Chapter 1071: The interrogation of Emperor Zhaochu
Chu Han turned around and saw Xie Yao dressed up so simply, but he didn't want to look away, and a flash of surprise flashed in his black eyes.
"I will give you a gift." He said softly, and a tall and straight figure stood beside Xie Yao.
There is a man and a woman. The man is handsome and the woman has a fairy-like temperament. They seem to be a golden couple born in heaven!
The morning sun just fell on the two of them, giving off a burst of golden light.
When Eunuch Liu saw Xie Yao's temperament, he was slightly stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and bowed, "Your Highness Prince Han, Miss Yan, please."
It's really strange how Yan Jun could have such a temperament despite his plain appearance. It must be intentional.
Xie Yao turned her head, glanced at Chu Han, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for sending me off."
After a while, Xie Yao and Chu Han arrived at the door of Prince Han's Mansion.
"If nothing happens, just stay in the house and rest. I'll be back soon." Xie Yao told Chu Han before getting on the carriage.
"Be careful on the road, don't inflate your fetus." Chu Han smiled, his eyes sly.
Xie Yao sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and took a look.
"Your Highness King Han, I will return to the palace first." Eunuch Liu said to Chu Han and then ordered to set off.
The carriage started slowly and drove towards the palace gate.
When the carriage went further and the traces gradually disappeared, Chu Han looked away, with a cold look on his face, "Wufeng, prepare the carriage, I want to enter the palace too."
Wu Feng knew that the prince was worried about the princess, so he immediately suggested: "Your Majesty, you'd better ride a horse. The princess has just left, so you can just catch up with her."
"Prepare the carriage!" Chu Han's voice deepened.
Wu Feng paused, looked at Chu Han in confusion, and immediately did it.
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Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
Xie Yao glanced at Emperor Zhaochu who was reviewing the memorial with his eyes down in front of him, and stood quietly without saying a word.
About a quarter of an hour had passed since she came in, and Emperor Zhaochu had not spoken or even raised his head to look at her.
The imperial study was very quiet, with only the sound of reading memorials and the chirping of birds outside the window.
After a while, Emperor Zhaochu put down the last memorial, rubbed his temples, and then raised his eyes to look at Xie Yao, his eyes filled with coldness and a sense of forlornness.
"Do you know what the memorial I just reviewed is about?" Emperor Zhaochu's voice was deep, as if he was questioning.
"Folk girls don't know." Xie Yao answered very briefly and in a crisp voice.
"It's because Chen Shangshu was poisoned to death!" Emperor Zhaochu said, his eyes as cold as knives, which made people feel cold all over. "My minister was poisoned to death, and all the ministers are panic-stricken! I must catch Wu Peiya in order to stabilize people's hearts.
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"Where is Wu Peiya?" Emperor Zhaochu suddenly scolded him with an aggressive look.
"I don't know, the daughter of the people." Xie Yao still answered the same, with a calm expression, "The daughter of the people doesn't know why the emperor asked the daughter of the people this question. The daughter of the people has not seen Miss Wu for a while."
"You don't have to pretend to be stupid in front of me! What Chen Shangshu has is a colorless and odorless poison that no one has ever seen even in Wanqi Kingdom. Wu Peiya will not have this kind of poison in her hands!" Emperor Zhaochu looked coldly.
Looking at Xie Yao, his voice was as cold as if it could turn water into ice.
"It was you who gave Wu Peiya the poison!"
Xie Yao lowered her eyes slightly, motionless as a mountain, "The civilian daughter was wronged! The civilian daughter has never seen Miss Wu again, nor does she know how Chen Shangshu was poisoned to death, nor did she give poison to Miss Wu!"
"If you say that the poison you have never seen was brought by folk girls just because they come from the frontier, it would be too unfair for folk girls!"
Emperor Zhaochu looked at Xie Yao's retort coldly. After Xie Yao finished speaking, he said coldly, "Since you said you were wronged, I will give you a chance to wash away your grievances!"
"As long as you can find Wu Peiya within one day, I will believe that you have been wronged! If you can't find her, then you are deliberately shielding Wu Peiya, and I will never give you mercy!"
Emperor Zhaochu made the final decision, and his cold voice echoed in the imperial study, like a demonic voice.
The corners of his cold mouth curved into an indifferent arc, and Emperor Zhaochu leaned back slightly, waiting for Xie Yao's choice!
When Xie Yao heard this, her eyes moved slightly.
Did Emperor Zhaochu force her to choose between him and Wu Peiya?
"To inform the emperor, the daughter of the people knows nothing about investigating cases and finding people, and she is pregnant now, so I am afraid she is not qualified. The investigation of Chen Shangshu's poisoning case is of great importance. The emperor should choose a more suitable person to do it, so that he can be
All officials can feel at ease, and Chen Shangshu’s family can feel at ease.”
Xie Yao bowed slightly, spoke calmly, and refused outright.
"You dare to resist the decree? This is a capital crime!" Emperor Zhaochu frowned upon hearing this, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
He originally thought that Yan Jun would only choose one of the two dilemmas, but he did not expect that Yan Jun would dare to resist and disobey the order!
In this way, it saves him trouble!
Xie Yao's heart moved. Although she didn't raise her eyes to see the murderous intention, she clearly felt the change in Emperor Zhaochu's momentum and argued: "People's daughters dare not resist the decree. It's just that people's daughters know that their abilities are limited, not to mention that people's daughters have
If she is pregnant, if she fails to catch her and delays the Emperor's search for Miss Wu, it will be a grave sin for a daughter of the people!"
"For the sake of the emperor, for the sake of the officials and Chen Shangshu's family, the emperor should find another suitable person."
Emperor Zhaochu looked at Xie Yao coldly, with cold murderous intent flashing in his eyes, "I ordered you to search for Wu Peiya, just for the sake of the officials and Chen Shangshu's family, but you refused, which means you are disobeying the order!"
"Come here!" Emperor Zhaochu shouted.
In an instant, the huge imperial study room was filled with murderous intent, and the temperature was horribly cold!
It seems like someone’s blood will be splattered on the spot at any moment!
Eunuch Liu walked in quickly.
Before Emperor Zhaochu could speak, Eunuch Liu said first, "Let me tell you, Your Majesty, Eunuch Ma has arrived and said that the Crown Princess wants to see Miss Yan."
Emperor Zhaochu frowned slightly, his eyes like swords, "Let Eunuch Ma go back and tell mother and concubine that I have something important to do. After the things here are finished, I will send Yan Jun to Yonghua Palace."
Eunuch Liu stood still, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "...Your Majesty, Eunuch Ma specially told her that the empress dowager is currently depressed and can only be relieved by seeing her unborn great-grandson."
Eunuch Liu did not dare to answer and stood silently.
Xie Yao heard clearly from the sidelines.
She knew even more clearly in her heart that the Crown Princess took action for the sake of her 'child in her belly'.
Otherwise, the Crown Princess would only want to see her disappear so that Chen Jiayi can marry into Prince Han's palace.
But it's a good thing to be able to leave the Imperial Study Room. Emperor Zhaochu just had clear murderous thoughts!
Although she has a way to escape, she can't continue to appear as Yan Jun, which is somewhat troublesome.
Moreover, she still doesn't know the whereabouts of Xie Wenwu.
The imperial study was quiet for a moment. Emperor Zhaochu looked at Xie Yao and suddenly put away all his coldness, without any expression on his face.
Such Emperor Zhaochu gave people a cold feeling.
"Since the concubine is unwell, let Eunuch Ma take her away."