"My Lady."

Pei Lan came in in a panic, "Feng Jinyu...he..."

Seeing him hesitate to speak, Cui Wan sensed something was wrong. "Did the robbery fail? Did Feng Jinyu's men safely bring Qingxu and his daughter back to the Crown Prince's residence?"

"Your Majesty, let's quickly escape from the palace. Feng Jinyu has brought Qingxu and Qinglian into the palace. They should be in the imperial study by now."

Cui Wan's tense nerves relaxed upon hearing this. "Escape? Where to escape? All lands under heaven belong to the king, and all the people in the world are his subjects! How could I be so afraid of death!"

"Your Majesty, please consider the little prince. He is less than a week old. We can go seek refuge with the Second Prince and then we can take our time."

Cui Wan gave a bitter smile, "There's no chance of taking it slow."

Cui Wan knew in her heart that the real eldest son was still alive, and none of Emperor Qianyuan's princes could defeat him.

Only stupid people would throw eggs at stones!

If she takes the little prince to seek refuge with her eldest son who has been demoted to a commoner, won’t her little prince become a commoner directly and have to hide from place to place?

We must preserve Prince Ce'er's identity at all costs!

"Go and get the Begonia exquisite brocade box."

Peilan was shocked, "Your Majesty, please don't do anything stupid. The little prince is still so young."

"I know my limits. If this doesn't work out, please take good care of Ce'er for me. I want him to grow up safely and have a smooth life..."

Imperial Study

Emperor Qianyuan looked at the father and daughter kneeling on the ground with a gloomy expression.

"Do you know that casually slandering a country's imperial concubine is a capital crime?"

"Your Majesty, I don't have the guts to slander the Imperial Concubine. Everything I said is true. I dare not speak nonsense. Everything was done by the Imperial Concubine's orders."

"Then do you have evidence to prove that it was the Imperial Concubine who ordered you to do this?"

Qingxu looked at the bright yellow robe in front of him, his mind moved slightly. The Imperial Concubine had always been favored by the Emperor. After the fall of the Cui family, the Empress was only demoted to a concubine. After she gave birth to a little prince who looked very similar to the Emperor, she was promoted to Imperial Concubine and was favored in the harem.

This time, the emperor probably also wants to protect the queen.

But it's too late to change my mind now.

"Your Majesty, I received orders from the Queen and immediately destroyed the evidence to avoid leaving any evidence behind."

Emperor Qianyuan narrowed his eyes. "You are just slandering the Imperial Concubine with nothing to prove your claims. How dare you!"

“I dare not!”

"Ahem..." Feng Jinyu coughed lightly on the recliner. "Father, they dare not lie." "Since I returned to the capital after being poisoned, I have arranged for people to keep an eye on anyone who could harm me. To this day, no one has behaved abnormally, except for Concubine Cui. If Princess Xiao hadn't discovered her food was poisoned in advance and played along, faking her own death to force her to attack me again, who knows how long it would have taken. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been sure Qinglian was the poisoner, nor would we have discovered Qing Xudong."

"What did you just say? Princess Xiao is faking her death?"

Feng Jinyu saw that Emperor Qianyuan was also surprised and couldn't help but pursed his lips, "It was a fake death. Xiao Jun played the role very convincingly and fooled us all."

Emperor Qianyuan's face brightened instantly. He was worried that the Shangguan family would ask him to accompany their grandson's wife in the future and ask him for the murderer behind the scenes.

When he learned that the person behind the scenes was Cui Wan, he resisted!

He was afraid that the Dongjun royal family would ask him to execute Wan'er!

How could he accept such a request?

If we agree, the entire Beiyi will be inferior to Dongjun!

Now that Princess Xiao is alive and the Crown Prince is still alive, he no longer has to worry about this.

"Yu'er, it's rare for you to enter the palace. Stay here today. Father will arrange for someone to investigate and verify. If it is confirmed that Concubine Cui is behind all this, Father will definitely seek justice for you."

Nie Jiu, who was waiting outside the imperial study, felt that Emperor Qianyuan didn't seem to love Feng Jinyu very much.

His son almost died, and as a father, his reaction was like this. Shouldn't he have questioned Concubine Cui immediately and punished her on the spot?

Still investigating and verifying, isn't this just dragging things out?

"Your Majesty." Nie Jiu bowed and walked in.

Emperor Qianyuan raised his eyes and said, "You've arrived just in time. Quickly carry the eldest prince back to the East Palace."

"Your Majesty, I'm Nie Jiu, Prince Shun's personal guard. Prince Shun made a significant contribution to the discovery that Qing Xudong and Qing Lian are father and daughter. Our people discovered his whereabouts in Jintai Tower. Qing Xudong's residence is located at the right end of the alley behind Jintai Tower. He has been renting the Cuizhuxuan, a private room on the third floor of Jintai Tower, for a year. This is where Qing Xudong meets with the Imperial Concubine's subordinates. Your Majesty, please have me ask the shopkeeper of Jintai Tower to come to the palace and identify the maidservants around Imperial Concubine Cui. That way, we can know if Imperial Concubine Cui is the one behind all this."

"That's right, father. You can ask the owner of Jintai Tower to come and identify the person. Prince Shun and Princess Xiao are both waiting for the result."

Emperor Qianyuan nodded and arranged for several imperial guards with swords to go with Nie Jiu.

Emperor Qianyuan glanced at Nie Jiu's figure. He was obviously a skilled fighter. He was probably arranged by the old man Shangguan Mochen.

Su Xingyi is involved, so he may not be able to delay it for a few days.

Emperor Qianyuan looked at Li Haiying meaningfully and said, "Go to Changchun Palace and bring over those senior palace maids who frequently leave the palace. Let the manager of Jintai Tower identify them."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Haiying rushed to Changchun Palace, and the meaningful look of Emperor Qianyuan appeared in his mind. What did the emperor mean?

He really didn't understand!

Do you mean to protect the Imperial Concubine?

Peiyi caught a glimpse of the direction of the imperial study at the palace gate and became extremely anxious. If the empress didn't escape, the imperial guards would come to arrest her.

She couldn't understand why Qingxu, who was so good at light work and the best at escaping, was caught up by someone?

Soon, Li Haiying was seen leading a group of young eunuchs to Changchun Palace and running into the hall.

Pei Lan hurriedly asked, "Pei Yi, did the Emperor send the Imperial Guards?"

"No, Li Haiying came here with a group of young eunuchs."

Peilan turned to Cui Wan, who was in the first position, and said, "My Lady, what should we do?"

"Why are you panicking? You guys stay in the palace and take good care of the little prince for me. Okay, just pretend you know nothing."

Soon, a palace attendant's voice could be heard from outside, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Li requests an audience."

"Let him in."

Li Haiying came in and saw Cui Wan coaxing the little prince with a loving face, and tenderness between her brows.

The little prince subconsciously turned his head to look at Li Haiying, pointing his little finger at him, "Mother... Feifei... Hey hey hey..."

Li Haiying looked at the little prince speaking baby talk, and he looked more like the emperor.

It seems that for the sake of the little prince, the emperor should protect the queen.

"Eunuch Li, why are you here at this hour?"

Li Haiying handed a list to Cui Wan with both hands.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has ordered me to summon all the palace servants in Changchun Palace who are able to go out to purchase things to the Imperial Study."

Cui Wan glanced at the list and was a little surprised. Shouldn't they invite her over for a confrontation?

"I wonder what the Emperor wants them to do?"