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Xu Shiqiu had accompanied Dong Shu here today because he wanted her to support him.

This morning, he had received news from his brother-in-law about what the bearded man and the long-faced military general had said to him in his cell yesterday.

Since other people had already implicated him, he naturally had to make some preparations.

Dong Shu did not know about all this, just now when she heard that Xu Shiqiu was involved in a life and death lawsuit, a look of worry kept on hanging on her face, causing Empress Hu to feel extremely pained.

The feelings between people were all developed. Dong Shu gave his heart to the Empress Hu, and the Empress Hu naturally treated him with his heart.

Xu Shiqiu was Dong Shu's husband, and now that something had happened to him, the Empress Hu could naturally not ignore him.

As the Empress Hu was going too, they were delayed for a little while. By the time they reached the Emperor Ruikang, the Prince Duan was already there.

Seeing that the Queen had followed, not only the Prince Duan, but also the Emperor Ruikang stood up to welcome her.

”Why is Qing Xun here too?” The older he got, the more fierce the struggles his sons had. The more Emperor Ruikang missed the time when the crown prince was still alive.

Because of this relationship, he treated the Empress Hu more sincerely than the other women in the harem.

However, from the perspective of the Empress Hu, even if she could, she was willing to not have this kind of sincerity from the Emperor Ruikang, in exchange for her own son.

At this time, the Empress Hu's face did not look good. Seeing that the Prince Duan was here, he nodded at the Emperor Ruikang in a rare way, then said directly: ”I heard that someone framed you all the time, so I came here to take a look.”

When Empress Hu said this, she looked at his royal brother helplessly.

The Emperor's sister-in-law's words directly made the two men's confession into a 'false accusation.' Relying on the imperial brother's guilt towards his imperial sister-in-law, he might take advantage of it.

After he sighed in his heart, Prince Duan then took the initiative to tell Empress Hu about this matter.

Who knew that just as he finished speaking, the Empress Hu snorted coldly and said, ”Let's not talk about whether or not this matter was handled with Autumn's participation. If these two people were not in the wrong, even if other people wanted to scheme against them, they would not be able to!”

Everyone knew what the Empress Hu said was right, the Prince Duan looked at his royal brother, seeing that he did not say a word, he could only continue: ”What royal sister-in-law said is reasonable, but this matter is related to a lot, and today the people outside the palace are discussing it, if we do not settle it well, it will affect my royal brother's reputation.”

Seeing that the Prince Duan had said all this, the Emperor Ruikang did not say anything else. ”That's right, catalpa. ”Besides, I will only summon the time to ask today. You can rest assured.” After saying that, the Emperor Ruikang saw that the Empress Hu's expression had improved a bit. He then continued, ”Coincidentally, Zipao Tong is also here. By the way, listen to me. I will handle this matter impartially.”

Empress Hu understood that she could support Xu Shiqiu in today's matter, but it would be difficult for him to do so even more.

Thus, after hearing Emperor Ruikang's words, Empress Hu nodded her head in satisfaction. She then looked at Xu Shiqiu who was on the ground and said, ”Your Majesty and Prince Duan, you can say whatever you want to ask later. Rest assured, with me here, no one will dare frame you. ”

Hearing Empress Hu mention the word ”framing”, Emperor Ruikang and Prince Duan did not know what to say.

Xu Shiqiu also understood that the reason the Empress Hu had done so much for him today was already for the sake of her own Young Girl.

Thinking about this, Xu Shiqiu also respectfully bowed towards the Emperor Ruikang s and Empress Hu s, and then bowed towards the Prince Duan s.

Seeing that Xu Shiqiu was not arrogant enough to look down on others just because of Empress Hu, Prince Duan also nodded his head in satisfaction. Then, he told Xu Shiqiu about the bearded man and the long-faced general who revealed his identity yesterday in the prison.

”When the two of them were captured in the flowerbed, they had always been separated, and there was never any chance for them to collude with each other. But they both mentioned you yesterday. Therefore, This King wants to ask you if you have anything to say on this matter. ” After saying that, Prince Duan shot a glance at Empress Hu from the corner of his eyes. He thought for a while, then explained, ”Originally, this duke wanted to ask you about it at your house, but I found out that you entered the palace this morning. That's why I summoned you here to ask royal brother.”

Seeing that the Prince Duan had taken everything into his own hands, Emperor Ruikang nodded in satisfaction, and revealed a smile that he thought was friendly towards Xu Shiqiu.

Although Xu Shiqiu had known about this matter in advance, when he heard Prince Duan's words, he still revealed a shocked expression. However, in an instant, the expression of shock on his face changed to one of helplessness and understanding.

Seeing that Xu Shiqiu's expression changed so quickly in such a short time, Prince Duan and the higher ups also did not understand what was going on.