Originally, the old emperor was still angry that Teng Liu had ignored the sibling bond and brought this matter into the open. But when he heard Teng Liu mention his mother concubine, he sank into memories.
Back then, when Teng Liu's mother concubine was still alive, Teng Liu was highly favored. The old emperor had even considered making Teng Liu the crown prince. Unfortunately, good times didn't last long. Teng Liu's mother concubine was framed and died an unnatural death. The old emperor had always wanted to make up for Teng Liu, but the latter had never accepted it.
He thought Teng Liu no longer recognized him as the father emperor. Unexpectedly, this child had always kept him in mind. For a moment, the old emperor was on the verge of tears.
"What else do you have to say?" the old emperor stared at the eldest princess and demanded.
"Father emperor, your daughter is innocent. Your daughter would never do such a thing," the eldest princess knew that the father emperor had been deceived by that bastard Teng Liu.
"Someone must be trying to frame your daughter." As she said this, the eldest princess glanced at Teng Liu. The implication was self - evident.
"Sister, are you saying that all this is a play I directed and acted in myself?" Teng Liu looked at the eldest princess expressionlessly. "I wonder if sister still remembers that someone once tried to impersonate the secret guard beside you but failed. The marks on your secret guards' bodies are all special. In this whole world, only you can do this."
What Teng Liu said was true. A few years ago, a princess who didn't like the eldest princess's style had found a secret guard to impersonate the eldest princess's secret guard. However, the marks on the eldest princess's secret guards were painted with special pigments, and others simply couldn't imitate them successfully.
"Sister, since you said it was a frame - up, how about we carefully examine the marks on those secret guards?" Teng Liu said without even blinking.
Seeing Teng Liu so confident, the eldest princess knew that she was going to lose this time.
"In that case, let's examine those secret guards as Liu'er said. If it's a frame - up, it's good to clear the eldest princess's name." After saying that, the old emperor waved his hand, signaling someone to bring in those secret guards.
The eldest princess stared blankly at the secret guards being carried in. These were the people she had sent out last night. How did they end up in Teng Liu's hands? The eldest princess squeezed her eyes shut tightly.
It seemed that she couldn't get out of this unscathed today. Damn Teng Liu! She knew that this bastard was restless. If she had known this would happen, she would have killed him when he was still young. Now, she had raised a tiger and suffered from it.
Teng Liu looked at the changing expression on the eldest princess's face and hooked his lips in satisfaction. "Sister, you come and examine. Are these people from your mansion?" As he said this, he even made room.
The eldest princess was still thinking about how to find an excuse to get through this when the old emperor spoke up. "No need to examine. These people are indeed the secret guards I gave to the eldest princess."
Although the old emperor was old, his memory was still good. He had a clear impression of what kind of people he had given to his children. So, looking at the black - clothed men on the ground, his face turned ashen.
"Eldest princess, don't you think you should give me an explanation?" The old emperor never expected that the daughter he had doted on for so long would do such a thing. And this was just the part that had been brought to light. He didn't know how many more things were hidden in the dark. Attempting to harm the imperial heirs!
"Father emperor, calm your anger. Your daughter doesn't know how this matter turned out like this," the eldest princess was now unable to defend herself even if she had a hundred mouths. She had been so angry last night that she had forgotten those two people were living with Teng Liu.
Now, she had been caught by that bastard Teng Liu.
"You don't know? If you don't know, who does?" The old emperor was really angry this time. He directly threw the teacup held by the eunuch beside him, which hit the eldest princess on the head.
Teng Liu quietly glanced at a certain minister, who quickly understood his meaning. After the old emperor finished speaking, the minister trembled and stood up.
"Your Majesty, this subject has something to report, something about the eldest princess."
"Speak!" The old emperor glanced at the eldest princess. He wanted to see how many things this eldest princess had done behind his back.
"Your Majesty, the eldest princess often uses your favor to force civilian men. Those who don't submit, she sends people to kill their whole families and then robs the man back to her mansion."
As soon as this minister spoke, others began to echo, and they all had valid reasons. Some even directly presented evidence. Because of the eldest princess in the capital, they didn't even dare to let their sons go out.
They were afraid that their sons would be taken a fancy to by the eldest princess and bring disaster to the whole family.
"You're talking nonsense! They all went back with me voluntarily! Father emperor, your daughter is innocent," this time the eldest princess was really panicked. She never expected that Teng Liu would bring this matter up. Although she was confident that the men in her mansion wouldn't betray her, the evidence these people presented was enough for her to handle.
"Father emperor, it's nothing for a princess to keep male favorites. But there's a limit to the number of male favorites a princess can have. Sister has so many male favorites that she might as well run a harem."
What an emperor hated most was such a thing. Running a harem! Who was qualified to run a harem? Of course, it was the emperor. You, a princess, were running a harem. What did this mean? If you didn't rebel, who would?
"Someone! Go and search the eldest princess's mansion thoroughly. Bring all the male favorites in the eldest princess's mansion to me!" The old emperor glared at the eldest princess fiercely. He never expected that he had raised an ungrateful child. He wasn't even dead yet, and this unfilial daughter was already running a harem.
He now suspected that this unfilial daughter wanted to push him off the throne and claim the throne for herself.
It had to be said that the old emperor had guessed the truth. The eldest princess really had such an idea, but she just wasn't ready yet. Among the old emperor's sons, the most promising one was the crown prince. But it was obvious to everyone that the crown prince was less capable than her. In other countries, there were also female emperors on the throne. Why couldn't they have one?
Thinking about this, the eldest princess looked at the old emperor on the dragon throne defiantly. She regretted not acting earlier.
The old emperor immediately saw the emotion in the eldest princess's eyes and almost fainted from anger. He never expected that this unfilial daughter really had such an idea.
Soon, the people who had gone to the eldest princess's mansion came back. However, "Your Majesty, there are too many male favorites in the eldest princess's mansion. Your subordinate was worried that something might go wrong, so only brought a part of them."
The surrounding ministers twitched the corners of their mouths when they heard this. How many male favorites could there be to make the leader of the imperial guards worried? But when they saw the people constantly coming in from outside, they understood.
There were at least fifty people brought here.