The tense atmosphere in the room suddenly dissipated.
Jiang Xuanjin stared fixedly at the fourth Miss Bai who was smiling foolishly, the expression on her face was indescribable. The people around were silent, waiting for him to get angry, but the master only slowly stretched out his hand and rubbed his brow bone.
"What do you do?" he asked.
Swallowing, Huaiyu said innocently: "I wanted to see the embroidery on it, but one of them couldn't be held steady... Can you pretend you didn't see me?"
"Do you think it will work?"
Glancing at the ten stunned people below, Huaiyu smiled dryly: "It doesn't seem to be successful?"
Jiang Xuanjin was about to die of anger, he was still waiting to hear what Jiu Wu had to say, but as soon as this person appeared, how could Jiu Wu have the heart to continue talking? He just looked at her and then at him as if he had seen a ghost, the look in his eyes seemed to have broken some adulterous relationship.
The scene is very embarrassing.
The person on the chair twisted his body, as if he had gotten into trouble and wanted to run away. However, the injuries on her body haven't fully healed yet, she just came in because she was in his arms, how could she run out? Feeling pain when touching the wound, she grinned and looked at him pitifully.
what should I do
What else can I do? Jiang Xuanjin glared at her viciously, then turned her head, pretending nothing happened, and said calmly, "Don't worry about her, let's continue."
Don't worry? Just Wu was surprised, and couldn't help but glanced at the screen again.
The little girl was handsome, and although her face was sick, her eyes were vivid and compelling. Seeing him looking over, her eyes flickered, and she smiled at him, then lowered her eyes, and played with her fingers.
Just subconsciously, Wu glanced at her hand.
Delicate and white knuckles, the index finger and middle finger twisted, intertwined and loosened quickly.
An inadvertent little movement, in the eyes of others, is nothing strange at all, but Jiu Wu's heart was shocked when he saw it, and he looked away almost immediately, not daring to look at her again.
this gesture...
Seeing that he was silent, Jiang Xuanjin thought Wu was Bai Zhuji next to Gu Ji, frowned and said: "As long as what you say is the truth, why are you afraid of others hearing it?"
When he regained his senses, Ji Wu shook his head: "It's not that I'm afraid that others will hear it, but I just feel that Your Majesty may not believe it if I tell it."
"explain."
Taking another look at the pear-wood double-embroidered screen that had already been erected, Wu drooped his eyes and changed his words: "In the palace banquet on the night of February 20, the eldest princess left drunk after half of it. It was not at the banquet, nor at Fulu Palace, but I met the villain outside Yongshou Palace, and walked back to Feiyun Palace from the west side of the palace road. The road was delayed for a while, and it was Haishi when we returned to Feiyun Palace."
Jiang Xuanjin frowned: "With you?"
"Yes." Just Wu nodded, "When His Highness was questioned, I also testified and submitted a statement to Ting Wei's Yamen, but after that, I was not summoned by the Yamen."
Hearing this, Jiang Xuanjin's eyes were a little puzzled.
He had read the case file of Sima Xu's case presented by Wei Ting, and there were very few witnesses and confessions before the case happened, and because of this, Li Fengxing's confession was regarded as an important evidence for Li Huaiyu's conviction.
However, as far as Wu is concerned, he has also submitted a confession
Jiang Xuanjin has a good memory, and he is sure that he has not read any confession of the eldest princess. From the incident to the death of the eldest princess, Han Xiao and his group at most had complained in the early court, and there was no other voice. He originally thought that this was the will of the people, indicating that Danyang really deserved to die, but now it seems that there is something tricky
"I've said everything I need to say." Jiu Wu said, "Your Majesty should fulfill his promise."
"Okay." Concentrated, Jiang Xuanjin said to Chengxu, "Send them out of the house."
Chengxu bowed his hands to accept the order, and when he came up, he opened the chains tied behind Jiuwu's back, and bowed his hands to him: "For your sake, I will only release one person first. This is the key. After you leave Jiangfu, everyone will open the chains by yourself."
After speaking, he put the chain key into his hand.
As soon as the limbs loosened, Wu looked at Chengxu and then at Jiang Xuanjin, very astonished: "Really let us go?"
I thought he was just joking, after all, they are the heads of Feiyun Palace, and there are their arrest warrants outside, Jiang Xuanjin used to hate them so much, how could he let this opportunity to make trouble so easily
As a result, the person in front of him said: "Stop rambling, let's go."
For a moment, Wu suddenly felt that Lord Ziyang was not as cold and ruthless as rumored.
"Excuse me for talking too much." He said, "Since your lord can let us go, why don't you let Miss Qingsi go together?"
Glancing at him, Jiang Xuanjin said, "She's different from you."
"Where is it different?" Just Wu was puzzled, "We belong to the eldest princess, and so does she."
Turning around and walking in the direction of the screen, Jiang Xuanjin's voice was indifferent: "You just want to save someone, but she rushed to me and wanted to kill someone. How can it be the same?"
After finishing speaking, he waved his sleeves and entered behind the screen.
The faces of the ten people in the room became very complicated after hearing this sentence, especially Qing Xian who just said not long ago that he would try to assassinate Ziyang Jun.
After finishing all the questions that should be asked, the answers he got were quite interesting. Jiang Xuanjin lost interest in talking to the group of people outside, so he just put his hand on the armrest and looked down at the people in the chair indifferently.
"Your eyes are so beautiful!" Facing his face, Li Huaiyu didn't have the slightest sense of remorse for doing something wrong. She reached out and stroked the corners of his eyes, and exclaimed, "If you smile, you will surely make half of the capital drunk." !"
Taking her paw away, Jiang Xuanjin couldn't smile: "You did a good job."
"You can't blame me." Huaiyu shook her head, pointing at the screen angrily, "It pushed me first!"
Jiang Xuanjin: "..."
Didn't the screen hit her head just now? Why did you start talking nonsense
Picking her up angrily, he said, "I won't take you with me next time, just stay in the White Mansion."
"Don't, I think it's fun!" Holding his neck, Huaiyu was aggrieved, "Don't leave me alone in the White House, you are not here, what if someone wants to kill me again on impulse? What to do? I'm still hurt..."
Do you know if you are hurt? Jiang Xuanjin hugged her expressionlessly and walked out: "I really made you better, the whole building should have collapsed."
Huaiyu pouted, looked at him, and suddenly pulled out a hand to caress his face.
Warm palms came up, soft and warm, Jiang Xuanjin paused and frowned slightly: "What are you doing?"
The eyes of the person in the arms were shining brightly, staring at him for a while, grinned and said: "You are so beautiful, I want to peel and eat the sweetest oranges in the world for you!"
He was suffocated, and he became angry with embarrassment: "What nonsense!"
"It's not nonsense, I'm serious." She said solemnly, "When I pass the door, I will take good care of you, don't let you be cold, don't let you be hungry, I'll rub your shoulders when I'm tired, sleepy just-"
After a pause, her smile deepened: "If I'm sleepy, I'll sleep with you!"
"..."
Standing stiffly in the same place holding her, Jiang Xuanjin's face turned blue, turned pale, and finally a blush spread from the base of his ears to his neck.
"You find a way to go home by yourself!" Putting her down angrily, he walked away with a flick of his sleeves, and he flicked his green amber silver-embroidered sleeve so hard that it almost fell on her face.
"Hey!" Huaiyu laughed and shouted at his back, "I can't walk, I have a wound on my leg!"
"Who cares about you!"
Jiang Xuanjin walked without looking back, her robes and black hair were blown away by the wind, and she completely lost her usual calmness. Walking to the gate of the courtyard, he bumped into Chengxu who had sent someone back, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go into the palace."
Chengxu looked at his master's blushing face in surprise, and after a while he remembered to answer him: "Yes."
Li Huaiyu squatted halfway in the room, clutching his stomach and laughing until tears came out. Lord Ziyang, who fought with her in court in the past, is so thin-skinned! If I had known that she had teased and teased him before, I wouldn't even want to stay in court if I kept him in custody!
"Miss Fourth." Chengxu came in, seeing her like this, seemed to understand something. Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he said, "There are shoulder pads outside, so you can go."
Wiping away the tears from laughing, Huaiyu asked him: "Is your master going back with me?"
"This..." Chengxu touched the tip of his nose, looked outside the door, winked and whispered, "Our Lord is easily shy."
She was so ashamed and annoyed, who would go back with her
Huaiyu couldn't hold it back, and laughed for a while, until the wound hurt from pulling, then dragged her body out and sat on the shoulder chair.
Jiang Xuanjin didn't go with her, so Chengxu naturally didn't follow her. After going out and getting into the carriage, she said, "I want to see the jewelry."
"Okay, but you can't watch it for too long, you have to go back and rest." Lingxiu reminded gently.
Huaiyu nodded, and told the coachman to go to Fu'an Street, and got off at the gate of Canghai Yizhu Pavilion, leaving Lingxiu and the coachman outside.
Today's Yizhu Pavilion is not as lively as usual, the gate is ajar, and there is no one in front of the hall. Huaiyu opened the door and went in to have a look, then asked the clerk lying on the counter next to him: "Is your shop down?"
Zhaocai was yawning and slacking off without opening the door. Hearing this, he raised his head and glared at her: "What are you talking about? Whose shop has collapsed?"
Nuzui pointed to the empty surroundings, and Huaiyu said, "Why is there no one here? Where's your shopkeeper?"
"The shopkeeper has something to do, and the Yizhu Pavilion is not welcoming customers today." Zhao Cai snorted, "Miss, please go back."
If Lu Jingxing is busy, the Pearl Pavilion can still open the door to welcome guests, unless they are in the backyard and don't want to be disturbed.
Huaiyu smiled, took out Lu Jingxing's inscription and handed it over: "I have business with him, can you pass it on?"
Zhaocai really wanted to say, there are too many people who come to his shopkeeper every day for business, and everyone has to pass it on, so why not exhaust him to death? But after glancing at the jade pendant in the girl's hand, Zhao Cai stood up straight in fright.
"Miss Bai Si?"
I don't know her, but I know that she is holding the jade pendant, Li Huaiyu smiled and nodded: "I'll wait here, hurry up."
Taking a look at her still pale face, Zhao Cai didn't dare to neglect, and said directly: "You don't need to pass it on, please come inside."
What is his master's attitude towards this Fourth Miss? Zhaocai has a clear heart, and he is not afraid of anything else at the moment, but he is afraid that if something happens to this Fourth Miss who has not recovered from her injuries, then he will definitely be sent down by the master. Hayfield work.
Thinking of this, he quickly led her to the backyard as quickly as possible.
Lu Jingxing was listening to Jiuwu and others talking about Jiang Xuanjin, when he suddenly saw Li Huaiyu standing outside the door, his eyelids twitched, and he immediately stood up to greet him.
"Grandma, what are you doing here at this time?" He glanced at the people in the room with a guilty conscience, and said in a low voice, "They are all here."
"I know." Huaiyu said with his hands on his hips, "It's just right that we are all here, let's talk together if we have something to do."
"How can I do that?" Lu Jingxing frowned, "Except for me, who would believe that you are Danyang?"
Smiling confidently, Huaiyu passed him and looked at the person sitting in the room: "If you don't say anything else, I will definitely believe it."
Lu Jingxing was taken aback for a moment, followed her gaze, and was about to say that might not be the case, right? As a result, Wu got up and walked towards the door.
Looking at her with a complicated expression, Wu Wu gave a deep bow: "Dare to ask... does the girl know Poet Li?"
Lu Jingxing was baffled by this question, but Huaiyu smiled and put his hands on his hips: "Why don't you know? Poet Li is very talented. He once subdued the vicious thieves in the rivers and lakes with a poem. He is very famous!"
His body trembled slightly, and a strange light burst out from Wu's eyes, and he looked at her steadily, his voice suddenly hoarse: "How did you read that poem?"
Grinning, Huaiyu clapped his hands and said, "Walk three thousand miles alone, wandering with nowhere to go. Once the past is gone, the phoenix will come and live there."
When Feng comes, he lives in Wu.
This is the poem that Princess Danyang recited when she rescued him and named him. Wu listened to it at the time and asked curiously who wrote it
Dan Yang told him solemnly: "This is the masterpiece of Poet Li."
For a long time, Wu has always believed in the existence of "Poet Li" in the world, and even adored him a little. Until later he found out—
His Royal Highness's surname is Li, first name is Sui, style name is Huaiyu, and he calls himself a poet.
Facing this "Poet Li", Wu couldn't laugh or cry. Staying in Feiyun Palace, he gradually found that His Royal Highness is very interesting, not only likes to pretend to be a poet, but also likes to escape the etiquette lessons of Lord Ziyang. Every time Ziyang Jun chased him, she would give him a signal—
The index finger and middle finger are intertwined, which means: tell me a lie!
I saw this gesture in Jiangfu today. Suspicion had already arisen in Wu's heart. Hearing her read this poem again, he can almost conclude that...
Looking at her excitedly, Wu's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he shook his body and saluted her again: "Welcome Your Highness!"
As soon as these four words came out, the other nine people in the room all stood up.
"As expected, he is the smartest person in my Feiyun Palace." Smiling at him, Huaiyu dragged himself into the room, found a chair to sit down and take a breath, then looked at the stunned people in front of him and said, "My I don't have much time, so I don't have time to explain to you one by one, so I'll just say a few things now, listen carefully."
Except for Jiu Wu and Lu Jingxing, the rest of the people didn't react, they just looked at this pale little girl chattering and gesticulating:
"Jiang Xuanjin doesn't know what medicine he took wrongly, and now he wants to re-investigate the case of Sima Xu. Everyone knows that there are many tricks behind this case, right? What you have to do now is to provide the most help so that Jiang Xuanjin can find the truth smoothly. come out."
"As for Qingsi, she failed to be rescued after two rounds of rescue, so you don't have to take any risks, and leave it to me to find a solution."
"Also, no matter where you see me in the future, please pretend that you don't know me, and don't say anything to me. Jiang Xuanjin is a meticulous person, and I have to spend a lot of effort to deceive him. You can't add trouble. "
Taking a sip of the tea next to her, Huaiyu gasped: "Anyway, since you dare to run back to the capital regardless of Lao Tzu's order, then get ready for another trip into the muddy water!"
Hearing this familiar tone, everyone was stunned, staring at the unfamiliar face in front of them, trying to say something, but not sure.
But Jiu Wu laughed outright: "Obey."
"You are still obeying orders!" Huaiyu stomped her feet angrily when thinking of what happened in Jiangfu just now, "You really obeyed my orders, how dare you say that?"
If she hadn't pushed down the screen, this person would have told Jiang Xuanjin where she was at that time. Just kidding, talking about that place not only won't clear her suspicion, but it will make Jiang Xuanjin curious and investigate further.
Before she had time to transfer the things, he really found out out of curiosity. Didn't she lose her wife and lose her army
Grinding his teeth in anger, Huaiyu gave Wu a fierce look. Standing up and looking at Lu Jingxing: "I'm leaving, I'll leave the rest to you."
Lu Jingxing also gritted his teeth: "I'm the one to clean up the mess again?"
"Brother, it's difficult to share." Patting him on the shoulder, Huaiyu turned and left.
She insisted on such tossing, and the unhealed cuts on her body were burning hot, so she had to go back to raise them quickly, otherwise Jiang Xuanjin might see the clues.
But thinking about it, I don't know whether to be angry or moved. Before the accident, these people were sent out of the capital together with Qingsi, but what happened? They all rushed back to die, and they didn't know what they were trying to do. She is really dead, and if they take a few more lives to avenge her, she won't be able to survive. Is it a loss
Shaking her head and sitting in the carriage, Huaiyu was silent for a while, then couldn't help grinning again.
Even if people all over the world applaud her death, there will always be such a group of people who love her dearly. Lu Jingxing will burn a lot of paper money for her, Han Xiao and others will call her wronged, and the group of people like Wu and Qingsi , and will desperately avenge her.
What about accusations? She is very satisfied!
Jiang Xuanjin entered the palace. I went to the imperial library to transfer the case file of Sima Xu, and read it carefully again.
Earlier, he was biased and thought that Sima Xu could only be killed by Li Huaiyu, so it was a bit unfair. Looking at it again now, he frowned slightly.
Prime Minister Sima left Yongshou Palace at Xu time on February 20. He was found dead in Fu Lu Palace at 2:00 pm, his throat was cut with a sharp weapon, and there were signs of struggle and fighting around him. He judged it to be homicide. At that time, there were no witnesses present, and the only one who presented a statement was Li Fengxing, who said that Sima Xu went to Fulu Palace because he was invited by the Eldest Princess.
Afterwards, confessions from palace officials came in one after another, saying that they had seen the Eldest Princess near the Fulu Palace, and that the Eldest Princess left the banquet at Xushi and returned to Feiyun Palace at Haishi.
All the evidence is against the eldest princess, and the eldest princess herself has a bad record, so everyone now thinks that she is the murderer. Prime Minister Sima, who was highly respected, died in Danyang's hands at the moment when he was about to be disarmed and returned to the fields. Who would not be angry
For a moment, the officials were furious, and countless scriptures fell on the imperial desk, demanding that the emperor execute the eldest princess.
What was he thinking? - The new emperor is in charge. The prestige is not enough, if Danyang can be eliminated, firstly, the imperial power in her hands can be taken back, and secondly, the new emperor can quickly establish his prestige, killing two birds with one stone. What's more, Danyang deserved what he deserved.
So, after reading this "conclusive evidence" dossier, he pushed the flames and asked the new emperor to decree to bestow Danyang Poisonous Wine.
Thinking about it now, if the person involved was not Danyang, but an ordinary person, would he still be so sure that she was the murderer
The answer is no.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Xuanjin felt a tightness in his chest.
"Your Majesty?" Someone from the Yushuku came in, saw him there, and hurriedly saluted him.
Jiang Xuanjin was taken aback for a moment, then put the file back on the shelf without a trace, turned her head and nodded, and then walked away.
The man watched him go out respectfully, with some curiosity in his heart, he rummaged around where he was standing just now as soon as he rolled his eyes.
"this… "
Turning out the confiscated file, the man was stunned, his eyes flickering and he murmured softly, "Are you actually looking at this?"
Jiang Xuanjin didn't pay attention to the movement behind him. He had something on his mind, so his face was sullen all the way, and he couldn't let go of his brows when he walked back to the South Courtyard of Baifu.
It was getting late, and it was pitch black everywhere. He passed the closed door of the main house and wanted to go back to his own room.
However, as soon as they passed the main house door, the door opened unexpectedly.
The light from the yellow lampshade enveloped him in an instant, and the darkness in front of him disappeared, replaced by light and warmth.
Jiang Xuanjin was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up, he saw someone wearing pajamas and a cape, holding a bowl of steaming soup in his hand, grinning at him.
"You are back!"
The soup in the bowl was very hot, Huaiyu held it with one hand, touched his earlobe with the other hand, and hurriedly said to him: "Hurry up, I can't hold it anymore!"
Jiang Xuanjin was a little dazed, she caught the soup bowl with one hand, and she pulled the other hand into the room.
"Miss..." Lingxiu stood beside her and shouted in embarrassment.
Huaiyu immediately covered her ears: "Don't talk to me about rules and avoid suspicion, I won't listen! I have to let him take a sip of the soup I have boiled for so long before I can fall asleep!"
Saying that, he rolled on the bed, and patted the strings of the bed eagerly at him.
Following her will, she sat down beside the bed, and Jiang Xuanjin looked down at the bowl: "What is it?"
"Qi-invigorating soup." Li Huaiyu said with a smile, "Haven't you been coughing all the time recently? I think it's probably because you were poisoned before and hurt your body, so I made a bowl for you with the medicinal materials given by the nurse and black-bone chicken Soup."
As he said, he pointed at his leg pitifully: "My wounds are open because of this bowl of food, you have to drink it!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuanjin frowned: "I don't know yet, what are you fussing about?"
"It's nothing to worry about." After thinking about his rules, Huaiyu picked up the spoon and fed himself a spoonful, then looked at him eagerly, "It's delicious!"
Jiang Xuanjin was silent, staring at the soup in the bowl for a while, and finally took a sip.
The aroma of the medicine was mixed with the mellow aroma of the chicken soup, which was quite delicious. Putting the spoon on, he took the bowl and slowly drank the whole bowl of soup.
When he swallowed the last sip, Jiang Xuanjin felt relieved, and his mood suddenly improved.
"Is it delicious?" Huaiyu asked for compliments.
Putting down the bowl, he said: "If your wound is serious tomorrow, don't even think about getting out of bed within five days."
Li Huaiyu's face collapsed, and he became unhappy: "It's fine if you don't praise me, but you still attack me!"
Jiang Xuanjin imitated her bully tone, raised her eyes slightly, and said shamelessly: "If you are fierce, you will be fierce, what can you do?"
When he said this, he was leaning against the end of the bed, his green robe was slightly loose. Her black hair fell down on her forehead, her lips were moist and glistening after drinking soup, and an uncontrollable smile flashed in a pair of beautiful black pupils.
Huaiyu was dumbfounded.
The base of her ears suddenly turned red.
"Master." Chengxu shouted outside, "It's getting late."
Jiang Xuanjin got up, restrained her expression, recovered her calm appearance, and said to her, "Rest early."
Then he left the house without looking back.
Li Huaiyu stared blankly at his back. He reached out and slapped himself on the forehead.
How can you be fooled by your enemies? No matter how beautiful the appearance is, it is also the enemy! It's fine to praise him with your mouth, but you must not praise him in your heart. This is a matter of position!
Shaking her head, she came back to her senses, glanced at the empty bowl, and said to Lingxiu who was next to her with a guilty conscience: "Give the cook some money, don't talk about it."
Her injury will definitely be more serious tomorrow, and she lied to him that she cooked the chicken soup, that is, it was prepared in advance to avoid his suspicion. If you really boil it for him, the boiled thing may be more poisonous than "a little blood".
Bai Mengshi couldn't bear the pain in the prison, and sent people to send messages every day, begging Bai Dezhong to rescue her. However, the case has not been settled for a long time, and she can't die or leave.
"That Lord Li is really amazing." Lu Jingxing came to visit Li Huaiyu in the White Mansion, and told her what happened outside with a fan.
"Jiang Xuanjin tried his best to deal with Meng Hengyuan, but Li Fengxing thought of all kinds of excuses to stop him. He even moved out of Bai Dezhong and put his credit on the Meng family's father and daughter. He tried his best to excuse Meng Hengyuan."
Huaiyu raised his eyebrows: "What did the emperor say?"
"What else can he say? After being protected by you for so many years, he has the heart to rule the country, but he doesn't have iron and blood skills at all." Lu Jingxing shook his head, and said in a low voice, "Han Xiao and Xu Xian went to court today, and they are all for Jiang Xuanjin Talking can scare the people in the court."
Han Xiao, Xu Xian, and Yun Lanqing are the three major remnants of the famous Danyang. They spoke for Jiang Xuanjin, wouldn't the people in the court be frightened? Huaiyu laughed: "What's Jiang Xuanjin's reaction?"
"How can he react, it will always be that coffin face in the court."
Li Huaiyu couldn't help grinning when she thought of the face of the coffin that was slightly flushed from embarrassment and annoyance after being teased by her.
"What are you smirking at?" Lu Jingxing gave her a white look.
"It's nothing." With a restrained look, Huaiyu became serious again, "On Wu's side, did you explain clearly?"
Spreading out the jade bone fan chicly, Lu Jingxing pouted towards the fan, "Praise me."
Looking at the words on the fan, Huaiyu was very disgusted, but still had to praise him: "Gaoshan Yangzhi Lu shopkeeper, you are noble, broad-minded, and helpful... Did you explain it?"
Nodding his head in satisfaction, Lu Jingxing said, "Can you still not explain? After you left, they pestered me to explain for four hours, and they didn't let me go until I made it clear from the beginning to the end."
It is not so easy to accept the resurrection of the dead. Qing Xian felt that he was possessed by a ghost, if it wasn't for Wu to stop him, he was afraid that he would come up and sprinkle incense ash on him to drive away the evil spirits.
"I'm sorry to trouble you." Huaiyu sighed, "I didn't expect them to come back."
Glancing at her, Lu Jingxing said, "Don't always underestimate other people's feelings."
Those who said they were face-to-face, but actually fought side by side with her for several years, have a lot of loyalty, trust and dependence on her. If they knew she was dead, they would go back to the capital without risking their lives; if they knew she was alive, they would definitely continue to follow her without risking their lives. Their affection for her was much stronger and deeper than that of ordinary subordinates for their master.
And he was never afraid of being troubled by her.
Grinning, Li Huaiyu was a little moved, but didn't know what to say. Turning her eyes, she suddenly thought of something, turned her head and shouted outside the door: "Lingxiu!"
Lingxiu came in in response: "Miss, what's your order?"
"Bring over the stack of things written by Your Majesty in the study!"
What Jiang Xuanjin wrote? Lu Jingxing was at a loss when he heard this, and watched Lingxiu lead the order to go out, and after a while, he came back with a pile of bright red things.
"Here, it just so happens that you are here, so take it home with you!" He took out the wedding invitation with his name on it and stuffed it into his arms. Huaiyu smiled and said, "I specially asked him to write 'The whole family', you can bring Jiuwu and them with you."
Lu Jingxing: "..."
The wedding invitation in his hand was dazzlingly red. He looked at it and asked angrily, "Next month?"
"Yeah." Waving Lingxiu away, Huaiyu said in a low voice, "When I go to Jiangfu, I will find a way to make Jiang Xuanjin let Qingsi go."
put? Lu Jingxing shook his head: "The person we couldn't save with all our efforts, what method can you think of to let Jiang Xuanjin go?"
"It's hard, let's be soft." Huaiyu blinked, twisted her orchid finger and placed it on the side of her face, saying very charmingly, "One of the thirty-six tricks is called beauty trap, have you heard of it? "
With the fan spread out, Lu Jingxing covered his eyes and shook his head, "I've heard about beauty tricks, but beauty hasn't seen it."
"...?"
Seeing her sharp eyes, Lu Jingxing clasped his hands together as a salute, and changed his words with a serious face: "I wish your Highness every success."
After finishing speaking, his eyebrows softened, he sighed and looked at her and said, "If you encounter trouble, remember to come to me."
Li Huaiyu nodded unceremoniously.
Li Fengxing and Jiang Xuanjin argued several times over the "a little blood" case, but it was really untenable in the end. Then he said without hesitation in the imperial study room: "Your Majesty is so persistent in this matter, don't you have some personal grudges?"
"Don't talk nonsense, Ai Qing." Li Huailin on the dragon chair frowned, "How can there be any personal grievances between your majesty and the Meng family?"
"Your Majesty doesn't know something." Li Fengxing said, "Miss Bai Si, whom our lord is going to marry, has a feud with the Meng family's daughter, Bai Yushi's wife, Bai Mengshi. The case of 'A Little Blood' doesn't need to alarm you. Your Majesty, now that Your Majesty is so persistent in convicting the Meng family, I'm afraid..."
Before arguing with him, Jiang Xuanjin never targeted Li Fengxing, only discussing the facts. He had never seen Li Fengxing do evil, so he had a pretty good impression of him.
However, he was so out of breath today that he actually said such words.
Jiang Xuanjin's face darkened.
Li Fengxing also had nothing to do, in order to keep Meng Hengyuan, he had to involve Miss Bai Si in order to let Mr. Ziyang avoid suspicion in this case. This is the best solution.
However, things didn't go as he wished.
"Your Majesty." Jiang Xuanjin said, "As Lord Li said, this case has already involved Bai Yushi, Mrs. Bai, Miss Bai Si, and even Wei Chen. I am afraid it is not a simple case of privately selling prohibited drugs. .”
Li Huailin frowned: "How can so many people be involved? This is... How do you think your lord should deal with it?"
Jiang Xuanjin nodded, and said in a loud voice, "Since there are many people involved and the family members of the imperial court officials are involved, Your Majesty might as well open a palace to try the case in person, so as to set the record straight."
Li Fengxing was stunned, looked at him sideways, and his face suddenly turned pale.
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The weather was fine today, Huaiyu was lying on the bed and eating cakes, humming a little tune. While eating happily, Chengxu suddenly came over.
"Miss Fourth." He asked, "Are your legs able to walk?"
After moving his legs, Huaiyu nodded: "It's okay, what's the matter?"
"It's nothing serious." Chengxu paused, and said, "It's just that the master asked his subordinates to come and pick you up into the palace."
Oh, let's go to the palace. Huaiyu nodded and continued eating pastries.
wait? where to go Responding quickly, she choked on a mouthful of cake and coughed violently.
"Cough cough cough..."
Seeing that she was choking, Lingxiu hurried over to pat her on the back, and joked: "Even if you have never been in the palace, you don't have to be so excited, miss."
Never been to the palace? Li Huaiyu wiped his mouth tremblingly, and looked at the innocent little maid beside him. I really want to tell her that Lao Tzu not only entered the palace, but also grew up in the palace.
"Why did he suddenly let me enter the palace?"
Cheng Xu said: "I don't know the specific situation, but your majesty is arguing with others over the case of the Meng family, and if you are sent to the palace, it may be that your majesty will try the case himself."
Huaiyu was stunned: "No way, it's so big?"
This is an ordinary poisoning and smuggling case. Even if the Baimeng family is involved, it is still an ordinary official poisoning and smuggling case. How can He De let the emperor personally interrogate it
Taking advantage of the situation, he asked in embarrassment, "Are you going?"
"Go." Having collected himself, Huai Yu said, "It's hard to enter the palace, why don't you go?"
The case that Huai Lin tried in person happened to be related to her, could this be considered a fate between siblings? I thought that it would be difficult to meet him due to the disparity in status, but now I have such a good opportunity.
Li Huaiyu thought with a smile, go and see if Huailin has grown up.
The court hall is usually closed after the next court, but the emperor suddenly wants to try a case in person, this place is convenient and open, and there are many people standing.
Sangong is on the side, and Jiuqing is here. Li Huailin sat down on the dragon seat, and asked in a dignified manner, "Who is Your Highness? What are you telling me?"
Jiang Xuanjin bowed and saluted: "My humble minister Jiang Jie, who assumes the position of Lord Ziyang, has sued Meng Hengyuan, a drug dealer in the capital, of the current situation, ignoring the law, secretly hiding and selling a large amount of banned drugs, and indirectly killing people."
Meng Hengyuan was pushed up, and as soon as his legs softened, he knelt down: "Grass... Caomin pay homage to His Majesty!"
Looking at these two people, Li Huailin said: "The plaintiff presents the evidence first."
Xu Yan was originally in charge of the case, and His Majesty opened the trial in person. Naturally, he came here with the dossier and evidence, and now he happened to present it for Lord Ziyang.
Li Huailin took a closer look, frowned and said: "Three warehouses have been sealed up, and three thousand catties of banned drugs have been found... three thousand catties?!"
Frightened by the amount, his eyes widened, and he angrily reprimanded: "Bold and outrageous! According to the laws of the Northern Wei Dynasty, if you sell banned drugs less than ten catties, you will be imprisoned for half a year or one year. How do you measure it?"
Xu Yan next to him cupped his hands and said, "It's enough to be a death sentence."
"Caomin has something to say! Caomin has something to say!" Upon hearing the death sentence, Meng Hengyuan repeatedly kowtowed, "Those things don't belong to the grassroots, and the grassroots are wronged!"
"Bold!" Xu Yan scolded, "How dare you lie in front of Shengjia?"
"The grassroots are not lying!" Meng Hengyuan fell on the ground, his eyes rolled left and right, and looked at Jiang Xuanjin.
"Caomin knows that Lord Ziyang has a high position and power. People he doesn't like are naturally to be removed, but Caomin is really wronged. The three warehouses that were seized by the yamen were originally empty. Anyone who looked at the warehouses knew that they were How can there be three thousand catties of banned drugs in the empty warehouse that is used to store goods in summer? This is planting and slandering!"
"Presumptuous!" Li Huailin was slightly annoyed, "Who gave you the courage to openly slander Lord Ziyang?"
Meng Hengyuan trembled in fright, subconsciously looked at Li Fengxing who was standing not far ahead, swallowed his saliva and said, "Everything Cao Min said is true, who in the capital doesn't know that Lord Ziyang is going to marry the fourth lady of the Bai family? The young lady had a bad relationship with Cao Min's daughter, so she framed Cao Min's daughter and poisoned her. Your Majesty wants to please Cao Min, so he must deal with Cao Min! Cao Min is really innocent!"
As soon as the words fell, the three princes and nine ministers were in an uproar, booing Meng Hengyuan one after another.
I don’t know how to make up a lie. You said that anyone can do things indiscriminately to please a beautiful woman. You mean Mr. Ziyang
Could it be that the banned drugs are sold too much, and you sell yourself stupid!
Seeing that something was wrong with the situation, Li Fengxing also stood up: "There is one thing that I would like to inform Your Majesty first."
"explain."
"Mr. Ziyang has lived in the White Mansion for half a month, and he still lives in Miss Bai Si's yard."
What? This news was much more shocking than three thousand catties of banned drugs. Li Huailin was shocked, and Sangong Jiuqing was also shocked. The booing stopped, and everyone's eyes fell on Jiang Xuanjin.
Lord Ziyang, who has always been ascetic, would actually live in the girl's yard? really
"Master Li's words are true." Jiang Xuanjin calmly said under the hot eyes of everyone, "But there is a reason for this."
What he said was true... what he said was true... In other words, he really lived in the girl's yard? The emperor on the dragon chair stared wide-eyed, and the people around him were also dumbfounded, as if watching Mount Tai collapse in front of their eyes.
It's incredible!
After a while, Li Huailin asked with trembling voice: "What happened?"
Jiang Xuanjin said: "Miss Bai's fourth lady was wronged and beaten to death by family law. She almost died. Since I want to marry her, how can I ignore her? I just planned to invite a medical girl to take care of her for a while. Something even more terrible happened here, and this minister had no choice but to stay in order to save Miss Bai Si's life."
"Oh?" Li Huailin sat up straight, "But it was rumored a few days ago that the mistress of the Bai family poisoned Miss Bai Si?"
"Exactly." Jiang Xuanjin raised his head, "May I ask Your Majesty, if Concubine Ning's life is at stake, and someone lurks in the dark to harm her, what will His Majesty do?"
Concubine Ning is Li Huailin's favorite concubine. Hearing what he said, Li Huailin immediately said: "I will definitely guard her, catch the wicked, and punish them severely!"
Jiang Xuanjin nodded: "The same is true for my humble minister."
So is a humble minister! Li Fengxing sneered: "Then does your majesty admit that he treats Fourth Miss Bai as affectionate and partial as His Majesty treats a noble concubine?"
Glancing at him, Jiang Xuanjin asked, "So what?"
"Okay!" Li Fengxing nodded, "Then Meng Hengyuan did not lie. His Majesty is indeed partial to Miss Bai, so he tried to slander him in order to vent his anger on Miss Bai's behalf."
Li Huailin finally felt that something was wrong with Li Fengxing, he frowned and asked, "Master Li also wants to sue Lord Ziyang?"
Li Fengxing was taken aback for a moment: "My minister is just..."
"It's all for Meng Hengyuan's sake, Master Li still wants to get rid of it?" Jiang Xuanjin chuckled, "Master Li's desire to help Meng Hengyuan is clearly seen by everyone present, there is no need to cover it up."
A long history of the prime minister actually helped a grassroots man to fight against Lord Ziyang? The three princes and nine ministers watched and began to discuss in whispers.
Riding a tiger is hard to get off. Li Fengxing gritted his teeth, and simply knelt down: "I just think it's unfair. No one, including His Majesty, will believe anything said by a mere commoner. Everyone believes in Lord Ziyang even more. Isn't this a kind of partiality? In order to seek justice , I am willing to say a few words for this grassroots."
The words were so beautiful that Li Huailin nodded: "Li Aiqing makes sense."
Jiang Xuanjin asked: "Is there anything else you want to say, my lord?"
Li Fengxing said: "Since your superior has admitted everything, I naturally have nothing to say."
With a chuckle, Jiang Xuanjin said: "It turns out that if I admit to being partial to my future wife, it is equivalent to admitting that I have framed Meng Hengyuan? Mr. Li has a good ability to avoid the important and ignore the minor, but you can't make it up."
As he spoke, he bowed his hands to the emperor above again: "Miss Bai Si has already arrived outside the palace, please Your Majesty summon her."
The legendary Miss Bai Si is here! Li Huailin's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Quickly announce her in!"
The eunuch from the Huangmen led away, and after a while, a thin shadow was helped into the front hall.
Stepping into this familiar place again, Li Huaiyu was very moved. Looking at the officials in front of her and the emperor on the seat, she suddenly felt that she was still the eldest princess of Danyang who was wearing a palace attire and stood proudly. .
However, when she walked to the imperial court, she came to her senses. Taking a deep breath, he knelt down slowly.
"Bai's Zhuji, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
A voice came from above the dragon chair, much calmer than before: "Miss Bai, forgive me, I think you are innocent and still sick, I allow you to sit down and talk."
"Thank you Lord Ron." She kowtowed with a smile.
A chair was brought in, and the eunuch from Huangmen supported her to sit down. Li Huaiyu's body was tense, but her face was peaceful.
Jiang Xuanjin looked at her sideways, a little surprised.
I thought she would be rude when she entered the palace for the first time, never thought that this lawless person in the past would be so obedient in front of the imperial court
"Does Fourth Miss Bai have a complaint?" Li Huailin asked.
Li Huaiyu nodded: "My daughter-in-law wants to tell the mistress of the house that she used banned drugs to murder people."
"Is there evidence?"
Xu Yan who was next to him cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, there are all the physical evidence in this case, but there are too many involved, and the case has not been finalized."
Li Huailin frowned upon hearing this: "Since there are all physical evidence for authentication, why can't the case be settled? The first law of the Northern Wei Dynasty is to kill people for their lives, isn't it?"
Xu Yan nodded, but Liu Tingwei who was next to him suddenly said: "The person poisoned by the Bai Meng family did not die, and Bai Yushi... the death penalty is too much."
"If you don't give life, you can't do anything else?" Li Huailin raised his eyebrows and thought for a while. Turning to the bottom, he said, "There was a rule in the previous dynasty. Those who attempted murder were imprisoned for 20 years. If they read that they had been officials in Bai Yushi for many years and made contributions to their wives and daughters, they would be reduced by two years. Release upon expiration."
"What do you think is appropriate, my love?"
He was convicted directly!
Li Fengxing frowned again and again, and sighed again. This matter can only be blamed on Bai Mengshi for not doing it neatly enough, it's hard for him to suppress it for so long, so it's no wonder that Yuqian couldn't save him.
Li Huaiyu listened, but his lips curled up slightly, and his eyes lit up.
Being decisive and upright, Huailin handles cases much better than those officials who are looking forward and backward! Who said he didn't have iron-blooded wrists? Isn't this a good sign
"If this case is concluded, then Meng Hengyuan can be convicted." Jiang Xuanjin said, "The banned drug used by the Bai Meng family is a 'bit of blood' stored in Mengji's warehouse. The case is closed as evidence that Meng Hengyuan smuggled banned drugs , the evidence is sufficient."
heard the words. Meng Hengyuan hurriedly looked at Li Fengxing.
Li Fengxing smiled disapprovingly: "Your Majesty, do you have direct evidence that Meng Hengyuan gave the forbidden medicine used by Bai Mengshi?"
Jiang Xuanjin paused slightly.
Li Fengxing said again: "Barely based on the poison Bai Mengshi used, don't your majesty feel that there is a suspicion of venting your anger when you say that Meng Hengyuan trades forbidden drugs?"
Taking another look at Bai Zhuji who was sitting, he smiled: "It's really a beauty to be so angry at the crown."
When Jiang Xuanjin said this, before Jiang Xuanjin had time to react, the person sitting on the chair slapped the armrest and stood up.
"Ms. Bai Meng made a confession in the Yamen of the capital, saying that her father gave the medicine. This is not direct evidence, so what is it? Before your lord opened his mouth, did you read the case files carefully?"
Li Fengxing was taken aback.
Li Huaiyu looked at him with frowning eyebrows, and imitated his aggressive appearance just now and returned it to him word by word: "Who said that Meng Hengyuan bought and sold banned drugs based on that little poison? Sir, don't you know that three people were found in Mengji's warehouse?" About a thousand catties of banned drugs? Someone put three thousand catties of things in their warehouse and they don’t know, who would believe it?”
"The evidence in this case is clearly conclusive. What kind of benefits did your lord receive to disregard the facts and protect the unscrupulous businessmen?"
The girl who was still very weak just now seemed to be a different person when she opened her mouth. She spoke a long series of words without stopping, and every word made sense, and Li Fengxing's face was ashen when she said it.
"You..." he said in disbelief. "You are a courtier, how dare you accuse me in public?"
"Didn't the adults say it?" Li Huaiyu smiled, and said in the tone he just said:
"Rush to the crown and become a beauty!"