Seeing Emperor Jingming's actions, the prince's eyes narrowed and he reflexively protected his face with his hands.

Emperor Jingming stroked the cool white jade paper, but his heart was cooler than the paper.

This beast is actually pretending!

What re-education, what steady and sensible, it's all bullshit, this beast is just fooling him in order to escape punishment.

Emperor Jingming looked at the prince coldly, his anger growing, and the newly replaced white jade paper fell out of his hand.

Although the prince had a rare inspiration and came up with a way to lose his memory and successfully disguised himself for several days, once he faced danger, his true colors were immediately exposed.

He was so frightened that his legs went limp and he fell to the ground. Emperor Cang shouted, "Father, I was wrong—"

The white jade paper flew quite far away from the prince and hit the wall near the door. Then it bounced to the ground with a loud noise, which scared Prince Lu who had just arrived at the door.

This time, Emperor Jingming had no intention of using paper to hit the prince. He was so disappointed that he didn't even have the energy to punish him.

Emperor Jingming was deeply upset when he saw the prince confessing without being asked.

Either you stop pretending, or you are so impatient that you reveal your true colors at the slightest fright. Wouldn't the Great Zhou Dynasty be doomed to perish if it is handed over to this beast?

Being a king who maintains the status quo peacefully is probably just a luxury he wants.

The prince noticed that Emperor Jingming was motionless and quickly raised his eyes to take a look.

This one glance made him feel as if he had fallen into an icy cave.

What kind of look is that, father?

Rather than anger, this look made him more flustered...

Emperor Jingming glanced at Yu Jin and Prince Lu standing at the door, but did not ask them to come in. He continued to stare at the crown prince: "How did you come up with the idea of ​​pretending to have amnesia?"

The prince knew he could no longer hide the truth, so he said, "My son just... had a flash of inspiration..."

Prince Lu couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

It turns out that a flash of inspiration can be used in this way. I have learned a lot.

Emperor Jingming took a deep breath and pointed at the door: "Go out."

"Father——"

"I let you out!"

The prince shrank his head in fear, dared not say anything more, got up and ran out.

On the stone steps outside Yu's study, a large dog was lying, looking at the prince who had hurried out with an innocent face.

When the prince saw Erniu, his expression changed, and the thought of taking the divine dog for himself faded, replaced by murderous intent.

It's all this beast's fault, otherwise he could have continued pretending and no one would have discovered him.

When Erniu saw the prince's change of expression, he still maintained an obedient appearance and rubbed his tail lazily.

It can bite such a person to death with one bite, humph!

The prince didn't dare to stay any longer and left in a hurry.

Emperor Jingming glanced at Yu Jin and Prince Lu expressionlessly and uttered two words: "Come in."

The two walked in.

The atmosphere in the room was so heavy that it was almost suffocating.

"Father, we--" Prince Lu began in a daze.

Emperor Jingming glanced at him and said coldly: "Who asked you to follow?"

King Lu:? ?

He subconsciously looked at Yu Jin, with only one thought in his mind: He was tricked by Lao Qi!

Yu Jin started to talk nonsense: "My son was afraid that you would be upset, so he came here."

King Lu:? ?

The emperor didn't mention any names, so why do you want to come over?

At this moment, Prince Lu had the urge to pick up his sword and kill Yu Jin.

Emperor Jingming's deep gaze never left Yu Jian. After a while, he slowly asked, "So, you figured out that the prince was pretending to have amnesia?"

This question was a bit broad, and Yu Jin certainly wouldn't get involved. He said tolerantly, "Er Niu greeted the second brother, and seeing the second brother's reaction, I vaguely guessed..."

"What about before?"

"Before?" The innocent expression on Yu Jin's face was seamless.

Emperor Jingming frowned and asked, "Why did you bring Erniu to visit the prince today?"

Under normal circumstances, even if he had doubts, he would not ask them so directly, especially when the person being asked was one son, and in front of his other son.

But now he was so angry that he didn't care about that anymore.

After hearing what Emperor Jingming said, Prince Lu looked at Yu Jin in surprise.

No way, how could the Seventh Brother be so bold as to plot against the Crown Prince?

Yu Jin said calmly, "Your Majesty, you don't know that on the day of Ah Huan's full-month banquet, my second brother personally asked for Erniu, but I couldn't bear to give him up at that time, so I didn't agree. I didn't expect that my second brother would lose his memory just a few days later. Thinking about what happened to my second brother, I regretted being so stingy that day, so I brought Erniu to the palace to visit my second brother. I thought that if my second brother still liked Erniu after seeing him, I would give Erniu to him. Although I was very reluctant to give him up, after all, the relationship between brothers is more important..."

Erniu, who was lying on the stone steps outside the door, changed his lazy attitude and pricked up his ears alertly.

I always feel there is danger!

Inside the house, Yu Jin calmly explained the reason for bringing Erniu into the palace, and finally said with shame: "I didn't expect that my good intentions would lead to bad results and frighten my second brother——"

"What do you mean by good intentions but ends up doing bad things?" Emperor Jingming interrupted Yu Jin and said coldly, "If it weren't for Erniu, would it be a good thing to let the prince continue to pretend?"

If we really look into it, the prince was guilty of deceiving the emperor.

However, Emperor Jingming had not yet decided what kind of punishment to give to the crown prince.

Some decisions can be made impulsively in anger, but some cannot.

For example, the crown prince has been deposed and reinstated. Does he need to be deposed a second time?

Emperor Jingming looked at Yu Jin deeply, and seeing that his eyes were clear and his expression was calm, he believed about 70% of the reasons Yu Jin gave.

She remained calm even when he stared at her like that, so she probably doesn't feel guilty.

Besides, even he didn't realize that the prince was pretending. The Seventh Prince had almost no contact with the prince, so he should not have noticed it either. What happened today was probably just a coincidence.

Even luck is not on the prince's side - thinking of this, Emperor Jingming felt more and more desperate.

After testing Yu Jin and finding that he hadn't noticed anything wrong, Emperor Jingming didn't want to waste time talking to his two sons, so he waved his hand and said, "Alright, you can leave the palace now."

After leaving the palace, Prince Lu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a lingering fear: "I thought my father was going to cut open the prince's head."

Although he hated the prince, his scalp would tingle if he saw his father beating the prince to death with his own eyes.

They are all sons. If the emperor can kill the prince, he can also kill him.

Seeing Yu Jin's indifferent expression, Prince Lu whispered, "Seventh Brother, you really didn't mean it today?"

Yu Jin smiled and said, "Fifth brother, you are joking. Did I know in advance that the prince was pretending to have amnesia, or did I predict in advance how the prince would react when he saw Erniu? How could I have such a predictive ability? Today, I really just wanted to give Erniu to the prince."

Prince Lu scratched his head and believed it: "That's true. If it's really intentional, how can I not feel guilty when facing the interrogation of my father?"

If it were him, his tongue would probably be tied and he wouldn't be able to be as calm and composed as Lao Qi.

Yu Jin laughed in his heart: Who said that telling a lie would make one feel guilty? He was not that kind of person.

The second cow following behind stared at its owner's hips with a serious look in his eyes: Give it away? ?