I woke up as the Villainous Empress

Chapter 182  Emergency Court Session V

After Zheng Liang announced that the traces of the poison was not found in His Majesty's blood, but instead in his chamber and they found the person, who is behind all of this, the royal court erupted in chaos.

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From the explanations of the Crown Prince and the Princess, it looks like the diagnosis report submitted by Master Jiang isn't falsified and His Majesty has been poisoned for real.

This caused all the ministers to panic and they couldn't help but whisper to each other to find out if they knew anything about it. However, no one knows anything about this matter.

While some were panicking and whispering to each other, the ministers who were asking for an explanation from Zheng Liang earlier about the authenticity of the diagnosis report lowered their heads in humiliation and were worried about their future.

If someone has raised treason, then their actions could be viewed as supporting the traitor as well. Because rather than supporting the royalty, they were suspecting the actions of His Highness instead.

The ministers who supported Yang Luoyang's claim earlier and confidently stood against Zheng Liang, gritted their teeth, and cursed in their hearts for trusting the snake Yang Luoyang.

Since his daughter is the Crown Princess and he has a close relationship with The Empress as well, he would easily get away from trouble.

However, unlike him, they do not have any strong royal backing or connections who would support them in such situations.

While some ministers were hiding their faces in embarrassment, the others were whispering and discussing the treason and the traitor.

"Your Highness, who is the person who betrayed the Empire and tried to harm His Majesty?" One of the ministers who were neutral about the situation from the start questioned.

"Yes, Your Highness! Just tell us the name of the traitor, and I will get the soldiers to execute his whole family in a blink for attempting such a heinous crime. No traitor could go out of Zheng city without being killed!" The minister of war announced his determination.

Along with the accused traitor, his whole family has to be killed so that none of his family members could raise a rebellion in the future to avenge his punishment.

"Yes, Your Highness. Please kill the whole family of the traitor. He and his family do not deserve to live another day in this world.!" The ministers shouted and pleaded with Zheng Liang to punish the traitor and his family with capital punishment.

Yang Ning pursed her lips in a thin line and felt bad for the ministers. She wondered what will be their reaction when they find out the real traitor of all this mess.

Would they still ask to kill the whole family of the traitor? Because this way, they are indirectly pleading to execute His Majesty, who is the Husband of the Empress.

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Zheng Liang looked at everyone with his cold and indifferent gaze. He raises his hand to order everyone to quiet down.

"Silence, Everyone!" He ordered. "The traitor will be punished with appropriate punishment."

The ministers quieted down and listened to Zheng Liang's words. They were standing with their hands clasped in front and were eagerly waiting for him to announce the name of the traitor.

On the other hand, Yang Luoyang's hands were trembling in nervousness. He was pursing his lips and closing his eyes shut.

'It cannot happen. I did not do anything, I am innocent. I cannot lose against Zheng Liang, Never!'' He repeated in his head and prepared himself mentally to fight against everyone.

No matter what, he will not let Zheng Liang win this battle.

Zheng Liang glanced at Yang Luoyang and smirked to see him standing there with his eyes closed. He shifted his attention to the ministers and started, "The perpetrator who was giving slow poison to His Majesty and tried to kill him, that person is-" Just as he was speaking, the large gate of the Main Palace was pushed open, distracting everyone's attention.

The ministers glowered and wondered who dared to disrupt the emergency court meeting held by His Highness. However, before they could denounce the person for barging into the royal court, their eyes widened to witness the scene occuring in front of their eyes.

The person who came barging into the royal court was none other than the Empress.

However, what shocked everyone was the way she was entering the royal court. Rather than walking on her own while being followed by her maids, the female guards of the palace were holding onto the arms of the Empress and were dragging her to the royal court.

Not only the Empress but her maid was also being dragged by the female guards to the royal court as well.

Yang Luayang who had his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes to see why Zheng Liang was not saying the name of the perpetrator. Upon listening to the hushed whispers of the ministers, he turned around to see what was going on.

His eyes widened in bewilderment to witness what was happening. Why is the Empress being dragged into the royal court like this? What is going on? He wondered.

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"AH! What are you doing? Leave my hand! Do you not know who I am?" Yang Lingxin screeched in the ears of the guards and struggled to loosen the grip of the female guards who were holding onto her arms with much strength.

She is the Empress of the Empire. How can they treat her like a criminal and drag her to the royal court without informing her about what was going on?

"Do you not fear for your life? Do you think I will spare your life after you treat me like a criminal? Who do you think you are?" She shouted loudly and threatened the head of the female guards' squad at the palace and tried to escape from her grip.

The female guard was not phased by Yang Lingxin's threats and tightened her hold on her arms instead. She did not respond to her cries and simply carried out the orders of His Highness and dragged her to the center of the royal court and stopped in front of Zheng Liang.

"Your Highness! Princess Consort!" The head of the female guards greeted Zheng Liang and Yang Ning respectively while holding onto the Empress.

"You can leave her and step back." Zheng Liang said and ordered them to leave Yang Lingxin and step back.

The female guards nodded and released their grips on the Empress and her maid and stepped back to stand in the corners.

After the female guards released their grips on the Empress, Yang Lingxin felt her legs go weak and she fell to the ground on her knees. Her heart was still racing so fast that it would jump out of her chest any minute.

She doesn't know what was going on, but earlier she felt like dying in embarrassment when the female guards dragged her from her chamber to the royal court and were treating her like a petty criminal.

Not even the palace guards were coming to help her and save her from the female guards who were acting on the orders of Zheng Liang.

She is the Empress of the Empire. How can they humiliate her in front of everyone?

 "Zheng Liang! What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to exploit your powers in the absence of His Majesty? How can you order the guards to drag me over like this?" Yang Lingxin shrieked in humiliation and fury.

All the ministers were looking at her in puzzlement and here she was kneeling on the ground miserably. How can Zheng Liang treat her like this? Does he not know that disrespecting the Empress could lead to serious problems for him?