What on earth is the prince here for? Nan Nan glanced at Bei Bei and said, "I guess he is here to comfort Junior Sister. Junior Sister was bullied that day, and it was the prince who helped her vent her anger!"
Is that so? Beibei said "oh" and took Lin Xing'er in. Lin Xing'er still frowned with worry: "Princess, is everything really okay?"
Beibei was somewhat helpless, and turned to look at Lin Xing'er: "Are you related to Tianzhu Palace?"
Lin Xing'er quickly shook her head: "I'm not, I don't, I have nothing to do with Tianzhu Palace."
These three consecutive denials made Bei Bei laugh and cry: "Since there is no relationship, then that's it. Are you still worried that you will be wrongly accused? It's impossible. Don't worry."
If the princess said so, then there would be no problem. But since such a thing involved herself, Lin Xing'er was still a little unhappy.
Beibei glanced at Lin Xing'er, then at Fang Xiaoxi: "Second Junior Sister, didn't brother take you to eat a lot of delicious food? Do you know how to cook? How about we make cakes? Call the little junior sister over to join us."
Fang Xiaoxi blinked her eyes, realizing that he was trying to comfort her junior sister, and nodded immediately: "Okay, go call my junior sister, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some things."
After the prince left, he went directly to Lin Zezhi's house. Lin Zezhi was a little surprised to see the prince: "This humble servant greets His Royal Highness. Your Highness came to see this humble servant, but do you have any instructions?"
Looking at Lin Zezhi, the prince nodded and said, "Well, I'm here to give you a new clue. After Cao Suixin came to Kyoto, he was troubled by someone. Perhaps you can start from this aspect and investigate it carefully. It was someone from Yuan Houfu."
Lin Zezhi was stunned: "Then Lord Yuan should not be so brave, his family members did such a thing, and dared to contradict the prince in front of him, isn't this courting death?"
The prince was somewhat amused: "Look, even you think so. Maybe he thinks so too. The one who jumps the hardest has no problem. But is it really like this? Is there any relationship? Focus on checking."
Although Lin Zezhi didn't think Lord Yuan was so stupid, the prince had come to him and said it so seriously. No matter what his purpose was, he should start with the Yuan family.
We have sent people out to arrest those who spread the rumors. We arrest anyone we meet and force them to tell us where they heard the rumor. We have arrested a lot of people so far.
After sending the prince away, Lin Zezhi began to busy himself with this matter. After the prince left, he was invited by the people sent by Beibei to cook together in the palace.
Beibei watched the prince wash the vegetables skillfully, and was puzzled: "How do you do these things so skillfully?"
The prince smiled and replied, "I learned it from Fang Xiaoxi. Now I can cook, too. I'm pretty good at it."
Beibei came to Fang Xiaoxi's side and asked: "When did you start teaching the prince to cook?"
Fang Xiaoxi raised her eyebrows: "During the time you were in Tianfeng Town, don't underestimate cooking. There is still a lot of knowledge in cooking. Speaking of which, how is your cooking skill, Senior Sister?"
Beibei smiled and said, "Not very good. If it was good, I would have already started."
Cao Suixin had been following the prince obediently, helping him. The group was very happy and were waiting for Lin Zezhi's investigation results in this state.
Time passed quickly, and it was the next day when the emperor went to court. The emperor looked at Lin Zezhi and asked, "My dear Minister Lin, have you found any clues?"
Originally, the emperor had no hope that Lin Zezhi would be able to find out the matter so quickly; it was just a routine inquiry.
Lin Zezhi stood up and bowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have found out something. Speaking of which, this matter is related to Lord Yuan."
Lord Yuan was stunned and looked at Lin Zezhi: "Master Lin, where did you get this from?"
Lin Zezhi looked at Lord Yuan and saw that he obviously knew nothing about this matter. He then bowed to Lord Yuan and said, "The rumor came from Lord Yuan's mansion."
Lord Yuan and all the ministers were dumbfounded. Lin Zezhi was too quick to find out the news. How could he find out the source of the rumor in just one day
Thinking about it, Lord Yuan refuted the matter of King Bingjian. Could it be that this was instructed by the emperor? Everyone looked at Lord Yuan with some sympathy.
Lord Yuan's eyes widened as he looked at Lin Zezhi: "Lord Lin, this is impossible. How could this matter be related to our mansion? Our mansion has no grudges against the Bingjian Palace, so why would they do this?"
Lin Zezhi looked at Lord Yuan and said, "It may be that Lord Yuan is still unclear about some things in his own mansion. There is no problem between your mansion and the Bingjian Palace, but there are some problems between your mansion and Cao Suixin. The two young ladies in your mansion once had a dispute with Cao Suixin and bullied Cao Suixin. The prince found out and scolded the two young ladies, so the two young ladies held a grudge against him."
Lin Zezhi bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, you may not know that the two girls went to the place where they bought information that day and bought information about Miss Cao. The next day, there were rumors like this. Originally, I did not believe that the two girls would be so cruel, but this is the fact."
"Your Majesty, I have found some witnesses. This is the testimony. This incident was done by two young ladies from the Yuanhou Mansion. As for whether the Yuanhou Mansion has any connection with the Tianzhu Palace, this is still uncertain. Because as far as I know, the two young ladies did not buy any information about Cao Suixin, but they know everything about Miss Cao. They need to explain clearly where the source came from."
The emperor's mouth twitched. This speed was really very fast: "Since we have found out, then arrest the man and interrogate him thoroughly."
Lin Zezhi nodded: "I was just about to ask the emperor, how should Lord Yuan be dealt with?"
How should Lord Yuan be dealt with? The emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "Take him away for interrogation. If it is proven that Lord Yuan is innocent, then release him."
Lin Zezhi nodded and ordered people to arrest Lord Yuan. After the emperor announced his withdrawal from the court, Lin Zezhi personally led his men to the Yuanhou Mansion.
The entire Marquis Yuan's Mansion was surrounded. Everyone inside was terrified. Some were trembling with fear. They asked Marquis Yuan's wife to come out.
"So it's Lord Lin. Lord Lin, what does this mean?"
Lin Zezhi didn't want to embarrass these old, weak, women and children. He looked at Madam Lin and said, "Madam Lin, don't worry. This is necessary for the investigation. The two young ladies in the mansion are involved in the rumors that have been widely circulated recently, so we need the two young ladies to cooperate. As for the people in your Yuanhou Mansion, they can't go out for the time being."
It sounds good, but they can't go out for the time being. Isn't that just imprisoning them all? The Marquis's wife took a step back and frowned: "I don't know my Marquis?"
Lin Zezhi also explained in a gentle voice: "The Marquis has already cooperated with us in the local area. The two young ladies can also meet the Marquis this time. Please. Miss Yuan Qinqin, Miss Yuan Xiangxiang."
There are quite a lot of girls in Marquis Yuan's Mansion, but these two, because they are twins, are good-looking and talented, so they are particularly favored by the Marquis. They are also the legitimate daughters of the Marquis' Mansion.
Yuan Qinqin pulled Yuan Xiangxiang with some fear: "Sister, what should we do? How could this matter be related to us?"
Yuan Xiangxiang looked at Yuan Qinqin calmly: "We are just cooperating with the investigation. It has nothing to do with us. I believe we will not be wrongly accused."
The two were taken to the prison and interrogated separately: "Miss Yuan Xiangxiang, please tell me, do you have anything to do with this matter?"
Yuan Xiangxiang was very calm: "What do you want me to say? If I say I have nothing to do with this matter, will you believe me? Also, what makes you say that we have anything to do with this matter?"
Lin Zezhi smiled: "It turns out that Miss Yuan Xiangxiang is really eloquent. If we didn't have evidence, we wouldn't have come to your door. The initial rumor came from your mansion, from the servants around you."
Yuan Xiangxiang looked up at Lin Zezhi and said, "Sir, can you convict us just by relying on a few servants? Perhaps these servants are dissatisfied with us and are seeking revenge on us?"
Lin Zezhi raised his eyebrows: "Oh, then why are you dissatisfied?"
Yuan Xiangxiang shook her head: "I don't know. In this world, there are always some people who are never satisfied, right?"
Yuan Qinqin and Yuan Xiangxiang separated. Yuan Xiangxiang answered questions fluently. As for Yuan Qinqin, Yuan Xiangxiang was not worried at all, but Yuan Qinqin was scared.
"Miss Yuan, please tell me, is there any feud between you and Miss Cao Suixin? Are you spreading rumors and slandering her because you envy or hate her?"
Yuan Qinqin looked at the person who was speaking, her eyes widened. "I admit that I envy her and have a grudge against her. I even thought about buying her news to see if she has any shortcomings, but we didn't buy the news. I just wanted to spread rumors. I don't know. You can't wrongly accuse me like this."
The interrogator was somewhat speechless: "Do you know that the original source of these rumors was spread by the servants of your Yuanhou Mansion? He also confessed that it was you two sisters who asked him to do it."
Yuan Qinqin was stunned. Could it be that Yuan Xiangxiang really did this? But Yuan Xiangxiang didn't tell her anything. She blinked and said, "No way, it wasn't me."
This girl is really innocent. The adult interrogating her raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, if it's not you, then it must be your sister. Judging from your appearance, you can't do such a thing so precisely. Your sister is better than you."
Yuan Qinqin snorted, "Nonsense, how is my sister better than me? Besides, my sister would never do such a thing! Don't wrongly accuse my sister."
Lin Zezhi walked in from outside: "You are right, your sister doesn't admit it, she said it was you who did it."