Did the eldest daughter ascend the throne today?

"Princess Jin has a very good relationship with the prince and princess." Ning Zhiwei smiled sweetly, but her words were heartbreaking. "People often don't guard against the people closest to them."

She seemed to say nothing, but she said everything.

The emperor couldn't help but wonder if the eldest princess had been tricked by Su Mingjin?

People are always biased. Compared to nephews, biological daughters are of course the most important.

What is even more difficult for him to tolerate is that I love you as a family member, but you treat us as tools to use and shields.

How can this not be disheartening?

Once a rift arises, the relationship will never be able to return to what it was before.

Rong Jing lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the faint smile on his face.

Ning Zhiwei's move was too cruel. Not only did it arouse the emperor's suspicion and sow discord among them, it also cut off the retreat of the Su family's father and son.

The counterattack was so fierce and sharp.

The emperor looked at Ning Zhiwei deeply, with doubt and confusion.

"Bring up that ancient book."

He didn't believe it. Ning Zhiwei was prepared and responded crisply, "Okay."

The emperor was annoyed when he saw her and waved his hand, "Go down."

Ning Zhiwei bowed and walked out. The emperor winked at Xiao Linfeng, and Xiao Linfeng personally escorted Ning Zhiwei out.

"Is that token really Su Mingjin's?"

Ning Zhiwei was confident and not at all guilty, "Of course, he admitted it."

In fact, the token was a replica she made, and it was so identical to the real thing that even she couldn't recognize it.

In her previous life, in order to avenge her blood feud, she mistakenly believed that he was Mingzhu under Su Mingjin's gentle care and deception, and married him with a hundred thousand Ning family soldiers.

In order to help him get to the top, she racked her brains and tried her best to give him advice, but her achievements were too great for him, and he was jealous of her. He gave her a sick beauty, which made her completely powerless, and sent her to the enemy camp for torture...

It can be said that she made an indispensable contribution to Su Mingjin's rise to a high position.

She knew a lot about him, including the meaning behind this small token.

If Su Mingjin hadn't said it himself, who would have noticed this detail?

How he hurt her in her previous life, in this life, she will return everything to him!

Trick him, trick him to death, and put an end to his pipe dream!

Without her support, he was nothing.

The emperor looked at the token over and over again, becoming more and more annoyed.

You can't tell anything just by looking at it, but Ning Zhiwei's words have already stung his heart.

What do the remnants of the former royal family want to do? They must want to restore the country.

Rong Jing stared at the token for a few seconds, then silently took out a pen and paper, and with a few strokes, a pattern appeared on the paper.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

He traced the patterns of the four corners and placed them together.

The emperor gasped. Yes, it really looked like the king protea.

He had never seen the Protea Flower, but he had seen the royal emblem of the previous dynasty.

"Rong Jing, what do you think?"

Rong Jing's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was indifferent, "The Prince Consort is a major suspect. Has he really been traveling around and sketching all over the place these years?"

He did not mention Su Mingjin. Even if the relationship between uncle and nephew was bad, it was not the ministers' turn to speak about it.

But, the prince consort is an outsider.

Once this person becomes suspicious, he will find everything wrong. The emperor had previously admired the consort's indifference to fame and fortune, but now he is even more suspicious.

Under the guise of sightseeing, doing some shady activities will not attract attention.

"His background is very clean. When we got married, we checked his ancestors for three generations. The Su family has a good tradition and all the sons are well behaved. Only when you are 40 years old and have no children can you take a concubine."

Rong Jing raised his eyebrows slightly, "Listen, these seem to be specially prepared for Princess Shang."

The emperor was startled and his face changed.

"From now on, you will be stationed in the Princess's residence. I will grant you the Imperial Sword and allow you to do whatever you want. No matter who you find, you must investigate thoroughly and will not show any leniency."

"I will send a team of Jinyiwei to protect you."

"Yes." Rong Jing's lips curled up slightly.

The emperor went to the inner room to take a look at the eldest princess. She was still unconscious and motionless, as if she was asleep.

He spoke carefully to the palace servant standing by the side before turning around and leaving.

"Put the driver back to the palace."

Su Mingjin was a little flustered, "Uncle Emperor, are you going back to the palace now? Why don't you stay a little longer?"

The emperor stopped and said amiably, "If your mother wakes up, send a message to the palace."

"Yes."

The emperor smiled and said in a friendly tone, "You must take good care of your mother and don't let her suffer any more."

Seeing that the emperor was still the same as before, without any change, Su Mingjin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't worry, I would rather die than not protect my mother."

"Good boy." The emperor looked very pleased and kept patting Su Mingjin on the back. "You have always been your mother's pride."

Ning Zhiwei couldn't help but pursed her lips as she watched the affectionate performance between her nephew and uncle.

As expected of members of the royal family, each one is better at pretending than the other.

Just like that, everyone else left, leaving only a group of Jinyiwei and Rong Jing.

Rong Jing checked into the guest house, and the Jinyiwei surrounded the house tightly.

He did not take a rest, but directly brought people in for interrogation, starting with the palace maids around the eldest princess, and interrogating them one by one.

This commotion made everyone in the Princess's Mansion feel uneasy, and a tense atmosphere hung over the Mansion.

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Su Mingjin listened to his subordinates reporting the progress of the interrogation again and again, who was taken in, who came out, and who couldn't get out.

His heart felt like it was hanging in the air, up and down.

"Father, what should we do now? How about killing Rong Jing?"

Although they were very careful, everyone could not help but admit that Rong Jing's ability to judge cases was very strong after a thorough investigation.

He always finds problems in the details.

Su Haozhi had a blank expression on his face. "The emperor has become suspicious of us. Rong Jing cannot get into trouble in the Princess's mansion. On the contrary, we have to protect his safety."

Su Mingjin felt extremely frustrated, "Hey, now everyone's eyes are on us father and son."

"Pa." A slap came over.

Su Mingjin was stunned, "Father."

"You were so inefficient that you left such a big handle behind, allowing Ning Zhiwei to trace it here."

Facing his father's accusations, Su Mingjin felt aggrieved. "I did not do my job well, but I suspect there are still some people who have slipped through the net among us."

Logically speaking, this token would not fall into Qingluo Villa. Alas, it puts them in a very passive position.

Su Haozhi felt an indescribable irritation in his heart. Inside, inside again, it was endless. "Clean it a few more times to make sure there is no problem."

"Yes." Su Mingjin lowered his eyes, hiding his complicated thoughts, "What about Madam Zeng?"

Nanny Zeng was taken away and brought to the imperial prison for interrogation. No one could survive the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

He was afraid that Nanny Zeng would not be able to withstand the torture.

Su Haozhi frowned slightly. Nanny Zeng didn't know much and could attribute everything to a love affair between a man and a woman. At most, it would damage his image.

"Don't worry about it. I will take care of it. Just spend more time with your mother and show your filial piety."

"Yes."

They all knew very well that the emperor valued them and loved them as much as he loved the whole family.

Only when the eldest princess is well, can they be well.

"Once Ning Zhiwei arrived, the secret medicine in your mother's body could no longer be hidden. Why do I feel like she was the one who did it?"

Su Mingjin subconsciously retorted, "How is that possible? You said that the secret recipe of the Sick Beauty has only been passed down from generation to generation by the sect leader. Only you and I know it in this world. I have never told anyone about it."

Su Haozhi reviewed the game over and over again. The more he reviewed it, the more he felt that Ning Zhiwei was uncontrollable.

She is not a lady from a noble family who follows the rules, but a very smart and resourceful woman.

Perhaps, she should not be defined as a woman, but rather a formidable opponent.

"I wonder what Ning Zhiwei said to the emperor alone? She makes me very uneasy. I have an inexplicable premonition that she will be our lifelong enemy. We must find a way to get rid of her."

Su Mingjin sneered, "Father, you think too highly of her. She is just a clever little girl who is willing to lose face and act out. She is far inferior to those carefully cultivated ladies from wealthy families."

His tone was too urgent, which made Su Haozhi's heart skip a beat. He looked at him fixedly. Su Mingjin's eyes flickered slightly and he lowered his head subconsciously.

Su Haozhi's heart sank uncontrollably. Could he be...