The emperor's eyes were cold and determined: "An Qing, you should have been in the Dali Temple, why did you appear in the Eighth Prince's Mansion in the middle of the night?"

The Dali Temple was guarded, but Princess An Qing ran out. No matter how much the emperor wanted to turn a blind eye, he had to think carefully about the matter under the earnestness of Chen Changli and the request of the Crown Princess.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Princess An Qing was even more restless than he thought.

Although he really wanted to learn some methods to deal with Tu Yuanzhou from Princess An Qing, he would never allow Princess An Qing to do something outrageous under his nose.

Not only has he poisoned the Eighth Prince, but he is now throwing mud at the Crown Princess and others in front of him. This is really too much.

The emperor wanted to tolerate it at first, but when he saw that the queen was speaking for Princess An Qing, he was worried that the queen would be fooled by Princess An Qing, which would make him a blind man.

The emperor hopes that he can always have sharp ears and sharp eyes, and he doesn't want to be fooled by others.

Besides, Wan Shufang was detoxifying the Eighth Prince in the side hall next door. When the Eighth Prince woke up, no matter how Princess An Qing argued, she would be refuted by the furious Eighth Prince.

The emperor believed that since the eighth prince resented Princess An Qing for his poisoning, he had to fulfill his duty as a father, interrogate Princess An Qing carefully and suppress all her little thoughts.

If Princess An Qing disagrees, he must not let her go easily, otherwise what happened tonight would only cause more trouble if others heard about it.

When the emperor thought of this, he suppressed the inexplicable emotions in his heart and began to seriously suspect Princess An Qing.

"Brother, why don't you ask your daughter-in-law and the general?" Princess An Qing did not answer the emperor. She cleverly turned the spearhead to Chen Changli and the others. "They also went to the Eighth Prince's Mansion in the middle of the night. Although their status is better than mine, they will not arouse your suspicion."

"But the Eighth Prince doesn't have a very good relationship with them. It's really strange for them to go to the Eighth Prince's mansion under such circumstances. Brother, I suspect they are seeking revenge for personal gain, which is why the Eighth Prince was poisoned."

"If you want to seek justice for Lao Ba, you should interrogate them thoroughly and make them confess honestly, instead of wrongly accusing me based on their one-sided words."

Princess An Qing finished her words and acted as if she was aggrieved and uncomfortable.

She looked sad, as if she was hit hard by the emperor's words. Crystal clear tears were swirling in her eyes and would soon roll down her cheeks.

However, perhaps because she had not yet reached the right emotion, her tears only swirled a few times before disappearing.

The Crown Princess standing by noticed this and felt that she was like a weasel, always having bad intentions.

The Crown Princess looked at her coldly and said sarcastically, "Father will make the final decision on who is wronged. You don't need to lie here."

"Crown Princess, I am your elder after all. It is really unfilial of you to speak to your elder in such a tone." Princess An Qing was so angry that she accused the Crown Princess of being unfilial.

"It's true that you are an elder, but I would rather not have an elder like you who can do something to the younger generation. Besides, filial piety is something that should be done to one's true elders. You are my aunt, and an aunt who is guilty of treason. If I am filial to you, wouldn't others misunderstand that I have done treason?"

The Crown Princess had no good feelings towards Princess An Qing at all. When she heard that she used the word filial piety to suppress her, she immediately burst into laughter.

She quickly refuted Princess An Qing, then folded her hands together and bowed to the emperor, saying in a gentle and sad tone: "Father, your daughter-in-law begs you to find out the truth as soon as possible and stop letting this thief confuse right and wrong."

Upon hearing this, the Queen wanted to help Princess An Qing, so she said quickly, "Xiao Yun, His Majesty will make his own decision on Princess An Qing's matter, and will find out the truth as soon as possible, but before that, we must find out why the three of you appeared in the Eighth Prince's Mansion at that time, otherwise, innocent people will be wronged."

When the Crown Princess heard this, she knew that she wanted to direct the blame at herself so that Princess An Qing would not get hurt at all.

"Empress, what benefits did Princess An Qing give you? Why does she ask you to protect her so much?" The Crown Princess sneered in her heart but did not show it on her face. She just questioned the Queen with a stern face.

Without waiting for the Queen to answer, the Crown Princess continued to question: "Princess An Qing was very close to Concubine De, and you killed Concubine De. It stands to reason that Princess An Qing would resent you for what happened to Concubine De and would try to avenge Concubine De."

"I didn't expect that she didn't do that, and you didn't hate her for everything. Instead, you always thought about her and acted like you wanted to be her sister-in-law."

"Your attitude is really strange. I suspect that you and Princess An Qing have been working together for a long time, which led to Princess An Qing's accident. You not only try your best to defend Princess An Qing, but also try to throw dirty water on us as if you were in trouble yourself."

The Crown Princess expressed such a suspicion, but then she thought about it and felt that it might be true. After all, it was Princess An Qing who caused the doctor's disappearance.

If the Queen had already established contact with Princess An Qing, she would naturally protect her.

"Father, an incident happened in Luoyang City recently. My daughter-in-law thought it was very important, so she went to investigate. She didn't expect to find out about Princess An Qing's little tricks in it."

"Now the Queen is desperately trying to explain for Princess An Qing. This shows that what happened in Luoyang City is also related to the Queen. She colluded with Princess An Qing in order to achieve her own goals."

The Crown Princess became angrier and angrier as she spoke. She looked at Princess An Qing with anger in her eyes, and then looked at the Queen with sarcasm.

She did not give the queen a chance to speak, and continued to taunt, "Queen, your little thoughts are too obvious. I wanted to save your face and capture Princess An Qing so that she could not do evil, but I did not expect you to protect Princess An Qing so much. It seems that the two of you are planning to do something shameful without telling father!"

"In that case, I ask you to explain the matter clearly in front of the emperor, lest the emperor finds out something and you don't know what to say and continue to throw dirty water on my head."

"I don't really care about dirty water or anything like that, because I believe that my father is wise and powerful, and he will definitely get to the bottom of everything. But you two are so good at confusing right and wrong."

"If Father is deceived by you, he will most likely be led by you by the nose. For Father's sake, I can only reveal everything so that you can no longer scheme to deceive Father."

The last sentence was said deliberately by the Crown Princess. Her purpose was naturally to remind the Emperor to think carefully about the matter and not to muddle through it anymore.

"You are a heartless bastard." Before the emperor could react, the queen was furious. She jumped up immediately and wanted to teach the crown princess a lesson by brute force.

The Crown Princess quickly grabbed her hand and said bluntly, "Are you angry because of shame?"

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