After marrying the heirless prince, I gave birth to three children

Xiao Ning rushed all the way to Weiyang Palace.

When he entered the palace and saw his mother still in the mood to sit in front of the dressing mirror and dress up, his face darkened slightly.

"Mother concubine."

She frowned and took a step forward, "The Imperial Master has been captured."

Concubine Li chose one of the two hairpins and pinned it to her bun. Then she glanced at Xiao Ning slowly, "What's the rush?"

Xiao Ning pursed her lips, "He has seen me."

This matter was personally instructed by her.

Princess Li glanced sideways with her peach blossom eyes, looking charming and attractive. "So what?"

"Don't worry, Ning'er." Concubine Li had a determined smile on her face, "He won't betray you."

Xiao Ning saw the determination in Concubine Li's eyes, and her heart was relieved a little.

"But he is now in Xiao Ji's hands..."

She knew Xiao Ji's abilities.

If Xiao Ji hadn't died young...she might have been a quiet princess and wouldn't have ended up like this.

"What's that?"

Concubine Li chuckled and handed the other hairpin to Xiao Ning, "If Ning'er is worried, then send him on his way."

Xiao Ning's eyes followed Concubine Li's gaze and fell on the hairpin in her hand. A thought flashed in her eyes...

Xiao Ning suddenly spoke up, "Isn't mother sad?"

Concubine Li was silent for a moment, her eyes dazed for a moment, and finally said, "Sad? What's there to be sad about?"

"Just a dog."

"Go ahead." Concubine Li stood up, took the hairpin from Xiao Ning's hand, and carefully pinned it on her daughter's head, revealing a faint smile, "It looks good."

"Just let him see this hairpin and he'll know what to do."

Xiao Ning turned and left.

Looking at her daughter's back, Concubine Li sighed softly.

If it's a pity...

She really couldn't bear to give up such a useful dog.

Who had the person who beat the drum to report the incident to have found out what happened to the 231 people? So...

I can only abandon him.

Once the Imperial Master died, Xiao Ji probably couldn't continue his investigation.

After all...there is no evidence.

Xiao Ning left the palace and headed straight for the Sky Prison.

She originally thought she would be stopped, but unexpectedly she had a smooth journey and was brought before the imperial teacher by the jailer.

But the scene before her was completely beyond her expectations.

There was no bloody punishment.

Instead, Xiao Ji and the imperial teacher sat opposite each other, with the aroma of tea wafting through the air in the prison.

The two of them were actually sitting opposite each other drinking tea.

Is this reasonable?

"Royal brother." Xiao Ning called out softly without changing her expression.

Xiao Ji raised his eyes to look at her, "Why are you here?"

The Imperial Master also raised his eyes at the same time, and clearly saw the hairpin on Xiao Ning's bun. His eyes narrowed slightly, and a flash of pain passed through his eyes.

He quickly calmed down and looked away.

Xiao Ning wasn't sure if the Chinese master could see clearly in the dim light of the Heavenly Prison, so he took a few steps behind Xiao Ji and said, "I'm here to find my royal brother."

Xiao Ji didn't look at Xiao Ning.

He discovered that since Xiao Ning came, the National Master had become much more depressed.

There's a feeling of wanting to die.

Others may not be able to see this tiny difference, but Xiao Ji is different. He has been guarding the countdown of his life for more than 20 years.

He had experienced this kind of change countless times before, so he could see it clearly.

Xiao Ji turned to look at Xiao Ning, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Ning was silent for a moment, then said, "What happened yesterday was due to my drunkenness and recklessness. It was not intentional. I hope my royal brother will not be angry."

It's just a random excuse anyway.

She was right.

She'll dare to do it again next time.

Xiao Ji knew it was an excuse, but he still said seriously: "If you want to apologize for what happened yesterday, you've found the wrong person."

"You're not the only one to whom you owe an apology."

Xiao Ning: “…”

She perfunctorily pulled up a smile and said, "My Royal Highness is teaching me a lesson. I was abrupt. I will leave now and not disturb my Royal Highness in investigating the case."

Xiao Ning was very efficient and left as soon as he said he would.

But as soon as she left, Xiao Ji gave Si Nan a look.

boom.

At this moment, the sound of a teacup breaking was heard, and Xiao Ji turned his head to look——

But the imperial teacher accidentally broke the teacup in his hand.

Broken porcelain pieces were scattered all over the floor.

Xiao Ji gave a look and the jailer immediately came forward to clean up.

He extended his hand towards the Imperial Master, his expression unchanged, his eyes as sharp as torches, and spoke word by word, "Hand it over."

The Imperial Master's expression remained unchanged, "Crown Prince..."

"Search." Xiao Ji didn't give him any time to quibble and gave the order directly.

Immediately, a jailer came forward to search him.

Soon, a piece of broken porcelain was found in the palm of the imperial teacher's hand.

The Imperial Preceptor's lips formed a straight line. "Prince, I have confessed my guilt. I was indeed the one who killed those 231 people."

"Yang was indeed instructed by me to attack the young emperor's grandson. What else do you want?"

Xiao Ji said nothing, but ordered his men to tie up the imperial teacher.

This is why the Imperial Master had to smash the teacup at this moment and hide a suicide object.

When he was imprisoned in the Sky Prison, he was tied up tightly and a cloth strip was tied around his mouth, as if they were afraid he would bite his tongue to commit suicide.

He really had no way to die.

"Your Highness." Si Nan came in quickly, holding a piece of paper in his hand. "The eldest princess has just left Weiyang Palace with a hairpin like this on her head."

Xiao Ning wore it on her head, so it was naturally difficult to get it.

So he had someone draw a pattern.

Xiao Ji took the blueprint and glanced at it, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he said firmly: "This is for Concubine Li."

The Imperial Master's expression changed slightly, "Prince, stop talking nonsense!"

"It's fine if the Crown Prince is throwing dirty water on me, but how can he even try to get close to Concubine Li? She's your stepmother!"

The imperial teacher became anxious.

Xiao Ji said slowly, "This hairpin was a popular style in the capital twenty years ago."

"Two hairpins are a pair. Because of their beautiful meaning, they were often used as engagement gifts twenty years ago."

The Imperial Master and Si Nan both raised their eyes and looked at Xiao Ji in disbelief.

It’s like asking: You know this too?

Xiao Ji said modestly, "I have a little understanding of it."

He was in poor health and had not been involved in government affairs in recent years. He read books in his spare time. After giving Xie Yao the hairpin last time, he had done some research on this subject.

The Imperial Master reacted quickly and flatly denied, "I don't know what the Crown Prince is talking about! As for this hairpin, I've never even seen it before."

As everyone knows, he has never been married in his life, so naturally he knows nothing about these things.

Xiao Ji ignored the imperial teacher's rebuttal.

He just looked at the drawing in his hand with deep eyes.

I only knew that the Imperial Master and Concubine Li were old acquaintances, but I didn't know... that they were actually engaged.

So the Imperial Master has not married in all these years because of Concubine Li?

"Prince! Stop slandering me!"

The Imperial Master continued, "I have confessed all my crimes, yet you still refuse to execute me. You intend to frame Concubine Li!"

"You are despicable! You..."

"Noisy." Xiao Ji frowned in dissatisfaction. Si Nan immediately stepped forward with a rag and stuffed it into the Imperial Master's mouth.

The tea drinking just now was just for the princess to see.

The old man, the Imperial Master, cursed his prince not to live past the age of twenty-five the moment he was born. Si Nan beat him up three times a day!

"woo woo woo woo!"

Perhaps he really touched the sore spot of the Imperial Master, for even though he was tied up, he was still dancing happily.

His eyes were full of anger when he looked at Xiao Ji.

Xiao Ji looked at him with cold eyes, "Why are you so anxious? The more anxious you are, the more you care about her."

The Imperial Master was startled and then fell silent.

Seeing this, Xiao Ji suddenly smiled and said firmly, "You really care about her."

The national teacher exploded again.

He was fooled!

Damn Xiao Ji!

Xiao Ji no longer looked at him and said, "Take him away."