The step-brother is charming and soft, and the Marquis can't help but flirt with her

The paper flew like catkins and fell all over the floor. The seventh prince picked up a piece nearby and looked at it. He was stunned on the spot and his hands started to shake.

"How could...how could it be possible?"

The seventh prince's pupils trembled.

The black and white words on the paper were clearly written, but he felt that he was illiterate and couldn't understand anything.

This piece of paper is the confession of the prince's subordinates. The prince raised dead soldiers, secretly framed other princes, and bribed palace officials to install spies in the harem...

One by one, taken individually, they are nothing, but they were exposed together.

Other princes may not have done these things before, and Emperor Hui'an may not have known about it, but it is one thing to know it, and it is another thing to be exposed. If it is not exposed, as long as it is not too excessive, Emperor Hui'an will He could turn a blind eye, but if he was exposed, he couldn't sit idly by and ignore it. Otherwise, where would the majesty of the emperor be?

The Seventh Prince's heart continued to sink. He knelt on the ground and picked up all the other papers. He looked at them one by one, and his eyes went dark every time he looked at them.

The prince's life has been really good these years, and his heart has become wild. He forms cliques for personal gain, excludes dissidents, and makes people tremble with fear.

The last one was the confession of the servant who was bribed by the Seventh Prince.

It describes in detail how the prince bribed him to steal his private seal.

The seventh prince couldn't believe it. He didn't understand how he and the prince had reached this point.

Seeing his lost look, Lu Xingyue shook his head.

The most ruthless emperor's family, you regard others as your brothers, and they regard them as a thorn in your side.

Emperor Hui'an took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Footsteps sounded again outside the royal study. Cheng Jin quickly stepped inside and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Jin Yiwei who went to investigate the prince is back."

Emperor Hui'an suddenly opened his eyes with a cold light, "Let him come in!"

The Jin Yiwei quickly walked in, knelt down and said without any nonsense: "Your Majesty, I checked the staff and cronies around the prince and found that one of them had been to the inn and met a person, and the person behind him went -"

He paused for a moment, glanced at Lu Xingyue on the side and said: "I went to the villa outside the city of Duke Rongguo, and got in touch with the people in the villa through a horseman. When I traced the whereabouts of that person, I found that he had already disappeared. He is not in Yangdu and his whereabouts are unknown."

The whereabouts are unknown is a glorified term. In this case, he is probably dead.

Sure enough, Emperor Hui'an sneered when he heard this, stood up and waved his sleeves and said: "Okay, here comes someone whose whereabouts are unknown - go and arrest all the aides around the prince, put them into prison, torture them, and pry their mouths open for me! I'm going to die!" You want to see what good things my good son has done!"

"Yes!"

The Jin Yiwei took the order, and Emperor Hui'an looked at Lu Xingyue, "Take someone to bring the prince. If he dares to resist, I will break his legs!"

Lu Xingyue: "I obey the order."

*

Soon the East Palace fell into chaos. The prince was furious. He wanted to resist but was caught by Lu Xingyue. He yelled: "Who do you think you are? How dare you make trouble in the East Palace? Let me go!"

Lu Xingyue repeated Emperor Hui'an's words expressionlessly. The prince couldn't believe it, his eyes were splitting, "It must be you, you beast, who framed Gu in front of my father! I don't believe that my father is so heartless, I don't believe it!"

The Crown Princess was supported by the maid, her face was pale and her eyes were red, "Your Highness——"

The prince calmed down a little when he saw her, "Why did you come out? Go back."

"I will enter the palace with Your Highness." The Crown Princess insisted, but Lu Xingyue shook his head, "Your Majesty only summoned His Highness, the Crown Princess must not embarrass the official."

"This is none of your business, you go back first."

The prince calmed down his emotions and said warmly: "Don't worry, Gu will be back soon." The prince looked at him deeply, "Your Highness..."

The prince forced a smile and said, "Father, you know everything and will not accuse me unjustly."

The person who had refused to leave before now urged Lu Xingyue, "Master Lu, let's go?"

Lu Xingyue looked at his threatening eyes and sneered, "Your Highness, please——"

"Your Highness!" The Crown Princess looked at the Prince's back and shouted in panic. The Prince stopped but did not look back.

The Crown Princess burst into tears and already had a premonition in her heart. She just said softly: "My concubine and the child are waiting for you to come back."

The prince looked up at the sky and choked with sobs: "Okay."

However, he never came back.

After receiving the news, the queen sent someone to bring the princess into the palace to comfort her, but as soon as she left the side hall, she staggered.

Rong Zhao hurried over to help her. The queen raised her eyes and saw her daughter. Finally, she couldn't help the red circles in her eyes, "Ting'er,"

"Mom, don't cry, my daughter's heart will be broken when you cry."

The queen held back her tears and shook her head, waving her hands and saying, "We'll talk about it when we get back."

The two returned to the palace, Rong Zhaoping retreated from everyone, and the queen finally couldn't help but lay on the short table and cried bitterly.

"How did this happen? How did it get to this point? What evil have I done that God wants my own sons to kill each other to punish me?"

Rong Zhao was also uncomfortable, but she had expected this day, so there was no surprise. She sat behind the queen and patted her back gently, "Mother, when she was born in the emperor's family, she had no choice but to come to this day." This step is due to my elder brother’s character. I don’t blame others, nor do I blame you. You have tried your best. You have taught Brother Qi and I very well, so how can I blame you?”

The queen raised her head with choked sobs, her eyes were red, and she was filled with grief, "Yes, you grew up together, and I taught you the same way, so why did you let him go astray? There are so many princes, but he doesn't hate any of them. I just hate that I fell in love with my own brother."

She cried and laughed again.

Rong Zhao was horrified when he saw it, and quickly hugged the queen, "Don't feel too bad, mother. It's still under investigation and the results haven't come out yet. Brother, nothing may happen to her. My daughter will work hard to find a solution."

The queen cried for a while to finally vent her emotions.

She calmed down and wiped her tears, shook her head and said, "No, don't get involved in this matter. Your father is angry, so don't take it out on you."

She sighed and said: "You are right. The prince has fallen like this. It is no one else's fault. It is his own narrow-mindedness and jealousy of talents. It is lucky that the seventh child is fine now. I can't control the rest."

Rong Zhao held the queen's hand and said, "Queen mother, we can't get into trouble now. There are many people in the harem waiting to see our jokes. At this time, we must be more stable."

The queen's eyes gradually became firmer as she looked at her, "Yes, we can't be messy now. Go talk to your sister-in-law and let her take more care of the child in her belly."

"My daughter understands."

Rong Zhao sent several trustworthy maids to follow the princess and watch over her at all times to prevent others from taking advantage of her.

The Crown Princess knew that she had good intentions, so she did not refuse, and she was able to raise her baby in the palace with peace of mind.

Compared with the gloom and mist here, Chunhua Palace can be said to be peaceful and peaceful.