At this time, Prince Jing's mind was in a mess, and he could only say something meaningless to perfunctorily deal with Xia Zhengqi.

Shock, fear, and anger, three emotions were fighting in his head.

He was shocked that he could hear his niece's inner voice; he was afraid that the murder 18 years ago would be exposed; he was angry that Yang used a silver needle to harm his eldest son.

In the end, the three emotions fought each other and anger prevailed.

He really wanted to verify the true cause of his eldest son's death.

"As long as you want, you can find out the truth!" Xia Zhengqi looked at King Jing meaningfully.

Prince Jing nodded heavily: "Okay, Your Majesty, please help me find out the truth!"

Xia Zhengqi immediately called Debao and whispered some instructions to him.

The next day, Xia Zhengqi left the morning court, held Xia Miaoyuan in his arms, and went to Ciling Pagoda with Prince Jing.

In Daxia, children under the age of 12 were considered to have died prematurely, and children who died prematurely could not be buried in the ancestral tomb.

The imperial family built a special Ci Ling Pagoda to bury the children of the Xia family who died young. Xia Chengguang's small coffin was placed in the Ci Ling Pagoda.

Xia Zhengqi and Prince Jing first offered two incense sticks to Xia Chengguang.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Zhengqi ordered people to open Xia Chengguang's coffin.

Accompanying them were two coroners from the Ministry of Justice, both of whom were experienced in autopsies.

Before opening the coffin, Prince Jing hesitated for a moment: "Why not just forget it? Chengguang has been sleeping peacefully for 18 years, and now he still needs to be disturbed for an autopsy..."

"It's too late for you to regret now. This matter not only concerns your family affairs, but also the century-old reputation of a family of miraculous doctors." Xia Zhengqi looked at Prince Jing with burning eyes.

Seeing that Xia Zhengqi was so determined, Prince Jing didn't dare to say anything.

Xia Zhengqi held his daughter and stood outside the hall with Prince Jing, waiting for news.

Inside the tower, the coroner opened the coffin lid and uncovered the Hundred Blessings Quilt covering Xia Chengguang's body.

Xia Chengguang's body had already severely decomposed and was almost reduced to bones.

The coroner carefully untied the brocade clothes on his body and carefully examined the body.

A moment later, the coroner came running over to report: "Your Majesty, I found a silver needle on the young prince's body!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Zhengqi and Prince Jing immediately handed Xia Miaoyuan over to the nanny and walked into the inner hall.

[Hey! I want to see it too. Why did you leave me behind?] Xia Miaoyuan twisted her body in dissatisfaction in the nanny's arms.

Xia Zhengqi and Prince Jing stood in front of the coffin and looked inside. They saw a small corpse lying in the coffin. Because the corpse was severely decomposed, several shiny silver needles had pierced the corpse, leaving a part of it exposed outside.

Even though Xia Zhengqi had heard his daughter talk about the real cause of Xia Chengguang's death before, he still felt a surge of burning anger in his heart when he saw the tragic scene with his own eyes today.

He has always loved children, and he was heartbroken to see a one-year-old child being killed so cruelly.

He shouted sternly, "Check carefully for me to see how many needles there are!"

An hour later, the coroner reported: A total of 19 silver needles were found in the body, each one and a half inches long, and three of them had pierced the pericardium.

Xia Zhengqi clenched his fist and slammed it against the stone wall: "How vicious!"

Prince Jing could no longer control himself. His entire body was shaking violently, and he collapsed on the ground, crying out loud: "Chengguang, Daddy has failed in his duty. I am not worthy of being your father!"

After crying for a long time, Prince Jing suddenly stopped crying. He wiped his tears with a serious face, stood up and ran out.

Xia Zhengqi and others were shocked.

"Quick, stop Prince Jing!" Xia Zhengqi shouted hurriedly after coming to his senses.

But it was too late.

Prince Jing ran to the outside of Ciling Pagoda in one breath, untied a horse from the carriage, jumped on it and ran out, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Oh no, go chase Prince Jing!" Xia Zhengqi ordered in panic.

Several young eunuchs got on a carriage and chased after him, but they could never catch up.

Seeing this, Xia Zhengqi hurriedly jumped into his carriage and asked the coachman to rush to Prince Jing's Mansion.

[Oh no, Uncle Jing Wang is not going to rush back home to kill someone, right?]

Xia Miaoyuan sat in Xia Zhengqi's arms, muttering to herself.

What does knife man mean?

Xia Zhengqi looked puzzled.

Ciling Pagoda is located on the outskirts of the city, more than 20 miles away from Prince Jing's Mansion. The carriage is heavy and no matter how fast it goes, it cannot compare to galloping on horseback.

When Xia Zhengqi's carriage arrived at Prince Jing's mansion, Prince Jing had already been home half an hour.

"Where is Prince Jing? Take me to find him!" Xia Zhengqi no longer cared about etiquette and grabbed a servant and asked.

"In the inner courtyard." The servant answered tremblingly.

Xia Zhengqi stuffed Xia Miaoyuan into Debao's arms, picked up his robe, and ran to the inner courtyard.

【Wait for me, Daddy! 】

She wants to see Huang Bo Dao Ren!

Today must be a once-in-a-century melon, she wants to eat it, she wants to eat it on the spot.

"Hurry... hurry..." Xia Miaoyuan squeezed out two words towards Debao.

Debao immediately understood what the little princess meant and ran away with her in his arms.

When Xia Zhengqi rushed to the inner courtyard, he immediately felt that the atmosphere was unusual.

I saw that the door to the inner courtyard was closed, and a dozen maids, servants, and boys were standing at the gate with strange expressions.

"Open the gate quickly!" Xia Zhengqi shouted.

A man who looked like a housekeeper said coldly: "The prince has ordered that no one should be allowed to enter..."

Halfway through his words, the butler turned around and saw that it was Emperor Mingxi. He was so frightened that he immediately fell to his knees and said, "Open, open, open, I will open the door right away!"

More than a dozen servants were so frightened that they knelt down and saluted.

Xia Zhengqi didn't bother to argue with them. As soon as the housekeeper opened the door, he rushed in.

The door of the main house was tightly closed, and two of Prince Jing's guards were standing guard outside.

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