First annul the engagement, then sever ties with the empress; the empress reigns supreme.

Feng Yang rushed to Feng Wu, stretched out his hands, and grabbed Feng Wu's neck tightly.

"Qin Fengwu, why did you poison me? Didn't you love me the most? If you wanted to marry into the Sheng Kingdom through a political alliance, you could have just told me. I would have given it to you. Why did you have to use me?"

"Didn't you swear a solemn oath before Mother that you would take care of me for the rest of your life? Were all of that false? Then tell me, what is true?"

Fengyang was hysterical, not like a princess at all, but rather like a pitiful abandoned woman who had been wronged and wanted to seek justice for herself.

Feng Wu's eyes rolled back as she was being pinched, and she had difficulty breathing.

But she dared not push Fengyang away with her hands, because she was using both hands to cover her chest. If she moved her hands away, her private parts would be exposed.

When Feng Yang burst in, Feng Wu saw Emperor Sheng at the door and a group of people behind him. Her head, which was no longer foggy, suddenly remembered that these were witnesses that the Empress Dowager had deliberately brought in to catch them in the act of adultery.

As a princess, although she could drug men and submit to them, she simply couldn't bring herself to be naked in front of so many people.

She still has her own pride.

We can't just do nothing and watch helplessly as the two princesses of Qin fight each other in front of us, with one princess strangling the other to death.

With a gloomy face, Emperor Sheng turned his back first, refusing to look at the filthy scene of spring in the warm pavilion, and sternly ordered the palace maids waiting to the side.

"Hurry up and pull Princess Fengyang and Princess Fengwu apart!"

After giving his instructions, Emperor Sheng turned and walked back towards the banquet hall in the Imperial Garden.

The Empress Dowager turned around and left, unable to resist giving Mu Lingye a resentful glare.

Mu Lingye remained expressionless as his gaze met that of the meek palace maid behind him, who was holding the clothes.

The palace maid looked up and smiled at Mu Lingye; her bright and beautiful appearance was exactly like Gu Junxi.

When Gu Junxi brought the clothes to Feng Wu in the warm pavilion, Feng Wu and Feng Yang had already been separated.

After getting dressed, Feng Wu, along with Feng Yang and Mu Lingche, went to the banquet hall in the Imperial Garden.

Feng Yang, Feng Wu, and Mu Lingche stood in the center of the banquet hall and bowed to Emperor Sheng together.

Emperor Sheng frowned as he looked at the three people standing side by side in front of him. His face was extremely ugly, exuding an imposing aura without anger.

"Of the three of you, which one can tell me what exactly is going on?"

Mu Lingche's gaze met that of Mu Lingye, who stood quietly to the side, seemingly watching a show, before they looked away in perfect unison.

The fact that Mu Lingche and Feng Wu had physical intimacy was entirely facilitated by Mu Lingye.

When Feng Wu's clothes suddenly got dirty, the Empress Dowager hesitated to speak, and Mu Lingye had already vaguely guessed what was going on.

He decided to play along and offered to change clothes with Feng Wu. As soon as they entered the warm room, they smelled a strange fragrance and became wary.

Then Feng Wu's expression changed, and she approached Mu Lingye with seductive eyes. Mu Lingye decisively knocked Feng Wu unconscious, and lit a sleeping potion in the warm pavilion before leaving.

Mu Lingye was born in the palace and experienced countless near-death experiences in the Yan Kingdom, so it was impossible for him to be completely ignorant. As for the sleeping incense he carried with him, it was all prepared for him by Gu Junxi.

Mu Lingye left the warm pavilion, intending to just find a guard and throw him with Feng Wu, but he didn't expect to run into Mu Lingche.

To shut Mu Lingche up, Mu Lingye had no choice but to make a deal with him, giving Feng Wu to Mu Lingche.

Mu Lingye had no interest in Feng Wu. A marriage alliance between two countries always needed someone to step forward, and it was better for Mu Lingche to benefit than for Mu Lingxuan to benefit.

The things Mu Lingche said to Feng Wu in the warm pavilion were also pre-arranged with Mu Lingye, deliberately eliciting Feng Wu's words; otherwise, such a coincidence would not have occurred.

When questioned by the Emperor, Mu Lingche was innocent and honest, insisting that he had only mistakenly entered the warm pavilion and was then forcibly embraced by Feng Wu. He couldn't resist the temptation and thus had physical intimacy with Feng Wu.

Mu Lingche bowed to Emperor Sheng: "Father, this was my impulsive act. If Princess Fengwu is willing, I can take responsibility for her!"

Feng Wu didn't want Mu Lingche to take responsibility, but the matter had already become common knowledge, and she couldn't let him get away with it. Helplessly, Feng Wu closed her eyes.

Emperor Sheng did not want to marry Feng Wu to Mu Lingche, but he had no choice at this time.

Emperor Sheng looked at Feng Wu: "Princess Feng Wu, what do you have to say about this?"

Feng Wu glanced at the Empress Dowager, whose face was gloomy, and after weighing the pros and cons, she bowed gently to Emperor Sheng: "I will follow Emperor Sheng's arrangements."

Seeing that Feng Wu had no objection, Emperor Sheng then looked at the head of the Qin delegation.

"Alright. This matter is settled then. Lord Zhu, if you have no other objections, I will have the Ministry of Rites discuss the marriage between Princess Fengwu and the Sixth Prince with you."

Lord Zhu realized that things had deviated from their original plan.

However, Princess Fengwu had already caused a scandal, so at this point, the only option was to quell the matter as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, a princess who has already lost her chastity would be of no value even if brought back to Qin.

Lord Zhu stepped forward to pay his respects, realizing at this moment that he was already inferior to the Emperor of Sheng: "I have no other opinions, I will follow the Emperor's arrangements."

Emperor Sheng disliked the little incident that had occurred today, but Feng Wu and the Qin Kingdom's sensible behavior made him feel much better: "Since the matter has been resolved, let's leave it at that. The banquet ends here today."

After Emperor Sheng finished speaking, he stood up, and Consort Li followed suit, helping him to leave.

Among the three standing side by side, Feng Yang, who hadn't spoken yet, seemed to have been forgotten.

Feng Yang hung his head, seemingly lost in thought, and the excitement he had felt earlier when he was determined to seek justice for himself had vanished.

Feng Yang could remember her sisterly bond, keeping quiet about the matter and letting the fact that Feng Wu had poisoned her, which was a case of the thief calling the thief a thief, slide by. But Gu Junxi could not do that.

Because Gu Junxi is also burdened with the crime of being jealous and plotting to harm the Qin princess.

Gu Junxi, dressed as a palace maid, silently followed to the Imperial Garden. She raised her head and met Mu Lingye's gaze from afar.

At this moment, their hearts seemed to be very close. Without any words, they tacitly agreed that Emperor Sheng had not forgotten about Feng Yang being poisoned, but rather was deliberately trying to make things difficult for them.

Since Emperor Sheng and Fengyang are not mentioning it, they can only rely on themselves to clear their names.

Gu Junxi took a step forward, about to speak.

Mu Lingye quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Father, the matter of Princess Fengyang's poisoning has not yet been resolved. Just now in the warm pavilion, Princess Fengwu personally admitted to my sixth brother that all of this was her scheme. This scheme should include Princess Fengyang's poisoning, right? Otherwise, Princess Fengyang wouldn't be so agitated. I beg Father to give my Crown Princess justice!"

Seeing that Mu Lingye had already spoken up for her, Gu Junxi could only silently move her outstretched foot back, thinking she should wait and see how things developed.

"Princess Fengyang, what do you have to say about the poisoning? I know you just woke up from the poisoning and your mind may not be clear. If you are tired, you can go back to the post station to rest earlier."

Emperor Sheng wanted to make things difficult for Mu Lingye, but with the Qin envoys present, he couldn't go too far.

Since Mu Lingye had spoken, he responded, but looked at Feng Yang with a very unpleasant tone.

His expression and tone were also a signal to Feng Yang that if Feng Yang was willing to turn back and unite with Feng Wu against the outside world, insisting that Gu Junxi was the one who poisoned him, he would go along with it.