"Miaomiao, step back."

The Queen rubbed her brows. Although she was unhappy about agreeing with Concubine Ning, she turned her head to look at Gu Qingsheng's pale face and couldn't help but think of the shocking scar on her back.

"The merit is too great, and he deserves a reward."

Gu Miao never thought that he would be choked by the queen. He looked at the queen sadly, then closed his mouth and stepped aside.

Rewards and punishments ultimately result in a winner and a loser.

Before Gu Qingsheng could express his gratitude, the imperial guards came rushing in from outside.

The first guard knelt on one knee before the emperor, his voice filled with the coldness and solemnity of the cold night.

"Your Majesty!"

He held up a sign with both hands

"This sign was found on the roof of a house in the direction the Imperial Master mentioned. Judging from the distance, someone must have shot an arrow from the roof. Perhaps seeing the army approaching, the fleeing people panicked and missed the sign."

It was a hand card. Important people in the capital city had one of these cards when attending various events. Gu Qingsheng also used it when he went to the teahouse to listen to opera.

On weekdays, very few people have seen brands like theirs, and they usually don’t show them to others. It is also a symbol of identity.

Therefore, now that he had picked up this card, he had immediately identified the murderer.

The emperor's face became more solemn, looking at the embarrassed expression of the head of the imperial guards.

"Show it up."

Eunuch Li stepped forward, took the sign, and handed it respectfully to the emperor.

The emperor took the wooden sign and took a look at it, then raised his eyebrows.

"presumptuous!"

The cards were thrown to the ground and rolled several times with the emperor's roar. The sound of wood hitting marble made everyone nervous.

When the sound stopped and the wooden sign was opened, revealing the gilded auspicious cloud embroidery on it, someone in the crowd exclaimed

"Auspicious Cloud Embroidery?! I heard that's Princess Changle's emblem, isn't it?"

As expected, above the auspicious cloud embroidery, the two big words "Changle" are very obvious.

"When you sit at home, the pot comes from the sky."

Miao Lanlan said.

Before Princess Changle could even receive her reward, it was discovered that the person who shot the arrow was related to her. It was a very poorly done self-directed drama.

The queen looked at the sign and fell silent. Imperial Concubine Ning rolled her eyes and stopped talking. She smiled charmingly but made no sound.

"Oh, everyone said that Changle deserved an award, but now that this sign has come out, everyone is speechless."

This situation makes Gu Miao very happy, and he slaps Concubine Ning's face.

"Changle, you did a great job in this play!"

She looked at Gu Qingsheng viciously and said with gritted teeth.

Probably because Gu Miao was not involved in this matter, he spoke with confidence, and looked at Gu Qingsheng with pride in his eyes.

"There must be some misunderstanding."

Prince Duan's face was gloomy. He naturally recognized Gu Qingsheng's cards, but he could not believe that Gu Qingsheng would do such a thing.

Seeing Gu Qingsheng's usual expression, Prince Duan was confused and said to the emperor:

"Your Majesty, you also know that although Changle is a bit willful on weekdays, she is not a bad child. She is also devoted to Jin Chu. How could she do such a thing..."

"That's hard to say."

Chu Zhiyao suddenly interrupted and bowed to the emperor

"It's fine that Princess Changle is usually spoiled and unruly, but now she has actually committed such a heinous act. Moreover, Prince Duan said that Princess Changle is devoted to Jin and Chu, but according to my investigation, the princess is able to use Miao Gu magic in private. This is colluding with the enemy. How can she still say that she is devoted to Jin and Chu?"

When these words were spoken, the whole audience was shocked.

Princess Changle knows witchcraft?

Is this pure nonsense!

But the emperor remained silent, which was rare when he heard this.

He looked at Gu Qingsheng, and thinking of Lei Man's behavior at that time, he began to have doubts in his heart.

"This is clearly slander!"

Prince Duan also got angry and said the same thing as the emperor did.

"Changle has been in Jinchu all this time, how could he know witchcraft? This is clearly a slander!"

"She grew up in Jinchu..."

"Isn't that slander?!"

Chu Zhiyao shouted, and pulled out a black worm from his hand.

"Let's try it out and find out."

Leiman's face changed. He touched the insect in his arms, then frowned and looked at the thing in Chu Zhiyao's hand.

When exactly...

Even though the two people were arguing like this, Gu Qingsheng didn't say a word.

Seeing that she was silent, the Queen Mother opened her thick eyelids and stopped the Buddhist beads in her hand.

"Changle, why don't you answer?"

The Queen Mother spoke and everyone fell silent.

Gu Qingsheng then slowly raised his eyes, walked to the center, and saluted the Queen Mother in front of everyone.

"The Queen Mother."

"Kiyomori has something to say."

"Although I really want to say that I was wronged, it seems that I am speechless at this time."

"Qingsheng denies the charges brought against him by General Chu."

She glanced at Bai Lu, who understood and picked up the sign from the ground and handed it to Gu Qingsheng.

"Because this card is a complete fake."

Gu Qingsheng took out his own cards from his pocket and compared the two. Everyone discovered that the gold embroidery on the murderer's card was obviously much darker than the real card.

Moreover, there is a missing piece of rust-gold pattern. If you don’t compare it, you won’t know it, but once you do, it looks a little cheap.

Chu Zhiyao choked, and the emperor's expression visibly relaxed.

Prince Duan is his own brother and once saved his life. If it was really Changle who did such a heinous thing, he really doesn't know how to make the decision.

"I'm just saying, how could the princess do such a thing?"

The situation changed and Concubine Ning spoke again. The Queen silently rolled her eyes at her, and her ability to change with the times was better than anyone else.

"Who on earth would do such a thing..."

The Queen Mother frowned and ordered someone to take the card from Gu Qingsheng's hand. She looked at it for a while, rubbed the gold foil for a while, and suddenly frowned even tighter.

"This is……"

She raised her head inconspicuously, hid her cards in her sleeves, and spoke in a dignified voice.

"Is the Anyang Governor here?"

Governor Luo naturally did not expect that he would be suddenly called by the Empress Dowager, so he hurried to the hall and knelt down.

"Your Highness, I, Luo Qingsong, the Governor of Anyang, pay my respects to the Emperor. Your Highness, Your Highness, pay your respects to the Empress Dowager."

A dark light flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes, and she let out a faint "hmm" sound from her throat.

Luo Zhaozhao, who was next to Gu Miao, straightened his back and listened when he heard his father's name being called.

"I remember that the goods in Anyang were unique and the workmanship was very fine, very different from what you see in the market today, right?"

"Yes, Queen Mother, Anyang is rich, and the food there is indeed different from that in the capital."

Luo Qingsong felt relieved, but just as he finished speaking, the Queen Mother suddenly exploded and threw the wooden sign in her hand at his feet.

"Then Governor, please explain what's going on with the Anyang fine gold on this fake wooden plaque?"