Episode 7

Xu Changping knew that he was Xiao Dingquan's confidant, and he also knew that King Zhao wanted to cut off Xiao Dingquan's left and right arms by reporting him.Here in Prince Lin, Xu Changping wanted to offer Xiao Dingquan a final plan before he was caught, and let Xiao Dingquan's seven Beijing guards surround and suppress three of King Zhao's Beijing guards.Xiao Dingquan did not want to deal with his brother ruthlessly, and did not want to rebel against him. Instead, he persuaded Xu Changping not to commit the serious crime of inciting the prince to rebel and kill the nine tribes.Xu Changping laughed at himself for his lack of love, but he would not kill the nine tribes so easily, and hinted that he came to Prince Lin for a reason.Xu Changping then lit up the sky lantern according to the plan and asked the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Punishment to arrest him. This was an instruction he gave to the Ministry of Punishment in advance in the name of the prince, with the purpose of exonerating Prince Xiao Dingquan.Xiao Dingquan did not allow the people from the Ministry of Punishment to take Xu Changping to accuse He. His uncle had already died there, and he did not want Xu Changping to be tortured to death by the people accused of He.

However, Xu Changping didn't want to drag down Xiao Dingquan, so he decided to leave.After the officers and soldiers took Xu Changping away, Xiao Dingquan felt that Wang Weng and the others were hiding something from him.Xixi covered her face with a veil and sent a message for Lu Wenxi. She wanted Chang He, King Zhao's subordinate, to tell her the whereabouts of Mr. Lu, so she gave the secret message to Chang He.Zhao Wang Xiao Dingkai heard the court report from Changhe and found that neither the emperor nor the prince acted abnormally, so he wanted to add fuel to the fire.He lived a long life and spread two rumors in the palace. One was that the prince had been disrespectful to the queen all the time, which led to the queen's death and forced the brothers to leave the capital during the filial piety period. The other was that Xu Changping's arrest was related to rebellion.As for the evidence of Master Xu mentioned in Lu Wenxi's secret letter, Xiao Dingkai had already searched Xu's house. Fortunately, Li Chongkui of the Criminal Department did not search carefully enough to help them, saying that Sister Jiang Shanggong's hard work would not be wasted.Xiao Dingquan specially customized a swing for Lu Wenxi. Lu Wenxi thought that Xiao Dingquan was going to declare war on his father during the national mourning period. Xiao Dingquan said that he just wanted to give all the interesting things in the world to Lu Wenxi.Lu Wenxi was very satisfied with the swing. While he was happily playing on the swing, he couldn't help but think of the time he spent swinging with his elder brother and younger brother when he was a child. Thinking of A Jin's absence, he would inevitably feel sad. Xiao Dingquan went to Lu Wenxi's side to comfort her.

After that, the two talked about Xu Changping again, and Xiao Dingquan was sad again.Both of them knew that this game would be bloody again, so they hugged each other to give each other strength. Xiao Dingquan hoped that Lu Wenxi would survive this time no matter what, and Lu Wenxi also hoped that His Highness could protect himself.After Xiao Dingquan presided over the queen's funeral ceremony, he returned to his hometown outside the emperor's palace.The emperor invited Xiao Dingquan to accompany him for a walk, in the direction of Konghe.On the carriage, the emperor gave Xiao Dingquan a chance to explain his relationship with Xu Changping, implying whether Xiao Dingquan was involved in the rebellion.Xiao Dingquan argued that he had always regarded Xu Changping as the secretary given to him by his father, and there was no other relationship.When the emperor saw that Xiao Dingquan refused to admit it, he told Xiao Dingquan that Kong Hewei found a set of prince's uniforms in Xu's house. Xiao Dingquan argued that he lent them to Xu Changping to wear on a rainy day.

The emperor continued to give evidence and took out the prince's jade belt found in Xu's house and threw it to Xiao Dingquan. Xiao Dingquan was stunned. He was unable to defend himself and could only say that someone was trying to frame him.And this jade belt was the evidence that Li Chongkui had not found.The emperor gave him one last chance to explain, but Xiao Dingquan couldn't explain himself clearly, so the emperor had no choice but to take Xiao Dingquan straight to Konghe.Wang Weng hurried back to inform Lu Wenxi that something happened with the jade belt.Lu Wenxi told Wang Weng not to worry and asked where Xiao Dingquan was.At this time, Xiao Dingquan was brought to Konghe by the emperor, and the emperor wanted to interrogate Xu Changping personally in front of Xiao Dingquan.Xu Changping was lying in the lobby with injuries all over his body, which shocked Xiao Dingquan. The emperor ordered someone to splash water to wake Xu Changping up.The embarrassed Xu Changping raised his head and looked at the emperor. The emperor looked at Xu Changping's face and suddenly thought of his brother who had hanged himself.