Half a quarter of an hour later, the herald came running back.

"Your Majesty, the centurion Wang Qiang of the Shenji Battalion just jumped into the river."

People in the big tent were whispering to each other. Did they hear the news and commit suicide first?

"Send someone to salvage the body. If alive, we must find the person. If dead, we must find the body."

Emperor Xi Ling could hardly suppress his anger.

"Yes!"

The herald turned and ran away.

Minister Xie's face was covered in sweat and his legs were shaking.

Is there anything he doesn't understand?

This matter seems to involve Prime Minister Gu's youngest son.

Am I being used as a gun?

"The witness we are looking for just died like that? What is Xi Ling trying to cover up?"

Qiao Mu narrowed her peach blossom eyes and looked at Prime Minister Gu's drooping brows and the clenched fists in his sleeves, with the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

Well, let's peel off the skin of this old wolf layer by layer.

"You don't think we have only one witness, do you? The princess is gentle and kind, and never fights with others. How unscrupulous is it that someone would want to use a pack of wolves to deal with her? If this matter is not thoroughly investigated, we in Nanqi will never agree to it."

Yang Chengen was filled with righteous indignation and was very angry at the actions of the Xiling people.

"Ah!"

Qian You, who was lying in the big tent next door, sneezed violently and curled up unconsciously.

"Oh, the wounds everywhere really hurt!"

Her arms and calves were splinted and she couldn't sit for long periods of time. Today, Cangyu refused to let her go to the trial and told her to rest and they would give her justice.

"Princess, are you okay?"

Jingsi and Qiufeng heard the noise and hurried to the bed.

"It's okay. Someone is talking about me on time."

She smiled awkwardly and told Jingsi to sit down and have a rest.

The three people on the stage in the big tent covered their eyes and held their foreheads at the same time. Is the weak and gentle figure referring to the Young Master of Qianmai Palace?

Yang Chengen stood at the front with his back straight and righteously spoke. He had seen the gentle figure with his own eyes, and what he said was definitely not wrong!

Of course, her superb kung fu skills could not conceal her delicate appearance.

"Bring up the witness."

His tone became even more resolute, all the efforts he had made over the past few days were not in vain.

Two guards brought a woman up.

The woman was thrown into the center of the tent and fell to her knees.

She was found two days ago and locked in a dark place.

No one gave her food or drink, and no one interrogated her. Just when she was feeling extremely terrified, a man in black came in with a lit candle and handed her an exquisite sachet.

She knew at a glance that it was made by her own hand, and that she had put it on her lover several months ago.

They agreed that when she turned twenty, she would ask the fifth princess to let her leave the palace and marry him.

He was a guard in the palace and he always met the Fifth Princess when he was doing things for her. After a few encounters, the two of them fell in love.

Who has found out so much about her background?

who is it?

She was horrified.

The man told her that not only her lover, but also her parents and two younger brothers who ran a small business in Moore City, were all in her hands.

She spent days like years in the boundless darkness. She was brought here with her eyes bound, and her blackhead cloth was thrown down and removed. She was a little uncomfortable with the light in front of her eyes. When she saw the two emperors with cold expressions, she lowered her head in fear and dared not look around anymore.

"Tell me, who are you? What's your name?"

Emperor Xi Ling's tone was harsh, his patience had been worn out to the point of being almost gone.

"My name is Yanhong, and I am the Fifth Princess's personal maid."

"Yanhong, tell me why you poured the soup on Princess Nanqi? Please confess the truth, otherwise you know the consequences."

Qiao Mu was full of energy and no longer concealed the arrogance of a long-time superior in Qianmai Palace. This matter concerned Qian You, and that was his bottom line.

At this moment, Yanhong knelt on the ground, not daring to raise her head, and spoke tremblingly.

"Your servant, I am following the princess's order to make sure that you spill the soup on Princess Nanqi, so that she will have to change her clothes and leave separately from His Royal Highness Prince Ji and His Majesty Dongcang."

All the officials in the big tent were silent. Although they were extremely shocked, they did not dare to say a word.

"Why do you want to separate Princess Nanqi from Emperor Dongcang and others?"

Qiao Mu asked.

"I don't know. I don't know the specific reason. The Fifth Princess didn't tell me. My job is to get her to change her clothes."

Yanhong kowtowed hurriedly.

She really didn't know what was planned later, but later she learned that Princess Nanqi was besieged by a pack of wolves and then fell into the Lanjiang River. Now her life or death was unknown. She guessed that it was the Fifth Princess's doing, but she really didn't know the specific plan.

"Your Majesty, this matter involves the Fifth Princess of Xiling. Please allow Your Majesty to invite the Fifth Princess to come here for questioning."

Yang Chengen turned to Emperor Xiling politely and bowed.

"allow!"

Emperor Xi Ling did not hesitate.

He had to cooperate with Cangyu and Qiaomu in the performance to stabilize the stage.

Inside the big tent, Ling Ji's face turned pale and he was sweating more and more.

He looked nervously towards Prime Minister Gu on the other side, and saw that he lowered his head and did not interact with him. He felt mixed emotions in his heart.

When the guards from the Xiling Palace arrived at the Fifth Princess' tent, Ling Lu was spinning around in panic. Seeing the guards coming into the tent without saying hello, she shouted in exasperation.

"Get out! Who let you in?"

"Your Highness, I am here by order of His Majesty to come to the tent for questioning."

The two guards made a gesture of invitation as they spoke.

"No, I won't go. Why should I go? I don't know anything."

She stepped back hastily.

But there were not many decorations in the big tent, and there was no place to hide.

"Your Highness, if you don't leave on your own initiative, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Ah! Let me go, let me go!"

They screamed all the way until they reached the big tent. Two guards placed the fifth princess in the middle and stepped aside to await orders.

"Brother Huang, Third Brother, why did you call me here?"

Her nervous voice trembled uncontrollably as she tried to leave the tent.

"How dare you! You didn't even salute His Majesty, and you even shouted and yelled. Who gave you the courage?"

Emperor Xiling slapped the table with his palm. With a "bang", the fifth princess Ling Lu was so frightened that she fell to her knees.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you! I pay my respects to Emperor Dong Cang!"

She tried her best to suppress the trembling of her body and dared not raise her head.

"Fifth Princess, your maid just testified that you ordered her to splash Princess Nanqi with vegetable soup at noon on the day of the incident, forcing her to change her clothes and leave her friends. That's why you led her to a forest and sprinkled animal attractant powder on the forest, allowing the crazy wild wolves to besiege Her Highness. Is that true or not!"

Cangyu's tone was so sharp that it seemed as if thousands of ice arrows were fired at the kneeling Fifth Princess Ling Lu.

"No! No! I didn't do it, I don't know anything!"

Her head was buzzing.

It was not until these two days that she felt that the situation had really gotten out of hand.

It was no longer as simple as her being jealous of that woman and wanting her to disappear.

She was very scared these two days, but she couldn't find anyone to comfort her, including Gu Feng.

After helping her that day, I never saw him again.

She covered her ears, trying not to hear anyone talking, she was able to hide away.

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