I traveled to a very nice farm, and I was so happy to fight evil with evil

Xiao Jingchen secretly went to the palace and told the emperor their speculation.

The emperor was also shocked.

After discussing with Xiao Jingchen for a while, they decided not to alert the enemy for the time being.

After all, this is just speculation and needs to be verified.

So the emperor sent out his most elite secret guards, divided into three groups to investigate.

Keep an eye on Concubine Hui and the people around her all the way.

If Concubine Hui was really controlled by the Hibiscus Cream, then there must be a traitor around her.

Keep a close eye on the Eighth Prince all the way, and keep track of where he goes and who he contacts.

The last stop was Fuzhou, where they kept an eye on the second son of the Duke of Rong’s Mansion.

In addition to the emperor's secret guards, Xiao Jingchen also sent people to keep an eye on the Eighth Prince and the Duke of Rong's Mansion.

There were also people who went to investigate Huifei's parents' family.

Qiao Ye and Lu Shao pretended not to know. One continued to work on the new workshop, while the other went to the Hanlin Academy to report to work honestly.

However, all the ministers discovered that the emperor liked and valued Lu Shao very much.

Lu Shao was often called to the palace to work, which made the officials of the Hanlin Academy very envious.

However, Lu Shao did not get cocky just because he was favored. He remained gentle and polite, and his attitude towards everyone remained the same.

He was good at dealing with people, so except for a few stubborn people who really disliked him.

Everyone else in the Hanlin Academy, from top to bottom, got along well with him.

Song Shaoyang also entered the Hanlin Academy, but he was only responsible for some unimportant chores or helping to edit books.

He couldn't help feeling jealous when he saw that Lu Shao was not only valued by the emperor, but also doing well in the Hanlin Academy.

In this way, more than two months passed.

That day, the emperor secretly summoned Xiao Jingchen to the palace.

He looked tired. "Your guess has been confirmed."

"Concubine Hui is indeed controlled by the Hibiscus Cream."

"The fake Eighth Prince's wet nurse is the one who controls Concubine Hui, and is also the fake Eighth Prince's biological mother."

"And the chief eunuch in Concubine Hui's palace is not only a fake eunuch, but also the biological father of the Eighth Prince."

If Qiao Ye hadn't discovered that the fake Old Eighth didn't look like him and that Concubine Hui looked wrong, they would never have thought of investigating this.

Also because no one cared about Concubine Hui in recent years, those people were not so vigilant and they found the truth when they investigated.

The last remaining royal bloodlines of the previous dynasty were lurking and hiding in the palace, but had not been discovered.

This made the emperor feel ashamed and angry.

Xiao Jingchen was not surprised that Concubine Hui had problems, but he was surprised that the fake Eighth Prince's biological parents were actually in the palace.

He couldn't help but ask: "What should we do now? Should we control the person?"

The emperor nodded and said, "If you want to catch them, I have already ordered everyone in Concubine Hui's palace to be controlled."

"I asked you to enter the palace today so that you can secretly take these people out for interrogation in rotation."

"Catch all the others hiding in the palace."

Xiao Jingchen said: "No problem."

He thought for a moment and asked, "There is also the fake Lao Ba, should we arrest him?"

He also reminded, "If their identities are exposed, it will bring shame to our royal family."

"It may also make some people afraid and worried that the rebels will attack them."

After all, the emperor's son can be replaced and the concubines in the palace can be controlled. This method is still somewhat scary.

The emperor said with a dark face: "There is no need to publicize this."

He narrowed his eyes, his eyes were cold and fierce, "Catch Lao Ba first, and pry the necessary information out of him, then he can have an accident."

This bloodline of the previous royal family must not be retained, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

The identity cannot be exposed and let everyone know.

So when the time comes, just create an accident and let the fake Lao Ba die in it.

Xiao Jingchen nodded, "I understand."

He asked, "Do you want to inform the Fifth Prince?"

The Eighth Prince has been able to develop to where he is today because of all the things he did secretly, and the Fifth Prince has made an "indispensable contribution".

The emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Of course he must know about this."

He used to think that his son was smart and capable, but who would have thought he was such a fool.

Then he said with some fear: "This time, it's all thanks to Qiao Ye and Lu Shao."

If it weren't for these two people, not only would several leaders of the rebels still be active, but the identity of the fake Lao Ba would not be known to them.

His people also found out a lot of things, such as the prince had malaria, which was apparently done by Lao Wu's people.

Actually it was arranged by Lao Ba.

If it weren’t for Qiao Ye’s medicine, the prince’s grave would have been three feet high by now.

Once the crown prince dies, the fighting among his other sons will become more intense, as will the fighting in the court.

Maybe the traitors and the fake Lao Ba might really succeed in their plan.

The royal bloodline of the previous dynasty has regained control of the court, and the Xiao family's kingdom will be destroyed in his hands.

So how will he face his ancestors when he goes to the underworld?

Xiao Jingchen couldn't help but sigh, "Yes, this is really thanks to Lu Shao and his wife, so they are the lucky stars."

He didn't believe these things before, but now he firmly believes that Qiao Ye is a lucky star.

The emperor was the same, "It seems that the heavens are more optimistic about the orthodoxy of our Xiao family and let a lucky star come to assist us."

Xiao Jingchen smiled, "Yes!"

Then Xiao Jingchen secretly took Concubine Hui and others out in batches for interrogation.

Concubine Hui didn't know much information.

She was selected to enter the palace, and became pregnant after being favored by the emperor once, and gave birth to the real eighth prince.

But when the eighth prince was half a year old, she went to hug her son one day and accidentally tripped.

The eighth prince knocked his head against the sharp corner of the table.

The eighth prince died on the spot.

Then the nanny beside her said that she was murdering the prince, and even if it was his own mother she would definitely die, and her family would also be implicated.

She had no opinion of her own to begin with, so she listened to the other party's advice and asked him to secretly send in a child of the same age from outside the palace.

Because Concubine Hui was out of favor, the emperor rarely came to see the Eighth Prince.

So after they changed people, they were not discovered.

The eighth prince's wet nurse was soon arranged to enter the palace.

Because he was not her biological son, and he was here to enjoy the happiness in place of her biological son, Concubine Hui could not get close to the fake Eighth Prince.

Of course there was no negotiation.

But even so, Fake Lao Ba and others were still not reassured, fearing that she would expose their identities.

Although Concubine Hui is inconspicuous and low-key in the palace, she is very useful and has to be kept.

So when the fake old man was 82 years old, he personally used hibiscus cream to control his adoptive mother and her family.

When the fake Lao Ba was a few years old, he already knew his identity and then began to be taught how to plan.

Only then did he take the initiative to get close to the Fifth Prince, whose maternal family and consort could compete with the Crown Prince.

On the surface, he was loyal to the Fifth Prince, but in reality, he used the Fifth Prince as a shield to do many things.

The fake Lao Ba’s biological parents are very tight-lipped and refuse to say anything.

Xiao Jingchen used his own method to retaliate against them and fed them lotus paste.

Soon, both of them relaxed and told each other what they knew.

The eighth prince was being tailed, and the emperor's secret guards and Xiao Jingchen's men discovered his two real hideouts, a house in the capital, and a farm in the suburbs of Beijing.

Everyone he came into contact with was also monitored and investigated.

When he was almost mature, the Eighth Prince was captured by Xiao Jingchen's men when he went to a farm outside the capital.

During the interrogation, the Eighth Prince discovered that his identity had been exposed.

Of course he refused to admit it, but with so much evidence pointing at him, it was no use for him to deny it.

In addition, Xiao Jingchen also used hibiscus cream on him, letting them taste the feeling for themselves.

The eighth prince finally gave in.

Xiao Jingchen found a list of names and evidence of how the rebels bribed court ministers in the secret room of the house.

There are also several account books.

Then an underground secret room was discovered in the eighth prince’s farm outside the capital, which contained a lot of gold, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, etc.

These were all left over from the previous dynasty, and it’s like a small treasure trove.

Naturally, all of these were put into the emperor's private treasury.

After the investigation, all the problematic people in the palace were found out.

Ministers involved in the court were also demoted or exiled one after another based on other reasons and evidence.

It was also because of these things that the emperor and Xiao Jingchen discovered the harm of Hibiscus Cream.

At the suggestion of Lu Shao and Qiao Ye, Dayin began to ban crows and crack down on those who smuggled and sold hibiscus cream.