Xiao Heng sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes: "Then I have to thank you very much. If it weren't for your plan, Lei Yun would have made such a shocking case of the Jade Clothes with Golden Threads, and Hu Jianbang would have been so reckless. No matter what happened, I would have been splashed with dirty water first."
After all, everyone knows that Hu Jianbang is a straight-talking and unyielding princeling. Now that he turns around and bites Xiao Heng, doesn't it just show that Xiao Heng's character is really problematic
Su Yao's expression did not become more relaxed, and her heart was naturally the same - the thoughts of those people were even more unfathomable than she had imagined. It must be that the fact that Hu Jianbang had survived all these years and still had such a good reputation as an official was deliberately managed by someone. Therefore, Hu Jianbang was a chess piece that could be used in any way.
Of course, that was before. Now Hu Jianbang was just a useless chess piece. With the incident of Lei Yun, Emperor Yuanfeng was very disgusted with Hu Jianbang's behavior of biting randomly. He summoned him to the Taiji Hall and scolded him severely, scolding Hu Jianbang to the point of being bloody.
Hu Jianbang still stiffened his neck and cursed Xiao Heng in front of Emperor Yuanfeng, saying that he was ungrateful. Emperor Yuanfeng became even angrier and ordered the Chief Censor Du Ce to throw Hu Jianbang into the office of the Censorate.
As one of the three judicial departments, the Censorate also has its own place to detain prisoners, but there is a slight difference: all the prisoners imprisoned there are officials, both high and low, and ordinary prisoners cannot enter.
"The emperor is now completely disgusted with Hu Jianbang and has ordered the three judicial departments to strictly investigate his case." Xiao Heng smiled meaningfully, "Hu Jianbang is stupid, but he is not someone who would do anything wrong. His crimes were all framed by someone with ulterior motives. If we investigate further, it will only benefit us, not harm us, so we don't need to care about it anymore. I have let someone leak the news that Hu Jianbang said that Zheng Siyu framed him..."
Once this news got out, Hu Jianbang wouldn't live long.
After all, how could that group of people possibly sacrifice so many more people? The losses are even greater now.
Su Yao lowered her eyes. She didn't really care about Hu Jianbang's life or death. To her, the most important thing now was to make the Su and He families stand more firmly when surrounded by wolves. Princess Mingchang singled her out that day and asked her to kneel three times and kowtow nine times to perform the great ceremony. She was not really indifferent.
She was still too weak, so small that she could only counter the attacks made by others, and so small that she had to kneel down and pay her respects obediently when others said a word.
It's not that she doesn't know how to read people's faces and be humble. She was used to doing these things in her previous life, but she doesn't want to do it anymore and she is tired of it.
Since this road cannot be taken, then she should stand higher, stand higher. One day, she will no longer have to live in fear and tread on thin ice.
Thinking of this, she nodded and stopped talking about Hu Jianbang: "Your Highness sent a letter to ask me to come to Baiyun Temple today. Is there anything else you want to tell me?"
"Yes." Xiao Heng said concisely: "Chen Dong went to search the Lei family and found a very interesting thing-----Lei Yun likes to come to Baiyun Temple very much. It is said that he is a believer in Taoism. But when I asked around, I found something more interesting. Baiyun Temple is not far away, which is Juhai Manor."
Xiao Heng pointed at the map that Sanjiu brought in, showing Su Yao the location, and then smiled thoughtfully: "What a coincidence, the Qi Yunxi you mentioned before, General Tong Tai's wife, is said to be a frequent visitor to Juhai Manor."
Regular customer?!
Su Yao pondered the weight of these two words and quickly realized: "Maybe he is a regular customer?"
"So we have to go and take a look." Xiao Heng took out a set of men's clothes with a smile, and winked at Su Yao: "Be a guest for once."
Su Yao immediately understood and changed his clothes after a short hesitation. He gave a few instructions to Sanjiu and asked Mother Shen and others to wait at Baiyun Temple. He followed Xiao Heng out through the back door, passed through the archway, and came to Juhai Manor.
Su Yao had heard of Juhai Manor in her previous life and knew that it was owned by merchants from Mindi. It was said that all officials in Beijing who came back from the southeast highly praised Juhai Manor. Now, when she came here, she was surprised to find out why Juhai Manor could be distinguished from ordinary restaurants and why the word "Manor" was highlighted.
This place was really too big. An entire long street nearby was hung with lanterns of Juhai Manor, each with the three words "Juhai Manor" written on them in uniform. It looked very spectacular and vast from a distance. She looked at Xiao Heng thoughtfully. The two of them successfully exchanged their clothes and a silver note of five hundred taels for a jade token to enter Juhai Manor, and were led inside to have dinner.
"This place is heavily guarded, with people watching every few steps. They say the service is attentive, but in fact, each guest has a separate jade card. They say it is unique, but in fact..."
"It's more like screening guests, right?" Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows, a strange look on his face, and with a cheerful smile, he pulled Su Yao into Juhai Manor. As soon as they entered the door, he took Su Yao in his arms and turned around, picked a seat by the window, and said to the waiter, "I think this is good."
The threshold for receiving guests at Juhaizhuang is high, and private rooms are only available to the rich and noble. They just came to inquire about the truth, so naturally they couldn't be too ostentatious.
Besides... ..
When the waiter went to get the order, Xiao Heng winked at Su Yao and whispered, "Princess Fenyang."
Su Yao's eyelids jumped, and he looked in the direction Xiao Heng was looking. Sure enough, he saw Princess Fenyang, who was dressed very simply, coming down from upstairs, and she soon disappeared again.
Since the death of Prince Fenyang, Princess Fenyang has stayed indoors, looking disheartened. "It's more like screening guests, right?" Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows, with a strange look on his face. He smiled excitedly and pulled Su Yao into Juhai Manor. As soon as they entered the door, he took Su Yao in his arms and turned around, picked a seat by the window, and said to the waiter, "I think this is good."
The threshold for receiving guests at Juhaizhuang is high, and private rooms are only available to the rich and noble. They just came to inquire about the truth, so naturally they couldn't be too ostentatious.
Besides... ..
When the waiter went to get the order, Xiao Heng winked at Su Yao and whispered, "Princess Fenyang."
Su Yao's eyelids jumped, and he looked in the direction Xiao Heng was looking. Sure enough, he saw Princess Fenyang, who was dressed very simply, coming down from upstairs, and she soon disappeared again.
Ever since Prince Fenyang died, Princess Fenyang stayed indoors, looking disheartened. When the waiter went to get the list, Xiao Heng winked at Su Yao and whispered, "Princess Fenyang."
Su Yao's eyelids jumped, and he looked in the direction Xiao Heng was looking. Sure enough, he saw Princess Fenyang, who was dressed very simply, coming down from upstairs, and she soon disappeared again.
Since the death of Prince Fenyang, Princess Fenyang has been staying indoors, looking disheartened.