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As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Emperor Ying got up. When Eunuch Liu heard the noise, he hesitated for a moment and then told him about Prince Jing's leaving the palace.

Emperor Ying said angrily, "You are increasingly letting them do whatever they want."

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and asked, "Why did the third brother leave the palace? Is Xia Taoyuan's life or death unknown? Isn't she in the prison?"

"Prince Nan said that it was Fang Zhong's daughter Fang Muyao who took Princess Jing out of the prison and beat her until she was covered in bruises and blood." Eunuch Liu said.

"How can this be absurd! How could Fang Chong allow his daughter to enter the Heavenly Prison and take someone out without permission? Does he think the law is a joke? Send someone to summon Fang Chong to the palace immediately!" Emperor Ying said angrily.

Just as Eunuch Liu was about to leave, Emperor Ying stopped him and said, "Call Prince Jing and Prince Nan as well!"

Prince Jing's Mansion.

It was dawn, but Xia Taoyuan hadn't woken up yet, and Chu Xingluo hadn't slept all night either. Seeing Dai'er bringing water, Chu Xingluo wet a towel and gently wiped Xia Taoyuan's face and hands.

Long Yan came and persuaded him to eat something, but how could he eat anything? Long Yan shook his head and went out.

After a while, Qingyun came again and said that someone from the palace had come. Chu Xingluo had no choice but to go to the front yard. When he heard that he was summoned to the palace, he asked Yingge and Fengwu to take good care of the princess, and then took Long Yan and Qingyun with him.

Prince Nan was the first to arrive at the palace. He told Emperor Ying what had happened, saying that his third sister-in-law was beaten by Fang Muyao until she was covered in blood and had wounds everywhere. Moreover, his third sister-in-law was three months pregnant and was kicked away by Fang Muyao.

Emperor Ying was very surprised when he heard this. He even told Eunuch Liu that he would lock her up for three days to dampen her spirit, but he didn't expect that such a thing would happen in just one day. At the same time, he also felt a little regretful. He just heard Eunuch Liu say that Xia Taoyuan was pregnant yesterday, and he should have let her out at that time. But things have already happened, and there is no point in blaming himself. But there is one thing he doesn't understand, why does Fang Muyao hate Xia Taoyuan so much?

Of course, the Southern King couldn't say that Fang Muyao was jealous of Qi Nanfeng's love for Xia Taoyuan, so she turned her hatred towards Xia Taoyuan. He made up a reason, saying that Fang Muyao had always admired the third brother since she was a child, but later the third brother married the third sister-in-law, so Fang Muyao held a grudge against Xia Taoyuan, so she had always targeted the third sister-in-law, and unexpectedly she used lynching on the third sister-in-law.

Emperor Ying believed it and didn't ask any more questions.

The eunuch who went to summon Fang Zhong came back and said, "Your Majesty, I went to Fang Zhong's house, but Minister Fang was not there. When I came back, there was a group of people gathered by the moat, saying that someone had fallen into the water. I went to check and found that it was Minister Fang Zhong, but he was already dead."

"What? Fang Zhong is dead? Was it murder or suicide?" asked Emperor Ying.

"I haven't heard of it, but looking at Lord Fang's body, there are no external injuries."

"Go down!" Emperor Ying waved his hand.

"Third brother!" King Nan called out.

Chu Xingluo walked in without saying a word.

Emperor Ying saw his expression and knew that he had not slept all night. "Is Taoyuan feeling better?"

"No!" Chu Xingluo said coldly.

Emperor Ying knew that he was sad and regretted calling him here. But he didn't know that Xia Taoyuan's child was gone that morning. He only knew it after Lao Wu told him. He comforted him, "I know you feel bad, but it has already happened. Don't think about it. Don't come to the palace now. Accompany Taoyuan to recover. Don't worry, I will seek justice for you and Taoyuan. You can go back first."

Chu Xingluo left, and King Nan followed him.

At this time, ministers came one after another. Some ministers knew that the Minister of Justice Fang Zhong had drowned and reported it to Emperor Ying. A little later, the Vice Minister of Justice Zhang Wei reported that Fang Zhong's daughter was killed in the middle of the night and her body was placed at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice.

The ministers were all talking about it, but Mu Huairen felt uncomfortable. He didn't know what had happened, but Fang Zhong had followed him for so many years, so he still had some feelings for him.

Emperor Ying didn't say anything after hearing this. He guessed that it must have been done by the Third Brother's people, most likely Long Yan and Qing Yun. He heard that these two people would take revenge. I hope Fang Muyao's death can make the Third Brother feel better.

The father and daughter were already dead, and there was no way to pursue the matter further, but the post of Minister of Justice could not be left vacant, so an imperial decree was immediately issued to appoint Zhang Wei as the Minister of Justice, and as for the candidate for the Vice Minister, one would be chosen from the younger generation of the Ministry of Justice.

Zhang Wei never expected that he would be so lucky to become the Minister of Justice, and he kowtowed in thanks.

Ye Linglong also learned from the maid that Xia Taoyuan was beaten by Fang Muyao, but she didn't know that Xia Taoyuan was pregnant. Originally, after she knew that Xia Taoyuan was not the daughter of Prime Minister Wei, she wanted to go to Dongyuan to humiliate Xia Taoyuan, but on the day the matter was exposed, Xia Taoyuan was taken to prison. Now that she knew that she was beaten and covered with wounds, she couldn't help but feel happy.

Wu Ma felt that the princess's good days were coming, and she said happily: "Princess, that Wei Zhiying, oh, Xia Taoyuan, is no longer the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. She is just a beggar with unknown origins. How can she compare with you? From now on, the prince consort should focus on the princess."

The housekeeper Qin Shou mocked: "A dead fish eye wants to pretend to be a pearl, you really don't know your own weight!"

After Chu Xingluo came back, he ordered Qingyun to invite Doctor Zhuang. Doctor Zhuang came and felt Xia Taoyuan's pulse again, and said, "Your Highness, the princess is just weak now. As for why she hasn't woken up yet, I guess it's because the princess couldn't accept the miscarriage, so she created a false impression for herself that there was no miscarriage, and she didn't want to wake up."

"What should we do then?" Chu Xingluo asked anxiously.

"Just wait. Once the princess figures it out, she will wake up naturally." Doctor Zhuang handed Chu Xingluo a few more medicines and left.

Chu Xingluo asked Qingyun to prepare ten days' worth of food and some daily necessities, as he wanted to take Xia Taoyuan to Taoyuan.

Qingyun left, and Long Yan knew that he could not stop him this time, so he and Queying went to inform the dark guards again. After everything was packed, they set off. Yingge Fengwu, Heilong Queying, Long Yan, Qingyun, and Dai'er wanted to follow as she was worried about the young lady, and Chu Xingluo agreed.

The group of people in two carriages arrived at Taotao Garden an hour later.

Everyone did their job, and after they were done with the mess, they all moved away. Long Yan didn't let them appear in Chu Xingluo's sight, and just guarded them from a distance.

The weather in August was clear and cool, the heat had faded, and there was a slight breeze. Chu Xingluo didn't want Taotao to miss such good weather, so he held her and jumped gently into the boat in the middle of the lake. He gently put Xia Taoyuan down. At this time, it was difficult to find the lotus flowers. He picked a lotus leaf and put it in Xia Taoyuan's hand.

Then he lay down beside Xia Taoyuan and talked to her, telling her many interesting stories between them and his childhood. He believed that she could hear him, and he hoped that she would wake up quickly after hearing what he said.

Xia Taoyuan did hear Chu Xingluo's words, but she couldn't hear them clearly. She found that she seemed to have returned home. She was in a field not far from home, watching familiar neighbors harvesting corn, but they seemed not to see her. She just stood there and looked at them stupidly. She heard them talking about whose children had become successful and bought houses in the city. Whose kids were already in their thirties and still hadn't found a partner. They seemed to be talking about her, saying that they hadn't seen Taotao from the old Xia family for two years. Did she go to work in the city? She had no relatives at all, and she was a poor child.

Xia Taoyuan wanted to cry after hearing this. Her home was just ahead, but she couldn't go back. When she heard her neighbors talking, she also heard Chu Xingluo's voice, but it was sometimes clear and sometimes unclear, as if it came from far away.