"Stop arguing." Zhang Hedi pretended to be displeased and slapped the dragon case hard, and the hall suddenly became quiet.

But beneath the quiet exterior is a floating heart.

Especially Prince Rui, who wanted to scratch the Prince of Changping with his eyes.

He originally thought that Prince Changping was useless, but he didn't expect that he was either useless or unwilling to be used by him.

The Prince of Changping lowered his head to avoid King Rui's sinister eyes, pursed his lips nervously, and felt his calves trembling.

He was not afraid of King Rui, he was afraid that he had made a wrong bet in this round.

Especially when Zhang Hedi, who was sitting above, asked coldly: "You said that Xiao Sanlang is the third prince Xiao Chen, is there any evidence?

I think that although Xiao Sanlang is somewhat similar to the third prince, it does not mean that they are the same person."

Prince Changping's legs became even weaker, and he even felt a little regretful in his heart. If he lost the bet, would he not be able to leave the palace alive today?

But things have come to this, and he can only hold on.

The Prince of Changping knelt on the ground and gritted his teeth and said: "Wei Chen met the Queen in the Xiao family's house.

Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you can ask someone to go to the Xiao family to announce the call. There is a woman named Xu in his family, who is the empress.

Wei Chen heard Xiao Sanlang call the Queen Mother his mother, if he was not the third prince, why did he call the Queen Mother his mother?"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention all the ministers in the palace, even Zhang and Emperor were so shocked that they almost stood up.

After Empress Xu's life experience was revealed, she became a stranger to him. She even refused to say unnecessary words to herself.

The queen locked herself in Linghua Palace for a month. During this period, even though he sentenced Achen to exile, she did not come out and say a word.

Suddenly one day, she opened the palace door and invited Zhang Hedi to come over to speak, but she only asked one sentence, asking whether his handwriting was involved in the deaths of Marquis Wu'an and his son in battle.

Zhang Hedi remembered that he did not answer her, but became furious.

The two had a fierce quarrel, and finally Empress Xu asked to go to the palace to recuperate due to physical discomfort.

He agreed.

Queen Xu went to the palace the next day, and within two days, he received news that Queen Xu was rushing to the border.

Later, he learned that Xiao Chen was assassinated at the border and Queen Xu's whereabouts were also unknown.

But he concealed the news, so the civil and military officials in the court did not know about it, and they only thought that Queen Xu was still in the palace recovering from illness.

Emperor Zhang He always thought that Empress Xu also died in the assassination six years ago, so he was so surprised when he heard the words of Prince Changping.

But he quickly concealed his surprise and waved to Gao Jiu, "You personally take people to the Xiao family and invite Mrs. Xu into the palace first. At this time, Xiao Sanlang should still be in the academy."

Gao Jiu immediately bowed and retreated.

When King Rui saw this scene, his face was extremely gloomy.

Prince Changping's heart was in his throat, and he kept praying in his heart. He even prayed to his eight generations of ancestors, and kept begging for their ancestors' blessings: The woman surnamed Xu of the Xiao family must be the queen.

ah.

Gao Jiu and his people soon appeared at Su Yue's house.

Su Yue was invited by Gao Qiuhua today to diagnose Mrs. Gao's pulse, so there were only Su Dehai, Jiang and Xu at home.

When Gao Jiu came in with a group of imperial guards, Su Dehai was so frightened that he slid from his chair and sat on the ground.

"No...are you here to ransack your house again? I...I haven't reported it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs yet."

He is very familiar with this battle. It was this battle when he was dismissed from office and his house was confiscated.

Jiang's face also turned a little pale. He barely managed to hold on to the chair before he could stand firmly. He trembled his lips and said, "May I ask what the reason for your father-in-law's visit is?"

Gao Jiu clasped his hands in front of his abdomen, raised his chin slightly, and glanced past Jiang, then fell on Su Dehai, who was still slumped on the ground.

Su Dehai was so excited by his gaze that he jumped up from the ground and said loudly: "Father-in-law, my family has not committed any crime, so we can't copy it."

Gao Jiu was startled by him, took a step back and looked over with a frown, "Who said the house was going to be ransacked? Did we hear that there is a Mrs. Xu in your family?

Our family is here to take Mrs. Xu into the palace, please quickly invite Mrs. Xu out."

Because he was not sure whether she was Empress Xu, Gao Jiu was very cautious in addressing her.

Taking Xu into the palace? Su Dehai and Jiang looked at each other.

As soon as he heard that they were not searching the house, Su Dehai let out a sigh of relief and felt that his courage returned to his body.

"Why do you want to take Mrs. Xu into the palace? I wonder if my father-in-law can tell me something?"

He said, skillfully handed over a purse and stuffed it into Gao Jiu's hand.

Gao Jiu didn't answer, but his expression softened a bit, "How can we speculate on His Majesty's will at will? It's better to invite people out quickly.

If your Majesty is two points too slow, I'm afraid Mr. Su won't be able to bear the blame."

Su Dehai's smile froze slightly, "Then... let me invite someone to invite you..."

"No!" Mrs. Jiang suddenly stepped forward boldly and said in a trembling voice: "Sister Xu is my daughter's adoptive mother and the benefactor of my family.

If my father-in-law cannot express it clearly, please forgive me for not letting my father-in-law take Sister Xu away."

Neither Jiang nor Su Dehai knew Xu's true identity. When they were in Jinzhou Mansion, Su Yue only told them that Xu was his savior.

Gao Jiu's face darkened, "Are you going to openly resist the decree?"

Su Dehai waved his hand quickly, "Father-in-law misunderstood, we don't dare, absolutely don't dare, just...just ask."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but tugged at Jiang, and whispered: "Are you crazy? How dare you disobey the imperial edict? Look at the guards behind you. They can crush us with one foot?"

Jiang's face turned pale, "Then we can't just take Sister Xu away. If there is any danger, how should we explain to Yue'er?"

Su Dehai tugged at his beard and muttered, "This evil girl knows how to cause trouble for me every day."

Before he could figure out how to deal with it, Gao Jiu became impatient and said, "Master Su, if you don't want anyone to invite you, we will personally bring someone in to invite you."

"No need." A cold voice came from outside, "I'm right here."

Xu's figure appeared at the door.

Jiang hurried over, stood in front of Xu, and whispered: "Why did you come out? I have asked Da Zhuang to go find Yue'er. Let's hold on for a while. Yue'er will definitely find a solution when she comes back."

Mrs. Xu patted Mr. Jiang's hand and smiled slightly, "No, I've been hiding for so many years. It's time to face reality."

Mr. Jiang looked confused.

Mrs. Xu had already passed her and slowly walked towards Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu kept his eyes fixed on Mrs. Xu, and finally reacted when Mrs. Xu walked up and raised her eyebrows at him.

"This slave joins the Queen's concubine."

As soon as he knelt down, the imperial guards behind him all knelt down and said in unison: "Join the Queen."

Su Dehai...

Jiang...

It wasn't until Xu left with Gao Jiu and others that Su Dehai realized what he was doing and fell to the ground again.
Chapter completed!