Xiao Lingyu glanced at him.
He said so...
Xiao Lingyu pointed and said, "I think that well is a little suspicious. Go and take a look."
Mu Tou looked in the direction of his finger - a well with a huge rock pressing on it.
It's suspicious indeed, but the boulder...
Mu Tou forced a smile and said, "Your Highness, you are looking down on me."
"I can't?" Xiao Lingyu smiled, but a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes. "Didn't I just say that I only need to give you orders? Are you deceiving me?"
His voice was light, but it made Mu Tou break out in a cold sweat.
"It was my fault, but I absolutely had no intention of deceiving Your Highness! Your Highness, please forgive me, Your Highness, please forgive me!"
The man's body was shaking more and more violently, like a leaf blown by the wind.
Xiao Lingyu looked at him for a long moment before chuckling, "Alright, I was just saying it casually. Why are you reacting so strongly? Get up."
The begging for mercy stopped and Mu Tou raised his head cautiously.
"Can't you pay it back?"
Mu Tou hurriedly got up from the ground: "Thank you for your grace, Your Highness!"
After this incident, he didn't dare to speak easily anymore. He stood beside Xiao Lingyu respectfully. In his heart, he somewhat agreed with what the two people had said before, that Xiao Lingyu was tyrannical.
The guards pushed the boulder away. Xiao Lingyu covered his nose to block the dust that was raised. He waited until the dust settled before leaning forward to look down.
The well is not deep and you can see the bottom at a glance.
It's just an ordinary well.
Xiao Lingyu withdrew his gaze.
At this moment, Song Shiwei also came back. Xiao Lingyu frowned slightly and asked, "Where is the secret passage?"
The guards who had come the day before led the way.
Seeing this, Song Shiwei hurried to catch up. As she got closer, everyone couldn't help but speed up their pace.
Her dress was long to begin with, so when she vomited, it was inevitable that some filth would get on her. The weather was hot and dry, with not even a breeze. The moment she got close to that strange smell...
Song Shiwei also noticed that everyone was avoiding her like the plague. She felt embarrassed and annoyed, her face flushed red, and she followed behind silently.
Not long after walking out of the main house, the guard stopped, moved the firewood against the wall, and lifted the lid hidden under the firewood.
"Your Highness, it's right here."
Xiao Lingyu nodded, the guard turned over and got down, Xiao Lingyu followed closely behind, and Song Shiwei also followed.
The secret passage was very short. After only a few steps, they saw the so-called door. Xiao Lingyu pressed his forehead and said, "Go open it."
Song Shi's hands trembled slightly as he pressed the key.
The door opened.
Song Shiwei: “!!!”
Xiao Lingyu: “!!!”
They all knew that this door should not be opened.
The veins on Xiao Lingyu's forehead jumped violently. No, this door has some little design inside?
But in just a moment, both of them realized that the sound did not come from the door, but from the secret passage.
Xiao Lingyu's expression changed: "Let's go!"
But it was too late. When Xiao Lingyu came out, he saw the emperor and Xiao Yanli.
Xiao Yanli raised his eyebrows at him subtly, his eyes full of provocation.
Xiao Lingyu knelt on the ground with the tip of his tongue against his cheek: "Your Highness, your son greets you."
"What are you doing here?" The emperor did not ask him to stand up, but said in a deep voice.
"Father, I saw many birds on this mountain, so I sent guards to catch some. I stumbled upon this place and decided to come take a look."
The guards beside him nodded repeatedly.
Xiao Yanli looked behind him and saw that Song Shiwei had not followed him out, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Really? Why has His Royal Highness suddenly taken a liking to birds? I remember the prince never adoring them."
Xiao Yanli asked while making a calm gesture.
"People's preferences will change," Xiao Lingyu seemed unaware of it, and his eyes became righteous.
The emperor lowered his eyebrows and looked at him. Xiao Lingyu looked at him with an innocent face. The people around him scattered and searched for evidence, but found nothing for a long time.
Seeing that the time was getting later, the emperor sighed softly and said, "Let the guards catch the bird. You are the crown prince, why do you have to do it yourself? Get out of here!"
Xiao Lingyu raised an eyebrow: "Thank you, Father, for your guidance."
He stood up, but there was no dissatisfaction in Xiao Yanli's eyes.
Just as Xiao Lingyu was about to leave, he heard someone behind him say, "Your Majesty, I'm so bold to tell you that the Crown Prince didn't come here to catch birds!"
Xiao Lingyu was slightly startled, and looked sideways. The man kneeling on the ground crying was none other than Mu Tou.
He burst into tears and said, "I would never dare to deceive Your Majesty. I am the Crown Prince's attendant, and I heard him say with my own ears that he came here for the treasures of the previous dynasty!"
There was an uproar all around.
The emperor's face darkened: "Crown Prince?"
Xiao Lingyu knelt on the ground again: "Father! What treasure from the previous dynasty? I don't know anything about it!"
He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "Your Majesty, think about it. Why did he wait until Your Majesty asked him to let me go before speaking out? It's obvious that he was bribed!"
Mu Tou raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, I was just scared. I made up my mind only after seeing the Crown Prince was about to leave. There was absolutely no one behind this!"
Xiao Lingyu was about to speak when the emperor interrupted him: "The treasure of the previous dynasty is here? Where is it?"
Mu Tou pointed to the place and said, "Your Majesty, it's right here." He hesitated, "The Sixth Prince's concubine is also here."
The emperor glanced at Xiao Yanli, who looked shocked and as if he had no idea what was going on.
Confused and angry.
The emperor looked away. Is this the Oscar-winning acting that Zhiyu had been talking about?
If he didn't know the inside story, he would probably have been deceived.
The person who had been waiting there immediately took action, lifted the lid and pulled the person out.
There were obvious pinch marks on Song Shiwei's neck, and he started coughing non-stop as soon as he came up.
Xiao Yanli took two steps forward and helped her breathe smoothly.
Xiao Lingyu's face turned ashen.
The current scene is a vivid example of an attempted murder to silence a witness.
The emperor's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "Prince, hello, you are doing very well!"
"Father, Father, please listen to my explanation. I don't know why this happened..."
"Now that things have come to this, Prince, are you still trying to quibble?" Xiao Yanli turned around and asked sternly. Song Shiwei also coughed lightly: "Prince, Prince, you want to kill me, cough cough, to silence me..."
Xiao Lingyu gritted his teeth.
Song Shiwei continued, "The prince learned that I had a treasure, ahem, clues to the treasure, and he threatened me in every way. After I handed over the clues, the prince found this place yesterday."
"He set out early in the morning, hoping to find the treasure quietly before daybreak. Your Majesty can find out when he will leave the city by asking the soldiers guarding the city."
"Just now, the Crown Prince heard the commotion and went upstairs, then sent someone to watch me. It wasn't until he heard I was there that the guard suddenly attacked. If he had been a little slower, I'd probably be a corpse by now!"
"Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for me!"
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