Mingtai led Chu Ci into the palace with a nervous heart.

  On the way to the palace, Chu Ci inquired about some details of the Qingzhou case from Ming Taishi. When they arrived outside the Zhenghe Hall, he didn't expect to see a familiar figure.

  Her mother, Queen Lan Rong of the Protector General of Chuhai, knelt outside the palace waiting for an audience.

  Chu Ci slightly furrowed her brow and walked over to support her, "Mother, why are you kneeling here?"

  Lan Rong was originally kneeling outside the temple with a pale face, but when she heard the long-familiar voice coming from above her head, she looked up and saw Chu Ci. She stared at Chu Ci for a moment before pushing away her hand and saying coldly: "What's wrong with the East Palace that you came here?"

  This sounded like an extremely disgusted tone, and the mother who had doted on her in the past seemed to be a completely different person.

  Chu Ci hesitated for a moment, staring at his mother for a while, then took two steps back, turned around and told the guard: "Please inform the Crown Prince that I have something to request an audience for."

  She didn't know what had happened between her and her mother, as well as the Hu Guo Gong Fu, that would make her mother treat her so coldly today. She didn't know, so before figuring out the situation, she could only take a step back first and wait for another day to slowly investigate.

  However, Lan Rong behind her heard this and coldly laughed out loud, seemingly laughing at her overestimating herself. After all, she had been kneeling here for half an hour, and Chu Ci's relationship with the prince inside was like that of sworn enemies. How could Emperor Chi possibly want to see her...

  However, Lan Rong's smile soon froze because after the guard went in to report for a moment, the door of the main hall opened quickly, and the Crown Prince summoned the Crown Princess and Ming Taishi.

  Lan Rong's face turned pale, and she stood up to stop Chu Ci from entering. Chu Ci halted her footsteps and heard Lan Rong say behind her: "If you still have a shred of conscience, let the Crown Prince hand this case over to the Hu Guo Gong Fu for investigation!"

  Chu Ci didn't understand why her mother would say that, as both Father and Brother were high-ranking generals. Handing over the investigation to the Ministry of Justice was the best choice for this kind of thing.

  So, Chu Ci calmly said to Lan Rong: "Please rest assured, the Crown Prince will definitely catch the murderer and bring them to justice."

  When Chu Ci entered the hall, Ming Taishi looked at her with a very strange and suspicious gaze. Chu Ci knew it was because she had just spoken up for the Crown Prince in front of her mother, but she didn't explain anything and walked in calmly without changing her expression.

  Di Kuai seemed to have not seen her, and Cheng Dou was discussing with Ming Tai Shifu about going to Qingzhou. Chu Ci stood for a while and felt numb in her legs, so she couldn't help but slightly jump up and down on the spot. As soon as she moved, Di Kuai raised his eyes and looked over at her.

  "In my humble opinion, although the Lan family was exterminated, there are still some illegitimate brothers from the side branches who are alive. Why not start with them..." Ming Taishi's words were cut off halfway by Emperor Di's sudden interruption, "What are you doing?"

  Mingtaishi let out a surprised "Ah?" and only then realized that the Crown Prince was actually asking the Crown Princess.

  Chu Ci quietly pulled in her legs and stood up straight, muttering softly "My legs are numb too..."

  The result was heard by Emperor Yan, who coldly said: "Where did your eyes go? Didn't you see the chair beside you?"

  Mingtaishi: "......"

  Doesn't that chair seem to be just for show? Since coming to Zheng and Dian, no official has dared to sit with the Crown Prince on an equal level, nor has anyone dared to sit in that chair...

  But as soon as Chu Ci heard Emperor Wu say that he could sit down, he automatically ignored his poisonous tongue and sat comfortably on the couch, continuing to listen to them.

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