Ye Fan was also surprised; he hadn't expected Chen Murong to take action.

"I'm slapping you on behalf of His Majesty!"

Chen Murong stared at Li Chengqian and calmly said, "Our Great Xia was founded on 'filial piety and martial virtue.' His Majesty once said that he would govern the world together with the North Suppressing Prince! Even if we take a step back, Ye Fan is the North Suppressing Prince, the Peer Prince!"

"Even as the Crown Prince, your status is half a rank below the North Suppressing Prince!"

"His Majesty hasn't even passed judgment, and you're already eager to make the North Suppressing Prince kneel!"

"And you want to exterminate the nine clans of the North Suppressing Prince?"

"Speaking to the North Suppressing Prince with such disrespect, a slap is too lenient! Even if His Majesty were to depose you, it would be justified, reasonable, and lawful!"

Chen Murong raised her head and looked at the Emperor of Great Xia:

"Your Majesty, am I right?"

As her words landed, Li Chengqian's face turned ashen, and he couldn't utter a single word through gritted teeth!

Everyone lowered their heads; even Wang Guozhong and Nalan Fengyun didn't dare to look at Li Fuyuan's expression.

In their hearts, they kept gasping: 'My heavens! The siblings of the North Suppressing Prince's Manor are truly formidable!'

A moment later.

Li Fuyuan spoke emotionlessly, "General Chen is right. Chengqian, aren't you going to apologize to the North Suppressing Prince?"

Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said to Ye Fan, "North Suppressing Prince, forgive me, I misspoke earlier!"

"Your Majesty!"

Chen Murong, however, wasn't ready to let Li Chengqian off the hook and looked at Li Fuyuan: "Your Majesty! I propose to abolish Li Chengqian's position as Crown Prince!"

The entire Jinluan Hall fell into a dead silence once again, and everyone was shocked to the core. Ye Fan had gone mad! Chen Murong had gone mad too!

"Chen Murong, as the North Suppressing Grand General, how can you utter such treasonous words?"

"Your Majesty! Chen Murong is speaking nonsense, please revoke her military authority and strip her of her political power!"

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"Your Majesty, Chen Murong is speaking wildly, defying her superiors..."

Dozens of civil officials all knelt on the ground!

Wang Guozhong's face was gloomy; had this woman gone mad?

Nalan Fengyun's old face was also uncertain; Chen Murong was definitely not a madwoman. If she dared to say such things, she must have her reasons!

Li Chengqian's voice was icy, repeating the word "good" three times: "Good! Good! Good! The North Suppressing Grand General wants to interfere in state affairs and recklessly discuss the abolition of the Crown Prince's position!"

He turned and knelt with a thud in front of Li Fuyuan: "Father! If the North Suppressing Grand General is not severely punished today, I will kneel to death here in the Jinluan Hall!"

Li Fuyuan's face was very unpleasant.

Chen Murong held command over an army of eight hundred thousand, and he was indeed very apprehensive.

However, here in the Jinluan Hall, Chen Murong actually demanded that he depose Crown Prince Li Chengqian? Did she not regard him as the Emperor of Great Xia?

"Grand General, you must be drunk!"

Li Fuyuan's face was stern, his imperial demeanor fully displayed.

Chen Murong shook her head, flipped her palm, and a memorial appeared in her hand.

"Your Majesty, read this before making a decision!"

With a glance from Li Fuyuan, Liu Chengen stepped forward to take the memorial from Chen Murong and handed it to Li Fuyuan.

After reading the contents of the memorial, Li Fuyuan was furious: "You scoundrel! Guards, strip the Crown Prince of his regalia, and imprison all personnel of the Crown Prince's Palace in the Dali Temple dungeon!"

"Erase all of Qin Feng's titles and execute him by dismemberment! Exterminate the three clans involved!"

The sudden turn of events left everyone dumbfounded!

What was happening? The Crown Prince, who was kneeling just a moment ago, was now to be deposed?

No one dared to speak; there must be an earth-shattering secret in Chen Murong's memorial! And this secret had crossed the bottom line of Emperor Li Fuyuan of Great Xia!

"Father!"

Li Chengqian panicked.

"I am not your father! You want this position so badly, come and take it! Do you wish for my death so eagerly?"

Li Fuyuan glared at Li Chengqian!

Every muscle on his aged face trembled.

Li Chengqian broke out in a cold sweat, his whole body trembling. Had his plan been exposed?

"What are you waiting for? Take this unfilial son away!"

Li Fuyuan roared in anger.

A group of guards rushed forward, quickly dragging Li Chengqian away. Qin Feng was also seized, pleading in terror: "Your Majesty! Spare me... Crown Prince, save me... save me!"

But Li Chengqian couldn't even save himself!

"Princess, save me... save me!" Qin Feng desperately sought help.

Li Youruo couldn't bear it and knelt at the jade steps: "Father! I beg you to spare Qin Feng's life! He is the top scholar of the court, with outstanding literary talent!"

"Top scholar?"

Li Fuyuan laughed in anger.

His aged eyes fell with authority on Wang Guozhong: "Prime Minister Wang! Does this person truly have outstanding literary talent?"

Wang Guozhong's face was ashen, trembling in fear as he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty... Qin Feng, he was indeed first in the imperial examination! It was... it was you who appointed him as the top scholar!"

"Hahahaha!"

Li Fuyuan laughed up to the sky: "It seems I am truly old; everyone dares to deceive me!"

"Qin Feng, tell me yourself, do you have outstanding literary talent?"

Facing the Emperor of Great Xia's pressure, Qin Feng couldn't withstand it. He let out a miserable cry, rolling on the ground, soiling himself.

With only his upper body remaining, Qin Feng lay there, kowtowing in terror: "Your Majesty! I confess! It was the Crown Prince... it was all the Crown Prince's doing!"

"He instructed me to seduce Li Youruo! He said Ye Fan liked Li Youruo, and controlling Li Youruo would be equivalent to controlling Ye Fan!"

"He also instructed me to ask Li Youruo to bring me into the North Suppressing Prince's Manor, to familiarize myself with everything there, and then fabricate evidence of the North Suppressing Prince's rebellion..."

The entire hall was in an uproar!

Li Youruo's mind buzzed, her whole body trembling, her eyes bloodshot: "You... you're lying!"

"Princess! It's all true! Five years ago, when you went on a spring outing, I happened to be reading by the lake... the poems I recited were all written by the Crown Prince's men... I only memorized them to recite to you..."

Qin Feng confessed everything.

It turned out, even his literary talent was fake.

All the sweet words were just to win over Li Youruo, and through Li Youruo, to control Ye Fan!

At this moment, the image of Qin Feng as a pure and perfect figure in her heart collapsed completely.

"Lies! You're lying!"

"It's fake! It's all fake! Ah—!"

Li Youruo, overwhelmed, rushed out of the Jinluan Hall!

"... Your Majesty, spare me!" Qin Feng lay on the ground: "The Crown Prince also said, as long as he commands the eight hundred thousand troops, with a single call, even you..."

"Liu Chengen, make him shut up!!!" Li Fuyuan growled.

Liu Chengen didn't dare delay, his figure flashed, landing in front of Qin Feng.

Crack! 

With a swift motion, he snapped Qin Feng's neck.

...

An hour later.

The entire Great Xia Imperial Palace was in chaos, and Ye Fan and Chen Murong left, boarding a carriage to depart.

"Eighth sister, what did you write in the memorial? Why did the Emperor's face turn so grim after reading it?" Ye Fan asked curiously.

Chen Murong removed her golden armor, smiling as she explained: "After receiving your letter last night, I immediately contacted Yafei, asking her to use the resources of the First Manor Under Heaven to investigate this Qin Feng."

Tenth sister Xiao Yafei, the First Under Heaven Manor Lord!

"It was shocking to find out that he had been Li Chengqian's man for five years!"

"So Yafei's resources followed the clues and uncovered everything behind the scenes! I wrote the whole story in the memorial and informed His Majesty, that's all."

Ye Fan frowned: "Was Li Chengqian really planning a rebellion? Wasn't Qin Feng Wang Guozhong's man?"

"On the surface, he was Wang Guozhong's, but in reality, he was Li Chengqian's." Chen Murong shook her head.

Ye Fan's expression was uncertain; this didn't quite match the information he knew from his previous life.

If Li Chengqian was the mastermind, how could he have been defeated so easily?

Could there be someone else behind it all? In his previous life, he never figured out who else, besides Li Youruo and Qin Feng, had harmed the North Suppressing Prince's Manor?

Suddenly.

"Xiao Fan, do you want to be Emperor?"

Ye Fan was startled.

Could it be that eighth sister had long harbored ambitions?