My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

Chaofeng Palace.

The queen slapped the prince on the face.

"You are so confused!" the queen shouted at the top of her lungs, "You are really going to piss me off to death..."

The prince hugged the queen's legs with a sad face, "Mother, I know I was wrong and I regret it. I didn't expect it to turn out like this. It's all because of the third brother. It was him who insisted on this case and would rather disobey the order than bring down me."

The Queen pushed the Prince's hand away, "Is it that simple? I don't even believe what you said. Do you think your father is old and confused? Tell me the truth, and we can work together to see if we can get away with it. Tell me now, and don't hide anything!"

"Mother, what I just said is true. It's really just like this." The prince swallowed his saliva. "It was all done by Wei Tianjie. Seeing that the young lady of the merchant's family was very beautiful, Wei Tianjie fell in love with her, but she didn't like him and scolded him for being useless and relying on others for power. Wei Tianjie was so angry that he hired someone to kill the merchant's family. I just covered up his crime for him. Yes, that's it. Mother, you must believe me. I dare not lie to you."

The queen felt her brain congested. "Since your grandfather passed away, the Wei family has indeed declined over the years, but at least I am still here as the queen, and your uncles are still serving as officials in the court. If it is really that Wei Tianjie who is in trouble, let's not talk about whether the Wei family will stand up for Wei Tianjie. Even if they are willing, how can they not find a way to ask you, the prince, to come forward to settle it? You all have kept me in the dark, thinking that I am stupid, right?"

"Mother, I dare not. Aren't they afraid to come to you? Mother, please calm down..."

The queen took a deep breath and gradually calmed down. "Well, since you are unwilling to tell the truth, don't blame me for not thinking of the mother-son relationship and not recognizing this mother's family. I will go to the emperor to apologize and tell him my suspicions. I will sever ties with you and the Wei family as soon as possible, so as not to be implicated by you and lose my life in vain in the future."

The prince turned pale and grabbed the queen, "Mother..."

As soon as the Queen saw the Crown Prince's expression, she knew there must be something else going on. She said patiently, "Well, I'll give you another chance to confess."

The prince didn't dare to lie anymore and told everything.

"That merchant, on the surface, was just selling cloth, but in fact, he was my son's man, traveling around the country to raise money for me. You know, I need a lot of money to support so many soldiers. It's not convenient for me to show up, so my uncle has been arranging things for me. Two months ago, my uncle found out that they had ulterior motives, so he had all eleven members of their family killed. I only found out about it afterwards. My uncle knows everything about me, so I have to clean up the mess for him."

The queen gasped in shock, "You rebellious son! You are the crown prince, the eldest son, and the throne will be yours sooner or later. Why are you so impatient? It's fine if you just disgust Prince Jing, since your father hates him anyway. But if you touch the throne in advance, you are touching your father's reverse scale... It's all your own fault. If you hadn't used that bitch to humiliate Prince Jing and make him so angry, how could he hold on to you this time?"

The emperor regretted that he should not have helped the prince to ask the emperor to arrange a marriage for Prince Jing.

But when she granted the marriage, she never thought that there would be such a case and that it would fall into the hands of Prince Jing.

She never expected that Mei Xueer could actually find out the real cause of death.

The prince didn't expect this either.

Cui Hongjing was just an idle prince before. It was only last year that the emperor appointed him as the Director of the Ministry of Justice, responsible for reviewing the criminal cases of the Dali Temple and various prefectures.

A prince was only appointed as an official of the fifth rank. The emperor was really incredible.

Although this position is not of high rank, it is very important.

The prince quickly comforted her: "Don't worry, mother. Father shouldn't know about these things."

The Queen rolled her eyes in anger, "How could I have given birth to such a fool like you! If your father didn't know about these things, how could he have said that you always did despicable things and had to clean up your mess? If he didn't know, how could he have stopped Prince Jing from investigating the case? In the final analysis, it was to protect you and leave you a fig leaf!"

The prince was stunned, a little unsure: "Mother, this is just a guess. Maybe father just thinks that this case is just a mess done by Wei Tianjie, and he is afraid that his son will be involved."

The queen thought that this possibility was not impossible, and she would wait and see what the emperor would do next before making any plans.

"Then, how is Wei Tianjie involved?" she continued to ask.

"You know, mother, that Wei Tianjie is the posthumous son of my fifth uncle. His father is gone, and his mother's family is weak. After his grandfather and grandmother passed away, there was no one to take care of him and his mother, and Wei Tianjie had no sense of existence in the Wei family. My eldest uncle threatened him with his mother, saying that if Prince Jing wanted to investigate the case to the end, he would take the blame. But mother, I promised Wei Tianjie that as long as this matter was exposed, I would guarantee that he and his mother would live in peace and wealth for the rest of their lives. After all, we are a family behind closed doors, and I will definitely keep my word."

"What a 'family', you know what a family is?" The Queen was already a little unsteady on her feet, "Are you all still human beings? You even scheme against and use your own family? After your grandparents left, I have become more distant from the Wei family than before, but it is still my maternal family, and Wei Tianjie is my nephew and your cousin! I didn't know that you did so many earth-shattering things behind my back. You also said that this matter has been exposed, and he and his mother will live a safe and prosperous life. I want to ask you, can this matter be exposed? More than ten lives have been lost, and Wei Tianjie can still survive? You are kidding!"

"My father is suspicious. If I find someone else to take the blame, I won't be able to hide it from him. When the Wei family got into trouble, I lied to the superiors and subordinates and asked the Jingzhao prefect to do something. This is reasonable, and my father will believe it! Now I have confessed everything. I beg you to help me. I cannot lose my position as the Crown Prince."

"You are still thinking about the East Palace? You idiot!" The queen sneered. Although she was domineering and narrow-minded, she was devoted to the emperor. She only hoped to do her best to let the prince ascend the throne legitimately. She never thought of helping the prince to rebel. This was the bottom line.

"Let's talk about how to save your life first! Let your uncle come to the palace immediately. I want to ask him in person what right he had to bypass me and deceive my son and the crown prince to do such a rebellious thing."

"But Father..."

The prince was halfway through his words when the anxious voice of the palace maid came from outside the door, "Empress, the Queen Mother has suddenly fallen ill. The imperial physician is on her way over. The situation doesn't seem good..."

The Queen was stunned for a moment, and pulled the Prince up from the ground, "Hurry up and get up! Follow me to Shoukang Palace to take care of the patient immediately."