Shocking! In this matriarchal society, every man wants to marry me!

Le Xingxi's letter made Zhong Tian feel uneasy, but she knew that Le Xingxi would not harm her. He must have known something in advance and came to tell her on his own.

Zhong Tian made a decisive decision: "Mu Ning, start packing your valuables immediately..."

"Okay." Xia Muning didn't ask why and immediately prepared to pack her things. However, when she got to the door, she saw Lord Zhao waiting at the Zhong residence with his constables.

"Lord Zhong, are you trying to escape? His Majesty wants to see you."

Lord Zhao waved his hand, and the constables immediately stepped forward, ready to take Zhongtian away.

"Wait a minute! I need to say a few words to my husband." Zhongtian patted Xia Muning's hand reassuringly and said gently to him, "Muning, don't worry, it's okay, wait for me at home."

"Okay." Xia Muning nodded and said to Zhong Tian, ​​"My wife, don't worry, I will protect this family for you."

"Also, Mu Ning, keep an eye on Shan Fuping!" Zhong Tian felt uneasy; Shan Fuping was a destabilizing factor around him.

"it is good."

Zhongtian followed Lord Zhao to the palace to see His Majesty. His Majesty sat on the magnificent throne, and her bright yellow robes added to her majesty.

When she saw Zhongtian, her face darkened.

Zhongtian looked around. Beside His Majesty stood Master Li, who remained silent with her head down, as still as a statue before His Majesty.

Xia Lan and her mother knelt on the ground, shackled, but their gazes toward Zhong Tian held a sinister smile.

Enemies on all sides.

After Zhongtian bowed, she stood respectfully to the side. His Majesty looked at her and said, "Zhongqing, listen to what he has to say first!"

Xia's mother did not look up at Zhongtian, but spoke through tears.

"Your Majesty, I have truly failed to live up to your trust. I was simply too fond of Lan'er and momentarily blinded by greed. But I have come to a painful realization and wish to report that Lan'er's transaction with Zhong Tian was related to her cheating in the imperial examinations. We have been dealing with Zhong Tian all along!"

Nakata wanted to start cursing.

How could something so absurd happen to her? His Majesty would never believe such an obvious and flawed lie!

But unfortunately, Xia's mother was incredibly eloquent! She described the method and location of the transaction perfectly; she was naturally gifted with a silver tongue, and if Zhongtian hadn't been involved, he would have believed her!

Zhong Tian immediately knelt before His Majesty, raised his head and argued, "Your Majesty, Xia Lan and her daughter are just making baseless accusations when they are about to die. If I were the main culprit, would I have personally taken Your Majesty to the transaction? Wouldn't that have exposed us?"

Xia's mother looked up: "That's not necessarily true. As the saying goes, the darkest place is under the lamp. The most dangerous place is the safest place. If you take His Majesty there once, won't you clear yourself of suspicion as the main culprit?"

"Isn't it because of your cover that we haven't caught the main culprit yet?"

Zhongtian felt it was absurd that the Dali Temple was so inefficient that it had not found any clues so far, and the biggest suspect was actually Zhongtian!

Xia's mother continued aggressively: "Your Majesty, Zhong Tian has an academy with 12 students, and this year all of them passed the exam. A group of pedantic scholars who fail every year have all made it to the top this year. This is absolutely abnormal."

"Nakata has always been by His Majesty's side, and some people have seen him visiting various officials. It would be too easy for him to do something shady!"

There's nothing abnormal about this! Students produced by modern exam-oriented education are more likely to get high scores in exams. In addition, these people are naturally intelligent and hardworking. She just didn't want to see such a gem go to waste. Does that make her a sin?

She visited officials everywhere, all for His Majesty's sake!

"Your Majesty, I..." Zhongtian began to explain.

However, she was interrupted by Xia's mother's loud statement, and she said to His Majesty, "Your Majesty, this humble subject has evidence!"

"What evidence? Send it over immediately!"

What Xia's mother presented was an account book, which clearly recorded an income of 10,000 taels of gold two months ago!

Her Majesty's face grew increasingly gloomy. She slammed the heavy ledger down in front of Xia Muning and Zhong Tian: "Zhong Qing, take a look! And explain it to him."

When Zhongtian took a look, it was indeed her family's account book. The income and expenses were correct, except for an inexplicable extra 10,000 taels of gold.

Account books were quite important in ancient times, and they had always been in Mu Ning's possession. Why did they end up in Xia's mother's hands? Who betrayed her?

Xia's mother looked up at her: "Zhongtian, the evidence is conclusive, are you going to deny it?"

Zhongtian knelt on the ground, ready to explain the situation.

"Prime Minister Jiang has arrived!"

The Master's clear voice rang out, causing everyone to freeze in their tracks.

Prime Minister Jiang entered from outside, followed by Shan Fuping, a person who looked quite familiar to Zhong Tian.

Xia Muning paced anxiously outside the palace. His wife had been taken into the palace, and he couldn't enter the palace at all. To make matters worse, Shan Fuping had just been taken away by Prime Minister Jiang!

His wife told him to keep an eye on Shan Fuping, so he stayed by her side. Xia Muning saw through his ill intentions and made up her mind to order Shishu to force-feed him a bowl of mute medicine to stop his nonsense.

Unexpectedly, Prime Minister Jiang's men stormed into the Zhong residence and forcibly dragged Shan Fuping out.

Xia Muning looked at the guards at the palace gate, plotting his chances of entering the palace.

Suddenly, a carriage pulled up in front of him, and someone lifted the curtain and said, "Lord Xia, get in."

Xia Muning looked up and saw Le Xingxi.

……

"Your Majesty, I am Ye Qing's husband. I accuse Zhong Tian of being an accomplice in the plot to murder Prime Minister Jiang." Shan Fuping knelt on the ground, her body trembling with nervousness and fear as she came to the palace and met the supreme Emperor.

But he spoke very fluently, as if he had rehearsed it hundreds or thousands of times.

“I have evidence here. I have heard many times that they are plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Jiang. I can attest to this. There are blueprints for a repeating crossbow hidden in the Zhong residence. This is physical evidence!”

Shan Fuping glanced at Prime Minister Jiang: "Lord Jiang is a pillar of the nation. Although I am just a commoner, I know this principle."

Zhong Tian's strange gaze kept looking Shan Fuping up and down, but Shan Fuping looked at Zhong Tian without any remorse.

He naturally felt no remorse. He was like duckweed, homeless and adrift, a parasitic plant clinging to women for survival, and a prostitute, for prostitutes are all fickle.

With all of this combined, isn't it perfectly normal for him to betray Ye Qing?

When Ye Qing was alive, he and she were sweet and loving, and everything was wonderful. But now that Ye Qing is dead, does he have to be buried with her?

More than one person tried to tempt Shan Fuping, offering to buy his freedom, money, and freedom. Ye Qing, who was alive, hoped for his happiness more than once. She died, and he earned his own happiness. Ye Qing should be happy!

It's not his fault; Nakata has offended too many people, hasn't he?

Zhongtian's sharp gaze shot towards Shan Fuping.