"The Imperial Physician Li who took my pulse today also took the princess's pulse and confirmed that she was poisoned. The poisoning occurred during the time she was in the palace, before she broke down the door. If the Emperor doesn't believe it, he can call Imperial Physician Li over to ask."

Hearing this, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief. The drug he had given Lin Jinghan would have been too old to be diagnosed by the time she returned home. So, the poison Prince Jingnan had been talking about wasn't this. As long as that wasn't discovered, everything else would be easy to handle.

The emperor regained his confidence, knowing that since Prince Jingnan dared to speak out, he must have made sufficient preparations. He did not summon Doctor Li to question him, but slammed the table and said:

"Someone actually dared to poison the palace! I must thoroughly investigate this matter!"

Regardless of whether the emperor really wants to find out the results, he still has to pretend. When the time comes, he can just find a scapegoat and the matter will be over.

The emperor had his plans in full swing, even thinking of a scapegoat, and was thinking of using this opportunity to eliminate dissidents. However, how could Sikong Zhan possibly let the emperor get what he wanted?

Sikong Zhan allowed Tang Xun to help him up. He nodded slightly to the emperor with great effort, barely performing a salute, and said firmly, "Since someone is trying to harm my princess, please allow me to lead a thorough investigation so that I can give my princess an explanation."

Sikong Zhan's gesture gave the emperor enough face, and the emperor felt extremely satisfied. For a moment, he even forgot his original intention of asking Prince Jingnan to enter the palace, and agreed to Sikong Zhan's words.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration!" Without waiting for the emperor to speak again, Sikong Zhan sat back in the wheelchair, his face showing no sign of gratitude towards the emperor.

In fact, the emperor himself was a very shrewd person, and would never be led by the nose like this. However, he coveted the minister's wife and had something to hide. He just scared himself, and when his mood was at the lowest point, he was suddenly praised to the sky by Prince Jingnan. That's why he was not careful for a moment and was tricked by Sikong Zhan.

Seeing Sikong Zhan return to his wheelchair, the emperor suddenly realized that he had been tricked. While secretly regretting it, he seized on another mistake of Sikong Zhan and started to talk about it:

"Let's not talk about the matter of Princess Jingnan for now. Your maid injured the imperial guards in public and should be executed according to the law..."

Without giving the emperor a chance to continue, Sikong Zhan interrupted him directly:

"My princess has been poisoned and urgently needs medical attention. The imperial guard, unaware of the situation, dared to intervene. This is indirectly killing my princess! The maid was protecting her master and trying to stop the imperial guard from making a serious mistake. In desperation, she injured the imperial guard. She did not intentionally violate palace rules. Such a loyal maid is a role model for maids and should be rewarded."

The emperor's eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the almost rogue Prince Jingnan. He even suspected that he had known a fake Prince Jingnan for all these years.

Sikong Zhan showed no intention of caring about the emperor's feelings and continued to speak on his own: "Since she is a maid in my palace, it is naturally inappropriate for Your Majesty to spend money on a reward. I will pay for this reward myself, so Your Majesty does not need to worry about it. However, since she is such a role model, I would like Your Majesty to write an imperial edict to set her up as an example, so as to show the style of our Donglin Kingdom."

He wanted him to write an imperial edict praising a mere maid in the Jingnan Prince's mansion. Was the Jingnan Prince crazy? Was this the aftereffect of poisoning?

The emperor opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute this shameless and self-talking Prince Jingnan. If he did not have to maintain his composure as an emperor at all times, he would have glared at Prince Jingnan and scolded him directly.

When the emperor thought of the 300,000 Jingnan troops, he suppressed his anger: Don't panic, I still have one last handle on King Jingnan, this time, I must hit him with one blow!

"Prince Jingnan, you forced Minister Qiao to kneel down on the imperial road. This is too arrogant! Even I have no right to punish a minister at will! This time, you have aroused public anger. More than half of the ministers in the court have jointly accused you of violating the law and insulting important officials. Do you have anything else to say?" The emperor threw a memorial in front of Prince Jingnan, throwing away all the frustration in his heart.

The reason why the emperor called Prince Jingnan into the palace for questioning at dusk was because he was waiting for this joint memorial.

Speaking of this matter, he has to thank Qiao An. It was because of him that he wronged himself, which resulted in him being able to catch such a big handle on King Jingnan. This time, he will make sure that King Jingnan cannot turn over!

By then, the 300,000 Jingnan troops will be in his pocket!

The reason why Qiao An dared to complain and jointly file a complaint against King Jingnan was entirely because the letter King Jingnan gave him was the original!

Qiao An had only made this one mistake in his life. Now that Prince Jingnan no longer had the original document, he no longer had any leverage over him. He had already planned all of this when he had voluntarily knelt for two hours.

Prince Jingnan was too conceited and ended up shooting himself in the foot!

"How come Lord Qiao really knelt on the imperial road for two hours?" Sikong Zhan was greatly surprised. It seemed that it was a very incredible thing for Qiao An to kneel down.

"So, this matter was really forced by you! Prince Jingnan, you have disappointed me so much! Come, take Prince Jingnan away and choose a day for a joint trial by the three courts!" Finally, Prince Jingnan could be convicted. The emperor spoke with great satisfaction and was very happy!

The guards rushed in immediately, surrounded Sikong Zhan, and reached out to grab him!

"I want to see who dares to touch me!" Sikong Zhan's body suddenly burst out with a strong murderous aura. For a moment, the guards around him felt as if they were on a battlefield, surrounded by weapons and horses. In fear, they dared not move forward. Some of the timid ones even took several steps back!

"How dare you! The Imperial Palace is not a place for you to act so violently!" The emperor looked at the guards with a look of disappointment on his face and shouted, "Capture Prince Jingnan! Anyone who dares to retreat will be executed!"

The guards had to bear the emperor's pressure on the one hand, and face the murderous intent of King Jingnan on the other. For a moment, they were in a dilemma, neither advancing nor retreating...

Sikong Zhan took out the memorial and letter he had prepared long ago from his sleeves without any haste, retracted his murderous aura, and said calmly:

"Your Majesty, I would like to impeach the Supreme Court Justice Qiao An. He not only allowed his son to seize the people's land, but when he received the victim's complaint, he also killed Wang Jun's family, whose land was seized, in order to destroy the evidence. This is my memorial and the evidence. Please review it, Your Majesty!"

"What?" The emperor was shocked and no longer cared about his imperial demeanor. He rushed directly to Prince Jingnan, snatched the memorial and letter from him, and read them carefully without missing a single word.