Now, when questioned by her court officials, Empress Dowager Wu had no choice but to admit, "The red pearl has been lost. I have secretly sent people to search for it for many years, but there is still no trace of it."
These words sparked another round of discussion among the court officials.
The situation has become awkward. Everyone knows that the late emperor had a second prince who was living away from home, but two children with heterochromia have passed the verification. It's impossible that both of them are princes.
Without a red jade bead for identification, what should we do?
At this moment, Su Ruojin spoke up, "I know where the Red Jade Pearl is."
Upon hearing Su Ruojin's words, the discussions in the hall intensified. How could the princess of another country know the whereabouts of the Xiaoyue royal family's secret treasure?
Gao Hongyuan didn't expect that Su Ruojin knew the whereabouts of the Red Pearl. Does that mean that Su Ruojin and the others already knew who the Second Prince was?
Thinking of this, Gao Hongyuan felt uneasy. He vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was.
"May I ask, Your Highness, where is the Red Jade Pearl now?" Empress Dowager Wu asked.
"As far as I know, not only did the Second Prince Ji Yanche go missing from the Xiaoyue royal family, but also his sister, Princess Xiyue, didn't she?" Su Ruojin asked instead of answering.
Because Princess Xiyue was a princess, she was not valued from a young age due to her background as Consort Yun, and her disappearance did not attract much attention.
Many people have even forgotten that Xiaoyue had such a princess.
Now, hearing Su Ruojin mention it, they all remembered.
"What do you mean by that, Your Highness? Do you perhaps know the whereabouts of Princess Xiyue?"
Empress Dowager Wu felt inexplicably panicked, even more so than when she first learned that Consort Yun had given birth to a prince. Intuitively, she felt that something was about to get out of her control.
Then she remembered the message she had received from her brother earlier, that the 5,000 Wu family soldiers had arrived in the suburbs and could enter the city at any time, which put her mind at ease.
At worst, the same suppression could happen again, so what is there to fear?
As long as military power is in your own hands, there is nothing to fear.
“Of course I know. Not only do I know, but I also brought Princess Xiyue with me today. Right outside the palace, the red jade bead lost by the Xiaoyue royal family is on Princess Xiyue.”
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Wu gripped the armrests of her phoenix chair tightly.
It was already an accident that Princess Xiyue was still alive, but I didn't expect Su Ruojin to have brought her here.
Although Princess Xiyue was still young at the time, Empress Dowager Wu was afraid that she would find out something.
But then I thought about it again, and it was precisely because Princess Xiyue was so young at the time that she couldn't possibly remember anything, so her words were not to be taken seriously.
If Princess Xiyue really has the Red Jade Pearl, it can be used to identify that little bastard, which would save some trouble.
Even if Princess Xiyue returns to the palace, she will still only be a princess and won't affect Zhuo'er much. At worst, she can be sent to marry a foreign ruler or given to the son of a minister to win people's hearts. That would be a useful tool.
Thinking of this, Empress Wu slowly loosened her grip.
When the court officials heard that Su Ruojin had actually brought Princess Xiyue along, their faces showed surprise.
If we can find the Second Prince today, and also find the princess who was lost among the common people, it would be a double blessing.
"Princess Xiyue, please enter the palace." Empress Dowager Wu tried her best to keep her voice calm.
"Princess Xiyue, please enter the hall!" The eunuch's announcement rang out in the hall.
Aya slowly walked into the main hall, where it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
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