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Wu Teng nodded. This sort of royal scandal had to be handled with caution at all times. Since it didn't affect the imperial court, leaving Xiao Yi Mo some leeway in the future would allow him to retreat.

However, in his heart, he no longer planned to leave a way out.

The corpses in the outer city, as well as the witnesses in the inner city, all of these were evidence against Xiao Yimo.

The Emperor looked at the ironclad evidence in front of him, and his face was especially cold. If the Three Division were to handle this matter, it would be a scandal that they would be unable to cover up. Even if he was extremely furious, he did not want the Xiao Clan to be humiliated while the Northern Chu Envoy was still in the capital.

"This son of mine has never done such a thing." Xiao Yi Mo's face was livid as he immediately denied.

"Then explain to me, why is it that the medicine was ordered by the steward of your house, and why is it that it was ordered by the people in your house?" This medicine was clearly found in your family's treasury in the end. "

Xiao Yi Mo closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "This is a deliberate act of suicide."

With a dejected face, Steward Qin said in a low voice, "Your Highness, it was obviously you who ordered this lowly one to do it …" "You said that your plan of killing two birds with one stone …"

Xiao Yi Mo was infuriated, and could not be bothered about everyone being present, he raised his leg and kicked at him, shouting, "Who allowed you to frame me? This King has treated you well all this while, but you actually turned against me and framed me? "

Housekeeper Qin's face was pale and he was speechless.

"Royal father, although all the evidence points to me, but isn't the so-called transition in their evidence all because of this bastard named Qin? Has the person who poisoned me or the medicine store manager seen me? "

Everyone was silent. They all thought, how could you, a dignified prince, personally do something like this? Isn't it common sense to send a trusted housekeeper? However, there was no way to refute his words. After all, only Housekeeper Qin alone was able to testify that this matter had been ordered by King Mu. If this was any other person, they would have already been condemned like a mountain of iron. However, he was still a prince, and the judgement would still depend on the Emperor's trust.

Xiao Lingbin said, "This matter is indeed unfair to the Sunset King based on Housekeeper Qin's personal testimony. Why don't we delay it for a few more trials?"

The Emperor nodded and ordered his men to bring Xiaoyi Mo down. They would first guard the Snow Crash Hall and then let Wu Teng continue to gather evidence before trying to interrogate him again. This thought lingered in his mind for a while, but was rejected in the end.

"Keep all members of the Palace under close guard, and do not communicate with each other — send orders for Princess Mu to enter the palace."

Everyone left the palace, Xiao Lingbin and Xiao Yi Xiu travelling alongside Wu Teng and Dong Tianleng.

As Xiao Lingbin left the palace gates, he glared at Xiao Yi Xiu as he made his way back. "Xiu'er, tell me the truth. Were you the one who arranged this?"

Xiao Yi Xiu glanced at him and smiled faintly, "Uncle Fifteen is joking. I currently have no real power. If I were to talk about bribing Steward Qin, how would I be able to convince the two of you? "You don't even think about whose people they belong to."

He cupped his hands in farewell and said, "Fifteenth Imperial Uncle, take care. Recently, the imperial concubine's body has been slightly unwell. I'll head back to the estate first."

Xiao Lingbin nodded as he watched him leave. He shook his head as he thought about Wu Teng and Dong Chang En's statuses. It was obvious that they weren't real. How could such a shrewd person like the Emperor not think of it?

The tracks were quickly covered with snow, and with a glance, he could see that it was as white as the horizon. Lu Linghui had a headache as he tried to make the team slow down, and had no choice but to let the soldiers leading the mastiff lead the way, chasing after the broken tracks from before.

Even the mastiff seemed to be slow in the snow. It sniffed for a long time before it finally picked up a direction and ran away.

He could finally see the carriage with the whip in front of him. Although it was simple, the coachman was very skilled. Even the horses pulling the carriage were not ordinary horses. Otherwise, how could they continue forward in this snowstorm?

He had originally planned to deal with the troubles in the back of the carriage after leaving the city, but who would have thought that along the way, he would be followed by this team of soldiers. No matter how many techniques he had used and how many paths he was familiar with, he couldn't get rid of them.

He gritted his teeth and decided to save his life first. He jumped off the carriage and rolled down his clothes while the road was covered with thick layers of snow and pine branches.

The horse was also intelligent. Seeing that there was no way out, it became a cliff. Even though it was unmanned, it hurriedly stopped and let out a long hiss towards the sky.

However, the horse was not as smart as the man, it could not be considered slick and steep, and the inertia of running was different from usual. It let out a long hiss and continued to slide forward, until the whole carriage fell down the cliff, screaming.

The horse carriage had a certain amount of weight on it. For a while, there was only a small amount of weight inside the carriage. However, it didn't completely fall down the cliff.

Lu Linghui was startled when he looked up. He galloped a few steps and jumped up from the back of the horse, throwing a whip towards the horse carriage. The whip came down heavily like a steel blade, splitting the carriage in half.

Then he saw it clearly. There was a sack squirming inside the box. It seemed to be a living creature inside.

Without time to think, Lu Linghui swung his whip and rolled up the gunny sack, allowing the horse carriage to fall after it lost its balance. Both the sack and the person fell to the ground at the same time.

The rest of the men from the imperial camp also rushed up to him and reported, "Sir, there's a woman inside. She's quite well-dressed."

Without waiting for him to speak further, someone had already taken the ball of cloth from the lady's mouth that was tied up into a dumpling. However, they could not hear her voice.

"This person doesn't seem to be able to handle it."

The woman's body was curled up, only wearing a thin layer of clothing, even her outer robe seemed to have been taken off. If they had arrived even a little later, they would not have needed someone to take care of her in such a cold weather.

Lu Linghui walked over to turn the person over and saw that her hair was covered with a thin layer of frost. Her face was pale blue, and the corners of her lips were bloodless.

Although her eyes were half open, the frost hanging from her eyelashes was motionless. Her body trembled uncontrollably, as if she was blind.

He held it by the waist and said with a frown, "Let's go!" He sent a few people to stay behind and check if there were any more coachmen in the carriage to see if they were alive or dead.

The distance from here to the inner city was too far, so Lu Linghui found a nearby inn. No matter if there was anyone inside or not, he ordered his subordinates to clap a few times.

The boss was extremely unwilling to receive these evil guests, but once he saw the imperial clothing, even if he were to starve to death, he would have to pinch his nose to welcome them. Fortunately, they had placed the silver in front of him in advance.

Lu Linghui was in the guest room raising a charcoal brazier, rubbing snow on Jin Shu's hands and feet, and letting someone get warm water to come in.

When he looked at the petite girl on the bed, he couldn't help but furrow his brows even more. He was at a loss of what to do for a moment. All the men he brought were from the royal camp, not a single one of them was a woman, and this inn's owner actually didn't have any women.

After thinking about it, Lu Linghui still reached out to take off her clothes. In his heart, he thought, "You can't blame me for this, I'm just treating you as a man."

He quickly undressed and rubbed the brocade into a deep red from the snow. Then he carefully carried it into the warm water and waited for her to wake up.

When Jinshu was a little conscious, she could only hear someone sigh in her ears, as if it was a somewhat familiar male voice, but she was also in a trance.