"Xiao Hengshan!"

The emperor suddenly shouted angrily, and Xiao Hengshan was so frightened that he immediately broke out in a cold sweat. His eyes opened wide and looked straight at the stranger on the armchair, and he felt his breathing tighten.

"Tell me, where is the prince?"

Seeing that he was so shocked that he forgot to react, the emperor forcefully threw the fake skin he had just torn off the "prince's" face onto Xiao Hengshan's face.

Xiao Hengshan had no idea where the prince had gone. Now he even suspected that the person who had been sent to the Dali Temple prison from the beginning was not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Chen...chen..."

Xiao Hengshan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he was trembling as he spoke: "Your Majesty, Master Ji has been interrogating the prince. Why don't we ask him?"

It’s not that Xiao Hengshan wanted to put the blame on Ji Yan, but he really wanted to ask if he noticed anything different during the interrogation.

Quarter of an hour later, Ji Yan appeared in the prison with red eyes and a depressed look.

"This old minister pays respects to His Majesty. Long live the emperor!"

Ji Yan didn't realize anything was wrong and kowtowed and greeted him politely.

Xiao Hengshan knelt aside, and seeing that Ji Yan had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem and didn't even look at the "fake prince", he groaned in his heart.

The emperor's eyes were on Ji Yan since he walked into the cell. Naturally, he saw Ji Yan coming in and didn't even look at the "fake prince".

"Master, how have the trials been these past two days?"

The emperor did not point it out immediately, but changed his train of thought and asked.

Ji Yan didn't hear the order to "stand up", so he knelt down. After hearing the emperor's words, he replied, "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has not spoken a word. I have been dealing with him since I 'invited' him back. I really couldn't stand it any longer, so I just went back to the inn and slept for two hours."

Xiao Hengshan listened to Ji Yan's words, which were all true. Although he was anxious, he was the Minister of the Dali Temple and he and Ji Yan were both trying the case. They were on the same boat and neither could escape. So he agreed, "I can testify."

"I didn't ask you."

The emperor glanced at Xiao Hengshan, raised his hand and pointed at the skinny man sitting on the armchair and said, "Then take a good look at who he is."

Ji Nian heard this, his tired face showed confusion, but he still raised his head and looked in the direction of His Majesty's hand. When he saw the person on the armchair, his pupils were shocked. Then he didn't care about the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects. He got up excitedly and frantically grabbed the person on the armchair and asked, "Who are you? Where is the prince? Ah! Where is the prince?"

Ji Yan showed his crazy side in front of His Majesty.

Xiao Hengshan was worried that he would break the "fake prince's" neck, so he quickly got up and tried to pull him up.

A quarter of an hour later, the two of them knelt before the emperor again.

"Your Majesty, how could this happen?"

When Xiao Hengshan saw that Ji Yan actually took the initiative to ask the emperor why he did this, he couldn't help but give the old fox a thumbs up.

He really dares!

The emperor, who originally held the initiative, was now in a passive state. Ji Yan even suspected that he had replaced the prince!

"Ji Yan, you actually doubted me!"

Ji Yan didn't say anything when he heard this, but using silence to express his protest was more irritating than talking openly.

"If it weren't for me, I don't know when I would have discovered it!"

The emperor was so angry that his eyes were glaring, but Ji Nian kept his head down and said nothing, which made him punch like a piece of cotton, and he couldn't use any strength at all.

"I will keep your dog heads for now. It's best to use your merits to atone for your crimes. Otherwise..." The emperor said half of it and left the other half. He stood up and walked out: "Xiao Dezi, please go back to the palace."

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