C41 (2/2)

Yuwen Jue was furious. Who would be so bold as to give away their Qishan white jade!

But the empress dowager didn't care, as if she had already decided, and insisted that someone else had given it to her.

The Imperial study once again fell into a deadlock.

In the end, it was Yuwen Jue who sighed, made concessions, and waved his forward. He had nearly forgotten his purpose for calling Huai Jin over when the empress dowager made such a ruckus.

Huai Jin stepped forward and respectfully waited for Yuwen Jue to speak. However, the words that followed made everyone in the imperial study room unable to believe their ears.

With that, he took out the imperial edict, and had Li Changde read it out loud, and handed it over to Huai Jin.

After the empress dowager heard the imperial edict, her heart was at ease. She knew that this matter was extremely important, and if she did not investigate thoroughly, the ministers in the imperial court would not agree to let Ping Yang be buried in the Princess's Tomb.

Furthermore, this was not something that Huai Jin could do, but the Emperor had ordered Huai Jin to investigate this case and gave him a peace of mind.

Huai Jin looked at the imperial edict in her hand helplessly. Her eyes blinked at the empress dowager and then at the emperor.

”Your Majesty, this …” ”It doesn't seem appropriate for me to look into this, does it?”

”Then, are you going to reject the decree?”

Huai Jin shook her head.

”Don't worry, I will order another person to go with you.”

Just as everyone was guessing who the other person was, they heard a hearty laugh coming from outside.

”royal father! I have come to retrieve Elder Xun's book of poems! ”

Yuwen Fei who was dressed in a star grey robe came in, still waving his fan, his steps were leisurely, his expression carefree.

Seeing him like this, Yuwen Jue frowned, and said in a heavy voice: ”You came at the right time, you can go and investigate with Princess Anping.”

”Investigate?” ”Investigate what?” Yuwen Fei looked at the three people in the room in a daze.

Huai Jin had long since kept the imperial edict and obediently laid in the empress dowager's embrace.

Yuwen Jue passed a sealed letter to Yuwen Fei and explained: ”Investigate Princess Ping Yang's Qishan white jade.”

Yuwen Fei took a step back upon hearing his words, and shook his head repeatedly: ”Royal father, please spare me, I don't need to concern myself with this matter.”

But Yuwen Jue did not wait for him to reject, holding a brush and issuing another order, ordering Huai Jin and Yuwen Fei to investigate the case together. The imperial edict fell and was directly handed into Yuwen Fei's hands, but Yuwen Fei refused to accept it.

Yuwen Jue frowned, in this world, there is no one who dares to refuse an edict, only his own son would dare, after thinking for a moment, he helplessly said: ”After this matter is completed, I will give you the book of poems in the Qu Family's book.”

Yuwen Fei then accepted the imperial edict with a smile.

A single Qishan white jade had already alarmed some people in the capital. When they found out that the Emperor had sent Huai Jin and Yuwen Fei to investigate this matter, their faces were filled with disbelief. A useless prince and a savage princess had come to investigate? What does the Emperor mean by this?