Thinking of the fake edict in the prince's hand, and then looking at the real one in his hand, Wen Ranran and Xia Lishuang shuddered.
Behind the prince's rebellion, someone is secretly stirring up trouble!
Wen Ranran and Xia Lishuang looked at each other, and each could see the hidden worry in the other's eyes.
"Then this edict..." Wen Ranran hesitated.
"This edict is my father's heartache. Naturally, I want the property to be returned to its original owner."
Wen Ranran was stunned and tugged on Xia Lishuang's sleeve.
"That……"
"Don't worry, I won't talk about Shen Tong!" Xia Lishuang patted Wen Ranran's head.
Wen Ranran nodded, she also meant the same thing.
The water behind Shen Tong is too deep. If he rushes out, he will only reveal his identity as a magician.
Going back in time is too unbelievable, so the fewer people know about it, the better.
The carriage rushed to the palace gate overnight. Wen Ranran asked Xia Lishuang to enter the palace while she waited outside the palace gate.
What a joke, although she was considered a female official, she didn't have the guts to get involved in such a thing. At that time, she was just borrowing the emperor's help from the palace.
Tai Chi Hall has now returned to normal, and the white marble steps stained red by blood that day have been washed away.
Those changes and bloodshed seemed as if they had never existed.
As soon as Xia Lishuang entered the brightly lit imperial study, she only saw a small mountain of memorials.
The emperor has been very busy these past two days, and his eyes are all blue now.
Xia Lishuang bowed and saluted, "My sons and ministers are here to see my father!"
"Lao Qi is here...sit down first!"
Xia Lishuang hesitated for a moment, then lifted up her clothes and knelt down.
"Father, my son... I have something important to report to my father!"
The red pen in the emperor's hand paused.
"What's up?"
Xia Lishuang did not dare to neglect.
"The Li family was ransacked, and my son found another edict in Li Yuan's study..."
"What?!" The emperor was shocked.
Xia Lishuang silently took out the old-colored silk from her arms and handed it over.
The emperor took it with trembling hands.
The edict was a little dull in color due to its age, and there was no scroll to support it. However, on the square of cloth, the matter of passing the throne was clearly written in small regular script.
It is written in regular script on silk and is stamped with red seal.
The emperor only glanced at it and saw that it was the late emperor's handwriting.
The emperor's fingertips trembled, and he quickly took out the copy that the prince had held that day.
In comparison, the contents of the two edicts are exactly the same except for the different people who passed the throne.
The emperor looked through it carefully and finally found some clues.
The edict that states the crown prince's succession to the throne is obviously newer, and the jade seal at the back looks a bit like a painting.
In other words, what the prince has in his hands is fake.
But the one Xia Lishuang took out was the real thing.
"You, you, you...did you really find this in Li Yuan's hands?"
The emperor pulled Xia Lishuang, the excitement in his eyes almost overflowing.
"My son dare not lie."
The emperor took a deep breath, held the edict tremblingly, and tears flashed across his eyes.
Xia Lishuang sighed when she saw her father like this.
The late emperor established the territory of Rongguo and spent his whole life in the army, but in the end he did not sit on the throne for a few days.
In his later years, the late emperor gradually ignored the affairs of the court, and his five sons also had their own agendas, causing a bloody storm in the court.
But the present emperor was not valued by the late emperor at that time.
During the turmoil in the court, my father finally stood at the end.
The late emperor also died here. Before leaving, he left his edict to the eldest princess.
Therefore, even if he has been emperor for more than ten years, even if the country is now prosperous and the people are strong, even if he has achieved hegemony...
Perhaps, in my father's heart, he still needs recognition from the late emperor.
The atmosphere in the hall was silent for a long time.
The emperor stepped forward, patted Xia Lishuang's shoulder, and helped her up personally.
"Lao Qi, you are a good boy!"
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Wen Ranran waited for Xia Lishuang to come out at the gate of the palace. She couldn't wait for a long time. As soon as she lifted the car curtain, she saw Han Chun, the censor, with an expression as if the sky was falling. He was hurriedly preparing to enter the palace, even wearing his official hat.
It's worn crookedly.
Wen Ranran raised her eyebrows and lifted the car curtain.
"Master Han...is there something wrong with entering the palace in such a hurry?"
When Han Chun heard Wen Ranran's voice, he was startled for a moment, then suddenly turned around and looked at Wen Ranran with a bit of cold hostility in his eyes.