"Father, I am innocent!"

Although the prince was extremely surprised, he could guess about 70% of the answer after careful consideration.

It must have been Lu Anfei who did it!

It seems like he was involved in almost all of my past affairs. Who else but him could know more about them than him!

Thinking of this, his eyes rolled and he immediately shouted that it was injustice.

Then he deliberately smeared the blood from his nose on his face, creating a sympathetic scene: "Father, it must be that Lu Anfei who deliberately slandered me. I beg you to let Lu Anfei come to confront me!"

As he spoke, he knocked his head heavily to the ground, looking as if he had suffered a great injustice.

"You still have the nerve to cry out for injustice. I haven't even said that it was Lu Anfei who did it, but you confessed it first. You are really hopeless!"

The emperor's face was full of disgust, but he looked at the prince with a look of despair: "Now that I think about it, Lu Anfei's audacity and heinous crimes may be due to you."

He pointed at the prince's eyes, his voice cold and resolute, "And what's even more hateful is that you actually framed the former Shen family and wiped them out!"

"A loyal minister and a good general died unjustly like this. I am really sad, and I blame myself and regret why I didn't see clearly that you, Song Xuanjing, are such a despicable person!"

"Father, your son...your son..."

The prince still refused to give up, but he couldn't bring himself to say anything in rebuttal.

Judging from the emperor's tone, he probably already knows all this, and it would be useless no matter how much I deny it.

But the emperor's words surprised the ministers around him.

Because the Shen family had been accused of "collaborating with the enemy and treason" three years ago, and now all the members of the Shen family have been killed.

In the end, things took such a turn.

Anyone would sigh.

After all, General Shen and Major General Shen Yun were once powerful figures in the capital and made many contributions to repelling foreign enemies.

Now I know that it was designed by the prince's party.

From this, it can be seen that if you are in the vortex of the court, having ability and loyalty alone will not necessarily ensure that you will have the last laugh.

If you are not careful, you will become a victim of the struggle for power.

"Song Xuanjing, do you have anything else to say?"

The emperor stared at the prince's face, which was as pale as the bottom of a pot, and asked sternly.

At this point, the prince knew clearly that he had no choice but to accept it at this moment, otherwise his fate would be even more miserable.

"Father, I plead guilty."

After he finished speaking, he lowered his head completely, letting the blood on his face slowly flow onto the cold floor.

"Humph!"

The emperor rolled his eyes heavily, his blood boiling inside: "From now on, you are no longer the crown prince. I order you to move out of the East Palace immediately, grant you the title of King of Jin, and move to the northern border to guard it. You are not allowed to return to the capital for the rest of your life."

"Eunuch Gao."

"The slave is here."

"After the court session, pass on the other imperial edicts. I really can't hold on any longer today."

The emperor rubbed his brows with his fingers and said in a hoarse voice, "That's enough for today. All the ministers may leave."

When everything was settled, the ministers walked out of the hall one after another.

All the ministers knew very well that after today, the situation in the court would definitely change greatly.

Sure enough, on the next day, several ministers who were on the same side as the prince were dismissed from their posts.

This of course includes Rong Dexin.

Rong Sheng also found out about it when he was woken up by the noise in the Marquis' Mansion early in the morning.

"Liu Ling, is he from the Dali Temple?" Rong Sheng listened to the faint sounds of commotion outside the window and guessed the answer in his mind.

"Yes, Princess. The Marquis was suddenly dragged away before he even woke up." Liu Ling was also a little frightened by what happened this morning. "It happened suddenly. There was a commotion in the front yard. I just heard about it."

"If they are from the Dali Temple, it should have nothing to do with the silver in the national treasury."

Rong Sheng slowly sat up and yawned, leaning lazily on the bed, "The Marquis' Mansion will not be completely ruined by this incident."

As things developed to this point, Liu Ling understood everything. She nodded and said, "My princess, are you saying that the real cause of the Marquis's mansion's downfall is tomorrow's execution ground?"

"That's right Liu Ling, you are getting smarter and smarter following me," Rong Sheng smiled and said indifferently, "The crown prince has been deposed, and the remaining Li Yujing and others will be executed tomorrow. I will go to watch this drama in person then."

"Princess, the beheading scene is so scary, do you really want to go?"

"Liu Ling, you don't have to follow me. You will leave the mansion tomorrow morning and don't come back." Rong Sheng stood up and opened the cabinet and took out a letter. "Here are the indentures of everyone in Mingyuexuan and a letter to Wu Lin. You will take all of these away tomorrow."

"Remember, the letter must be opened by Wu Lin himself, and must not pass through the hands of others."

"I understand, my lady, please rest assured."

Liu Ling responded cleverly, but suddenly thought of something, "But Princess, if something happens in the Marquis' Mansion tomorrow, where will you hide?"

"Don't worry, if my plan goes well, I will disguise myself and come to find you." Rong Sheng saw that Liu Ling was still worried, so he patted her shoulder gently, "Don't worry, if things change, I have a way to contact Wu Lin."

"Well, Princess." Seeing Rong Sheng's confident expression, Liu Ling had no choice but to agree, "You must come back safely."

As Rong Dexin was taken away, the Marquis' Mansion gradually returned to peace.

Rong Jin had already been sent to the manor by Rong Sheng.

"Heh, Rong Dexin really helped me."

Rong Sheng found it funny when he thought of this: "Why send her to the manor? Rong Wan could have escaped, but when Rong Jin is caught tomorrow, Rong Wan might not be able to escape death either."

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