My elder sister is so noble, this time it's my turn to strike back

Seeing this, Wan Rongyue seemed to want to calm things down and advised, "Your Majesty, Zhi'er has stabilized and will wake up soon. This may just be a misunderstanding, and I have no intention of pursuing this matter."

Her beautiful face was shrouded in sorrow, as if she had thousands of grievances in her heart, but was afraid of something and dared not show it.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Shengjing couldn't help but feel even more pity for Wan Rongyue and her son.

He patted her hand soothingly and consoled her, "It's my fault for causing you and Xiaoliu such great injustice. Don't worry, I'll give you and Xiaoliu an explanation once I find out the truth!"

"But Your Majesty..."

"I have made up my mind on this matter. My beloved concubine, there is no need to persuade me any further."

Emperor Shengjing made up his mind and personally tried Little Li.

"Your Majesty, it started raining heavily yesterday after school. I was worried that the Sixth Prince would catch a cold, so I put my raincoat on him. But he had barely taken a few steps when the Crown Prince's palace servants snatched it away. I stepped forward to seek justice, but was beaten by the Crown Prince's palace servants. I still have the wounds on my body."

After Little Leo finished speaking, he lifted up one of his sleeves, revealing his forearm, which was covered in bruises and even had some old injuries.

Emperor Shengjing glanced sharply and asked, "Can anyone prove that what you said is true?"

Little Lizi thought for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty, I was the only servant with the Sixth Prince yesterday. The others, besides the Crown Prince and his attendant Xiao Zhuozi, were Young Master Yun and his study companion. They can all testify. It was indeed the Crown Prince who stole the Sixth Prince's raincoat."

"Useless, if that's the case, why didn't you report it earlier yesterday? Why did you have to wait until the Sixth Prince fell ill before you said anything?"

Faced with the emperor's questioning, Little Li was speechless. He gave a wry smile and said sadly, "Your Majesty, please calm down. To be honest, over the past year, the Crown Prince and his men have repeatedly bullied the Sixth Prince, and I have nowhere to turn to. Yesterday, the Sixth Prince stopped me, saying that this was just a small matter and he didn't want to worry Your Majesty and the Empress, so he kept it a secret."

"What did you say? You dog slave, do you know the consequences of telling a lie?" Emperor Shengjing could hardly believe what he heard.

The sudden rage frightened Leo.

But when he thought of everything the Sixth Prince had suffered, Little Leo seemed ready to fight to the death at any time, with a look of grief and indignation on his face.

"Your Majesty, you don't know that the Crown Prince and his men have done even more outrageous things to the Sixth Prince. They even ordered people to put rat feces in the Sixth Prince's food, forced the Sixth Prince to drink horse urine, and tore up the Sixth Prince's schoolwork, causing the Sixth Prince to be repeatedly punished by the Grand Tutor. And..."

"How dare you! Do you know what the crime is for slandering the current crown prince?"

Emperor Shengjing suddenly stood up and scolded Little Leo.

Little Leo was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, pressing his forehead firmly against the ground. But he still said fearlessly:

"Every word I said is true. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can order an investigation. Even if I die, I will speak a fair word for the Sixth Prince."

silence!

Deathly silence!

Emperor Shengjing stared at Little Leo, who was lying on the ground, with an angry look on his face, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.

"Your Majesty, this servant is full of lies and has wantonly slandered the Crown Prince and Prince Yun. He truly deserves death. As everyone knows, the Crown Prince has been carefully nurtured by the Empress since childhood. He is a man of both literary and military skills, both virtuous and talented. How could he commit such a cruel act?

He must be talking nonsense. I will order someone to drag this babbling servant away and beat him to death with sticks!

Wan Rongyue spoke righteously and then ordered outside, "Come here! Quickly drag this stubborn slave away."

Little Li, who was lying on the ground, was dumbfounded. He looked up in astonishment, looked at Wan Rongyue, and swore to the sky:

"Your Majesty, everything I said is true. The Sixth Prince was truly..."

"Come here, why don't you quickly cover his mouth?" Wan Rongyue winked at Qingye, who immediately came forward with two eunuchs from the Pepper Palace, one on each side, holding Little Li Zi and covering his mouth with their hands.

"Wuwu... Wuwu..." Little Leo was dragged out, still making waves of protest.

At this moment, Emperor Shengjing suddenly raised his hand and stopped the palace maid's actions.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the emperor, waiting for his decision.

Little Li's heart instantly rose to his throat. Then he heard Emperor Sheng Jing say:

"First, detain him and keep him under strict guard. Also, convey my order to the Crown Prince and Yun Chang'an to the Shangshufang for an audience."

The eunuch chief, Su Qinian, received the order and hurried down to give instructions.

But after taking two steps, he heard Emperor Shengjing add, "Also, have them bring their personal attendants."

When Su Qinian heard this, he realized that the emperor was going to take action against the prince, and his heart trembled.

"Old slave obeys!"

At this moment, Wan Rongyue seemed to realize something and spoke with some concern, "Your Majesty, perhaps this is just a joke between children, who lost their temper for a moment. There's no need to make such a big fuss."

Seeing Wan Rongyue being so cautious, not daring to confront the Queen even though her child was being bullied, and even trying to persuade him to keep the peace, Emperor Shengjing felt a pang of heartache.

He couldn't help but sigh, "You, Xiaoliu, have been bullied to this extent, and yet you still plan to let it go. Little do you know that the more you tolerate, the more you will whet their appetite, and they will gradually test your limits until they have you completely under their control."

A hint of shock appeared on Wan Rongyue's beautiful face, as if she couldn't believe it.

"But I don't understand why the Crown Prince is targeting Xiaoliu. Xiaoliu is obviously very well-behaved and never causes trouble."

Emperor Shengjing didn't know what to say when he saw how naive she was that she could help count money even after being sold by others.

But on second thought, wasn't it because of the imperial concubine's innocence that I was attracted to her in the first place?

For a moment, his love for the imperial concubine increased a little, so he said, "Forget it, you don't have to interfere in this matter. Just take good care of Xiaoliu here. I will come to see you later."

Wan Rongyue: “…”

After the emperor left, Qingye dismissed the attendants and asked, "Your Majesty, judging from the emperor's expression, I'm afraid the prince will stumble this time."

Wan Rongyue wiped away the tears in her eyes, and her expression suddenly became indifferent and cold. She said slowly:

"Do you really think that the Queen doesn't know what the Crown Prince has done?"

Qingye was startled and asked, "Your Majesty, are you saying that the Crown Prince deliberately bullied the Sixth Prince at the Queen's behest?"

hiss!

Qingye couldn't help but gasp.

She couldn't help but accuse him, "It's not enough that the Queen has sent you to the cold palace, she even refused to let the innocent Sixth Prince go. She is truly cruel."

It's so vicious that it's outrageous.

"But behind the Queen are Prime Minister Guo and General Guo. I'm worried that this matter will be picked up heavily and put down lightly in the end."

Wan Rongyue nonchalantly twisted the corner of the Sixth Prince's quilt and said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter. If it doesn't work this time, there's always another time. I didn't expect to overthrow the Queen and Prime Minister Guo in one fell swoop."

It's just an opportunity to plant a thorn in the emperor's heart.

Wan Rongyue knew very well that Emperor Sheng Jing was not a tyrant and would definitely not ignore the affairs of the previous dynasty in order to stand up for her and her son.

As long as Prime Minister Guo and his men remain in power, the Queen will remain firmly on the throne.

What she had to do was to follow Qiu Ning's method, to divide and disintegrate, and take it step by step.