I woke up as the Villainous Empress

Chapter 180  Emergency Court Session III

Yang Luoyang's question gave rise to the curiosity of the ministers in the royal court and sowed a seed of suspicion in their hearts against Zheng Liang's revelation.

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It was indeed suspicious that Master Jiang unexpectedly changed his report after Zheng Liang banned everyone from meeting His Majesty and didn't allow anyone to meet him.

How would they know if this report is authentic or has been fabricated on Zheng Liang's orders? What if Zheng Liang was the one who gave poison to Zheng Huang? It is the royal palace, anything can happen in this place.

Everyone acknowledged Yang Luoyang's statement and raised questions to Zheng Liang about the authenticity of the report, "Your Highness, Minister Yang is speaking the truth. We respect Master Jiang and appreciate what he has done for the Empire and the people."

"However, how can we trust his diagnosis report when he has failed to diagnose His Majesty's sickness and let him suffer for a long time?" One of the ministers asked.

" Yes, Your Highness. We trust in you and Master Jiang. However, this situation is making us think of many possibilities. Do you not find it strange that after you banned everyone from visiting His Majesty, the report suddenly changed and he found traces of 'slow poison' in his blood?" Another minister under Yang Luoyang's wing questioned Zheng Liang and supported the suspicion of Yang Luoyang.

The other ministers nodded in agreement and urged Zheng Liang to answer their questions.

Zheng Liang smirked mockingly to see the way Yang Luoyang had led a small rebellion in the royal court and made everyone against him. This man sure has the guts to act shamelessly until the last moment.

While everyone was urging Zheng Liang to answer their questions and suspecting his intentions, Yang Luoyang let out a breath of relief and was pleased to see the tides changing their direction.

If Zheng Liang thinks that finding the cause of His Majesty's deteriorating condition could implicate him in the act of treason, then he is wrong.

He has been planning for this moment for a long time. There is no way that his plan could fail. He will not let that happen.

Even if His Majesty survives, Zheng Liang would not be able to prove that he has been involved in this plan.

Until Zheng Liang shows any evidence, there is no way anyone in the court will believe him.

Zheng Liang won't be able to accuse him of treason without any evidence, however, he has ways to make people go against him instead. A few words caused people to doubt Zheng Liang's intentions.

It was obvious from this situation who has the upper hand in the royal court.

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 Yang Luoyang was lost in his thoughts and was enjoying the moment of Zheng Liang's defeat while waiting for his response. He also wanted to see how Zheng Liang would deal with this situation which is going in the opposite direction of what he had expected.

However, his trance of thoughts was broken when he heard Yang Ning's words, who was silently sitting there like a mannequin, all this time.

" That's surprising! I had heard that the people of the Zheng Empire worship Master Jiang like a god for the work he has done in the field of medicine and treat him no less than a divinity who saves lives with his exceptional knowledge. After all, he was the one who went to the famine-affected area, not worrying about his health and safety to give medical aid to the people and saved many lives while the ministers of the royal court were busy looting the allocated ration aid for the people." Yang Ning commented sarcastically without holding her tongue back.

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Her tone was low and laid back, however, her every word was acting like a sharp knife, jabbing people at the right place.

She was listening to their nonsense for a while and was appalled at how stupid and ridiculous these ministers can be. Yang Luoyang was clearly playing with their minds yet they were following him like a herd of stupid sheep.

Everyone's eyes widened in shock and mouths wide open when Yang Ning started speaking. Even though she is the Crown Princess, the women aren't allowed to interfere in the men's affairs, anything, who the hell is she to humiliate them like this?

Yang Luoyang clenched his fists at the mention of the especially when it comes to palace matters.

They were already shocked at her attending the emergency royal court meeting. Who allowed her to speak in the court's political affairs?

She wasn't just speaking but scolding them as if she is above everyone else in the court. Even the Crown Prince wasn't saying anything, who the hell is she to humiliate them like this?

Yang Luoyang clenched his fists at the mention of the embezzlement of a ration, allotted for famine aid. The fire which has been extinguished long ago, why is she flaming it once again?

He glared at her with fuming rage in his eyes and berated her in front of everyone, " Yang Ning! What is this behavior? Who are you to speak to everyone like this in the royal court? How dare you to interfere in court's poli-"

He didn't get to complete his words when Zheng Liang interrupted him. "Minister Yang! You are speaking with the Crown Princess, my wife. Mind your manners." Zheng Liang frowned and chided when Yang Luoyang scolded Yang Ning in front of everyone and called him out for crossing over his boundaries.

Yang Luoyang might be used to talking to his daughter like that. However, he will not allow anyone to humiliate his wife in front of everyone.

Yang Ning glanced at Zheng Liang and smiled to see him protecting her in front of everyone. She cleared her throat and got into her character once again.

" We will talk about my right to talk in the royal court's political affairs later. Let's focus on the matter that we were discussing first." Yang Ning started.

"It looks like the ministers of the Zheng Empire do not have an ounce of respect for Master Jiang who is highly respected by the public or the Crown Prince who is working day and night to run the Empire smoothly in the absence of His Majesty. That is why everyone could dare to speak in front of His Highness like that, without letting him incomplete his words." She berated everyone for cutting Zheng Liang's words earlier and questioning him as if they were interrogating him instead.

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Everyone was caught off guard by Yang Ning's ridiculing comment. She didn't even try to sugar-coat her words and targeted the ministers who were speaking against Zheng Liang and Master Jiang.

The ministers frowned and uncomfortably glanced at Yang Luoyang, who was glaring at Yang Ning and was looking unpleasant by her attitude. They were supporting Yang Luoyang without any hesitation because Yang Ning is his daughter and was hoping for her support in the future.

If they want to go against the Crown Prince, they need to build connections with the people who are close to him and his title. If Yang Ning is on their side, it would not be difficult for them to go against Zheng Liang, who is arrogant and does not deserve the throne of the Empire.

She won't punish her Father, will she? With this thought in mind, they did not care about anything else and stood against the Crown Prince and supported Yang Luoyang in his plan to bring Prince Zheng Xiang back to the palace.

However, after listening to her hostile comment, everyone's complexion started to go pale.

'What is happening? Wasn't the Crown Princess, Minister Yang's eldest daughter? Then why is she going against her father?' People wondered and took deep breaths to calm their racing hearts.

Seeing the way she was talking to all the ministers, including her Father, it looks like Yang Luoyang has no control over his daughter anymore. If things continue to go on like this, they will soon lose the trust of the Crown Prince and the support of the Crown Princess altogether.

While the ministers were shocked, Zheng Liang was surprised when Yang Ning took his side and supported him. He was worried that she would be bored and uncomfortable while attending this meeting, however, she was doing better than he had expected.

The corner of his lips curled up to see her taking his side and speaking against the ministers, including her Father who was leading the rebellion in the court.

He brought her to the royal court emergency meeting because she insisted on accompanying him to the main palace and wanted to observe the meeting silently. However, he wasn't expecting her to support him when everyone in the palace would go against him and would doubt his intentions.

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