"Brother, what do you mean? The Empress Dowager hasn't said anything yet." Chang'an glanced at the eldest prince unhappily. "Besides, what evidence do you have to prove that Father was lost by Eunuch Cheng? You're just a prince, and you can ruin someone with just a few words. Don't you have any sense of rigor?"
"What do you mean?" The eldest prince was furious. "Gu Chang'an, was I wrong? The entire imperial study is airtight. Only this servant is guarding outside the imperial study, and everyone outside is his. If not him, then you?"
"You want to cause trouble for me, but can you?" Chang'an retorted without any hesitation, "Don't think I don't know about your little tricks behind my back."
Everyone in the room looked at Chang'an and the eldest prince with curiosity.
Everyone has their own guesses in their minds.
"I, a prince, have nothing to fear from my own shadow." The eldest prince never thought that he would be caught by Chang'an for anything he had done. "How can I let you talk nonsense?"
"Humph!" Chang'an said with disdain, "You really are like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, the thief crying 'stop thief'."
A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water?
This is used to talk about the prince...
“!!!”
Everyone was amazed at how tough Princess Xuan was.
The only difference was Bei Mingxuan. He raised the corners of his lips with pride and looked at Chang'an with a smile. He seemed to be very satisfied with her words.
"Oh!" Chang'an sneered, "Are you really going to act like a dead pig that's not afraid of boiling water?"
The eldest prince's face looked even uglier.
His chest began to rise and fall in anger. "If you have the guts, speak up! I'll give you ten of them."
"You're being so generous." Chang'an raised his eyebrows. "Bei Mingxuan and I went to Zuo Shi Country to find the ghost doctor. Do you dare to say that you didn't do anything? Or did you invite the strategist Nan Huazi and kill him without anyone knowing?"
"...You!" The eldest prince looked at Chang'an in disbelief, sweat instantly breaking out on his forehead, "Who told you that?"
"So, big brother admitted it. On Zuo Shiguo Road, you attempted to murder the prince and me." Chang'an didn't give him a chance to explain. "Or rather, the emperor's disappearance was all your fault, and now you want to put all the blame on Eunuch Cheng, making him your scapegoat?"
"You... didn't." The eldest prince was so angry that his nose was about to smoke.
"Brother, could it really be you?" Bei Mingye looked straight at the eldest prince, "Why? Where did you hide our father?"
"Shut up right there." Chang'an shouted, looking at Bei Mingye with disgust. "You're not a clean person either. Bei Mingye, I'm putting this on hold today. You must answer for Dongxue's life, or don't blame me for being ruthless and cutting off your path to fame."
“!!!” Everyone was surprised.
"Whose life?" The Queen Mother was stunned. "Chang'an girl, you must explain to the Empress Dowager what is going on."
Feng Zhengmin, who was standing by, noticed something strange about Bei Mingye.
He immediately spoke, "Prince Xuan, you don't even care about your own princess. It seems very inappropriate to do this in front of the Queen Mother."
“…This king…is henpecked!”
“…” This kind of indulgence is really frustrating.
Feng Zhengmin's mouth twitched, and he muttered to himself, henpecked?
Is this henpecked? This is pure pampering, pampering without limits.
At this time, Eunuch Cheng had already moved all the stools in.
"Everyone, please sit down and talk." The Queen Mother's face was clearly displeased. She glanced at everyone and said, "Look at you two, dignified princes, with red faces and thick necks, arguing with the same woman. What a talent!"
The eldest prince and the fourth prince lowered their heads and said nothing.
"Please sit down," the Queen Mother said impatiently. "Let me tell you a few times, don't just stand there."
Everyone took their seats, and Chang'an sat next to the Queen Mother.
Bei Mingxuan was sitting on a soft seat, looking lazy, and with his handsome face that looked like a divine sculpture, he was so beautiful that it made people fascinated.
The two prime ministers, each with their own thoughts, sat obediently on the stools, not daring to move, especially when they looked at Chang'an, there was a hint of fear in their eyes that they themselves were not aware of.
The eldest prince and the fourth prince looked at each other, looking awkward, as if they were dissatisfied but dared not speak easily.
"Master Li, tell someone to bring another charcoal stove and place it next to Xuan'er." The Queen Mother said, glancing at Chang'an beside her, then glancing at the others, "You all can talk, I'm listening."
Come on, these two words are so light.
But no one dared to speak at this time. What could they say?
With the exception of Bei Mingxuan, everyone else was wondering in their hearts, what did the Queen Mother want to hear? What did she mean?
The most impatient one was the eldest prince. He felt that the emperor's disappearance was related to him, and he could not bear this crime. "Grandmother, my father is missing, and I am also worried, but I swear that I have nothing to do with this matter. Chang'an is talking nonsense."
Chang'an didn't speak immediately.
The Queen Mother glanced at Chang'an and said, "Chang'an, your elder brother is saying you're talking nonsense. Don't you have anything to say?"
Chang'an looked at the eldest prince, "How do you know I'm talking nonsense?"
"Well, then... produce the evidence." The eldest prince spoke without confidence this time.
"Then, big brother, please provide evidence to prove that the disappearance of our father is related to Eunuch Cheng?"
"..." The eldest prince was stunned. "I'm just guessing. I have no evidence."
"Well, I'm just guessing, I have no evidence."
"Gu Chang'an, you are talking nonsense?" When the eldest prince heard Chang'an say this, he immediately knew that what she said just now was intentional.
"Bei Minghong, you are a man, the eldest prince of Shuzhou." Chang'an raised the corners of his lips to smile, his eyes full of mockery, "You speak without thinking, and arbitrarily accuse people without evidence. Isn't it possible for a little girl like me to do the same?
Or is it that in your eyes, the eldest prince, only the governor is allowed to set fires but the common people are not allowed to light lamps?"
“…”
Everyone understood that Gu Changan did it on purpose. She was seeking justice for Eunuch Cheng.
But I guess only Gu Changan would dare to use such a method to confront others.
The Queen Mother frowned and scolded, her face full of anger, and she slammed her palm hard on the armrest of the wooden chair.
“Nonsense!”
At the Queen Mother's roar, everyone immediately knelt down, including Bei Mingxuan and Chang'an.
The person kneeling on the ground didn't dare to make a sound.
for a long time.
The Queen Mother looked at the people kneeling on the ground with a sharp gaze, and finally sighed helplessly, "You children, what can I say about you?
Hong'er, you are the oldest among the princes and the eldest brother.
Ye'er, you are the Empress' biological son and the Emperor's legitimate son, so you must be more sensible in what you do.
Chang'an's words were spoken behind closed doors in your own room. If they were spread outside and reached the ears of the people, you would bring disgrace to the royal family."
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