They were in charge of being beautiful, and she was in charge of taking the hits.

Chapter 239 Singing Double Act

Most people feel like they've had the worst luck imaginable!

When Wu Chengye said this, a large group of ministers behind him all knelt down.

Those were all people who originally stood with him or had some dealings with the Prime Minister.

They knew which was more important.

"Why are all of you kneeling?"

Who dares to answer that? If they say the wrong thing, they might be dragged out and beaten to death on the spot.

They all knelt tremblingly, their heads bowed to the ground.

"Does the Prime Minister have nothing to say?"

"I wonder if Your Highness has any evidence for what you've said?"

She remained completely at ease, and even seeing such a grand scene, she didn't seem to waver at all.

Wu Chengye gritted his teeth and crushed them.

Thinking that this old woman would remain unfazed even if Mount Tai collapsed before her, I really underestimated her.

"Evidence? Send people to investigate, and they'll naturally find out that those weapons haven't been transported far yet, right?"

Wu Ziyan was holding the jade tablet to the side, and the direction of the process was at least largely in accordance with his plan.

But no one expected to see such a dog-eat-dog scene in the imperial court.

Wu Chengye, having been instructed by someone, actually pointed out Sima Zongcheng in the palace!

Even if the Empress were to blame her, she would consider that she was her own daughter.

Confessing beforehand might lead to a different punishment, but at least the crime won't warrant the death penalty.

At this moment, Wu Chengling seemed to be going through a great internal struggle, and he suddenly knelt down on the ground.

Holding the memorial, the Empress glanced at the eunuch beside her and then went to retrieve it.

"Your Majesty, this is evidence that the Second Prince sent to me last night. She was afraid of something happening to her, so she entrusted it to me for safekeeping."

The above was actually a catalog of the weapons; although incomplete, it still served as evidence.

Wu Chengling kowtowed: "Your Highness was also deceived by Sima Zongcheng. I beg Your Majesty to investigate."

Everyone thought to themselves, "If they could see through this, it would be terrible."

The Empress glanced at the document and gently closed it. "I'm afraid the entire capital will need to be completely renovated."

"Is there any other evidence? Does the Prime Minister have anything else to say?"

"Your Majesty, I'll say it again: where is the evidence? I don't know why Your Highness would slander me. I do have some evidence that I would like to present to Your Majesty."

Wu Chengye's eyes widened. It seemed they were all cunning foxes; who hadn't held back a trick up their sleeve?

Those were the written agreements she had signed and the evidence of her copper and iron transactions.

Logically speaking, it should have been destroyed long ago, so how did it end up in Sima Zongcheng's hands again!

"This is His Highness the Second Prince's own handwriting. I urge all officials to take a look."

"This is the seal affixed by the Second Prince, this is proof of the transaction between the Second Prince and the prince of the Lilliputian Kingdom, and this is a secret letter between the Second Prince and the Little Rong Kingdom!"

The prime minister pulled out sheets of paper from his pocket, and they were indeed her handwriting and seal.

Alright, it seems that Sima Zongcheng had long anticipated that Wu Chengye was unreliable and left behind evidence!

"Your Majesty, I did not!"

But the empress didn't even glance at her; she simply ordered someone to bring the evidence from the prime minister's hands to her.

Her second daughter is such a fool!

Everyone in the court was holding their breath; it was as if you could hear a pin drop.

Wu Ziyan glanced at Wu Chengji. Clearly, neither of them had expected that the Prime Minister and Wu Chengye would turn on each other like dogs.

But their constant bickering won't lead to anything.

Wu Ziyan thought that once she entered the court, all the attacks would fall on her.

She felt it wasn't appropriate for her to interrupt; if she wanted to, she could only wait for the Empress to call on her.

Just as I was thinking this, some hot-headed minister, who was standing at the back and probably hadn't even seen what was going on, knelt down on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince should be under house arrest, and the First Prince has not yet found any evidence of the murder of the two Princes, Xiao Rong and Xiao Rong."

"If you can only listen to the Second Prince's word, how can you doubt the Prime Minister!"

Good! The person who spoke is undoubtedly a die-hard fan of Sima Zongcheng.

If someone can't even see this situation clearly, I don't know how they can hold an official position in the imperial court.

Did she think there would be a prime minister after today?

That gave Wu Ziyan a pretext to speak, and she calmly knelt down.

"Your Majesty, yesterday my house caught fire, and it was definitely not an accident."

"There was a reason for it. If I hadn't been lucky, I might only be seeing my corpse today."

First, explain the reason for this, then start crying and lamenting.

What a clever emotional appeal, but it was just a prelude, because she knew the Queen wouldn't fall for it.

"That's because my residence contains manuscripts detailing the Second Prince's collusion with the enemy."

"Of course, I fully believe that what the Second Prince said was that he was misled by Sima Zongcheng, which is why he made such a big mistake."

The situation was completely one-sided among the officials, so who dared to stand up and speak? They could only clench their sleeves tightly and dared not move.

"Even if the manuscript was destroyed in yesterday's fire, we can ask a scholar from the Hanlin Academy to authenticate the handwriting."

The ministers couldn't help but whisper among themselves. Look at me.

Let me see you communicating with your eyes: [What's going on here?]

I know there's something fishy going on here, so we'd better keep our heads down and not get called out on us!

Wu Chengye looked up and glanced sideways at Wu Ziyan beside him. How come she didn't die in the fire yesterday?

Moreover, the manuscript was still well preserved, and the news that came back said that not a single person had died!

She smiled slightly at Wu Chengye, as if to say, "I'm not dead, I'm sorry to disappoint you!"

"The manuscript is in this box. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

You're just an empty box; the real thing is already in the Queen's hands.

She already knew what was going to happen, but she just wanted to see how they would argue in court.

We still have to make a show of it and present the box.

Wu Chengye's hands were clenched so tightly that her nails dug into her flesh, but she herself was completely unaware of it.

The Prime Minister's brows finally relaxed a little; he hadn't expected that such a huge fire hadn't ruined his hand.

It was a real miscalculation, but I was already planning to just go all out today anyway.

There's also a hidden team in the city. Even if they can't cause any trouble, they can at least escape alive.

She refused to believe she couldn't make a comeback.

Wu Ziyan stood up again. The Empress hadn't spoken yet, but she didn't seem to blame her.

"Your Majesty, I have another matter to report."

"Ah."

"Actually, the two princes of Xiaorong Kingdom did not die. They faked their deaths to help them escape from harm."

The Empress was not surprised, because she was currently putting on a show with Wu Ziyan.

The purpose of this play was simply to let the ministers in the court know these facts.

The people below stared at Wu Ziyan in shock.

Many people clearly saw Qi Zeyun vomit blood at the banquet that day!