The Huo family has not yet received any more useful information.

"Has there been any progress in the interrogation of Gao Huaizhen?"

Concubine Gao and the Second Prince, mother and son, have behaved noncompetitively in front of His Majesty over the years, and have not given the impression that they intend to compete for that position.

The second prince is a bit arrogant and domineering, but compared with the fourth prince, he is much more low-key.

Gao Huaizhen was imprisoned, and there was no movement from his daughter, Concubine Gao, and his grandson, the Second Prince.

He didn't even go to His Majesty to plead for mercy. This matter was unusual no matter how you looked at it.

Normally, concubines would not be so quiet when an accident happened at home.

What's more, Concubine Gao's biological father encountered big trouble, but Concubine Gao did not say anything. Could it be that her relationship with Gao Huaizhen was estranged?

Xiao Lichen's subordinates, Xiao Yuwei, did not find any useful information in this regard.

"Minister Gao remained very calm and denied any charges."

The deputy commander of the Xiaoyu Guard is a very capable young man. He has a headache about interrogating an old veteran like Gao Huaizhen.

Considering that Gao Huaizhen is a second-rank official, he has not been tortured yet.

"You should hurry up and collect evidence of his crimes and try to convict him."

Xiao Lichen has received a hint from Emperor Jianchang that he must bring Gao Huaizhen down.

"Don't worry, Commander. I'll do it right away."

After taking a few steps, the man suddenly turned around and said, "His Majesty has ordered our Xiaoyu Guard to thoroughly investigate Tian Linwen's slander against Princess Anle. Tian Linwen has been taken back to the prison and is currently being tortured in his cell."

After hearing this person's name, Xiao Lichen couldn't hide the disgust on his cold face.

"Has he confessed everything?"

Disregarding other people's lives and using women's reputation to achieve certain personal interests, such despicable behavior is shameful.

"He insisted that Princess Anle drugged him and they had sex."

Hearing this, murderous intent flashed in Xiao Lichen's deep peach blossom eyes.

If Princess Anle were here, she would definitely chop him with her sword.

"Keep on torturing him until he lets up."

Xiao Lichen knew very well the methods of his subordinates.

No matter how hard-mouthed one is, he has to speak the truth in the prison.

Tian Linwen used despicable means to destroy Anle's life and happiness.

He believed that there was someone behind Tian Linwen, and he had to take precautions to prevent the other party from killing and silencing him.

"Let them keep a close watch on him."

The deputy commander understood what his superiors meant, nodded, and left.

Xiao Lichen went to his office, sat at his desk, and began to review the documents that had accumulated recently.

At this time in the Dali Temple Prison.

Tian Ce sat alone on the hay in the cell.

His hands were bound with chains and he could not move freely.

After a sound of footsteps, a middle-aged man dressed as a butler appeared at the door of his cell.

"Master, you have suffered so much, I am here to see you."

The middle-aged man hurriedly stuffed a silver ingot into the jailer's hand. After taking the silver, the jailer urged him not to stay too long. Seeing that the middle-aged man agreed, he left with satisfaction.

When Tian Ce saw the person coming, he hurriedly stood up, put on his prison uniform, and walked to the cell door tremblingly.

"When will you rescue me, Master?"

He asked anxiously in a low voice.

The other party handed in a box of hot food through the gap in the prison door.

"The master asked me to tell you, don't worry, he will protect your family."

Hearing this, Tian Ce raised his head and laughed out loud.

Who did he do all these things for?

As a result, the other party was unable to save his life.

"There are rumors outside that my son is not his biological son. What's going on?"

Tian Ce still remembered this incident, but since he came to the cell, he no longer knew any news from the outside world.

The other party told him the truth. After hearing it, Tian Ce excitedly grabbed the other party's hand through the gap in the cell.

"Then where is my biological child?"

It's ridiculous that his wife loved him so much, but she actually exchanged her child with someone else without telling him.

The middle-aged steward shook his head. "This is your family affair. The master is not very clear about it."

The other party pulled his hands out of his grasp and said, "You're on your own."

After saying this, the other party left quickly.

Tian Ce slumped weakly on the hay, staring blankly at the hot food that was served to him, not knowing what to do for a moment.

After an unknown amount of time, Tian Ce got up, kicked the hot food on the ground, and kept shaking his head and talking to himself.

"I won't die until I find my own child..."

In the palace.

Emperor Jianchang conducted a large-scale search for suspicious persons in the palace in the name of catching an assassin.

A eunuch who was in charge of cleaning the outside of Wenying Palace went to his residence carrying a basket of pulled weeds.

He planned to dry the weeds and burn them into ash to use for washing.

After returning to his residence, he took out something from the pile of weeds drying in the yard, went into the house, looked at it quickly, and then put it in his mouth and ate it.

Not long after, the searching Royal Guards arrived here. After searching for a while, they found nothing and left quickly.

Standing at the door, watching the backs of the Royal Guards leaving, he took a deep breath of relief.

I don't know who sent someone to the palace to assassinate His Majesty at this time. This alerted the enemy and caused the mission assigned to him by his superiors to be temporarily interrupted.

Inside the cold palace.

Concubine Huo was anxiously awaiting news that her son would be released from the clan residence by His Majesty.

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