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

Just when everyone was convinced that Zhou Tiancheng was the fake crown prince, a weak voice suddenly emerged.

"Your Majesty, but the person who accompanied you on the hunt last year was a stand-in, not His Highness the Crown Prince."

The moment these words were spoken, Zhou Rui froze, Qin Zhiang froze, and Zhou Tianze turned around and roared in disbelief.

"That's impossible!"

but.

The speaker was none other than [someone else].

It was Chief Eunuch Liu, who had served the Crown Prince since he was a child!

He looked timid and cowardly, cautiously observing Zhou Rui's expression.

"His Highness the Crown Prince dislikes reading, riding horses, and archery. He prefers the novelties and curiosities of the common people, as Your Majesty is well aware!"

"His Highness's true intention in keeping substitutes is to make them do things they don't like!"

Zhou Tiancheng was somewhat bewildered.

Is what Manager Liu said true?

But the corpse on the ground should clearly be the real prince, right?

Could it be that Steward Liu has misremembered?

He was a little slow to react.

At this moment, Zhou Rui spoke up with a puzzled expression.

"But I remember that the Crown Prince quite enjoyed horseback riding and hunting when he was young."

Manager Liu glanced at Zhou Rui with some surprise, as if wondering why Zhou Rui didn't even know this.

"Your Majesty, His Highness has never liked riding horses since he was a child. What he likes is to stay by Your Majesty's side."

"After you were too busy with official duties to spend time with him, he never went to the stables alone again."

Lore!

Overwhelmed by guilt and remorse, Zhou Rui momentarily forgot to breathe.

Has he been neglecting the Crown Prince too much?

He turned to look at the Crown Prince, only to see the Crown Prince looking away.

Tears welled in his eyes, but the prince stubbornly refused to let them fall.

This moment.

Zhou Rui felt unworthy of being a husband and a father.

Little did he know that Zhou Tiancheng's crying scenes were among the best in the film industry.

Zhou Rui felt incredibly indebted without even shedding a tear.

Only Zhou Tianze didn't believe it!

"Evidence! Where's the evidence?"

"You say the true prince didn't go hunting, where's your evidence?"

Supervisor Liu quickly pointed to the corpse and ordered the two eunuchs to turn it over.

When the undergarment was pressed down, there was only a small red mark on the back of the corpse's neck, no birthmark!

hum.

This moment.

The guard who testified against the Crown Prince was struck dumb, his mind reeling.

Qin Zhiang frowned slightly and shook his head helplessly.

Lost.

He knew he had lost.

The one who died was a stand-in, not a prince.

All of this was the Crown Prince's scheme!

But the guards were unwilling to give up.

If the corpse in front of him is not the real prince, then his entire family will have to spend the New Year in the underworld.

He knelt on the ground and roared.

"That's impossible! I clearly saw a birthmark on the back of the corpse's neck that night!"

Steward Liu turned to look at the guards, his eyes icy cold.

"The one with the birthmark is the crown prince; the stand-in was just painted on with paint!"

"The body is now lying here, washed twice by the dew, the paint has long since faded, this is what the corpse truly looked like!"

"Or do you think that after taking care of the Crown Prince for nineteen years, I can't even tell the difference between the real and fake Crown Prince?"

The guards panicked.

impossible!

He remembers it as a birthmark!

He lunged forward to check the true condition of the corpse's neck, but was kicked back to the ground by Steward Liu.

No matter how much he struggled and roared, the important figures around him no longer wanted to pay him any attention.

Now everything has come to light, and the Crown Prince's identity has been verified.

But Zhou Rui couldn't help having some doubts.

"Your Highness, why did you have someone draw a birthmark on the back of your neck?"

"If it weren't for this birthmark, things wouldn't have come to this."

How could Chou Tien-cheng possibly know the truth?

He's a fake crown prince!

Could it be that the real prince doesn't have a birthmark on the back of his neck?

That's impossible.

Zhou Tiancheng suddenly understood.

Someone tampered with it; that person was Steward Liu.

As Steward Liu said, he has taken care of the Crown Prince for nineteen years. How could he not be able to tell the real Crown Prince from the fake one?

In other words, from the night he killed the crown prince, Steward Liu somehow learned the truth.

He kept quiet and cleaned up the mess for the fake crown prince.

There is only one reason.

If the real crown prince dies, Chief Steward Liu is doomed too, but he doesn't want to die.

This is a true movie star! He's acting with his life on the line, and Zhou Tiancheng didn't even realize it!

now.

When Zhou Rui questioned him, Zhou Tiancheng was unaware of the true situation.

But he understood the principle that the more you say, the more mistakes you make, and the less you say, the fewer mistakes you make, so he left the rest of the performance to Steward Liu.

Despite hearing Zhou Rui's question, Zhou Tiancheng pretended not to, his eyes still slightly moist.

This made Zhou Rui feel inexplicably guilty even though he was asking a normal question, seeing his expression.

Fortunately, Steward Liu spoke up.

"Your Majesty, it's like this. The Crown Prince doesn't like studying, and he had someone else take his place in class before. However, the teacher discovered this and reported it to Your Majesty. Have you forgotten all about it?"

Zhou Rui did have a memory of this incident, but he was only now realizing it.

"You mean, the reason the Master discovered the Crown Prince was an imposter was because of this birthmark?"

"After that, the Crown Prince drew a birthmark on his stand-in to impersonate him and attend classes?"

Steward Liu nodded slightly, showing no sign of guilt for lying.

But what is the truth?

It's a tattoo!

How could someone like the Crown Prince possibly make things so complicated?

He had someone tattoo a birthmark on the back of the body double's neck.

Even the Master was fooled. This group of people didn't care much about the Crown Prince and hadn't had much contact with him, so how could they tell the difference?

Only the guard remained, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.

"Your Majesty, I'm innocent! This servant is innocent! This corpse has definitely been tampered with!"

"Enough!" Zhou Rui shouted abruptly.

The guards ignored it.

If he doesn't say anything now, he'll never have the chance to say anything again in his life.

But Chief Steward Liu wouldn't give him that chance, and stepped forward to slap the guard across the face.

The slap was vicious and cruel, knocking out several of the guard's teeth, rupturing his eardrums, and filling his mouth with blood. He was completely in a semi-conscious state.

Manager Liu seized the opportunity to reprimand him sternly.

"You were originally a guard in my Eastern Palace, colluding with others from within and without, and now you're trying to frame the Crown Prince. Do you really think there's no law in this world?"

Zhou Rui was somewhat bewildered.

"Was he originally a palace guard?"

Steward Liu turned around, bowed, and nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty may not know this, but this old servant arrested him that very night and found many secret letters on his bed."

Zhou Rui's expression changed, and his gaze was fixed on Zhou Tianze.

Because this guard was brought by Zhou Tianze!

The opportunity is here.

Zhou Tiancheng took a step forward and gently scratched Guli's soft little hand with his fingers.

Guli was initially confused, but then she saw Zhou Tiancheng wink at the guards, and that's when she realized what was going on.

The pitiful-looking guard in front of her was the person Zhou Tiancheng had asked her to identify!

Guli immediately took a step forward and spoke to Zhou Rui in a soft voice.

"Your Majesty, that night, it was this guard who led me into the East Palace."

These words immediately caused an uproar at the scene.

Even Qin Zhiang, who had witnessed countless acts of deceit and treachery, closed his eyes in anguish at this moment.