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

"what?"

Xiao Ji spoke, feeling proud but also a little helpless. What should he do if his Crown Princess only cares about business?

"Xie Yujiao and Song Wenbo, something is not right." Xie Yao narrowed her eyes slightly, not noticing that Xiao Ji's eyes were filled with a bit of resentment when he looked at her.

Just like a resentful husband.

His daughter Yaoyao, in his arms, was thinking about another man...

Xie Yao was still carefully analyzing what was wrong.

Although Xiao Ji was jealous, he knew his limits and did not disturb Xie Yao. He just played with her hair with his fingers.

His eyes gradually became firm...

It’s all Song Wenbo’s fault!

He deliberately caused these incidents to attract the attention of his Crown Princess.

Last time, I even deliberately sent a letter to his Crown Princess... Did you really think he didn't understand?

Never mind that he's still alive.

Even if he dies, Song Wenbo will be buried with him. Don't even think about getting close to his Crown Princess using these crooked ways!

"Your Highness?"

Xie Yao called out twice before interrupting Xiao Ji's thoughts. She looked surprised and asked, "What are you thinking about, Your Highness?"

Xiao Ji coughed lightly and said, "Nothing. Did the Crown Princess find something wrong?"

"We still need to verify a few things." Xie Yao kept it a secret, called Si Nan and Zhu Qing, gave them a few instructions, and then let them get busy.

Seeing that Xie Yao was done with her work.

Xiao Ji was about to continue what he was doing just now and prepare to give his Crown Princess a good hug.

But before he could get close, Xie Yao blocked his way with her hand. Xie Yao's hand stretched straight forward and pressed against his chest.

Xiao Ji's hands were longer, but they could only barely hold Xie Yao's shoulders. "Crown Princess?"

What is this doing?

You won’t even let me hug you?

"Your Highness," Xie Yao reminded him, "You said you were going to meet the Imperial Master today. It's almost time."

Xiao Ji: "..."

He hated the imperial teacher.

Xiao Ji quickly left the study and went to see the imperial teacher with his latest speculations and evidence.

That's right.

Xiao Ning's guess was correct. The person who was beheaded yesterday was indeed not the imperial teacher, but just a substitute that Xiao Ji found from among the death row prisoners.

He then used makeup and a disheveled appearance to disguise himself as the imperial teacher.

That's why Li Shuo took the Imperial Master's body away so quickly, and he also asked Si Bei to arrange someone to escort him.

His plea and confession before the emperor that day still made the emperor acquiesce to his act of grafting.

Maybe it was because he was dying.

Perhaps it was because he thought of his mother...

But it doesn't matter.

The replaced national teacher was naturally taken to a safe place by Xiao Ji's men. Xiao Ji left through the secret passage and soon went to see the national teacher.

The Imperial Master obviously also knew what the current situation was.

But he was tied up all over, unable to live or die.

In the dark room, there was only the empty and never-ending sound of dripping water.

Even someone as determined as the Imperial Master nearly collapsed from such torture.

He didn't even know how much time had passed.

Maybe three to five days, maybe ten days...

Finally, he heard footsteps.

But it was still dark all around, and the Imperial Master couldn't see anyone, which made him feel extremely insecure.

I don’t know where people will come from...

"Wang Ergou."

When Xiao Ji's voice sounded, the Imperial Master was greatly shocked and tried to quickly recover the long-lost memories that emerged in his mind.

No.

His name is not Wang Ergou.

His name is Wang Qingyun!

Xiao Ji didn't give him time to refute and continued, "I've asked someone to check on that pair of hairpins."

"The person you were engaged to twenty years ago was indeed not Concubine Li."

Xiao Ji said, "Before Concubine Li entered the palace, she always had a personal maid named Shaoyao by her side."

"She's the one you're engaged to, right?"

The Imperial Master's body stiffened slightly. Although he remained silent, his breathing became rapid.

"Humph."

After a long while, the Imperial Master sneered, "Kill me if you want to. I don't know what you are talking about."

There was a rope tied around his mouth and his speech was slurred.

"Not long after Shaoyao entered the palace with Concubine Li, she died..." Xiao Ji spoke in a slow and unhurried voice, as if he was telling a story.

The Imperial Master's breathing became increasingly rapid, as if a sore spot had been touched.

It's indeed related...

Xiao Ji was originally just testing the waters, but now he has determined the direction.

When he mentioned that day that the Imperial Master and Concubine Li had been engaged, the Imperial Master was very frank.

These were naturally not things he had people investigate in the past few days, ever since he knew that he was poisoned and his mother was murdered.

He became suspicious of everyone in the palace and had secretly asked someone to find out everything about everyone in the palace over the years.

There are many old people in the palace, and many of them died twenty years ago, but he still found a few who had escaped.

What he was most concerned about was naturally the situation in Weiyang Palace.

"Do you know how Shaoyao died?" As soon as Xiao Ji said this, even in the darkness, he could feel the gaze of the national teacher filled with deep hatred.

Although the Imperial Master could not see where he was standing, he could clearly hear the direction of the voice.

The Imperial Master's gaze was so sharp that Xiao Ji understood something. "Did someone tell you that it was my mother who murdered her?"

"It's Concubine Li."

Xiao Ji reasoned, "So, you colluded with Concubine Li to poison my mother with witchcraft?"

"She deserves to die!" The Imperial Master's voice rang out with gritted teeth and full of hatred.

"She deserves to die!" The Imperial Master said, and the anger that had been buried in his heart for many years could no longer be suppressed. "She deserves to die, she deserves to die, she deserves to die!"

"You deserve to die too!"

Xiao Ji's heart seemed to be gripped by something, and it was raised high, causing a dull pain in his heart.

The national teacher did not deny it.

Therefore, it was indeed the Imperial Master who colluded with Concubine Li to drug her mother.

But where did they find such witchcraft poison?

Xiao Ji's thoughts turned over and over, and finally turned into a sneer.

The extremely perceptive Imperial Master immediately questioned, "What are you humming? What do you mean? You..."

"I laugh at your stupidity." Xiao Ji said, "You've been used as a pawn for so many years, and you still don't know the truth."

"You're talking nonsense..." the Imperial Master retorted subconsciously.

Xiao Ji's clear and bright voice was very pleasing to the ear. "Before my mother passed away, the harem was empty and His Majesty only favored my mother."

"Why did my mother attack the maidservant beside Concubine Li?"

The Imperial Master answered without hesitation, "Of course it's because she's jealous. She plotted to murder the imperial concubine. Shaoyao..."

Xiao Ji interrupted him, "If my mother was really jealous, why didn't any of the other concubines in the harem get into trouble after Shaoyao died?"

"It wasn't until my mother passed away and Concubine Li took the throne that another concubine in the harem died."

"Wang Ergou, these... you should be very clear."

"If Shaoyao knew in her grave that you had sought revenge on the wrong person, she would never be able to rest in peace."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The Imperial Master angrily asked back, "She can't possibly be lying to me..."

Xiao Ji knew who Wang Ergou was talking about.

Princess Li.

But the national teacher's counter-question also proved that the national teacher had listened to his words, because everything he stated was true.

As an eyewitness, the national teacher should be very clear about it.

His mother was kind, gentle, cheerful and generous. She would never murder others out of jealousy!