After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

"Humph, stop accusing others of things that are not true!"

The prince's fingers were clenched so hard behind his back that they turned white. He bit his cheek, wishing he could shoot the person in front of him to death with his eyes.

The matter of the Immortal Powder was handled by Marquis Yong'an from beginning to end. Although there is no direct evidence to implicate him, Marquis Yong'an is his uncle, so he cannot be separated from this matter.

Lu Xuan raised the letter in his hand and said, "Your Highness, whether it is a fabricated thing or not, you will know it after you see the Emperor."

The prince looked stern.

Once these letters are presented to the emperor, I will definitely be implicated!

His eyes rolled and a plan came to his mind, "Lu Xuan, in order to help my third brother, you forged a letter to slander me. You really deserve to be killed!"

"Come here, arrest him. I will interrogate him strictly!"

As he said this, he gave a look to Zhu Liu behind him.

Zhu Liu understood and leaped directly towards Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan was prepared and dodged the attack by leaning sideways. The guards beside him immediately stepped forward to protect him.

The two sides were immediately on the verge of a fight.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from a distance.

Zhao Qingming, the leader, said loudly: "His Majesty has ordered that the Crown Prince and General Lu must enter the palace to meet the Emperor. There must be no mistakes."

The prince was shocked, "Lord Zhao, do you know why my father summoned me?"

He just came out of the imperial study, why are they calling him back now?

Could it be...

He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Lu Xuan, "What did you do?!"

Lu Xuan frowned, he was also very confused.

He has not reported the matter of the Immortal Powder to the emperor yet. Why is the emperor summoning him now?

Zhao Qingming bowed to the prince with a solemn face, "I am only following orders. You will know when you meet the emperor."

The prince's eyes were sinister, and his teeth were clenching. He waved his sleeves heavily and returned to the palace with his men.

In the imperial study, the atmosphere was as depressing as the calm before a storm.

Lang Zhixing presented his confession. After reading it, the emperor became furious and glared at the prince.

"Where is Jiang Yongcheng? Where did he go?!"

The prince lowered his head hurriedly, "My uncle has been missing for many days, and I don't know where he is."

"He follows you all day long, how could you not know where he is?"

The emperor did not believe him and summoned the commander of the imperial guards, "Go, bring Jiang Yongcheng, the traitor, to me!"

The prince pursed his lips and said no more.

He had sent many people to look for his uncle these days, but he seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth, with no one seen him alive or dead.

The emperor's eyes swept across his face and finally landed on Lu Xuan. He asked in an ambiguous tone, "I heard that you already have evidence in your hands?"

Lu Xuan glanced at Zhao Qingming beside him and became even more confused.

He only got the solid evidence when the prince came. Why did the emperor know about it so early?

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, he bowed and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I do have witnesses and material evidence in my hands."

The emperor stared at him with his cloudy eyes for a long while, and then he smiled faintly, "It's only your Zhenguogong Mansion that has the ability to do this. No wonder the people say that everyone in your Zhenguogong Mansion has a heart for the country and the people."

Lu Xuan heard the emperor's hidden meaning, and a hint of hatred flashed in his drooping eyes.

Several generations of his Zhenguo Mansion had guarded the frontier, and countless of them had died or been injured. By the time of his grandfather's generation, he was the only one left.

These people sit in high positions in government, enjoying the wealth and glory they bought with their blood, yet they blame themselves for winning the hearts of the people!

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood. I only learned about this incident by chance when my cousin was in trouble, and the evidence was only found today."

The emperor was noncommittal: "Did you bring the evidence?"

The prince said hurriedly, "Father, Lu Xuan is loyal to my third brother. The so-called evidence he produced might be forged in order to overthrow me."

"Whether it is or not, I have made my own decision in my heart."

The emperor looked at him fiercely, "As for whether you were involved, I will have someone investigate. If you are involved in this matter, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

The prince clenched his fists tightly, thinking quickly about how to deal with the situation.

Originally, he wanted to use that sickly guy to frame the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion for treason, but just as he was about to take action, something went wrong with the matter of the Immortal Powder.

Lu Xuan glanced at him and placed the letter, which he had just searched and had not yet verified, on the desk in front of the emperor with both hands.

The emperor opened the letter and read it carefully. The more he read, the gloomier his expression became.

When the prince saw this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead and he felt uneasy.

After a moment, the emperor slammed the table and roared, "Jiang Yongcheng is so bold that he dared to do such a thing that harms the country and the people!"

The emperor had been seeing Jiang Yongcheng's handwriting for decades, so how could he not recognize it?

"Father, was it really my uncle who did this?"

Jiang Yongcheng has now disappeared without a trace, so the prince can only blame him for this. He pretended to be shocked, "How could my uncle be so stupid!"

"You really don't know?"

The emperor frowned and looked at the prince, but he did not believe a word he said.

The prince hurriedly defended himself, "I really didn't know that my uncle would do such a foolish thing behind my back. I hope your Majesty will understand!"

The emperor snorted and turned his gaze to Zhao Qingming, "Lord Zhao, I'll leave this matter to you to investigate thoroughly."

He could spoil him and let him fight with the third brother, but he would never allow others to covet his throne.

This person includes his son!

"Yes."

Zhao Qingming clasped his fists in response.

"Crown Prince, although you claim to be completely unaware of this matter, as the crown prince, you have not been good at employing people and have not been strict with your subordinates. Before this matter is fully investigated, you should stay in the East Palace and reflect on yourself. Without my order, you are not allowed to step out of the palace!"

Grounded again?

Previously, my father had him under house arrest for three months, and he turned a blind eye and did not blame me when I left the Eastern Palace.

He knew that as long as his third brother was there, his father would not really do anything to him.

"My son obeys the order!"

The prince's lips curled up slightly as he saluted and he responded respectfully.

The emperor was obviously protecting the prince, and there was nothing others could do even if they had opinions about it.

Lu Xuan was indignant, but he could do nothing about it. Fortunately, they did not simply rely on these evidences to overthrow the prince.

It would be better to let Lord Zhao handle this matter, so that the emperor will not think that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has colluded with the third prince to deliberately frame the crown prince.

After they left the imperial study, the prince gave Lu Xuan a cold look and then strode away.

Now at all

Zhao Qingming waited for the prince to leave before he spoke: "General Lu, please hand over all the evidence and witnesses regarding the Immortal Powder incident to me."

"Master Zhao, the Ministry of Justice's prison is not a safe place. If you trust me, how about you detain me here as a witness?"

Zhao Qingming frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "General Lu, this is against the rules. But you are right. There are many people in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, and there have indeed been mistakes. Then I will do as you say, but I need to go there to check at any time."