Although Ling Yi is greedy for life and afraid of death, and forgets his righteousness for profit, he still has feelings for the clan, and this is also the common characteristic of most people in this era.

Even if he already had some belief in his heart at this time, Ling Budo was not his Ahri, but for the sake of the Ling clan, he couldn't admit it.

Because only by insisting that Ling Budo is the son of the Ling family can the Ling family escape today, as for whether there will be anything in the future, he can't care about it.

Emperor Wen hesitated for a moment, and then asked again, "Zicheng, what evidence do you have to prove that what you said today is true."

But in Emperor Wen's expectation, Ling Budo shook his head: "More than ten years have passed since this matter, and it has long been a matter of affairs and people, and the appearance of the minister has already changed, I am afraid that even if the minister's father and mother are alive, they will not be able to recognize it."

Moreover, there may have been only me and my aunt left in the lonely city back then, and apart from my aunt's personal witness, the minister had no other evidence, otherwise he would never have told the truth today."

At this time, Ling Yi, who was originally in the air because of Emperor Wen's questioning, felt that it was okay again.

Immediately said, "Zicheng, don't listen to your mother's words, I know that she hates me so much that she will say this to you.

But how can I not recognize my own son, you must not really forget your surname."

Ling Budo couldn't help but defend himself when he heard this, and angrily reprimanded Ling Yi for his nonsense.

But both sides are now talking about it, Emperor Wen really doesn't know who to believe, but Cui You believes Huo Junhua very much, and he saw Ling Yi say this at this time.

When even stood up and spoke: "Your Majesty, Junhua may have acted a little wrong in the past, but he will never lie on this important matter, and please be aware of it."

But Cui You obeyed Huo Junhua's words more than listening to the holy decree, so Emperor Wen would not take it to heart when he heard it.

The others present did not say anything, after all, they really couldn't tell the truth of this matter, and the situation was a bit stalemate for a while.

In the end, it was Wu Han who casually teased and woke up Emperor Wen: "It's been more than ten years, from a child to such a big age, even if you have seen it before, it is impossible to recognize it now."

You say, should I go back and make a mark for my child, so that if I lose it one day, I can easily confirm that it is not."

Hearing this in this tense atmosphere, Lai Xi said angrily, "Your youngest son is twelve or thirteen years old, how can he change again?"

Wu Han immediately replied: "Well, you're right, my son is older, so let's go back and do it for my grandson, after all, I'm not sensible, and it's really hard to recognize if I lose it."

After hearing this, Lai Xi also glanced at Wu Han helplessly, there was really nothing to do about him.

But Emperor Wen suddenly thought of something, and said reluctantly: "Yes, if there is a mark, you can recognize it, I remember seeing him when he was a child, and there was a mark on his body.

It was a birthmark, exactly the same as that on Huo Chong's brother back then, but the location and size were different.

Zicheng, do you dare to stand up and expose your back so that I can see it."

Suddenly hearing this, everyone present was a little surprised for a while, but they didn't expect that this thing would turn around, there is really a mark to prove their identity.

Of course, in addition to being surprised, there will inevitably be some speculation, thinking that Emperor Wen may be making an excuse for Ling Budo to step down.

After all, Ling Budo has lived in the palace for so many years, and it is normal for Emperor Wen to know what he has on him, but it is Huo Chong's birthmark, and most of the people present do not know the situation.

At this time, Lai Xi took the initiative to assist, and said, "It seems that this is indeed the case, Huo Chong's birthmark has also been seen with his own eyes, and he is a tiger head born with three ears."

The main reason for Lai She's doing this is that he believes that Ling Budo is a human being, so he spoke to prove Emperor Wen's words.

The credibility of this went up at once, because Ling Yi's incident happened so suddenly, and Emperor Wen and He didn't have time to confess before coming to She.

And Ling Budo didn't need to mention the excitement in his heart at this time, he naturally knew best what he had in himself, but he didn't expect that this could become the key to verifying his identity.

He got up immediately, untied his belt, and slowly pulled open his shirt to reveal his waist.

Emperor Wen was a little impatient at this time, staring closely at Ling Budo's movements, and then saw the birthmark on Ling Budo's back.

At this moment, he couldn't sit still at all, so he rushed down from his seat directly, grabbed Ling Budo's arms with both hands, and looked at Ling Budo carefully, as if he had never seen him for so many years.

Then he said, "Shaft, why didn't you tell me the truth earlier, don't you believe me so much?"

Ling Budo replied, "Your Majesty, if the minister at that time was not young, but had the resourcefulness and courage he has now, he would definitely come straight to sue the emperor, but ......

Emperor Wen and Ling Budo were complaining about each other, but Ling Yi listened like five thunderbolts, because with the confirmation of Ling Budo's identity, the end of the Ling family had come.

And at this point, he has no way to comfort himself, but has to accept the tragic truth that he has his own son and cut off his head and hangs it on the city wall.

As for the other people present, their moods were also very complicated, especially Lai She and Cui You, these two people had a deep friendship with the Huo family, and they were naturally happy for the Huo family's bloodline.

After Emperor Wen came to his senses, he then announced the disposition of the Ling family, and all the children of the Ling family over the age of five were given deaths - including the married daughter.

After all, there is a lesson from the past, in case the daughter of the Ling family respects her father and brother and secretly teaches her children and grandchildren how to wait for an opportunity to take revenge, everyone present can understand the truth of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots.

As for the Ling women and children under the age of five, they were exiled to Mobei, the ancestral graves of the Ling family were dug up, and the clan changed their surnames.

Not only that, but all the in-laws who are close to the Ling family should be reprimanded.

This ruthless and far-reaching measure is widely implicated, and a discerning person can know at a glance that it is to prevent future troubles, so as not to give Ling Budo - now it should be called Huo Wuxian and cause trouble.

However, this also shows how hateful Ling Yi is in the eyes of Emperor Wen.

Especially with Peng Kun as a contrast, as one of the culprits of the lonely city back then, he did not enjoy the treatment of Emperor Wen personally, but was re-handed over to the Tingwei Mansion for sentencing.

As for Emperor Wen's move, no one present spoke out against it, because none of these people had a good relationship with the Ling family, since the matter could not involve him, then why bother to provoke Emperor Wen.

Especially in the limelight now, even the prince didn't dare to stand up and show his leniency.

Then Emperor Wen pulled Huo Wushu and left, probably to get to know him again, and by the way, listen to the affairs of the lonely city.

As for Ling Yi, Yuan Shen took the forbidden army and directly escorted him back to the Tingwei Mansion to wait for tomorrow's Ming Zheng sentence.

By the way, he had to bring back Emperor Wen's sentence with Ji Zun, lest he waste his efforts on the Ling family, and directly kill people who should be killed and exiled who should be exiled.

The others went back to their respective homes and left with the shock of today, of course, Cui You may not have gone home, but went to the Xinghua Garden.

When Li Hao knew the situation, Yuan Shen arranged his official affairs in the evening, and talked to Li Hao after returning home.

He used exaggerated and emotional language to describe the ups and downs of the plot in the palace, as well as the intricate expression of Ji Zun in the palace after knowing all this.

It is a little inappropriate to make Li Hao not pretend and satisfy Yuan Shen's show-off heart.

After Yuan Shen calmed down after speaking, he asked the substantive question: "Today's events in the palace can be spread in the capital tomorrow, do you think this will have any impact?"

Li Hao replied: "The impact will naturally be there, when he was still surnamed Ling, His Majesty had already regarded him as a parent, and now it has been confirmed that he is the son of Huo Chong, then His Majesty's preference is only even worse."

So don't provoke him in the future, hurry up and get your marriage done, so that it will be safe."

After hearing this, Yuan Shen only felt that Li Hao was joking, so he said, "When did I provoke him, and what does this have to do with when I got married, you don't want to say it, why do you have to get involved."

After speaking, Yuan Shen got up and went back to the room to rest, but he didn't see Li Hao looking at his back

, that slightly meaningful look.

Now I only hope that Ling Budo and Cheng Shaoshang's fate will be broken, otherwise Emperor Wen, who is the only favored person, may help what he will do.

Early the next morning, Emperor Wen personally announced Ling Yi's guilt and the disposition of him and the Ling family at the court meeting, and solemnly announced the identity of Ling Budo Huo Chong's son, wanting to restore his name as Huo Wuxian.

However, Ling Budo said that he wanted to live for Ahri, so he just changed his surname back to Huo, and he still took the name of Budo, and he would be called Huo Budo in the future.

The courtiers present didn't react much after hearing this, after all, Emperor Wen didn't order to seal up yesterday's incident.

The news of the official eunuchs in this capital has always been fast, and basically they all knew it last night.

After the court meeting, Huo Budo personally supervised the beheading, watched Ling Yi be punished by the five horses, and then came to the East Palace.

When Li Hao saw him coming, he only thought that he was coming to find the prince, and immediately said, "Your Majesty has just summoned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the palace to discuss matters, if Zicheng has something, he can enter the palace to find His Royal Highness the Prince."

Huo Budo shook his head when he heard this, "I didn't come today to see His Highness, but to thank Ziyang for helping me find this key evidence."

Hearing this, Li Hao was slightly puzzled and asked, "Why did Zicheng say this, this evidence was found by my brother Cha Yu, if you want to thank you, you should also go to the Tingwei Mansion to thank my brother, why did you come here to thank me."

Huo Budo replied: "The Ling family has always had my people watching, although it has really not achieved much over the years, but whether the Chunyu family's mother's family has broken the law, I can still know.

But since it's not the Cha Chun Yu clan, then Ling Yi has nothing to do with you, and I think the two of you won't be bored, and you have nothing to do to investigate a meritorious marquis, even if he doesn't have much real power in his hands.

So I thought Ziyang, I thought it should be me at the beginning, but this is also something I don't understand. Why do you want to find out about me?"

Since Huo Budo had an answer in his heart, Li Hao simply told the truth, anyway, he really didn't expect to be able to get Huo Budo in this matter.

After all, he was also a first-hand witness of this incident, and he didn't know how much more time he spent staring at the Ling family than himself.

So he smiled and said, "Since you guessed, then I won't hide it from you, the cause of this incident is indeed to check you, as for the reason, there were also you on the tower when the wild goose returned to the top!"

Huo Budo suddenly realized when he heard this, and said, "I can understand what you say."

"Now that I've said that, I just want to ask, what do you think now, do you still want to support the third prince?"

Faced with Li Haode's question, Huo Budo was silent for a while, and said: "You and I know what the prince's ability is, whether he should be rewarded or not, whether he should be punished or not, and let others be selfish, do you think he is really suitable for sitting in the position of the prince?

Of course, I admit that he is better than he used to be, but I still think that he is not as good as the Third Prince when it comes to governing the Council."

Li Hao replied: "I won't mention how the prince treats you, lest you say that I don't distinguish between public and private.

However, since you agree that His Royal Highness has improved compared to the past, that's good, I think everyone has weaknesses, can the three princes really be perfect?

As long as you can make corrections and progress with your heart, there will always be a time when you are qualified, and Your Highness will eventually be able to become a qualified prince, won't you?

At least in the recent past, I'm sure you haven't heard anything wrong with the crown prince, have you?"

Huo Budo thought about it carefully, it seems that it is indeed not as good as before recently, and there are inappropriate things about the prince from time to time.

At this point, Huo Budo's heart had already loosened, but it was obviously not enough to impress him.

Therefore, Huo Budo didn't want to discuss this issue with Li Hao again, and then said, "Maybe, but today I have to thank Ziyang for solving my doubts, although you checked that I was wrong, but the final result was good.

I remember you a favor for this matter, and I will return it to you when I have the opportunity in the future."

After finishing speaking, he got up to say goodbye and left the East Palace, and after seeing Huo Budo away, Li Hao came back and sat down and began to ponder.

According to Huo Budo's attitude today, it is obvious that he should still have a certain recognition of the third prince, and now he has a lot of weight in speaking to Emperor Wen.

Although he should not be able to take the lead and directly explain this matter to Emperor Wen.

But Li Hao finally suppressed the three princes, but he couldn't let him find a chance to get up, so he had to think of a way to see if he could find an opportunity to drive the three princes directly to the fiefdom.

As long as the third prince goes to the fiefdom, then there will basically be no more mistakes in this matter.

It's really not easy to get Emperor Wen to drive his son out, after all, someone proposed it earlier, but the final result was that the person who proposed it was driven away by Emperor Wen.

With this experience, Li Hao naturally would not directly hit the wall with his head, but Li Hao had been thinking about this matter, and after returning to the house, Li Hao called Yuan Shen over to discuss.

After all, this trouble can't be borne by yourself, after all, this thing is done, and Li Hao is not the only one who enjoys the blessings.

If it weren't for Yuan Pei and Liang Wuji who were not in the capital, Li Hao would have to pull them over to help together.

It's just that Yuan Shen doesn't have any good way here for the time being, after all, it depends on the timing if this thing is done, and he has to find a reason that can make Emperor Wen agree.