After a few breaths, the emperor asked, "I heard that you went to the clan house to see Yunsi once."

The Third Prince quickly replied, "I didn't mean to go there, but my Fourth Brother said he often went to see my Eighth Uncle, saying that his life was worse than death. I thought the Emperor was kind and tolerant, so I didn't believe it, so I went to see him myself."

The emperor turned to look at the Third Prince, stared at him and asked, "Does the Fourth Prince often visit Yunsi?"

The Third Prince nodded and continued to speak heartlessly, "My Fourth Brother has been going there often since he was a child, and he also said that my Eighth Uncle loved him very much. I went to see my Eighth Uncle and saw that he had no shortage of food, clothing, and daily necessities, and he also had beautiful women by his side. I knew that I had been fooled by my Fourth Brother, and I never went there again."

The emperor lowered his head and asked, "Hongshi, do you think I did something wrong and shouldn't have imprisoned Yunsi?"

The Third Prince shook his head and said, "Father, I don't think you did anything wrong."

The emperor looked back at the third prince, who said sincerely, "Although I am not very talented, I have heard about what happened back then. The emperor's succession was legitimate, and the imperial edict with the inscription "正大光明" was written in three copies in Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese. But the eighth uncle and the fourteenth uncle deliberately slandered the emperor because of their own selfishness. According to the law, the two would have received a more severe punishment. But the emperor, thinking of the brotherhood, just let the two reflect on their mistakes behind closed doors. The emperor is kind and considerate of the brotherhood."

The emperor's eyes were slightly red, and he patted the third prince on the shoulder and said, "Hongshi, you have a pure heart and great kindness."

After he finished speaking, the emperor asked again: "What else did the Fourth Prince say?"

The Third Prince thought for a moment and said, "My Fourth Brother said that he would find an opportunity to ask the Emperor for mercy on behalf of my Eighth and Fourteenth Uncles during the Emperor's birthday."

The emperor turned around and said, "Good job, Fourth Prince, you are still thinking about your uncles."

After the birthday ceremony of the previous emperor, the emperor issued an edict: the fourth prince Hongli would be stripped of his yellow belt, adopted by Yunsi, and handed over to Prince Heng for his supervision and support.

After the decree was issued, Zhen Huan and Zhen Yurao both went to plead for mercy, but the emperor ignored them and ordered Hongli to be escorted out of the palace.

When the Queen received the decree, she was overjoyed and called the Third Prince to praise it.

The Third Prince had a look of admiration for Confucianism on his face, which made the Queen even more delighted.

But in Yongshou Palace, it was a bleak scene.

Zhen Yurao did not return to Yikun Palace, but stayed in Yongshou Palace to accompany Zhen Huan.

A banquet was held in the palace, and the emperor invited his only brother left, Prince Guo, into the palace.

At the banquet, the emperor and Prince Guo reminisced about the past and expressed their brotherly love.

At the banquet, the Sixth Prince Hongzhou pestered Meng Jingxian to feed him soup. Meng Jingxian took off her armor and took the bowl of soup brought by the palace maid.

After scooping up a spoonful of soup, he looked at Zhen Huan.

Seeing Zhen Huan staring at her, Meng Jingxian smiled and said, "I'll cool the soup and feed it to Sixth Prince."

Zhen Huan nodded, and seeing that Meng Jingxian did not take a bite, she directly handed the spoon to Hongzhou's mouth.

Zhen Huan immediately stood up and shouted, "No!"

Meng Jingxian paused and looked at Zhen Huan in confusion.

Zhen Huan said, "This soup has not been tested for poison yet."

Meng Jingxian said softly, "I have a fetus in my belly. When I saw that the queen was about to feed the Sixth Prince, I thought she had tried poison."

After saying that, Meng Jingxian handed the bowl of soup to the palace maid.

Everyone turned to Zhen Huan, and Zhen Huan said, "It was my negligence for a moment."

The maid tried it and immediately started vomiting blood.

Meng Jingxian looked at Zhen Huan in horror, her body shaking uncontrollably.

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