Cang Chenru looked at the portrait in his hand in confusion, but he couldn't tell that the person in the portrait was a woman.
"Three...Your Highness King Xuan, how did you tell that this portrait is of a woman?"
Xiao Yueze replied calmly, "Look at her facial bones. A woman's bones are smaller, especially her brow bones, which are much higher than those of a man. You can see that by comparing them with other people's portraits."
Cang Chenru hurriedly took out another picture for comparison, and found the gap as expected.
He looked at Xiao Yueze in surprise, "You can even see such a small thing..."
"Someone taught me some medical skills, and now I happen to use them."
Cang Yunxuan frowned slightly when he heard this, and his eyes flashed at Xiao Yueze.
"Well, now that it's confirmed that she is a woman, let's quickly ask someone to draw a new portrait." He said.
Cang Chenru nodded. Just as he was about to put the portrait away, Xiao Yueze stopped him.
"I think this portrait should be shown to the princess." Xiao Yueze said.
Cang Yunxuan's face darkened, "Do you know what you are talking about? Now that she is being held in the Ministry of Justice for interrogation, I should avoid suspicion now, instead of helping the palace despite knowing the danger."
The two of them looked at each other coldly, and Cang Yunxuan on the side couldn't help shaking as he looked at the two of them.
"When the princess was taken away, the prince could no longer live alone." Xiao Yueze said coldly: "What's the point of avoiding suspicion? The prince might as well help the princess prove her innocence as soon as possible."
"This is the best way for the prince to avoid being implicated."
Xiao Yueze's words were unceremonious, and Cang Yunxuan's face instantly darkened.
"Come on, sir, is this what you said you wanted to do?"
Xiao Yueze pursed his lips into a straight line, and after a long time he squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, "I offended Prince Jiang, please forgive me."
He couldn't save Shen Luoxi on his own, so he was willing to bow to Cang Yunxuan for Shen Luoxi.
Cang Yunxuan glanced at him and then looked away, and then said to Cang Chenru: "At this point today, it's time for me to leave."
After that, he got up and walked downstairs.
Xiao Yueze followed silently. When the carriage moved, he had to run to keep up.
He glanced at the carriage expressionlessly and understood that Cang Yunxuan was making things difficult for him.
When the carriage stopped outside the palace gate, a thin layer of sweat broke out on Xiao Yueze's face.
"I made a mistake just now. Now turn around and go to the palace as quickly as possible." Cang Yunxuan's voice came from the carriage.
"yes."
The groom immediately turned the horse's head and galloped again. Xiao Yueze said nothing and just continued to follow.
The carriage stopped again, and Cang Yunxuan walked down slowly. Seeing his unsteady breath, he said coldly, "I will not do anything to you, because I still need Shenluo River."
"Be more careful with your words in the future, otherwise I will have many ways to torture you."
He turned around and walked into the palace gate, striding towards the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Xiao Yueze raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and followed him closely, as if he didn't hear the warning just now.
Soon, the two of them arrived in front of the Prison Department.
Cang Yunxuan explained his purpose to the jailer, and the jailer looked at each other in embarrassment.
"The emperor has given instructions that no one is allowed to see the princess without his instructions. Please don't embarrass us, His Highness Prince Xuan."
Cang Yunxuan smiled lightly, "I understand your difficulties, but I don't know what is going on with the princess inside, and I am really worried. Please talk to me, and then I will leave."
The jailer breathed a sigh of relief, "Shilang Zhou has just finished interrogating Princess Xuan. Princess Xuan is resting in the cell now. Your Highness, Prince Xuan, does not need to worry."
"That's good." Cang Yunxuan took out a few ingots of silver and handed them to the jailer, "Please take care of the princess for me. This is a small thank you gift, and this bottle of golden sore medicine..."
He smiled and looked at the two jailers. The jailer accepted the money and nodded immediately.
"Don't worry, Your Highness King Xuan, we know what to do!"
Cang Yunxuan did not stay, turned around and walked out of the prison of the Criminal Department.
Xiao Yueze stayed for a moment and watched one of the jailors walking towards the prison with the golden sore medicine before he followed Cang Yunxuan.
In the cell, Shen Luoxi quietly took out a quick-healing potion from the space and dripped it on his body.
She watched the whip marks on her body slowly disappear, and then she leaned against the wall, looking a little tired, and closed her eyes to rest.
Shen Luoxi was thinking about who framed her, but she didn't see anyone taking action, which was really abnormal.
There were so many people toasting the queen, why did something happen to her when it came to her?
She was puzzled, but at this moment she heard the sound of footsteps.
Shen Luoxi opened his eyes and saw a jailer walking to the cell with a bottle of something in his hand.
"This is the golden sore medicine that His Highness King Xuan sent to Princess Xuan. His Highness asked us to bring a message to the Princess, saying that the Princess must take the medicine," the jailer said.
Shen Luoxi raised his eyebrows, reached out and took it and played with it for a moment.
"Do you have anything else to tell me, Your Majesty?" she asked.
"That's all I have to say." The jailer smiled and said: "Before the coffin is sealed, we will make Princess Xuan's life easier, so Princess Xuan can rest assured."
Shen Luoxi nodded and watched the jailer leave before smashing the medicine bottle.
She picked up the paper among the fragments and unfolded it to see the portrait on it, her expression instantly turned cold.
It seems that this may be the person who framed her.
Shen Luoxi looked at it carefully and felt that it looked familiar. She narrowed her eyes and immediately recalled who the person in front of her was.
When she was searched yesterday, she paid attention to the appearance of the palace ladies, and one of them was somewhat similar to the person in the portrait.
Her mind was spinning rapidly, and she suddenly raised the corners of her mouth. Then she walked to the cell door and shouted: "I want to see the emperor!"
The jailers didn't know why, but before she was convicted, Shen Luoxi was still Princess Xuan. They didn't dare to neglect her and hurried to ask the emperor before taking her to the imperial study.
Shen Luoxi walked into the imperial study and knelt down, "See your Majesty."
The emperor said calmly: "The jailer said that you have a way to prove your innocence. How do you plan to prove it?"
"Yes, please ask the emperor to invite the maid who searched yesterday and the nun beside the empress. Only then can I prove my innocence."
The emperor frowned, "You mean the nun beside the queen framed you? Princess Xuan, if you are wrong, do you know what the consequences will be?"
Shen Luoxi replied loudly, "No matter what the consequences are, I am willing to be punished."
Seeing Shen Luoxi's determined expression, the emperor ordered the eunuch to call him.
When everyone arrived, in addition to the palace maids and nuns, the queen also walked into the royal study.
The queen walked up to the emperor and saluted, "I see you, your Majesty."
"You haven't recovered yet, why did you come here?" The emperor frowned.
"I heard the eunuch who passed the message said that Princess Xuan was going to testify against my aunt. I was worried that there was some misunderstanding and followed me." The queen said softly: "So I have to come and see for myself to avoid unjustly accusing innocent people. .”
