The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Ye Baoer circled around the few people, very happily, and then ran into the temple with a swish.

Shi Anxia just smiled without saying anything. She got off Cen Yuan's back and just looked at her mother. Tang Chujun, who had just cried, was stunned and blushed.

Fortunately, Eunuch Qi also arrived.

When Eunuch Qi arrived, everything was fine. He winked and asked Nanny Zhong to help Tang Chujun.

In the holy land of Buddhism, in front of his children, he still has to save his master's face!

Emperor Mingde cleared his throat and said to Cen Yuan, "Let's play a game of chess?"

"We'll stick with you until the end." The two men took the lead.

Tang Chujun finally had time to explain to his daughter, "Xia'er, I was thinking that since we are coming anyway, why not stay at Baoguo Temple one night in advance?"

Shi Anxia smiled gently and said with a double meaning, "As long as the mother is happy, there is no need to explain to her daughter."

Tang Chujun was a man who could not contain his excitement. He limped along the way and recounted from the beginning what had just happened.

When Shi Anxia heard the words "Prince Anping", her eyes turned cold.

But in the middle of the night, another group of people hurried to Baoguo Temple.

The scene was quite large, with people coming and going. One of the men was topless, revealing his white and slightly fat flesh, and was carrying a thorn stick on his back, with the rope tying the thorn stick leaving red marks on his body.

The monks of Baoguo Temple were awakened and walked out of their meditation rooms, looking at the uninvited guests in surprise.

Master Jiyuan clasped his hands together, his eyes calm, as if he had already predicted that this person would come, "The emperor said that if Prince Anping comes, he will not be seen."

The person who came was none other than the Prince of Anping mentioned by the beautiful lady, Xiao Yao, the emperor's half-brother.

Xiao Yao's face changed slightly when he heard this. He did not dare to be disrespectful to Master Jiyuan, so he clasped his hands together and returned the greeting, "I really have an urgent matter to see the emperor, so I hope Master will give me some convenience."

Master Jiyuan shook his head, "Don't you understand? It's not that I'm stopping you from seeing him, but that the emperor won't see you at all."

Xiao Yao raised his eyes and saw a Buddhist temple nearby. He walked forward, knelt before the Buddha and bowed devoutly.

He was killed by his sister-in-law!

Two days ago, Prince Changping was deposed for participating in a rebellion. Xiao Yao was glad that he was smart and pretended to be sick to escape the disaster.

But he never expected that his sister-in-law would cheat him like this.

Xiao Yao felt that at this critical moment, he would be burned to ashes if he ran into the wrath of Emperor Mingde. He had to do something to make amends so that his brother would forgive him.

But he didn't know that Emperor Mingde had no intention of letting him go.

In order to win over the powerful and royal family, the Empress Dowager kept Prince Anping, Prince Changping and others in the capital.

Over the years, the princes who remained in the capital, relying on their close relationship with the Empress Dowager, not only held important positions in the court, but also accumulated huge wealth through various means.

Their mansions were decorated with gold and jade, and they reveled every night. They did a lot of dirty things in secret, and countless people died in their hands.

However, those fiefdoms that should have been governed by them were left without management for a long time, and the people lived in poverty, the fields were barren, the taxes were heavy, and there was widespread public resentment.

What is even more serious is that the princes used their power to privately reduce or exempt taxes on their own fiefdoms, and pocketed the tax money that should have been turned over to the national treasury.

They used complicated accounting operations and false account records to make it difficult for the court to detect the truth.

The treasury was empty, the financial situation of the imperial court was deteriorating, and the national defense was weakened. All these were related to these parasites.

It is precisely because of the existence of people like Xiao Yao that corruption is rampant and the Imperial Censor has no way to investigate.

In the seventh year after Emperor Mingde ascended the throne, a censor named Guo Zhenghao, after a long period of secret investigation and evidence collection, prepared to publicly impeach these princes with unclean hands in the court.

However, Guo Zhenghao encountered a blatant killing on his way to court and was accused of jealousy.

Such a good official, a loyal minister, worked diligently and incorruptibly during his lifetime, but he died innocently and still bears an indelible stigma.

Emperor Mingde knew Guo Zhenghao's character, and he also knew that he must have endangered the interests of the powerful, which was why he was subjected to such revenge.

But he had no evidence to prove his guess.

Now that the Queen Mother had been executed, Emperor Mingde was just about to take drastic action against these princes when Prince Anping bumped into them.

When Emperor Mingde heard the woman say that her brother-in-law was Prince Anping and that she was the third daughter of Prince Duanjin, he knew that the opportunity had come.

In the middle of the night, Eunuch Qi came to ask, "Master, are you asleep?"

"What's the matter?" Emperor Mingde couldn't sleep tonight.

Eunuch Qi reported, "Prince Anping is now kneeling in the Heavenly King Hall, confessing his sins in front of the Bodhisattva."

Emperor Mingde pondered for a moment and whispered a few words to Eunuch Qi.

On a dark and windy night, Eunuch Qi quietly went out.

It was almost dawn. Prince Anping, who was usually lazy and ate a lot and would not get up until noon, was extremely tired. He almost fell asleep while kneeling on the futon.

At this moment, the candles in the Heavenly King Hall went out, and the entire hall was instantly swallowed by deep darkness. Only the faint moonlight that came in through the windows outside the door remained, sprinkling on the golden Buddha statue and the ancient beams and pillars, which was indescribably solemn and mysterious.

Prince Anping woke up suddenly. The pain in his knees and the thorns on his body made him utter "ouch" involuntarily.

The sudden silence around him made him feel inexplicably uneasy and deeply fearful.

He wanted to run, but his legs were weak from kneeling for so long that he couldn't get up at all.

The people he brought with him were clearly guarding outside the temple, and no one came in to take a look.

The door creaked and closed, blocking even the moonlight outside.

It became darker inside the hall.

When Prince Anping was frightened and at a loss, he heard a series of subtle footsteps coming slowly from the depths of the hall. Every step seemed to step on his tense nerves, making him hold his breath involuntarily.

The footsteps were neither fast nor slow, neither light nor heavy.

"Who?" Prince Anping mustered up the courage to ask loudly, trying to use his voice to dispel the fear in his heart.

However, all he got in response was a deeper silence and the echo of approaching footsteps.

Prince Anping panicked, and said in a trembling voice, "I, I'm not afraid of you! Stop playing tricks! I..."

"I am a ghost, why do I need to play tricks?" The man's voice sounded, with a bit of echo, "The one who killed me, Anping Prince Xiao Yao, you! You are also responsible!"

Prince Anping shivered as if he was immersed in ice water, and even his teeth chattered unconsciously. "Who... who are you? Don't talk nonsense! When have I ever killed anyone?"

"Your Highness, you are such a forgetful person." The man's voice seemed to come from all directions, carrying an indescribable chill, "You hired someone to kill me, and you even accused me of being jealous and causing trouble!"

Prince Anping’s face turned pale in an instant, “You! You! You are Guo Zhenghao!” He spoke as he backed away until his back hit the cold wall with no way to retreat.

"If you don't have something to hide, why are you so afraid?" The voice became clearer and clearer, and seemed to be approaching step by step. "For many years, I have been wandering between the Yin and Yang worlds, just to find justice. Prince Anping, it's time to repay the debt you owe..."