But Xiao Cen couldn't laugh. He just looked away and looked at Xiao Jinan who was kneeling on the ground. He finally understood that Xiao Jinan saw that the matter could not be cleared up, so he simply dragged him, his father, into the water.
This way he can at least clear himself of half of the responsibility.
Xiao Cen kicked Xiao Jinan lightly on the butt without using much strength, but Xiao Jinan was so scared that his whole body was shaking. He wanted to rush behind the emperor to hide.
Unfortunately, he was too timid to hide.
"Oh, you dare to slander me with such little talent! Come, tell me again, so that I can hear what this good son of yours has said."
The emperor looked at Xiao Cen deeply, then set his gaze on Xiao Jinan. "In that case, please repeat what you just said in front of your father."
"Oh, right." The emperor looked at Lin Chunhuan and said, "And sister-in-law, this matter is also related to your sister. I called you here so that you can listen together."
"Are you just going to stand there and listen?" Lin Chunhuan suddenly spoke, instantly drawing everyone's attention to her. Even so, her expression did not seem to change at all.
There is no other reason.
While Xiao Cen was talking to the emperor, Lin Chunhuan's eyes secretly clashed with Lin Chunuan several times, and cracks began to appear in the sealed memories in his mind, and they continued to expand.
By this point, except for the fact that 009 had not appeared for some unknown reason, her memory had almost recovered.
Naturally, he also figured out the strange things about Lin Chu Nuan.
Simply put, the situations of Lin Chunuan and Xiao Jinan are quite different. Xiao Jinan was simply reborn, but Lin Chunuan traveled to the modern era and stayed there for a while. Maybe it was more than just the modern era, and more than just a period of time, but there is no way to verify it.
But he must have traveled to another place and then returned to this world, so he said some things that were not in line with the times.
Lin Chunhuan even reasonably suspected that Lin Chu Nuan was also a fast traveler.
But 009 didn't show up, and she had nowhere to ask.
Anyway, this person didn't seem to have any influence on her at the moment, and he would soon destroy himself. Lin Chunhuan was in a good mood. She blinked and looked at the emperor, then looked at Xiao Cen, "Don't you have some melon seeds or fruits?"
“Ahem…”
The third prince coughed twice unnaturally, and the crown prince was stunned and speechless.
Instead, Xiao Cen was the first to come to his senses. A faint smile appeared on his face. "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Ah Huan just gave birth recently and is weak. It is indeed not suitable for her to stand for a long time."
"No problem."
As an emperor, he was always able to control his facial expressions very well. No emotion could be seen on his face. "Come, let Prince Pingyang and Princess Pingyang sit down."
As they were suspected of forming a clique and plotting rebellion, Lin Chunhuan pulled Xiao Cen to sit down. Of course, they couldn't really be served with melon seeds and fruits, but they did have a cup of tea.
After everything was ready, Lin Chunhuan sighed deeply, "Alright, eldest son, start talking. Mom is listening... No, your father and I are listening too."
"If you have been wronged in any way, your father will definitely seek justice for you!"
Anyway, it had nothing to do with her throughout the whole process.
Xiao Jinan was stunned.
He had prepared a lot of words, but he couldn't say them for a while. They were all exposed for forming a clique, so why did he have to kneel here? Not only did these two people not kneel for long, they even sat down and drank tea.
What the hell is this logic!
Seeing that Xiao Jinan was unable to speak for a long time, Lin Chunuan glared at him unhappily, "Your Majesty, since Young Master Xiao is unable to speak out of concern for the father-son relationship, then let me speak."
"Anyway, I've had enough of being coerced by my elder sister. If I have to watch her do evil, I'd better sacrifice my relatives for the sake of justice and live in peace!"
I don't know how Lin Chu Nuan persuaded me, but as soon as I said that, tears started to fall. The old emperor just shouted, "Okay!"
As soon as Xiao Cen said this, his eyes naturally fell over, but the emperor avoided his gaze with a guilty conscience. "What I mean is, if you have something to say, you can speak directly. As long as you are telling the truth, as the Son of Heaven, I will naturally give you an explanation."
"But if you are full of lies, the crime of deceiving the emperor will be borne by you alone!"
After hearing these words, Lin Chu Nuan was not afraid. Instead, she straightened her waist even more and said, "Don't be afraid, my daughter-in-law!"
"Ever since my eldest sister married into the royal palace and inherited the title of Prince Pingyang, she no longer takes her own family seriously. Just a few days after the wedding, she argued with my parents in the street on the day of her return home and even attacked me. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also aware of this."
"oh?"
The emperor narrowed his eyes, "Prince, is this true?"
The prince himself certainly did not want such dirty water to be thrown on Xiao Cen. After all, he had already determined that he was the future master and the one who would be in charge of the world.
What Yun Country lacks most now is people who can really get things done.
He knew his own abilities and knew he was more than capable of maintaining the status quo, but now was a time of chaos, and several surrounding countries were eyeing them covetously and had never given up their desire for their Yun Kingdom.
Although the prince didn't want to admit it, at least half of the reason those families didn't take action was because of Xiao Cen.
His father had been on the throne for too long, so long that he began to want to control and consolidate his power, and could not tolerate someone who was equally capable and had too much power in this country.
But he didn't. The prince knew very well that if there was no Xiao Cen in Yun Kingdom, it would not be destroyed, but it would inevitably suffer a period of bloodshed.
What's more, Xiao Cen has to bear the brunt of this natural disaster. If he kills him at this time, wouldn't that be fatal?
The Crown Prince was anxious, but he couldn't lie about this matter, so he could only bite the bullet and nodded, "That day, Concubine Lin was indeed injured. I went there personally."
"However, when I went there, Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang had already left, so I don't know exactly what happened."
Saying this leaves room for maneuver.
The prince felt his scalp tingling when he saw the emperor's look, but he still did not change his words.
Seeing this, Lin Chunuan had no way to refute it. She could only curse the fool in her heart while continuing to speak hesitantly, "No one else knows, but after that incident, my elder sister had people around her threaten my daughter-in-law, forcing her to marry into the Eastern Palace to be her eyes and ears. My daughter-in-law was terrified, but she didn't dare to disobey."
"For the past six months in the Eastern Palace, I've lived in fear every day, unable to sleep at night. I was almost driven crazy by the torture. Gradually, I stopped sending messages to my eldest sister. Unexpectedly, my eldest sister was dissatisfied with this and even slandered my biological father for murdering her. Not only did she ruin my father's career, but she also severed ties with the entire Lin family."
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