"Hurry up and say it!" Seeing Xiao Xinzi hesitating, Nalan Yunzhi scolded him impatiently.
"Replying... reporting to the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Princess, Your Highness An... Your Royal Highness An did take... took the 'Golden Pill for Rejuvenation' from Prince Zhenyi of Xiangyang Temple..." Xiao Xinzi said tremblingly.
"An Zihao, do you have anything else to say?" Nalan Yunzhi glared at him angrily.
"Your Majesty, this is all a false accusation, a false accusation! I hope Your Majesty will understand!" An Zihao burst into tears and kowtowed to Nalan Yunzhi repeatedly, looking like he had been wrongly accused.
"Xiao Xinzi, I have treated you very well. Why did you frame me? Who ordered you to do this? Are you worthy of your mother and father, and your sister's family by betraying your master like this?" An Zihao looked at Xiao Xinzi with grief and sorrow, his eyes cold and ruthless.
Xiao Xinzi, sensing An Zihao's murderous intentions towards his family, was slightly shaken and stammered, "An... Your Majesty An... Your servant... Your servant..."
"Xiao Xinzi, the Queen Mother is here, what else do you have to worry about? Why don't you quickly explain the truth of the matter clearly!"
Hua Qingcheng, concealing herself behind her skirt, pulled out a willow wood hairpin from her space and began to play with it. Little Xinzi, kneeling before her, saw this and his eyes widened slightly. The jade hairpin looked unremarkable, but Little Xinzi recognized it instantly; it was a gift his mother had made for his father.
Hua Qingcheng took in Xiao Xinzi's reaction, but she continued, "It's true that a servant should be loyal to his master, but he should also be able to distinguish right from wrong and good from evil. He shouldn't be blindly loyal. If your master commits something unscrupulous, then you'll be aiding and abetting the evil. After death... you'll go to hell and be fried in a frying pan."
Then, Hua Qingcheng changed the subject, "Of course, if you can stop the loss in time and turn back, you can also reduce your sins and prevent your family from being implicated by you..."
"Your Highness..." Xiao Xinzi heard the hidden meaning in Hua Qingcheng's words. Now his family was no longer under An Zihao's control, but in the hands of the princess. As long as he confessed the truth, he could exchange it for the safety of his family and avoid being implicated by him...
"Do you still want to continue covering up for him?" Hua Qingcheng pointed at An Zihao who was standing next to Nalan Yunzhi without any hesitation.
Ever since Hua Qingcheng discovered something strange about An Zihao at the welcoming banquet for Xuanming's arrival in Beijing, she had people secretly watching and investigating An Zihao. Unexpectedly, they uncovered quite a few things during the investigation.
It's not just that he took the evil "Golden Elixir of Youth". Although An Zihao has been in the harem for many years and has always been a weak and soft-hearted person, he has actually done a lot of dirty things in secret. He is also related to the injustice suffered by Shan Wushuang, and even the incident of Queen Phoenix falling off the cliff was his hand.
To avoid alerting the enemy, Hua Qingcheng had remained silent, only having people secretly collecting evidence. She had never expected that her cheap mother would suddenly act like this at today's palace banquet, actually wanting to make An Zihao the queen.
Although Hua Qingcheng knew Feng Lingyan had no attachment to the position of Empress, allowing this "blood-sucking" person, with a treacherous heart and a treacherous heart, to become the Emperor would be an insult to Feng Lingyan, who had once been Empress. Furthermore, he had harmed both Shan Wushuang and Feng Lingyan, so naturally, Hua Qingcheng, who was protective of her own shortcomings, would not let him go.
Xiao Xinzi clenched his fists, glanced at Hua Qingcheng and An Zihao, and quickly made a decision between them. Xiao Xinzi made up his mind and revealed everything he knew, including how An Zihao had colluded with people outside the palace and his various evil deeds within the palace...
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Crown Princess, approximately two and a half months ago, one morning, Noble Emperor An woke up to find his hair completely white, his skin sagging and aging, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. However, this wasn't the worst of it, because the next day, Noble Emperor An discovered that he had aged ten years even more..."
Everyone present in Baohua Hall listened quietly as Xiao Xinzi continued, "Honorable Lord An tried all sorts of medicines to regain his youthful beauty, but to no avail. Later, he spent a fortune on a miraculous elixir purchased from Divine Doctor Xuanqing, and it did restore his beauty, but the effect only lasted ten days."
"Unlike the high price, Lord An only bought three of the magical medicines. Later, when he went to Xiangyang Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings, the fake Taoist priest Wang Zhenyi gave him a golden pill for youth."
"I originally just wanted to give it a try, but after Emperor An discovered the miraculous effects of this elixir, he bought ten directly from Wang Zhenyi. He's already taken two, and the remaining two are hidden in the secret compartment next to his bed in Lanyue Palace."
Nalan Yunzhi narrowed her eyes slightly and exhaled a breath of foul air. When she opened her eyes again, her gaze was as sharp as a knife.
"Old Guo!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Guo Dongbing, who was standing aside, responded respectfully.
"search!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After Guo Dongbing left Baohua Palace, he immediately ordered the commander of the inner court guards, Murong Jinghe, to personally lead people to Lanyue Palace to search An Zihao's bedroom.
"Your Majesty, I have never eaten it. It is... they who are slandering me!" An Zihao knelt down in front of Nalan Yunzhi, pulling at her phoenix robe and shaking his head repeatedly.
Nalan Yunzhi glanced at An Zihao with a complicated expression, then angrily pushed him away and said coldly, "I only believe in evidence!"
"Your Majesty..." An Zihao knelt on the ground, looking at Nalan Yunzhi in disbelief. Was this still the same emperor who doted on him so much?
Half an hour later, Murong Jinghe, the commander of the inner court guards, returned to Baohua Hall, carrying an exquisite brown porcelain vase and makeup box. Upon seeing what she held, An Zihao, knowing his fate was lost, collapsed to the ground as if all his strength had been drained.
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