"What? The person in black is the murderer?" He stared at his father with wide eyes, disbelief written all over his face.

Yelü Qi felt his blood boiling with rage and a sharp pain in his chest.

What a useless fool he had raised! He didn't even realize he was being used.

"The man is Si Shenglin from Country R. He was the one who formed an alliance with you, the one who killed Mr. Ouyang, and the one who attempted to harm the mistress of Solterra," Yelü Qi said, still itching to give this good - for - nothing a piece of his mind. But seeing that Yelü Mingshuo was on the verge of death, he knew that another beating might just finish him off.

Yelü An couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to stop him. "Brother, we need to give an explanation to the other countries. Beating Mingshuo to death won't solve anything."

Only then did Yelü Qi manage to calm down a bit.

Everyone was waiting for an outcome. If he couldn't provide a reasonable explanation, the public opinion pressure that Country Z would face in the future would be overwhelming. It could even affect the country's economy, trade, and international status.

Yelü Qi couldn't just sit back and watch his country decline. He had worked hard all his life to bring Country Z to its current position. He couldn't let it all go to waste because of Yelü Mingshuo.

"Confess everything you've done. Otherwise, you'll have to face the wrath of all the envoys!"

Yelü Qi sat down on a nearby chair and slammed his fist on the table.

Yelü Mingshuo was terrified. He thought his plan was foolproof and that no one would suspect a seriously - injured man lying in bed. But the appearance of the person in black had revealed everything to Leonard.

Now, he had no choice but to come clean.

"Father, I really didn't know he was the murderer of Mr. Ouyang!" Yelü Mingshuo cried. "I was just being used. He threatened to kill me if I didn't help him. I was so scared that I had no choice..."

"What a useless piece of trash! A complete failure!"

Yelü Qi punched the table again. He had never really liked Yelü Mingshuo, but since he had no biological children, he had to train him in the hopes that he would become a worthy heir.

But it turned out that this adopted son was just an incompetent fool.

"Mingshuo, not even the gods can save you this time!"

Although the other envoys didn't know that Yelü Mingshuo was involved, Freya and Leonard did.

And Si Shenglin had also attempted to assassinate Freya. Given Leonard's protectiveness towards his wife, he definitely wouldn't let this go easily.

"Father, I know I was wrong. Please, save me," Yelü Mingshuo pleaded, truly terrified. He had been used as a pawn in this incident, not only stirring up a hornet's nest but also bringing shame to the Yelü royal family.

If Yelü Qi didn't protect him, his life would be over.

"Your Majesty, Mingshuo was just being used. Please give him another chance," the queen also pleaded.

The next second, Yelü Qi fixed his cold and angry gaze on the queen.

"Kneel down!" he roared.

The queen shivered and looked at him in confusion. "Your Majesty, I had no idea about this. Mingshuo did this on his own. It has nothing to do with me."

Yelü Qi's fists clenched so tightly that they made a cracking sound. He regretted marrying the queen more than anything in his life. She was the root cause of all his troubles.

This woman was a real troublemaker. Since she married into the royal family, she had been controlling his every move, and he had been completely unaware, like a monkey being played with.

The royal family placed great importance on having heirs, but she was so cruel that she had repeatedly killed his unborn children in the womb.

Just thinking about having no biological children and having to rely on an adopted child as an heir made Yelü Qi's anger flare up again. His voice became louder.

"I told you to kneel down. Are you deaf?"

Only then did the queen realize the seriousness of the situation.

She didn't dare to disobey Yelü Qi's order and knelt down on her knees. "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me?" Yelü Qi pointed at himself and suddenly burst into laughter. "Do you really need me to list all the things you've done?"

Hearing this, the queen couldn't help but shiver.

If she were to count all the bad things she had done over the years, there would be more than she could count on ten fingers. But she had always been very careful. How could Yelü Qi possibly know?

The queen suddenly thought of something and looked up sharply at Yelü An, her eyes filled with malice.

It must be him! He must have incited the king to try to drive a wedge between them.

The queen didn't dare to admit her guilt and tried to defend herself subtly. "Your Majesty, don't be misled by some sinister person. I've always been loyal to the Yelü royal family and to you. I've never done anything to harm you."

This was the biggest joke in the world.

Yelü Qi had originally wanted to give the queen a chance, but now she was still trying to defend himself and even subtly insinuating that Yelü An was behind all this.

Yelü Qi felt a surge of blood in his throat and spat it out.

He had a heart condition, and the shock made him stagger backward. If it weren't for Yelü An holding him up, he would have fallen to the ground.

"Brother, are you okay?" Yelü An asked worriedly.

Yelü Qi waved his hand, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Then he said, "Fine. Since you won't admit it, I'll tell you myself."

Only now did he realize how vicious this woman was. And he had kept her by his side all this time, allowing her to become the biggest disaster for the Yelü family.

"I'll ask you, do you know why the princess consort is so weak?"

Yelü An helped Yelü Qi sit down and poured him a cup of tea. After taking a deep breath, Yelü Qi continued.

As soon as this topic was brought up, the queen's face changed slightly.

No one had ever known about this. How did Yelü Qi find out?

She shook her head and said nervously, "I... I don't know."

"You don't know?"

Yelü Qi was about to take a sip of tea when he heard this. He slammed his fist on the table. "If you hadn't tampered with the princess consort's food, how could she have had so many miscarriages?"

Boom!

It was like a thunderbolt had struck. The queen was in a panic.

Yes! She had bribed someone around the princess consort and secretly put drugs in her food, which made the princess consort weak and unable to keep her pregnancies.

She did this because she didn't want the princess consort to give birth to a son and threaten her position as the queen.

The princess consort had suspected her, but being gentle - natured, she had kept the secret to herself and never dared to tell anyone.

Could it be that Yelü Qi found out because the princess consort had complained to him?

"Your Majesty, someone must be framing me. How could I do something to harm you?"

The queen refused to admit it. If the crime of harming the royal heirs were exposed, she would surely lose her position as the queen and might even lose her life.