Qing Leishan and Qing Ziyuan looked up at the same time, as if they didn't expect Feng Ling to speak for them at this time.
Hearing Feng Ling's words, the King of Chu seemed to hum, and then said, "General Qing, General Fuyuan, please stand up."
Qing Leishan and Qing Ziyuan stood up with serious and complicated expressions. Rong Wan's body swayed and she almost fell to the ground. Qing Leishan helped her sit back on the chair.
Qing Yue felt extremely upset when she saw this. She wanted to go forward and help her mother, but her status did not allow it.
"Let's put aside the matter of Prince Yu's assassination for now. Today, let's first clarify the matter of Qing Er's murder. Fourth Brother, I gave you ten days. Have you found the person?"
Emperor Chu's gaze fell on Chu Yan, a little cold.
Chu Yan felt it. He had already seen that his father was extremely cold towards him and had been testing him since last time. Now that Feng Ling was assassinated and fell off the cliff, his father already thought that it was him who did it.
What's more, Feng Ling's words just now pushed everything onto the 'Wushuang Old Man'. As long as it is proven that the Wushuang Old Man is fake, he will lose everything. What a vicious trick.
But unfortunately, he was destined not to let Feng Ling and Qin Wan succeed today.
At this moment, all eyes were on Chu Yan. As long as he said that he didn't find it, he would definitely lose all trust from Emperor Chu.
The next moment, Chu Yan bowed and said, "Father, I have found it."
Emperor Chu's pupils shrank, "Found it?"
"Yes, I have lived up to my father's trust and have found Elder Wushuang."
Chu Yan said again.
"Where are the people?"
The King of Chu asked.
"Father, Elder Wushuang has a somewhat cold temper. After learning that someone had wrongly accused him of killing Young Master Qing, he was furious. Now that I have calmed him down, he is waiting in my house to clear his name."
"oh?"
Emperor Chu rubbed the teacup lightly with his fingers.
"Bring the person here."
"Father, I have one more thing to report."
Chu Yan said again.
"explain."
"Your Majesty, I beg you to allow the Qin family to enter the palace."
"What?"
Emperor Chu frowned, seeming puzzled. Why mention the Qin family at this time?
"Your Majesty, Elder Wushuang has devoted his life to medicine. His medical skills have long since reached the pinnacle of perfection. I previously sought him out and explained the situation to him. He then met Princess Yu and said she carries a huge secret. He didn't reveal what it is, but it's related to the Qin family. So, I beg Your Majesty to allow the Qin family to enter the palace."
Chu Yan's words really confused everyone.
Everyone's eyes were on Chu Yan and Qin Wan.
"Okay, I want to see what you guys are up to."
Emperor Chu said in a deep voice.
Chu Yan received the order and immediately gave it.
The hall was quite quiet. No one had spoken since Chu Yan said those words. Qing Yue sat beside Feng Ling and secretly went to see her mother several times. Her mother seemed very silent and a little absent-minded. No one knew what she was thinking. Since entering the hall, except for the initial kowtow, her mother had not said a word.
She felt a sharp pain in her heart.
She looked at Qing Yunyao's expression again. She seemed a little excited, and her eyes were unusually bright, as if something good she had been expecting was happening.
On the other hand, Chu Yan glanced at him with a look of deep coldness and disgust.
"Mother, did Fourth Brother really find that man in black? I've seen what he looks like. If he shows up, I'll definitely recognize him..."
Pingyang was also very nervous. She leaned over and whispered in her mother's ear.
The princess also frowned. She hadn't expected Chu Yan to actually find the man. Could it be that the little girl from the Qin family was wrong? The murderer wasn't Qing Yunyao's master at all, otherwise why would he dare to show up? And from what Chu Yan said, the old man wasn't being detained by force, but was being treated well at his residence.
The eldest princess's thoughts were naturally the thoughts of everyone present, but now it could only be explained clearly by seeing them in person.
About half an hour later, footsteps were heard.
The first to arrive were the Qin family. Qin Hongzhang appeared with his daughter Qin Ningyue. This was Qin Ningyue's first time to meet the emperor, so she was a little nervous, her face even turned pale, and she knelt down with Qin Hongzhang.
"Prime Minister Qin, please get up and sit over there."
The King of Chu waved his hand without saying anything extra.
He was a little annoyed when he saw Qin Hongzhang, and had no intention of letting him go to the palace today.
Qin Hongzhang didn't know what had happened, and his eyes unconsciously looked at Qingyue, but he found that the dead girl didn't even look at him, which made Qin Hongzhang very angry.
These days, he sent messages several times and even asked Ning Yue to go to Prince Yu's Mansion in person to ask the dead girl to go home, but the dead girl refused to show up.
If I had known she was such a vicious person, I should have drowned her when she was born.
Qin Hongzhang took Qin Ningyue and Qin Shuo to the lower seat and sat down. Qin Ningyue was relatively okay. After all, the upbringing and etiquette of a lady from a noble family were ingrained in her bones. Although she felt a little timid in her heart, she still managed to appear calm. She looked at Feng Ling unconsciously, but saw that the man had his eyebrows lowered and never looked in her direction.
Qin Ningyue's heart twisted in knots. Seeing the people present, her heart sank. She thought they might have been summoned today to arrange a marriage for her. She just couldn't understand why Qin Shuo was also invited, and why members of the Qing family were also included... Was that man with the cold, glaring eyes the eldest son of the Qing family, General Fuyuan? So young, yet so accomplished in the military, and now he'd rushed back from the border? Could it be that they were planning to arrange a marriage for her to this young man?
Qin Ningyue was very upset.
She didn't want to marry Qing Ziyuan, even though he was a good man, but he was away from home all year round and they lived apart. But now she only wanted to marry Feng Ling.
At this moment, footsteps were heard again, and a notification came from outside, and then an old man in a black robe walked in slowly.
As he stepped in, everyone's eyes turned to him.
It was an old man with a hunched body and a black robe. His face was shriveled and dark yellow, with deep eye sockets, and he looked a little gloomy.
"It's him! Even if he killed Qing Er, he will kill me too!"
At this moment, there was a scream and Pingyang's face changed. She stood up, pointed at the black-robed old man in front of her with great excitement, and shouted angrily.
Princess Pingyang's scream made everyone's faces change suddenly.
"Pingyang, did you see clearly?"
The eldest princess also frowned and asked.
Pingyang nodded, hatred in his eyes. He pointed at the black-robed old man and said, "Even if you turned into ash, I would recognize you. That day in the alley in front of Prince You's Mansion, it was you who killed Qing Er. It was you!"
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