Cui Mingyuan couldn't help but stagger back a step.

However, such a thing cannot be easily admitted. It is not a matter of not crying until you see the coffin, but if they admit it, their entire family will be gone, and their great cause will be gone!

Cui Mingyuan gritted his teeth fiercely, and a bloody smell filled his mouth. He said, "Your Highness, Madam, do you really believe what this crazy woman said? She is crazy! As early as half a year ago, when her child, my poor grandson, was hacked to death by the remnants of the previous dynasty, she began to have problems with her brain! No matter which dynasty or generation, it is unreasonable to convict someone based on the words of a madman..."

"Cui Mingyuan."

Su Liuyue interrupted him calmly and said, "You should know that His Majesty would not ignore such a matter that could shake the foundation of the country, even if it was just a suspicion, right? Moreover, this time, you deceived His Majesty directly!

At the beginning, it was you who brought Concubine Cui, now Cui Zhaorong, and the so-called Eleventh Prince to His Majesty, and presented them to him personally, saying that these two remnants of the previous dynasty were at His Majesty's disposal!
The Eleventh Prince has been frail and sickly since childhood, and has hardly ever stepped out of his palace. Not to mention people outside, even few people in the palace have seen him.

Not to mention, the substitute you found for the Eleventh Prince is his cousin who is most similar to him in age, appearance, and figure.

At that time, the emperor was cautious and summoned the eleventh prince's wet nurse and several servants around him to identify the child. They all confirmed that the child was the eleventh prince, thus successfully dispelling the emperor's suspicion.

However, if I am not mistaken, the servants around Concubine Cui and her son at that time, I am afraid, have been replaced by your own people long ago!"

This kind of thing is very common among some concubines in the harem who have strong family backgrounds.

They have to live and compete for favor in the palace where people's hearts are unpredictable and treacherous, so they must have people around them who are trustworthy and can be used by them. Therefore, families with ability and means will find ways to help them send trustworthy people in.

After Su Liuyue suspected that the murderer's child was swapped with the eleventh prince by the Cui family, she conducted a detailed investigation into the circumstances when Cui Mingyuan presented the eleventh prince to the emperor.

It is no wonder that the emperor was fooled at that time. At that time, he had captured the capital of Dayan in one fell swoop. He was in high spirits and arrogant. He would never have thought that someone would dare to do such a trick under his nose.

What's more, the servants around the Eleventh Prince had already confirmed that it was the Eleventh Prince himself.

Su Liuyue looked at Cui Mingyuan's increasingly tense expression and sneered, "Those servants were later released from the palace. If I'm not mistaken, in the past six months, they... have all been gone for various reasons!
You say, if His Majesty suddenly realized that you might have deceived him at that time, how angry would he be... "

It would be fine if he had the intention of rebellion, but he actually treated the emperor like a fool.

Not to mention that His Majesty is not a very broad-minded person, any normal person would be furious.

Cui Mingyuan tried hard to control the chattering of his teeth and wanted to say something, but Su Liuyue glanced at him and said in a calm voice: "Cui Mingyuan, you should save those sophistry until you are in prison.

Do you know when I realized that you guys were using this troll trick to replace the prince?"

Cui Mingyuan was slightly stunned.

When else could it be? Didn't she find that crazy woman from the Shu family and learn about it from her? !

Su Liuyue raised her lips coldly and said, "Mrs. Shu was too shocked. She didn't say a word to us before she met you.

I realized that the death of the eleventh prince was a trick because I saw Cui Zhaorong in Changmen Palace a few days ago. She was sitting in a pavilion in a daze, holding a branch of osmanthus in her hand.

I asked someone to ask the palace maids around Cui Zhaorong, and they said that Cui Zhaorong's situation was a bit like the fourth young lady of the Luo family. Sometimes she was normal, and sometimes she seemed to have shut herself off. When she was normal, Cui Zhaorong was no different from an ordinary person, except that she spoke very little.

There were no osmanthus flowers in Changmen Palace. The osmanthus flower was picked for Cui Zhaorong when she was in good health.

Su Liuyue paused, and her voice suddenly lowered, "When I saw Cui Zhaorong holding the osmanthus flowers in her hand, I felt a little weird.

Why Osmanthus? The meanings of Osmanthus from ancient times to the present are mostly beautiful and hopeful.

Because osmanthus flowers bloom in autumn, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, many places have the custom of appreciating osmanthus flowers or drinking osmanthus wine. Therefore, osmanthus flowers have the beautiful meaning of reunion. In addition, the flowers of osmanthus are clustered together, giving people a feeling of reunion and cohesion.

Cui Zhaorong, who was abandoned by her family and whose husband and son had both died, should not be holding such a flower in her hand.

She is so obsessed with osmanthus that she even asks her maid to pick osmanthus flowers for her from outside Changmen Palace, but is there some unknown, deeper meaning behind this? "

Seeing Cui Mingyuan's eyes widened in disbelief, Su Liuyue sighed and said calmly: "When I realized that the murderer of this missing child case was likely from the Cui family, I immediately linked this case to Cui Zhaorong.

Cui Zhaorong held the osmanthus branch because she knew very well that her child was still alive and well in this world. As long as she lived strong, one day, she would be able to truly reunite with her child and family. "

The one who really couldn't be reunited with her children was Shu.

Although Cui Mingyuan still said nothing, his straight body unknowingly hunched over and his shoulders slumped a little.

Su Liuyue actually deduced so many things based on just a branch of osmanthus in his daughter's hand.

What a terrifying insight!
This time, he didn't lose unfairly.

Seeing that Cui Mingyuan had no intention of talking anymore, Zhou Yunke took a step forward and said coldly, "Come here, throw Cui Mingyuan and Shu into the Jingzhao prison! Wait for trial! Feng Yang, you immediately take a team of elite soldiers to strictly guard the Cui family. Before the emperor gives the next instruction, not a single fly is allowed to fly out of the Cui family!"

Feng Yang responded immediately and turned around to do his work.

After Su Liuyue watched Cui Mingyuan and Shu, who seemed to be scolding Cui Mingyuan tirelessly, being taken away, she looked at Zhou Yunke standing aside and whispered, "Are you going to enter the palace soon?"

"Yes."

Zhou Yunke gently shook her hand and said, "Father has been sending people to keep a close eye on this case, and it is impossible to hide this from Father.

Fengqi will take you home in a while, you should get some rest early, I may not be back so early tonight."

Su Liuyue turned around and tightly grasped Zhou Yunke's hand, raised her eyes and looked at him without blinking, and said: "Then you should be careful, the emperor will be very angry about this matter." (End of this chapter)