Yiwan.

But it was clearly her who ordered someone to make that dress for Yuer to wear!

She blames everyone but herself!

Now, just to please herself, she wants to marry a concubine for Zhan Yan and even involves the Chu family. She is really ridiculous.

He said calmly, "I will punish her, but let the Chu family go first, okay? You've given them a good beating, they'll realize their mistakes and won't help the Queen do evil again!"

Zhan Yan interrupted without hesitation: "If the emperor feels that they are not guilty of possessing banned books, you can issue an order to release them. I have no objection at all!"

Emperor Sheng An immediately frowned, which meant that Chu Sanxi would have to pay a price.

He immediately spoke, "Li Delu, pass on my decree. The wife of the Chu family's inner house mistakenly bought the forbidden book and brought it back to the mansion. She may be spared the death penalty, but she will be punished alive. Each of them will be given thirty lashes of the cane as a warning to others!"

Li Delu went to convey the imperial edict quickly and soon disappeared.

Emperor Sheng An looked at Zhan Yan again and said, "Are you satisfied with this decision? No one will help the Queen plot against you anymore!"

Zhan Yan raised his eyebrows: "The emperor has left one person behind, where is Cheng Lingzhi?"

Emperor Sheng An said helplessly: "We can't let her cause trouble for Wan Wan, so let's find a good sister for the Queen. Since she is so outstanding, let her enter the palace as a concubine and help the Queen manage the inner palace!"