Gong Xiaoxuan dumped the officials behind him and personally went to the prison to fetch Baili Jinxiu out. After all, he had promised Baili Jinxiu yesterday, and he would not go back on his word to his family's Little Princess.
Although Baili Jinxiu was surprised that Gong Xiaoxuan would pick him up so quickly, he still thought that his own Prince was very proud of him for being so cool.
Once Baili Jinxiu got out of the Ministry of Justice's prison, he affectionately held Gong Xiaoxuan's hand and asked: "Where are we going?"
This road was obviously not the way back to the Prince An Palace, and instead seemed to be the way to the palace.
Gong Xiaoxuan held Baili Jinxiu's hand, his face still expressionless, but there was a hint of smile in his eyes, making him seem a little more gentle.
"Esteemed wangfei, don't worry. Let's go to the palace and watch a good show."
Gong Xiaoxuan laughed as though he was harmless, but Baili Jinxiu could not help but shiver, every time Master Gong acted like this, he was scheming against them ruthlessly, it seemed like there was someone out of luck again.
In the Supreme Harmony Hall, after Gong Xiaoxuan left, none of the ministers dared to leave, because Gong Xiaoxuan had sent a message to the officials. After receiving the news from the Princess An, he came back to take care of the matter, so the officials waited patiently even if they had some complaints.
"Prince An, Princess An has arrived."
When the eunuch at the entrance of the Supreme Harmony Hall saw Baili Jinxiu and Gong Xiaoxuan, he hurriedly reported in a high-pitched voice.
"This king had taken a while to pick up the Princess An just now, so I made everyone wait a long time. Now, let's continue talking about the crown prince and the Emperor being unconscious."
Gong Xiaoxuan brought Baili Jinxiu and directly passed through the palace hall and walked to the front of the crowd. However, he did not sit on the dragon throne anymore.
Gong Xiaoxuan was asked by the audience to be in charge of the imperial government, so he sat on the dragon throne openly. Right now, he was holding onto Baili Jinxiu, if he was to go up, they would definitely not be able to sit together, but if he was to let go of Baili Jinxiu's hand and sit on the dragon throne, he would definitely not be willing to, so Gong Xiaoxuan simply brought Baili Jinxiu along and stood in the palace.
However, no one paid any attention to Gong Xiaoxuan's thoughts, and quickly focused on the matter of the Emperor and the crown prince being unconscious.
Previously, the imperial physicians had insisted that the poison was only found in Princess An's unique Emperor, but now that they claimed that it was ordered by the crown prince, there was no way they could make a move on the poison.
"I feel that the Emperor being poisoned is most likely by someone close to the Emperor. After all, it is extremely difficult for an ordinary person to even get close to the Emperor.
The one who spoke was one of the generals under Gong Xiaoxuan. Although he was a brute who rushed across the battlefield, he was clear on this kind of simple logical problem.
Once she said that, the rest of the people agreed with her. Indeed, if they couldn't even make contact with Emperor, it would be hard to poison him, and the reason why Princess An was suspected was because she had the chance to poison him before she entered the palace.
"The Emperor seemed to be being taken care of by the Moru Country's Princess Mingxi right?"
It was unknown who asked this from the crowd, but as if a drop of water had splashed into a boiling pot, it instantly boiled up.
"Indeed, the Emperor has always been under the care of the Princess Mingxi and is still in the palace."
"It seems like before the crown prince fainted, Princess Mingxi went to his residence and I coincidentally saw his carriage on the street."
"This Princess Mingxi is very suspicious."
"Yeah."
Everyone looked at each other, and heard Baili Jinxiu's words. The corners of his mouth rose, his actions had left a lot of traces behind.
"Central Judicial Office Qing, what do you think of Princess Mingxi?"
Gong Xiaoxuan's face showed neither happiness nor anger, the moment he opened his mouth, he directly called out Temple of The Magistrate, and the great hall instantly quietened down.
This Temple of The Magistrate had always said that Baili Jinxiu was the person who had plotted against him, and had even went to the Prince An Palace to bring him here before he was convicted.
Now that the Princess An had been proven to be innocent, what would the Temple of The Magistrate think of the most suspicious person now? Everyone was curious.
Temple of The Magistrate raised his hand to wipe the sweat that did not exist as he spoke with difficulty: "Before this humble subject finds out the truth, I will not jump to the conclusion."
"Oh? The Monastery Leader did not have any evidence in the Prince An Palace, but he was very confident.
Baili Jinxiu's eyes were filled with playfulness. Seeing Temple of The Magistrate's aggrieved look, he suddenly felt like laughing. She had always been a person who would never take a loss.
"This humble subject... "This humble subject …"
Temple of The Magistrate did not manage to come up with anything after a long time. In the end, he simply lowered his head and acted dumb.
"There is one more thing that this sinner should not say." Just as everyone was looking at the Temple of The Magistrate bustling with excitement, Imperial Physician Wang, who had been kneeling at the side for a long time, spoke up again.
Gong Xiaoxuan was startled, but a look of understanding flashed past his eyes, he nodded his head, and accepted the request.
Doctor Wang saw that Gong Xiaoxuan had agreed. His expression was somewhat excited, but soon after, it became uncomfortable.
He was already old. After kneeling here for such a long time, his legs had become numb. Now that he was so excited that his meridians were affected, his body felt tight as if it had been electrocuted. He was still unable to move.
When Gong Xiaoxuan saw the Imperial Physician Wang's expression and the trembling bodies of the few imperial physicians, he understood that he had forgotten to wake them up.
"Someone, help the imperial physicians up and give them seats."
In the end, he was already old and his movements were very slow. By the time he had settled the people down, it was already half the time it took to brew a cup of tea.
"What did Imperial Physician Wang want to say just now?"
Baili Jinxiu knew that based on his Master Gong's personality, he would have to wait for those imperial physicians to have enough rest. When he remembered that he still had things he didn't want to tell them, he resigned himself to his fate and asked.
Imperial Physician Wang, after being reminded by Baili Jinxiu, had a strange expression on his face. It was as if there was a tinge of red on his aged face.
"When I was following the steward of the crown prince's residence to his residence, I heard that the maids there were gossiping about who they were …" Imperial Physician Wang wanted to say something, but he clenched his teeth and blurted it out. "They say that the Princess Mingxi brought fine wine and delicacies the night before His Highness the Crown Prince passed out. Afterwards, the two of them drank together and stayed in the guest room for the night."
Everyone immediately understood what had happened. A man and a woman alone in a room for the whole night could not possibly be a simple topic of conversation under a quilt.
But what surprised everyone even more was that Princess Mingxi was the person who wanted to be the empress of Emperor before. In other words, it was equivalent to the mother of the crown prince.
There was a lot of information, and the ministers all agreed that they wanted silence!