Time Travel: Did My Sister-in-Law Get Slapped in the Face Today?

"Thank you for your great favor, Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live forever and enjoy a lifespan as long as the heavens!"

"Thank you for your great favor, Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live forever and enjoy a lifespan as long as the heavens!"

……

"Tribute!"

The eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs spoke loudly, and in an instant, the officials stepped forward one after another, taking the Qingyun Fruit and other prepared items, and placed them on the offering table placed in front of them.

Lin Zheng and Li Lan walked over one after the other.

"Your Majesty, I have a report to make!"

At this moment, Qin Wu, the deputy director of the Secret Service, suddenly spoke up loudly.

Both the civil and military officials present frowned. Why were there so many problems today?

Emperor Xianxian was clearly displeased and asked, "What is it?"

Qin Wu pointed at Lin Zheng and said, "I have received news that the General Zhenguo has purchased fake fruits in an attempt to deceive the immortals!"

In an instant, the expressions of the assembled officials changed once again.

Fake offerings?

This is a crime of deceiving the emperor.

Moreover, he even forged items offered to immortals... How could Lin Zheng have such audacity?

Lin Zheng was about to place the jade box on the offering platform when he heard this, and his hand stiffened slightly. However, he showed no fear. Instead, he glanced at Li Lan with a hint of admiration in his eyes, and Li Lan also smiled.

"Your Majesty, I request permission to inspect the contents of Lin Zheng's box and expose this treacherous and deceitful person on the spot!"

Qin Wu spoke with absolute certainty.

Emperor Xianxian frowned slightly, waved his hand, and Qin Wu was overjoyed, walking towards Lin Zheng.

"Hehe, General Lin, give me the box you're holding!"

His face was beaming with smugness!

Lin Zheng calmly handed it to him.

"Lin Zheng, the humiliation of being whipped on the front lines back then will be repaid tenfold today!"

The moment Qin Wu took the jade box, he muttered something under his breath, his eyes filled with ferocity, and said, "Your entire family... I'm going to wipe them out!"

As he spoke, he slowly opened the jade box!

The ministers watched intently. Not far away, the Third Prince's eyes revealed a cold smile. Beside him, Mr. Zhu also smiled slightly. Li Lan was intelligent, but the killing move he had laid out... would ultimately lead to the downfall of the Lin family!

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Qin Wu finally opened the jade box.

But when he looked down at the contents of the box, he was suddenly stunned, shocked, and incredulous... His hand slipped, and the jade box fell to the ground, from which several green fruits rolled out, fragrant and delicious—they were none other than the Azure Cloud Fruit!

An uproar erupted in the arena!

The Third Prince's pupils constricted sharply; he was utterly incredulous. He turned abruptly to look at Mr. Zhu and roared, "What's going on?!"

Mr. Zhu froze, as if struck by lightning, his face filled with horror. He looked at Li Lan from afar and said, "He... he actually turned the tables on me?!"

His breath caught in his throat, and he could barely contain himself. Blood suddenly spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his face turned pale!

He had thought that this grand ceremony was a trap, a sure-fire way to kill him, but in the blink of an eye, the trap had crumbled and everything had come to nothing!

In an instant, he felt utterly hopeless. All the arrogance he had built up over the years, and the ambition to conquer all directions, collapsed in an instant!

……

The Qingyun Fruit rolled out, and the arena fell silent.

Qin Wu looked at the Azure Cloud Fruit on the ground and began to tremble inexplicably. His face was pale, and he subconsciously looked in the direction of the Third Prince!

Beside him, Li Lan spoke leisurely: "Lord Qin, at the Qingtian Ceremony, it's one thing for you to make false accusations and slander the General Zhenguo, but how could you throw such offerings to the immortals on the ground? Such disrespect...isn't that inappropriate?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Wu realized what was happening and immediately knelt down before Emperor Xianxian!

"Your Majesty, I...I was deceived by others. I was truly loyal. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

In just a short while, his back was soaked with cold sweat, and large beads of sweat rolled down his nose!

He kowtowed repeatedly, his heart filled with extreme fear.

He wasn't incompetent; the moment he opened the box, he knew...

He's finished!

But he just couldn't understand why, why...