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Shui Qiannan looked at Hou Ziming again, his lips still curling into a sneer, "Then what about the crown prince? Was it me who sent the assassins under the water to bite off more than they could chew? Those assassins kept saying that they took my money, so it has nothing to do with you at all?"

"Alright, then these are your own words. Remember every word you say." Shui Qiannan smiled mysteriously as the unease that enveloped Hou Ziming and Shui Qianyu grew more and more intense.

Zuo Yi Yun nodded. From her current position, she could clearly hear the conversation inside. Since she couldn't prove that Hou Zi Ming had harmed her and her father, she could only identify Shui Qianyu as the only person left.

Everyone in the hall had their eyes fixed on the door of the hall. When Shui Qiannan appeared again, a thin and weak maidservant followed behind him.

"Shui Qiannan, why did you bring a maid up here?" Hou Ziming asked in displeasure. However, it was clear that Hou Ziming did not recognize that the young maid he spoke of was Zuo Yi Yun.

Shui Qiannan looked at them in amusement and said, "This is not a maid." Hearing Shui Qiannan's words, Hou Ziming and Shui Qianyu simultaneously went to see what the maidservant behind Shui Qiannan looked like.

Zuo Yi Yun then raised her head, her cold eyes shooting towards Shui Qianyu. Shui Qianyu was greatly alarmed, as she cried out 'ah' before falling to the ground. How could it be Zuo Yiyun? Wasn't she missing? How was she still alive?

Hou Ziming was also shocked. He didn't expect Shui Qinan to know where Zuo Yiyun was, and he even allowed her to revive Zuo Yiyun again. He had clearly told Butler Meng to give Zuo Yi Yun the strange fruit; he would definitely not wake up.

Zuo Yi Yun saw Hou Ziming and Shui Qianyu's expressions and sneered in his heart. Zuo Yi Yun took a step forward and knelt. "Your subject's daughter, Zuo Yi Yun, pays her respects to 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 Yi Yun looked gratefully at Shui Qi Nan. Looking at the absent-minded Shui Qianyu, 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 Yi Yun, who was dressed as a servant girl, and understood that Zuo Yi Yun had suddenly disappeared. It was Shui Qinan who had taken her away.

Surprisingly, the emperor didn't alarm his secret guard and instead looked at Shui Qiannan with a few more questions.

"My daughter was pushed into the lake by Shui Qianyu!" Zuo Yi Yun 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 Yi Yun said angrily.

"Shui Qianyu, do you have anything to say?" The emperor looked at Shui Qianyu 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 Qianyu quickly stood up to explain.

"How could it be fake when I saw it with my own eyes?" Zuo Yi Yun quickly asked.

Shui Qiannan asked, "When you were underwater, did you hear anyone say that they took my money to assassinate you?" Zuo Yi Yun shook her head and said with certainty, "No."

"Did they say they were going to kill Shui Qianyu?" Shui Qiannan asked again. Every time she asked a question, she would see Hou Ziming's face turn paler.

"Of course not. Those black-clothed people never said a word." Zuo Yi Yun said.

Shui Qiannan nodded, then looked at the crown prince and said, "May I ask, crown prince, how come you can hear the black clothed man speaking? Which assassin would expose the name of their employer?"

"Second Miss Zuo fainted later on. It's normal for her to not have heard the black-clothed man's words." Hou Ziming quibbled.

"But it was Shui Qianyu who pushed me down, how did Shui Qiannan know that Shui Qianyu would push me down?" Zuo Yi Yun asked. She looked at the emperor and said, "Please enlighten me, Your Majesty!"

"I don't understand. Who pushed Second Miss Zuo down?" Hou Qingyu's gentle voice rang out once more. Hou Ziming looked at Hou Qingyu with uncertainty as he clenched his fists tightly.

Hou Ziming looked at Shui Qianyu, a trace of reluctance in his eyes, but was soon replaced by viciousness.

Hou Zi said clearly, "Father, your son really does not know about this. This son believes in Yu'er's words and accuses Miss Shui. This son didn't find out, so I ask father to punish me. "

Shui Qianyu looked at Hou Ziming in shock. The determination in Hou Ziming's eyes stung her. She murmured, "Ziming …"

"Yu'er, it's not that I don't want to help you this time, it was indeed you who did it!" Hou Ziming said coldly.

Shui Qianyu bit her lips and stood up shakily. After seeing Hou Ziming, she kneeled down towards the emperor and said, "Your majesty, please forgive me for not being careful. Your servant was only able to push Second Miss Zuo into the lake that day."

"Then why did you push it to your sister?" the Emperor demanded.

"I saw Second Miss Zuo heavily injured. It was because I pushed her into the lake that my daughter became so timid. That's why she chose to push this matter to Big Sister." From the beginning till the end, Hou Ziming had never been mentioned. It was as if she was too afraid of all this, which was why she gave it to Shui Qinnan.

The emperor looked at Shui Qianyu and then looked at Hou Ziming, he already knew in his heart.

No one in the main hall spoke. For a moment, the hall was so quiet that even a needle could be heard. The emperor looked at Shui Qianyu and the crown prince sternly. Zuo Yi Yun's situation was already very clear. She was going to blame it on Shui Qinnan. This evil son was actually playing tricks on him in front of him.

But Hou Ziming was still a prince, and in the end, he was still a member of the royal family. Thus, he had no choice but to give up the chess piece, Shui Qianyu. Thinking of this, the emperor swept his gaze over Shui Qianyu coldly and said, "Shui Qianyu."

"This subject's daughter is here." Shui Qianyu trembled as she replied.

"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 Qianyu heard that she was going to cripple her princess consort, she panicked and desperately kowtowed to the emperor. Shui Qianyu's voice was choked with sobs as tears streamed down her face. She cried pitifully.