Emperor Yongzhen looked at Xiao Minyuan, who no longer concealed his ambitions, and looked at him as if he was sure that the throne belonged to him, and the whole person was no longer hidden in front of him, his eyebrows and eyes were full of ambition and edge, and there was a smear of ridicule in his single eye.

He chuckled sideways.

Xiao Minyuan couldn't help frowning.

"What is my father laughing at?"

"I laugh at my Xiao family for several generations, but there is a talent here for you. ”

Xiao Minyuan's heart jumped slightly, he always felt that Emperor Yongzhen's words meant something, he couldn't help but look up at him, but Emperor Yongzhen didn't mean to explain, so he said directly: "I will do what you wish, and order the three divisions to interrogate what Lu Yunhu told, and then Feng Qizhou will preside over the trial, supplemented by Dali Temple and the Criminal Department." ”

"When this matter is settled, I will issue an edict and establish a prince to inherit the throne. ”

"Xiao Minyuan, what is happening now is what you want, I only hope that you can really keep the throne of my Xiao family and not fall into the hands of outsiders. ”

Xiao Minyuan's face suddenly showed a look of surprise, and in an instant, he hurriedly pressed it down, knelt on the ground with a bang and kowtowed to Emperor Yongzhen: "Father, rest assured, the sons will live up to their father's expectations." ”

……

More than an hour after the courtiers entered the palace, there was a decree in the palace that the court would take over the matters told by Lu Yunhu and Liu Xiangcheng in accordance with the ancestral system.

There was an instant uproar outside the palace, and when Liu Xiangcheng didn't have time to be happy, he knew that Emperor Yongzhen had restored Feng Qizhou's official position and ordered him to preside over these two cases.

Liu Xiangcheng secretly screamed in his heart, and when he noticed that something was wrong and wanted to make a loud noise to stir up civil unrest, he didn't want to be taken away directly by Feng Qizhou, who came to receive the interrogation, and didn't give him the slightest chance to speak.

After Liao Chuxiu learned that Emperor Yongzhen agreed to the trial, although he did not withdraw his troops, he did not stop Feng Qizhou and his party, and when Feng Qizhou took Lu Yunhu and Liu Xiangcheng to Dali Temple, Feng Qiao also led people to find Liu Xiangcheng's previous hiding place in Beijing.

Feng Qiao led people to take down several people, including several of Xiao Yuanqing's subordinates, as well as the so-called former prince's widow Xiao Quan, but he didn't find any trace of Xiao Yuanqing.

Xiao Quan is about the same age as Xiao Minyuan, but his appearance is very different from Xiao Minyuan and others, he is wearing ordinary clothes, his appearance is svenile, his body is slender, he looks a little thin, but his eyes are extremely peaceful.

"He's Xiao Quan?"

Feng Qiao was surprised.

She originally thought that the son of the former prince, who had been hidden by Liu Xiangcheng for so many years and even became Xiao Yuanqing's revenge bargaining chip, should be the same as them, full of hatred and even resentment, but she never expected that she would see such a gentle and elegant person.

Darklin whispered, "When we found him, he didn't run away, he didn't think about leaving, but he seemed to be waiting for us here. ”

Feng Qiao hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then stepped forward.

Over there, Xiao Quan saw her coming, tilted his head slightly and smiled at her, the face that was not outstanding seemed to come alive in an instant, the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, his eyes were slightly curved, and his eyes were focused and warm.

That smile......

It gave her an indescribable sense of familiarity.

Feng Qiao was stunned, and couldn't help but look at him with a slight frown, "Are you Xiao Quan?"

Xiao Quan's voice was gentle, his eyes were shallow starry when he looked at Feng Qiao, and he smiled softly when he spoke: "I am, you and I are considered to be from the same line, and we are also blood relatives, if you want, you can call me brother." ”

Feng Qiao's pupils shrank, and his memory seemed to have said the same thing.

She couldn't help but look at Xiao Quan again, with a bit of forced gaze in her eyes, and Xiao Quan just stood like that for her to look at, looking at her as if she was looking at her sister's brother.

Feng Qiao couldn't help but purse the corners of his mouth, retracted his gaze and said, "Do you know about me?"

Xiao Quan nodded: "I know, Liu Xiangcheng told me, he said that you are my aunt's daughter." ”

Feng Qiao frowned, a little unbelieving that Liu Xiangcheng would talk to Xiao Quan about her like this.

Although the culprit was Emperor Yongzhen, Liu Xiangcheng's role in it was even more shameless.

Liu Xiangcheng was bent on hiding Xiao Quan, secretly plotting for several years, and even assisting Xiao Yuanzhu on the surface, making everyone think that he wanted to push Xiao Yuanzhu to the throne, and never used it to expand his power, and even plotted with the Wen family for the long term.

What Liu Xiangcheng wants is to push Xiao Quan to the throne, and then use Xiao Quan's hand to restore the glory of the Liu family.

In this case, how could he tell Xiao Quan the truth back then?

Feng Qiao didn't ask Xiao Quan what Liu Xiangcheng told him, she just said in a condensed voice: "Since you know who I am, you should understand what I saw you for." ”

Xiao Quan smiled: "I know that you are here just to make me take the initiative to give up the fight for the throne and deny the matter of the widow at the right time." ”

"You and the Liu family have a common hatred, and Liu Xiangcheng values the clan inheritance the most, just killing Liu Xiangcheng will definitely be difficult to solve the hatred in your heart. ”

"You want to let the Liu family bear the charge of rebellion, let Liu Xiangcheng become a rebellious minister and thief who caused trouble in the name of the first emperor, let him be cut down by the history book, and let him see with his own eyes What he has been planning for many years not only did not make the Liu family glorious again, but dragged the Liu family into hell, and they will never be able to live forever. ”

Feng Qiao's eyes widened violently, and he looked at Xiao Quan unsettledly.

Xiao Quan continued: "I have no intention of being on the throne, and I don't want to be the emperor, whether you believe it or not, I really never thought of getting that position." I have been in the world for decades, being an emperor is too tiring, and I also need to have too many scruples, I only hope that I can live a healthy and stable life in the future, I can see the people I want, and I can go to the places I want to go. ”

"So, I agreed to what you asked, and when you have arranged it and you need me to come forward, you can send someone to call me. ”

Feng Qiao frowned and looked at Xiao Quan, wanting to see the truth of his words.

Xiao Quan didn't give in at all in his eyes, just looked at her with a smile.

Feng Qiao was in a trance for a moment, and she couldn't help but say, "If you are willing to give up these, aren't you afraid that we will cut the grass and eradicate the roots afterwards?"

Xiao Quan laughed when he heard this, "It's not a matter of being willing or unwilling, Xiao Qing has been dead for more than 20 years, even if Liu Xiangcheng really has a so-called edict in his hand, that edict only makes Xiao Qing the prince, and it has nothing to do with me, the posthumous son of the former prince, and time has passed, this world has long been the world of Xiao Shu's lineage, except for Liu Xiangcheng, who else in the court will recognize my identity?"

"As for cutting the grass and eradicating the roots......"

Xiao Quan looked at Feng Qiao, "You won't." ”

Feng Qiao frowned tightly and looked at the person sitting opposite, his eyes fell on his eyes, and he hesitated to speak: "Xiao Quan, where have we met before?"