at this time,
Shen Chongde suddenly spoke up: "Your Majesty, this old minister has something to say."
"Duke Shen, please speak."
“If we don’t search the palace, we can’t prove the Crown Prince’s innocence, and we can’t prove whether the Regent was involved. So we should use the excuse that valuable items were lost in the palace and send people to search all the palaces.”
His Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and other nobles were among those searched.
Searching the Eastern Palace was less conspicuous.
Emperor Xiaoxuan nodded, "Then it shall be as you say."
It is not advisable to make any statements before the truth is clear.
So he gave Gao Daban a wink, and ordered his men to begin searching the palace.
The entire palace was unaware of the situation and assumed that His Majesty had lost something valuable, so they naturally cooperated. Meanwhile, the Crown Prince's palace was caught in the middle and no one paid any special attention.
"Your Majesty, please have some tea." The Empress took the teacup from the palace maid and handed it to you. "Things will eventually come to a conclusion, so please don't worry."
"How could I not be anxious?"
The current situation is detrimental to him...
If it weren't for the emperor's younger brother
He is his own son, whom he raised single-handedly.
Neither outcome is what he wants to see.
Dealing with any one of them would shake the foundations of the nation.
The Crown Prince's Eastern Palace was the first target of the search, and everyone inside the hall was anxiously waiting for news. Zhou Xuance, however, had the leisure to stroll over to Shen Zhiyi's side and asked, "Was the Princess Consort frightened?"
"fine."
The prince's mind went completely blank.
My mind is filled with:
A villain is trying to harm him!
Can……
Who is that person?
The third brother, who was stripped of his title and imprisoned, doesn't have this ability. Could it be the imperial uncle?
When he looked at Zhou Xuance, he was startled by a cold glare from him and withdrew his gaze.
"Your Majesty!" Gao Daban rushed into the hall, his face beaming with joy. "This servant led men to search the Eastern Palace thoroughly, but found no evidence whatsoever!"
"What?" the Empress suddenly exclaimed.
Emperor Xiaoxuan laughed out loud: "I knew it! The Crown Prince would never do such a thing!"
The crown prince's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
In the short span of an incense stick's time, his emotions surged wildly, his blood boiled, causing him to lose his breath and nearly faint.
But at that moment, another guard rushed into the hall and whispered a few words in the ear of the tall attendant.
Judging from their appearance...
This sudden search of the palace must have uncovered something.
Gao Daban's expression changed drastically in an instant. He hurriedly walked to Emperor Xiaoxuan's side, whispered a few words in his ear, which caused Emperor Xiaoxuan's face to suddenly turn cold and ashen.
He gave a cold laugh: "I never knew before that there was such a treacherous person by my side."
"Assassination attempt on me, slander against the Regent, false accusations against the Crown Prince..."
"Killing three birds with one stone, truly utterly vicious!"
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