Regent, please maintain your aloof image.

The next day, Mu Jinchen was completely drunk and sat slumped on the ground, surrounded by empty bottles.

Because he didn't attend the morning court session, Mu Xinchen came looking for him and was very shocked. He had never seen Mu Jinchen like this before. "Fifth Brother, what's wrong with you? Why did you drink so much? What happened?"

Yingfeng sighed deeply and said helplessly, "It can only be said that fate is cruel."

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me what happened."

"After reading the letter the princess wrote to him, the prince became like this, drinking incessantly, and nothing we did could persuade him to stop."

“I could tell a long time ago that Fifth Brother still has feelings for Fifth Sister-in-law.”

"The prince has always had the princess in his heart, and only the princess."

"Then why would he do such things with other women just for a fleeting moment of novelty?" Mu Xinchen thought it was unlikely, because the Mu Jinchen he knew was not that kind of person.

"Of course not."

"Why is that?"

"Because the prince was under the influence of hallucinogenic incense."

"So, it was that woman who drugged Fifth Brother."

"She was wearing a sachet with a hallucinogenic fragrance, which is why the prince mistook her for the princess."

"You were there, so you just watched without doing anything."

“I wasn’t there at the time.”

“Where did you go? Weren’t you always by Fifth Brother’s side, never leaving his side?”

"That night I suddenly had an upset stomach and spent the whole night in the outhouse."

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Taohong had the opportunity to get close to Mu Jinchen.

"I have an upset stomach, what a coincidence."

"I had my doubts afterward, so I investigated, but I found nothing. The military doctor only said that I had an upset stomach."

"Out of so many people in the barracks, you're the only one who got food poisoning."

Yingfeng also found it strange, but he really couldn't find anything.

“Even if you really had an upset stomach, weren’t there soldiers guarding outside the tent? How did she get in? Fifth Brother let her in.”

"No, the soldiers let her in."

The soldiers outside the tent knew that Zhang Taohong had been taking care of Mu Jinchen for the past two weeks, and that Mu Jinchen had asked her to stay. Therefore, the soldiers assumed that their relationship was unusual. So, when she went to deliver hangover soup to Mu Jinchen under the guise of Yingfeng, the soldiers did not stop her from entering, but let her in directly.

Of course, Mu Jinchen had already dealt with the two of them under military law afterward.

"So, Fifth Brother, what exactly happened that night?"

"I would like to know as well."

"No, as the person involved, you don't know."

"I don't know. I only remember that she came to bring me a hangover soup. After I drank it, I had no memory of it. When I woke up, I saw her sleeping on my bed."

"Could it be that she drugged you?"

“It’s not impossible. Aunt Zhang’s father and elder brother were both doctors. She was exposed to medicine from a young age, so she might know how to do it,” Yingfeng said.

"Then you won't let anyone investigate."

"I checked, but I didn't find anything."

“There must be something wrong here. If Fifth Brother really had a relationship with her, how could he have no memory of it at all, unless he was unconscious.”

Upon hearing this, Mu Jinchen's eyes lit up. He looked at Ying Feng and ordered, "Investigate immediately."

"Yes".

Mu Jinchen stood up excitedly. If he had been unconscious that day, it would have proven that nothing had happened between them. In that case, he could have gone to find Su Qianrou. But he was afraid that things would not go as planned, so he quickly calmed down and asked, "What brings you here to see me?"

"Since you didn't attend the morning court session, I had to come and see you. Besides, Prince Yu wants to see you."

Afterwards, Mu Jinchen and Mu Xinchen arrived at the prison.

Mu Xiaoyun was dressed in prison clothes and shackles, looking somewhat disheveled, but that couldn't hide his outstanding temperament.

"I've heard you wish to see me."

"Mu Jinchen, aren't you afraid that your father will come looking for you in the middle of the night?"

"Why should I be afraid? You are his most beloved son. Now that I am sending you down to keep him company, he is overjoyed. Why would he come to me? Do you want to thank me?"

"It's already a mercy that Father Emperor hasn't come after you. You're even thanking him? Do you really think no one knows that you killed Father Emperor?"

Mu Jinchen chuckled lightly, "It was Consort Min who told you, wasn't it?"

"So you admit it."

"Do you really not know anything about who killed Father Emperor, or do you just not want to admit it?"

"What do you mean".

"You wouldn't be unaware that Consort Min's greatest skill is in making poisons, would you?"

"That's impossible."

“In the past, any concubine in the palace who had a grudge against Consort Min would die within a month, and all of them died from poisoning. Do you think this is a coincidence?”

"That doesn't prove they died at the hands of my mother."

"The poison that Father Emperor was poisoned with was called Qianji. Do you know what this poison is made of?"

"What".

Oleander.

Mu Xiaoyun was shocked because a plant had once been grown in the palace of Consort Min, but he still refused to believe it. In his memory, his mother loved his father very much, so it was impossible for her to poison him. "Even now, you are still turning black into white. I saw you enter the Imperial Study with my own eyes back then, and not long after you went in, news spread that Father had been poisoned. If it wasn't you who poisoned him, then who was it?"

"Yes, I did go to the Imperial Study, but I went on behalf of my eldest brother. At that time, Father summoned my eldest brother, or rather, Consort Min summoned my eldest brother under the guise of Father. My eldest brother sensed something was wrong, so he claimed to be ill and did not go. I went to explain the situation on behalf of my eldest brother. If I had not gone with the Imperial Physician Wang, Father would have died long ago, and there would have been no time for him to leave any last words."

"If it's not you, then who is it?" In truth, he already knew the answer in his heart, but he was unwilling to admit it.

"Besides the Emperor, only Consort Min was present at the time. Who do you think it was?"

"It couldn't be Mother Consort; Mother Consort would never do such a thing."

"You think Consort Min has any love for Father Emperor? It's all just an act. She never loved Father Emperor; she used him. You don't know this, do you? The cup of tea Father Emperor drank was personally served to him by Consort Min. The ridiculous thing is that Father Emperor believed until his death that it was Fourth Uncle who harmed him, not knowing that it was the woman he loved most who took his life."

Mu Xiaoyun refused to believe it and grabbed his shoulders excitedly, "You're lying, you're lying, aren't you?"

It's no wonder he was so agitated. He had always believed that Mu Jinchen had killed Emperor Mingchong, so he had been trying to avenge his father all these years. But now he was being told that someone else had killed his father, and that it was his beloved mother. He simply couldn't accept it.

"All these years, you really haven't noticed anything wrong at all?"

Mu Xiaoyun naturally noticed it, but chose to turn a blind eye.

Mu Jinchen saw through his thoughts, said nothing more, and walked out.

Not long after, news spread that Mu Xiaoyun had committed suicide in prison.

Mu Jinchen didn't react much to this, because he had expected it.