The slightly yellow envelope was stuck tightly onto the back of the lion's head. Huai Jin then ripped off the envelope.
The two of them looked at each other quickly and Huai Jin opened the envelope in her hand.
The snow-white xuan paper was covered with densely written names in black ink.
Huai Jin looked at it for a moment, then passed the list to Yuwen Fei.
Yuwen Fei received them and looked at the names one by one, his expression turning darker the more he looked at them.
"Why?" Huai Jin saw that his expression was strange and asked.
Yuwen Fei raised his head to look at her, placed the list of names into an envelope and sealed it again: "This list is not correct."
"Wrong?" Huai Jin looked at the letter again, and frowned: If this list is wrong, then why did Grand Princess waste her efforts in putting this fake list here?
Yuwen Fei snorted, and looked at Huai Jin with a gloomy face: "What if the name list is fake anyway?"
"What about this list?" Huai Jin's frown deepened. Although she had obtained the list of names, it was still a fake. If Yuwen Fei could see through it, then Yuwen Jue would definitely notice as well.
Yuwen Fei stared at the namelist and remained silent. The paper fan in his hand knocked on his palm again and again, producing a crisp "pa pa" sound.
Huai Jin glanced at the fan in his hand and secretly snorted. In the cold weather, one would always be carrying a fan to play with.
The two of them were speechless for a moment. They could only hear the sound of the paper fan hitting their palms as it slowly echoed within the small duty room.
"Duk Duk Duk"
There was a knock on the door.
"Seventh Prince, Princess Anping."
The captain's voice came from outside.
Yuwen Fei's hand suddenly jerked, the fan in his hand was held extremely tightly, his gaze was fixated on the envelope from beginning to end, without even raising his head he shouted towards the outside: "Come in!"
The door to the duty room was opened by someone. The captain himself knew that he had disturbed the two of them, and he smiled obsequiously: "Seventh Prince, Princess Anping, Captain Wei has arrived."
Huai Jin raised her head and indeed, she saw a tall and big figure standing behind the captain, guarding the entrance. It was Wei Chengwu!
Hearing the three words "Captain Wei", Yuwen Fei finally raised his head and looked outside. He lightly waved the paper fan in his hand, which slowly floated in his hand, and smiled towards the outside: "Why is Captain Wei here?"
Wei Chengwu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the two of them. "The emperor knows of the Seventh Prince and the princess and has made some progress in his investigation.
Yuwen Fei nodded his head, waved the letter in his hand, and said in a strange voice: "I really have news about royal father, I have indeed just made some progress."
Hearing that, Huai Jin raised her eyebrows and looked at him, from the looks of it, he was submitting the name list up?
Yuwen Fei blinked his eyes at her but did not say anything.
Wei Chengwu was overjoyed when he heard the progress of the case, and did not notice the two's little movements at all. He walked up from behind the captain, bowed to the two again, and said with a bit of excitement: "Since there are new developments, then Seventh Prince, Princess Anping, you should follow this lowly official into the palace to report to the emperor."
"Alright, we will follow Captain Wei into the palace right now!"
Yuwen Fei lifted his robe, sat up on the chair, and arrogantly replied.
Huai Jin had no choice but to follow the two of them into the palace.
In fact, the matter of Ping Yang's Grand Princess could be considered to have been investigated thoroughly.
According to what the Old Magistrate had said, Su Geying had colluded with Bei Ling's men and used him to send the name list out, but Ping Yang had purposely planned to delay the time of leaving the city. During this time, she took advantage of Su Geying's surprise and left a name list behind the Eight Immortals Table.
Although the case had already been investigated, the fact that Ping Yang had colluded with the Empire was actually true. After all, this name list was truly sent out by herself.
Yuwen Jue's gaze stayed on the letter on the table for a long time. The imperial study room was silent.
Yuwen Fei counted his hair out of boredom, while Huai Jin stared at her toes in silence.
After a long while, Yuwen Jue opened the envelope and only took a glance at it before his face turned cold.
His gaze swept across Yuwen Fei and Huai Jin who were seated below, and suddenly slammed the table and asked sternly: "This is the list of names you have found?!"
Yuwen Fei put down the hair in his hands, lazily lifting his eyes up, he calmly looked at Yuwen Jue and nodded.
Huai Jin glared with a pair of innocent eyes, looked at him with suspicion, and replied with a nod: "This is the list of names we found at the east gate."
Yuwen Jue looked at Huai Jin, and then turned his gaze to Yuwen Fei, the eyes that were showing signs of aging, started to emit a light aura, staring straight at Yuwen Fei, as though he wanted to see through him.
Yuwen Fei rolled his eyes, as he did not care about the aura around him at all. He directly met Yuwen Jue's gaze, and said unhappily: "Royal father, are you suspecting that we have submitted a fake name list?"
"You didn't?" His deep voice contained a pressure that could not be ignored.
"Nope." Yuwen Fei answered calmly.
Yuwen Jue's eyes darted back and forth between the two, and his slightly cloudy eyes gradually began to show signs of fatigue.
After looking at it for a moment, Yuwen Jue closed his eyes, slumped in the chair at the back, and leaned on it, "Wei Chengwu!"
Wei Chengwu who had been standing guard outside the whole time came in and bowed.
Yuwen Jue carefully asked Wei Chengwu when he arrived at the east city gate, and compared the time with how it was when the two had arrived carefully, it was extremely similar.
Furthermore, Wei Chengwu had also said that at that time, before he had arrived, the two of them did not even know he was there. It was the captain of the city guards who came forward to answer them, and the moment he opened the door, he saw that there was indeed an envelope on the table.
After Yuwen Jue finished listening to his words, he shook his head tiredly, allowing Wei Chengwu to leave.
If Yuwen Fei did not exchange the names on the list, then why would Ping Yang deliberately leave behind a fake name list … Or should I say …
Yuwen Jue's heart trembled, he anxiously ordered Li Changde to send a message to the palace.
If this list was fake from the start, then the Wu Bo Hou would definitely know.
Initially, he did not know about the existence of this list. Now that he knew about it, he definitely could not let this group of people stay in his own imperial court!
But after a while, Li Changde returned, with Wei Deliang following behind him.
The reason why he came here so quickly was not because he had arrived at the marble temple in a short amount of time and brought the person here. Rather, when he had just arrived at the palace gates, he met Wei Deliang, who had entered the palace to meet the Emperor.
Yuwen Jue never thought that someone would arrive so quickly either. Hearing Li Changde's report, his eyebrows couldn't help but twitch, as an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, waved for Li Changde, and brought his in.
There was a faint sound of footsteps at the door, slowly approaching.
Listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer, Yuwen Jue's heart also became more and more uneasy.
Yuwen Fei glanced upwards, and his lips curved up in a smile, comfortably slanted on the chair, and followed Yuwen Jue's gaze towards the door.
Huai Jin also understood something from the subtle atmosphere. She straightened her body and looked at the show.
"Your Majesty, Wu Bo Hou bit his tongue and committed suicide in prison."
With that, Yuwen Jue's heart was struck like a bolt from the blue.
He suddenly sat up, leaned out his body, and asked in disbelief, "He's already dead?"
Wei Deliang nodded heavily, "The royal doctors have already checked, and … "Dead."
"BOOM!" Wei Deliang's voice was like a hammer that directly smashed into Yuwen Jue's heart. He only felt his body being drained of energy, and with a flip of his back, he fell back on the chair, letting out a heavy sound.
In the end … He was a step too late.
Wei Deliang still did not know about the name list, and upon seeing that, he anxiously called out: "Your majesty! "Your majesty!"
Huai Jin and Yuwen Fei also made a worried expression as they looked at Yuwen Jue who was seated on the upper seat.
Yuwen Jue sat in a daze for a while, he finally regained his senses, he raised his hand and called Wei Deliang over, just as he was about to say something.
Wei Deliang went over and listened attentively, waiting for the orders from the emperor.
"Esteemed Empress Dowager has arrived!"
An attendant's sharp voice suddenly came from outside, interrupting Yuwen Jue from speaking.
Just like that, the empress dowager was escorted to the royal study.
She swept her eyes inside and her face congealed. Without waiting for the people inside to greet her, she asked: "I heard that the case of Ping Yang has been settled?"
Yuwen Jue's face stiffened. He waved for Wei Deliang to leave and instructed Li Changde to give the empress dowager a seat before he spoke to her.
"Where did Imperial Mother hear this? "How could they have gotten the results so quickly, it's just that we've found some new clues."
"Oh?" The empress dowager obviously didn't believe it. Her brows knitted in suspicion as she looked towards Huai Jin at the side.
Huai Jin immediately lowered her eyes and looked in Yuwen Jue's direction.
"An Ping, what clues have you found? Also for Wailing Home to hear. " In the end, the empress dowager still called out to Huai Jin.
Huai Jin slowly lifted her eyes, her face was filled with awkwardness. Her eyes continuously moved between the Empress Dowager and Yuwen Jue. She opened her mouth a few times, but then closed it again.
After repeating this a few times, the empress dowager finally became anxious and urged, "An Ping!" "Is there anything you can't say?"
In the end, Huai Jin gave Yuwen Jue a glance. Her eyes gradually became deeper, and then became clear again.
She thought about it for a moment, then looked up at the Empress and shook her head. She said innocently, "It was an envelope. However, An Ping didn't know what was inside. As soon as he got it, it was handed over to the Emperor. "
Huai Jin followed the empress dowager's order and tactfully called herself An Ping.