"Then, Wantao will not disturb the imperial concubine. Please take care of your health, and Wantao will go back to pray for your concubine."
Princess Wantao pursed her lips, looking disappointed.
"You are interested too."
Concubine Xiao smiled on her face, but in her heart she wanted to tell Princess Wantao to leave quickly so that she could search Chu Yunxi.
Princess Wantao really left. While Xiao Guifei breathed a sigh of relief, Chu Yunxi also breathed a sigh of relief. However, she looked a little sad.
Concubine Xiao sighed secretly that she was too careless, while Princess Wantao was still so heartless.
"Miss Chu, please."
Aunt Wan led Chu Yunxi to the bathing pool, but she still showed reluctance on her face and followed Aunt Wan slowly.
Not long after, Aunt Wan returned to Concubine Xiao to recover.
"How is it? Did you find anything?" Concubine Xiao asked anxiously.
Aunt Wan shook her head and whispered:
"My dear, there is nothing in her clothes. Even the old slave on the mezzanine took it out and looked at it."
"Nothing? Then why did she come to the palace? Is it possible that she is really just worried about the prince?"
Chu Yunxi was closing her eyes and relaxing, soaking in a pool full of flowers. The fragrance was lingering and she felt relaxed. The bath in Feiyan Palace was extraordinary and extremely luxurious.
"Your Majesty, Princess Wantao wishes to see you." The young eunuch came to report.
"I am busy with official duties and have no time to see her. Let her go back first."
The emperor was in a bad mood and was not very interested when he heard that his beloved daughter was in court. What's more, Jun Hongyan and the Minister of War were still kneeling down.
Not long after, the young eunuch came in again: "Your Majesty, Princess Wantao said that she has something very important that she needs to hand over to you now. Please see it."
The emperor found it strange that Wantao was still a little girl with a playful temperament, so she could have something important.
"Let her in."
He just happened to be able to catch his breath.
As soon as Princess Wantao entered the room, she didn't expect that besides her, her father would also have the crown prince and brother, King An, the Minister of Punishment and the Minister of War. They might be talking about some important family and national affairs. I wonder if it is appropriate for her to hand over the things in her hands now.
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"Don't you have something to show me? Why don't you come over?"
The emperor spoke, and Princess Wantao had an arrow on the string and had to speak.
"Father, look at this."
Princess Wantao handed the paper in her hand to the emperor. The emperor took it and opened it, his eyes suddenly widened.
All I saw was paper:
King An and the Minister of War ordered the guilty minister to copy the layout of the capital and sell it to people from the Dongyi Kingdom. The minister knew that the matter was important, but he did not dare to disobey the order.
It was just a pretense of contact, but the other party was willing to trade for 200,000 taels of silver. I was so obsessed that I committed a capital crime.
However, of the two hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred thousand taels will be distributed to King An, and 60,000 taels will be distributed to the Minister of War.
His Highness the Prince conducted a thorough investigation and the matter was exposed. Fearing that the dirty silver would be seized by His Highness, the Minister of War ordered the ministers to send people to intercept it.
King An even sent hundreds of soldiers to die. The guilty minister never thought that they would become crazy and assassinate the prince.
Although the guilty minister is bound to die, it is hard to escape the blame. However, he has no intention of rebelliousness. I hope that Your Majesty will understand clearly and spare the lives of my family.
The emperor shook his hands after reading Jing Zhaoyin's confession. He raised his head in shock and looked at Princess Wantao.
"Where did you get this?"
Princess Wantao thought for a moment and then responded truthfully.
"Father, this is what Sister Yunxi asked me to give to you."
"Chu Yunxi?" The emperor was surprised.
"She has entered the palace? Why don't you send her yourself?"
The eyes of the people below also looked towards Princess Wantao at the same time.
Jun Lingyun thought about his Xi'er, has she done something big again?
When Jun Hongyan heard Chu Yunxi's name, he had a bad premonition. What was written on that piece of paper? He coldly warned Princess Wantao not to talk nonsense.
Princess Wantao looked at Jun Hongyan. If she told him, she might not be able to live a stable life in the future.
She looked at Jun Lingyun again. This piece of paper should be very important to the prince and brother, otherwise Sister Yunxi would not have tried her best to send it to her father.
In the past, it was the prince and the emperor's brother who protected her. How could she stand by and watch when the emperor's brother was in trouble this time?
"If you tell the truth, your father will make the decision for you."
The emperor noticed her nervousness and glared at Jun Hongyan.
"Sister Yunxi has entered the palace. She is currently in the Imperial Concubine's Feiyan Palace. The Imperial Concubine said she has a head disease and requires Sister Yunxi to copy her scriptures for three days before she can come out."
Princess Wantao still said it tactfully, but who was the emperor? How could he not hear the secrets? Chu Yunxi entered the palace to deliver evidence, but was detained by Concubine Xiao.
"Crazy! Extremely wild!"
The emperor stood up suddenly, threw Jing Zhaoyin's letter of confession to the ground, and pointed it at Jun Hongyan.
"Don't you want to watch it? Watch it now!"
Jun Hongyan had already had a premonition. He endured the oppressive feeling of Long Yan's anger. He took a few steps forward and picked up the paper on the ground. When he saw Jing Zhaoyin's painting, a cold feeling spread throughout his body. What should he do now?
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"Father, my son has been wronged. Jing Zhaoyin was so greedy for profit that he surrendered to the enemy and betrayed his country. He actually dared to bite his son to get himself off the hook. I don't know who instigated him!"
At this moment, Jun Lingyun took out the two confessions from his arms. Eunuch Fu quickly stepped forward to take them and handed them to the emperor.
The reason why he didn't take it out before was because without Jing Zhaoyin's confession, the confessions of these two servants seemed pale and weak.
The emperor only glanced at it, then put it back into Eunuch Fu's hand, and pointed at Jun Hongyan, "Show it to him!"
Jun Hongyan looked at the three confessions in front of him, all pointing to him, and felt panicked. He could only keep shouting about injustice:
"Father, my son is really unjust. They are all from Jing Zhaoyin. They are all in the same group!"
"In this huge capital, besides you and your mother-in-law's Xiao family, who can mobilize so many dead soldiers? Do you want to say that the prince did not hesitate to injure himself in order to frame you, but actually inflicted hundreds of injuries on himself?
The life of my confidant?”
The emperor stepped down from the throne and came to Jun Hongyan step by step.
"If the prince is ready to sacrifice so many people, why not just kill you? There are witnesses and physical evidence, how can you deny it?"
"Father, father, I really don't know what happened to those dead soldiers. If you are suspicious of the Xiao family, why not send my grandfather, Duke Xiao, to ask."
Jun Hongyan was finally afraid. He was flustered and ran out of ideas. He thought that his grandfather was cunning and his father was wary of him. Maybe he could find a way to resolve the crisis.
When he was really desperate, Jun Hongyan hoped that Duke Xiao would take the blame for his mother and concubine's sake.
"Didn't I summon him?"
When Xiao Guogong was mentioned, the emperor became even more angry. Could it be that Jun Hongyan had lost his memory? Xiao Guogong claimed that he was ill and refused to call. Isn't this what happened just now?
"I know that you have always been ambitious and wanted to take the crown prince's place relying on the Xiao family. But I never expected that you would dare to betray the military plane and assassinate the crown prince! I am really disappointed in you!
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"Father, father, I really don't know about this. Maybe, maybe it was Xiao Guogong who did it behind my back. Father, you are aware of it!"
The Minister of the Ministry of War, who was kneeling behind, kept his body low and did not dare to make a sound. When he heard Jun Hongyan say this, he also raised his head in shock.
King An actually put all the blame on his grandfather in order to survive? Wasn't this a self-destruction? If Xiao Guogong knew about it, could he still come to save them?