The auspicious bird has died, and Emperor Nan Shao still feels pain in his heart.

It's like, something you got is taken away before you can even warm it up, which always makes people feel unhappy.

However, Emperor Nan Shao did not jump to conclusions today, simply because the suspect was Long Moxun.

After all, Emperor Nan Shao treated Yu Long Mo Xun differently. Today, if it was someone else, with both witnesses and evidence, Emperor Nan Shao would have convicted that person long ago.

The reason why Luo Xue Ning dared to step forward was because she took this gamble. Emperor Nan Shao felt guilty about Yu Long Mo Xun. Obviously, judging from Emperor Nan Shao's attitude, Luo Xue Ning made the right bet this time.

Luo Xue's eyes sparkled. Although she did not like Emperor Nan Shao, she had to admit that he was not a bad emperor.

The body of the spirit bird has been brought up by the guards, and Emperor Nan Shao wants Luo Xue Ning to verify the cause of death of the spirit bird in court.

However, Luo Xuening clearly felt that a cold gaze was directed at her in the hall.

Long Lingxun's gaze was deep, and his slightly raised eyes clearly carried a hint of provocation.

Luo Xuening herself is just a chess piece in this game, so it's funny how she still talks about saving people.

"Your Majesty, a hairpin was found in Lingzhen Pavilion."

A guard came forward and presented the "evidence". After taking a look at the evidence in the guard's hand, Luo Xuening's heart suddenly sank.

That hairpin looks so familiar.

As expected, the next second, Emperor Nan Shao ordered: "Go check, whose hairpin this is?"

Luo Xuening looked embarrassed. Her name was engraved on the hairpin and she couldn't deny it.

"Your Majesty, it's... it's mine."

Luo Xuening's eyes turned slightly, and she thought carefully. It should be that when she was fighting with those palace maids just now, she accidentally dropped the hairpin, and then it was sent to Lingzhen Pavilion and became the so-called "evidence".

It turns out that this game is also aimed at myself.

One has to admit that Luo Xuening is indeed a powerful weapon in Long Moxun's hands, but her special identity also makes it easier for others to find fault with her.

The queen raised her eyebrows and smiled, pretending to be surprised and said, "So, the two of you entered Lingzhen Pavilion together?"

"Enter together?"

Long Lingxun lowered his voice and deliberately repeated the sentence. The mother and son sang in unison, and they were in perfect harmony.

"So, you two have already communicated. However, since Luo Xue Ning is also suspected of killing the spirit bird, then it is obviously unreasonable to let Luo Xue Ning investigate the cause of death of the spirit bird."

Long Lingxun was adding insult to injury, and almost told Luo Xuening and Long Moxun that they were in cahoots with each other.

Emperor Nan Shao was somewhat affected by the words of the mother and son. He looked at Luo Xuening coldly, with deep thought in his eyes.

"I have never been to Lingzhen Pavilion."

Luo Xuening still had her head lowered, but her expression was indifferent, not affected at all by the Empress and her son.

Because: "I have never been to Lingzhen Pavilion. I have heard that Lingzhen Pavilion was built by the emperor specifically for the spiritual birds. Even the ground of Lingzhen Pavilion is paved with moist red soil, which is more conducive to the cultivation of spiritual birds. So, if I have been to Lingzhen Pavilion, my shoes must be stained with red soil. However, there is no red soil on my shoes."

Of course, this is just Luo Xuening's way of proving her innocence. Even if those people want to verify it, she is not afraid.

Long Lingxun's expression changed, and he looked at Luo Xuening with a half-smile: "If that's the case, how did you lose your hairpin?"

Luo Xue Ning's eyes flickered, and she looked at Long Lingxun uncomfortably, rolling her eyes silently in her heart, "How could it be lost? Don't you have any idea in your heart? It was stolen by you."

However, she couldn't say in front of the emperor that someone in the palace stole her hairpin, otherwise the Emperor Nan Shao would be angry.

"I found it. I accidentally dropped it in Lingzhen Pavilion."

Long Moxun's voice was still cold, but just one sentence was enough to make Long Lingxun shut up.

In private, Long Lingxun was rather arrogant, but in front of others, he always pretended to be gentle and refined. At this moment, he really couldn't confront Long Moxun in front of Emperor Nan Shao and all the court officials.

He swallowed his breath unwillingly, lowered his eyes slightly, and pretended that he didn't exist.

"It seems that Prince Jing and Miss Luo are quite compatible. What a pity. I was originally thinking of finding someone for Prince Jing... Oh, Your Majesty, I spoke out of turn."

The Queen's skill in making random accusations against others is not something she has acquired overnight. Her seemingly careless but actually intentional words have unknowingly cast an ambiguous atmosphere over the entire palace.

After the Queen's reminder, everyone remembered that Prince Jing and Luo Xuening had a special relationship.

Prime Minister Luo was surrounded by the crowd, and he really couldn't keep calm at this moment. If some rumors were spread at this moment, for Prince Jing, it would just be considered as a romantic, but for Luo Xu Ning, her reputation would be completely ruined.

In the future, it would be fine if Luo Xuening really followed Prince Jing. But if she and Prince Jing could not be together, which nobleman in the capital would dare to marry her?

Prime Minister Luo's cold gaze passed through the crowd and shot directly at Luo Xuening. He was very dissatisfied with her.

Because the Prime Minister's gaze was so cold, Luo Xu Ningqing couldn't help but shiver, and then she heard the indifferent voice of Emperor Nan Shao.

"Queen, no nonsense is allowed in this palace. Watch your words and actions."

Emperor Nan Shao glanced at the Queen coldly. If he just felt that the Queen was not quite right today, now he was very sure that the Queen and Prince Shou and his son had joined hands to deal with Long Moxun.

How dare they do this in this hall, in front of the court officials? It is simply a disgrace to the royal family.

The queen was reprimanded and lowered her head in grievance. A hint of cruelty flashed in Danfeng's eyes.

"Luoxue Ning, let's start."

Emperor Nan Shao finally spoke, ending the awkward situation. Luo Xuening breathed a sigh of relief and took the order and left.

The body of the spirit bird was right in front of her. Luo Xuening examined it and told her what she found.

"Before the bird died, it did not struggle at all. There were no scars on its body and no abrasions on its claws. This shows that it did not struggle too much before it died. It was very docile."

The word "docile" really should not be used to describe the spirit bird, because the spirit bird had just entered the palace and was already rather irritable. Even Emperor Nan Shao had been accidentally scratched by the spirit bird. Those who raised the spirit bird were inevitably scratched one by one.

But why was the bird so docile before it died?

"This means that Lingniao was either harmed by someone familiar, or Lingniao took medicine before he died."

Emperor Nan Shao gnashed his teeth in anger. At his birthday banquet, someone was so bold as to drug the spirit bird. This was enough to piss him off to death.

Emperor Nan Shao narrowed his eyes slightly, and felt dizzy. He staggered back a step. Emperor Nan Shao reacted quickly, holding on to the chair, and sat back on the dragon throne with a dark face.

Long Moxun glanced at him with a frown on his face. Although he remained silent, that frown did not escape the eyes of Emperor Nan Shao.

He sighed deeply and finally understood why the emperor called him "I".

I am a widow, I am a widow, now he is all alone.

Even his own son was unwilling to care about him.

Nan Shaohuang suddenly felt sad and looked at Long Lingxun coldly: "Shou Wang, have you ever eaten unhealthy food before Lingniao?"

The spirit bird was sent by Long Lingxun, so naturally, the first person Emperor Nan Shao wanted to hold accountable was him.

Long Lingxun's face darkened, and he stepped forward and said, "Father, I did not feed the bird before I sent it to you, and I do not have the food recipe for the bird."

Realizing that the timing was not right, Long Lingxun immediately distanced himself from the matter. Emperor Nan Shao still looked dissatisfied, but ultimately did not ask any more questions.

"Someone, bring up the person in charge of the bird's food."

However, the guards trembled and told Emperor Nan Shao: "Your Majesty, the person who was responsible for guarding the bird is dead."