After all, she is the daughter he has raised for so many years. Even if his previous pampering was only because she was useful, it is impossible that he really has no feelings at all.

Seeing Mo Weixin like this, Marquis Anding still felt a little bit reluctant.

But if he admitted it at this time, he would be charged with a crime that he could not afford.

He was not willing to sacrifice himself or even the entire Anding Marquis Mansion for the sake of Mo Weixin.

But no matter whether he admits it or not, Xiahou Chongyuan must go to the princess's tomb today.

He doesn't care about how the Mo family balances the situation between the father and daughter. The purpose of his doing this is to clear Song Qingxue's grievances.

Xiahou Chongyuan didn't have the patience to watch Marquis Anding acting, so he asked the emperor directly for orders.

"Your Majesty, this matter concerns the two families of Marquis Anding and General Zhenyuan, and it is a matter of life and death. We must not allow a wrong judgment. I hope you can issue a search warrant for me so that I can handle this case as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Xiahou Le did not even hesitate for a moment and said, "This matter is indeed of great importance. Okay, then I will issue a search warrant, and you can go ahead and do it without any worries, uncle!"

"Your Majesty! You absolutely cannot do that!"

Xiahou Chongyuan brought out the imperial decree, which made Marquis Anding even more flustered.

"Why not? Is it really like what the uncle said, that you are feeling guilty?"

Since Xiahou Chongyuan had discussed the case of Mo Weixin's fake death with him several times, he knew almost the entire process of the incident.

He had known for a long time that Mo Weixin was not dead.

When he learned the truth, Xia Houle was furious.

It was only because Xiahou Chongyuan persuaded him that the matter was suppressed until today, otherwise he would have executed the Marquis of Anding and his family long ago.

Now that this sentence was spoken by the emperor, its nature became completely different.

Marquis Anding had nothing to say and was unable to stop it.

Xiahou Le did not talk to him any more. He turned away and said with a very serious face: "I order the three hundred guards to immediately follow me to the princess's tomb to find out whether the princess is alive or dead!"

His order immediately aroused protests from all officials.

"Your Majesty, there are other secretaries in the palace. It is not appropriate for you to leave now!"

Xiahou Le had no intention of changing his mind, and said calmly: "Have you all been suspecting that the Xiahou royal family is deliberately biased and shielding us? Then you should come along!"

"Your Majesty! This is absolutely not allowed!"

Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!

Today, all nations came to pay tribute, and they should have treated them well. However, because of this incident, not only did they make a fool of themselves in other nations, but they also threw others away at the banquet. What kind of thing is this!

"Why not?"

Xiahou Le raised his eyes and looked at the non-official historians sitting on both sides with a serious look.

"My dear envoys, I am sorry that Dongyue has not entertained you well this time, but this matter concerns the entire royal family of Dongyue. It is a matter of great importance. I hope you can forgive me."

"Since Emperor Dongyue has important matters to attend to, it is not appropriate for us to stay in the palace any longer."

The one who spoke was the prince of Yuchi Kingdom, Meng He.

"However, I hope that you, Emperor Dongyue, can handle this important matter as soon as possible, so as not to delay the friendly match in three days."

Xiahou Le said: "Of course not, please rest assured, envoys."

"In that case, I will take my leave now."

As Meng He spoke, he stood up, performed his country's salute toward the hall, and left with the envoys from Yuchi.

With his lead, envoys from other countries naturally did not want to stay any longer and said goodbye to Xiahou Le one after another.

After all the foreign historians had left, Xiahou Le stood up from his seat and walked down the stairs.

He walked up to Mo Weixin, paused, and then turned back to look at Marquis Anding.

"Marquis Anding, let's go."

…

While walking on the road, Song Qingxue couldn't help but lift the curtain of the car to look back.

"Tsk tsk, in the past, I'm afraid that only when we went to pay homage to the late emperor could we have such a grand ceremony."

She sighed and quickly lowered the curtain.

Turning her head to look at Xiahou Chongyuan, she leaned on the stool and moved closer to him, and asked in a low voice: "My Lord, you said so blatantly in the palace that you were going to inspect the coffin. Aren't you afraid that Xiahou Chun and the others will find a fake and put it in the coffin?"

Xiahou Chongyuan sneered, "He doesn't have that ability."

"What do you mean?"

Although Xiahou Chongyuan said this very confidently, Xiahou Chun is the protagonist!

What is a protagonist?

He is the Son of Destiny, with even the heavens on his side!

What if he really has this ability?

Going to such a grand ceremony, what if I get slapped in the face...

She couldn't bear to think about that kind of scene.

Xiahou Chongyuan glanced at her and said, "Don't have that expression. If I say he doesn't have that ability, then he doesn't have it. Be more ambitious and don't encourage others to be more ambitious and destroy your own prestige."

"Ah?" What's my expression?

Song Qingxue subconsciously touched her face, but couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Aren't you thinking, I made such a big show, if he really arranged a fake person to go, we would be humiliated, right?"

"Haha, you are really amazing. Nothing can be hidden from you."

Xiahou Chongyuan said nothing, but just closed his eyes quietly.

It’s hard to say whether it’s very powerful or not, the main thing is that he can hear whatever she is thinking.

"Hmm? Are you sleepy?"

Song Qingxue tilted her head and looked at him from below. Looking at his long and curled eyelashes, she wanted to reach out and poke them several times.

Really, how come a grown man has such long eyelashes?

But then again, there is nothing about Xiahou Chongyuan's face that is not good-looking.

Alas, he is indeed a man with a look that would make any woman feel ashamed when seeing him, and even his skin is more delicate than many women's.

She stared at Xiahou Chongyuan in a very twisted posture, but unexpectedly the carriage jolted and she could no longer hold her posture and fell forward.

"ah!!"

Xiahou Chongyuan opened his eyes at the moment of the bump, and then caught Song Qingxue steadily amid her screams.

However, it was difficult to exert force in the carriage. Although Xiahou Chongyuan caught her, he himself lay on the carriage. Song Qingxue closed her eyes, hugged his neck in panic, and lay on his chest.

Song Qingxue was stunned for a moment when she felt the soft touch beneath her body.

Then he slowly opened one eye, and saw Xiahou Chongyuan's expressionless face.

"Your Majesty? You..."

"stand up."

Xiahou Chongyuan released his hand from her waist.

Song Qingxue was startled and tried to stand up with her hand, but her hand landed on Xiahou Chongyuan's chest.

For a moment, most of her strength was pressed against his chest, and she only heard his breathing suddenly hitch.

After sitting up, she quickly let go of her hand.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I hope I didn't hurt you."

She smiled awkwardly and subconsciously reached out to touch his chest.

Xiahou Chongyuan's eyes fell on her hand, and he said nothing.

Song Qingxue naturally followed his gaze and looked down, then she curled her toes tightly in her shoes out of embarrassment.

She withdrew her hand and grinned at Xiahou Chongyuan, but she couldn't smile anymore.

"I didn't mean to do that. Don't get me wrong. I don't mean to covet your beauty."

Xiahou Chongyuan was amused by her appearance.

"No problem, I allow you to covet it."

“…”

Song Qingxue really wanted to give herself a slap in the face right now.

Really, what nonsense are you talking about all day long! Something that is obviously not true immediately becomes different after she says it like this.

I don't covet your beauty...

That's just a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt!

Xiahou Chongyuan listened to her angry complaints and then said, "Qingxue, don't be ashamed. You said you didn't covet it, then you didn't."

Song Qingxue's face suddenly fell.

Now that you put it that way, the sense of déjà vu becomes even stronger!

Shut up!

Looking at his slightly playful smile, Song Qingxue really wanted to sew his mouth shut.

At this moment, Xiahou Chongyuan suddenly stopped smiling, paused, then grasped Song Qingxue's hand and pulled her into his arms.

He rested his chin gently on her shoulder, his tone extremely serious.

"Qingxue, no matter what, I always hope that you can believe me. For you, I can fight against the heavens."

Seeing him suddenly become so serious, Song Qingxue was stunned for a moment.

"You...what's wrong? Why are you suddenly saying this?"

"I can clear your name, believe me."

So, is this what you are talking about?

Song Qingxue pinched her palms, but ultimately failed to hug him back, and only responded softly.

"good."