After rebirth, I teamed up with the scumbag's mistress

"Your Highness, the Dali Temple has made some progress in investigating the assassination of Concubine Wan and the princess!" the servant hurriedly reported.

Liang Jiuan frowned tightly, "Let's talk about it in the car."

"Yes." The servant replied seriously.

Liang Jiuan got on the carriage, his heart still aching from the words "Have you forgotten what happened yesterday?"

He didn't show it on his face, he just said calmly: "You say."

The servant then told the story, "The emperor had previously asked Li Sizheng, who saved the princess and the prime minister's daughter, to investigate the so-called Ten Devils. It turns out that they are not the real Ten Devils of the Bandits."

"Li Sizheng found out that the Crown Prince was jealous of Concubine Wan's favor and was afraid that the emperor would make Concubine Wan's biological son the emperor instead, so he hired someone to kill Concubine Wan. As for the princess, it was just for show."

Liang Jiuan heard this and shook his head slowly, "But Concubine Wan is not dead, right?"

"But he is seriously injured." Liang Jiuan continued.

He recalled Concubine Wan that day.

On the day of the assassination, two maids helped Concubine Wan, whose clothes were stained with blood and whose shoulder was stabbed, to see the emperor.

Her face was pale, with blood at the corners of her mouth. She was as weak as catkins flying in the wind. Her watery eyes looked at the emperor with such grievance, which was really lovable.

She even pretended to bow, "I pay my respects to the emperor and wish your majesty good health and happiness."

When the emperor saw this, he felt very distressed. He stopped her from bowing and helped her up.

"Why are you still being polite when you are in this state?" said the emperor.

"Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be abolished." Concubine Wan said weakly with a pale face.

"Father, you must take charge of this matter concerning my mother. Find out the truth and give us justice." The second prince said with a bow.

"My mother just went to see a play with her seventh sister, but ended up being stabbed and seriously injured. Under your rule, the country is prosperous and peaceful, but I didn't expect there would be such a lunatic on the street." The second prince said angrily.

"Okay, I have arranged for Li Sizheng to investigate the matter, you can rest assured." said the emperor.

"Thank you, father." The second prince thanked.

Only Liang Jiuan noticed that the second prince's eyes flickered twice.

I'm afraid there's something fishy about this.

Now it seems that it is true.

Li Jianzhang was very smart, so he was naturally happy to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between two tigers.

He was neither in a hurry to find out the truth and surrender to the prince, nor did he intend to deliberately help Concubine Wan's party. Instead, he watched the two factions fight each other and only wanted to bet on the side that would win.

Now, he will just be shown what he wants to see on the surface, and he will not participate in this fight between tigers and wolves.

He has a good plan.

"What did the government say?" Liang Jiuan asked.

"The emperor was furious and ordered his men to bring the prince from the East Palace into the palace." The servant reported.

Liang Jiuan's face was calm, "Not the prince."

"But Concubine Wan was willing to spend a lot of money to put on such a show, even to the point of seriously injuring herself."

The servant was startled. His Highness meant that Concubine Wan was directing and acting out this drama with the purpose of pinning the blame on the Crown Prince and bringing him down.

"Let's go into the palace and see if the play performed by Concubine Wan is good this time." Liang Jiuan said meaningfully.

"Yes." The servant went out and told the coachman.

The carriage quickly entered the palace.

After entering the palace, Liang Jiuan got on the sedan chair and went to the side hall.

In his previous life, he ignored these fights, but eventually he got caught up in them and ended up losing his life.

In this life, Liang Jiuan does not intend to sit and wait for death.

He recalled that day in the hot spring villa, when Liu Yuefu said to him with a worried look on her face, "Your Highness, if you don't participate in palace banquets and other gatherings, and even spend most of your time away from the palace, can you really be safe and sound?"

At one point, it was her face that was filled with determination as she said, "But some people really have to be dealt with. Later, I realized that escaping wouldn't solve the problem. Reality made me realize it over and over again, so I learned to face it and to fight back."

He went back and thought about it for a long time, wondering if he could really be safe and sound.

In the past, I had always avoided and given in, but what did I get in return? My mother was killed, and I also died.

After living a new life, Liang Jiuan practiced martial arts, with the original intention of fighting his way out with his mother and Mei Lin one day and taking his mother away, that was all.

He didn't even intend to take the throne, he just wanted to live a peaceful life with his mother.

But, can we really be safe and sound?

Liang Jiuan has been asking himself this question over and over again since they left the hot spring villa.

Even if Mei Lin and I managed to escape with my mother, what would happen next? Could we guarantee that we would not be hunted down by our brothers?

It is probably impossible to live in seclusion in the mountains.

My brother won't let me go.

After Liang Jiuan knew about this, he understood this more clearly than ever before.

Therefore, he wanted to face it and use his own strength to support his mother and have the capital to keep her alive.

After getting off the sedan chair, the eunuch opened the curtain and reported to the emperor.

Only then did Liang Jiuan pull open the curtain and go in.

The palace was extremely lively at this time. The emperor and the empress sat on both sides of a square table on the couch. Below the emperor, on a golden nanmu chair, sat Concubine Wan, who had not yet fully recovered. Her face was still a little pale.

Standing below are the Crown Prince and the Second Prince.

As soon as Liang Jiuan entered, everyone's eyes fell on him.

"Dad, why are you so lively today?" Liang Jiuan asked in confusion.

Seeing him come in, the emperor's expression eased a little.

"The Li Temple of the Dali Temple is investigating the assassination of the Ten Demon Lords, and found out that it was done by the Crown Prince." said the Emperor.

"I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here. Big brother has always been the most gentle and steady person, how could he do such a cruel thing?" Liang Jiuan said.

The Second Prince snorted coldly, "The facts and evidence are all there. He assassinated my mother, and fearing that his purpose would be exposed, he also wanted to kill my Seventh Sister as well. This is an indisputable fact."

"I didn't, I really didn't. Dad, please believe me." The prince said earnestly.

"My son has always had a gentle temper. How could he do such a thing?" said the Queen.

Concubine Wan coughed twice and said, "You can't judge a person by his appearance. I don't know how I offended the prince to cause such a disaster."

The Queen's eyes instantly cut towards Concubine Wan like a knife, but in just a moment, they were retracted.

The emperor gave a look and the eunuch beside him retreated. After a while, he led someone in.

This person was a maid in the East Palace. After greeting, she stood there with her head lowered, waiting for the noble to speak. She was very well behaved.

The emperor slowly spoke, "Are you a maid of the East Palace?"

She lowered her brows and nodded, "I am a maid in the East Palace."

"Did you hear the Crown Prince say that Concubine Wan is so favored that she must not be allowed to stay?" asked the Emperor.

"Yes."

"What else did the prince say?" the emperor asked.

The palace maid from the East Palace looked around, seeming a little embarrassed.

"You can say whatever you want." said the emperor.

"Prince, Prince... He also said, he also said..."