The two people confronted the audience, one was the treacherous minister she had been trying to eliminate for so many years; the other was the rival who had been right for so many years. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, no matter which side she leaned towards, she would win the battle. Now the most critical evidence is in her hands. Even if she ruined it, she would not raise any objection to Yun Lang.

Liu Fei is just a seventh-rank official with some reputation among censors. They naturally know which side they are most beneficial to them when facing the choice between Liu Fei and Yun Lang. Even if Liu Fei was convicted of this matter, I believe no one would say anything to her decision.

She tightened the memorial in her hand. As long as she let Yun Lang go, she would have a chance to defeat him again in the future. If she turned a blind eye now, she would be with Yun Qi as she wished. No one dared to argue about their affairs at will. They would accept the blessings of their subjects openly and spend this life together. As long as she let him go this time...

Everyone in the audience secretly observed Xu Yan's unpredictable face, and had no confidence in the decision Xu Yan would make. At this time, the hall was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling off could be heard. Xu Yan didn't say anything, and his fingers rubbed the edge of the memorial, and finally opened it.

The ministers were all curious about the contents of the memorial. As Xu Yan opened it, almost everyone held their breath. As Xu Yan turned over one page after another, their hearts also rose. Xu Yan's brows became tighter and tighter, but a shrewd light appeared in his eyes.

She closed the memorial with a "splash" and met Yun Lang's meaningful eyes. Her heart seemed to shake again, and then she forced it down. She avoided his gaze and ordered the guard beside her: "According to the content of this memorial, the Taifu did all kinds of wrong things. Although it has not been fully verified, for fairness and justice, the Taifu has been wronged for a while." As soon as she finished speaking, the two imperial guards stepped forward and pressed Yun Lang's shoulders, one left and one right.

Yun Lang looked at Xu Yan with an indistinguishable expression on the stage and sneered: "Your Majesty really thinks that the content made out of thin air in the memorial can be convicted of the minister? You are too simple to think about the matter."

Xu Yan was not inspired by Yun Lang's provocative words and lost her majesty. She sat upright in a high position, extremely noble. Her eyes gently stroked Yun Lang kneeling in the audience, and her voice was as light as a feather: "Gu naturally would not accuse the Taifu, and the Taifu also had to cooperate with Gu, right? This is how it can be called the way of the monarch and the minister. Have you forgotten how you taught me?"

She finally made her own decision. Even though this decision would make her extremely painful later, she felt happy as long as she was seeking blessings for the people of Xu State.

The ministers in the audience looked at each other. None of them expected that Xu Yan would make such a decision, regardless of the teacher-student relationship with Yun Lang. They secretly guessed that this was also a signal, indicating that Xu Yan intended to take action against the Taifu. Everyone was in danger, and the atmosphere in the court became even more depressing in an instant.

Xu Yan looked at Liu Fei who was still kneeling on the ground and said to her: "Please get up, Lord Liu. I will investigate the truth of the matter clearly. Do you have anything else to say?"

When Liu Fei heard this, she immediately looked up at Xu Yan, her gaze was as sharp as a torch. Her sarcastic voice sounded in the hall: "This sentence should be what I asked Your Majesty. Does Your Majesty have nothing to give to me?"

Xu Yan subconsciously felt that Liu Fei was referring to the voluntary break-up, and she suddenly felt a little panicked. She tried hard to calm her mind and told herself that she had not taken action and there was no need to be so guilty. Then she looked at Liu Fei and said righteously: "Gou has nothing to say. Does Lord Liu have anything to explain to Gu?"

When Liu Fei heard Xu Yan's answer, she raised her eyebrows without any surprise and replied: "Of course I'm fine. I just hope that Your Majesty will never tell me anything again."

The ministers standing quietly on the side were quietly listening to their sword-like conversations, all thinking about it. What were these two people saying, why didn't they understand a single word? But the only thing that is certain is that these two people didn't deal with each other from the beginning, and the smoke between them continued from Emperor Xu Yandeng to the present. So today, Xu Yan chose Liu Fei's side and surprised them.

When Xu Yan heard Liu Fei's words, she snorted coldly and looked away from her. Then she asked the ministers below: "What about others, is there anything else to do?" After experiencing this smoke, the ministers who had already thrown their trivial matters behind their minds.

Xu Yan looked at the ministers who were not moving at all in the audience and said, "Since there is nothing wrong, let's go here today. Retreat!" A sparse sound of retreating sounded behind her, and Xu Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She put her hand on Yingchun's hand, and on the way back, she kept thinking about what happened today, but she felt that all this was so unreal, and she even felt a little lost. She looked down at the bluestone bricks on the road, and her hot tears filled her eyes without warning.

She gave Yunqi out with her own hands today. She did not choose him, but chose her country. She should be happy that she finally became an emperor as qualified as the Queen Mother, but she lost her lover. She could hide it from everyone but could not hide it from herself.

At this moment, she confirmed her feelings. She loved him, which was the love she still missed after being forced to give up. If possible, she really wanted to agree to Yun Lang's proposal desperately. She threw Liu Fei into jail and made him legitimately belong to her. But she still couldn't do this in the end...

"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Yingchun's worried tone rang in her ears. Xu Yan forced the tears in her eyes back, turned to Yingchun with a comforting smile and said, "I'm alone, don't worry."

Yingchun's expression did not slacken at all because of Xu Yan's comforting words. She was so worried that even Xu Yan could clearly feel her thoughts. Xu Yan asked worriedly: "What's wrong? Do you have anything to tell me?"

Yingchun hesitated for a while, but in the end he still said what he had been struggling with for so many days: "Your Majesty, do you still remember Yin Hong?"

When Xu Yan heard this name, she frowned and said, "Of course I won't forget this. Although Yin Hong has a bad temper, she has taught Gu a lot of skills. Gu naturally won't forget the existence of a person like him. Why did he suddenly mention him?"

Yingchun lowered his head, fortunately said all the words he ordered: "Yin Hong asked someone to pass on a message to me, saying that he would like to see Your Majesty no matter what, and he had important matters to discuss with Your Majesty."

When Xu Yan heard Yingchun say this, she was a little confused. Yin Hong stayed in the cave for so long and was isolated from the world. What could she ask her for something? But after thinking about it, she thought of it, and the reason why Yin Hong was imprisoned there for so long was definitely unrelated to her mother and Yun Lang.

Now that he has been in power for so many years, his connection with him has gradually been broken, but no matter what, he is his master, it cannot be changed. As a disciple, she should indeed let him go. I think he asked her over to do this for this.
Chapter completed!