Prince Jing was so frightened during the court meeting this morning that his steps as he walked out of the Golden Palace were shaky.

When the princess returned to the palace, she wanted to complain that her eldest son hadn't come to pay his respects to her in a few days, and her second son had even moved out of the palace. Before she could say a word, she saw her husband drinking two cups of tea in a row, looking like he had survived a disaster, and wondered, "What happened?"

Prince Jing: "Today, the Imperial Censor made a request for an imperial decree to thoroughly investigate the files of major cases in the Ministry of Justice in recent decades, with the intention of rectifying the Ministry of Justice..."

Princess Jing was stunned, and immediately thought of the biggest treason case in recent decades. Her face turned pale, "Doesn't that mean even the Pei family's files from that year..."

Things weren't done very well back then. If the files were to be looked up, there's no guarantee that there wouldn't be something fishy going on.

Prince Jing waved his hand, finally feeling relieved, "Your Majesty rejected the censor's advice, I don't think this matter will be mentioned again."

Princess Jing was afraid, because that was a crime of treason. If someone caught her and discovered that the palace was harboring treasonous people, her whole family would be thrown into prison.

"We shouldn't have adopted this child back then and sent him far away. Even if someone noticed, they wouldn't suspect us!"

As a result, he kept the person by his side and raised him in this capital city.

Sometimes she looked at the child, who looked more and more like Coach Pei as he grew older, and she couldn't help but feel frightened, fearing that others would notice something.

Prince Jing couldn't bear to hear her say such things, "Hang'er was born after you carried her for ten months, what can others doubt?"

He looked at the princess with displeasure. How come the older she got, the more confused she became and she kept saying such suspicious things.

The princess choked up.

No matter how genuine the pretense is, a fake will never become true. Song Qianhang's background will be exposed sooner or later. The emperor hates the former commander of the Dingbei Army and the second prince so much, how could he let them go?

She grabbed her husband's arm and said, "Why don't you fight for it, my lord?"

The emperor has no offspring yet, so sooner or later he will have to choose from among the royal family. In terms of closeness, who among the princes can compare with Prince Jing in terms of closeness to the emperor?

Prince Jing obviously understood what the princess said. He frowned and asked, "Why do you have such an idea?"

My wife has never known what is going on in the court and has never asked about it. What happened today?

The princess' expression flickered, "I just feel that the prince and His Majesty are brothers, how can they not be more noble than the King of Han?"

"If the prince can obtain the position of crown prince, he won't have to worry about the fact that he adopted that child being exposed in the future."

The prince was not surprised that the princess had such thoughts, but what was strange was that a woman who had never paid attention to the affairs of the court suddenly had such thoughts...

Thinking of his eldest son who had the same idea, Prince Jing pursed his lips and stared at his wife for a long time, "What did Qianfan tell you?"

I'm afraid the eldest son said something in front of his wife, otherwise why would she think of these things and mention the King of Han.

The princess was obviously a little flustered, "What can Fan'er say to me? Your Majesty is worrying too much."

"I just think that instead of groveling under others and being so nervous all the time, it would be better to take control of the sovereignty. Then, how the prince wants to arrange Qianhang will only take a word."

Prince Jing thought deeply that his wife was more or less influenced by her eldest son, but what she said was not without reason.

"Don't mention these things in front of others."

"I understand everything, that is, I am saying it in front of you."

...

Two days later, the order for the Assistant Minister of Justice to be the Minister came down, and he took over the Ministry of Justice smoothly. The Duke of Ping invited the Marquis of Pingbo and the new Minister of Justice Dou Yan to his mansion.

Dou Yan thanked Duke Ping again and again, "Thank you, Duke, for your presence at His Majesty's

Duke Ping waved his hands and said, "We are all colleagues, there is no need to thank us. Besides, we were not the ones who really helped the Minister in the court that day."

Pingbo Hou looked at him. His words seemed to be polite, but in fact they were just giving Su Juan a push in front of Dou Yan.

Minister Dou smiled and said, "It was all thanks to that official from the Ministry of Revenue that day. Otherwise, if the Ministry of Justice really had to be reorganized, I might not have been able to take the position of Minister."

As he spoke, he looked at Duke Ping and said, "I heard that this person is the Duke's adopted daughter. Could you introduce her to me?"

Duke Ping smiled and nodded, "She is now living in the mansion, and Minister Dou will introduce her to her at another day."

"Then I will be waiting."

Pingbo Hou saw the two talking, but he was thinking about another thing. "In the court that day, Prince Jing's reaction was really strange. Logically, if Prince Han wanted to continue to control the Ministry of Justice, he would definitely use the opportunity of rectifying the Ministry of Justice to promote his own people. This move would also benefit Prince Jing in cultivating his own people. However, he acted contrary to his usual behavior and opposed the censor's advice to rectify the Ministry of Justice."

Duke Ping also felt it was strange that day, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

Minister Dou of the Ministry of Justice took two sips of wine and said, "In fact, I also felt strange after returning that day, so I looked through the files related to His Royal Highness Prince Jing. His Royal Highness Prince Jing has rarely intervened in any cases in the past ten years, but there are quite a few cases in the previous years. What makes this minister feel strange is..."

He looked around and made sure that no one was around. He lowered his voice and said, "Back then, when the Second Prince was plotting a rebellion and the Pei family, the commander of the Dingbei Army, was implicated, it was the Empress who ordered Prince Jing to assist. I was working at the Dali Temple back then, and I remember very clearly that Madam Pei gave birth to twins in prison, but the file only recorded one son..."

"The registered baby has been killed, so where did the other one go?"

The Duke of Ping looked at each other. It was Prince Jing who assisted in the case. Everyone knew that Prince Jing and Marshal Pei had a good relationship. Madam Pei and Princess Jing also had a lot of connections. If Prince Jing had saved the child privately...

Minister Dou of the Ministry of Justice had a suspicion in his mind, but he was reluctant to say it out loud.

He only said half of the words. He believed that even if he didn't say the rest, the two people in front of him would be able to guess some of it.

When the Pei family just encountered trouble, news came out that Princess Jing was pregnant. She gave birth to the second son within just a few days. It was such a coincidence.

Thinking about it now, Song Er who appeared at His Majesty's birthday banquet that day did not look like Prince Jing and his wife, but more like the former General Pei of the Dingbei Army.

Duke Ping's eyes darkened. "When the Pei family was in trouble, we would never believe that a loyal minister like Pei would join hands with the Second Prince to rebel. It was just that I was at the border at that time and could not speak a fair word for Pei. If His Royal Highness Prince Jing really saved the orphan of the Pei family at that critical moment, such a character should be admired by us."

Minister Dou sighed, "But if this matter were known to others, Prince Jing's Mansion would be in great trouble."

It is a serious crime to secretly harbor a conspiracy against the treason.

Duke Ping said in a deep voice, "Minister Dou, this matter is just our speculation. Just pretend that we didn't notice it."

Marquis Pingbo on the side also agreed with Duke Pingguo's words. Now that the matter has passed, there is no need to bring it up again.

Although this is a big handle for Prince Jing's Mansion, since it involves the Pei family back then... it's still nothing.

Shangshu Dou also understood the truth, "I understand, today's matter must be kept silent in my heart."