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At this time, Huai Jin was in one of the meditation rooms in Mianan Temple, watching a woman and a guard argue outside.

This was the day of Ping Yang's Grand Princess's funeral, so she was surrounded early in the morning by Grand Princess Mansion's guards.

Huai Jin called Ran Mei over. She originally wanted to ask her to go take a look, but when Ran Mei walked over, she saw a young eunuch walking over, and she did not know what she said to the woman.

"Did you clearly see the young eunuch's appearance?"

"Princess, it's that little eunuch who bumped into a servant on the lower elementals' palace feast." Ran Mei recognized the young eunuch the moment she saw him.

With Ran Mei's reminder, Huai Jin also remembered that on their way back to the Treasure He Palace, Ran Mei had indeed met a young eunuch, and that this young eunuch had come from the direction of the Treasure He Palace!

But why would the eunuchs of the palace appear here?

Huai Jin was puzzled and asked Ran Mei.

"I assume that the young eunuch is not from the palace. Since he is in the Mianan Temple now, he should be one of the palace attendants under the princess' side."

Originally, Huai Jin thought that the empress dowager's suspicion that Ruan Qinghe had killed Grand Princess was completely unfounded, but it was only because it involved her own daughter that she was a little preoccupied with it. Thus, during these past three days, the Princess Mansion didn't pay too much attention to Ruan Qinghe, but the young eunuch in front of her caused Huai Jin to become suspicious of her previous thoughts.

Just as Huai Jin was thinking of this, the sound of an argument suddenly came from the place where the Grand Princess was resting. The sound lasted for a long time, until Ruan Qinghe's side informed Huai Jin that it might be late for burial.

Huai Jin was not surprised by the news, long since when the Qishan white jade matter had been revealed, she felt that the matter of Ping Yang's burial would not go smoothly, after all, the people in the imperial court would never agree to let a Ping Yang, who suspected of having an affair, be buried under the ceremony of a princess.

However, she was very surprised with Li Changde's arrival.

"The Emperor wants me to enter the palace?"

Huai Jin opened her eyes wide and looked at Li Changde, who was in front of him, in disbelief.

"That's right. Princess, quickly follow me into the palace."

Li Changde looked at the obviously dazed Huai Jin, and urged him on with a smile.

"Eunuch, do you know why the Emperor called me?"

"How could this servant know? Princess, it's best for you to quickly leave with this old servant."

Huai Jin followed Li Changde into the palace, full of questions. By the time the two arrived at the imperial study, the ministers outside had already dispersed. Inside the imperial study, the empress dowager and the emperor were in a standoff.

In her hand, the empress dowager held onto the imperial edict that the emperor had just written to temporarily stop Grand Princess from being buried. She held onto the imperial edict with one hand as she pointed at Yuwen Jue and complained with tears and blood.

Just like that, his imperial decree was blocked by the empress dowager's people. Yuwen Jue's face didn't look too good, he suppressed the sullenness in his eyes and said in a muffled voice, "That Qishan white jade was truly found in Ping Yang's remnants. Even if Imperial Mother loves her, she should have a sense of propriety!"

The empress dowager did not budge at all, and she said sternly, "Wailing Home's daughter, Wailing Home, naturally knows!"

"Then what's the explanation of the Qishan white jade?!"

The empress dowager was at a loss for words. She was angry, so her chest heaved up and down.

Seeing that, Huai Jin immediately went forward to help the empress dowager calm down, and said tenderly: "Perhaps it was someone else who gave it to me?! As the Grand Princess, there are definitely a lot of people who want to come to the capital to give Big Sister Ping Yang a present. "

Yuwen Jue was furious. Who would be so bold as to give away their Qishan white jade!

But the empress dowager didn't care, as if she had already decided, and insisted that someone else had given it to her.

The Imperial study once again fell into a deadlock.

In the end, it was Yuwen Jue who sighed, made concessions, and waved his forward. He had nearly forgotten his purpose for calling Huai Jin over when the empress dowager made such a ruckus.

Huai Jin stepped forward and respectfully waited for Yuwen Jue to speak. However, the words that followed made everyone in the imperial study room unable to believe their ears.

With that, he took out the imperial edict, and had Li Changde read it out loud, and handed it over to Huai Jin.

After the empress dowager heard the imperial edict, her heart was at ease. She knew that this matter was extremely important, and if she did not investigate thoroughly, the ministers in the imperial court would not agree to let Ping Yang be buried in the Princess's Tomb.

Furthermore, this was not something that Huai Jin could do, but the Emperor had ordered Huai Jin to investigate this case and gave him a peace of mind.

Huai Jin looked at the imperial edict in her hand helplessly. Her eyes blinked at the empress dowager and then at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, this …" "It doesn't seem appropriate for me to look into this, does it?"

"Then, are you going to reject the decree?"

Huai Jin shook her head.

"Don't worry, I will order another person to go with you."

Just as everyone was guessing who the other person was, they heard a hearty laugh coming from outside.

"royal father! I have come to retrieve Elder Xun's book of poems! "

Yuwen Fei who was dressed in a star grey robe came in, still waving his fan, his steps were leisurely, his expression carefree.

Seeing him like this, Yuwen Jue frowned, and said in a heavy voice: "You came at the right time, you can go and investigate with Princess Anping."

"Investigate?" "Investigate what?" Yuwen Fei looked at the three people in the room in a daze.

Huai Jin had long since kept the imperial edict and obediently laid in the empress dowager's embrace.

Yuwen Jue passed a sealed letter to Yuwen Fei and explained: "Investigate Princess Ping Yang's Qishan white jade."

Yuwen Fei took a step back upon hearing his words, and shook his head repeatedly: "Royal father, please spare me, I don't need to concern myself with this matter."

But Yuwen Jue did not wait for him to reject, holding a brush and issuing another order, ordering Huai Jin and Yuwen Fei to investigate the case together. The imperial edict fell and was directly handed into Yuwen Fei's hands, but Yuwen Fei refused to accept it.

Yuwen Jue frowned, in this world, there is no one who dares to refuse an edict, only his own son would dare, after thinking for a moment, he helplessly said: "After this matter is completed, I will give you the book of poems in the Qu Family's book."

Yuwen Fei then accepted the imperial edict with a smile.

A single Qishan white jade had already alarmed some people in the capital. When they found out that the Emperor had sent Huai Jin and Yuwen Fei to investigate this matter, their faces were filled with disbelief. A useless prince and a savage princess had come to investigate? What does the Emperor mean by this?