Royal Palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Looking at Hu Weiyong and Princess Anqing who were still kneeling on the ground and unwilling to leave, Pang Yuhai had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, turned around and returned to the hall, and happened to pass by Xu Da, the last Duke of Wei who was about to leave.

Xu Da stepped in front of Hu Weiyong, bowed to Princess Anqing, and then looked down at Hu Weiyong with a complicated expression.

"That's it for now, are you satisfied?!"

Hu Weiyong slowly raised his head, looked at Xu Da coldly, and said in a deep voice.

"This matter has nothing to do with me. It's all your son's fault. He can't blame anyone else."

Xu Da snorted coldly and said slowly.

"If you hadn't been the one to interfere, how could he have been caught by the school inspection? How could His Majesty be so furious?!"

Hu Weiyong gritted his teeth and said harshly.

"If he didn't do anything wrong, even if the general wanted to use it as an excuse, he wouldn't have a chance. The only reason is that he is self-righteous, arrogant, and too complacent!"

"I don't care why he dealt with Chunwei so hastily, but this matter won't go away so easily! Maybe he thought he had tricked the entire capital city, but he would never have imagined that in the end he would only bring the blame upon himself and become trapped in a cocoon!"

Xu Da snorted coldly and said somewhat proudly.

"How did he offend you to cause you to hold such hatred!?"

Hu Weiyong gritted his teeth and glared at Xu Da fiercely and asked.

"In the face of major issues of right and wrong, I never harbor personal grudges. The reason why I do this is for the sake of the court, your majesty, and the future of the Ming Dynasty!"

"I just don't want the Ming Dynasty to be destroyed in the hands of your father and son one day! Whether it's greed for power, reckless behavior, or doing whatever you want, it will be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty!"

"No matter what, this general will not sit idly by and ignore it!"

Xu Da looked at Hu Weiyong and said categorically, as if he could only feel at ease if he found a fair excuse for himself.

"If anything happens to my son, I will never let you go!"

"Even if you don't want this aspect, your Xu family will still have to pay a hundred and a thousand times the price! I will do what I say!"

Hu Weiyong glared at Xu Da and spoke word by word, with a hint of cruelty in his voice.

After hearing Hu Weiyong's words, Xu Da couldn't help but frown and squinted his eyes.

"Aren't you afraid that the Princess will hear what Prime Minister Hu said? Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will hear it? What do you think of the court? Do you regard the power of the Prime Minister as the right to vent your personal anger?!"

Xu Da gritted his teeth and said coldly.

"What Xiang Hu said, I didn't hear anything. I only know that if anything happens to the Marquis of Jiu'an, it's all thanks to the Duke of Wei!"

"Until then, I, Zhu Changshu, will never give up! I swear to seek justice for Jiu'an Hou!"

But as soon as Xu Da finished speaking, Princess Anqing slowly raised her head, looked at Xu Da, and spoke word by word with a livid face.

Hearing Princess Anqing's words, Xu Da couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that Princess Anqing, who had always been well-behaved and delicate, would suddenly become so murderous, as if she was a different person.

After Princess Anqing said those words, she ignored Xu Da, slowly withdrew her gaze, and looked at the door of the hall again, without squinting or moving.

Looking at Princess Anqing like this, Xu Da couldn't help but feel chills running down his spine. After a slow salute, he stopped lingering and went straight out of the palace.

"Thank you, Your Highness Princess."

After Xu Da left, Hu Weiyong relaxed his mood, cupped his hands towards Princess Anqing, and said sincerely.

To be honest, Hu Weiyong was a little surprised by Princess Anqing just now.

"No need to say thank you, Mr. Hu. You and I are on the same front and have the same purpose."

Princess Anqing nodded slightly and said softly, the fierceness she exuded when she faced Xu Da had quietly disappeared.

Immediately, the two stopped talking and knelt quietly in front of the temple without squinting.

...

Time passed by minute by minute, and it was already evening in a blink of an eye, and night gradually fell.

But Hu Weiyong and Princess Anqing still knelt in front of the Yangxin Hall and never left, even though their legs were numb and they had no feeling.

Inside the main hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the couch, his face solemn, and there was a trace of fatigue between his brows.

"Pang Yuhai."

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated and shouted.

"His Majesty."

Pang Yuhai, who was waiting at the side, slowly took a step forward and bowed respectfully.

"Are they two still kneeling outside?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced in the direction of the entrance to the hall and asked slowly.

"Return to Your Majesty, you are still here."

Pang Yuhai cupped his hands, nodded, and said slowly.

Every time she burned incense, Pang Yuhai would go out and take a look in person. After all, Her Royal Highness the Princess was a rich man. If something happened to her, she would not be able to explain to Kunning Palace.

After listening to Pang Yuhai's words, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frown even more tightly, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

"You go to Kunning Palace immediately and ask the Queen to come to the Heart Nourishment Palace. Changshu is weak and her body will not be able to bear such a kneeling."

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment and then said slowly.

Pang Yuhai agreed, immediately rushed to Kunning Palace, and told Queen Ma that Princess Anqing had been kneeling outside the Yangxin Palace.

After a long time, Queen Ma followed Pang Yuhai to the Yangxin Hall as expected.

When she saw her daughter kneeling on the stone steps, she couldn't help but frown, with a look of distress on her face.

"Chang Shu, why are you doing this?!"

Queen Ma slowly came closer, looked at her daughter kneeling on the ground, and said helplessly.

"I've met the Queen."

Hearing Queen Ma's voice, Hu Weiyong hurriedly turned sideways and saluted.

"You are so generous."

Queen Ma nodded slightly and spoke softly, focusing her attention on her daughter again.

"Mother."

Princess Anqing slowly raised her head, looked at her mother, and pursed her lips in grievance.

"Get up quickly. Stop kneeling. How can your body bear the pain if you keep kneeling like this?"

Queen Ma said distressedly and reached out to help her.

But Princess Anqing pushed her mother's hand away, shook her head stubbornly, and refused to get up.

"Kneel down any more and your body will collapse!"

Queen Ma looked at her stubborn daughter and said anxiously.

"Please tell the Queen Mother that if he refuses to give Marquis Jiu'an a chance to prove his innocence, my daughter will kneel down until he agrees."

Princess Anqing raised her head and said firmly.

Seeing her daughter's resolute look, Queen Ma sighed helplessly and hurriedly walked towards the main hall.

In fact, she had already received the news about her daughter kneeling in front of the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, but she could not take the initiative to come. Firstly, she was worried about being misunderstood by His Majesty, and secondly, she was worried that once she took the initiative to come, she would become passive.

Not only may the persuasion be fruitless, but His Majesty may also blame all the blame for the discipline on himself.

It's not that she doesn't want to take responsibility, but that she knows her daughter's thoughts well, and in order to help her daughter rescue Hu Fei, she can only endure it.

Moreover, she did not completely believe that Hu Fei was a person with rebellious intentions.

...

In the main hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the couch, frowning in thought. After hearing the footsteps, he quickly raised his head and saw the queen slowly walking into the hall.

"Where's Chang Shu?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked about his daughter as soon as he opened his mouth, which is enough to show that he loves his daughter very much.

"Still kneeling outside."

Queen Ma sighed, shook her head, and said helplessly.

"Why don't you wake her up and take her back to Kunning Palace?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked.

"I also want to, but Chang Shu doesn't want to. She said that if His Majesty doesn't allow her to give Marquis Jiu'an a chance to prove his innocence, he will kneel outside and never get up."

"This child has always been delicate. He has never suffered much since he was a child. If he continues to kneel down like this, how can his body bear it?"
To be continued...