Emperor Jingming's hand holding the white jade paper tightened unconsciously.

The weather was getting warmer, and Emperor Jingming was afraid of the heat, so he had asked the eunuchs to remove the brazier in his study. Now, when he touched the extremely smooth calming paper, he felt it was cold, just like his mood at the moment.

Did he hear it wrong? Cui Yi said that Cui Mingyue was killed by Lao Ba?

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Jingming asked calmly, "Yier, where did you hear this news?"

This child hasn't been seen for a long time since his parents passed away. Could it be that he was deceived by someone with ulterior motives? Where did he hear these rumors?

Cui Yi's eyes were red and his voice was trembling: "I didn't hear it from somewhere, but I saw Mingyue's corpse with my own eyes in the Prince of Xiang's Mansion!"

"What?" Emperor Jingming never expected to hear such an answer, and the white jade paper in his hand almost flew out.

He immediately looked at Zhen Shicheng and said in a sharp voice: "My dear Zhen, please tell me the details in detail!"

At this point, although Emperor Jingming did not want to admit it, he had already believed Cui Yi's words.

If Cui Yi had only heard it from hearsay, Zhen Shicheng would not have come to the palace with him.

Zhen Shicheng bowed to Emperor Jingming and said, "Your Majesty, not long ago, I received a report from someone from the Xiang Palace, saying that several princes found a corpse in a waste well in the Xiang Palace—"

Upon hearing what the princes had discovered, Emperor Jingming's eyebrows jumped, and he pointed at Zhen Shicheng with the hand holding the white jade paper: "Go on!"

Zhen Shicheng stepped back hesitantly.

I heard that the paper pacifier on the dragon table has been changed several times. Now the emperor is holding the paper pacifier in his hand, which is quite scary.

Zhen Shicheng continued with this concern: "As soon as I heard this, I immediately took my men and rushed over -"

"Get to the point!" The paperweight in Emperor Jingming's hand was about to fly out.

Old Zhen is usually quite efficient, why is he talking so much nonsense today?

Zhen Shicheng hurriedly recounted what happened after he arrived at the Prince of Xiang's mansion. His beard trembled with excitement, causing Pan Hai, who was standing behind Emperor Jingming, to lower his head silently.

Lord Zhen is so absorbed in talking about the case. Can't he consider the Emperor's feelings?

Pan Hai started to worry when he thought about this.

It's over. The one who committed the crime is the emperor's son. It will be difficult for him to serve so closely in the future.

Although the emperor is not a tyrant who would take people's lives at will, an emperor in a bad mood will become picky no matter how good his temper is.

Just like the aunt in charge of personnel, she usually lowered her head and looked at him, the eunuch in charge of writing, but there were always a few days every month when she dared to speak to him.

He is too magnanimous to bother with women.

After listening to Zhen Shicheng's excited speech for a full quarter of an hour, Emperor Jingming asked gloomily, "Are you done?"

Zhen Shicheng came back to his senses with a start, secretly cursing: I was so focused on the joy of solving the unsolved case that I forgot the emperor's position for a moment...

He quickly bowed respectfully to Emperor Jingming, trying to keep his tone calm: "This is what happened. Your Majesty, please make your decision..."

Emperor Jingming remained silent with a sullen face.

When it comes to investigating cases, the person he trusts most in the Great Zhou is Old Zhen. At this point, he can't convince himself that Old Eight is not the real murderer of Cui Mingyue.

When the atmosphere was tense, another eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, the Prince of Xiang wants to see you."

Emperor Jingming slapped the dragon table and said, "No!"

The eunuch who went out to deliver the message came back not long after: "Your Majesty, several princes are here."

Emperor Jingming wanted to say that he would not see any of them, but when he thought about the fact that his sons were present when the incident happened, he changed his mind with the hope that they would be able to come in. He said, "Send them in with General Xiaotian."

Soon the eunuch rushed over and delivered Emperor Jingming's oral instructions.

The Prince of Xiang watched as several people followed the eunuchs in, with even a dog following behind, leaving him alone outside. He immediately staggered and was about to fall down, his face pale.

Emperor Jingming's expression wasn't much better either. He glanced at his sons who had come in and his eyes fell on the big dog.

At this glance, the old emperor almost didn't recognize it. He was relieved when he caught a glimpse of the round white cat Jixiang out of the corner of his eye.

"The corpse was found by Erniu?"

Several princes nodded.

Emperor Jingming asked some more details, and finally asked Yu Jin: "Seventh Brother, why did you go to see Eighth Brother and bring Erniu with you?"

It was Erniu who had helped the deposed crown prince to fake amnesia, and it was Yu Jin who had brought Erniu into the palace. This time, the prince of Xiang was unlucky enough to do the same thing, and Emperor Jingming could not help but feel a little suspicious.

Because of this suspicion, although Emperor Jingming did not show it on his face, there was inquiry in the depths of his eyes.

King Lu was completely unaware of this and quickly replied, "Father, it was my son who brought Erniu there!"

Emperor Jingming paused, his thoughts slowing down for a moment.

Could it be that he remembered it wrongly, and Erniu was actually from Laowu's family?

The King of Qi and the King of Shu both lowered their eyes, thinking at the same time: Let's find a chance to beat up the old man.

Yu Jin's recent actions have brought a strong sense of crisis to the two of them. Seeing that Emperor Jingming finally had some doubts about him, but was snatched away by Prince Lu, it would be strange if they didn't explode with anger.

King Lu Kesi had never thought about the feelings of King Qi and King Shu at the moment. Of course, even if he had thought about it, he would not care. He said excitedly: "My son plans to visit his eighth brother today, so I will ask my seventh brother to go with him--"

"Did you go to the seventh brother's place?" Emperor Jingming interrupted Prince Lu.

King Lu nodded and continued, "Then we saw Erniu. My son thought Erniu was boring, so he took him with him."

Instead of chewing on the good meat and bones, he had to bite his trouser legs. It shows that he is bored. He is absolutely right.

After hearing what King Lu said, the doubts that Emperor Jingming had quietly dissipated, and he turned to look at Erniu.

"Since the corpse in the well has turned into bones, how did Erniu find it?"

After he said this, he turned his gaze to Yu Jian.

Yu Jin calmly bowed to Emperor Jingming and said, "Perhaps Erniu is gifted. When my son took Erniu to Qianhe County for disaster relief, it was Erniu who detected in advance that Jinli Town would be hit by an earthquake, and thus saved the people of the town..."

Emperor Jingming turned his attention to Erniu again.

Erniu seemed to sense that he was being questioned, and suddenly walked towards Long'an, wagging his tail.

"Stop!" Pan Hai shouted loudly, fearing that Erniu would hurt Emperor Jingming.

Erniu really stopped and cried out twice to Emperor Jingming in grievance.

Emperor Jingming, who was a little nervous at first, was relieved when he saw this. He waved his hand and said, "Let's see what Erniu is going to do."

"emperor--"

Emperor Jingming glanced at Yu Jin and said calmly, "It's okay, the Prince of Yan is here."

If he really gets bitten by Erniu, he will settle the score with Laoqi.

Under the gazes of the crowd, Erniu raised his two front legs and grasped the edge of the table, using his dog's mouth to dig in the mountain of memorials.

Everyone was shocked: What is Erniu doing?

After the initial daze, Emperor Jingming suddenly woke up and shouted, "Back off!"

The big dog, which had been buried in the pile of memorials, raised its head and looked at Emperor Jingming innocently.

A booklet fell from the dog's mouth and landed in front of everyone.