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However, how could the Emperor's family have any sympathy? The Emperor sighed and said, "In the end, your Shui family and my imperial family are not fated, but Prime Minister Nian Shui is bent on serving the country. It will not be difficult for you."

She looked pleadingly at Hou Ziming. He was the one who told her to do this, and he was the one who arranged it. Was he going to abandon her without saying a word?

"What are you going to say?" the Emperor said.

She was very clear on Hou Ziming's meaning. If she pulled Hou Ziming into the water, she would lose more than just the position of Crown Princess Consort. After all, the person who murdered the daughter of an important official should be punished according to the rules.

"This subject has nothing else to say. Thank you, Saint's Grace!" Shui Qianyu barely managed to say these words.

The emperor nodded in satisfaction and looked towards Zuo Yi Yun.

"Your Majesty, this subject has something to say." Zuo Yi Yun said.

"What is it?" The emperor looked at Zuo Yi Yun and said coldly.

Zuo Yi Yun faintly looked at Hou Zi Ming. Hou Zi Ming was slightly shocked, could it be that she already knew about it?

Zuo Yi Yun saw Hou Ziming's expression. She held back the hatred in her heart and said, "Please decide for this subject and this woman." As she spoke, Zuo Yi Yun kowtowed three times.

"What grievances do you have?" He was also worried that Zuo Yi Yun already knew that it wasn't just Shui Qianyu who pushed her into the water.

"This subject's daughter is steward Meng, and he's plotting to murder father. Father died unjustly, ah." Zuo Yi Yun looked at the emperor and stubbornly refused to cry, but the tears in his eyes still flowed down her face.

Shui Qiannan, who had watched the show for a long time, also said, "I also hope that the emperor can punish Butler Meng. After all, everyone in the capital said that I was the one who killed General Zuo."

"Oh, right. Then why did the Crown Prince hear from the people under the water that they took my money?" Shui Qiannan looked at Hou Ziming and spoke with a sweet smile. Hou Qingyu stared blankly at Shui Qiannan, his eyes brimming with a beautiful smile.

"Maybe you didn't push Second Miss Zuo, but you did intend to murder your sister?" Hou Ziming continued to speak stubbornly.

"So the Crown Prince admitted that I was smart?" Shui Qiannan said.

"If I wasn't so lucky, how would I know the route to the lake? How would I know where to place the assassins?" Shui Qiannan asked.

How did this Hou Ziming manage to get into the position of crown prince? The things that he had arranged were full of loopholes. It was likely that he had recognized Zuo Yiyun.

"Stop quarreling, the killer under the water was not caused by Shui Qiannan, the crown prince only saved him out of good intentions." The emperor interrupted their conversation and said to Zuo Yi Yun, "Housekeeper Meng murdered the court officials and is now on death row."

"Thank you, Saint." Zuo Yi Yun said this, but gave a snort of contempt towards the imperial family.

"Eunuch Zhou, please send the leader of the Imperial Guard to the Zuo Mansion and put Butler Meng in death row. Also, you have to seal everything he has." The emperor ordered Eunuch Zhou.

"Your servant obeys the decree." Eunuch Zhou replied and left with his back bent.

"Zuo Yi Yun, General Zuo once wrote that he wanted you to be the Crown Prince's consort. I think that's great, what do you think?" The Emperor asked with a smile.

For a moment, both Shui Qianyu and Hou Ziming's expressions changed, but Hou Ziming quickly returned to normal. In his eyes, as long as they could help him, he didn't care who was the Crown Prince's wife.

Shui Qiyu, on the other hand, was different. She had been crippled as the crown prince's consort, but the emperor had actually made Zuo Yi Yun the crown prince's consort.

"This subject thanks the Emperor for his kindness. It's just that my father has just died and his corpse is not yet cold. "I really didn't mean it." Zuo Yi Yun lowered his head and said that. When he finished, his voice was choked with sobs, causing even the emperor to be slightly moved.

Then, the emperor also understood. He was trying to find out about Zuo Yi Yun just now, but she was just a teenage girl after all. Indeed, the situation wasn't going to change.

"Your majesty, this subject's only thinking of filial piety for her father." Zuo Yi Yun said in a sad voice, but in her heart, she was sneering. It was impossible for her to marry the killer that killed her father.

It was just in case she found out later on that she was going to get even with Hou Ziming, so he could pacify her. In the past, Zuo Yi Yun would not eat this sort of stuff, but now, Zuo Yi Yun wouldn't.

Zuo Yi Yun looked towards Shui Qiannan from the corner of her eyes and saw that her white dress was fluttering in the wind. Her face was calm and indifferent, as if she felt his gaze. Shui Qi Nan looked towards her and nodded invisibly.

"Alright, if you have someone you like in the future, I will make the decision for you." The Emperor smiled.

Zuo Yi Yun kowtowed a few times towards the emperor before she looked towards Shui Qi Nan. Shui Qi Nan stood there leisurely, as if everyone in front of her was just air.

Zuo Yi Yun retracted her gaze. She had really learned a lot from Shui Qi Nan. When Shui Qi Nan needed something from her, she would do her best. Even if she was going against the imperial family, such a royal family should no longer serve the Five Great Clans!

Zuo Yi Yun didn't know that her words were true, but Shui Qinnan had really destroyed the palace.

Amongst the Five Great Clans, only the Zuo Family of the Shui Family had entered the Imperial Court. All these years, the Zuo Family had done many things for the Imperial Family, but now, her father had died. Moreover, the emperor was obviously protecting Hou Ziming!

"Giving me an epithet, the Zuo family's Yi Yun is diligent and gentle, graceful and pure, with a gentle and kind character. In Ksitigarbha, she was bestowed with the title of a Princess of the Third Tier." The Emperor said, and waved a little eunuch over to draw up the imperial edict.

"Thank you, my lord." Zuo Yi Yun was slightly surprised when she heard that the Emperor had conferred her the title of a princess of the third rank. The only people above her in the imperial court were a princess of the third rank and a princess of the first rank. All the other princesses were below her, and she was the only one who was not from the royal family.

This was the emperor's thought of not letting her join the imperial family, repressing and comforting her.

These days, most of the news in the city were about the Zuo family.

"Do you know that General Zuo was killed by his steward?"

"I heard so too. How did you say General Zuo was killed by a mere butler? Then there's the second girl from the Zuo family who came back to life. "