Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

Fang Yao turned around and sat back in his chair.

"If we only hold the Empress responsible, it would be much simpler," Fang Yao said. "All the Yao family needs to do is explain the Empress's plot to murder Empress Chu, and they'll be cleared of suspicion. His Majesty is currently grieving over the Third Prince's misfortune, and he can't bear to see the Second Prince implicated by the Empress. He will certainly take this opportunity to pardon the Second Prince and the Yao family. Furthermore, to prevent the Imperial Censors from having grounds for impeachment, he won't reveal too much to the public, simply stating that the Empress has suddenly fallen ill."

He paused for a moment and continued, "This is the Yao family's last chance. Whether to accept this opportunity or not is entirely up to the Yao family. If it weren't for the Second Prince, the Emperor wouldn't have to hesitate so much..."

"Fang Yao, stop playing games with me. You say all these things, but aren't you just trying to threaten my family and betray the Empress? Do you really think you're the only smart person in the world and everyone else is stupid?"

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Duke Chongguo became anxious and angry and started coughing again.

Yao Jingyi quickly bent down to rub his back, and brought him some water to moisten his throat. She was busy for a while.

"Fang Yao, those words of yours can only fool the little brat, but you can't fool me. Talk about telling the Empress something? Pah! If I really say anything, will our Yao family still have a chance to survive? Wouldn't that be a perfect excuse for you to use to wipe out the Yao family and the Empress together?"

When Fang Yao heard this, he immediately became unhappy.

He slammed the teacup in his hand hard, and it shattered into porcelain slag with a clang. "Yao, don't bullshit in front of me. If I didn't feel sorry for the emperor, would I bother with your family's mess? Wouldn't it be cleaner and easier to just chop it off with a few knives? I want to kill someone, and I need to find a handle? Pah,"

"Let me tell you, it's because the Emperor loves his son and doesn't want the Second Prince to be implicated by the Empress's affairs that your Yao family has the opportunity to take advantage of this loophole. If it weren't for the Emperor, do you think the Yao family and the Empress would have a way out of what they did? Dream on."

"Besides, you don't think that things will turn around after not killing the Queen for such a long time, do you?" Fang Yao said coldly, "You wishful thinking. The Emperor will definitely kill the Queen, and he must do it before the Chu family returns to the capital. As for whether your family can survive, it's up to you. Even if you have the energy, don't yell at me here. Empress Yao harmed Empress Chu and touched the Emperor's weak spot. The Emperor wishes to cut her into pieces. If you have the guts, go before the Emperor and yell. You will see if the Emperor will issue an order on the spot to drag your family out of the Meridian Gate and behead them."

"Asking you to confess is giving you a chance to surrender to the Emperor. What do you think? You don't think you have something to control anyone again, do you? Are you mentally ill? You even dare to control the Emperor? I tell you, Mr. Yao, you can say whatever you want, but if you don't want to, forget it. At most, the Emperor will see that your Yao family would rather the entire clan be buried with the Empress than surrender to the Emperor. Tsk, just kill them, what's the pity? You still think you are a royal relative? You haven't woken up yet? Huh?"

When he said these words, Fang Yao had already stood up.

Now that he had finished speaking, he turned and left without any hesitation.

"General, please calm down," Yao Jingyi shouted hurriedly, "General, please stay."

How could Fang Yao listen to the orders of a little girl? He just ignored her and walked out of the house.

Yao Jingyi was really anxious at this time. She took a few steps to chase after him, but was stopped by Zhu Yi with his sword. "Can you do it, Miss Yao? If you don't have the final say, don't delay our general's work."

"General, please listen to me," Yao Jingyi said loudly to Fang Yao's back, "I can convince grandfather, please trust me again, General."

Fang Yao stopped.

"General, this matter cannot be discussed. Please move back. I, I have a solution."

Fang Yao looked back at her, said nothing, and turned away.

Yao Jingyi's heart instantly dropped to freezing point. Seeing that Zhu Yi was about to leave, she no longer cared about whether it was appropriate or not. She grabbed the corner of Zhu Yi's clothes and pleaded, "Please help me pass a message to the general. The Yao family is willing to cooperate with the general and is willing to cooperate with the emperor's love for his child."

Only the Queen Mother was allowed to die, and no one else was allowed to be touched, so as to avoid a big fuss and arouse suspicion from the outside world, which would be detrimental to the Second Prince.

If this were to happen, the Yao family would have just escaped disaster and survived, just as Fang Yao said.

Yao Jingyi said all the nice things she could and finally got Zhu Yi to nod, then turned and went into her grandfather's house.

It is unknown how she persuaded Duke Chongguo, but when she came out of the house, she went to her grandmother.

In just half a day, she had completely covered up an old woman with her mouth gagged, tied her up and thrown her into the woodshed, and then sent a message to Zhu Yi.

After receiving the letter, Zhu Yi did not hesitate and immediately brought people over. He surrounded the woodshed and did not allow anyone to approach. Before he could use all the interrogation methods, the old nanny confessed everything.

The confession signature, the bamboo tube used to send the message from the palace, and the silver hairpin used as a token of trust were all found.

It doesn’t matter whether the thing is real or not. What matters is that it was handed over by the Yao family. This is the result Fang Yao wants.

Taking these things, Fang Yao returned to the general's mansion.

Shen Li had been tracking down the murderer of Ding Lan for the past few days, but had made no progress. She was feeling depressed when she heard Qiluo say that her uncle called her to the study.

When I went to the study, I saw Fang Yao frowning and scratching his head while staring at some things on the table.

"Uncle," Shen Li walked over after paying her respects, picked up the silver hairpin and looked at it curiously, "What's wrong? What is this?"

"It was given by the Yao family," Fang Yao said. "The Queen has denied ever harming Queen Chu. The Emperor guessed she thought the Second Prince and the Yao family would do everything they could to save her, so she's being stubborn. And now, the old Prime Minister has noticed that the Yao family has extorted some evidence."

He looked up at Shen Li and said, "Can you use your instant teleportation to scare the queen with these things?"

Shen Li didn't understand what her uncle was going to do, but she quickly responded, "No problem, uncle will tell you how to scare her, Li'er will definitely scare her to death."

"Alright," Fang Yao slammed the table. "Have Qili help you dress up as Old Madam Yao, throw this hairpin at her, and scold her for killing Queen Chu and bringing trouble to her family. Besides that, you can choose any other insults you want, just something that will break up her relationship with the Yao family. I'll take Censor Cui and hide next door to record her reactions, and then have her sign it, and the evidence will be established."

Shen Li didn't quite understand and asked, "Isn't it just a matter of saying a word if the emperor wants to kill someone? Why is there so much trouble?"

Fang Yao sighed, stood up and took a few steps, saying, "Killing people for a random word is something a tyrant would do, but the Emperor wouldn't do that. Let alone the current Empress, even if a lowly official made a mistake, the evidence must be verified before a conviction. Otherwise, not only will the court officials disapprove, but even if the historian records it, the Emperor won't look good."