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

As the words fell, the candles in the hall lit up and flickered. Shadows twisted and changed on the walls, as if invisible ghosts were wandering.

Prince Anping’s eyes widened and a gurgling sound came from his throat, but he couldn’t utter a word.

He seemed to see Guo Zhenghao, and also seemed to see other people, men, women, children and the elderly, all of whom had been harmed by him, all staring at him viciously with bulging eyes.

It seemed as if they wanted to peel off his skin and break his bones, and people from all directions were asking for his life.

At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew, the candlelight suddenly went out, and the whole room fell into darkness again.

Prince Anping felt a chill going straight to his heart, as if something was approaching silently, and breathing became extremely difficult.

"Prince, your retribution has come." In the darkness, the cold voice sounded again, accompanied by a low and strange laugh, which made Prince Anping fall into the abyss of despair.

He screamed, ran towards the door, and pounded on it, "Let me out! Let me out! Someone, let me out..."

A heavy punch came towards his face, knocking him to the ground.

He couldn't get up. He was so scared that he kept sitting and shrinking back, crying and shouting, "It's not me! It's not me! Every wrong has its perpetrator! It's Prince Duanjin and Prince Gongxiang. They, they hired someone to kill you! It's not me! It's not me! I, I, I just..."

"You just found a woman to frame me!"

Prince Anping cried so hard that his face was covered with tears and snot. "I was wrong! I was wrong!" He kowtowed hard, "Forgive me...Forgive me..."

On this side, Emperor Mingde had already gotten up and was sitting on a chair, deep in thought over a chessboard.

Eunuch Qi came in with a crouching back, "Master, Prince Anping has confessed, signed his name, and put his fingerprints on it. He can't run away. Not only did he confess to Lord Guo's case, he also confessed to other things. That magic incense is really useful!"

Emperor Mingde was filled with emotion and sighed, "It seems that the evil ways are still the most effective! A simple suggestion from the Prince Consort is more effective than us spending several years investigating."

A magical incense can bring out the evil thoughts and evil deeds that have ever occurred in your heart. The people you have harmed and the things you have done will all appear one by one when you are most afraid.

Eunuch Qi tried his best to flatter him, "Master is an upright person, a blessing to the court and the people."

Because you are too upright, you have been constrained by the Queen Mother for so many years. With her word "filial piety" pressed down on you, you dared not move, for fear that the historians would record you as unfilial.

If it weren't for Princess Haiyan and her husband's drastic measures, the Empress Dowager would probably still be dominating inside and outside the palace.

Emperor Mingde sighed, "I have been taught to win people over with virtue. Since I ascended the throne, I have always been strict with myself and lenient with others... but..."

But he ended up being murdered!

Qi Jie Yuhua couldn't bear to hear Emperor Mingde sigh. Every sigh was like a blow to his heart, causing him pain. "Master, don't be sad. It's not too late to understand the truth now: 'speak the truth to people and lie to ghosts'!"

Emperor Mingde was amused and reached out to hit Eunuch Qi's hand, "You'en, you are a clever ghost!" He suddenly remembered something important, "You'en, come and take a look at my birthmark. Does it look good now?"

"So beautiful, so beautiful. The master is beautiful in every way!" Qi Jie Yuhua said happily.

"I haven't even seen it yet, and you say it's beautiful!" Emperor Mingde was very dissatisfied and pulled him by the collar to force him to look: "Quick, quick, quick, look, what does it look like now? Does it look like a leaf? What kind of leaf? Is the shape beautiful?"

Eunuch Qi leaned in to take a closer look, racking his brains to find an elegant adjective to describe it. "It's really beautiful. I dare say that no matter how many leaves grow outside, they can't be as beautiful as the leaf on your neck."

Emperor Mingde stared at his eyes suspiciously, as if trying to find a trace of sincerity in them, "Really?"

"Really, really, really, really!" Eunuch Qi would never allow his master to have any doubts about him on this point.

Grinding ink, spreading paper, and picking up the brush... He took a look, drew a stroke, and drew a leaf that was wide in the middle and narrow at both ends, with the edges of the leaves on both sides forming an arc and converging at the top of the leaf.

Well, it's really beautiful. You can tell at a glance that it's a leaf with a beautiful shape.

Eunuch Qi put down his pen, very satisfied, "As expected of the true dragon emperor, even his birthmark looks so good."

The highest level of flattery is to be sincere and come from the heart.

Emperor Mingde felt relieved after hearing this. He also thought that the leaf was really beautiful. He laughed out loud, "One leaf is a bodhi tree, one flower is a world..."

There is another sentence in my heart: One person for one life.

This can only be a luxury, right?

In another room, the candlelight emits a soft glow, and the light and shadows dance gently on the wall. The air is filled with a faint pine scent, which is a soothing scent.

Tang Chujun insisted on sleeping in the same room with his daughter at night, and he hesitated to speak again and again, which made Shi Anxia laugh and cry.

"Mother, just say whatever you want to say. Don't be hesitant. There's nothing wrong between a mother and a daughter." Shi Anxia was exhausted after a busy day. Her eyelids were drooping.

Tang Chujun was ready to let his daughter go, so he patted her gently and said, "Go to sleep, I'm fine. Hehe, I'm fine, you go to sleep, you go to sleep..."

Shi Anxia said in a daze, "Then I'll go to sleep," and prepared to go to bed.

But after a moment, Tang Chujun whispered in her ear again, "Xia'er, Xia...er, are you asleep?"

Shi Anxia didn't respond.

Tang Chujun also went to bed, looking out the window at the inky night sky, twinkling stars, and silver moonlight. How could he fall asleep?

She turned over with a grin and almost laughed out loud. Hehe, she actually recognized the wrong person!

When he heard one or two night birds chirping, Tang Chujun stood up and looked at his daughter, asking seriously, "Xia'er, Xia'er, are you asleep? If you are asleep, answer me..."

Shi Anxia murmured, "I fell asleep."

Tang Chujun smiled and bent his eyebrows. He nudged his daughter's face with his face, "Bao'er, you can still respond to me when you are asleep? Hehe, are you just trying to please me?"

Shi Anxia was awakened by the voice of "Baby". When she opened her eyes, she saw her mother's extremely beautiful face.

I lost my sleepiness in an instant!

When did my mother become so beautiful? Could it be that my mother also fell in love with Emperor Mingde?

It’s over, it’s over. If I don’t keep an eye on her for a while, I’m afraid my mother will go to the palace to fight with others.

It's impossible to guard against it! In the end, Emperor Mingde took advantage of it.

Shi Anxia closed her eyes again and asked weakly, "Mother, you..." Before she could finish her words, Tang Chujun interrupted her.

"Hey, Xia'er, do you know? The emperor has a leaf-shaped birthmark on the back of his neck. I saw it, I really saw it..."

Shi Anxia frowned, not understanding, "I saw it... so what?"