Family affection? Is it important to have rights?

Mu Tangxi drank tea leisurely while thinking about how funny her brother's expression would be.

But this leisurely life was soon broken by the second prince.

The Second Prince questioned, "Third Prince Consort, you are also from the Prime Minister's Mansion, why don't you defend the Prime Minister, and why are you so leisurely?"

The emperor didn't think there was anything wrong with Mu Tangxi's behavior. After all, he had heard the prime minister's wife say with his own ears that Mu Tangxi was not her biological daughter, but a child swapped by Aunt Lin.

At that time, the prime minister's wife dared to bring up the matter in front of so many servants without any concealment.

I guess Mu Tangxi isn't having a good time in the Prime Minister's Mansion?

Mu Tangxi raised her head and looked at the Second Prince with a puzzled look on her face. "I don't know how the Second Prince came to this conclusion. I just feel relieved because I think it was not done by my father."

"Why are you so anxious, second brother? You're not even willing to wait for a moment?" Ji Qichen said with a smile.

The emperor looked at the third prince in surprise. Hadn't he just swallowed his anger and pretended not to hear anything before?

Why are you fighting back now?

The emperor looked at Mu Tangxi and examined her carefully from head to toe. Is she so beautiful?

She is indeed a rare beauty, but is the Third Prince such a person?

The emperor recalled the third prince's actions in front of him and was silent for a moment.

The third prince seems to be such a person.

The way he treated Mu Tangxi was completely different from the way he treated other people.

The emperor even thought hard about the third prince's study companion.

The third prince didn’t seem to treat his study partner as well as he did Mu Tangxi.

The second prince also looked at his third brother in disbelief. How could his third brother, who had always been beaten and scolded, talk back? !

Is the third brother crazy?!

"What are you talking about, third brother? I just saw the third prince's wife so leisurely, and I thought she was fearless." The second prince forced a smile and looked at his third brother, speaking word by word.

"The eldest son of the Prime Minister's Mansion has arrived!" a eunuch shouted outside the door.

Immediately, everyone present turned their eyes over there.

Mu Jinfeng, who had just stepped half a step into the side hall, suddenly wanted to retreat again!

It was so scary, so many people were looking at him.

But Mu Jinfeng still resisted the urge and paid his respects to the emperor, empress, second prince and third prince first.

The emperor asked, "How is Prime Minister Mu today?"

Mu Jinfeng lowered his head and replied, "Father is still lying in bed, and he wakes up from the pain from time to time in the middle of the night."

The emperor continued to ask, "Did Prime Minister Mu send anyone out of the palace today?"

Mu Jinfeng immediately shook his head, "No."

The Queen also asked, "Who left the Prime Minister's Mansion today?"

After being questioned repeatedly, Mu Jinfeng suddenly became less panicked and even calmed down.

Anyway, Your Majesty only suspects my father, not him.

Even if my father is eventually blamed by His Majesty, that is my father's business and has nothing to do with him.

Moreover, even if His Majesty said that my father was the mastermind behind the assassination of the prince, the court would not agree with this. Instead, it is more likely that most officials would think that my father was wronged and would collectively ask His Majesty to investigate further.

After all, as the prime minister, my father had close relations with other ministers and officials, and even had some leverage over others.

The more Mu Jinfeng thought about it, the more at ease he felt.

"Replying to Her Majesty, apart from me leaving the house and entering the palace today, no one else left the house."

The second prince raised a question at this time: "Maybe the Prime Minister planned it a few days ago. Why don't we check where those horses came from?"

Let him see who dares to frame him!

Anyone who can buy a horse must be rich. He doesn't believe that he won't be able to find the source by following the clue of the horse!

Mu Jinfeng was not panicked. He did not buy the horse. He found it in the bandits' lair after killing a group of bandits.

The emperor waved his hand and asked the eunuch to handle the matter.

He had a headache. How did this matter involve the Third Prince and the Prime Minister?

However, the Second Prince is the most likely to take action against the Crown Prince.

The emperor tapped the armrest and asked the secret guard to check the second prince's residence.

As for why the chief eunuch was not allowed to bring guards with him, it was of course because if the crown prince was deposed, he would have to choose one of the remaining princes to inherit the throne!

Among the remaining princes, only the Second Prince was acceptable, the others were more or less unsuitable.

There was something wrong with the third prince's body.

So the emperor asked the secret guards to go there quietly and gather some intelligence back.

He felt that the prince was most likely useless, being trampled back and forth by horses, and it was hard to say whether he would be able to stand up again in the future.

Mu Tangxi looked at her elder brother with regret, as he didn't seem frightened at all.

"Report! I found something wrong with the account book of the Prime Minister's Mansion! There is a missing 10,000 taels of gold for no apparent reason!"

Mu Tangxi:?

Mu Jinfeng:?

They really didn't know about this matter. When did the 10,000 taels of gold go missing?

The second prince frowned and asked, "Master Mu, can you explain where this 10,000 taels of gold went?!"

Mu Jinfeng's lips moved a few times, "This... I don't know the reason for this."

To be honest, he really didn't know who took the 10,000 taels of gold? !

The emperor slammed the table and said, "Investigate! Investigate it thoroughly for me!"

"Bring the Prime Minister's wife here!"

Mu Jinfeng thought that the only people who could take away ten thousand taels of gold without making a sound were his father and mother.

My father wouldn't have really done something!

Mu Jinfeng just felt that he was unlucky and it was about to end, but suddenly a guard showed up and said that there was a problem with the account books of their Prime Minister's Mansion.

How could he know this?

The account books are not all managed by the mother...

Mother? !

Mu Jinfeng felt very uneasy. Could it be that his mother was so angry because his father was too partial to Aunt Lin?

No way?

But no matter whether it is the father or the mother, why was it discovered at this time? Couldn’t they be more careful in falsifying the accounts?

The Queen's eyes became increasingly cold as she looked at Mu Jinfeng. There was a shortage of 10,000 taels of gold in the Prime Minister's Mansion for no apparent reason, which made people guess that he had bought horses!

Ji Qichen looked at the increasingly strange development direction, and for a moment he didn't know whether the prince was really harmed by the prime minister.

He looked at Tangxi and fell into deep thought.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Mu Wenyu was still thinking about how Jinrong seemed to have become more silent recently.

Could it be because Mu Lianxue is not his biological sister?

He didn't think for long before he saw a servant running in with a panicked look on his face, "Oh no! Master, oh no!"

Mu Wenyu lightly rebuked: "Why are you so flustered? Explain clearly!"

The servant swallowed and said, "Master, the lady has also been taken away by people from the palace!"

Mu Wenyu's face turned completely dark. What did the emperor mean by this?

Taking away the eldest son is not enough, but taking away his wife too?!

Is this a slap in his face?!

What does the assassination of the prince have to do with him?

Can't you see that he is now lying in bed unable to move? !