Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

"Your Highness, what are you talking about? I am in charge of the Ministry of Justice and I am investigating this matter under the order of the Emperor. How can I bend the law for personal gain?"

Ling Haoran said with a righteous look on his face: "This matter concerns the relationship between our dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty. How could I stop Your Highness!"

After a pause, he changed the subject and said in a deep voice: "But this is about the Crown Prince. If Your Highness investigates without His Majesty's permission, I'm afraid the Crown Prince will be unhappy."

Chu Ning grinned, this is what he was waiting for you to say!

"So, the prince must not know about this!"

Chu Ning pulled Ling Haoran aside, glanced around, and said mysteriously, "Master Ling, please help me hold the Crown Prince back. I'm going to see the Crown Princess and investigate the Crown Prince's whereabouts last night."

These words left Ling Haoran, who was usually serious, dumbfounded.

The King of Chu wants to investigate my son-in-law, and he wants me to detain his son-in-law?

The corner of his mouth twitched, and Ling Haoran said woodenly: "Your Highness, aren't you afraid that I will tell the Crown Prince about this?"

Chu Ning chuckled, "Father has given me half a month to find out the truth about this matter. If I don't find out the truth by then, not only will I be unable to report to my superiors, but Lord Ling, the Minister of Justice, will also have a hard time doing his job."

A murder occurred in Kyoto City, and the victim was a princess of the Great Zhou. If the murderer cannot be found, the Minister of Justice will naturally have to be replaced.

In serious cases, the Minister of Justice will even be made a scapegoat.

How could Ling Haoran, who had been in the officialdom for many years, not understand this? Upon hearing this, his face suddenly became a little ugly.

On the one hand, there is his son-in-law, the crown prince; on the other hand, there is his official position, even the lives of the entire Ling family, as well as his responsibilities as the Minister of Justice, and his own principles.

After a moment's silence, Ling Haoran finally sighed and said, "Okay, I will go to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince right away, but the King of Chu cannot stay in the East Palace for too long, lest he be criticized."

Chu Ning grinned and said, "Don't worry, I'm just going to ask the Crown Princess about the Crown Prince's whereabouts last night."

After saying that, Chu Ning jumped on his horse and headed towards the palace with his guards.

Ling Haoran looked at Chu Ning's departing back, then shook his head helplessly, and immediately asked someone to bring his horse to chase the prince.

The prince is with Zhao Wuji and will not return to the East Palace in the short term. It will be enough to just find the prince and chat with him for an hour!

I believe it wouldn’t take Chu Ning that long to find the Crown Princess.

It's just a question. Even if the prince knew about it later, he would not blame me for it.

With this thought in mind, Ling Haoran rode his horse to chase the prince.

……

A quarter of an hour later, Chu Ning arrived at the East Palace.

East Palace, in the pavilion in the backyard.

Crown Princess Ling Feiyan was embroidering. A lifelike mandarin duck appeared on the red makeup. As Ling Feiyan continued to embroider, the mandarin duck slowly took shape.

But at this moment, the maid came to report: "Princess Consort, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is outside asking for an audience."

When Ling Feiyan suddenly heard the words "King of Chu", her heart trembled, and she couldn't help but think of what happened that night.

The embroidery needle in my right hand suddenly shook!

"Sigh~"

The embroidery needle pierced the index finger of her left hand, and the bright red blood dripped down the finger onto the mandarin duck, looking particularly glaring.

Ling Feiyan's face darkened: "Why did he come to see me? Tell him and tell him that I don't have time and ask him to leave."

The maid was about to agree when a laugh came from the gate of the courtyard: "Sister-in-law is obviously free, how can you say you don't have time?"

As he spoke, Chu Ning's figure had already appeared in Ling Feiyan's sight.

The maid was very anxious: "Your Highness, how can you enter this place without the Crown Princess's permission? If the Crown Prince finds out..."

"okay!"

Chu Ning glanced at the maid, and the aura of a superior came out, and he said in a cold voice: "The king has come in, you can go down!"

Feeling Chu Ning's powerful aura, and thinking about the fact that the King of Chu in front of her was a ruthless man who destroyed 200,000 troops of the Great Zhao, the maid couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. A chill ran down her feet, and her body couldn't help but tremble.

Seeing her maid being so useless, Ling Feiyan couldn't help but frown and waved her hand, saying, "You can leave first."

"Yes!" The maid felt relieved, bowed and retreated.

Only Chu Ning and Ling Feiyan were left in the pavilion.

Ling Feiyan looked cold and displeased as she stared at Chu Ning: "Why did you come to see me?"

The tone was cold and he looked as if he wanted to keep people away.

Chu Ning pretended to be distressed. "Princess Gaoping and more than 30 of her guards were shot dead by crossbows last night. My father asked me to investigate this matter."

Princess Gaoping is dead?

Father also asked Chu Ning to investigate this matter?

Great, that’s great, evil will be punished!

Chu Ning, ah Chu Ning, you have come to this day!

He died at the hands of a crossbow. Chu Ning was the only one in the entire Kyoto city who had a crossbow. No wonder the emperor wanted to hand the matter over to Chu Ning for investigation, and no wonder Chu Ning was so distressed.

Ling Feiyan, who was getting more and more excited, sneered: "What does this have to do with me?"

"Why doesn't it matter?"

Chu Ning's eyes widened. "The Ministry of Justice is also involved in this matter. Lord Ling, the Minister of Justice, is my sister-in-law's father. If the murderer cannot be found, Lord Ling will also be implicated, and even the entire Ling family will be implicated!"

Ling Feiyan, who was originally excited and felt that Chu Ning had gotten his comeuppance, suddenly became unhappy.

Why is it involving my father?

No, this guy is deliberately misleading me!

Ling Feiyan glared at Chu Ning fiercely and sneered, "Don't try to deceive me. You must have ordered this. You deliberately used my father to make things clear for me, right?"

With such a good opportunity, I hope Chu Ning will be executed by my father, so that I don’t have to suffer bad things every time I see him.

You still want to use your own father to deceive me, am I that stupid?

But Chu Ning was speechless: "My dear sister-in-law, how come you are too clever for your own good? It's obvious that someone is framing me!

I was in my wedding chamber last night, how could I have the time to do something like this?

Even if I wanted to kill Princess Gaoping, I wouldn't use a special weapon like a crossbow, as that would expose my identity."

Two consecutive questions made Ling Feiyan silent.

Yes, Chu Ning is so cunning. If he really wanted to kill Princess Gaoping, he would have done it perfectly. How could he use a crossbow?

There is a high possibility that this matter is a frame-up.

But what does that have to do with myself?

If nothing is found out in the end, my father will definitely let Chu Ning take the blame and be the scapegoat!

It’s not like Chu Ning hasn’t been a scapegoat before.

As long as Chu Ning serves as a scapegoat, his father will be fine.

Yes, put all the blame on Chu Ning!

Ling Feiyan narrowed her eyes, a strange look flashed across them: "Even if it's a frame-up, if there is no other evidence in the end, Father will definitely make you the murderer!"

Although I don’t know what Chu Ning wants to do with me, I will definitely not help him.

Chu Ning looked at Ling Feiyan, who had a determined face, and frowned without saying anything.

It seems that the Crown Princess will not surrender without some tricks!

Looking at the Crown Princess with a peach-like figure, Chu Ning showed a wicked smile on his face.