"No... I thought the matter was over and Miss Wu had already left. If I tell Dad, he will inevitably be angry again."
The emperor leaned back slightly in his seat. He had already learned everything from Wu Xueyan, and now he knew whether she was lying or not, so he felt a little better. It seemed that Xu Yiyan, like Xu Xianshan, was a straightforward person.
"Your Majesty! I know that Yuling can mobilize the eight gates in the capital, so how could I give it to an outsider! Besides, that token has been eliminated. If I want to give it, why should I give it to that one?" Wu Jinsong still wanted the emperor to review the matter again, but the emperor could no longer listen.
People are like this. After hearing what they want to hear, their prejudices will become stronger and stronger. The emperor now knows that the Xu family father and daughter have not lied to him, so he will be even more angry at his second son for teasing him.
He knew his second son wasn't stupid, but why didn't he understand what he meant yesterday? I told him not to do it, so why did he insist on going against my will?
What's more, the method he used was so shameless, which really disappointed me. Could it be that he thought that as long as Wu Xueyan died, all the facts would be gone without evidence?
"Okay, I have figured this out. You can go back."
"What about my sister?" Wu Jinsong was indeed a little anxious, and he could blurt out the question in front of the emperor, which made Eunuch Kang frown.
"Master Xiao Wu, your sister is a key witness in the case. Since things haven't been concluded yet, she's naturally where she belongs."
"Yes, I have spoken out of turn. I will take my leave."
When Wu Jinsong went out and caught up with Xu Yixing, he saw her chatting and laughing with another person.
"Greetings to His Majesty the Fourth Prince." Wu Jinsong suppressed his anger and took a few steps forward to pay his respects.
"No thanks." The Fourth Prince looked at the two of them, already having a pretty good idea of the situation. "It seems Father has met quite a few people today: you two, your sister, your father, and now it's my turn."
Wu Songjin didn't know why the Fourth Prince was involved, but Xu Yixing seemed to understand. Could the killer last night be one of his?
It's really exciting and thrilling. No wonder the emperor asked so many people to confirm it. It turns out that it was the Fourth Prince who took action.
A magical game, a magical game!
Xu Yixing was so happy that he ignored Wu Songjin's provocations and rode back to the Prince's Palace in his carriage. It was just the right time to have lunch!
The atmosphere at the dinner table was completely different from that in the palace. Xu Yixing took off her palace clothes, washed her face beautifully, and then began to eat her meal in big mouthfuls.
It looks like he hasn't eaten for ten days.
"What's wrong with you? You look like you've just escaped from famine after entering the palace."
"I just feel bad for you."
"Feeling sorry for me?" Lu Anyuan pointed at himself in disbelief, not understanding.
"They say living with a king is like living with a tiger. I finally understand today. Talking to your father is really scary. I'm under a lot of pressure anyway."
Lu Anyuan laughed out loud: "Okay, so what did you gain today?"
"Well... it was the Fourth Prince who did it last night. The Emperor had always believed that the Second Prince was a wicked man who would kill to silence witnesses, so he set up a trap to lure him in. He didn't expect him to take the bait. The Emperor must have thought that the Second Prince had ordered his brother to do it, so he summoned many people to confirm it today."
"Well. Then who do you think asked Fourth Brother to do it?"
"Huh? Didn't the Fourth Prince do it himself? Just like last time in the outer palace, he framed the Second Prince."
Lu Anyuan shook his head. This situation was indeed very complicated, and Yixing still hadn't seen through it. "But if no one asked him to do it, it would be a false accusation. My fourth brother is not stupid."
"Uh..." Xu Yixing put down his chopsticks and pondered Lu Anyuan's words. Even if the Fourth Prince did it himself, he would definitely create someone to "issue the order." Otherwise, the Emperor wouldn't be able to find this person, which would easily lead to trouble.
"Who is it? It can't be you, right?"
"How is that possible? I've been working on our plan, so where would I find the energy to share it with him?" Lu Anyuan sneered. It was so sad that Yixing actually felt that he was hiding this matter from her.
"Well, then I can't think of it." If it's not the second prince, not Concubine Ying, and not Lu Anyuan, who else could it be?
"He's Lu Ziming's father." The answer was revealed. Lu Anyuan looked normal, but Xu Yixing thought for a long time before he remembered who Lu Ziming was.
"Military Advisor Lu? The eldest prince's men? Arranged by the eldest prince?"
"Stop, I only mentioned Advisor Lu, not my elder brother."
"He would do something behind the eldest prince's back? I don't believe it!"
"Madam, everyone has selfish motives. Military Advisor Lu is just following my eldest brother's lead, not selling out to him. Naturally, he has his own thoughts."
"It's for his son... But how did you know?" Xu Yixing now admires this military advisor Lu very much. Just like Lu Anyuan said, he took action when everyone else took action, hiding himself, and killing two birds with one stone. He was really smart.
"My fourth brother wrote to me this morning after you left."
"Believe it? And why would someone tell you?" Xu Yixing didn't believe it. How could he tell such a thing to others?
"It's already been burned. He told me because the condition we discussed before was that he help me deal with my second brother, so naturally he had to tell me."
Xu Yixing stared at Lu Anyuan for a long time, but could not see any signs of lying.
So in this situation, the emperor and his family actually won.
The emperor disrupted his original plan, resulting in Ying Wu being unable to replace Wu Xueyan, but he almost replicated a plan identical to his own, so the emperor caught the assassin, who was the Fourth Prince's man.
The Fourth Prince would definitely deny it again and again, and finally he would burst into tears and say that it was the Second Prince who ordered him to do so, and that he helped him out of brotherly love.
Then the emperor continued to investigate and was able to find the so-called "complete chain of evidence", because the scheme set up by Military Advisor Lu and the Fourth Prince must be perfect.
The result is that the Second Prince has lost the Emperor's favor by deceiving him; Wu Xueyan's lawsuit is successful, but she will definitely not be able to stay in Kyoto; the Fourth Prince may be suppressed by Concubine Ying in the short term, but in the long run, he will definitely have one less strong rival; as for Military Advisor Lu, he must have thought that no one knew what he was doing, but he used the Fourth Prince as a knife, and he would definitely be retaliated against.
So he and Lu Anyuan lost an enemy and gained a temporary ally; the emperor gained his ministers and son, whom he believed to be loyal and reliable, and everyone was happy.
"Okay, okay," Xu Yixing began to laugh wildly, and only stopped when his stomach hurt. By this calculation, his plans were merely the so-called fuse. The process of things was not at all what he had expected, but the result was exactly what he wanted.
Is this what it feels like to play tricks on the royal family?
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