When the king heard the word "silver beads", his brows furrowed.

If he remembered correctly, the boss's favorite concubine seemed to be called this name? So, Yinzhu had been lurking beside the boss for more than ten years?

When he thought of this, the king's mind immediately flashed through that stunning face and the secret letter with beautiful handwriting and sincere words.

This kind of foresight is just like the one when they sent people to steal the Soul-Catching God Gu and also sent portraits and secret letters. It really makes people shudder!

The eldest brother is really a loser. He has fallen for the beauty trap twice in a row. He can't even see the person next to him clearly. He has been fooled for more than ten years!

“Boss!”

The king suddenly shouted in a low and majestic voice, which startled the confused eldest prince. His face turned pale, his feet stood still, and he was completely confused.

Seeing this, the king shook his head in his heart and said coldly: "Guan Sheng, send someone to the eldest prince's mansion to capture Shen Yuanbai and his concubine Yinzhu."

"If they are hiding, find them for me at all costs!"

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Guan immediately accepted the order, hurriedly walked down from the jade table, passed by the eldest prince, and left the imperial study.

At this time, Qiao Jiaojiao paid special attention to Che Hebi standing aside.

Upon hearing that the king had sent people to capture Shen Yuanbai, Che Hebi frowned, but his expression did not change much, and he never stood up to say a word for Shen Yuanbai, as if he had completely drawn a line between himself and Shen Yuanbai.

Qiao Jiaojiao was suspicious. King Jin Yu had no children, and Shen Yuanbai was definitely the first choice to inherit the throne in King Jin Yu's eyes, so he would definitely not sit idly by and ignore Shen Yuanbai.

[Master Che is so calm, I'm afraid he has already informed Shen Yuanbai. Is he so confident? How else can they stir up trouble in Nanli Kingdom? Could it be that they are using the eldest prince's people? ]

[In this case, Baili Chengyou shouldn't just sit there and wait for death, right? ]

Qiao Jiaojiao's thoughts turned, and when she looked up again, she found that her elder brother also glanced at Che Hebi secretly, and then looked at Baili Chengyou for a moment.

Qiao Jiaojiao: “…”

[Why do I feel that Big Brother and Baili Chengyou seem to have a special tacit understanding tonight? It seems that when Meng Guxue and I were kidnapped, a lot of things must have happened on the painting boat. ]

When Eunuch Guan left the hall, the eldest prince turned his head to look at Eunuch Guan's back, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

The hall suddenly fell into silence. Baili Chengyou looked at his elder brother who had a confused expression, and then at his father who had a gloomy brow, and knew that it was almost time to close the net.

He took a step forward and said in a cold voice: "Father, now the truth about the matter between Mother and Second Brother has been revealed. No matter what, the rumor was spread by Big Brother. You resorted to such despicable means. Big Brother is unworthy of being a prince of the royal family!"

"I also ask the Emperor to uphold justice for my mother, my second brother, and me, and to deprive my eldest brother of his title as the Crown Prince, and deal with the matter impartially!"

The eldest prince was still standing there in a trance. The matter of the silver bead took up most of his attention, making him feel as if he had been turned into a sieve. Baili Chengyou fought back, but he didn't even react for a moment.

When the words "remove the prince's title" went through his mind, the eldest prince's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he said in a hurry:

"Third brother, my eldest brother has just said that all this is Shen Yuanbai's conspiracy. My eldest brother was also plotted against. Why should he be punished so severely?"

Baili Chengyou sneered when he heard this, and he strode up to the eldest prince. His figure looked much taller and more upright than his elder brother.

"Calculation? Brother, do you think you can get away with it by putting all the blame on Shen Yuanbai?"

"It's hard for women in this world. Before you spread those rumors everywhere, have you ever thought that it might drive my mother to death?"

"Or is it that forcing my mother to death was part of my eldest brother's plan, and Shen Yuanbai just played a role in fueling the flames!"

"Can the person who stabbed the knife put the blame on the person who sharpened the knife?"

Baili Chengyou glared and shouted, his eyebrows raised, forcing the eldest prince to take a step back.

The eldest prince's face flushed, and he didn't know how to refute for a long time, with a hint of astonishment in his eyes that was difficult to conceal.

For the first time, he felt so clearly that the younger brother whom he had ignored back then had grown up to the point where even he could hardly face his anger.

Seeing that the eldest prince was speechless, Baili Chengyou turned around and knelt heavily to the king.

"I also ask Father to severely punish my eldest brother, seek justice for my mother, and clear her name!"

The wife of the successor king was standing aside, and when she saw Baili Chengyou kneeling there with his back straight, every word he said was for her, she couldn't help but feel tears welling up in her eyes.

Youer...

Upon hearing this, the king slowly stood up. His face was solemn. He first looked deeply at Baili Chengyou, then walked around the jade table and slowly came to the eldest prince.

When the eldest prince saw the king's cold gaze, he couldn't help but feel fear in his heart. He softened his voice and there was a hint of pleading in his voice.

"Father, I know I was wrong, but I——"

Bang!

The king raised his hand and slapped the eldest prince mercilessly. The force was so great that the eldest prince's upper body was even thrown to the side.

There was a sudden silence in the palace. The eldest prince felt a burning pain on his face and an even more painful pain in his heart.

This slap, in front of his younger brother and sister and envoys from other countries, trampled on his dignity as a prince and cut off his path to becoming the crown prince.

"How dare you quibble!"

The king shouted angrily, veins throbbing on his forehead, and he gritted his teeth and shouted.

The eldest prince's heart sank little by little. He turned his head and stared at the king in front of him, and suddenly murmured:

"Father, what did I do wrong?"

The king became even angrier when he heard this. How dare this idiot ask such a question!

"Look at what you have done. You have been played around by an outsider and you can't even see what the person next to you is thinking. You are being used by others and you don't even know it. How could I give birth to such a fool like you!"

But at this time, the eldest prince was exceptionally calm in the face of the king's fierce rebuke.

He shook his head, looking at the king with despair in his eyes.

"Not this, Father, not this."

As the eldest prince spoke, a smile suddenly appeared on his face that was uglier than crying.

"Father, do you think I don't know? Your favorite candidate for the crown prince has always been my second brother, right?"

"Since you have been interested in my second brother from the beginning, why do you act so close to me, letting me fantasize about you again and again!"

The slap marks on his face were extremely painful, but not as hurtful as the despair in his heart. There were some things the eldest prince had wanted to say for a long time, and now he finally mustered up the courage.

The king's eyebrows twitched slightly when he heard this, and the expressions of other people in the hall also changed to varying degrees.

The eldest prince saw the king's expression and couldn't help but smile miserably. He slowly knelt down and knelt in front of the king.

"Yes! I had someone spread the rumors about Madam and my second brother, but that's because they both had a secret relationship in the past, that's a fact! Who knows if they are still in contact now!"

"But father, after the incident, you would rather give Madam wine and let her die in her sleep than blame my second brother. You even ordered people to spread the news that Madam died to show her will, thus completely removing my second brother from the picture. How well-intentioned you are for my second brother!"

"Father, I don't understand! If you have regarded me as an abandoned son from the beginning, why don't you distance yourself from me? Then when my second brother ascends the throne, I can still be an idle prince."

"But you always show your favoritism to me in front of everyone in the world. Father, if my second brother becomes the ruler, how can a "favored" elder brother like me survive?"

"If I had not made trouble this time, if I had not put everything on the line, then on the day of the birthday banquet, you, Father, would have announced in public that my second brother would be the crown prince. By then, my second brother would have been legitimate, and how could I fight for it? What would I have to fight for it?"

"Father, you forced me to do this! Is it my fault that I was born into an imperial family? The opportunity to turn things around is right in front of me, isn't it right for me to fight for it?"

"Father, please tell me why all this happened!"

The hall was silent, and everyone looked at the king with different thoughts.

The king lowered his head, looking at the eldest prince who was kneeling in front of him and had completely lost his composure, and suddenly asked in a cold voice:

"Boss, do you still remember the Soul-Snatching God Gu that was stolen that year?"