The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

No dirty things were found in Prince Zhan's mansion. Concubine Jiang frowned slightly and looked around at the flowers and plants in Ci'an Garden.

Hu Luanfei frowned slightly. This guy had just experienced an assassination. As a woman, she shouldn't be so calm and look around in other people's homes after seeing the bloody scene. Even if it was a conspiracy, she should at least pretend to be calm in front of the victim!

"My queen, are you tired?" Hu Luanfei asked for the first time across the small bridge.

Concubine Jiang glanced at him coldly, "Thank you, Princess Zhan, for your concern. I am fine."

"I am not worried about you, but I am afraid that you might get pregnant here." After saying that, she turned around and said respectfully to Qi Sili, "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will help the prince to rest first."

Qi Sili was surprised, "Neither I nor the Imperial Concubine felt tired, but you..."

He paused and omitted the following words.

Hu Luanfei was a smart man. He smiled and said with a hint of meaning, "During the banquet in the reception hall, the Imperial Observatory said that the imperial concubine's pregnancy was unstable. If it was unstable, why didn't she feel tired? If she didn't feel tired, why did she hold her stomach and cry out in pain at the gate of the palace just now? Your Majesty, don't you find it strange?"

Qi Sili ignored him and turned to look at Concubine Jiang, but his mind was always on Hu Luanfei, "Help my brother go into the room and lie down first, then come out and accompany him."

"With whom?"

"Accompany me."

As soon as he finished speaking, his hand was pinched tightly.

She looked up at Qi Siliao, only to see him making faces and looking towards the phoenix tree. He even raised his hand to pinch her earlobe.

Hu Luanfei tilted his head in confusion. As he was thinking aimlessly, he suddenly felt a pain in his waist. He gasped before he reacted.

Her heart was beating in a turmoil, thump thump at an overspeed.

She helped him sit on the stone bench under the sycamore tree. Seeing his solemn expression, she vaguely felt that something was about to happen. She didn't even dare to breathe, and could only helplessly and futilely try to hold it back.

"Found it!" the imperial concubine shouted, and the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs gathered over.

The soil under the flowers was loose, revealing a corner of the envelope. The eunuch dug it out and hurriedly handed it to Qi Sili.

Hu Luanfei bit her lip, her whole body tensed up, and she was so nervous that she could hardly breathe.

No, impossible!

How could there be an envelope buried in the ground in the palace?

"Relax, don't be afraid, it's okay." Qi Siliao tried to calm her down.

However, in her ears, every word he said was like the wind blowing past, and she heard nothing.

His ten fingers were clenched so tightly that they hurt. Qi Sili looked at the envelope with a cold expression like a sword being drawn from its sheath. Compared with his usual self, he was a completely different person, which was frightening.

She had never known he would have such a look on his face.

Seeing that something was wrong, Hu Luanfei subconsciously moved his feet, but was hugged in a strong chest the next second.

"Let me go!" she struggled.

Qi Si Liao turned a deaf ear to her and hugged her tightly, "If you continue like this, they will get suspicious."

"Isn't that..."

"No."

After hearing his words, Hu Luanfei gradually breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly collapsed like a deflated balloon.

She had always been calm and rational, but when someone got hold of something on Prince Zhan's mansion, she was frightened out of her wits and her sanity was replaced by panic.

The imperial concubine walked towards the emperor gracefully, bowed, and looked at them proudly, "Your Majesty, after the filth was dug out, I feel much better both physically and mentally."

"Really?" The voice was as cold as an iceberg.

The imperial concubine was unaware and lowered her eyes calmly, "I dare not deceive the emperor."

"What a dare you to lie, Jiang Shihui, take a look for yourself!"

No matter how cunning Qi Sili was, or how treacherous his mind was, after reading the contents of the letter, his self-control, which was as strong as a shield, broke, and the murderous rage hidden in his body burst out in vain.

Before Concubine Jiang could react, the letter fell into her hands. She took a look at it, and the black words on the white paper were like needles. She immediately fell to the ground with her eyes wide open in disbelief, "Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

The change happened so quickly that before Hu Luanfei could even see the situation clearly, Concubine Jiang was kicked down.

That’s right, he was kicked down by the seemingly gentle and refined emperor.

"I have been very kind to your Jiang family, and this is how you repay me?"

Also kneeling down were the accompanying Imperial Observatory and a group of palace servants.

Concubine Jiang crawled towards him on her knees, her face tearful and pitiful.

Qi Sili lowered his head and shifted his gaze.

Concubine Jiang cried, "I and my mother's family are loyal to the country. Someone must have framed us. Please investigate clearly, Your Majesty."

"Come here, thoroughly investigate the Duke's Mansion." Qi Sili gave an order, and everyone headed to the destination.

Concubine Jiang's eyes turned red, and she was extremely shocked. "Your Majesty, do you really doubt my mother's family?"

"I only want the truth." He said lightly, looking at her coldly, "Pass the order down, Imperial Concubine Jiang will be demoted to Imperial Concubine, and from today on, she will be confined to Xianfu Palace."

"what?!"

The ups and downs in life are what Concubine Jiang is all about.

She struggled like a fish out of water, "Your Majesty, it is too hasty to make me a noble concubine just based on that letter."

"Humph, do you think I have never paid attention to your Duke's Mansion? Although your father is a veteran of three dynasties, he is also an orphan of the previous dynasty. He has been trying to win over important officials of the court and join his faction, hoping to overthrow my government and establish himself as emperor."

"Is everything you said true?" Concubine Jiang was suddenly stunned. She had no idea about her father's movements and background.

Qi Sili snorted coldly: "When have I ever lied to you? In the court, all the officials who have connections with your Duke's Mansion, the War King has already drawn up a list and handed it to me."

The Qi Sili in front of him was cold and stern, even more terrifying than Shura.

Hu Luanfei swallowed, his mind a mess. From what he said, it seemed as if the two brothers had already colluded with each other.

But isn’t Qi Sili a villain?

Just as she bit her lip and couldn't figure it out, Qi Si Liao explained, "That happened a long time ago. At that time, our father was still alive, and the relationship between us brothers had not reached such a tense point. I noticed that there was something wrong with the Duke's Mansion, and I secretly investigated and found that they wanted to rebel."

"That letter..."

"That was the indictment of Jiang Sansi written by my father himself. Qi Sili recognized my father's handwriting and became furious."

"Eh? Why is it in our house?"

"This prince has been carrying on his father's last wish, secretly tracking down and searching for evidence of the Duke's Mansion's crimes. Today, I am finally able to make this matter public."

Hu Luanfei pulled his eyes back and punched him angrily, "You didn't tell me earlier. I was so panicked that I almost rushed over to commit suicide."

He closed his lips tightly, and after a long while he groaned, then raised the corners of his lips, his expression relaxed, raised his hand and gently pinched her cheek, "It won't be fun after I tell you, I just want to see you nervous to death."

Damn, this guy deserves a beating!

Hu Luanfei was so angry that he stretched out his claws and ravaged his face, shouting as he did so: "Qi Si Liao, I will kill you!"

Qi Si Liao stretched out his big hand, took her into his arms, and said with a smile: "I will never let you go even if I die!"