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And sure enough, when he opened the scroll and he found at one glance that the seal was fake.

It was not the real Imperial seal.

"So, Your Majesty wants to assure by showing a fake Imperial seal."

"Fake Imperial seal…"

Qin Wenya whispered in confusion as she took the scroll from Xi Ying\'s hands swiftly. She looked at the Imperial seal but didn\'t find anything wrong.

However, since Xi Ying had said so, Qin Wenya wanted to make sure.

She moved towards the documents that usually had the Imperial seal and then compared both the stamps.

Xi Ying smiled coldly as he stood up from the seat and walked towards the Empress.

He put his finger just at the below of the stamp and said

"This line here, Your Majesty…it should not be in the stamp. The stamp that Your Majesty had is fake."

Qin Wenya looked carefully and her face went pale.

It was indeed true. Now that Xi Ying had shown her she could see the difference very clearly.

The engravings on the Imperial stamps were not that easy to copy and hence it had always been very easy to recognize the fake stamps.

And Xi Ying\'s sharp eyes easily caught the strangeness of the stamp.

Qin Wenya on the other hand was shocked to the core. The scroll slid down from her hands and her mouth was parted slightly as she thought if the consequences she would have to face if by any chance she had to use this Imperial seal in the future.

Having a fake Imperial seal was just a crime …a crime for which an person coud be executed.

The Imperial seal …she was going to use it when she would be very desperate to get some help. It was Zhao Wang Lei\'s assurance to her that she would never suffer in the Imperial Palace.

However, now she was coming to know that all those assurances …they were fake.

Qin Wenya couldn\'t believe this.

Now even if she didn\'t want to believe Xi Ying, a part of her mind had already started to. Zhao Wang Lie gave her a fake Imperial seal then couldn\'t he really do whatever Xi Ying told her.

Qin Wenya thought inside her heart.

"I…I…"

Qin Wenya looked at Xi Ying speechlessly.

Xi Ying sighed lightly and said softly.

"This Lord will understand that Your Majesty doesn\'t have any way to prove her sincerity. However, this Lord warns Your Majesty that if Your Majesty tries to do something silly after this, then this Lord won\'t sit idly."

Qin Wenya\'s eyes went sharper and she said coldly.

"Is Prime Minister Xi threatening this Empress?"

"Yes"

Xi Ying said without any hesitation.

Qin Wenya\'s lips quivered in anger on hearing this. Xi Ying, however continued without any fear.

"Now, Your Majesty knows that even His Majesty is not on Your Majesty\'s side so Your Majesty must know that it is very easy for this minister to take down Your Majesty."

Xi Ying\'s words angered Qin Wenya very much but what could she even say.

"If Your Majesty tried to go against this Minister then this Minister won\'t leave any way out for Your Majesty."

Qin Wenya could only nod her head at Xi Ying\'s threatening words.

This helpless and this humiliated she had never felt in her whole life.

All of this was because of Zhao Wang Lei…the man whom she had trusted so much. Qin Wenya would remember this for her whole life.

Xi Ying was satisfied seeing that he had finally tamed the arrogant Empress.

Now Qin Wenya won\'t dare to do anything stupid and if she did then he would just use this fake Imperial seal to trap her.

He smiled mockingly as he told her.

"From what this Lord knows, It started years ago. Second Madam Li…Does Your Majesty know her?"

Qin Wenya frowned in confusion but nodded her head.

And Xi Ying continued

"Years ago, Second Madam Li married General Li and both of them were in love with each other."

Qin Wenya nodded her head. It was the truth. Even she had heard a lt about the harmonious relationship between General Li and his wife.

But where was Xi Ying trying to go from here?

"However, it was not only General Li who had liked Yi Clan\'s daughter at first glance. His dear friend, The current Emperor, Zhao Wang Lei had also liked Yi Jie a lot when he had first seen her."

Whatever Xi Ying was telling Qin Wenya had been told to him by General Li and some part of this had been found out by his shadow guards.

The frown on Qin Wenya\'s forehead seemed to vanish suddenly and she was now able to connect all the dots as Xi Ying continued

"Zhao Wang Lie and General Li fell in love with Yi Clan\'s daughter at first sight. However, only one of them could get her and that person came out to be General Li. Zhao Wang Lei didn\'t like it and hence when he sat at the throne he did everything to destroy Li Clan."

"But the power Li Clan held was very much able to save it from Zhao Wang Lei\'s attack. So he schemed and schemed and still now he is doing everything to destroy Li Clan."

Qin Wenya\'s eyebrows knitted to form a deep frown and she looked very dazed as she asked

"But what will he get by doing that? She is already married. He couldn\'t want to get her eve…"

Qin Wenya stopped amidst her words and looked at Xi Ying with a pale face.

Xi Ying\'s calm and serious face told her that what she was thinking was really true.

Qin Wenya suddenly felt very nauseous.

How could Zhao Wang Lei want an already married woman!

She covered her mouth and ran towards the bowl that was placed on the table.. Everything she had eaten in the morning came out of her mouth just like this.