I was kicked out of the house and became a princess.

As soon as Ying Meng finished speaking, the arguing ministers suddenly quieted down and knelt on the ground in fear.

"Ying'er is my daughter. If Ying'er wants the throne, what's wrong with me giving it to her? But have you forgotten what the Yuan Empire's surname is?"

Yingmeng stood up, walked down the steps with light lotus steps, and came in front of Guan Ting.

"Lord Guan, you have been against me since I announced Ying'er's identity nine years ago, and you have been causing trouble for her since then. If Ying'er hadn't interceded for you time and again, do you think your head would still be hanging around your neck now?"

Ying Meng raised her jade hand and gently patted Guan Ting's head. In an instant, a trickle of blood flowed from his head to his face.

"Ying'er is not in the temple today, so you'd better be careful, Mr. Guan."

"I thank Your Majesty for not killing me!"

Guan Ting panicked and wiped the blood flowing from his head on his face, not daring to let a drop of blood flow onto the floor of the main hall.

"I said I won't kill you?"

Ying Meng glanced at Guan Ting with some disdain.

!!!

All the military officials were also surprised. They didn't expect Ying Meng wanted to kill Guan Ting today.

"Your Majesty, Lord Guan is loyal to the empire. This time, he impeached His Highness for the sake of the empire. I hope Your Majesty will forgive him this time for the sake of Lord Guan's loyalty!"

Seeing that Ying Meng was really going to kill Guan Ting out of anger, all the civil officials stood up to plead for Guan Ting.

"Loyal? Humph, Lord Guan, do I need to continue to talk about your crimes?"

Ying Meng returned to the throne and sat back down, looking at the ministers with a teasing look in her eyes.

Amid the astonished and puzzled gazes of the ministers, Guan Ting knew that everyone in the Guan family would not escape death today. Although he had long known that Ying Meng allowed the Guan family to do whatever they wanted in order to confiscate their property in the future and bring in a considerable amount of income for the national treasury, he did not expect it to come so soon.

Seeing that Guan Ting remained silent, Ying Meng lost her patience and began to list Guan Ting's crimes one by one.

"Guan Ting, when Ying'er was ten years old, you attempted to replace Ying'er with your granddaughter Guan Mei, and instigated your servants in the Guan Mansion to assassinate Ying'er more than once in Kyoto. This is your first crime.

When Ying'er was ten years old, you instigated Guan Mei to get close to Ying'er in an attempt to lead Ying'er astray. After being discovered by Yu Nan, you still did not repent. This is your second crime.

After Ying'er came back from the trial, you tried to bribe the imperial chef in the imperial kitchen with thousands of Heavenly Spirit Pearls as a reward, intending to take advantage of Ying'er's weakness and assassinate her. This is your third crime!

The last crime is that your Guan Mansion condoned the buying and selling of subjects of the Dimension Empire, and made no less than hundreds of transactions with the mayors of dozens of cities in the Xinyan Empire. You even bribed the Purple Phoenix Army on the border to facilitate your Guan Mansion. This is the fourth crime.

Guan Ting, do you have any last words?"

After saying all this, Ying Meng looked jokingly at the civil officials who had just tried to plead for Guan Ting, and admired the incredulous looks they gave Guan Ting.

"Master Guan, you did all this?!"

"Master Guan, you..."

At this time, Guan Ting no longer cared about the anger in the eyes of the civil and military officials, and knelt numbly and powerlessly.

"This old minister deserves death. Guan Mei is still young and innocent. I beg Your Majesty to spare her life!"

The only thing Guan Ting can't let go of now is his granddaughter Guan Mei.

"Decree that Guan Ting's crimes are unforgivable, and he shall be punished for multiple crimes. His entire clan shall be executed, and all assets shall be confiscated and given to the national treasury. Anyone who shields him will be punished as well. The mastermind behind Guan Ting will be beheaded at the Meridian Gate today and his head will be hung on the city gate. Anyone who collects his body will have his entire clan executed."

Ying Meng was about to leave the court as soon as she finished speaking. She seemed to remember something and looked at the group of military officials who had been silent.

"Lord Duan."

"Chen is here!"

Duan Renci stood up and bowed, his brain working rapidly to think whether he had been in cahoots with Guan Ting.

"You will be the executioner."

Duan Renci was horrified. It was obvious that Guan Ting was being used to warn him!

"The minister obeys the order!"

Duan Renci did not dare to refuse and accepted the task.

"Retreat!"

From then on, except for the old man in the library, no one dared to mention the fact that Yingying appeared in the territory of Xinyan Empire with a mysterious force.

Xinyan Temple.

Imperial mausoleum.

Markbas was not present. In his opinion, he was not supposed to be Ma Xin's wife from the beginning. The rumor about the Crown Princess was also to allow Qiao Xiyue to stay with Ma Xin. After all, having the most talented woman in the Xinyan Empire accompany Ma Xin would be very good for his future reputation.

Ma Xin squatted in front of the tombstone and talked to Qiao Xiyue's photo, and from time to time he took out a handkerchief to wipe Qiao Xiyue's photo on the tombstone.

Luo Xi stared blankly at the words neatly engraved on the tombstone: "Tomb of Qiao Xiyue, the most talented woman in the Xinyan Empire", and felt inexplicably sad.

This title seemed to have been given to her by Markbass.

Recalling what Ying Lingxi and Ying Yueyu revealed to her about Ma Xin's past, Luo Xi did not directly agree to Mark Bass.

Will I marry him in the future?

Luo Xi shook her head. In her heart, she didn’t hate Ma Xin, but she didn’t have any good feelings towards him either.

"Miss Luo, His Majesty invites you."

The maid came over and bowed to Luo Xi.

"Wait a moment, I'll go talk to him."

Luo Xi nodded, walked to Ma Xin and said something to him. After the latter nodded, she followed the maid to the side hall.

"coming?"

Markbas had just brewed two cups of black tea when he saw Luo Xi walk in. He greeted her with a smile.

"Met Uncle Mark Bass."

Luo Xi bowed and saluted before sitting opposite Markbas.

"Luo Xi, uncle called you here today because he wants to ask you for help with something."

Markbas made a cup of black tea and handed it over.

"Uncle, you can say whatever you want."

Luo Xi took the tea and took a sip to warm his stomach.

"Uncle wants you and Ma Xin to attend Qiao Xiyue's memorial service tomorrow."

Markbas hesitated for a moment and then spoke out.

"sure."

Luo Xi thought about it and felt there was nothing strange about it, so he agreed.

"Thank you very much."

Markbas felt much better when he saw Luo Xi agreed.

"Uncle, what are you talking about? I accompanied Ma Xin in burying Qiao Xiyue, so I should attend the memorial service with him tomorrow."

Luo Xi smiled obediently.

Seeing Luo Xi's pure appearance, Markbass felt reluctant to plot against this little girl. However, for the future happiness of his son, he had to deceive this innocent little girl unscrupulously.

On the way back, Luo Xi happened to meet Ma Xin who was returning to his room.

"What did the emperor tell you?"

"Uncle asked me to attend the memorial service with you tomorrow."

Luo Xi was somewhat disapproving.

Ma Xin frowned, looked at the silly Luo Xi, and couldn't help feeling a little resentful towards Markbass.

"Where did you see him?"

"In the side hall."

"Come with me."

Ma Xin angrily pulled Luo Xi's little hand and walked towards the side hall.