Dressed as a villain's stepmother, I use spiritual springs to raise cubs

Hearing this, Li Cong quickly got up and knelt in front of the emperor.

"Father, my son has never done anything to hurt the seventh brother!"

"Is it."

The emperor responded lightly, and glanced at Tan Xu.

Tan Xu hurriedly said: "Then dare to ask His Highness the Fifth Prince, why did you pat His Royal Highness on the shoulder before the Seventh Prince entered the forest, and it was only when you passed by that I found such a soil with medicinal powder. Is it true?" What about coincidence?"

Li Cong's eyes turned cold.

"As the elder brother of the seventh brother, I accompanied him into the forest. Naturally, I want to remind him to be very careful. Patting on the shoulder is just a gesture I am used to, and has no deep meaning. As for the soil with the powder... the road in the forest It’s so intricate that it’s no surprise to anyone passing by.”

Tan Xu said again: "You were the only one who walked that road, and the others only passed after His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince was injured."

"This……"

Li Cong hesitated for a moment, and the emperor's sharp eyes immediately came to him, and he quickly kowtowed and apologized: "Father, my son has never done such a thing! Please also father, investigate clearly, and return my son's innocence!"

Seeing her son being called out, Concubine Xu couldn't sit still.

She got up quickly.

"Please ask the emperor to find out this matter, and return Cong'er's innocence. Cong'er has always been kind to His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, and besides, if only Cong'er passed by that road, wouldn't it be possible to blame everything on the road?" Cong'er's body? If so, it would be very easy for someone to set him up. In this way, the emperor will actually damage the two princes. I am afraid that he has ulterior motives, so please check it out!"

After finishing speaking, Concubine Xu knelt down on the ground and kowtowed heavily to the emperor.

Tan Xu frowned.

"Your Majesty, I dare not slander the prince about this matter. The imperial physician has already found out the medicine powder in the soil. It is said that when the concubine Xu and the fifth prince were together in the palace a few days ago, there seemed to be someone looking for it. The imperial physician asked about the efficacy of these herbs."

After finishing speaking, Tan Xu winked at the person behind him.

In the corner, someone grabbed a panting imperial doctor.

The imperial doctor hurriedly knelt down: "Yes...it is when I heard this when I went to Concubine Xu's palace to check the pulse. I didn't expect that the medicinal materials are mostly similar to today's poison!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Concubine Xu and Li Cong turned pale again.

Seeing that her sister and nephew were being accused like this, Princess An Xu Yingjun couldn't help standing up to defend herself.

Li Chen quickly stopped her.

"Do what?"

"She is my sister after all. Our Xu family will still rely on His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince in the future. Naturally, we should get up and speak for them." Xu Yingjun was anxious to break free.

Unexpectedly, Li Chen clasped her wrist even tighter.

"You can't help her. She and Li Cong are doing stupid things. If you intervene rashly at this time, it will only hurt us. Don't act rashly."

"My lord, that's my sister."

"You are Princess An now."

Li Chen was still clasping her wrist tightly. While she was in shock, Li Chen continued, "When you were far away from me, did someone from the Xu family send a letter to ask you well? Did they ever treat you as a My dearest relative, I managed to get a lot of business for Li Cong through you being in front of this king, but why do I only see that they are very respectful to me, but they never ask about your affairs?"

Xu Yingjun fell silent suddenly, and the strength of her struggle gradually weakened.

In the past few years, she has indeed rarely seen letters from home.

And the only remaining letters are mostly asking her to ask Li Chen for some freight ships or business, but they hardly mention her...

Thinking of this, Xu Yingjun slowly gave up the idea of ​​speaking for her sister.

Li Chen also let go of his hand slowly, and continued to watch this good show.

Concubine Xu explained indifferently: "Back to the emperor, the reason why the concubine asked about the medicinal materials was because the concubine wanted to use them herself. If the emperor sent someone to investigate carefully, they would know that the concubine had taken the medicine two days ago, only because there was a medicinal material in it that was not good enough." It was too good, so it didn't work."

The kneeling imperial physician shook his head: "Well, I just took the place of Imperial Physician Tao Ji to diagnose Concubine Xu's pulse that day, and I really don't know why."

"..."

Tan Xu's face became even colder.

Taking this opportunity, Concubine Xu angrily scolded: "Bold! Your Majesty naturally wants to tell the truth when speaking to you, but you actually revealed all your wild guesses! In vain of the facts, could it be that you want to harm me and His Royal Highness the fifth prince!"

"I don't dare! I just thought of this incident by chance, and I mentioned it to Mr. Tan. I didn't mean to murder Concubine Xu and His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince."

The imperial physician knelt down heavily and continued to kowtow, and quickly picked up the matter.

Things have come to this point.

There was still no other expression on the emperor's face.

"Since this matter is just your own speculation, then send someone to continue to investigate clearly. A handful of soil can't do much, how did this medicine fall into the forest farm, and whether it came from Concubine Xu's palace? Check them out one by one."

After finishing speaking, the emperor looked coldly at the eunuch next to him.

The eunuch understood, and dispatched another team of forbidden soldiers to investigate.

This matter is more or less related to Sun Taiwei's Sun family, so the emperor naturally couldn't send Sun Taiwei's people to investigate, but he was very cautious.

But Xia Bai'an and Mo Qian sat in their seats, thinking about something else.

Mo Qian was puzzled: "Master Tan Xu has returned, why hasn't Dad returned?"

Xia Bai'an understood: "Since Taiwei Sun has found clues, he will naturally leave half of the people in the forest to continue investigating the clues. The emperor must be informed of this matter as soon as possible, but the emperor's people cannot go too quickly."

As she spoke, she rubbed the back of her neck.

The stabbing pain just now probably came from Mo Che.

Mo Qian was at a loss when he heard this: "What does this mean? Now that we have found clues, pointing out that it was the Fifth Prince and Concubine Xu, why worry about their people leaving too quickly..."

"Because it's a fake."

Xia Bai'an raised his eyes, and saw Sun Minmin not far away was sitting upright, with no superfluous expression on his face, but in fact the handkerchief in his hand was wrinkled and wrinkled.

Only then did Mo Qian understand: "Then daddy is pushing the fifth prince into the pit of fire."

Xia Bai'an shook his head: "This matter has nothing to do with the fifth prince. What your father did is just to teach the fifth prince a lesson. And the more he helps Sun Taiwei to do such disrespectful things, the more Sun Taiwei will The more you trust."

In this way, what Mo Che wanted to gain the trust of Sun Taiwei was accomplished.

However, the back of the neck was still stabbing.

This matter is not a big deal.

Why did Mo Che suddenly turn black and his mood is so unstable?

Seeing her rubbing the back of her neck, Mo Qian asked in a low voice, "Is mother feeling unwell?"

"No, I'm just worried about your father."

Or, is Mo Che not only lying, but also doing other things?