We'll have you impersonate the Crown Prince and create a prosperous era for the Great Qian Dyna

No matter how a person changes, certain details of their body remain unchanged.

If they investigate the body, and Zhou Rui discovers that there are birthmarks on the body, he will inevitably become suspicious.

No matter how well Zhou Tiancheng acts, in the end it will all be for nothing.

"Fortunately, I played the emotional card this time, so the old emperor probably won't agree to investigate the body."

Thinking of this, Zhou Tiancheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he had expected, Zhou Rui's face turned extremely ugly when Zhou Tianze started to go crazy.

Seeing that Zhou Tianze was about to speak, Zhou Rui grabbed the inkstone on the table and smashed it over his head.

With a loud clang.

The inkstone grazed Zhou Tianze's cheek and landed in the corner of the imperial study.

Zhou Tianze's face turned deathly pale in an instant.

If that hit him on the head, he might die.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger."

The high-ranking officials immediately knelt down to plead for Zhou Tianze.

But Zhou Rui ignored him and pointed at Zhou Tianze, angrily rebuking him.

"He's your brother!"

"Third brother, there's a limit to your nonsense!"

"You say he's a fake? He was forced to take off his coat in front of so many people, isn't that enough?"

"Now you want me to lead men to the Eastern Palace to investigate the corpse of a body double? If this gets out, what will become of the royal family's reputation? What will become of the Crown Prince's reputation?"

Zhou Rui is under a lot of pressure.

The crown prince was a violent and unreasonable person, which led to him being heavily criticized.

If he hadn't been relatively diligent in governing the country, he would probably only be remembered in history as a tyrant!

But things kept happening one after another.

The Crown Prince had stolen a woman from his father, and the Third Prince publicly accused the Crown Prince of being an imposter in front of many high-ranking officials, even forcing the Crown Prince to undress to prove his identity.

Zhou Rui felt he had become the most disgraceful emperor in history, and it was inevitable that he would lose control of his emotions.

Zhou Tianze was so frightened that his whole body stiffened, and he knelt on the ground with a slight tremor.

At this moment, Qin Zhi'ang came out.

"Your Highness, His Majesty is right."

"You have already lost the trust of the people; how can they trust you now?"

"If you only offer empty words, even if I am your maternal grandfather, I will absolutely not allow you to act so unreasonably and trample on the dignity of the Crown Prince!"

His words, seemingly criticizing Zhou Tianze, were actually a reminder for Zhou Tianze to quickly produce evidence.

You need at least one piece of evidence, either witness testimony or physical evidence, right?

As long as the identity of the fake crown prince is questionable, there is still room for investigation.

Zhou Tianze realized what was happening and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowing.

"Father, I have witnesses!"

"Your Majesty, please allow me to summon the witnesses to confront him!"

Zhou Rui was stunned.

Are there any witnesses?

He subconsciously looked up to see Zhou Tiancheng's reaction.

But then Zhou Tiancheng's professional habit kicked in...

He wrote a biographical sketch of the crown prince and analyzed his personality.

This person has an extremely rough and unruly style. He doesn't bother to avoid any false accusations or trouble, and often greets them with arrogance and domineering attitude.

As an actor, Zhou Rui is now completely immersed in the role.

He was terrified inside, but his face showed a gloating expression, even giving the impression that he wanted to stir up trouble.

"Why is Father looking at me like that? Since there's a witness, why not just call him up and question him?"

As soon as he said those words, Zhou Tiancheng wanted to slap himself.

He was so focused on acting that he almost forgot he was a fake crown prince!

Seeing that he did not resist, Zhou Rui breathed a sigh of relief and became even more convinced that the Zhou Tiancheng in front of him was his son.

He waved wearily.

"Enough! Let's leave the matter of the real and fake crown princes here. Do you think I can't recognize my own son?"

These words stunned Zhou Tianze.

If the fake crown prince agreed, why did the emperor disagree?

He could only look at Qin Zhi'ang and desperately blink at him.

This action further lowered Qin Zhiang's expectations of Zhou Tianze.

But he still stepped forward in the end.

"Your Majesty, since His Highness the Crown Prince has not objected, why not summon him here?"

"If Your Highness has any doubts, it would be better to lay everything out in the open and make things clear, so as to avoid any rift between Your Highness and His Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhou Rui pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly in agreement.

Even at this moment, he still thought about handing the throne over to Zhou Tianze.

After he dies, we can't let Zhou Tianze and the Crown Prince argue endlessly over this matter, can we?

Seeing that Zhou Rui had agreed, Zhou Tianze finally breathed a sigh of relief.

now.

Zhou Tiancheng's gloating smile was starting to fade.

Who else could be Zhou Tianze's witness?

It was nothing more than that guard who was caught and released by Manager Liu.

That guy is a spy in the Eastern Palace, and he probably can't hide many things from the Eastern Palace.

What terrified Zhou Tiancheng even more was that if that guard revealed any secrets of the Eastern Palace, he, the fake crown prince, would be completely unaware of them.

Wouldn't that expose my identity?

No matter how much Zhou Tiancheng resisted, the guard was quickly brought over.

Upon seeing Zhou Rui, the guards knelt on the ground, trembling.

Zhou Rui then raised his head to look at him with a somewhat gloomy expression.

"You're saying the crown prince is an imposter? Do you have any evidence?"

The guard quickly kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, I was entrusted by the Third Prince to carefully examine the body of the substitute in the Eastern Palace. I must admit that the substitute and the Crown Prince look exactly alike and are completely indistinguishable."

"But the deceased had a birthmark on his back, exactly the same as His Highness the Crown Prince's. This servant is certain he is the true Crown Prince!"

Zhou Rui smiled contemptuously, his smile somewhat cold.

"Do you know that the Crown Prince in front of you also has a birthmark on the back of his neck?"

The guard stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

How is that possible?

Do stand-ins also have birthmarks?

He glanced at Zhou Tiancheng subconsciously, then spoke to Zhou Rui in a terrified voice.

"Your Majesty, this servant cannot be mistaken! Even if the birthmark is the same, there is skin evidence to prove it!"

"His Highness the Crown Prince lives a life of luxury, his skin is as fair and delicate as jade, while the double was found from among the common people, he must have shown signs of hard work, this is absolutely impossible to fake!"

bang bang.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tiancheng's heart pounded like a drum.

He almost lost his composure.

Acting skills are good, but they can't stand up to scrutiny!

How could that damned guard be so cunning? He even noticed the smoothness of her skin!

Skillful.

Just then, Qin Zhi'ang turned his head and looked over with a smile.

"Your Highness, does the body double you found also have a birthmark on the back of their neck?"

"According to this guard, this birthmark is exactly the same as Your Highness's birthmark. How can this be?"

Zhou Tiancheng's smile grew increasingly stiff.

How could he know why the stand-in also had the exact same birthmark?

Even twins wouldn't have such a coincidence, right?

Unless... the birthmark on the back of his neck was man-made!

Thinking of this, Zhou Tiancheng broke out in a fine sweat.

The more this is the case, the easier it is for these details to be discovered, and the easier it is for his identity to be exposed.

If Zhou Rui and his group find the body, this day next year will be the anniversary of the death of his entire clan!