Ying Huaiji seemed unaware of the emperor's scrutiny and replied calmly, "Your son is willing to guarantee the position of Crown Prince. If what Xiao Cunyu said is false, your son is willing to abandon the position of Crown Prince and be confined to the palace for the rest of his life, never to step out of the house again."
"Your Highness, please think twice!" Immediately, everyone in the court shouted.
"I wasted my life, revealed the secrets of heaven, deceived the emperor, and fooled the princess. I alone am responsible for all this. Your Majesty, please send someone to guard the Pingzhou area for three months. If there is no disaster as I described, your Majesty does not need to issue a decree. I will die as an apology. However, if it can be proven that everything I said was true, Your Majesty will forgive the crime of deceiving the emperor."
Xiao Cunyu spoke bluntly.
But at this moment, it is not easy to just chop her down.
The people she brought with her today... are all experts from the capital. Even the emperor would not dare to ignore their warnings. Otherwise, if there is really a flood in Pingzhou in the future, he, the emperor, would probably be cursed by the people of the world.
"Your Majesty, I know that it is hard to believe the words of a few masters and Xiao Cunyu. So I retrieved the precipitation records of Pingzhou for the past three hundred years last night and found that Pingzhou has heavy rains every sixty years or so, and they always happen in this season. In addition, it is indeed time to repair and dredge several river channels and dams in Pingzhou. I am willing to lead people to inspect them in person. I hope Your Majesty will agree." The prince said again.
"No, with your body, how can you withstand a long journey?" The emperor immediately refused.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. A few days ago, Miss Xiao gave me a red glass soul. I had it refined into medicine. After taking it, I actually felt much more relaxed. Now I am much better! But I know that Your Majesty is too concerned about my health. I was afraid that you would be worried about me and couldn't sleep. It was not until this morning when the imperial physician confirmed that the remaining toxins in my body had been cleared when he took my pulse that I dared to tell you. Please rest assured." Ying Huaiji was full of energy, and there was no trace of illness in his every move.
When the emperor heard this, he almost jumped up from the dragon throne.
His expression became increasingly ugly.
He felt that the prince had been lying to him!
How could it suddenly heal? This Red Glass Soul was not easy to find. His spies had investigated and found that there had been Red Glass Soul in the Lotus Pavilion in the capital before, but the item had long been taken away by passing merchants and did not fall into the hands of the prince...
The hall was quiet for a while.
The second master of the Xiao family also stood up at this time. He was a warrior and didn't like to talk much, but his two sons were both top scorers in the imperial examinations, one in literature and one in martial arts. Everyone envied them. Even though he was quiet, no one dared to look down on him.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince and I, your subject Yingting, are willing to escort him to Pingzhou!" General Xiao immediately stepped forward and said.
As soon as he said this, those who supported the prince immediately reacted.
Immediately, he knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, please accept the Crown Prince's request!" they said in unison.
The emperor looked at all the civil and military officials in the court. Except for a few cunning people who were indifferent to worldly affairs and officials from the Wu family who were at odds with the prince, all of them were on the side of the prince?
He was panicking.
In his anxiety, he felt so suffocated that he couldn't breathe and fainted.
Suddenly, there was chaos in the court, but everyone was mentally prepared.
They have also heard about the emperor's recent indulgence in the harem, and they are even privately worried that the emperor is old and will sooner or later get into trouble if he continues to indulge himself like this. They just hope it's not a stroke, otherwise he will become a laughing stock in the world!
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