When Liu Yi came over, Wei Fu's work had already finished. Although the emperor was mean to the Sixth Prince, he still loved him in his heart. He left with Liu Yi only after making sure that he was fine.

After arriving at the imperial study, the emperor's eyebrows unconsciously raised.

He said with a smile: "Oh, it's been a long time since I last saw Prince Ping. How is your health, uncle?" This old guy actually came to the palace today. It seems that Fu'er accidentally destroyed something important to them!

As he spoke, he looked at King Ping carefully with a smile. This old man was really old, and he was not just pretending to be old.

Thinking of what his father had said about the backlash, his smile faded.

Prince Ping was about to say something when the Crown Prince stood up and saluted the Emperor: "Your Highness, your son greets you..."

The other ministers and royal relatives who came to see the emperor naturally knelt down and saluted the emperor: "Long live the emperor..."

Among all the people, only Prince Ping did not need to perform the ceremony. The emperor was grateful to Prince Ping. It was not easy for him to see his age, and he did not need this ceremony. Therefore, he exempted Prince Ping from the ceremony after he ascended the throne. The emperor regretted it now.

The royal family pays attention to seniority, but they also pay even more attention to the relationship between the monarch and his subjects.

Therefore, even someone of a high seniority like Prince Ping had to bow when meeting the emperor.

The emperor raised his hand and sat down, saying, "No need to be polite."

"Liu Yi...give everyone a seat and serve tea."

After he finished his instructions slowly, he looked at Prince Ping and said, "Did your Royal Uncle want to say something to me just now?"

Prince Ping also slowly sat down before speaking slowly: "This prince and the others came to see the emperor probably for the same matter."

"Today, the Dali Temple cleared out many skeletons from the Dayan Temple. The entire capital was in an uproar, and the people were in a state of panic. I believe that the emperor should give the people an explanation."

"Of course there will be an explanation. Once the matter is clear, I will naturally give the people an explanation."

"So, the Emperor's men came to search my house earlier and said that someone in my house was colluding with Master Wuji of Dayan Temple to harm others. They also said that someone in my house was having an affair with Master Shu's daughter-in-law, the daughter of the Du family. Has the Emperor investigated these matters?"

After just a few words, everyone in the imperial study felt the difference in the atmosphere. It seemed that the last search had really angered King Ping.

The Emperor said with deep remorse, "It's my incompetence. I haven't yet investigated whether this Master Wuji is involved with the Imperial Uncle's Mansion. However, I think the Du family girl wanted to marry into the Pingwang Mansion, so she deliberately slandered the Pingwang Mansion. It was because the person the Du family girl mentioned looked exactly like the Imperial Uncle when he was young that I sent Zhang Feng and others to search the Imperial Uncle's Mansion. The reason I asked them to search so publicly was to let everyone know that the Imperial Uncle was innocent. Facts have also proven that there is really no such person in the Imperial Uncle's Mansion. The Pingwang Mansion is innocent."

He clapped his hands and said, "Liu Yi, go get those two portraits."

Liu Yi immediately bent down to take the two portraits and unfold them.

The emperor said, "My dear ministers, and my fellow clansmen, please take a look. Are the people in these two portraits exactly the same?"

Some of the older clan members and ministers who had seen Prince Ping in his middle age exclaimed, "It's exactly the same!"

Although these two paintings are different in terms of age and painting techniques, the people in the paintings are the same.

Those who can come to the emperor in person when they have something to do are not fools. Everyone understands why the emperor would directly send people to search Prince Ping's mansion.

The Imperial Study was tampered with by Master Wuji, and the affairs of the Shu and Rong families were no longer a secret. When everyone thought about it together, they looked at Prince Ping with a bit more strangeness in their eyes.

Prince Ping remained calm and said, "It seems that I have misunderstood the emperor."

"I didn't know there was someone in this world who looked exactly like me when I was young. Fortunately, the princess didn't see this portrait, otherwise she would have thought I had an illegitimate child outside."

The emperor sneered in his heart. He was indeed an old fox who hid himself so deeply. Even at this time, he was still in the mood to make jokes, and he was making jokes about himself.

"I heard that Yahe was divorced and that she was living in the palace with a girl from the Wei family. I heard that the girl is quite capable, and I am considered her great-uncle. Your Majesty, could you please invite the girl to come and see me?"

The emperor said calmly, "Although Fu'er's surname is Wei, Yahe is now divorced from Wei Jue. So Fu'er is from our Meng family. She is of noble royal blood."

"The Queen held a banquet for Yahe and Fu'er earlier, but no one from Prince Ping's residence came. I guess she has some opinions about Fu'er. Since she doesn't like her, there's no need to meet her." The Emperor was willing to deal with Prince Ping, but he wouldn't give him too much face.

Just because he cannot shake King Ping now doesn’t mean he is a man without temper.

His wife, children and sisters at home had been bullied like this, so it was extremely rational for him not to raze Prince Ping's mansion to the ground out of impulse.

The ministers sensed the tense atmosphere and regretted not turning around and leaving when they saw Prince Ping. Some of the royal family members complained, "Prince Ping's uncle was ill earlier. Although the princess is of noble status, she is a junior and doesn't need Uncle Ping to attend the banquet while sick!"

"Your Majesty, are you overly praising Yahe and Wei Fu?"

"Hey, Uncle Han and Uncle Zhong are here too. Yesterday, I received two memorials saying that the princes of their respective families had a huge fight over a courtesan, affecting many nearby restaurants and shops, and almost accidentally killing an old man. As princes, they should be polite, benevolent, and filial..."

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