Reborn Empress: The World Originally Belonged to Her

How could Qin Yu possibly believe what this official said?

Qin Yu's eyes held a hint of coldness.

"Since you have done such a wrong thing, don't blame me for being impolite to you. I will hand you over to His Majesty and see how he will deal with you."

Qin Yu had long wanted to deal with Official Li, but he just hadn't found a suitable reason. Now that Official Li was taking the blame, Qin Yu wouldn't hold back. He certainly wouldn't waste such a good opportunity.

Later, under Mo Yun's escort, Qin Yu brought the official Li to the palace. At this time, the official Li was in a state of utter despair.

"Your Highness, I have truly been wronged. I did not do such a thing. Heaven and earth bear witness."

At this moment, a light drizzle began to fall from the night sky. Qin Yu was somewhat surprised. Why would it rain out of the blue? Did even the heavens know that Official Li was innocent? But even if he was innocent, so what? Qin Yu would never let Official Li live.

Finally, Qin Yu successfully led the official to the outside of the palace. Upon arrival, the official's cries naturally alerted the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs, who began whispering among themselves. "What on earth is going on? Why did I suddenly hear someone crying here?"

Another palace maid dressed in pink suddenly heard these words and was so frightened that she dropped the basin she was holding, spilling water all over the ground.

As luck would have it, the head maid arrived and saw their actions, immediately berating them. "What on earth are you up to? Clean this place up right now, or His Majesty will see you all and I'll see how many heads you have left to chop off."

Upon hearing what her aunt said, the palace maids hurriedly tidied up the area and left with the basin.

Qin Yanling was about to rest when he was unexpectedly informed by a eunuch that Qin Yu was outside requesting an audience. Qin Yanling hurriedly put on a cloak and went into the main hall, where he saw the official Li kneeling on the ground.

Qin Yanling, unsure of Qin Yu's intentions, inquired about it, and Qin Yu revealed the truth to him: "Your Majesty, you are unaware that the person before you has sent assassins tonight to kill those within my palace."

Finally, he told Qin Yanling the whole story. Unexpectedly, Qin Yanling kicked the official to the ground. Qin Yanling used force in the kick, and the official coughed up blood.

But the official Li did not forget to plead his innocence. He kowtowed and said that he really did not do such a thing, but how could Qin Yanling possibly believe him?

"I saw it with my own eyes. Do you mean I saw it wrong?"

Qin Yu then told the official Li that she would never wrong anyone; if something was true, it was true, and if something wasn't, it wasn't.

At that moment, the Li officials all felt like they had been tricked.

"Your Majesty, there have always been some conflicts between us. Now, Your Majesty is clearly trying to take this opportunity to get rid of me as soon as possible."

As the official Li cried and wailed, Qin Yu felt a surge of annoyance.

"I want to ask you something: why did you try to assassinate the princess of the neighboring country? What was your purpose in doing so?"

Qin Yanling then raised some other questions, but to your surprise, you couldn't answer a single one. At this moment, Qin Yu took the initiative to step forward and answered all of Qin Yanling's questions.

"There are two possible answers. I don't know which answer Your Majesty would like to hear, but I am willing to tell Your Majesty either one."

"Why don't you just give me both answers directly, Your Majesty? I'm curious too."

Qin Yu then gave a series of examples, one of which was naturally to provoke a war between the two countries, and the other was naturally to frame Qin Yu.

After all, the princess was staying in the princess's residence, so if anything happened to the princess, Qin Yu would bear an inescapable responsibility.

It's understandable that the official Li harbored some hatred towards her and wanted to use it to deal with Qin Yu. Listening to Qin Yu's analysis, Qin Yanling felt that Qin Yu's words made a lot of sense.

At this moment, Qin Yu used his mind-reading ability to check on Official Li's thoughts. Unexpectedly, Official Li's heart was filled with panic. Qin Yu's lips curled into a smile, and he found it amusing at that moment.

Qin Yu walked up to Official Li and grabbed his chin. In that instant, Official Li felt as if Qin Yu were a demon crawling out of hell.

Qin Yu's eyes were terrifyingly cold. "In your next life, please don't be as foolish as you are in this one."

Qin Yu spoke to the official Li in a voice loud enough for the two of them to hear. At this moment, the official Li realized that he had been used. He thought about it carefully, but still couldn't remember who was using him. Could it be the Prime Minister? He had no grudge against the Prime Minister, so why would the Prime Minister use him?

"Does Official Li have anything else to say in his argument? If so, please speak up. I'd like to hear your explanation."

The official couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Your Majesty, I have served in the court for many years, and I have always been wholeheartedly devoted to the good of the court. I never expected that I would be used by others and end up like this."

Qin Yanling had already become suspicious. He also felt that the official Li had indeed been used, but Qin Yanling had to give everyone an explanation, and the matter remained unresolved for a long time.

Is that all you have to say?

"That's right, that's all I wanted to say. I won't say anything more. If Your Majesty thinks I'm guilty, then it is my fault."

Qin Yu originally thought that Qin Yanling would behead this person and display his head to the public, but to her surprise, Qin Yanling did not do so.

"Considering that Official Li has served in the court for many years and there have been few casualties, we will remove Official Li from his post and let him retire to his hometown."

Official Li thought he was doomed, but to his surprise, Qin Yanling spared his life. Did he know that he had been wronged?