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Concubine Xi's face was pale. She took a deep breath and placed her hand on his chest. Her heart was about to jump out of her throat. She was pressed against the wall. From here, she could hear the Emperor's voice in the imperial study.

She lowered her voice.

"No way! It's getting late, and you're afraid of getting hurt, so you're in a hurry to go back!"

Xu Cairong kissed her on the ear and said, "Go back first and take good care of our child."

Concubine Xi's hands were shaking. She didn't tell anyone why the prince knew so much. Fortunately, she had a maid to support her, otherwise she would have fallen heavily.

She looked back at Xu Cairong's broad back.

"No, since I've done it, I won't regret it. It doesn't matter who the man is, as long as I am rich and prosperous."

Xu Cairong also came to the imperial study.

It was a coincidence that we arrived, and the interrogation had not yet begun.

"Your son is here to watch the show, too."

"Nonsense!" Emperor Xu scolded, but he still asked Eunuch Shang to bring him a chair, "Sit there and be quiet."

He stood up, walked over to his eldest son, and saw that both of them had cried.

He half-jokingly said: "Come together, you can't tell me that it was the eldest prince who killed Cai Qi's entire family, right? Haha..."

"Your son deserves to die." Xu Xiaoli kowtowed, resting his forehead on the back of his hand, refusing to stand up. "That's true."

Emperor Xu couldn't laugh anymore, and sat back on the dragon chair with a serious expression, "Jiang Jing, Song Wang, don't joke with me, this is not funny."

He doesn't like his eldest son.

But his child is his after all. If he really did something to wipe out the entire family, it would bring shame to the royal family!

Jiang Jing said: "Minister, I am not joking."

Emperor Xu was so angry that his face turned red. He shouted, "Take him out and behead him!"

Eunuch Shang was stunned. Who should he pull? Lord Jiang, Lord Song, or the eldest prince? He quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Maybe there is a hidden story behind this. Can you please listen?"

Emperor Xu said nothing, his chest rising and falling.

Bai Yanyue was of low status and was always afraid of the emperor, but now, she stepped forward and raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, I was originally the daughter of a commoner in Yongjiang. That day, Cai Qi wanted to stay at home because of the heavy rain. My parents were kind and agreed. But he got drunk and had evil thoughts. My father found out and was afraid that the truth would be exposed, so he killed the whole family of the guilty girl!"

The scars that have been hidden for many years are revealed again.

Her heart was bleeding.

"I was a young girl, hidden in a pile of firewood, and witnessed my family being killed. Later, I left Yongjiang and was adopted by a kind-hearted person and taken to Shengjing. I worked as a maid in His Highness's mansion, but I never dared to forget the hatred."

Emperor Xu said in dissatisfaction: "Didn't the Yongjiang County Magistrate sentence Cai Qi?"

"So what?" Bai Yanyue asked tearfully, "His family members died, but he only stayed for a few years. When he came out, he was still fat and white. In this world, money can buy life. For a poor family like us, without money, how can we seek revenge?"

Seeing everyone in deep thought, she continued.

"The sinner explained this to His Highness. He used this opportunity to recuperate, but in fact he was keeping a low profile and carrying out a revenge plan."

"..."

The evidence of guilt has been admitted.

Emperor Xu said mercilessly: "As a daughter-in-law of the royal family, you acted so despicably and dared to destroy the whole family!"

Bai Yanyue raised her head, "The sinner's family was not exterminated. It was Cai Qi who was killed, as well as Madam Cai who always bullied the people and the evil slaves."

Song Wang said: "There are indeed fewer corpses in the mansion."

The lucky ones from the Cai family who were still alive were found by Jiusu.

Emperor Xu summoned him.

The Cai family members cried and hugged Bai Yanyue. The survivors were Cai Qi's concubines and children. The concubines had forced their way into the mansion, and the lady had either beaten or scolded them. Several of them had died.

They hated Cai Qi.

"Your Majesty, to you, she is a murderer who committed a heinous crime and exterminated an entire family, but to me, she is a lifesaver who did good deeds. I beg Your Majesty to be gracious and give her some leniency!"

Everyone was waiting for the emperor to speak.

Jiusu thought, for the sake of the so-called royal face, they would always go through the motions and spare the lives of the eldest prince and his family, right?

After a long while, Emperor Xu spoke expressionlessly.

"This is a terrible act, and many people have been killed. It is said that the emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Pass on my order, the eldest prince will be imprisoned forever, and Bai Yanyue will be executed."

Bai Yanyue closed her eyes and shed a line of tears.

Accept it calmly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xu Xiaoli shook his head and kowtowed in fear, "Father, please sentence me to death as well!"

Emperor Xu sneered, "You are just like your biological mother, dying for a woman. You are weak and brainless! Tell me that if anyone fails to keep an eye on the eldest prince, if he hangs himself, everyone in the palace will be buried with him!"

Xu Xiaoli hugged Bai Yanyue tightly, preventing the eunuch from dragging her out.

"No, don't touch her!"

"Your Highness." Bai Yanyue stroked his face, took a deep breath, and said calmly, "Don't cry. As long as you are still alive, it is the best outcome. You must be well in the future. I wish you many children and grandchildren."

Xu Xiaoli felt heartbroken, "You can't leave me."

Jiusu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is neither reasonable nor logical for you to deal with the eldest prince's family now. Not only will you fail to give an explanation to the world, but it may also cause public outrage."

Public outrage?

Emperor Xu sneered.

It is one thing for him to pamper Jiusu, but he cannot always interfere in his decision-making.

"I would like to hear why it is neither reasonable nor logical."

The eldest prince and his wife looked at Jiusu in surprise. They had not expected that someone they had only met once would plead for them.

Jiusu said: "To put it simply, Bai Yueyue represents the thousands of poor people who were killed by brutal thugs. If the poor people seek revenge but are sentenced to a heavier sentence than the thugs, will they still have hope of survival? Will they still believe in this court? If they were forced into a poor village, how could they kill people with a knife?"

She paused and continued.

"To put it in a broader sense, relations with other countries are now very tense, and war may break out at any time. By punishing the eldest prince, aren't you showing the world that the royal family is not in harmony?"

boom!

Emperor Xu slammed the table.

Jiang Jing knelt down and said, "Master Jiu is right. State affairs are more important. Please think twice before going back to the emperor."

Song Wang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice."

At this point, Xu Cairong stood up with his hands on his hips and asked, "She killed someone, why can't she be punished?"

Jiusu asked back: "When you killed someone, were you punished?"

Xu Cairong's face changed.

"You! I am the prince!"

Jiusu looked at the eldest prince, and her meaning was clear: you are a prince, so I am not the eldest prince? She stopped talking and stood quietly, waiting for the emperor to speak.

Emperor Xu looked at the memorial beside the desk, which stated that Guan and the generals wanted to fight.

He clasped his hands together, but needed to be gentle for a while, so as not to disappoint her.

"My dear minister, what you said is true." He stood up and looked at Xu Xiaoli and the others coldly, "You can escape the death penalty, but you cannot escape the punishment of life. Without my order, you are not allowed to leave Shengjing and will be imprisoned in the palace forever."

The two of them kowtowed quickly.

The eunuch sent the two men back, and the door of the mansion was locked immediately.