The real big guys are those with connections in the eyes of the system!

During this time, the Seventh Prince felt dizzy and almost fainted, but he held his breath and refused to pass out.

When he arrived before the emperor, the seventh prince quickly recounted the whole story, of course omitting the part in which he was the first to provoke.

The emperor's gaze lingered on the seventh prince's face for a moment, and then he asked Yi Qing in a slightly cold tone: "Lu Xi, do you agree with what your brother just said?"

"My brother is lying." Yiqing bit her lip, her tone somewhat angry, "It's obvious that my brother is resentful of me for stealing his prey, so he wants to kill me."

The emperor looked down at her and said in a calm tone: "Then what evidence do you have?"

Hearing this, Su Shichang frowned slightly.

It is obvious that the accusations made by the two people against each other overturned everyone's usual perception of them, and they sounded so incredible at first glance.

It stands to reason that since evidence is required, it would be fair to ask both people to produce evidence.

But His Majesty didn't say this to the Seventh Prince, but only to the Sixth Princess...

Realizing that His Majesty was more partial to the Seventh Prince, Su Shichang's expression turned unhappy.

After thinking for a while, he reminded: "Your Majesty, many people saw the Seventh Prince attacking the Sixth Princess."

The emperor glanced at him and said in a somewhat unhappy tone, "Old Seven said that he was just fighting back."

Su Shichang's heart skipped a beat, as he heard that His Majesty had already believed what the Seventh Prince said.

Just based on his one-sided statement?

This is too biased!

Su Shichang suddenly felt a little regretful for bringing this matter to the attention of His Majesty.

"I don't have any evidence for now." Yi Qing seemed not to notice that he was being treated differently, and his tone remained calm, "But I have a few questions for my seventh brother, and I beg for your permission, Father."

The emperor ate a grape and said indifferently, "Ask me."

Yiqing walked slowly to the Seventh Prince, "Royal brother said that I suddenly went crazy and wanted to kill you, then what should I use to fight you? A knife? A sword? Or a stone on the ground?"

The Seventh Prince was still immersed in the joy that someone finally believed him. When he heard Yiqing's question, he answered without hesitation: "It's a bow and arrow."

Yiqing asked again: "I only used the bow and arrow, is there anything else?"

If it were usual, when the Seventh Prince heard Yiqing asking these seemingly meaningless questions, he would have become somewhat wary.

But today he was beaten so hard that his head was dizzy, and his emotions were so turbulent that his brain was also tired, so he didn't think much about it and just answered honestly: "No more."

"So how many arrows did I shoot?"

"One arrow."

Hearing the answer, Yiqing smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" The Seventh Prince frowned. Because his face was hurting, his tone was a little impatient. "What's the next question?"

"I've finished asking questions."

The Seventh Prince: “?” No, what are you doing?

Yiqing didn't look at him again, "Father, I now have evidence."

emperor:?

Seventh Prince: ? ?

other people:? ? ?

Just by asking a few random questions, can evidence appear from nothing?

The emperor straightened up, unable to suppress his curiosity for a moment, "Where's the evidence?"

Yiqing said calmly, "Commander Su, please bring the pheasant over here."

Su Shichang was stunned when his name was suddenly called, and then he remembered that when he came out of the forest just now, the Sixth Princess did specifically ask him to bring with him a pheasant that was shot dead on the ground.

At that time he thought that the Sixth Princess was thinking about hunting and was afraid that her prey would be lost.

But now it seems... there is obviously something mysterious about this matter.

When Su Shichang handed the pheasant over, he couldn't help but take a few glances at it.

This glance revealed some things that he had previously overlooked.

——There were actually two arrows stuck in this pheasant. Judging from the marks on the arrows, they must have been shot by two different people.

Thinking of the previous dispute between the Seventh Prince and the Sixth Princess, Su Shichang's expression relaxed.

"What does this mean?" The emperor looked at the bloody pheasant with some disgust, his tone quite displeased.

Xie Feichi had sharp eyes. After seeing the situation of the pheasant clearly, he figured out the key with just a little thought.

Although he had promised Yiqing not to interfere in the matter, she could solve it herself.

But after holding it in for a long time, and seeing that the emperor was obviously partial to the seventh prince, he finally couldn't help it.

As soon as the emperor asked a question, he jumped out and answered before anyone else spoke.

"The pheasant was shot dead by two arrows. One of the arrows hit its wing, which was not enough to kill it. It was shot by the Seventh Prince. The other arrow shot by the Sixth Princess hit a vital spot, which was obviously the key arrow that killed the pheasant."

"What I want to know is the truth behind the killing of Lu Xi and Lao Qi, not the fate of the prey!" The emperor slammed the table hard, his tone very impatient, "I don't want to hear these messed up things!"

Xie Feichi frowned and suddenly began to doubt the emperor's intelligence.

He lowered his eyes to suppress his disdain and said calmly, "The Seventh Prince just said that the Sixth Princess shot an arrow. If the Sixth Princess's arrow was really aimed at the Seventh Prince, then why did it end up on the pheasant?"

The emperor was silent for a while, then turned his gaze to the seventh prince.

"Seventh Brother, do you have anything to explain?"

The Seventh Prince looked at the two arrows on the pheasant, his eyes darkening slightly.

He remembered clearly that he had indeed shot an arrow at the pheasant's wing before.

But where did the second arrow come from?

The arrow that Lu Xi shot was clearly aimed at him.

If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been dead now. How could he have ended up on the pheasant?

Unless her arrow was clearly aimed at herself, the ultimate target was the pheasant.

But how is this possible?

Lu Xi is a human, not a god. How can she be sure that she can avoid that arrow?

This is simply impossible!

This speculation is also totally untrue!

The Seventh Prince thought that he must be too dizzy to come up with such a ridiculous idea.

"The second arrow definitely did not belong to the Sixth Princess! I beg Your Majesty to look into this matter." The Seventh Prince knelt directly in front of the Emperor.

He really wanted to look aggrieved, but his bruised face and nose affected his performance.

The emperor's eyes hurt from the ugliness and he looked away silently.

After the Seventh Prince finished speaking, the eunuch beside him had already looked through the feather arrows with great insight.

Because two years ago, two people went hunting and shot the same prey, and they fought over the ownership of the prey.

Later, the Minister of War proposed to distinguish hunting bows and arrows by numbers.

Everyone has his or her own corresponding number, so even if two people shoot the same prey, the final owner of the prey can be determined based on the severity of the damage caused by different arrows.

——Generally speaking, the prey will belong to the party that caused the fatal injury.

Not to mention these, the eunuch looked at it for a while and determined that the serial numbers on the back of the feather arrows were "二" and "拾五" respectively.

He looked through the records again...