Help! My pet supervillain has three personalities!

The emperor sat upright on the dragon throne, his scrutinizing gaze shifting back and forth between Murong Bai and Lin Fang, a half-smile playing on his lips: "Minister Murong, impeaching a minister is no small matter. Do you have any solid evidence?"

Murong Bai's voice stopped abruptly, and after a long while, his face flushed slightly as he said:

"Your Majesty, I... have no evidence."

He knew his actions were reckless, but the thought that the group of madmen from last night were actually ordinary people made him unable to wait any longer.

At least... if he could secure the opportunity to search the Prime Minister's residence, he could at least go there and find out what he was up to!

Thinking of this, he continued:

"Although I have no evidence, I have seen these things with my own eyes. Lin Fang, as an official of the court, has been arbitrarily detaining and killing civilians in private, and has even created some monsters that are neither human nor ghost. I am really afraid that he will create more of those things. I don't know how many people will die then!"

"Something that is neither human nor ghost?"

The emperor's eyes darkened. He stroked his chin, glanced at Murong Bai kneeling below, and then fixed his gaze on Lin Fang, who had remained calm and composed throughout.

"Prime Minister Lin, someone has impeached you right in front of me. Do you have anything to say?"

Upon hearing the emperor address him, Lin Fang calmly stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Murong is making baseless accusations. Don't you know my character?"

“As the Prime Minister of the Great Qi Kingdom, how could I possibly lay a hand on ordinary people? You must know that the people can carry a boat, but they can also capsize it. I have always been kind and friendly to the people. How could I possibly kill them at will? Moreover, Lord Murong has no evidence whatsoever. You cannot frame me based solely on his words.”

Upon hearing Lin Fang's words, Murong Bai couldn't help but sneer: "Lord Lin, even now, you still want to argue? I saw those things with my own eyes yesterday, and I still remember the bloodshot look in their eyes."

"is it?"

"But all of this is just your word. Where is the evidence?"

"Lord Murong, everything must be based on evidence..."

He turned to face Murong Bai, and apart from a slight mocking smile at the corner of his mouth, he maintained his indifferent demeanor, seemingly not taking the impeachment to heart at all.

Murong Bai couldn't stand his snobbish and petty behavior, and clenched his fists tightly.

He suddenly looked at the emperor:

"Your Majesty, I have witnesses!"

He originally didn't want Qu Qufei and the others to testify, after all, their mental state wasn't very good.

But now, judging from the situation, that won't work.

"Witnesses?"

Upon hearing Murong Bai's words, Lin Fang's lips immediately curved into a smile. "Speaking of which, Your Majesty, I also happen to have something to report."

"...Oh? What do you have to report now?" The emperor, seated above, looked at Lin Fang with a puzzled expression.

Although Murong Bai has not yet succeeded Murong Zhengqi as his successor, Murong Zhengqi is already old and his legs are not very convenient. Therefore, for the past year, he has been attending court and handling official business on Murong Zhengqi's behalf.

For the past year, he had done a good job with the tasks he assigned to Murong Bai. How come this time, the person impeaching him hadn't prepared a single document or piece of evidence? Moreover, the person he was impeaching was the head of the civil officials.

He never fights battles he's not confident of winning, and sure enough, Lin Fang seized the opportunity.

Lin Fang bowed and smiled: "Your Majesty, I suspect that Lord Murong is secretly contacting people from the martial arts world and is plotting something that cannot be told to others."

"...Do you have any evidence, Minister Lin?"

"Your Majesty can send people to search, and then you will know."

emperor:"……"

Although emperors value the art of checks and balances, aren't these two playing a trick on him?

Is this a fight between children...?

He looked at Murong Bai: "Is that so, my dear Minister Murong?"

The emperor then passed the buck back to Murong Bai.

Murong Bai frowned: "Your Majesty, I do not. I do have people from the martial arts world in my residence, but those people were rescued with me last night. They are the witnesses I mentioned. The information I have is all from them."

"Um……"

The emperor simply hummed in agreement and then fell silent.

Judging from the emperor's expression, Murong Bai knew that he probably didn't believe it, but the seed of doubt had certainly been planted, so it wasn't a complete defeat.

The court fell silent due to the confrontation between the two.

The two impeached each other, but neither could produce any evidence, and the situation remained deadlocked.

After a long while, the emperor finally spoke after careful consideration:

"Since neither of you has any evidence, then let the War King take charge of this matter. I will send the Imperial Guards to guard it temporarily. You two should not leave the manor until this matter is settled."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lin Fang gave Murong Bai a sarcastic smile, glanced at him, and then returned to his seat.

Murong Bai snorted coldly, flicked his sleeve, and returned to his position.

There was nothing else going on in the court, and even if there were, these two had made it all disappear.

So the emperor dismissed the court session.

The people in the court dispersed in a panic, and the emperor also left.

As for Zhao Kongchen, whom Murong Minglang mentioned was supposed to return in two days, he actually returned last night.

I spent the night in the palace and am now staying in the emperor's side hall.

Of course, only the emperor knew this news, but from the very beginning, the secret was no longer a secret.

The emperor, with a few strands of white hair on his head, returned to the side hall with his hands behind his back. His unpleasant expression changed subtly when he saw Zhao Kongchen leisurely drinking tea.

The voice sounded rather strained:

"You seem quite leisurely. I think you can be the emperor, and I'll take a break for a couple of days!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Kongchen immediately shook his head: "That won't do. Your Majesty, don't you know how much ink I have in my brain? If I were to become emperor, the Great Qi Kingdom would probably fall within half an hour."

"Your Majesty, you should just focus on being a good emperor. I'm a rough and uncultured person, so I'll have to rely on you for protection!"

"Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't survive a day!!!"

As Zhao Kongchen spoke, the emperor sat down beside the desk, twitching his mustache and chuckling. He seemed used to Zhao Kongchen's carefree attitude. He rested his chin on one hand and said:

"You, I just can't do anything with you!" His words revealed a general sense of tolerance.

"Alright, I have something for you to do. Are you going or not?"

"Your Majesty, I just got back and haven't even had a day of rest. You're already giving me work to do. Can't you let me rest for a couple of days?" Zhao Kongchen complained to the emperor, crossing his legs and pouting.

The emperor was a little embarrassed. He coughed twice before lowering his eyelids and saying, "Well... well, you just happened to be there. The capable should do more, so why don't you go?"