My Devil Emperor
The Truth Revealed

"Do you know why you're being called back to this conference room?"

The atmosphere of the room was very tense when the sun had just risen. In the middle of the room, Qiu Ying was seen kneeling there. This time he was completely alone. Prime Minister Qiu Lang and Lady Qiu, Leiya was unable to stand beside their daughter like before.

"Your Majesty, sorry to cut your conversation. But why was this meeting so sudden? My daughter, didn't we agree to find the real person who framed her?" asked Minister Qiu who could not bear to see his daughter being cornered.

"Deal? I'm just saying that you take care of your daughter, don't let her make trouble again."

Qiu Lang frowned, puzzled. "Hamba doesn't understand. But Your Majesty, the Servant takes good care of him. The servant even punished him for copying the book and keeping it in the house."

ZiXuan smiled faintly and said, "Who knows what he is doing behind it all. Get him in!" After saying that, two guards entered with a woman caught in between.

The bodyguard encouraged the woman to kneel beside Qiu Ying.

"Xiao Tao?!" qiu Ying was shocked. "What are you doing?" he continued, he could not help himself.

However, the girl beside him did not turn her head in the slightest. He just silently stared with his head down.

"Yesterday night, there was someone who went into the harem. She managed to get my empress hurt," ZiXuan said in an open voice. His finger tapped slowly on the table in front.

"I think everyone can guess, too" he continued.

"It was the personal servant of the daughter of the residence of the Prime Minister Qiu. And he said he did it on his master's orders."

Qiu Ying looked over quickly. "What did you say to His Majesty? Are you crazy!" With his hands still tied, he pushed the woman down.

"Yang—Your Majesty, I don't know anything about it. He said lie! Daddy's! Daddy's! Ying'er didn't do anything. It—ini trap!"

Qiu Lang looked at his daughter. "Your Majesty, this lowly servant must be lying. That's her! He must be the same person who injured Empress Xuan in the hunting forest," he said as he pointed at Xiao Tao who still did not say anything.

"You! The waiter doesn't know himself! How can you slander my daughter?! We treated you well all this time, is this your reply?!" Leiya walked quickly towards Xiao Tao. Raised his chin violently and slapped him.

"Please! How can you do violence in front of me? Take him away!" zixuan said sharply.

Qiu Lang who saw his wife in the pull, came forward and knelt before ZiXuan. "Your Majesty, forgive the servant's wife. He's just a momentary emotion."

ZiXuan looked at the two bodyguards and blinked his eyes as if to say, "Just let go."

The two bodyguards immediately released Leiya and stepped back.

"Your Majesty, please investigate again. Please give the servant time to prove that Qiu Ying is innocent."

ZiXuan simply looked at him flatly while leaning against a chair. "I'm just giving you time right now. Just tell me what you want to say," he said.

They're speechless. Of course nothing can be explained without real evidence.

"Because there isn't, then you can say everything you know, Servant Xiao Tao."

Hearing his name say, Xiao Tao involuntarily squeezed his clothes. He slowly raised his face and found Emperor Xuan's sharp gaze watching him.

"For an incident that happened last night, it was me. But—but I did it on the orders of Young Miss Qiu Ying."

"Liar! You liar!"

"Take me off! Unhand me! Xiao Tao, you are truly ungrateful!"

Xiao Tao simply stared ahead full of determination. Not once did he glance at the woman beside him who was already like a fidelity.

"Young Miss Qiu Ying was also the one who unleashed an arrow at the Empress a few weeks ago."

"Omong empty! Your Majesty, you cannot directly justify his words. This is not fair!" qiu Lang said objectionably.

"Even if your daughter's wrong, you'll still defend her, right?"

"Please! How dare you talk to me like that!" Being too emotional, Qiu Lang unsheathed his sword and nearly slashed the butler, but Li Wei managed to fend it off.

"Master Qiu, watch your actions!" li Wei said giving a warning.

ZiXuan let out a small laugh that made the entire room quiet. "It's like this, how can you expect forgiveness? Mr. Qiu, I really appreciate and respect your family because your ancestors have a considerable contribution to the empire. But I never expected this privilege to make you a high-hearted person. No matter how great the merit of that person was, hurting and ill-intentioning the members of the empire was a great crime. It was also considered a form of rebellion."

In front of there, Qiu Ying was already sobbing. He repeatedly said, "No, not me," shaking his head.

"Why? Xiao Tao, tell me, why are you doing this?" tanyanya.

Xiao Tao was seen taking a deep breath, then he turned his head back to Qiu Ying's gaze at him. "Why? Young Miss, I'm sorry. I can no longer hide this evil. Please don't force me anymore" he said with a sad face.

"Qiu Ying, I'm actually curious. If you had succeeded in your mission, then what would you have done next?"

Qiu Ying shook his head and said, "Brother, I—I really didn't do it. She lies. Trust me."

"No criminal would admit his guilt. Your Majesty, this matter is already very clear. The Qiu family is planning on a rebellion! Punish them!" Those words were like oil spilled by a very hot pan. Provoke those around him.

"Your Majesty, you cannot punish Qiu Ying without proof! How would people respond if they heard it?" qiu Lang asked trying to influence the establishment of ZiXuan. "Instead, this lowly servant defames our family without proof, would he and his family deserve more justice?"

"The Minister said it was true. I really don't have any evidence. But why would I try to kill Empress Xuan? This reason was only with Young Miss. I think everyone can see it clearly too. Young Miss Qiu Ying liked His Imperial Majesty, she would hate anyone who became her empress. The other truth is, the success of Princess Bingyan to escape on her wedding day is also related to Young Miss." The final sentence that Xiao Tao spoke managed to stir up the entire people who were there.

"You stop talking! Everything you say is a lie!" qiu Ying exclaimed with her shrill voice.

"Continue!" emperor Xuan's Order.

"One month before the wedding day, Young Miss already knew that Princess Bingyan did not agree to the marriage. Miss also knew that the reason Princess Bingyan refused was because the Princess already had a lover. This was utilized by the Young Miss to create an opportunity for Princess Bingyan to escape and the marriage failed. It was also the servant who did it. It was the servant who attracted the attention of the bride's accompaniment when passing through the people's market in the Zhou kingdom. After that it all depends on whether the Princess can escape or not. But what was unexpected was that the Imperial Lady General Wei had wrongly captured the bride. You could say the mission was half a failure," he explained at length.

The truth is too sudden. Who would have thought all this would be related?

"He can even know the Princess has a lover. That's amazing."

"Of course because Miss has an amazing father. Minister Qiu has many connections. Where would Miss get that information if it wasn't from her father?"

"Fucking waiter! You—"

"Mr Qiu Ling, save your voice!" zixuan said cutting. He looked back at Xiao Tao and said, "Forward."

"It is very clear that the main goal of Young Miss is to become the wife of His Majesty the Emperor. With the good ancestral reputation and the privilege of the post of Great Lord Qiu, it only took some time for their wishes to be fulfilled."

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