After conquering seven male favorites, the vicious heroine wants to run away

Chapter 147 Conviction
The men were shocked. Qinghe knelt down and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, the princess's departure from the arena was due to my failure to protect her. I am willing to bear all the punishment."

Yu Changfeng: "I beg Your Majesty to show leniency. The princess's departure from the competition had its reasons. I beg Your Majesty to investigate the cause before making a decision."

The crowd chorused to plead, "Your Majesty, please investigate the cause before making a decision."

The emperor ignored them and instead looked at Shi Nuanyu.

"My son, the court officials all say that there is a reason for your withdrawal from the competition. Tell me, what is that reason?"

Shi Nuanyu pondered for a moment, "Father, when my team and I arrived at the halfway point to capture the flag, Princess Xiangfang surrounded us with more than a dozen assassins."

During the battle with the assassins, I accidentally fell off a cliff. My husband saved me in the nick of time, thus saving my life.

She deliberately concealed why she fell off the cliff and who saved her. She had a premonition that her father already knew the whole story, and that revealing the details now might implicate more people.

With each word Shi Nuanyu spoke, the face of Prince Anchang on the stage turned paler.

The officials and students present, unaware of the situation, dared not even breathe when they heard about this momentous event.

The emperor grabbed a teacup and smashed it heavily on the head of Prince Anchang. "Prince Anchang, how dare you!"

If he had been law-abiding, he could have lived a long and worry-free life, but instead, he came to provoke him.

"Men, seize Prince Anchang!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am innocent!" Prince Anchang knelt on the ground, "I knew nothing of the evil deeds committed by that wretched girl. I beg Your Majesty to restore my innocence."

“Your Majesty,” the Grand Tutor said solemnly, “It is the father’s fault if the son is not taught properly. Prince Anchang’s indulgence of Princess Xiangfang’s plot to murder the royal family is a grave offense. I implore Your Majesty to punish him severely.”

Everyone knows that murdering a member of the royal family is a capital crime punishable by execution of the entire family. Whether he condoned it or was the mastermind, the crime is already a foregone conclusion, and Prince Anchang cannot escape such a serious crime.

Upon seeing this, Shi Nuanyu immediately understood her father's intention: he wanted to convict Prince Anchang on the spot.

However, there is currently insufficient evidence. Princess Xiangfang's assassination attempt was her own crime, and we must find evidence of the crimes committed by Prince Anchang.

Today's events are more complicated than she imagined.

"My son, come up here."

The emperor waved for the Grand Tutor to step down, then summoned Shi Nuanyu to come forward.

Shi Nuanyu calmly walked to the chair next to the Emperor and Empress and sat down.

"My son, what do you think should be done with Prince Anchang?"

This means we're leaving the matter to her to handle.

Just as Shi Nuanyu was about to stand up and pay her respects, the emperor gestured for her to sit down with his eyes. He then glanced at Fusheng, who understood and came over with a medicine box to take her pulse.

“Father, when I went to Peicheng with Qinghe, I accidentally discovered something related to the Prince of Anchang at the Li family’s residence. The Imperial Advisor knows the most about this matter.”

Qinghe quickly replied, "Your Majesty, I found three account books in the Li family. The account books record in detail the source of the silver, and the last entry for the source of the silver is the Prince of Anchang's Mansion."

He presented the prepared account books and evidence to the head steward, Eunuch Liu.

"Following this clue, I discovered that the Li family had been secretly forging weapons in the long-destroyed Li Family Village, and the weapons ended up in the Eastern Chen Kingdom."

"The destruction of the Ji family, Li family village, and Hua family overnight was all caused by Prince Anchang, and the Hua family's orphan is waiting outside."

When Shi Nuanyu saw a clear flicker of emotion in Qinghe's eyes when he mentioned the Ji family, she wondered what the relationship was between the Ji family and Qinghe.
Manufacturing weapons privately and exchanging letters with the Dongchen Kingdom are serious crimes of treason.

The emperor quickly glanced at the letters and account books and flew into a rage. "Very well, very well! The evidence is here. How else do you intend to argue?"

Prince Anchang looked terrified and was about to cry out for justice when he was stopped by the emperor's cold gaze.

Shi Nuanyu said seriously, "Let the orphan of the Hua family come forward to testify."

The last surviving member of the Hua family, could it be...?

The appearance of the familiar figure confirmed her suspicions. It was Yuehua, whom she had brought back to the princess's residence.

His gaze shifted between Qinghe and Yuehua. Did they know each other?
Yuehua bowed and knelt down, "Hua Rong, daughter of the former Imperial Academy, pays respects to Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Empress, and Your Highness the Princess."

Shi Nuanyu composed herself and calmly looked at Hua Rong.

"Tell me about what happened to the Hua family back then?"

She realized Yuehua was lying to her immediately because she was not good at lying, and no one who lies has a look of guilt in their eyes.

Bringing her into the princess's residence was also to save her life. A person with a grievance is always unsafe when alone. Unexpectedly, she became a witness by accident.

Hua Rong recounted the persecution of the Hua family with neither arrogance nor servility, "Fifteen years ago, in my father's first year as a student at the Imperial Academy, Prince Anchang secretly summoned him, asking him to preach the Dharma through his own actions."

Legend 1: The current emperor is dissolute and indulges in treacherous ministers, making him unacceptable as the ruler of the land.

Legend 2: King Anchang was a descendant of the Purple Star, protected by Heaven, and was a true dragon emperor.

Unable to do anything against his will, the father flatly refused Prince Anchang. Prince Anchang, harboring resentment, pinned the charge of treason on the father.

Everyone knows the importance of missionary work; if anyone listens to slander, the nation will perish.

She pulled out an old letter and a blood-written letter from her bosom: "This humble woman has endured many hardships and found the blood-written letter left by her father, which details his collusion with Prince Anchang and his framing of the ministers of the Hua family."

Fifteen years ago, the war in Nanyue was still raging. The old emperor was foolish and listened to the words of Prince Anchang, ordering the execution of the entire Hua family. Hua Rong, who had been raised in the countryside since childhood, escaped the calamity.

Fifteen years ago, before the current emperor ascended the throne, Shi Zheng and Ding Lan, who had just been named crown prince and crown princess, were still fighting on the battlefield.

Shi Nuanyu's eyes darkened slightly, a coldness in them.

"Prince Anchang, do you acknowledge all the evidence presented to you, piece by piece?"

At this point, the fear on Anchang King's face disappeared as he got up from the ground, staring at Shi Nuanyu with a sinister gaze.

"Wrong. What wrong have I done? As a member of the royal family, how can I have the face to remain in the world if I do not ascend to the throne?"

The Hua and Ji families deserved their fate. They were ignorant and refused to obey me, so they deserved to go to the deepest hell.

His face was contorted, his eyes filled with boundless hatred, and he pointed at the emperor and roared.

"What right do you have to ascend the throne? I am the Empress's own son, the legitimate son. What right do you have to take my place? I should be the one who is appointed Crown Prince and ascends the throne."

With a sudden tightening of her sleeve, Shi Nuanyu turned her head and looked over, clearly seeing the hatred in Fusheng's eyes. He was usually calm and composed, so why did he show such an expression?

She suppressed her doubts; the two brothers were hiding secrets she didn't know, or rather, secrets she shouldn't know.

Shi Nuanyu felt extremely depressed. She quietly took the hand of the man beside her and looked impatiently at the nearly deranged Prince Anchang.

Since her father, the emperor, had entrusted her with full authority, she had the power to deal with Prince Anchang.

“The Prince of Anchang has plotted to murder loyal ministers and has been found to be manufacturing weapons and colluding with foreign enemies. Immediately take a list of the Prince of Anchang’s family members and imprison them. Three days later at noon, the entire family will be executed.”

The last few words were uttered by Shi Nuanyu, and her heart trembled.

In her past life, she was diligent and never harmed anyone or took a life. But in this era…

She has learned to kill and to wield imperial power; from this day forward, her hands will be stained with blood.

If you ask her if she's afraid...

She was afraid.

She would be willing to use her power to punish evildoers.

She bore all these sins alone.

“Execute the entire family, hahaha…” Prince Anchang laughed arrogantly with a twisted face, “I have not lost.”