Pei Mingyue said at the right moment: "That's right. True gold fears no fire. Princess, you're so anxious to arrest someone. Aren't you just trying to cover up something?"

Qinglian scolded, "What nonsense! The princess is a legitimate daughter of the Great Jin Dynasty, of unparalleled noble status. How can you just confront her whenever you want? Where do you think of the royal dignity? Do you even take the emperor seriously?"

Using the Emperor to pressure them? Su Li was not afraid at all: "Everyone just wants the truth, why don't you take the Emperor into consideration? Don't we have the right to know the truth? Are we going to be kept in the dark forever, and regard someone who has no purple aura and is not even a lucky star of the Great Jin Dynasty as a lucky star?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out from the crowd: "That's right! We want the truth! We want the truth about whether Princess Rongfu is actually a lucky star or not!"

"Princess Rongfu, please give me an explanation!"

The voices came one after another, and finally everyone raised their hands and shouted in unison: "We want the truth! We want the truth!"

"We want the truth! We want the truth..."

As if she knew that she could not offend the public, Princess Rongfu showed fear on her face and took two steps back.

"Princess!" Qinglian said worriedly, "Let's go in first..."

Princess Rongfu looked unhappy and walked quickly into the gate of Shishan Hall.

However, the crowd was not willing to give up. Led by some people with ulterior motives, they continued to shout for Princess Rongfu to give an explanation.

Su Li couldn't help but wonder, she was not mistaken about the fear on Princess Rongfu's face just now.

Most people would express anger when being wrongly accused and questioned, especially Princess Rongfu, who has always been domineering and cruel, and does not care about human life. Even if she is not angry, she should not be frightened when being questioned for no reason.

Unless, unless she knew that she did not have the purple energy, and the terrified expression just now was the result of her guilty conscience after being exposed!

But how did she know?

There is no mention of this in the original book.

Just then, a group of people surrounded them.

The leader said, "I am Yao Bing, deputy commander of the capital's guards. I have been ordered by the emperor to summon Taoist Kongxu to the palace for an audience."

Su Li raised his eyebrows. Finally here.

Princess Rongfu is surrounded by rumors. Holding a charity donation meeting at this time might cause dissatisfaction among the people and lead to trouble. To avoid any chaos, the emperor will definitely send someone to watch from the side.

Taoist Kongxu is not famous enough, so his weight is naturally not enough. The emperor might not care if he points out in public such a shocking thing as the lack of purple energy on Princess Rongfu's body. But if the people are dissatisfied, the emperor will surely take it seriously.

Only by attracting the emperor's attention in this way can we use the emperor's hand to ask Master Wuen to come back and make a definitive statement that Princess Rongfu does not have the purple aura.

The people from the Capital Guard House only appeared now. I think they just returned to the city to report to the emperor, and now they come with the emperor's orders.

Deputy Commander Yao glanced at Pei Mingyue beside him, nodded and greeted her, "Third Miss."

Pei Mingyue’s elder brother is the commander of the capital guards, who is also Deputy Commander Yao’s direct superior. The two have a good relationship, and he naturally recognizes Pei Mingyue.

Pei Mingyue also greeted with a smile: "Brother Yao."

Then he introduced: "This is the wife of the prince of the Duke of Ji's mansion."

Although Pei Ji did not formally return to his ancestral home, the Duke of Ji's Mansion not only had no intention of concealing it, but also intended to publicize it. Everyone in the capital's aristocratic families knew that the newly crowned top scholar Pei Ji was the eldest son and grandson of the Duke of Ji, and the prince of the Duke of Ji's Mansion. Su Li was naturally the prince's wife.

Deputy Commander Yao nodded and greeted, "Madam Crown Prince."

I was a little surprised. They were both related to Taoist Kongxu? Could this matter also be related to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and the Jiguo Duke Mansion behind them?

Su Li also smiled back: "Deputy Commander Yao."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door to Shishan Hall opened and Qinglian came out. She approached and said to Su Li and the others, "Deputy Commander Yao, these two are colluding with a fake Taoist priest to ruin the princess's reputation. We must not let them go easily! The princess orders you to capture them and bring them into the palace!"

Deputy Commander Yao frowned. Although the princess was of noble status, she had no right to order him around. "Aunt Qinglian, the emperor only said he wanted to summon Taoist Kongxu to the palace for an audience, but he didn't say he wanted to arrest him."

Taoist Kongxu immediately said, "The revelation that the princess had no purple aura was done by me alone. It has nothing to do with anyone else."

Qinglian was furious: "You spread lies to confuse the people, inciting them to abuse and slander the princess, trying to destroy her reputation, and now you deny it!"

Pei Mingyue was not afraid at all: "The Taoist priest said that the princess does not have the purple aura. It is a fact. How can you confuse people with such lies?"

"Isn't this just a lie? Then do you dare to go to the palace and explain it clearly before the Emperor?"

Pei Mingyue was waiting for her to say this, and said without hesitation: "Go! Who's afraid of who!"

Ali said that they had been in contact with the Taoist priest before and had not deliberately concealed the fact that they could not hide it from the emperor. They could explain it clearly when they entered the palace together to prevent the emperor from being suspicious of them, or even suspicious of the Duke of Ji's Mansion and the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion behind them.

He then said, "Deputy Commander Yao, since the princess keeps saying that A Li and I are spreading rumors and slandering her reputation, is it okay for us to go before the emperor and make things clear?"

Deputy Commander Yao didn't know about their plan. He had been watching from the side and knew that the two of them were somehow involved with Taoist Kongxu. But Pei Mingyue was Commander Pei's sister after all, so he thought of pretending not to know and thinking it would be good to leave her out. However, he didn't expect that she would ask to enter the palace with him.

Qinglian was furious: "Deputy Commander Yao, did you hear everything? She admitted it herself!"

Pei Mingyue was unhappy: "What did I admit? I just agreed to go with you to confront the emperor. Don't talk nonsense here and accuse me of a crime!"

"You!" Qinglian was furious. "Deputy Commander Yao?"

Deputy Commander Yao said, "Since that's the case, let's go to the palace together."

The emperor only said to summon the relevant people into the palace, and did not say to summon only Taoist Kongxu. His action was not considered to be a private decision or a disobedience to the imperial order.

He continued, "The Emperor has also said that the princess should enter the palace as soon as possible. Please, Aunt Qinglian, inform the princess."

Qinglian raised her chin and said, "Deputy Commander Yao doesn't need to tell me that the princess is going to enter the palace."

The princess was slandered in this way, so she naturally went to the palace to complain to the emperor.

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the gate of Shishan Hall.

Deputy Commander Yao didn't show any expression. The princess had always been domineering, and the attendants around her had always been bullies who looked down on others. He had long been accustomed to it.

He said to the Taoist Kongxu and the others, "Everyone, please..."

Several people got on the carriage, and Pei Mingyue simply asked Su Li to ride with her.

Afterwards, they marched into the city in a mighty procession, with Taoist Kongxu in front and Deputy Commander Yao's men following behind.

Although Princess Rongfu felt guilty, she dared not disobey the emperor's order. After washing and changing her clothes, she also went into the city.