"Everyone, stay away from here! Don't come any closer! What do you think this place is!?"
Jiang Qingqing hurriedly pretended to be fierce and scolded him.
Xiao Linting and the eldest princess were carefully observing the details of the man in black. By the time they realized that the crowd was too crowded, it was already too late.
Jiang Qingqing had a bad feeling in her heart. She quickly pushed through the crowd and her last glance fell on the weapon in the hand of the unconscious man in black.
I don’t know when the dagger in that person’s hand turned into a hairpin!
Jiang Qingqing suddenly raised her eyes and scanned the surroundings. She saw people around her looking confused and bewildered, and also...
Prince Fengchen.
"It's you! It must be you. Did you replace the murder weapon? Someone search him!"
Jiang Qingqing felt rage rising in her heart as never before. Since she traveled through time and ascended the throne as empress, no one dared to tease her like this in front of her!
In front of everyone, she pointed at Prince Fengchen and her voice suddenly became louder as she scolded him.
In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to the direction of Prince Fengchen.
"Without any concrete evidence, why do you say it's my problem?!" Prince Fengchen looked at Jiang Qingqing in surprise as she suddenly pointed at him.
The prince was not flustered by Jiang Qingqing's accusation. On the contrary, he insisted that it was Jiang Qingqing who was slandering him.
The eldest princess looked at Prince Fengchen. She had heard Jiang Qingqing mention that she had a verbal dispute with the prince in Yingniang's courtyard.
"The situation is serious. Prince Fengchen, please cooperate with us." The eldest princess's clear voice calmed the quarrel. She made the final decision and was determined to search him.
"How funny! With so many people gathered together, of course they would search everyone together. Why did they have to single me out?!"
Facing the eldest princess's order, Prince Fengchen stood calmly in his place, neither getting angry out of shame nor losing his temper out of panic.
Jiang Qingqing stood beside Xiao Linting.
After several interactions with Prince Fengchen, Jiang Qingqing understood very clearly that Prince Qi of Fengchen was by no means such a calm and composed person.
For people like him, the more confident they appear to be, the more likely there is something fishy going on!
"Well, since the prince has said so, please forgive me. Today, something happened suddenly. My niece, the noble Princess Dunming of Tianqi, was almost assassinated in the princess's residence. I am sorry for the offense in order to find the culprit."
At the eldest princess's command, a group of guards with swords suddenly appeared around everyone.
It was not surprising that the princess could quietly keep a group of guards with weapons in her mansion, but the current situation was chaotic, which made people more likely to feel uneasy, so the idea of the eldest princess having a group of guards with swords changed somewhat.
The maids blocked the way of the women, and the guards blocked the way of the men, and then they separated in pairs and searched them in the next room.
Wan Qing was standing in front of the eldest princess with a solemn expression, describing in detail the thrilling scene just now, during which she spoke carefully.
"I clearly remember that the criminal was holding a short dagger."
Jiang Qingqing nodded in agreement.
The eldest princess sat on the armchair that was temporarily brought in, looking at the hairpin on the tray that she had just taken from the man in black.
His eyes were solemn for a moment.
Princess Qi Yang stood aside, looking at the three of them in astonishment, and said in a daze: "You mean to say that someone dared to openly replace the murder weapon under your noses?"
Jiang Chen finally understood the problem. He couldn't help but sigh with Princess Qi Yang, "Who is so bold as to do such a lowly trick right under the noses of you and the emperor's uncle?"
Jiang Qingqing and Xiao Linting suddenly looked at each other with telepathy.
When their eyes met, Xiao Linting nodded slightly. Jiang Qingqing immediately understood what the emperor's uncle meant. She said, "There's no need to elaborate on the identity of the man in black. We all know him."
"Who is it?"
The eldest princess shifted her gaze from the hairpin and looked at Jiang Qingqing and the others.
The gazes of the three of them were too intense. Jiang Qingqing rubbed the tip of her nose and said in a muffled voice, "It's the servant beside Lord Fengchen's son, Lord Qi."
At this point, Jiang Qingqing had to describe again the conflict she had with Prince Fengchen in the corridor this afternoon.
Jiang Chen nodded again, "I was wondering why I suddenly saw you walking past our courtyard this afternoon."
Princess Qi Yang couldn't help but turn her head to look at Jiang Chen, her eyes seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Jiang Chen was a little confused, "What are you going to say?"
Princess Qi Yang shook her head. She walked to the side of the princess and kept a certain distance from Jiang Chen before she said with relief, "It's nothing. I just feel that the Third Prince was the first person to see the scene, but he didn't realize the huge problem."
When the eldest princess heard this, her expression gradually became serious. She looked at Xiao Linting, who had been silent, and suddenly shook her head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Your Highness." Seeing that the eldest princess had reacted, Xiao Linting bowed slightly, leaned over and called her "Your Highness."
The eldest princess sighed. She looked at the two large troops at the door of the wing room. The faces of those children from noble families were more or less resentful.
"This is a trap. Someone has been trying to drag me into it since early on." The eldest princess said meaningfully.
This time, it was Jiang Qingqing's turn to be confused.
Wait, hasn’t this grudge always been about her and Prince Fengchen? How did it suddenly involve the Imperial Aunt?
Jiang Chen and Jiang Qingqing were equally confused and didn't understand the reason.
Only Xiao Linting had deep eyes and a clear voice with an unquestionable tone.
"Your Highness should not hesitate any longer. They can no longer bear it."
"They? Who?" Jiang Qingqing couldn't help but ask.
The eldest princess stood up and looked at the group of people. A mocking smile appeared on her red lips. Her eyes went from being cold and indifferent at first to being turbulent with emotions in the end, until finally her phoenix eyes contained a different feeling.
"Lord Fengchen, the former enemy who caused my husband to suffer from an old illness."
Princess Qiyang had experienced the inner court struggle before, and her expression was also unpredictable. "Aunt's guess was right. The invitation was sent to Fengchen Mansion, and they actually had the face to let Prince Qi come."
Jiang Qingqing, an outsider, was confused by what she heard.
Wait, your schemes and my schemes are not from the same world, right?
At this time, Jiang Chen silently stayed beside Jiang Qingqing. The brother and sister looked at each other and could feel shock in each other's eyes.
These two brothers and sisters are in big trouble.
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