He remembered who gave him the idea. As long as he insisted on his side of the story on how he did not know that the Empress had fallen, no matter how much Rong Yuan did not believe him, he would have to make a proposition with him in order to appease the masses. He would then settle the situation with the Empress privately.

But why was Rong Yuan’s reaction different from what they had predicted?

Seeing his look of disbelief, Rong Yuan laughed coldly, “Were you cursed at? What is wrong with me catching someone harbouring bad intentions?”

Rong Yuan’s eyes hardened as his pitch black pupils looked directly at Wei Guoping. It caused him to have goosebumps.

“There is hard evidence that the Empress colluded with the North Qiu Kingdom. How can you, as her older brother, not know anything? At this time when we can be attacked by the North Qiu Kingdom at any time, you instigate the masses to make things difficult for the Royal Family. What are you trying to do? Other than being an accomplice to the North Qiu Kingdom, I cannot think of any other reason for you to do so.”

As his sentence ended, the surrounding guards...