Xie Qing asked several questions in a row, leaving the Fourth Prince speechless.

Xie Qing smiled lazily, a hint of teasing hidden in his crooked eyes: "Now that we have finished searching the Eastern Palace, let's go search your Fourth Prince's Mansion. Let's go."

Xie Qing walked out slowly, and the crowd automatically made way for him.

The newly minted scholars looked at Xie Qing with admiration. Is this the crown prince? This is the future emperor, the monarch they will soon be loyal to.

Even when the Fourth Prince was aggressively pressuring him and the palace was searched, the expression on his face never changed. He looked so calm and composed, as if the Fourth Prince was inviting him for tea and he was happy to attend.

Now, when he forcefully went to search the Fourth Prince's mansion, he still had the same expression, but the aura that suddenly emerged from him was so impressive that people couldn't help but be impressed.

The newly-appointed scholars unconsciously followed the prince's steps and walked out.

The Fourth Prince suddenly felt something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Why are you going to my Prince's Mansion?"

Xie Qing paused, looked at him and said, "I didn't expect that Fourth Brother, at such a young age, has such a bad memory. We just agreed that you'd let me search your Fourth Prince's Mansion before I'd let you search my Eastern Palace. What? Now that you've searched my Eastern Palace, you're not going to admit it?"

After Xie Qing finished speaking, he looked at Lord Wu again and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we don't necessarily have to search, we just want to go in and take a look, that's all."

The Fourth Prince's face turned grim. He was about to refuse when he heard a stern voice say, "Since you've agreed, then do it. Procrastination is not a sign of a real man."

Everyone looked sideways, who else could this be but the emperor?

The emperor did not come with the crowd, but he was carried in a sedan chair and listened to such a big show at the gate of the East Palace.

When the Fourth Prince saw the Emperor appear, he was still reluctant to allow a search. What if the Crown Prince took the opportunity to frame him? He said, "My conscience is clear, why should a search be conducted?"

Xie Qing's face darkened: "I have a clear conscience, why do you insist on searching?"

The Fourth Prince was very confident. "Of course it was Lu Cainu who saw someone coming with the dragon robe. Now that she has cleared my second brother's name, that's all. Why is she causing unrest in my mansion? My prince's wife was deposed by my father, but he didn't say she was divorced or demoted to a concubine. She was awkwardly imprisoned in the mansion. Now there is no mistress in charge. If you want to search the outer courtyard, you can only search the inner courtyard. If you search the outer courtyard and then are not satisfied and want to search the inner palace, how should I deal with it?"

The emperor's face darkened. "Fourth Brother, are you blaming me? What I hate most is a quarrel between brothers. Since you insist that the crown prince has hidden the dragon robe with the intention of treason, do you know what crime is in secretly keeping the dragon robe?"

The Fourth Prince said, "Of course, he intends to rebel."

The emperor nodded. "If that's the case, you're raiding the Eastern Palace with such fanfare based solely on rumors. Why can't the Crown Prince search your Fourth Prince's residence? If he can't, then maybe I can?"

It's obvious that the emperor is protecting the prince!

This favoritism is so obvious!

The Fourth Prince was quite unconvinced, but he could only bow his head and say, "If your Majesty wishes to visit your son's residence, I will naturally prepare a bed for you."

The emperor raised his foot and walked: "Let's go."

The Fourth Prince looked at Lord Wu.

As they walked, they came to the end. The Fourth Prince asked in a low voice, "Is everything settled?"

Surrounded by so many people, Lord Wu didn't say much and just nodded: "Okay."

The Fourth Prince breathed a sigh of relief and quickly followed the Emperor.

The emperor didn't walk far before he got on a carriage. Xie Qing felt sorry for his wife, so he also asked for a sedan chair to accompany her, and then changed to a carriage at the palace gate.

The Fourth Prince had to run all the way to the palace gate before he could get on the carriage.

Lord Wu naturally wanted to go and take a look as well.

The six ministers and other important officials would naturally go along to take a look.

Officials dared to go and watch the fun, but these new scholars did not dare. What's more, most of them did not pass the imperial examination this time. Now they are just mere scholars and have not yet entered the court to serve as officials. Can they really go along?

They were lucky enough to have watched the excitement in the Eastern Palace, so now they have to leave the palace?

Who would have thought that after leaving the palace, there would be carriages waiting at the door.

The imperial guards were waiting for them: "Your Majesty invites all the students to come with you."

"Let's go together?"

The students looked shocked.

Sun Quanxue was in the crowd, feeling both surprised and frightened. However, when he saw so many people together, he felt a little more at ease.

The others thought so too. Since this was His Majesty's intention, wouldn't it be a pity not to watch the excitement? More than a hundred people immediately boarded the carriage and headed to the Fourth Prince's residence.

Prince Du squeezed his way from behind the crowd to Xie Qing's carriage. Under everyone's sidelong glances, he nimbly climbed up and said, "Hey, here I come."

Xie Qing despised him: "You don't have to come."

Prince Du shook off the dust on his clothes. Seeing Qin Wan, he didn't move in. Instead, he sat down at the door of the carriage and bowed to Qin Wan, "Crown Princess."

Then he looked at Xie Qing again: "It's you who made me run around so much, never having a spare moment. Now I just came back and saw a big show. By the way, what happened to the dragon robe? I heard that everyone in the East Palace was knocked unconscious. How did they change it?"

"There wasn't a dragon robe." Qin Wan took out a bundle from the carriage and opened it. "They're not fools. How could they all faint when someone like this suddenly appears in the palace? They let him in on purpose to see what they were going to do. The bundle was exchanged by Jixiang Ruyi. It originally contained this."

The bundle had two layers. Qin Wan explained, "Originally, the bundle had two layers. The outer layer was the one that was opened on the spot in the East Palace. The inner layer is this one, which is closer to bright yellow in color. Inside this bundle is the real stuff."

As Qin Wan spoke, she opened the bright yellow bundle, revealing the moon-white robe inside. She picked up the robe and shook it open. As soon as she saw the size, she knew that it was not made according to the Fourth Prince's body shape, but must be for Xie Qing.

Xie Qing grabbed the yellow bundle, frowning, "Is this bundle meant to hide the moon-white clothes inside, making people think it's a dragon robe?"

Qin Wan nodded: "That should be what I mean."

Prince Du recounted the incident, "The fourth prince brought the dragon robe and intended to bring it to the Eastern Palace, but someone replaced it along the way. The young eunuch had no idea, and after entering the Eastern Palace, he was discovered by you. You used your trick and switched the robe. Who knew it was fake?"

Qin Wan nodded: "So even if we didn't switch the clothes, this dress would only be made by me. But now the question is, who around the fourth brother is so powerful that he could change the clothes? If he has the ability to change the dragon robe, he should also have the ability to report it. This doesn't make sense..."

Prince Du couldn't figure it out either. He looked at Xie Qing and said, "Prince, do you have a backup plan that we don't know about?"

Xie Qing smiled mysteriously: "I won't tell you."

Seeing his expression, Qin Wan knew that this was a mystery and even he didn't know about it.

The three of them arrived at the Fourth Prince's Mansion with doubts.