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After being scolded by An Yingcheng, the Aunt Li dared not speak anymore. She could only swallow her words and dryly smiled as she explained to An Yingcheng, "Prince, do not be angry. I am only doing this for the sake of our entire Duke Palace.

An Yingcheng coldly snorted. Remembering the Seventh Prince's attitude of pressing on him step by step, he felt extremely furious in his heart.

"I thought you had a good relationship with Imperial Noble Consort Li, so it turned out that Seventh Prince didn't have even the slightest bit of concern for you, this aunt of her. If you want to blame Little Ge, then you want to frame our entire Prince An's Palace, he didn't even consider your safety."

How could the Seventh Prince not care about her aunt's safety?

Aunt Li laughed in her heart, not at all sad because of An Yingcheng's words.

This matter was something that she had sent people to ask the Seventh Prince to do. Naturally, she had already thought of a way to escape.

She had originally planned to wait for the Seventh Prince to convict An Lingge and capture him in prison before letting the Seventh Prince secretly poison him, and then make it seem as if An Lingge committed suicide out of guilt.

At that time, the rest of their Prince An's Palace should also be under the Emperor's orders, and no one would suspect her.

It was a pity that An Lingge, this little bitch, was really too cunning. Even if she worked together with Seventh Prince, it wouldn't be enough to stop her clean mouth.

But, Seventh Prince received such a precious gift from her, he would definitely not let things go like this.

With this thought in mind, she unconsciously tightened her grip on the handkerchief in her hands, as if she was holding onto An Lingge's throat.

An Yingcheng saw that she did not say anything, and felt that his words might hurt Aunt Li, since he had been with him for more than 10 years, and since Aunt Li did not do anything excessive, he did not blame her anymore, so he flung his sleeves and left the hall.

But this matter was not over. On the morning of the second day, Zhao Lanyu reported this matter to the emperor.

The emperor on the dragon throne was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe. Although he was already middle-aged, he still appeared to be in high spirits.

Hearing Zhao Lanyu's words, the emperor's face still did not reveal any expression of happiness or anger, only a pair of seemingly gentle but actually sharp eyes looked towards An Yingcheng.

"King An, Xiao Qi said that the reason your house's young miss has been hoarding medicinal ingredients is to stock up resources for Qingyue Kingdom. She said that she wants to sit down and traitorous the nation. What do you have to say?"

All the civil and military officials fell silent as the Manchu court stood, their heads bowed, pretending that they did not exist.

When the Seventh Prince s and Prince An s clashed, it was not a small matter. When immortals fought, it was best for commoners like them not to get involved, lest they get dragged into this mess.

An Yingcheng also did not expect that after the Seventh Prince failed in his punishment yesterday, he actually mentioned this matter to the Emperor during the morning assembly.

However, he had already asked for the reason clearly. At this time, the old man was not in a hurry, only his square face was flushed red from anger, "Reporting to the Emperor, because of this matter, Seventh Prince came to this old man's residence yesterday. This old man does not believe that my daughter would betray the nation, but Seventh Prince insisted on it, so this old man had no choice but to let him confront this little girl."

An Yingcheng recounted what happened yesterday in detail, and only then did he look at Seventh Prince with indignation, "I never thought that my daughter's filial piety, in the eyes of the Seventh Prince, would actually be considered a great crime to collude with another's country! If it was according to the Seventh Prince's logic, would there still be any pure filial piety in this world? "

The current Emperor used filial piety to rule the world, and filial piety was even an important factor in the selection of officials. An Lingge was so filial, but was splashed with dirty water by the Seventh Prince.

Sure enough, the Emperor who was sitting on the throne had his eyebrows slightly raised. The smile on his face had some meaning. "Oh?" So it turns out that the eldest daughter of her beloved one is actually such a filial person, but Xiao Qi was too rash and impulsive, so I misunderstood her. "

"Royal Father, don't listen to my nonsense!"

"Yesterday, this son and Miss An confronted each other. She didn't say that the reason why she hoarded the medicinal ingredients was to make medicinal food for the old mistress of Prince An's Palace. No matter what this son asked, she only said that it was to learn pharmacology, which was different from what Prince An said."

The Emperor's expression did not change much, but he rested one hand on his chin and leaned sideways on the Dragon Throne, as if he was ready for a dispute between the two of them.

"Prince An, how do you explain what Xiao Qi said?"

An Yingcheng's face revealed shame, and he lowered his head, "This old one was in the wrong in this matter, I did not explain clearly beforehand. That's why after Seventh Prince left, he questioned his daughter. Originally, she did not say why, but after I told his that I wanted to hand her over to the Seventh Prince for punishment, he was forced to tell me the truth. "

"My daughter has always kept a low profile and does not like to brag about it. Thus, she has concealed this matter of pure filial piety from others. I never thought that she would be so slandered."

An Yingcheng had always been a peacemaker in the imperial court, so regardless of whether or not people in the imperial court liked him, he was always the neutral one.

The emperor seemed to be able to understand his feelings and smiled in relief. "Alright, now that the matter has been made clear, I'll have Xiao Qi pay a visit to King An's estate and apologize. What does King An think?"

"This subject is terrified."

An Yingcheng lowered his head, how could he let Seventh Prince apologize to him? This was giving him some face, and with Seventh Prince's vengeful personality, he would definitely resent him.

He still hoped that the Imperial Noble Consort Li would speak up for him at the side of the Emperor, how could she form enmity with the Seventh Prince?

Not only could he not become enemies, he had to defend the Seventh Prince.

He considered his words and sighed on the surface, "This matter, Seventh Prince was deceived by someone, and was deceived by that vile villain. That's why they came to this old official's residence to find fault. In the end, it's because the Seventh Prince was concerned about the continent and worried about the Great Zhou that he was able to do such a thing.

"According to what you said, love is not a sin, and Xiao Qi was not at fault. It was me making up rumors, and that's why Xiao Qi misunderstood your love?"

The emperor chuckled, but did not ask An Yingcheng anything. His gaze landed on the Prince Mu at the side, "Mu Wang, that big miss of Prince An's Palace will be a member of your Prince Mu’s Palace in the future. What do you think of this matter?"

He had a smile on his face, but it was a smile that did not reach his eyes. No one could figure out exactly what he was planning to do.

Perhaps he had guessed it, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

When the Prince Mu was asked by the Emperor, he immediately stood up.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this old subject agrees with Prince An's view on this matter. It should be a misunderstanding."

If he said the Seventh Prince was wrong, then he had offended the Seventh Prince; if he said the Prince An was wrong, then he had offended the Prince An.

In the end, the best way was to mix with the mud.