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After Ye Liuyuan finished speaking, Concubine Shu got up and knelt down without saying a word. This kneeling, everything was in silence.

Ye Liuyuan couldn't help but praise Concubine Shu in her heart, this is a master, whether Concubine Shu has a good relationship with men, no matter how she argues about this matter, it is a pot of sewage poured on her body.Anyway, since he, the son, is the one who is in front of him, it's better not to speak, and to act as if he has been framed and cleared himself.

"Enough!" Ye Di sullenly closed his eyes and said nothing.

Empress Zhao looked at the people kneeling on the ground, and said: "What are you doing kneeling, get up, today is Vice Commander Qiu's order to search the palace to find the assassin's chief envoy, don't mention these things if you don't want to do it."

"Empress! Concubine Shu..." The second prince wanted to speak, but a teacup slammed down in front of him.

"I've said enough!" Emperor Ye withdrew his hand and said, "Concubine Shu, Concubine Shu, she is my concubine, your concubine mother, who gave you the right to call her by her name? Your concubine mother is still kneeling beside her." , won't you help him up?"

The second prince choked suddenly, he was not liked by Emperor Ye, and Emperor Ye reprimanded him like this, obviously venting his anger.

"I am in charge of the harem. Although Concubine Shu is my younger sister, I will not be partial to her. What Concubine Su De said is probably because she was overwhelmed by the pain of losing her daughter, and the second prince is too sad. " Empress Zhao looked at Concubine Su De and the second prince, and said slowly: "I understand your grief, but it is really wrong for you to slander and frame Concubine Shu in front of Your Majesty."

"Queen!" Concubine Su De suddenly raised her head and looked at Queen Zhao, but she was forced to retreat by the coldness in her eyes.

"Okay, what is there to grieve about a whore like Jingping who has an affair with her elder brother and has no morals? Why did you make such a big fight and slander Concubine Shu?" Ye Di frowned in disgust, and said: "Get up, this matter Don't say any more."

As soon as Emperor Ye said the words, Concubine Su De softened as if struck by lightning, and the second prince looked at Emperor Ye in disbelief, but was stabbed by the disgust in Emperor Ye's eyes.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say that he had evidence, that Princess Jingping had been framed, that Jingping had not had an affair with the third prince, but the two most supreme beings who sat in the upper positions directly made a conclusion, directly Princess Jingping was charged with death.

The second prince lowered his head to hide the anger in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Yes."

The second prince knew that the matter of Princess Jingping was suppressed like this, and her stigma could never be washed away, and there would never be a day of overturning the case, unless...unless he sat in the highest position and overturned Jingping's case .

"Get up."

Emperor Ye cried out, and Ye Liuyuan stood up to help Concubine Shu, and retreated behind Concubine Shu again.But the prince still knelt in the middle and didn't intend to get up.

Ye Liuyuan stood beside Concubine Shu, looked at the reactions of Emperor Ye, Empress Zhao and Concubine Shu, and slowly tasted the deep meaning behind it.

First of all, Emperor Ye directly suppressed this matter. He certainly did not doubt Concubine Shu, and maybe he had already suspected Concubine Shu.But at the beginning, he was the one who took the concubine Shu into the harem by force, and the emperor took the fiancee of his courtiers by force. It's not good to say that.

So it must have been covered up, this layer of cover-up is also Ye Di's face, who wants to be exposed and pointed at the nose.Moreover, the empress concubine had an affair with a foreigner, this kind of matter itself cannot be a scandal on the table, so the matter of Concubine Shu must be suppressed absolutely.

Emperor Ye didn't want the matter of Concubine Shu to be revealed, and Queen Zhao certainly didn't want to. The prince was even more afraid that Concubine Shu's matter would be implicated in Ye Liuyuan. The three most powerful people in the entire Xia Dynasty wanted to make Concubine Shu innocent. Of course the concubine must be innocent.

But Concubine Su De and the second prince said that Princess Jingping and the third prince were innocent because they knew the secret and were framed to silence them, then Concubine Shu would be guilty, which is absolutely impossible.Therefore, Princess Jingping and the third prince must be guilty, and they must take the blame.

To put it bluntly, this is a question of who to charge.Concubine Shu is the younger sister of Empress Zhao, the aunt of the crown prince, and the concubine of Ye Liuyuan, and also the concubine that Emperor Ye once raged at the crown.

And Princess Jingping is just a daughter of Concubine Su De, and the third prince is just a son of Concubine Yan Gui, and both of them are dead.People are dead, and they are talking about innocence, they are simply the best candidates to take the blame.

Concubine Su De accuses Concubine Shu of course to avenge her daughter, but in fact it is also a beginning to involve both the prince and Ye Liuyuan. Unfortunately, Emperor Ye and Queen Zhao have joined forces to block this road.

It doesn't matter, this road is blocked, naturally there are other roads.

Concubine Su De glanced at Chou Ying and the prince kneeling below, her nails were so tightly clenched that the palms of her hands ached.

Ye Di looked at the prince kneeling below, his face became more gloomy, and said, "Qiu Ying."

"The minister is here." Qiu Ying stepped out, Shi Shiran said: "Today, the minister was ordered by His Majesty to search the palace, but was taken outside the palace by the crown prince and his personal guards."

"I beg your pardon, is this because His Highness the Crown Prince disobeyed His Majesty's orders, or is it because the East Palace is hiding plotters and rebels?"

As soon as this remark came out, it pointed directly at the prince.

Moreover, Qiu Ying was ordered to search the palace, so he searched the palace. There are so many palaces in the Taiji Palace, so there is nothing wrong with him searching, but he started to search from the East Palace.

Qiu Ying is a villain through and through, but a capable villain.Naturally, he could also discover the suspicious points that Concubine Su De discovered.Ever since he confirmed that the prince did intervene in this matter, he has been holding a grudge.

He was able to search the third prince's mansion with the search for assassins before, so naturally he could also use the search for the palace to search the East Palace in advance.

Qiu Ying knew very well that he was a mad dog raised by Emperor Ye, even more pitiful than that lunatic Xiao Wei.Because after all, that madman is a human being, and he's just a dog.

Once Emperor Ye died, if the crown prince came to the throne, the crown prince might be able to accommodate the commander Xiaowei, but he would definitely not be able to accommodate him as the deputy commander.

And Qiu Ying was originally a member of the leftist faction. In this case, he must work hard to bring down the prince and queen, and find a way to let the second prince or other princes ascend the throne.

Qiu Ying's words were difficult for the Queen and Concubine Shu to answer, and it was also difficult for the Crown Prince himself to answer. Ye Liuyuan looked around and found sadly that he still had to stand up.

Ye Liuyuan resigned to her fate and knelt back to the prince. She couldn't help but support her knees, frowned slightly, and said, "Father, the elder brother is the prince. The prince is the heir. The king is the king, and the minister is the minister. Monarchs and ministers, how can there be any reason to let the courtiers search the East Palace so easily? Eldest brother did not intend to disobey, it is really that Qiu Ying is too arrogant and does not know how to measure."

"His Royal Highness An's words are different," Qiu Ying sneered, and said: "A monarch, a minister, and a minister, but there are also fathers, fathers and sons. To His Majesty, the crown prince is both a minister and a son of man. I obey His Majesty's oral order, why can't the East Palace be searched?" ? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent his personal guards to stop him, clearly out of rebellion!"

"But..." Ye Liuyuan wanted to speak, but was held down by the prince's hand.

"Xiaoqi." The crown prince raised his head and looked at Emperor Ye, and said, "Since Vice Commander Qiu is following the orders of his father to search the palace, it is better to search all the palaces. I am the prince, so naturally I should lead by example, starting with my son. , It is indeed as it should be. But after searching the East Palace, I would like to ask Vice Commander Qiu to also search the Zhaode Hall."

"There is also Mingde Hall." Ye Liuyuan chimed in, but felt a little uncomfortable.Because just now when the prince held him down to prevent him from arguing, his hand directly covered his hand that was holding his knee.

The prince's hands had a layer of hard calluses, some were worn out from practicing riding and shooting, and some were ground from practicing calligraphy and flipping through the pages of books. The whole was a circle bigger than Ye Liuyuan's hand, just enough to cover it.The adult man was bursting with qi and blood, and his palms were even hotter, making Ye Liuyuan inexplicably uncomfortable.

And this was under the eyes of Emperor Ye, Empress Zhao and Concubine Shu, no one else felt that there was anything wrong, but Ye Liuyuan somehow felt awkward and ashamed.

The Zhaode Hall is the bedroom of the second prince, and the Mingde Hall is Yeliuyuan's residence before leaving the palace. Anyway, there are so many palaces in the Taiji Palace, so if you want to search them all, don't leave anyone behind.

Emperor Ye and the prince looked at each other, one was on the top, the other was kneeling.But the figure of the upper class has been subtly out of shape, while the lower class is straight-backed, open and generous.

It's like the old lion king and the young male lion staring at each other. The status is different, but everyone present knows that it will be a matter of time before the young male lion replaces the old lion king and becomes the new lion king.

"Okay." Ye Di spat out the word as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

"Fei Zongying and Qiu Ying led the guards to search the East Palace and the palaces of the princes, the imperial guards assisted in vacating the palaces, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs searched the Lizheng Palace, the Liangyi Palace and the concubines' palaces." Ye Di said: "Since we want to investigate, we should After a thorough investigation, I want to see who is behind the scenes today!"

Fei Zongying was the commander of Xiaowei, and when Emperor Ye gave the order, Qiu Ying was unwilling to do so, but he could only obey the order.

Ye Liuyuan looked at the prince with some unease, he was sure that his elder brother was ambitious and capable.But is there anything like treason in his East Palace?In case Qiu Ying finds out some letters and memorials, saying that the crown prince conspired against him, wouldn't that be the end of it?

In other words, did the crown prince hide the missing ones in advance?Is there a secret room or something?What should I do if I am found?Moreover, the Ministry of Internal Affairs searched the harem. There are so many spices in Concubine Shu's place. Did his mother and concubine hide the poisonous ones?

Ye Liuyuan was very confused, he couldn't help but look at the reactions of the people around him.The empress was already calm and her treasured appearance was solemn, Concubine Shu sat quietly in her seat with a demure demeanor, Concubine Su De and the second prince were also watertight, it seemed that he was the only one who was worried.

Forget it, since everyone is so relieved, why is he so worried?

Ye Liuyuan knelt beside the prince with peace of mind. The prince's kneeling posture was standard, and he could even be said to be majestic and strong, but Emperor Ye didn't mean to ask the prince and Ye Liuyuan to get up, and made it clear that he wanted to wait for the results of the palace search.

The Tai Chi Palace is so big, it would take a long time to search around.

The prince is in good health, kneeling is fine, but Ye Liuyuan still has leg problems, even if there is a blanket on the floor of the Lizheng Hall, and the blood is blocked after kneeling for a long time, he still feels that his legs are starting to hurt again.