Zui Gu🔞 ( mtl)

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　　 "Your Majesty!" An anxious voice suddenly sounded in the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. While Yan Huai was still weighing the pros and cons in her heart, Cheng Ying, who always regarded her husband as her heaven, did not even look at Yan Huai, but went straight to the emperor who was above the dragon and said, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has assisted the deposed emperor for many years. Although he has not made many contributions to the Great Sheng Dynasty like you, the Prime Minister, he has also been loyal to the Sheng Country. Please, Your Majesty, for the sake of the Prime Minister's hard work over the years, do not involve the hundreds of lives of the Yan family and the position of the Prime Minister because of the mistake made by Yan Zhiman!"

　　Yan Huai's face suddenly changed, and she tugged at her sleeve calmly, motioning her to shut up and stop talking. He was about to ask Xie Ciyan not to listen to Cheng Ying, but he didn't expect that Cheng Ying, who always obeyed orders, would ignore his obstruction, straighten her back, and continue to speak in an unyielding manner, "Since Yan Zhiman has entered the palace as a concubine, she is a person of the imperial city in life and the soul of the imperial city in death. How can her mistakes implicate her mother's family? This is really unfair to the Yan family. Please think twice!"

　　"Bold Cheng, don't be disrespectful in front of the palace!" Yan Huai was even more shocked when she saw that every word she said excluded Yan Zhiman from the Yan family. Regardless of the fact that they were still in front of the new emperor, she grabbed Cheng Ying's wrist and stared at her with a pair of warning eyes. If

　　it were in the past, seeing Yan Huai so furious, Cheng Ying would definitely be terrified and dare not say another word, for fear that he would dislike her. But today, Cheng Ying didn't know where she got the confidence from. She ignored him again and again, struggling to open her mouth to continue speaking.

　　Now was the only good opportunity to remove the thorn in Cheng Ying's eyes. As long as Yan Zhiman died in the palace, Aunt Yuan would lose her only support. At that time, her husband would see the goodness of her as the mistress of the house, and there would be no need to worry about the future of the couple's harmony.

　　"What if Yan Zhiman committed a capital crime that implicated the entire family?" Xie Ciyan sneered. Every word he said just now was a test. He just wanted to see how powerful this prime minister was. Now he saw that it was because the deposed emperor was too cowardly, so Yan Huai felt that his spies were all over the imperial city and he could do anything. But now it seems that it's just that. He didn't know what Yan Zhiman had done, and he just wanted to protect her.

　　Yan Huai's face became even uglier. When Zuo Ji was thinking about how to reply, his words were blocked by Xie Ci Yan before he could even speak. "Yan Zhi Man used poison to murder the Queen Mother, and then planted a love poison in the deposed emperor to control him. Just these two charges are enough to make the entire Yan family go to hell together! Madam Yan still thinks she can stay out of it?"

　　The two people below had different expressions. Although Yan Huai was slightly shocked, Xie Ci Yan saw the understanding that flashed across her eyes, and instantly understood that Yan Huai might know about it. On the other hand, Cheng Ying's face turned pale in an instant, and she covered her mouth in disbelief, as if she really didn't know about it. Cheng Ying, who was

　　just making sure to excuse the Yan family and Yan Huai, now lowered her eyes in fear, as if she didn't dare to speak in front of the new emperor, for fear that she would be the next one to be implicated. She then thought of something, and suddenly raised her head, casting a pleading look at Yan Zhaozhao, who was sitting below Xie Ciyan, as if hoping that she would ask for a way out for the Yan family.

　　The fiery look in Yan Zhaozhao's eyes made it impossible for her to ignore it, but she could not help but turn her head to meet her mother's gaze. If she asked Xie Ciyan to handle this matter with care, it would be like treating Xie Ciyan as nothing. He needed to establish his prestige in front of the court officials. She came here just to see what choice her father would make, and would not interfere with any of Xie Ciyan's choices, let alone ask for mercy.