At this moment, Liu Yao, who was standing next to him, immediately became dissatisfied: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

King Liang simply said, "Just browsing."

The Crown Princess hurriedly came out to interrupt the two to prevent a dispute: "We're trying to win over someone like him, so how can we let a small matter upset him? That's why I stopped the Grand Father-in-law just now."

Liu Guang nodded, agreeing with this statement.

Liu Yao, standing to the side, muttered, "Linglong, you think too highly of him. He's just a hoodlum from a small town. What's so great about him? He's just lucky."

The Crown Princess completely ignored her simple-minded uncle and started chatting with the others.

At this moment, Zu An was chatting with Pu Duandiao and Jiao Sigun outside.

The two guards looked at him with admiration: "Brother, we thought you would be punished by the Emperor's father-in-law, but you managed to turn the situation around. We are truly impressed."

Zuan rolled his eyes: "Why do you guys seem to be hoping I get punished?"

"Brother, you've misunderstood. Are we that kind of people?" The two hurriedly pledged their loyalty.

Zuan couldn't help but look towards the inner hall and ask, "By the way, do you know what exactly happened?"

Jiao Sigun said with a resentful look, "We've been being punished here since the beginning, how could we possibly know? But judging from the Crown Princess's appearance, something serious must have happened."

Park Duan-diao nodded in agreement, saying, "We've been at the Eastern Palace for so many years, and we've never seen such a grand spectacle before."

"Do you know any of the officials who went in before?" Zu'an asked. Although Chu Yan had explained the situation in the court before, he only knew the names and titles of those people, but he couldn't connect them to their appearances.

The two guards explained, "The first one to arrive was Bi Qi, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who is also the Crown Princess's father."

Zuan recalled the people he had just seen, and Biqi should be the middle-aged man who arrived at the beginning.

He's quite handsome; after all, how could a father be ugly when he has such a beautiful daughter as the Crown Princess?

What impressed him most was that although his face had no expression, it made people subconsciously feel that he was a cunning old man.

It's a strange feeling, like when I used to watch TVB dramas, some characters were clearly portrayed as virtuous and righteous, but when I looked at the actor, I would subconsciously think that he was a villain.

Bi Qi had this feeling right now. He was clearly handsome and his expression wasn't bitter or resentful. On the contrary, he would occasionally nod to some eunuchs and palace maids. By any measure, he should be a refined and handsome man. But Zu An's first impression was that this guy was very sinister.

"Next up is Meng Yi, the Director of the Imperial Secretariat. You seem to know the people who just arrived, so we won't go into detail," the two guards explained.

Zu An's surprise deepened. These must be the core figures of the Crown Prince's faction. What could be so important that they gathered together?

A group of people discussed things in the inner hall for most of the day, until evening, when they gradually came out, but each of them had a worried look on their face.

After those people left, Zu'an quietly went to find the Crown Princess: "Crown Princess, what happened?"

"Crown Princess?" Bi Linglong pinched her brow, then suddenly smiled sadly, "I'm afraid I won't be able to be the Crown Princess."

Zu'an was shocked: "What do you mean by that?"

Having spent time with her over the past few days, I've always seen her with an inherent pride, and I've never seen her so dejected.

Bi Linglong looked at the Crown Prince playing in the distance, her eyes full of helplessness: "The Qi Prince's faction exerted their full force in the court today. The Crown Prince will soon lose his position, and naturally, I will lose my position as Crown Princess."

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