The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne, frowned worriedly and asked Wu to retreat impatiently. After a moment, he said coldly: "Why haven't the people who went to inquire come back yet?"

At this time, a person stood up in a hurry, bowed his head and said: "We are already on the way."

The emperor rubbed his brows and said, "Prince."

Bei Liangye stood up and said, "My son is here."

"You go and see what's going on. I don't worry if others go."

Bei Liangye accepted the order and turned around to leave, when a person came into the hall - it was the eldest prince who had not arrived as scheduled at noon.

But at this moment, the eldest prince was carried by several people and came in covered with scars.

The emperor's face became even colder, "What is going on?"

The eldest prince took a deep breath and said very weakly: "On the way here, I was robbed and killed by a group of men in black. It's better that I arrived in time, otherwise I might have died on the spot."

"Where is the fifth prince?"

At this time, a person came from behind, it was the fifth prince.

The fifth prince consciously handed a jade pendant in his arms to the eunuch beside the emperor, and said: "Those assassins were obviously well-trained, but in the end they allowed one person to escape, but that person accidentally left behind

Got this."

The emperor looked at the jade pendant in his hand carefully, then threw it to the eunuch, "Send the eldest prince to rest."

The fifth prince's expression changed. He looked up and saw the disappointed expression on the emperor's face. He subconsciously turned his attention to the eldest prince.

The eldest prince is naturally not stupid. When he saw that the situation was not right, he was afraid that there would be more trouble if he went deeper, so he could only say: "My son and I will obey my father's arrangements."

The eldest prince and the fifth prince left. The emperor was no longer interested in the palace banquet and was about to make an excuse to leave. Bei Liangye slowly handed over something.

The emperor read it patiently, but his face became colder and colder, and finally he slapped the letter heavily on the table.

For a moment, there was silence in the hall.

"Is the Xiao family here?"

A man stood up from the banquet table, it was the second son of the Xiao family.

As if aware of the emperor's angry mood, Young Master Xiao stood up tremblingly, lowering his head and not daring to speak.

"Come up here and see for yourself, see how you, the Xiao family, can do such a thing!"

Many people in the hall were blinded by the emperor's rage. After all, the eldest prince, who had injured his front foot, and the fifth prince, who had ulterior motives, handed him a jade pendant of unknown content, but the emperor actually had nothing.

After asking, the two of them left. At this time, the prince handed over another piece of paper and called the Xiao family. The cause and effect were unknown. Today's palace banquet seemed to be a Hongmen banquet.

Bei Liangye stood aside, watching this farce with his eyes, nose, and heart.

The Second Young Master Xiao walked up to the eunuch tremblingly, and the eunuch dropped the letter directly at his feet. The Second Young Master Xiao hurriedly bent down to read it. He had just read two pages, and his expression suddenly changed. He had no time to go back.

After carefully examining what was left, she didn't dare to stand up. She crawled up to the emperor and started kowtowing non-stop, "Your Majesty, please appease your anger. Your Majesty, please appease your anger. This is what Concubine Xiao did alone."

The Xiao family has nothing to do with it!"

The emperor directly kicked the second young master Xiao away and said angrily: "Concubine Xiao comes from your Xiao family. She is a woman who is helpless in the palace. If it weren't for the support of your Xiao family, she could do it alone."

Such a big thing happened? How long can you survive?"

Young Master Xiao couldn't care less about his appearance at the moment, and kept kowtowing in the hope that the emperor would show mercy, "It really has nothing to do with the Xiao family. Ever since Huxi married the crown princess and became a concubine, she was destined to be with him.

The Xiao family has nothing to do with it!"

The emperor sneered, "Read the rest first before talking!"

Young Master Xiao's expression changed again and again, and he tremblingly picked up the paper scattered on the floor again. After he read it carefully, he suddenly stopped struggling and sat slumped on the ground, his eyes dull.

Others probably guessed the reason why the emperor was angry. Not long ago, the crown prince suddenly suffered a miscarriage. At that time, they thought it was simply due to physical reasons. They also suspected that it was Jiang Concubine. However, they did not expect that she had always been with the crown prince.

Concubine Xiao is a good friend of the concubine!

It seems that it has been planned for a long time.

The emperor paused for a moment and then said: "Come here, search the Xiao family!"

Bei Liangye, who had not spoken for a long time, finally stood up and saluted the emperor, "Father, please wait."

The emperor was already furious, but now he didn't expect someone to stand up and disobey him. Unexpectedly, it was Bei Liangye, who said angrily: "Prince, those are your own flesh and blood, why? You still want to speak for the Xiao family?

Affection?"

"I just want to ask for help. Can I leave this matter to you?"

The emperor calmed his mind, squinted his eyes, and said, "Why?"

"The Xiao family is so entangled in the court that if they conduct a rash inspection, it will be easy for their associates to escape. It will be extremely difficult to conduct an inspection in the future."

The emperor then remembered the people behind the Xiao family, glanced at Bei Liangye with a vague look, and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to you."

Bei Liangye accepted the order and resigned first.

This palace banquet broke up unhappy.

What happened at the palace banquet quickly reached the Prince's Mansion. Ruan Wanwan was waiting for the results in his room, but he didn't expect that Beiliangye would take the initiative to ask for a thorough investigation. Although he was a little surprised, he quickly understood his intention.

.

The incident of the eldest prince being injured by an assassin was probably directed and acted by himself, and Bei Liangye had already expected it, and took the opportunity to push the matter to the emperor's side. At the palace banquet, the emperor was doing it to give the eldest prince face. After all,

It is also a chess piece. If Beiliangye is defeated in the future, there will be an alternative.

As for Xiao Luxi, he was the emperor's first grandson. He disappeared so suddenly, which naturally made him furious. Moreover, the Xiao family's hands have indeed been stretched longer and longer recently, and the emperor also wants to deal with him.

mean.

Bei Liangye probably planned to take this opportunity to deal with the eldest prince.

Ruan Wanwan was thinking about it, and was about to take advantage of this storm to deal with the person who should be dealt with. As soon as she left the house, she bumped into a rare visitor - Jiang Huaiyuan.

Ruan Wanwan raised her eyebrows, "What are you doing here?"

Jiang Huaiyuan held Ruan Wanwan's hand warmly and said enthusiastically: "Sister has met sister. I have heard about what happened at the palace banquet just now. Why don't I come to help sister solve the problem?"

Ruan Wanwan naturally knew what she had in mind, and said with a smile: "Then I want to see my sister more."

A group of maids hugged the two of them and slowly walked towards Xiao Luxi's yard.
Chapter completed!