"Wang Cheng knows that Li-嫔 is unwilling. He bewitched Li-嫔, and Li-嫔 was fooled."
Jiang Li couldn't hide the shock on his face for a while.
She knew that Libi was Ji's family and was favored by Emperor Hong Xiao, but she never expected that Libi had already colluded with Chengwang. Perhaps it wasn't an emotional entanglement, but just a retreat that Libi was looking for for her future. This is the secret of the royal family, at least in this position, Jiang Li can't find out the relationship here anyway. If Ji Heng hadn't said it, Jiang Li would never have thought of going here.
"But... Just because the Ji family wanted to send someone to the palace, did Liren collude with King Cheng?" Jiang Li asked, "This is unreasonable. It’s not important. Rather than cling to becoming the king, it is better to please the emperor. It is the girls of the Ji family who enter the palace. With Li-pin's means, they really need to be in the palm of their hands, or suppress or cause stumbling. They will always want a way to solve them. Why take the risk?"
"That's your idea." Ji Heng looked at her meaningfully.
Jiang Li paused and said, "Maybe."
"A man without an heir has only one ending in the palace, which is to be replaced by someone sooner or later." Ji Heng said indifferently: "Li Lai is a wise man and saw this earlier. Besides, in Li Lai's eyes, The position of the emperor may not be secure."
Jiang Li was taken aback: "But the Ji family has never been on the side of Cheng Wang!"
"The Ji family is timid," Ji Heng smiled, "Even if you have to stand in line, at most you will stand with your Jiang family. Although Li Lai is a man, to the Ji family, she is still just a married daughter, and cannot affect the overall situation. Ji Yanlin is timid and fearful of being an official. He is not so bold when he sees the wind as the rudder. He is not so bold." Ji Heng's lips curled up, and he took a sip of tea before he continued and said unhurriedly: "But His daughter is different, she is much bolder than him."
"Libi left the Ji family and turned to become the king," Jiang Li said: "If the king wins, the Ji family can be saved from disasters. If things are revealed, the Ji family will also be implicated."
"Things are not so easy to reveal," Ji Heng said: "Ji Yanlin has no surprises. Just a concubine will not arouse people's suspicion."
Jiang Li suddenly thought of something and suddenly realized, "No wonder, when the Xue family case was submitted, Cheng Wang knew the content so quickly. At that time, I guessed that there was only Cheng Wang's internal response in the palace, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect this person to be Libi."
To see the secret fold presented by Ye Shijie, it must be someone close to Emperor Hong Xiao. Jiang Li even thought of serving as a servant, but never suspected it to Li Yi. After all, Li Bin was so loved by the emperor, she would never betray the emperor no matter how she looked at it. At this moment, Jiang Li heard Ji Heng tell the truth, feeling in her heart, but she didn't know how to feel that people's hearts are changing, or that she might as well plan for the rain, and find a way out in advance.
"However, the emperor knew about this, why didn't Li Bing happen?" Jiang Li asked. Any emperor who knows that his woman is colluding with someone who covets his throne will be unbearable. If you must bear it, besides praising this person for his extraordinary willpower, there must be a reason.
But no matter how you look at it, Jiang Li couldn't find a reason. Perhaps Hong Xiaodi didn't know this at all? Still just suspicion, not verified.
Ji Heng didn't answer Jiang Li's words, but looked at her with a smile, and didn't mean to explain her confusion, as if she wanted her to figure it out.
Jiang Li thought for a while, then hesitatingly asked: "Your Majesty wants to become a king?"
Ji Heng's eyes shrank slightly, and soon, as usual, he asked casually: "How to say?"
"If your Majesty wants to deal with King Cheng sooner or later, he has to find a suitable reason. Although King Cheng is cunning, he does not show any traces of things. Apart from Princess Yongning's domineering, he has not left any handle to the people. It is to deal with, for the time being. I can’t find a reason, I rushed it rashly, and maybe I will be bitten by Cheng Wang. With Li Bian, maybe one day when Cheng Wang and his Majesty face off, this matter can also become a'criminal evidence', to make cleaning up become a king. It makes sense."
Ji Heng smiled and said, "Is this what Jiang Yuanbai taught you?"
Jiang Li was taken aback and looked down: "It's just hearsay."
He smiled more playfully: "You hear what you said better than those who are in it can see it better."
Jiang Li sighed. Her father used to be a scholar of the Ministry of Industry and had great talents. Although he hid his sharp edge, she was able to see farther than ordinary girls since childhood. Fortunately, Jiang Yuanbai is also a veteran of the Korean Central Government, and there is nothing to stop Jiang Yuanbai from doing anything on weekdays. If Jiang Yuanbai is just a flat-headed citizen, she will not be able to explain clearly what is unreasonable in her body.
Ji Heng's words just acquiesced to her thoughts.
This was a little bit beyond Jiang Li's expectation. Emperor Hong Xiao was able to tolerate even the humiliation in front of him for the sake of the future. From this point of view, I am afraid that some of them may have been acting in the shadow of the favor of Li-嫔 in the past. Such an emperor, is Cheng Wang really an opponent? Or is it that Emperor Hong Xiao is the oriole when this mantis catches the cicada
"Is your Majesty planning to do something to King Cheng?" Jiang Li asked nervously, "In this case, how can the Jiang family deal with it?"
"It's not about Cheng Wang, but waiting for Cheng Wang to do it."
Jiang Li was puzzled: "Wang Cheng can't wait now?"
"Can't wait?" Ji Heng asked back.
Jiang Li sneered. This time, she didn't conceal her ridicule anymore, and said without hesitation: "I think it's probably not the king who is in the chest, it's your majesty."
The emperor Hong Xiao, who always seemed weak, might even lose his position under him at any time under the background of Cheng Wang. Now it seems that he is not necessarily really weak. It was just secretly waiting, waiting for an opportunity, to win the king in one fell swoop, so that everyone can see clearly who owns Beiyan today.
"There is me behind Cheng Wang." Ji Heng reminded.
"You are behind your majesty," Jiang Li replied.
"Then who do you think I will be on?" Ji Heng asked with interest.
Jiang Li was silent, shook his head and said, "I don't know, I only know that I will stand on the side of Lord Guo."
"You are lying." The young man said calmly.
"I didn't." Jiang Li's eyes were very firm.
The girl's tone is not heavy, even gentle, but it is this kind of gentle persistence that always gives birth to a kind of lonely tragic and courageous, and people can't help but feel soft-hearted.
Ji Heng's eyes flashed: "What if I am interested in that position?"
"I will stand on the side of the Lord Guo." Jiang Li said.
Ji Heng was silent, the smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared, and his eyes gradually became sharp, almost aggressive. Jiang Li didn't back down and insisted stubbornly.
After a long while, Ji Heng looked away, and shouted with a smile: "Hope!"
Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Although Ji Heng wanted a balanced court, until now he still didn't know what it was for. But Jiang Li could also vaguely feel that Ji Heng had no interest in the position of the emperor. Although he seems to like gorgeous and complicated things, he is not tactful and circuitous, or even rude. If you want the position of the emperor, you can use a simpler way, instead of being so crooked, you don't know what he is doing.
But why he did all these things is still a mystery. Jiang Li couldn't help but think of his biological mother Yu Hongye and General Jinwu, whose lives are also very mysterious. Perhaps what he was going to do had something to do with his parents, but these were too private for Jiang Li to explore.
Perhaps it is best not to explore.
When Ji Heng said that the emperor would become a king in the future, he didn't have much emotion. It can be seen that he will probably not intervene in this matter, maybe this is one of the scenarios he expected. If Ji Heng had to maintain a stable state of tripartite power before, now it shows that he is ready to break the balance between North Korea and China.
What is the reason
"What you are asking me today is about Li'an?" Ji Heng's words brought Jiang Li's thoughts back.
She hurriedly said: "There is one more thing, I really don't understand. The truth about Ji Shuran's death was not allowed to be passed on to the whole Jiang family. But the incident was still spread, and everyone suspected that I did it, but it was not. What I did. My father also sent someone to investigate, but he didn't find any clues. I wanted to ask Mr. Guo, can Zhao Ke help to investigate, how did the news leak out?"
"I think you are very familiar with blowing whistle," Ji Heng deliberately teased her: "You want to tell Zhao Ke to do something, just say it, why bother to ask me?"
Jiang Li was a little bit at ease. She blew the whistle more frequently a few days ago, and she also used Zhao Ke a little smoothly, saying: "After all, Zhao Ke is a member of the Guogong's mansion. It must be approved by the Lord of the Country."
Ji Heng smiled faintly: "Yes." After a pause, he said again: "Isn't it okay?"
Jiang Li was taken aback: "What's wrong?"
"Ji Shuran's past exposing people is a good thing for you." Ji Heng said leisurely: "You don't have to bear infamy."
"It looks like this, but I don't think the person who did this was doing it for me. Now everyone suspects that I did it. The Jiang family’s reputation is damaged. If this happened to my father, I’m afraid it’s not so good. This means that someone in the Jiang family’s mansion will cooperate with outsiders, which will damage the Jiang family’s reputation. The grandfather of the country knows that internal rape is hard to prevent."
"Do you suspect it was at Jiang Yuanbo?"
"To be precise, I suspect that I can't get rid of the relationship with King Cheng." Jiang Li sighed, "After all, the Jiang family was at odds with the rightist Li family before, and now Cheng Wang is eyeing me because of the Xue family's case."
Ji Heng looked at the girl in front of her. She seemed to be very distressed, her brows were frowning two points, but the corners of her lips were still relaxed, probably thinking that it was the current dilemma, and it was just a temporary difficulty, she could solve it. She has this confidence.
"Let's check it," Ji Heng raised his eyebrows: "With me, no one can take your life."
Jiang Li was shocked for a moment, smiled slightly, and said, "Thank you."
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When he came out of the Guogong Mansion, Wen Renyao even borrowed flowers to present the Buddha, and asked Jiang Li to take a whole box of desserts, all made by Ji Heng.
Jiang Li didn't look at Ji Heng's face, and his face was not very good when he thought about it. Regarding the fact that the grandfather of the country would wash his hands and make soup, he did quite well. If this matter is spread out, it will be the same as the spread of the collusion between Libi and Chengwang, and big things will happen. So Jiang Li decided to let today's matter rot in his stomach, and no one said anything. After all, she wouldn't be able to help her, and she couldn't divination till her death date as if she heard people far away.
However, the day of the Winter Solstice was not as deserted as she had thought before. First I met A Zhao, then went to Ye Mansion, and had a lively time in Guo Gong Mansion. So that when he returned to Jiang's house, Jiang Li was not used to such a cold atmosphere for a while.
This winter, there have been a series of accidents, and several lives have been killed. Recently, the two brothers Jiang Yuanbai and Jiang Yuanping have been busy dealing with the malice from their colleagues, and they are so busy. The house is the same as usual, and Jiang Li has nothing to do with her. After returning, she went directly back to Fangfeiyuan.
After returning, Tonger put a box of dim sum from the Guogong Mansion away. Jiang Li watched. If it wasn't for food or jewelry, Tonger would lock it into the treasure house if he wanted to come.
Bai Xue unexpectedly joined Tong'er in the fun, saying: "This dim sum is so precious, you can't use the tea you usually eat with it, you have to use good tea."
"What kind of tea is the tea in Guogong's Mansion?" Tong'er deliberately lowered her voice, but could not let others hear that her girl was approaching Guogong's mansion.
Jiang Li said neither salty nor indifferent: "That is the tribute tea rewarded by the emperor."
I thought that this sentence would dispel the madness of the two girls, but Bai Xue asked with a serious face: "Then if we want to ask the lord for some ideas, the lord should also get a little bit."
It made Jiang Li dumbfounded.
At the time of the mess, Mingyue walked in from outside and smiled and said, "Bai Xue, here is your letter."
When Bai Xue heard it, she was very happy. Bai Xue's letters from home don't come frequently, and sometimes it takes only two or three months to get one. If they don’t have literacy at home, they have to write letters to Zhuangzi, a few dozen miles away, and ask Mr. Runbi to do it for them. My family is poor, and every letter I write requires a string of copper plates, so I cherish it very much.
These days, Bai Xue also recognized more with Jiang Li, and happily hid in the corner with the letter to read it. Tong'er looked at Bai Xue's back and said: "She is happy this time. She told me a few days ago that it is almost the end of the year and has not received a letter from her family. I am afraid that her daughter has been forgotten by the family. It's relieved, I'm worried about it at home."
Jiang Li smiled. People around her felt happy, and she was naturally happy for it.
After a while, Bai Xue came back after reading the letter. Jiang Li saw that she was smiling. Everything was fine at home. Tonger quipped, "Why are you so happy? It's like picking up silver."
"My sister-in-law has added a new nephew to me." Bai Xue said with a smile, "This is a happy event."
"It's indeed a happy event." Jiang Li was also happy when he heard the words, and said: "I will get some money later, and you will ask someone to take it back to your house as a wedding gift."
Bai Xue hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, the girl has taken care of slaves and maidservants on weekdays, besides, there is enough food and drink at home now."
"This is my intention. If you refuse, you won't be justified." Jiang Li insisted.
"If the girl rewards, just hold it." Tonger also persuaded: "In the future, just remember the girl's goodness and be loyal to the girl."
Bai Xue thought for a while, and probably felt that if she refused any more, she would not know what is good or bad. She smiled ashamed and said, "The servant and maid thanked the girl for her brother and sister-in-law." Suddenly she thought of something and said, "Yes, the girl last time. Ask the servant girl in her hometown that there is a girl named Haitang. The servant girl’s family has been inquiring about it. This time it is also written in the letter, and there is news."
Jiang Li was taken aback, and stood up suddenly: "What did you say?"
Tong'er and Bai Xue were taken aback by her. She didn't expect Jiang Li to react so much. Bai Xue quickly realized that the news of this girl named Haitang should be very important to Jiang Li. Anyway, the letters are all homely, nothing can't be done. When he showed it to someone, he handed the letter in his hand to Jiang Li: "It's all written in the letter, girl take a look."
Jiang Li couldn't wait to unfold the letter and read it. Tonger stood beside her, seeing Jiang Li's hands trembling sharply. Tonger's heart was strange, the letter was light and fluttering. How could Jiang Li be unsteady
Jiang Li couldn't hide his excitement. When she was Xue Fangfei, she was under house arrest in the mansion due to calculations by Yongning. She was burdened with infamy, vaguely aware that the matter might be a conspiracy. Immediately after, her two close servants were beaten to death by Mother Shen. Jiang Li didn't even have time to stop him, and there was only one corpse left when he left. The remaining two were secretly "driven" out of the house by Jiang Li on charges of stealing.
Mother Shen rushed back to question her when she learned the news. She refused to say anything but said that the maid took her money and ran away by herself. Mother Shen had no choice but to report to the officer, but the officer searched the surroundings, and could not find the trace of the two maids, so she could only give up.
Xue Fangfei didn't think much about it at the time, but felt that with the habits of the Shen family, no matter whether there was a conspiracy in it, since they believed that they had done a "ugly thing", they would inevitably have a maid next to them. These maids have all grown up with them since they were young. They are like sisters. The dead can't come back to life, but the alive may be able to get a chance. As long as Dujuan and Haitang escaped, they wouldn't be burdened by themselves, and they might have a chance in the future, and they could still make a living.
Who knows this difference is forever.
Seeing Baixue's first glance, although Baixue's appearance is not good-looking, she is strong and can easily recognize a few words. The most important thing is that she is from Zaohua Village, which is the hometown of Haitang. Jiang Li is lucky. In her mind, it would be a good thing for her to get news of Haitang from Bai Xue.
But Jiang Li knew that this might be too small. Although the Shen family didn't know where Haitang's hometown was, it might not be true that Princess Yongning would use means to find out. If Princess Yongning also knows about this, she will send some staff to investigate it. After all, Haitang and Dujuan are two weak women. Although the world is big, it is difficult to hide.
The hope that was originally very slim, but now suddenly received news, telling her that this hope may be realistic. The joy in Jiang Li's heart was like knowing that Xue Huaiyuan was still alive, and it was hard to conceal his expression.
She quickly read the letter, glanced at ten lines, and looked at it, but her eyes sank.
Good things are always accompanied by bad things. Baixue’s family said in the letter that Baixue asked them to inquire about it. There is indeed a family’s daughter named Haitang next to Ximipu in Zaohuacun Village. It's just that the parents of that family have died a long time ago. Now there are only two teenagers. I heard that their sister, the girl named Haitang, had been a maidservant with the official lady many years ago.
A few months ago, a girl came to Zaohua Village. She didn't know her name or her relationship with the two teenagers. She lived in the teenager's house. Once Bai Xue's family passed by, when the two teenagers called the girl'elder sister', she wondered if it was the Begonia that Bai Xue asked about before.
However, Bai Xue told her family according to Jiang Li's description that the Haitang girl was tall and thin, and she looked pretty good, but this new girl was not. Although he was tall and thin, his appearance was extremely ugly, especially the two long knife marks on his cheeks, and the flesh and blood were turned out, very terrible. At the end of the letter, Father Bai Xue was still very strange. He wanted to say that if the girl with scars on her face could be the maidservant of the official lady, then it would not be surprising that Bai Xue could be the personal maid of the official lady.
Jiang Li could hardly grasp the letter paper in her hand. She settled her mind and read the letter twice, especially the part about Begonia. After reading it carefully several times, she became more certain that this person is probably Begonia. .
But how could Haitang become like this? Where did the cuckoo go? Father Bai Xue mentioned in the letter that a strange girl had arrived in Zaohua Village, but one person, not two. At that time, she let Haitang and Dujuan escape together. Dujuan was helpless and could not go to other places. She would definitely be with Haitang. But now only Haitang is left, is Dujuan... Jiang Li dare not think about it, especially when she learns that Haitang's face is ruined, it makes her think about it. Didn't these two girls get a bad hand? Or encountered something bad on the way to escape? The more I thought about it, the more difficult it was to let go, Jiang Li's face looked very ugly.
Tong'er and Bai Xue seldom saw Jiang Li's expressions, and they looked at each other in unison, both at a loss. Especially Tonger, she almost grew up with Jiang Li, and she knew everything about Jiang Li. But she never knew that there was a maid named Haitang, let alone what the relationship between Haitang and Jiang Li was that could make the girl's emotions affect this, and she became even more curious about this unmasked Haitang.
Jiang Li said, "Bai Xue, go and prepare. I'll go to Ye Mansion."
"Huh?" Bai Xue was taken aback, and reminded: "Girl, you have been to Ye Mansion today, and you just came back from Ye Mansion."
Jiang Li just recovered, yes, she has already been to Yefu today. Although she actually stayed at the Guogong Mansion for most of the day, in the eyes of the Jiang family, Jiang Li went to Yefu when she left in the morning and arrived. Only came back in the evening. It's impossible to justify going out to Ye Mansion again this time.
Jiang Li pressed the button and was disgusted. She was confused and said: "Then go to Ye Mansion tomorrow morning." She must send someone to Zaohua Village as soon as possible to bring Haitang to Yanjing City. At first, she didn't know what Haitang was. It might not be safe to stay in Zaohua Village. If she could find Haitang, Princess Yongning would surely be able to. Secondly, if the adultery between Shen Yurong and Yongning is revealed, there is another inside story in the case of Xue Fangfei’s fornication that year. It is necessary to prove that Shen Yurong and Princess Yongning conspired to kill the heir. Haitang is a very important witness.
So no matter what, she must take Haitang back. After much deliberation, she had no one to use in Jiang's house, so she could only borrow someone from Ye's house. Ye Mingyu, after all, is a Jianghu brother, as long as Ye Mingyu's people pick up Haitang, there should be no problem.
"Girl, are you okay?" Bai Xue asked cautiously.
"It's okay." Jiang Li smiled reluctantly at her, "Bai Xue, I will burn this family letter for you."
Bai Xue nodded: "But it's up to the girl." Although she didn't know how important the things in the letter were, it was not easy to think about the news about the Haitang girl based on Jiang Li's expression. Since I am not sure, let Jiang Li handle it.
Jiang Li walked to the fire, threw the letter in, and saw that the flame was climbing up, and there was nothing left that swallowed the letter paper. This was a sigh of relief.
She sat down at the desk again.
After being shocked just now, he calmed down at this moment and realized that he was not thinking properly.
Ye Mingyu is certainly a member of the world, but because of his own relationship, I am afraid that Princess Yongning's people are also staring at Ye Mansion. Once Ye Mingyu has any movement, Princess Yongning will definitely send someone to follow. This way, it will inevitably expose the existence of Begonia. Moreover, if Ye Mingyu went to Zaohua Village himself, there would be no one to look after Xue Huaiyuan in Ye Mansion. If Ye Mingyu didn't go to Zaohua Village in person, Jiang Li would not believe the others.
The most important thing is that Ye Mingyu is a strong martial artist, but against the killer that Shang Yongning found, it is hard to say whether it will win or lose. If both lose, Ye Mingyu will make a mistake because of this, Jiang Li will also regret it. She really loves this uncle, and hopes Ye Mingyu will be healthy and well.
It's wrong to find Ye Mingyu, who is better
When Jiang Li was hesitating, his fingertips touched the porcelain whistle in his sleeve.
By the way, she still has Zhao Ke. Although Zhao Ke has only one person, Zhao Ke is from the Guogong Mansion. Today, Ji Heng still speaks to her, letting her whistle as much as possible. If Ye Mingyu might not be able to deal with Princess Yongning's assassin, the situation would be quite different if he changed to the government official's mansion. Jiang Li was very sure that the people who came to the Guogong Mansion would not let the matter leak out, and secondly, it was really leaked. When confronted on the road, Yongning's people couldn't deal with the people of the Guogong Mansion.
After much deliberation, it is the best choice to find Zhao Ke to do this.
The only bad thing about this matter is that Ji Heng knew about Haitang's existence, and he would definitely wonder about her relationship with Haitang. Why should she investigate Haitang? He would always find out the inextricable connection between her and Xue Fangfei.
But it is impossible to do everything in all aspects. What will happen in the future will be discussed later. In front of her, she must find Haitang.
Jiang Li blew his whistle.
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