In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

"..."

The emperor nodded, and Pei Huizhou continued, "Your Majesty, if the Crown Prince and Marquis Anguo say so, at least let them produce evidence! If there is no evidence, I will definitely not agree."

His face was filled with deep confusion and shock.

Bai Lu almost laughed out loud as she watched him start acting again.

Bai Lu said directly to Pei Huizhou: "Master Pei, you are pretending again."

"Even if you didn't build this secret room...how do you explain that a secret room appeared in the East Palace under your supervision?!"

"I just don't believe it! When you were renovating the East Palace, you didn't take this screen out and check the floor thoroughly from top to bottom!"

"..."

The air was silent for a moment, and Pei Huizhou looked up at Bai Lu and the prince.

At this time he had his back to the emperor.

You have to know that Pei Huizhou has already revealed his cards with the Crown Prince and Bai Lu, so the look in his eyes when he looked at the Crown Prince and Bai Lu was simply cold and bloodthirsty.

The long-haired handsome man was not pretentious at all, and his expression was filled with murderous intent.

He turned his head to face the emperor again, his voice full of confusion: "Your Majesty, I really didn't know about this matter... This secret room in the East Palace was indeed under my supervision. I have an inescapable responsibility for this matter."

"But... the most I can be charged with is negligence in supervision."

"...But how can Haitang and General Shi's affairs be linked to me?"

"Okay, since you said it has nothing to do with you, let's talk about the footprints in General Shi's mansion."

Pei Huizhou's pupils shrank, and then he heard Bai Lu and the prince both bowing to the emperor and saying, "Your Majesty, please follow us to General Shi's mansion."

"Inside General Shi's mansion, Lord Pei killed Haitang first, and then he went to kill General Shi! Because he had to walk through the garden to kill Haitang, his feet were covered in mud. When he went to kill General Shi, many muddy footprints were printed on the floor tiles, which matched Lord Pei's footprints perfectly."

Bai Lu turned her head and glanced at Pei Huizhou, then smiled at him and said, "Lord Pei told Your Majesty that Haitang and General Shi were both killed by Pei Huizhou in the same room. Then why did he take a detour and walk through the garden?"

"...If it were according to what Master Pei Huizhou said, there would be no dirt under his feet, and there would be no muddy footprints on the floor tiles."

"Who is lying? Let's compare the shoe sizes of the footprints and see if the length of Lord Pei's feet can fit perfectly. Then we will know, right?"

"I wonder if Your Majesty would be willing to accompany us to take a look?"

Hearing this, the emperor turned his head and looked at Pei Huizhou with a gloomy face.

Then he nodded and said to Bai Lu and the prince, "If that's the case, let's go over and take a look together."

Pei Huizhou didn't say anything at this time. He followed behind the emperor, Bai Lu and the prince without saying a word, his face very gloomy.

Seeing his gloomy expression, Bai Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems... Pei Huizhou's reaction was something he had never expected. He, the prince, and others actually checked so carefully that they even kept all the footprints.

Before Bai Lu and the prince and their companions, they specially asked their subordinates to go over and preserve the scene.

The people below will not clean up that place, they will just stay there and wait for this opportunity.

Everyone took a carriage and went directly to General Shi’s mansion.

Before leaving, the emperor waved his hand and casually instructed Zhang Zongguan: "You ask the secret guards to guard over there in advance to prevent anyone from assassinating me."

"I am in a hurry to go this time, so I won't ride in the dragon chariot. I'll just take a carriage. Otherwise, I will be too conspicuous."

Zhang nodded, and the emperor continued, "Tell the people over there to be careful and not to lose the footprints over there. The secret guards should step lightly and not land in the yard."

"The slave understands."

Manager Zhang left with a smile on his face.

Soon, they arrived at General Shi’s mansion.

The door of the general's mansion slowly opened, and the voice of Manager Zhang sounded outside the carriage, smiling at the prince and Bai Lu.

"Your Highness, Marquis Anguo, we have arrived."

"You can get off now."

"..."

The prince sat opposite Bai Lu and was very surprised. He pulled Bai Lu and talked non-stop.

In the carriage, Bai Lu was almost annoyed to death: "...We can finally win a game against Pei Huizhou, but I don't know if we can defeat Pei Huizhou this time."

But the prince thought that it should be possible.

Even if Pei Huizhou cannot be sentenced, he will probably be removed from his official position, and for a long time afterwards... he will not be able to cause any trouble in the court.

Because, if he really killed General Shi, he would definitely arouse the hostility of all the generals in the court.

If he really killed Haitang, the Bai family would be his enemy in the future, and Bai Lu would also be his enemy.

What's more, he also asked Haitang to seduce Bai Yansong with the purpose of stirring up trouble in the Bai family and shaking the position of the prince's party in the emperor's heart.

This kind of thing is a taboo in politics.

If he dared to abuse his power, his impression in the emperor's mind would be greatly reduced, and it would also be a big taboo in the royal family.

No matter what, he cannot seize the throne. The emperor is still young and in his prime, and he has already started to be hostile to the prince and fight for the throne.

"...Speaking of which, I actually think one thing is a little strange."

The prince murmured to Bai Lu, "He has always supported me before, and I have never doubted him. I have always treated him as my own brother."

"Now I have some doubts. If he doesn't support me, then which prince under my father's name does he support?"

Bai Lu shook her head and smiled at the prince, "Your Highness, it's useless to think about this now. Let's investigate it in detail later."

"Now, let's go down quickly and knock Pei Huizhou down first."

The prince nodded and jumped down happily.

When the emperor turned his head, he saw the prince had already stretched out his hand to help Bai Lu down.

The two of them were holding hands, and although their actions were not unusual, the emperor inexplicably felt that they were a good match.