First, Prince Yi and Concubine Xian plotted a rebellion and held the emperor hostage to issue an imperial decree to appoint a crown prince. Later, Prince Qi came to the rescue and cleared the court of corrupt officials. This wave had just subsided when Prince Jin came along. In fact, his leg disease had already healed, and now it was revealed that Prince Qi was not Emperor Xuanhe's biological son!

It is really wonderful!

"Jiang Jin, be careful with your words. You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want!"

Jiang Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he said to himself, "As expected," and then he scolded Jiang Jin with a grim expression. This time, he didn't even pretend to be a brother.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xuanhe's face, which had previously shown little change, gradually became ugly. After all, once this incident came out, it was a scandal to him, regardless of whether Jiang Qi was his son or not.

But now that Jiang Jin has spoken of this matter in the Golden Palace, he must get to the bottom of it and give an explanation to the court officials. Privately, he also wants to clarify the issue of Jiang Qi's bloodline.

"Huaizhi, you must have real evidence when speaking, and don't talk nonsense!"

The majestic voice of Emperor Xuanhe came from above, and his face was gloomy now. This was not a joke. His son could compete for the position in any way he wanted, as long as he didn't surpass him. But if it was not his son, this matter would never be tolerated.

"There is evidence for this matter. Please allow me to summon witnesses!"

"Xuan!"

Emperor Xuan He did not hesitate, and there was a hint of anger in his tone. Based on his understanding of Jiang Jin's personality, he knew that his sixth son was not a person who spoke without thinking. If he dared to say so, he probably had solid evidence.

As soon as he finished speaking, the order to summon the witnesses was announced. Jiang Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, had a drastic change of expression on his face, and was still refuting the accusations.

"Your Majesty, this matter concerns the reputation of me and my mother. How can Sixth Brother slander us so casually?"

Emperor Xuanhe sat on the dragon throne, looking at Jiang Qi's face filled with tears of grievance, his expression remained unchanged, but he said something sinisterly.

"Since your background is innocent, why are you panicking? Once the truth is revealed, I will give you and your mother justice!"

After hearing this, Jiang Qi no longer dared to speak, and his heart became even more panicked. It seemed that Emperor Xuan He was suspicious, and at the same time, he believed Jiang Jin even more!

A moment later, the witnesses were brought up, two women, one old and one young.

As soon as she was brought up, the court officials recognized that the younger one was Jiang Qi's first wife, the current Princess Qi, and the daughter of the Minister of Rites Xu Dulin, Xu Shanshan. However, the court officials could not recognize the older woman.

"Daughter-in-law Xu Shanshan pays respect to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty!"

"I, Yin Yu, pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty!"

As soon as the two of them came in, they bowed respectfully to Xuan and Di who were sitting on the dragon throne. Xu Shanshan spoke calmly, but Yin Yu's voice revealed a hint of uneasiness.

As soon as Xu Shanshan walked in, Minister of Rites Xu Dulin was stunned. He couldn't understand why his own daughter appeared in the Golden Palace as a witness?

After she finished speaking and kowtowed to Emperor Xuanhe, Jiang Qi was also shocked. He didn't understand why Xu Shanshan, the princess who always treated him with respect but was in increasingly poor health, appeared here?

"Fourth daughter-in-law, why are you here?"

Emperor Xuanhe naturally recognized Xu Shanshan as Jiang Qi's princess, and asked in a low voice.

"Ahem... my daughter-in-law wants to expose that Prince Qi, Jiang Qi, is not your Majesty's blood, and is colluding with the thieves in an attempt to seize the throne!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shanshan coughed twice uncomfortably, and then spoke the accusation word by word.

"Wow~"

When the court officials heard this, they all looked as if they were wondering what was going on and why things were getting so out of hand.

"Snapped!"

Prince Qi was furious. He stood up and slapped Xu Shanshan in the face, his tone filled with anger. "What nonsense are you talking about, you vicious woman? Have you been sick lately and your mind is confused? Or have you been instructed by a traitor to slander me?"

He then turned around and knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Emperor Xuanhe, and said in a mournful voice: "Father, I have been a royal heir since birth, and I have no intention of being disloyal. I hope Your Majesty will not listen to one-sided words and be deceived by treacherous people, which will alienate the father-son relationship in the royal family!"

Mu Jiaojiao looked at Jiang Qi's actions and was secretly amazed. Jiang Qi's reaction was so fast. It can be said that he was still surprised and panicked at first, but after a while, he responded naturally and knew how to reason with others and convince them with emotion.

They are worthy of being born in the big melting pot of the imperial palace. Each of them is a rough and tumble person with eight hundred schemes in his mind.

Jiang Jin, on the other hand, watched Jiang Qi's misery act with a calm and indifferent look in his eyes, as if he had seen through everything. This was the fact, and no matter how his good fourth brother acted, it was useless.

"Cough...cough..."

After being slapped, blood oozed from the corner of Xu Shanshan's mouth. She glanced resentfully at Jiang Qi, who was kneeling on the ground and acting, then slowly stood up and continued, "Your Majesty, everything I said is true. I have evidence in my hands!"

Emperor Xuanhe looked at the farce below and signaled to Wei Quanfu. Wei Quanfu bowed slightly and walked down the stairs. He took the evidence from Xu Shanshan, which was a stack of letters.

Afterwards, Xu Shanshan calmed down and slowly told the story of how she discovered the details of the truth.

Speaking of that day, it was also a coincidence. She had been getting weaker after giving birth, but considering that Prince Qi was busy with government affairs in the study, she dragged her sick body to make lily and lotus seed cake and personally delivered it to the study.

At that time, she had just given birth to the little prince, and the servants in the study did not dare to stop her. She stopped the message and walked to the door of the study openly. She heard Jiang Qi and a middle-aged man plotting how to seize the throne. She was shocked at the time.

But Jiang Qi is a prince, and it is understandable that he wants the throne. As the queen of Prince Qi, she will naturally support him with all her might.

She knew this matter was serious and shouldn't be made public. Just as she was about to retreat quietly, she heard the strange man say, "Yujue, may I call you father?" Silence followed, and then Jiang Qi's voice rang out, "My, Xuanhe Emperor's fourth son's birth was chosen by you and my mother, and from now on I will only be the current Prince Qi!"

Xu Shanshan knew that she had heard something big, and she was frightened and shocked. She took the lunch box and quietly retreated dozens of steps away. She controlled her expression, remained calm, raised her voice towards the study, and acted like a spoiled child as usual.

"Husband, are you still busy? I made you lily and lotus seed cake~"

Then the door of the study was opened. Jiang Qi looked at Xu Shanshan carrying the lunch box. Her little face was pale but revealed excitement. A vicious look flashed in her eyes, and then a smile appeared on her face.

"Why is the lady here? Why didn't you ask the servant to tell her?"

"Husband, I want to give you a surprise~ I've been making this lily and lotus seed cake for a long time!"

Xu Shanshan answered very naturally, and Jiang Qi didn't notice anything, so he led her into the study. Only then did Xu Shanshan see the middle-aged man who was talking to Jiang Qi and recognized him.

"who is it?"

Xuan Hedi, who was sitting at the top of the table, looked more and more unhappy as he listened. He had already clenched the armrests, and it was obvious that he was trying to suppress his anger.

Jiang Qi was filled with regret. It was all his fault that he was soft-hearted for a moment, and that Xu pretended to be too nice. He neglected her for a moment, which led to today's disaster!

Xu Shanshan talked too much, her throat was very dry and itchy, her lungs ached, and she started coughing uncontrollably.

"Cough...cough..."

Mu Jiaojiao watched from the side, walked forward, squatted in front of Xu Shanshan, said "I'm sorry" and then gave her an injection in Taichong acupoint. After a while, she saw that Xu Shanshan finally stopped coughing, then she stood back to her previous position and ate melon in silence.

"Who is that person?"

Xuan Hedi's face was filled with anger, and he asked Xu Shanshan again, with murderous intent in his eyes.

"It's Prince Zhan Jiang Xuanyi!"

"Wow~"

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