The male lead went insane after the female supporting character gave birth to the main villain'

While Su Yan remained silent, the others, under Qin Yang's signal, stepped forward one by one and fabricated stories about what unforgivable evil deeds Qin Yan had committed for Su Yan.

Finally, they exclaimed with righteous indignation, "That tyrant who persecuted loyal officials deserves to go to hell!"

"That's right, Princess Chang Le, you must avenge Duke Su and His Highness the Prince of War, and clear the names of the other loyal ministers, generals, and innocent people!"

"Yes, Princess, that tyrant is the culprit who killed your whole family. You must not let him get away with this!"

"Chang Le, your subordinates, on behalf of Your Highness the War King and your fellow disciples, beg you to join the Prince of Chang'an in eliminating that tyrant, to redress the grievances of the Duke of Su, Your Highness the War King, and the loyal ministers and generals who died unjustly, and to restore peace and order to the world!"

Seeing Su Yan trembling with anger, her eyes red, staring intently at the note.

Qin Yang thought she had completely believed what they said, so he stepped forward, put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, and assured those people: "Rest assured, everyone, I and Princess Chang Le will definitely get rid of that tyrant, restore justice to the Duke of Su and the Prince of Zhan, and restore a bright and clear world to the world!"

Before the righteous voice had even finished speaking, the door was suddenly kicked open, and two teams of soldiers wielding long swords and shields rushed in, intending to surround Qin Yang and the others.

Qin Yang froze for a moment, then subconsciously reached out to grab Su Yan's wrist, trying to pull her away. "We've been exposed! Run!"

But Su Yan had already retreated, and Qin Yang's outstretched hand missed.

Upon seeing this, his pupils contracted sharply, and he looked at Su Yan in disbelief, "Chang Le, are you lying to me?"

Seeing that the soldiers were about to reach Su Yan, Qin Yang grabbed her with red eyes before she could answer, trying to use her to threaten Qin Yan into letting him leave.

Just as he leaped in front of Su Yan and was about to grab her, he suddenly lost all his strength and fell to the ground, watching helplessly as Su Yan retreated among the soldiers.

Soldiers rushed into the hall from both sides of Su Yan, surrounding Qin Yang and all the so-called witnesses.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Yan, exuding a chilling aura, and Su Zhan, who had already perished in the fire and whose body was nowhere to be found, strode in from outside the door.

After Qin Yan entered, he didn't give Qin Yang a single glance, but instead stared straight at Su Yan, whose face was calm and composed.

He walked straight to her side, stretched out his long arm, and pulled her into his arms. He looked down and asked anxiously, "Yan'er, are you hurt?"

"No, Your Majesty arrived just in time!" Su Yan replied obediently and meekly, tilting her head back.

Qin Yan's face was still dark. He warned, "This is the first and the last time. If Yan'er dares to have any more thoughts of risking her life, I will lock her on the dragon bed in the palace and not let her step out of bed!"

"Ahem! Your Majesty, dealing with the Prince of Chang'an is the most important thing right now." Su Zhan heard Qin Yan's lewd words and, thinking of the many ministers who had followed outside the door, quickly spoke up to divert Qin Yan's attention for the sake of his younger sister's reputation.

Su Yan smiled ingratiatingly at Qin Yan and whispered, "Your Majesty, I promise I will never put myself in danger again. Your Majesty, please deal with the matter at hand first, and we can reprimand you when we return to the palace."

"Hmm, I'll punish you properly when we get back to the palace!" Qin Yan whispered a suggestive and dangerous hint in her ear.

Then he took off his cloak and draped it over Su Yan, whose face was full of shame and anger, before walking up to Qin Yang and looking down at him, "Someone come here!"

"Your subject is here!" The commander of the guards stepped forward and bowed.

"Take this traitor back to Kunjing and imprison him in the Ministry of Justice's Heavenly Prison. Deploy heavy guards to watch over him. Without my decree, no one is allowed to enter the Heavenly Prison to visit this traitor!"

"I obey!"

With a wave of his hand, the commander of the guards sent four tall and burly soldiers forward who grabbed Qin Yang by the hands and feet and carried him away like a pig.

Those whom Qin Yang had arranged to give false testimony were all taken away by the soldiers.

The ministers who had followed outside the door had already obtained some witnesses and evidence from Qin Yan, and had just overheard the Prince of Chang'an's words about plotting to harm His Majesty. Seeing him being carried by the soldiers like that, no one spoke up to plead for him.

When his scheme was exposed and he knew he was doomed, Qin Yang's biggest concern was Su Yan's deception of him.

He really wanted to ask her if their friendship was also fake.

But he didn't know what drug he had been given, and he had no strength at all, not even the strength to speak.

Before being taken away, he strained to look at her, trying to see if there was even a trace of guilt or apology on her face.

But what he saw was her nestled in Qin Yan's arms with a look of dependence on him, without ever glancing at him once from beginning to end!

It turns out... the only person who truly fell in love was himself...

After Qin Yang was imprisoned, Qin Yan released various compelling pieces of evidence to prove that Qin Yang had been plotting to seize the throne for more than a decade, causing the deaths of many loyal ministers and generals.

Based on Qin Yang's correspondence with many aristocratic families, transaction ledgers, witnesses, and so on, they planned to confiscate the property and imprison the five large aristocratic families that had been passed down for hundreds of years, as well as many smaller aristocratic families.

Those powerful families naturally refused to surrender and wanted to unite in rebellion.

However, Qin Yan had already arranged for people to infiltrate their private army when he discovered their conspiracy with Qin Yang.

With Su Yan's help, they obtained a lot of undetectable poisons from the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons and fed them to the noble families and private soldiers.

When they were about to unite in rebellion, Qin Yan ordered his men to ignite a poisoned cauldron. The private soldiers and the noble families were all poisoned and collapsed, unable to resist.

Qin Yan actually wanted to fight them head-on and defeat them, so that those noble families and the people of the world could see one thing clearly: no one could shake his throne.

Qin Yan was worried that those powerful families would rather ruin their foundations than leave them to him, so he agreed to Su Yan's suggestion and won against those families using such underhanded means.

When it came time to take stock of the loot from the raided homes, Qin Yan was both relieved to have won through such means and furious at the deep-rooted foundations of the powerful families, and also fearful that they might actually want to destroy those foundations after the defeat.

From those aristocratic families, the soldiers seized a large amount of wealth and food, which, when converted into silver, amounted to a total of ninety million taels!

This immediately filled the not-so-wealthy national treasury.

In addition, the grain stored by those aristocratic families totaled more than four million shi!

What is this concept?

The Great Zhou Dynasty has only been established for thirteen years. After these thirteen years of recuperation, the total grain output of the Great Zhou last year was only ten million shi.

Currently, the grain stored by the five major families and many minor families alone exceeds four million shi, which accounts for almost half of the total grain of the entire Great Zhou!

This is only half of the grain stored by the aristocratic families in the Great Zhou Dynasty. How much grain did the other half of the aristocratic families, who did not conspire with Qin Yang, possess?

Upon learning this number, Qin Yan was so enraged that he overturned the table, scattering ink, brushes, inkstones, paperweights, and memorials all over the floor.

"These powerful families are poisonous insects of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they should all be wiped out of the Great Zhou's territory!"

Even knowing that these powerful families were buying up grain because they were planning a rebellion, he has only managed to seize four million shi of grain so far.

The remaining half of the aristocratic families who did not participate in this matter certainly did not have that much grain stored up.

However, Qin Yan still regarded the remaining aristocratic families as thorns in his side and wished he could get rid of them as soon as possible!