Chapter 449 Even the Xuanwu Cauldron is Fake
Cui Yudie was stunned, and quickly grabbed Cheng Dongjiang's sleeve, "Why did the emperor confiscate our property? This marriage was granted by the emperor, and we are also victims. Why?"

"Just because you planned that thing at the New Year's Eve palace banquet! That's the imperial palace, not your own backyard. You can't hide what you did from anyone but the emperor! I'm afraid the emperor is also annoyed with Princess Wuya, so he turned a blind eye and let you succeed, but this doesn't mean that the emperor won't settle the score later!
If you are more sensible, you should find out what the emperor is thinking and relieve his worries in advance. Maybe the emperor will still remember the old friendship and forgive us. You are still thinking about asking the emperor for favors! You are sick! "Cheng Dongjiang didn't want to say so much in front of the woman in the inner house with long hair and short knowledge, but the things at home were getting bigger and bigger. If it went on like this, I am afraid that the lives of the whole family would be buried with him, so he had to say a few more words.

Cui Yudie was stunned when she heard this. Cheng Jiaojiao beside her said weakly, "Father, we didn't do anything."

"You still want to quibble!" Cheng Dongjiang slammed the table.

Cheng Jiaojiao immediately wilted.

This is the post station.

Lan Suiwendong led a group of people into the yard and immediately closed the door to cut off the prying eyes of those outside.

"Brother, what should we do now? Is the princess really a fake? The king is trying to kill us!" Lan Suiwenhan was so angry that he kicked over the stool.

Lan Suiwendong said coldly: "Calm down. We have no grudges against the king. Why would he go to such great lengths to trick us?"

"That's right! The king is asking us to get a piece of territory for the Wuya tribe, so how could he do such a thing! But Marquis Guangen's words are very certain, and the princess has been very hostile to Baiweilou since she came to Beijing. I don't believe that they don't know each other! I think the princess is most likely the Zhao Yuejiao mentioned by Marquis Guangen, but I'm not sure if she is the king's daughter!" Lan Suiwenhan frowned.

Lan Suiwendong was calm, "What are you afraid of? We have the Xuanwu Ding, and the princess was handed to us by the king himself. As long as the king recognizes the princess, she is the princess, and the emperor of Qi can't do anything to us!"

"That's true!" Lan Suiwenhan felt relieved again.

Inside the palace.

The emperor has been waiting for news from Wei Guangxian.

The Xuanwu Ding was a large object, and it took a long time to transport it from the Cheng family to the palace. The thing was not delivered until dusk.

The emperor was very pleased and ordered his men to send the Xuanwu Cauldron to join the other three cauldrons.

Prime Minister Sun and other court officials also entered the palace at this time, vying to be the first to catch a glimpse of the Xuanwu Ding.

More than a dozen guards stepped forward, and Wei Guangxian shouted, "Lift!"

Everyone worked together to lift the Xuanwu Ding off the ox cart. The Ding fell to the ground with a crisp muffled sound.

The emperor raised his hand and said, "Lift up the red silk!"

The imperial guards pulled off the red silk, revealing the true appearance of the Xuanwu Ding. On the huge tripod was engraved a Xuanwu and three eye-catching large characters "Xuanwu Ding", which stood in neat harmony with the other three tripods.

The civil and military officials were overwhelmed with emotion and knelt down suddenly, "Long live the emperor!"

"Hahahaha. I finally get to see the Four Dings return to the palace in my lifetime, hahaha!" The emperor laughed.

At this moment, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky.

Dekang hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, it looks like it's going to rain. Please move to the palace to take shelter from the rain."

The emperor nodded, looked around, and pointed at the Grand Historian Cui Guang, "You arrange for someone to stay here and observe for twelve hours. See the situation tomorrow. If the rain stops, arrange for someone to carefully check the Xuanwu Ding to see if there is any damage."

"I understand." Cui Guang respectfully watched the emperor leave. He began to call the people from the Imperial Observatory to come to work. Now that it was about to rain, they couldn't do much, but they could still do a simple inspection and cleaning.

A group of people started working, and after a quarter of an hour the rain finally started to fall, dripping down on the four tripods.

Cui Guang stopped for a moment, turned around and sat down, staring at the four tripods.

In the early morning, the sleeping emperor was awakened by a panicked cry, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened!"

"What's all the fussing about!" The emperor opened his eyes unhappily and quickly got out of bed.

Dekang pointed in the direction where the Xuanwu Ding was placed, "Something happened over there, Lord Cui!"

The emperor didn't even bother to wash up and rushed over with his men.

Inside the hall, a group of people from the Imperial Observatory knelt on the ground.

The emperor asked grimly, "Tell me! What happened?"

Cui Guang stood up tremblingly, hunched over, "Your Majesty, please follow me."

The emperor and Cui Guang walked towards the four tripods together. Cui Guang had a high stool set up and said, "Your Majesty, just take a look at it."

The emperor really climbed up, and at first glance he couldn't see anything wrong.

Cui Guang had to explain: "Before it rained last night, I asked others to quickly clean the Xuanwu Ding. The Xuanwu Ding itself is very clean, and the so-called cleaning is just to wipe off the dust on the surface. In fact, the Xuanwu Ding is cleaner than the Qinglong Ding that was found at the beginning. But you see, there was no one to interfere with the rain that night, and the Ding was full of water. The water in the other three Dings was clear and like a mirror, without any turbidity.

If you look at the Xuanwu Ding again, you will see that it has a lot of impurities, sand and gravel deposits, and is not transparent enough. The four Dings are filled with water, and you can immediately see that the Xuanwu Ding is made of a different material than the other three Dings.”

The emperor narrowed his eyes subconsciously, and after a while he got down from the high stool, "So the Xuanwu Ding is also fake!"

When the emperor is angry, corpses will be scattered all over the place.

Lan Sui, Wendong and others were rudely escorted from the post station into the palace before they knew what was going on.

They struggled and cursed all the way until they were taken in front of the Xuanwu Cauldron.

The emperor's stern face seemed like a thousand-year-old ice, staring at them intently, "Now, who can tell me where the real Xuanwu Ding is?"

Lan Suiwendong's pupils shrank, and he looked at the large tripod beside him in disbelief, and shouted: "This is the real Xuanwu Tripod!"

The emperor took a deep breath and roared, "Lan Sui Wendong! I have already had someone check it out. It is totally fake! A replica! You can make the fake look like the real thing, and you still say you don't know where the real Xuanwu Ding is! Are you thinking that I don't dare to kill you?"

Lan Suiwendong sat on the ground with weak legs, his eyes wide open, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! We really don't know! The Xuanwu Ding and Princess Wuya were given to us by the king! Our mission is only to escort the Xuanwu Ding and the princess to the capital for marriage, and then sign an agreement with you, that's all!"

He was really anxious now. He had planned everything, but he had never expected that the Xuanwu Cauldron would be fake. Could it be that King Wuya had lost his mind and wanted to kill the entire Wuya tribe?
His mind was spinning, but he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried. The more he thought, the more confused he became.

Seeing his anxious look, the emperor generally believed that he knew nothing, but he became even angrier and said angrily: "Come here! Bring Princess Wuya to the palace for me to interrogate carefully. I want to know the whereabouts of the real Xuanwu Ding! Also, send a message to Prince Ding, asking him to capture Prince Wuya alive! If you dare to tease me like this, I will never let you off easily!"


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