The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

Unable to convince her, he had no choice but to place his hope on Lu Shian again, kneeling at his feet in grief.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you believe in me, right? I am loyal to you and will never rebel! I beg Your Majesty to make up for me and give me a clean name!"

Lu Shian didn't say anything. His fair face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and his eyes were like ice balls, emitting cold light.

He had already guessed the general idea, but he was completely confused.

What happened to Qing'er? Why did she become so cruel that she would do such a cruel thing to her own father?

Xia Younan sighed faintly, pretending to be helpless and said, "Dad, I want to believe you, but the emperor just said that if someone reports you, your house must be searched, and only after the search can you be cleared of all charges.

"Why not let the servants search your Prime Minister's Mansion? That way, we can figure out the right and wrong."

"You agree, don't you? Your Majesty?"

Lu Shian looked at her and knew that he was in a difficult situation.

Only then did he realize that he had fallen into her trap without realizing it.

Those words have already been said, but now the person being reported has become his uncle. With so many eyes watching, how can he be treated differently?

When did his Qing'er become so cunning?

The ministers also chimed in, stepping forward to the audience and saying, "Your Majesty, what the princess said makes sense. If the prince's mansion can be searched, can't the prime minister's mansion be searched? If Prime Minister Ye has nothing to hide, he will definitely not be afraid of a house search."

His words were met with a chorus of responses: "Yes, Your Majesty, as the current emperor, you cannot be unfair."

Lu Shian still didn't say anything, and his frown didn't relax for a long time.

He had not expected things to develop like this. Judging from Qing'er's expression, she was afraid that she had done something in the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she dared to make such a scene.

If the city defense map was really found, how would he end it? If he didn't search, it would be even more unreasonable with all the civil and military officials present.

While he was silent, someone kept urging him.

He couldn't bear the pressure after all, he sighed deeply, waved his hand, and said: "Go, search the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Yes." The royal guards nearby immediately took the order and set off.

Xia Younan followed suit and said to Su Yu, "Go, bring some people to follow. There is strength in numbers. The emperor doesn't have enough people."

She had to get someone to follow her closely to prevent someone from abusing their power and bending the law, after all, those two people were in the same group.

"Yes, sir." Su Yu clasped his fists and went happily.

Lu Shian was so angry that his liver hurt. This damn girl said nice things, but it was obvious that she was sending people to monitor him because she was afraid that he would be partial to her!

Ye Baijiang gnashed his teeth and shouted at Xia Younan angrily: "Search if you want. I have done nothing wrong and I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on my door. If you can't find anything, please kneel down and apologize to me, Princess."

Xia Younan glanced at him disdainfully and said, "Don't speak too early. Be careful not to bite your tongue."

Another hour passed, and lunch was ready. Xia Younan ordered people to set up several banquet tables in the back garden and invited everyone to eat and drink.

Lu Shian and Ye Baijiang felt like a stone was pressing on their hearts. Their expressions never relaxed from beginning to end, and they didn't even move their chopsticks.

Xia Younan, however, was extremely enthusiastic. He poured wine and served food to the officials, saying polite words one after another, which made two officials so angry that they fumed but did not dare to get angry.

Finally, everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, and the people who had gone to search the prime minister's residence also returned in a mighty manner.

The leading imperial guard knelt on the ground and held up a folded paper with both hands, "Reporting to the emperor and the others, search the study of the prime minister's residence and find the city defense map."

These words came like thunder out of the blue, instantly shocking all the people who were sitting there. They were all stunned, shocked and angry.

"This... this is impossible!" Ye Baijiang's face was pale, he stood unsteadily and took several steps back. If it weren't for his followers supporting him, he would have probably fallen down.

Impossible! Impossible! How could this happen? Where did the city defense map come from? He had never seen a city defense map before! What was going on?

Xia Younan remained calm, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and asked slowly: "Dad, I said I saw it in your study, and you said I falsely accused you, now you have nothing to say, right?

"This was searched by the emperor's people, so it can't be fake."

"Impossible, impossible, this can't be the city defense map!" Ye Baijiang shook his head tremblingly, stepped forward and snatched the city defense map and spread it on the table.

However, the map was crystal clear, and every mark had a hidden purpose. If it wasn't the city defense map, what else could it be?

Seeing this, Lu Shian closed his eyes, his heart filled with despair.

Sure enough, his guess was correct. This city defense map was clearly the one he gave to Lu Xiuyuan, and it was drawn by him personally.

Ye Shiqing, what on earth do you want to do?

"Ye Baijiang!" The officials were furious when they saw the picture and pointed at him and cursed him.

"How dare you, as a prime minister, plot a rebellion! The emperor is your nephew, and he has treated you well. Yet you still want to take over his kingdom. You are simply disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust!"

"You traitor, you are so bold that you are plotting a rebellion and even falsely accusing the prince in advance. You are so despicable and shameless that you deserve to be killed!"

The officials scolded Ye Baijiang one after another, making him dizzy and frightened, and his soul was scared out of his wits.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"

Lu Shian became his last hope. He knelt at his feet, wanting to cry but unable to, "Your Majesty, you believe in me, right? I absolutely have no intention of rebelling!

"I really don't know what's going on. I've never seen a city defense map."

Lu Shian sighed, bent down and helped him up, thinking quickly of ways to deal with the situation.

My uncle had no intention of rebelling. It was he who picked up the stone, but it accidentally hit his own foot. I cannot let my uncle suffer in vain.

But the city defense map was indeed found in his study. What should he do in public?

The officials were not happy and angrily accused: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Why did you support Ye Baijiang? He secretly hid the city defense map and he was planning a rebellion!"

Lu Shian pondered for a moment, forced a smile, and said, "I just remembered that you may have misunderstood.

"This city defense map... I know this city defense map. I gave it to the Prime Minister for safekeeping. He may have forgotten it over time. It can't be considered private collection. Do you think it's your uncle's?"

Ye Baijiang was stunned, and then realized that the emperor wanted to help him. He immediately nodded desperately, "Yes, yes, yes, I was confused. I only remembered it after the emperor mentioned it. This city defense map was indeed given to me by the emperor for safekeeping. It doesn't count as a private collection, it doesn't count!"

"Heh..." Xia Younan chuckled, thinking that Lu Shian was really desperate and could come up with such a ridiculous excuse.

Since he can think about it, she can also dismantle it.

"Your Majesty, why did you draw the city defense map? My father is a civil servant, why did you give the city defense map to him for safekeeping? Can't the palace keep it?"

She looked directly into Lu Shian's eyes and asked aggressively.