With those words, Prime Minister Bai immediately knelt to thank the Emperor, "This old official thanks Your Majesty!"
Not long after, the leader of the Golden Scale Guards, Xia Ziyang, came to report.
Seeing this, Feng Qingyang said to Prime Minister Bai, "Bai Aiqing, you should stay and listen."
"I accept the order."
After a short while, Xia Ziyang came in.
Just as he was about to kneel, Feng Qingyang said, "Commander Xia, no need for formalities, just report the findings directly."
"This humble servant thanks Your Majesty." Xia Ziyang saluted.
He then said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, after my investigation, it has been confirmed that this incident was caused by the Third Prince."
Feng Qingyang’s face instantly darkened.
"Yes! According to the confessions of the involved personnel, it was the Third Prince who ordered them to pour cold dishes on Second Miss Bai after Miss Bai and company arrived, then lure her out to facilitate the Third Prince’s... improper actions against Miss Bai."
"However, the restaurant’s serving maid was confused about directions and poured the dishes on the wrong person, so Miss Bai had to leave the private room with her maid to change clothes."
"But after Miss Bai left, the strong intoxicating incense, Drunken Beauty, in the incense burner was not extinguished in time by the Third Prince’s people, so those remaining in the private room were affected by the incense."
"The Eldest Prince was also affected almost immediately upon entering the room due to the strong effects of Drunken Beauty." Xia Ziyang reported.
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In the initial stage of burning, those who inhale the incense do not immediately react and are unaware they have inhaled it.
However, once the various spices in Drunken Beauty are completely burned out, the domineering effect of the potent incense becomes fully evident, and even a brief inhalation causes an aggressive response.
This incense was concocted by the Joyful Sect’s sacred maiden to train male companions, and thus it also has a bizarre side effect—men who inhale it after complete combustion become weak and powerless, while women become more frenetic.
This is why the Eldest Prince, after entering the private room, was immediately affected, rendered weak and powerless, and ultimately subdued by Bai Wanwan.
After hearing Xia Ziyang’s report, Prime Minister Bai immediately spoke in a deep voice, "So, the Third Prince did this to harm Susu!"
Then he looked at Feng Qingyang, "Your Majesty, although the Crown Prince has yet to propose, the edict has been issued, and Susu is already, in name, the Crown Prince’s fiancée! How can the Third Prince casually disregard the Crown Prince as his brother and Your Majesty’s edict? This old official never imagined that such a scandalous thing, the Third Prince could actually commit. How did he become this way?" Prime Minister Bai expressed his distress and disappointment.
At this moment, Feng Qingyang felt as though he had lost all face.
He immediately looked coldly at Xia Ziyang, "Bring that shameless scoundrel to me at once."
"Yes, Your Majesty, this humble servant will go fetch the Third Prince immediately." Xia Ziyang said with a stern expression.
However, just as he turned, Feng Qingyang added, "Bring the Crown Prince and the Eldest as well!"
After Xia Ziyang left, Feng Qingyang sighed as he looked at Prime Minister Bai, "Bai Aiqing, I have failed in teaching my sons! I never expected that Third Prince, who usually seems so honest and tranquil, could be more beastly than a beast!"