"How could I wrong the daughter of General Song, the wife that the fourth son wanted to marry?" The emperor snorted, "Investigate this matter thoroughly. Princess Yuqing is just a foreign princess."

"How long has she been in Beijing? Can she reach into the palace?"

"There's a worm growing among us! Dig it out for me!"

"Also, order the embroidery shop to stop all work and make a new wedding dress based on this one. It must be completed before the wedding! There cannot be any mistakes!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

"You should personally take people to investigate." The emperor instructed with a serious face.

He Hongxi didn't dare to delay.

He asked someone to take the two boxes and went to the embroidery workshop immediately.

He had investigated such matters for the emperor before and was familiar with it.

It's just that in recent years, there are fewer occasions when he is needed to take action, but he dare not be unfamiliar with this business at all.

He Ying, the godson he secretly adopted, did not hold a high position, but he was well-informed and traveled everywhere to collect useful information for him.

In less than half a day, He Hongxi had figured out the whole matter.

"Your Majesty... There are a total of three people arrested in the Embroidery Workshop, a manager and two embroiderers." He Hong bowed.

The emperor glanced at him, "Who is it?"

He Hongxi licked his lips but said nothing.

The emperor frowned and said, "Tell me, I can bear it."

"Yes... the third prince." He Hongxi said in a low voice.

There was silence in the hall.

The anger in the emperor's eyes gradually turned into disappointment, "He wasn't this kind of person before?"

"Has jealousy over the fourth brother made him lose track of the importance of the important and the close?"

He Hongxi had no way to respond to this. He simply looked at the nose and the heart, without saying a word.

The emperor sighed and waved his hand, "Let's dispose of the palace maids, insects, and wedding clothes together."

"No need to make a big fuss about it. Others don't have to know, but the third brother will definitely know. This is the opportunity I gave him. I hope he can understand my painstaking efforts."

"Yes, the emperor really has a kind fatherly heart." He Hongxi said in a low voice.

The emperor chewed over these two words in his mouth.

I can't help but compare him with Song Mingli and the third brother. One would rather suffer the injustice himself than share his worries.

The other one would plot against his own brother even if it would bring shame to him.

The emperor snorted lightly, picked up his pen and immediately issued an imperial decree to confer the title of "Crown Prince".

Originally, he planned to wait until the fourth son got married, then add Jingyou to the family tree and confer him the title of Prince of Jing's Mansion.

But now, he doesn't want to wait any longer.

Jingyou is smart and well-behaved, while Song Mingli is well-mannered and has a good sense of propriety.

If he doesn't give respect to such grandchildren and daughters-in-law, who else can he give respect to?

He favored Song Mingli and Jingyou because he wanted to let his other sons and daughters-in-law know that if they did their duties well and were respectful and filial to their king and father, he would not be senile and he would see it!

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"The Emperor, by the Will of Heaven, has summoned the son of Prince Jing, who is gifted with talent, quick-witted and studious, and extremely intelligent."

"May he have the virtue of a high mountain and be blessed by heaven. I now confer upon Chu Jingyou the title of Prince Jing's Crown Prince, granted by the emperor!"

Jingyou knelt in the front, and Song Mingli and others knelt behind him to receive the order.

"Long live the emperor--" Everyone bowed their heads.

Jingyou raised his hands above his head and took the imperial edict.

The eunuch who came to announce the decree handed over the imperial edict and hurriedly helped Chu Jingyou to stand up.

Although his name was still Jingyou, it was the Jingyou that the emperor wished him to have "high conduct and great virtue, and be blessed by heaven."

This is the emperor's favorite grandson.

"Congratulations, Crown Prince." The eunuch glanced at Song Mingli again and reminded him with a smile, "Since you have been named Crown Prince, it is not appropriate for you to live in the Song family. I'm afraid you will have to move to Prince Jing's Mansion first."

Song Mingli nodded, "Thank you for the reminder, eunuch."

"The wedding will be on October 15th, in just a few days." The eunuch said, "Congratulations, Miss Song, the family will be reunited by then."

Song Mingli smiled and asked Zi Su to give the reward money.

This time the eunuch did not refuse. He took the reward and left happily.

"Mom, do I have to move out?" Jingyou held Song Mingli's hand and looked at him with his big eyes blinking.

It was originally a happy thing that my son was conferred the title of Crown Prince ahead of time.

But the sudden separation also casts a layer of sadness on people's hearts.

Song Mingli felt reluctant to let go of his well-behaved, sensible, intelligent and lovely son.

She pursed her lips, still unsure of how to comfort her son...

Tell him that soon, she will marry into Prince Jing's mansion, and mother and son can be reunited again?

Even if it's fast, won't there still be quite a few days of separation?

Since their rebirth, they have never been separated for a long time.

She herself felt that such words of comfort were pale.

Before Song Mingli could speak, Jingyou cleared his throat.

"Molan, please continue to follow mother. My father has assigned me several secret guards to protect my safety at all times."

"After I moved to Prince Jing's Mansion, I could practice martial arts with my father every morning and evening to strengthen my body."

"Also, since I'm not with mother, she's bound to worry about me. I'll send two more secret guards to follow her and have them report to me about her situation every day."

"This way, even if I have a lot of schoolwork and can't come back every day to pay my respects to my mother, I can still know how she is doing."

"I hope mother won't refuse so that her son can feel at ease."

Jingyou looked up at Song Mingli and arranged everything for her clearly.

Song Mingli: ...

No, your mother is still sad. Not only have you adjusted your mood, but you have also arranged the follow-up matters?

"Hey, mother, keep this jade pendant."

Jingyou stuffed the jade pendant that Chu Yanchen had given him into Song Mingli's hand.

"This is father's personal jade pendant. Mother, with this jade pendant, you can command the palace's servants and guards."

"Of course, we hope that mother won't need this thing, but in case of an emergency, mother won't be helpless."

Jingyou has an innocent little face and clear eyes, and he is clearly a child of six or seven years old.

But listen to what he says, he doesn't act like a child at all.

Song Mingli didn't know how to react for a moment.

Jingyou, however, used his little hand to hold her hand tightly.

"My mother raised me alone for many years, enduring humiliation and suffering."

"From now on, my father and I will do our best to protect mother and let her live the happiest and most joyful life!"

His voice was clearly childish, yet so sincere and serious.

Song Mingli couldn't help but feel his eyes getting hot and his nose feeling sore.

"Mother is not miserable. Having Jingyou is the greatest fortune in mother's life!"

Song Mingli gently held his son in his arms.

She saw a familiar figure flash outside the Moon Gate and then hide again.

Song Mingli couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth. Chu Yanchen couldn't wait to pick up his son.

But when he saw the mother and son were reluctant to say goodbye, he hid away and asked them to have more time to talk.

I returned to the courtyard where Jingyou lived and watched him directing the servants to pack up things.

Song Mingli was shocked to realize that it was not his son who depended on her, but she was more reluctant to leave her child.

Jingyou is quite looking forward to moving to Prince Jing's Mansion in the future.

After all, he lacked his father's love since he was a child...

And Prince Jing seems to be a good father, right?

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