Xiao Jialan was shocked, how could it be Xiao Ce? Why would he do this?
She was confused for a moment and asked: "Where is Yuan Chen? What did you do to him?"
Yuan Hao smiled and said: "I didn't expect Miss Jialan to care about Brother Huang. Don't worry, Brother Huang is fine. He was just locked up by Father."
Xiao Jialan calmed down and said with a smile: "I never expected that it would be destroyed in your hands. My plan was going to succeed soon.
Yuan Chen has been obsessed with me. As long as he sits on the throne, Beichen's empire will be at his fingertips. If I had known that you would ruin my plan, I shouldn't have let Yuan Chen let you go in the first place!"
Yuan Hao understood the meaning behind her words. She wanted to put all the blame on herself so that she could exonerate Yuan Chen. It couldn't be that easy.
He said: "Father, don't be deceived by Xiao Jialan. The meaning of the letter is obvious. The emperor has long known Xiao Jialan's identity.
He hid it and refused to report it, but still kept in contact with this woman and even wanted to marry her. This is clearly treason and collaboration with the enemy!"
Emperor Beichen narrowed his eyes and said, "Go and bring the prince!"
Lu Zhao retreated and quickly brought Yuan Chen to the main hall.
Seeing Xiao Jialan here, he hurriedly walked over and called out: "Jialan!"
Xiao Jialan looked at him, with thousands of thoughts in his eyes, and finally they all turned into one.
She scolded angrily: "Why are you pretending to be affectionate here, Your Highness? I'm afraid you've been taking advantage of me from the beginning, right?"
Yuan Chen frowned and said nothing. He already knew exactly what happened, but he didn't expect his father to act so quickly.
He wanted to save her, but it was already too late, and Jialan's purpose in saying this was to save him, so how could he not know?
Emperor Beichen said: "Prince, what is going on? Are you really bewitched by this woman and fall in love with her, or are you taking advantage of her?"
Xiao Jialan glanced at Yuan Chen, indicating that he put the overall situation first.
If they anger Emperor Beichen, there will be no hope for them to stand up.
Yuan Chen withdrew his gaze and faced Emperor Beichen and said: "Father, I did know that she was the princess of Nanyue from the beginning, and I took her in to find out what happened to Nanyue.
But she didn't expect that her brother would eventually become the emperor of Nanyue. Her son married her to gain her trust in order to find an opportunity to assassinate the new king of Nanyue.
I just didn't expect that this letter was intercepted by the second brother and delivered to the father. However, the son was very curious, how could the second brother collude with the people of Nanyue?
Wasn't he being escorted to Yunzhou? How could he appear here and ruin the plan that I had worked so hard to prepare!"
Emperor Beichen glanced sideways at Yuan Hao and said, "How do you want to explain?"
Yuan Hao was shocked. He didn't expect Yuan Chen to bite him back.
He said: "When my son was passing through Yangzhou, he encountered bandits and was lucky enough to save his life. Later, he saw a man holding a portrait of Miss Jialan. After careful questioning, he learned that Miss Jialan was actually from Nanyue, and the people who were looking for her were
He is Xiao Jialan's bodyguard, and he calls Xiao Ce."
Yuan Chen said in a deep voice: "Father, my second brother is lying. Since that man is Jialan's bodyguard, how could he casually reveal Jialan's identity to a stranger? This doesn't make sense at all.
Unless the second brother has known the Nanyue people for a long time and has a good friendship, the other party would be able to reveal such an important secret to him!"
Emperor Beichen nodded and said: "Yuanhao, tell me, during your travels these years, have you made friends with people from Nanyue, hoping to use Nanyue's help to seize Beichen's throne?"