Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 85 Love Gu
The people below lowered their heads one after another, and no one dared to bear the emperor's wrath.

"No one wants to say it?" Xiao Mingyi said coldly, "Then I will ask them one by one today!"

Everyone gasped.

They knew that Tang Mingzhi had become a favorite in His Majesty's eyes because of the Dengyun Heroes Conference.

But everyone thought that His Majesty would avoid such an unlucky thing.

Unexpectedly, this would cause the Emperor to become so angry. Seeing His Majesty's current state, this matter must be thoroughly investigated and the truth must be revealed.

"Yu Ren, since you proposed it, I will give you a chance. Report the name of the rumormonger. Slandering and slandering others in front of the emperor is considered a crime of deceiving the emperor. If we cannot find the source today, you will bear the responsibility for this crime."

Yu Ren lowered his head tremblingly, and lost all his confidence: "I also heard others talking about it at a banquet, and I don't know where the rumor came from."

"List the names of the people who will be attending the banquet!" Xiao Mingyi did not give up. "Eunuch Zhang, do as he said and invite them one by one to kneel down in the main hall. When someone reveals the source of the rumor, let them go!"

"Whoo."

Eunuch Zhang received the order and brought two eunuchs to Yu Ren.

Under the gaze of countless people and under great pressure, Yu Ren called out a bunch of people's names.

After the eunuch finished writing, Eunuch Zhang took his people away.

The hall fell silent, and everyone became increasingly uneasy.

Concubine Yan had a calm expression. The Yu family had offended the emperor, which shifted the focus of discussion, but it had nothing to do with their Yan family.

She then spoke at the right time, "Your Majesty, Xier is also a victim in this matter, and you still need to make the decision on this matter."

Xiao Mingyi's gaze swept across Concubine Yan and fell on Yan Xier, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

"Victims?" he said emotionlessly.

Concubine Yan probably realized something was wrong and her expression suddenly changed.

She grabbed the sleeve of her third sister Yan Xier, and they both knelt on the ground.

"Yu Ren, you just said that your body was extremely hot that day and you pounced on Yan Xier uncontrollably?" Xiao Mingyi asked.

Yu Ren finally raised his head, "Yes, Your Majesty, I am willing to guarantee it with my life!"

Everyone was confused about what His Majesty meant by this, and while they were trying to guess what he was thinking, they saw him looking into the distance and giving an order: "Present it."

"Yes!"

The two people who had been waiting at the entrance of the hall responded and walked in with plates.

There was a package wrapped in brocade on the plate. When the two men came closer, everyone came over to take a look.

The brocade cloth was half lifted, revealing a pile of white powdery substance inside.

"Yan Xier, do you want to say it yourself, or do you want me to say it for you?" Xiao Mingyi's expression was stern, and even Pei Nai almost shivered when he saw it.

The irresistible majesty between his brows now made Pei Nai feel terrified.

When Yan Xier saw the powder, she just kept shaking her head in panic.

Her lips were trembling, and the tears from her recent crying were stained on her eyelashes as long as feathers, and her eyes were full of panic.

Perhaps she didn't expect that the truth would be exposed so quickly.

Seeing that she remained silent, Xiao Mingyi's eyes became colder. "Come here, Miss Yan is unwilling to talk about it. Maybe she needs to taste it herself before she can remember it. Please help her."

As soon as he finished speaking, five imperial guards came forward on both sides and walked straight towards Yan Xier. The people of the Yan family subconsciously wanted to protect her, but were ruthlessly pushed away by the imperial guards.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you," Yan Xier kept sobbing because she was too scared, "It was the lead of the love poison. I added it to the wine I served to Master Yu."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

Yu Ren, who had been keeping his head down, could hardly believe it at this moment.

His face was a little ferocious, "The reason why I can't control myself is because of you?!"

Old Master Yan was so angry that he was shaking. He picked up his crutch, pushed away the person who was supporting him, and hit Yan Xier's back hard with the crutch in frustration.

"Who gave you that thing?!" Old Master Yan said angrily.

As the pain in her back came, Yan Xier's tears suddenly burst out like a spring.

"It was Jiang Qingyue and Jin Ling'er. They knew that I loved Master Yu, so they gave me this packet of medicine and a poisonous insect, and told me that as long as I fed the poisonous insect with blood for three consecutive days and put the medicine in Master Yu's wine, after he drank the wine, I would get close to him, and the poisonous insect would drill into his body. But..."

Yan Xier paused and stammered, "I only injected half of the medicine and then someone came. I didn't expect that Master Yu would pounce on me after taking the medicine. After I was rescued, the Gu-Gu worm disappeared."

"This is nonsense! Your Majesty, Qingyue has never been involved in such witchcraft. Please be careful!" Jiang Yueteng never thought that this matter would implicate himself, and even his daughter became the mastermind in the words of others.

Concubine Yan said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Xi'er has always been innocent and kind. She must have been bewitched by someone!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this absurd thing must have been done by an outsider!" The people of the Yan family said one after another.

Xiao Mingyi watched everyone arguing quietly, and suddenly raised his hand.

The quarreling stopped completely and the hall became quiet instantly.

He said to Yan Xier, "This medicine has been tested and it is just a strong love potion. I think the poisonous insect is just an ordinary larva."

There was regret and disbelief in Yan Xier's eyes, and her eyes were even red because of excessive emotional suppression.

"Go and bring over the two people she just mentioned!" Xiao Mingyi stood up, "The others stay here, Tang Mingzhi, Prince Guangping, and Princess Chenzhao come with me."

Pei Nai didn't expect that he thought he was going to deal with Yixi's marriage, but he was involved in a farce.

I don’t know how long it will take to bring the person in for retrial.

She was just looking for an opportunity to leave.

After they entered the back hall, Xiao Mingyi asked Prince Guangping and Yixi what they thought.

He roughly understood that in this matter, the Guangping Palace only wanted an explanation and to cancel the engagement cleanly.

Pei Nai also wanted to leave the capital and head to the frontier without any regrets.

The rumors about her affected Yixi, and she also wanted to do something to make up for her mistake.

She greeted Xiao Mingyi and took Yixi to a courtyard outside where no one would disturb her.

Here, Pei Nai asks Yi Xi.

If she were to end her engagement with Yu Ren completely and just follow her own heart, who would be her ideal husband?

Pei Nai waited for her answer, and prepared to take this person's name and ask Xiao Mingyi to arrange a marriage for them.

But she didn't expect that what she got was an answer that she could never have thought of before.

(End of this chapter)