"Who dares!" Prince Ping roared. "I am here, who dares to search my residence!"
"I dare! Search! If anything happens, it's on me!" Bai Tuantuan stepped forward, her cold eyes fixed on Prince Ping, showing no sign of backing down.
Prince Ping stared at Bai Tuantuan with a sinister gaze: "How dare you! Do you really think that just because you're the Princess Who Protects the Nation, you can lay a hand on the royal bloodline?"
"yes!"
Prince Ping was taken aback, clearly not expecting Bai Tuantuan to be so blunt. He was immediately furious: "Don't forget your princess status, which is bestowed upon you by our royal bloodline. We can take it back at any time! Then you will be nothing. I want to see if you will still be so arrogant!"
"My status as a princess was bestowed upon me by the Emperor. What business is it of yours?"
Bai Tuantuan looked at Prince Ping with a sneer: "Besides oppressing the people and embezzling and accepting bribes, what else can you do? I think your title of Prince Ping is not as good as my status as a princess!"
"At least, what I've done is practical, it's about improving people's lives. What about you? What can you do?"
"If you're in a position of power, you should be doing your job. Since all you do is exploit the people, I think you don't need to be the Prince of Ping!"
"You ignorant brat! Nonsense!" Prince Ping squinted. "How dare you insult the royal bloodline like this!"
Bai Tuantuan chuckled: "I've always been very bold, I don't need Prince Ping to remind me! Men! Search me!"
At Bai Tuantuan's command, the people from Kaleidoscope and Fengyue Pavilion rushed in!
King Ping immediately ordered an order to stop them: "Not a single one can be let in!"
Bai Tuantuan curled her lips into a smile: "I'll kill anyone who gets in my way! I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"
"yes!"
The people of Fengyue Pavilion are most skilled at killing; one of them is worth ten of them!
The Kaleidoscope people, on the other hand, are skilled at finding people, since they work for the intelligence agency.
The two groups worked together and quickly searched most of the Prince Ping's mansion!
Seeing that his men were completely defenseless, Prince Ping clenched his fists and immediately looked at Mu Xiangyang: "What are you all standing there for! Send someone to report to the authorities!"
"No need," Ning Nanxiao said calmly. "Prince Ping should think about how to explain this to the Emperor."
As Ning Nanxiao's voice faded, Bai Ze opened the imperial edict: "Prince Ping, receive the edict!"
Prince Ping looked at Ning Nanxiao and Bai Zeyi in disbelief: "So you had the imperial decree with you from the very beginning?"
So, his resistance just now was a joke?
Bai Ze ignored him and said directly, "Prince Ping, kneel down to receive the imperial decree!"
"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Mu Chengjin and Mu Chenglan, grandsons of Prince Ping, murdered the Zheng family and abducted the women of the Zheng family. Their crimes deserve to be punished by death!"
"You're talking nonsense! This imperial edict is fake!" The eldest prince of Ping stood up abruptly, pointing his finger at Bai Zeyi and cursing, "You've forged an imperial edict!"
As he spoke, he snatched the imperial edict from Bai Zeyi's hand, unfolded it, and found that there wasn't a single word inside!
His eyes lit up immediately: "You really did forge an imperial edict! There's nothing on it! You've committed the crime of deceiving the emperor! You've committed the crime of deceiving the emperor!"
The eldest son was extremely excited and quickly showed it to Prince Ping: "Father! Look! Look!"
Upon seeing this, the crowd exchanged glances and began to discuss among themselves.
"This is a capital offense—falsely conveying an imperial edict!"
"Yes, Lord Bai isn't worth it!"
"Oh my god, what on earth is going on?"
Zheng Yinrong looked at Bai Tuantuan nervously, her voice trembling as she said, "Tuantuan, this..."
Bai Tuantuan patted Zheng Yinrong's hand reassuringly and said slowly, "No rush."
Bai Ze chuckled: "When we returned to the capital, the Emperor gave us an imperial edict, a blank one, which we were free to fill in."
As he spoke, he took the imperial edict, and someone handed him a pen. Soon, the crimes of Prince Ping's family were written on it.
“This…” The eldest brother quickly looked at Prince Ping.
Prince Ping narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "His Majesty did indeed give the Bai family a blank imperial edict, but you have no right to convict them!"
"oh?"
Bai Ze smiled and took out another imperial edict from his sleeve: "Your Highness, why don't you take a look at this imperial edict?"
King Ping took it, looked at the words on it, and was stunned.
"Everything is up to Bai Zeyi to decide."
Bai Ze stepped forward: "Does King Ping have anything else to say?"
King Ping gripped the imperial edict tightly in his hand.
Zheng Yinrong breathed a sigh of relief: "You guys are really... I was almost scared to death. If it were because I deceived the emperor, that would be a serious crime..."
"If you can't find the person, what will you do?" King Ping's deep voice rang out. "This is a frame-up!"
“If we can’t find anything, we will apologize to the Emperor!” Bai Tuantuan said. “However, Your Highness should worry about other things, since the evidence and documents of all the crimes you have committed are already in the Emperor’s hands.”
Just then, Eunuch Cai appeared.
Behind him followed the Imperial Guards!
"Your Highness! By order of the Emperor, Your Highness is invited to the palace!"
Although Eunuch Cai said "please," his tone left no room for refusal.
Prince Ping took a deep breath and looked at the Imperial Guards behind him: "Since my brother has invited me, I will naturally go. Eunuch Cai, there is no need for such a grand procession."
"Hahaha!" Eunuch Cai laughed. "Your Highness has misunderstood. These Imperial Guards were sent by the Emperor to help the Princess search for people."
As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Cai looked at the commander of the Imperial Guards and said, "Sir, please come in."
The Imperial Guard Commander bowed to Eunuch Cai, said "Excuse me" to Prince Ping, and then rushed into Prince Ping's residence.
King Ping's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.
The eldest and third brothers exchanged glances, then looked at the second brother and Mu Xiangyang: "What exactly is going on?"
Soon, the women of the three men also appeared at the door. Mu Xiangyang shook his head at his mother and said no more.
King Ping's departure left his sons speechless.
After an unknown amount of time, Mu Chenglan's cursing voice rang out: "We are people from the Prince Ping's Mansion! How dare you disrespect me! You've got some nerve!"
"Let go of me! Did you hear me? I told you to let go!"
The people from Fengyue Pavilion brought Mu Chengjin and Mu Chenglan over. Seeing the two of them with their upper bodies bare, Bai Tuantuan's heart skipped a beat.
"Master, we've found them."
"Stop it!"
Mu Chenglan roared, "Father! They're bullying me! Father!"
The eldest brother rushed over, trembling with rage: "What do you want! How dare you insult my son like this!"
Zi Qi stepped forward, pursed her lips, and slowly said, "Master, they have all been found, but a few committed suicide."
“Who…who committed suicide…” Zheng Yinrong’s face turned deathly pale.
Zi Qi didn't speak, but turned to the side, and everyone saw that although they hadn't seen each other for only a few hours, they were in a terrible state, covered in blood, and helped each other walk over.
"elder sister!"
A shout spurred Zheng Yinrong to rush over and embrace Zheng Yingguo.
Zheng Yingguo bit his lip hard: "Sister, Grandmother is dead... Sister, Grandmother is dead..."
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