C71 A confrontation
Shui Qinan looked at Hou Ziming again, and a cold smile still formed on her lips: "Then your Highness, or is it that I sent you guys to kill the killers underneath the water, those killers all said that they took my money, and none of this has anything to do with you?"
"Of course, how could it be related to me? Would the crown prince of my country assassinate the daughter of a mere minister?" Hou Ziming spoke with an awe-inspiring righteousness.
"Alright, then these are your own words. Remember every word you say." Shui Qinan smiled mysteriously as the unease shrouding both Hou Ziming and's hearts became more and more intense.
"Please wait for me, Your Majesty." After Shui Qinan finished speaking, she walked out of the hall. Everyone in the hall stared intently at Shui Qinan, wanting to know what she was doing.
Shui Qinan walked out of the hall and said to Zuo Yiyun: "That's enough."
From her current position, she could clearly hear the conversation inside. Since she could not prove that Hou Ziming harmed her and her father, she could only identify Shui Qiyu.
But it's okay, Shui Qinan said that Hou Ziming would be nothing soon.
Everyone in the hall was staring at the door of the hall, until Shui Qinan appeared again, a frail and weak servant girl followed behind her.
"Shui Qinan, why did you bring a servant here?" Hou Ziming asked in displeasure, but it was clear that Hou Ziming did not recognize that the servant girl he was referring to was Zuo Yiyun.
Shui Qiyu also agreed: "Sister, you're changing girls, this isn't your servant girl, Xiao Mei."
Shui Qinan looked at them in amusement and said: "This is not a servant." Hearing Shui Qinan say that, Hou Ziming and Shui Qiyu both went to check on the girl dressed as a servant behind Shui Qinan.
And at this time, Zuo Yiyun raised her head, her ice-cold eyes staring straight at Shui Qiyu. Shui Qiyu was greatly shocked, with a "Ah" sound, she cried out and fell onto the ground. How could it be Zuo Yiyun? Didn't she go missing?
Hou Ziming was also shocked in his heart. He never thought that Shui Qinan actually knew where Zuo Yiyun was, and even let her revive him once again. He clearly told Butler Meng to give Zuo Yiyun the strange fruits, he would definitely not wake up.
Zuo Yiyun saw the expressions of Hou Ziming and Shui Qiyu and sneered in his heart. Zuo Yiyun took a step forward, knelt on the ground, and said, "This subject's daughter, Zuo Yiyun, greets Your Majesty."
"You're okay?" the Emperor asked.
"Yes." This subject's daughter has recovered, thanks to Miss Shui's help, this subject's daughter was able to recover completely. " Zuo Yiyun looked at Shui Qinan with gratitude. Looking at the absent-minded Shui Qiyu, her eyes were filled with killing intent: "Please make the decision on behalf of this emperor!"
"What grievances do you have?" The emperor looked at Zuo Yiyun who was dressed in the maid attire, and understood a little. At that time, he also knew that Zuo Yiyun had suddenly disappeared, and it was Shui Qinan who took him away.
Unexpectedly, the Emperor did not disturb his secret guard, and looked at Shui Qinan with a few more questions.
"This subject's daughter was pushed into the lake by Shui Qiyu!" Zuo Yiyun said angrily.
"Oh?" The Emperor said.
"That day, I helped her wipe her face with a handkerchief out of kindness, but she intentionally took off my handkerchief and led me to the side of the boat. When I was picking up the handkerchief, she pushed me into the lake. How infuriating!" Zuo Yiyun said indignantly.
"Shui Qiyu, do you have something to say?" The emperor looked at Shui Qiyu who was sitting on the ground and asked coldly.
"No. No, it's not me, Second Miss Zuo must have remembered wrongly, how could it be me? " Shui Qiyu hurriedly stood up and explained.
"How could it be fake when I saw it with my own eyes?" Zuo Yiyun quickly asked.
Shui Qinan asked: "When you were underwater, did you hear anyone say that they took my money to assassinate you?" Zuo Yiyun shook her head, and said with certainty: "No."
"Did they say that they wanted to kill Shui Qiyu?" Shui Qinan asked again. Every time she asked a question, she would see Hou Ziming's face turn even paler.
"Of course not. Those black-clothed people never said a word." Zuo Yiyun said.
Shui Qinan nodded her head, looked at the crown prince and asked: "May I ask Crown Prince, why do you hear the words of the man in black from the water?
"Second Miss Zuo passed out later on. It's normal for me not to hear the black-clothed man's words." Hou Ziming quibbled.
"But it was Shui Qiyu who pushed me down, how did Shui Qinan know that Shui Qiyu would push me down?" Zuo Yiyun asked as she looked at the emperor and said, "Please enlighten me, Your Majesty!"
"This son doesn't understand, who pushed Second Miss Zuo down?" Hou Qingyu's gentle voice resounded once again. Hou Ziming looked at Hou Qingyu with an unsettled expression and tightly clenched both his hands.
Hou Ziming looked at Shui Qiyu, a trace of unwillingness, and was immediately replaced by viciousness.
Hou Ziming said in a clear voice, "Father, this son really does not know about this matter. This son only accused Miss Shui because I believed what Yu Er said. This son did not find out, so I ask father to punish me. "
Shui Qiyu looked at Hou Ziming in shock. The determination in Hou Ziming's eyes stung her, and she muttered: "Zi Ming ?"
"Yu Er, it's not that I don't want to help you this time, you did indeed do it!" Hou Ziming said coldly.
Shui Qiyu bit her lips and stood up shakily. After seeing Hou Ziming, she kneeled down towards the emperor and said: "Your majesty, please forgive me. This subject was not in the mood to push Second Miss Zuo into the lake.
"Then why did you push it to your sister?" the Emperor demanded.
"I saw that Second Miss Zuo was severely injured, and it was because I pushed her into the lake that I made her afraid. That's why I decided to pass this matter to big sister." From the beginning till the end, Shui Qiyu had never mentioned Hou Ziming, as if she was really too afraid of all this, which was why she pushed it to Shui Qinan.
The emperor looked at Shui Qiyu and then at Hou Ziming.
No one in the main hall spoke. For a moment, the hall was so quiet that even a needle could be heard. The emperor solemnly looked at Shui Qiyu and the crown prince. The matter regarding Zuo Yiyun was already very clear, it was obvious that she was going to blame it on Shui Qinan, this vile child, for playing tricks in front of him.
However, Hou Ziming was a prince after all, and in the end, he was still a part of the Imperial Family. Thinking about this, the emperor's eyes swept across Shui Qiyu coldly, and said: "Shui Qiyu."
"This subject's daughter is here." Shui Qiyu replied while trembling.
"Shui Clan's Qi Yu, do you know that you were previously appointed as the princess consort? "But you were so cruel that you framed your sister. Since you were being immoral, I have decided to cripple your princess consort." The emperor pretended to be in deep sorrow as he spoke.
"This subject knows her wrongs. May Your Majesty be merciful, and may Your Majesty be merciful!" When Shui Qiyu heard that she was going to cripple her, she immediately panicked and kowtowed to the emperor. Shui Qiyu's tone was choked with sobs, and tears streamed down her cheeks.