Early in the morning of the second day after Wei Ying entered the palace, just as the sun was rising, Chu Qing had already packed up and was ready to continue her practice.
Regarding Wei Ying's absence overnight, Chu Qing still felt a bit flustered in her heart.
However... she couldn't delay her practice.
If something really happened, she needed to make sure she wouldn't be a burden to Wei Ying.
Just as she was about to step out of the courtyard, Liu Xin came running in a hurry. She didn't stop until she reached Chu Qing.
"What's going on? You look so flustered." When looking at Liu Xin, there was always a touch of gentleness in Chu Qing's eyes.
"Milady, a letter came from the Chu Mansion saying that Lady Chu is ill!" Liu Xin patted her chest. Due to running so fast, she was still out of breath when speaking.
After hearing Liu Xin's words, Chu Qing frowned and asked, "Mother is ill? How serious is it?"
Liu Xin quickly replied, "The servant who came to deliver the message didn't say how serious Lady Chu's illness is. He only said that Lord Chu told him that if you're free, you should go back and have a look."
Just thinking about her gentle mother being ill made Chu Qing's heart ache.
"Go back to the Chu Mansion with me right away."
After saying that, Chu Qing personally told the servants to prepare the carriage. In her previous life, her mother had passed away early. Now that she had a chance to live again, she didn't want to have any regrets in the future.
Liu Xin watched Chu Qing act swiftly and immediately followed her.
...
On the way, Chu Qing remained silent all the time.
If someone looked closely, they could see that the corner of Chu Qing's clothes had been tightly wrinkled by her.
When people are anxious, they always feel that time passes very slowly.
After a nervous journey, the carriage finally arrived at the Chu Mansion.
After getting off the carriage, Chu Qing didn't care about her image at all and ran into the mansion.
Perhaps because she had practiced martial arts, Chu Qing ran extremely fast.
The servants at the door saw it was Chu Qing and quickly stepped aside to make way.
When she reached the front hall, Chu Qing found that Chu Zhan was waiting for her inside.
"How is Mother?" Chu Qing asked anxiously.
Seeing Chu Qing so anxious, Chu Zhan felt a bit embarrassed and said, "Mother is fine. I sent someone to use this excuse to call you here..."
"You!" Chu Qing was a bit angry, but then she thought that Chu Zhan wasn't the kind of person who would make up excuses casually. So she calmed down her anger and asked, "Is there something important that you can't say directly?"
"Little sister has really grown up." Seeing his sister manage to control her temper for the first time, Chu Zhan was extremely relieved.
But Chu Qing pouted. Was this the time to praise her!
Seeing Chu Qing's dissatisfaction, Chu Zhan didn't waste any more words and directly said, "Wei... His Highness the Prince of Ning may be in trouble."
"What?"
"I just got the news last night that the Minister of Revenue reported to the emperor before that the Prince of Ning had been in close contact with the people from Xiliang. I heard that he will present the evidence to the emperor during the court session today. I was worried that there are too many eyes and ears in the Prince of Ning's Mansion. After getting the permission of Father and Mother, I called you back with the excuse of Mother's illness to tell you this."
"The Prince of Ning has been in close contact with the people from Xiliang?" Chu Qing looked extremely surprised.
"That's right."
"Why didn't you tell me immediately last night, Brother?"
"I got this news too late last night, so I could only tell you early this morning."
After hearing this, Chu Qing knew that Chu Zhan was also thinking about her. He was afraid that she would worry, so she didn't dwell on this insignificant matter anymore.
After all, being in close contact with the people from Xiliang was really hard to handle.
Although the Great Yan Kingdom and the Xiliang Kingdom had been at peace for some time, the two countries had always been in a hostile relationship.
Although Wei Ying didn't interfere in the government affairs, he held military power. If he really had been in close contact with the people from Xiliang, the meaning was self - evident.
I'm afraid the charge of treason would be directly imposed on him.
"Little sister, the Prince of Ning..."
"He would never do such a thing." Chu Qing said firmly.
After all, with Wei Ying's strength, if he had such ambitions, he could have found various ways to obtain the throne that everyone envied before the emperor ascended the throne. But Chu Qing had almost figured out what kind of person Wei Ying was.
He was the least likely person to commit treason.
Firstly, Chu Qing could deeply feel that Wei Ying didn't have such ambitions; secondly, not to mention the days she had spent with him, just according to the rumors, everyone in the Great Yan Kingdom knew that the Prince of Ning hated Xiliang deeply. On the battlefield, the Xiliang cavalry was always the most cruel and ruthless. Many of his soldiers had died on the battlefield. If Wei Ying had other thoughts, he wouldn't have fought desperately on the battlefield to protect the people.
Therefore, even if everyone else might commit treason, Wei Ying was the least likely one.
Unless his mind was sick.
Seeing Chu Qing's firm attitude, Chu Zhan didn't say anything more.
...
In the court hall, everyone held their breath and looked down. No one dared to say a word at this time.
The emperor sitting on the dragon throne looked extremely gloomy. Seeing everyone acting like timid quails, his anger grew even stronger.
"Prince of Ning, I'm so disappointed in you." The emperor's voice wasn't very loud, but it still made everyone tremble.
Used to seeing the emperor's amiable smile on weekdays, when he got really angry for the first time, all these court officials lowered their heads timidly.
Even those who were always jealous of the Prince of Ning didn't dare to take advantage of his misfortune at this time, because the more they said, the more mistakes they might make.
The emperor continued, "I specially summoned you here yesterday and asked you personally. Now, Minister Xu has presented the evidence. These letters, Prince of Ning, contain every detail about our Great Yan Kingdom! Do you have anything to explain?"
"I will never admit to something I haven't done. I also told Your Majesty a lot yesterday."
"You told me a lot, but not as much as these letters! Do you admit your guilt or not?" The emperor suddenly slapped the dragon throne.
"I won't admit to a fabricated charge." Wei Ying straightened his back and remained neither overbearing nor humble.
"You're really stubborn until the end!" After saying that, the emperor angrily threw some letters at Wei Ying's feet.
"The handwriting is the same as yours, and some even bear your personal seal boldly!" The emperor laughed out of anger.