Fragrant and sweaty, rainy and wet in the spring, panting and panting, the moonlight shines through the carved window, and a delicately carved peony just falls on her heart.
Huaiyu looked down and saw it, panting lightly and asked him, "Does it look good?"
Jiang Xuanjin's eyes dimmed, she stretched out her hand to close her, opened her mouth to bite her earrings that had not been taken off, and replied vaguely: "It looks good."
"Then do you like it?"
As soon as he asked this, he refused to answer, and only loosened his ears and bit her mouth, which seemed a little bit annoyed.
Huaiyu chuckled, and didn't expect him to really answer, she was just taking advantage of his lip service.
However, after the first rest of the cloud and rain, she was about to fall asleep in a daze, but she heard someone whispering in her ear with a hoarse voice:
"like."
Huaiyu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to look back, but this man put his arms around her and buried his head on the back of her neck.
"Go to sleep." These two words are a bit fierce.
Li Huaiyu raised his eyebrows, staring blankly at the burning Buddha incense in the room, after a while, the corners of his mouth slowly curled up, and the curve became bigger and bigger.
Early the next morning.
When Qingsi pushed the door to wait in the main room, she saw that her highness had already got up, wearing pajamas and long hair, sitting in front of the dressing table with a silly smile.
"..." She laughed so silly that she didn't even know what to say.
"Hey? You're here?" Seeing her in the mirror, Huaiyu turned her head and said with slanted eyebrows, "It's sunny again today!"
Seeing her so happy, Qingsi was also happy, but she couldn't smile, she just pursed her lips, and then put the medicine bowl in her hand in front of her.
There was a dark bowl of things, exuding a bitter smell, Li Huaiyu stared at it, and asked her, "How much is left?"
Qingsi replied: "One pair."
"That's just right." Picking up the bowl, she got up and walked to the window, and slowly poured out all the concoction.
"There will be no need to prepare in the future."
The pupils shrank slightly, and Qingsi looked at her in shock: "Master?"
Huaiyu turned around, put the empty porcelain bowl on the table, and smiled with sparkling eyes: "He dares to say he likes it, why don't I dare to bet on the full moon?"
Everything is going well, isn't it? As long as she doesn't tell who she is, Jiang Xuanjin will never know. When Sima Xu's case is overturned and Danyang's injustice is cleared, she will be just Bai Zhuji, a husband and a child, and she may not be able to live a lifetime.
"You..." Qingsi couldn't believe it, "Why do you think so?"
"A little surprised?" Huaiyu laughed twice, pressed his heart, and said with lowered eyes, "I'm also very surprised. When this thought came to my mind last night, I wondered if the fourth idiot Bai came back to snatch it." body."
"But no, that's what I thought."
"I want to give it a try."
A firm tone. It is His Highness she is familiar with. But how could His Highness make such a decision? She and Mr. Ziyang... Not to mention the old hatred in the past, even now, the marriage is based on deception and use. As cautious as His Highness, how dare you take such a big risk
Qingsi shook her head subconsciously, and really wanted to persuade her, but she knew very well that when His Highness made a decision, he would always prepare countless words to persuade her. In the end, she couldn't say it anyway.
There is no room for maneuver.
Taking a deep breath, Qingsi closed her eyes fiercely, and when she opened them again, her eyes became firm.
"Okay." She replied.
Since it is His Highness's decision, then listen to her.
When Huaiyu heard this, the smile on his face bloomed again, he bounced back to the dressing table, took the hairpin and said to her, "Come and tie the bun for me."
Qingsi responded, just about to reach out to pick it up. But suddenly there was something knocking at the door.
"Who?" Responding very quickly, she dodged to the door.
Lingxiu walked in with the basin in her hand and almost bumped into her, managed to stabilize her body, raised her eyes and said, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Qingsi was taken aback for a moment, then looked left and right, there seemed to be no one else.
"You just came?"
"Yes." Lingxiu passed her and entered the door, put down the basin, twisted the veil and asked, "Sister Qingsi, what's wrong?"
"It's okay." Huaiyu smiled, "A martial arts practitioner will get nervous easily if there is a trouble."
"That's it." Lingxiu nodded without asking any further questions, quickly tidied up the bed and the gauze curtain, and then backed out.
Looking at her back, Huaiyu asked Qingsi in a low voice: "Is there a problem?"
Qingsi shook her head: "Probably not."
Lingxiu is a timid girl, her eyes will turn red when anyone talks to her loudly, if she really hears something, she will definitely not be so calm.
Huaiyu nodded, and then picked out the hairpins in the makeup box.
Lingxiu left the main building and walked a long way with her hands in her hands, looking quite normal.
However, when she turned a corner and there was no one around, her legs suddenly weakened, and she fell to the ground and gasped for breath.
"Fourth idiot Bai came back to grab his body..."
The words she had just heard sounded in her mind, her face turned pale, and she trembled uncontrollably.
After eating breakfast, Qingsi went out for a while, and when she came back, she brought some terrible news.
"Treasurer Lu said that someone has attacked the people of Feiyun Palace."
Huaiyu frowned: "Did you get it?"
"No, the assassin fell into Junshang's hands instead." Qingsi said, "Now he has been imprisoned."
Breathing a sigh of relief, Huaiyu said with a smile: "Stealing a chicken is not worth losing money, it deserves it."
"In addition, Master Yun seems to have noticed something, and has been asking shopkeeper Lu about you."
"Is this..." Huaiyu scratched his temple hair. "It would be better for me to confess in person when I have a chance. For Lu Jingxing, let him carry it first."
Qingsi pursed her lips: "The shopkeeper Lu is quite resentful."
When did he stop complaining? But every time he complained, but he was unambiguous in helping her.
Huaiyu rubbed his chin and said, "When the big event is over, I have to thank him well."
What thanks? Qingsi shook her head: "Shopkeeper Lu doesn't lack anything."
"That's not necessarily true." Huaiyu thought for a while, then laughed.
On an extremely sunny day, Lu Jingxing was sitting on the second floor of the Canghai Yizhu Pavilion, shaking a Nanyang jade bone fan, looking at the distance with his phoenix eyes, slightly absent-minded.
Next to him was Wuzheng reporting the news, looked up at him, and frowned slightly: "Are you listening?"
"Huh?" He responded lazily, looked back, and said with a smile, "Listen, doesn't it mean that Ziyang Jun is very powerful, and he is on a par with Liu Tingwei?"
Just Wu sighed: "Looking at your demeanor, I thought you didn't listen."
"Don't worry about me, I'm just like this." Lu Jingxing smiled, "I don't do anything serious."
Jiu Wu shook his head: "In the past, the princess often praised you, saying that if you hadn't strayed into business, you would have become a pillar of the country."
Would she still praise him? Lu Jingxing was quite surprised, and then he smiled and said, "Forget it as a pillar of the country, if I become an official in the court, I will definitely become a remnant of Danyang."
This is true, even if he is not an official in the court, shopkeeper Lu is doing his best for the eldest princess's affairs, more serious than his own business.
After a flash of thought, Jiu Wu suddenly asked: "Do you really only have confidant friendship with the princess?"
The fan suddenly stopped, Lu Jingxing raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Why do you ask that?"
Jiu Wu said: "A life-and-death friendship is like Lord Ziyang and Liu Tingwei, there is a day when they will turn against each other. But you and the eldest princess have been friends for nearly five years, and you have never had a single quarrel."
With a chuckle, Lu Jingxing shook his head, "Who said there's no quarrel? I used to be with her, and I never spared anyone. It's just that I'm a generous person. It's really noisy, so I'll let her go."
No way, Li Huaiyu is very domineering, he will fight if he says he can't win, and he said: "Do you dare to fight back? I will immediately call for assassins, and I will open your shops all over the street." No one left!"
Lu Jingxing felt that the biggest reason why he was attracted to her and made friends with her was that she was very special - she was extremely thick-skinned, completely lacking the reservedness and shyness that a daughter's family should have.
He never called Li Huaiyu a confidante, if he had to use a title, it might be a good brother or something, so for so many years, he never felt that he had any other thoughts about her.
until she died.
Closed the folding fan with a "snap", Lu Jingxing lowered his eyes and said, "Don't talk about the past, I have to help Jiang Xuanjin now."
Since the things I want to do are the same now, there are some things that I might as well tell him.
Tingwei Mansion.
Jiang Xuanjin and Liu Yunlie sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere was dignified.
"Eldest Princess and Sima Xu couldn't get along before they were alive. In terms of motives, she is still the most suspicious." Liu Yunlie said in a deep voice, "Sima Xu even argued with her in the court hall a few days before his death..."
"Lord Liu." Interrupting him, Jiang Xuanjin said, "Why do you think I insist on retrial?"
Liu Yunlie was startled, glanced at his knowing expression, and turned his head away: "I don't know."
"Then you might as well ask Li Fengxing." Jiang Xuanjin said, "Let him recall for you how he made the perjury!"
As soon as these words came out, Liu Yunlie looked at him in astonishment, and then smiled: "So you know about this."
Not guilty, not panic, but still laughing? Jiang Xuanjin frowned, and looked at him incomprehensibly: "Dignified Lieutenant, don't you feel ashamed to instigate someone to give false testimony?"
"Your Majesty doesn't know something." Liu Yunlie cupped his hands, "Sima Xu was indeed killed by the Eldest Princess, but the Eldest Princess was deeply scheming and cunning, and destroyed all the evidence at that time. The only way is to let her go unpunished, and the lower officials did it out of helplessness."
Jiang Xuanjin only regarded him as sophistry, and his eyes were cold.
Liu Yunlie continued: "When Lord Pingling died suddenly, everyone knew that it was the eldest princess who did it. Is it because there was no evidence at all, so there was no conviction? With the lessons learned from the past, the lower officials can only take risks."
"Prime Minister Sima has served the Northern Wei Dynasty for 50 years, and he must not die as wronged as Prince Pingling."
Lord Pingling, the younger brother of the first emperor, the uncle of Danyang, and the fourth eldest princess of Daxing came to his house and took a look at him. Afterwards, he was poisoned and died in a miserable state.
Jiang Xuanjin had also heard about that incident, and he was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes: "No one knows what happened to Lord Pingling and the eldest princess, but as far as Sima Xu's case is concerned, you have no evidence, so why do you think that someone must be Was it killed by the eldest princess?"
"Except for her. Who would be so ruthless? Prime Minister Sima is praised by everyone in the court, and he has never had any feud with others, except the eldest princess." Liu Yunlie shook his head, "How did the two argue about His Majesty's personal administration in the court hall? You should have seen it too."
At that time, Sima Xu advocated that the eldest princess should return power to the emperor and set up a cabinet to assist. The eldest princess felt that it was ridiculous, so she began to scold Sima Xu in the hall, with swords and swords at hand.
With the eldest princess's personality, revenge for this incident is not impossible.
Jiang Xuanjin folded her cuffs and pondered slightly.
Seeing that he was loose, Liu Yunlie hurriedly said again: "I don't know who misled your lord, but you should know, your lord, that the eldest princess has been in power for eight years and has held the power of the court as a daughter. She is by no means an ordinary person. .With her scheming and the city government, even if she dies, she might still be left behind, so you must not fall for it."
No matter how terrible the dead are, it is impossible for them to have more means than the living. Jiang Xuanjin sneered, and said back to God: "Since your lord admits to instigating Li Fengxing to commit perjury, then his previous testimony is useless. If your lord still insists that it was the eldest princess who killed the man, then find other evidence to convince me."
After finishing speaking, he got up and was about to walk out.
"Your Majesty!" Liu Yunlie stood up and said angrily, "If no evidence can be found, is it possible to turn this case over?"
This question was asked too much, Jiang Xuanjin didn't even answer him, just looked back at him, and stepped out the door.
Leaving Tingwei Mansion, he was far less calm than he appeared on the surface.
It is true that Danyang and Sima Xu had a bad relationship, if he didn't find out about Sun Qing and the people behind those assassins soon, this would give the original verdict the upper hand.
However, if Liu Yunlie's perjury was really just to get Danyang to punish him, then who is the real murderer
"My lord."
As he was walking, Chengxu who was next to him suddenly called him as if reminding him.
Jiang Xuanjin raised his head and saw the person standing by the carriage ahead at a glance.
Frowning slightly, he stopped walking, his eyes stained with displeasure.
"Hey, it's said that a three-point smile is considered polite when you meet. Your Majesty, it's fine if you don't smile when you see me, why are you staring at people?" Lu Jingxing smiled coquettishly, shaking his fan.
"What's your business?"
A few cold words, not friendly at all.
Lu Jingxing sighed: "I thought Your Majesty needed evidence from Sima Xu's case, but it looks like he's not interested anymore."
With a look in his eyes, Jiang Xuanjin walked up to him: "What evidence?"
Closing his fan, he pointed to the teahouse across the street, and Lu Jingxing stepped forward. Jiang Xuanjin frowned, thought for a while, and followed.
The scent of tea was overflowing in the quiet wing room, Lu Jingxing shook the pottery cup and asked him in a gentle voice, "In the eyes of your lord, what is the relationship between the eldest princess and Prime Minister Sima?"
Jiang Xuanjin said: "Tit for tat."
"It was just that time when the court met tit for tat, and it never happened again, right?" Lu Jingxing said with a smile, "Did you ever see them arguing in the court meeting in the next few days?"
Looking back for a moment, Jiang Xuanjin frowned: "How do you know this?"
He is a merchant, why does he even know the details of this kind of court
With a chuckle, Lu Jingxing said: "Your Majesty, don't forget that I am the 'fellow friend' of Princess Danyang. I know everything that others don't know."
Shopkeeper Lu has a close relationship with the eldest princess. It was even rumored that he was going to enter the harem as a son-in-law at one time, so he must know as much as Qingsi.
Realizing this, Jiang Xuanjin no longer doubted, and only said: "You explain it once and for all."
Taking a sip of the tea, Lu Jingxing said: "Danyang looks arrogant and domineering on the surface, but he is very clear. After conflicting with Sima Xu's dynasty, she wrote a secret letter to Sima's mansion, clarifying that the immediate Cabinet's malpractice."
"Prime Minister Sima is a sage. He understood at a glance that Danyang's original intention of arguing with him was not that he was unwilling to let go of power, but that he could not establish a cabinet. So he wrote back a letter, and the two reconciled."
"With such a premise, it is absolutely impossible for Princess Danyang to have any intention of killing Prime Minister Sima."
Jiang Xuanjin was a little confused: "Write a secret letter? Danyang?"
How could such a headstrong person write a letter because of a dispute? Hearing what Lu Jingxing said, Danyang didn't look like a scourge for messing up the government and the public, but rather a enlightened lord.
"If you don't believe me, go to Feiyun Palace and Sima Mansion to look for it." Lu Jingxing said, "Anything may lie to you, but not handwriting."
Jiang Xuanjin's calligraphy attainments are not low. Handwriting recognition is even better, even if someone specially imitates the words, it can't be hidden from his eyes.
Seeing Lu Jingxing's eloquent words, he thought, there is always nothing to lose by looking for it.
When they returned to Moju, the lights of the entire Jiangfu had been turned off.
Jiang Xuanjin pushed open the door of the main room, and was not surprised to see a round lantern lit on the table. Bai Zhuji was lying beside the lantern, already fast asleep.
With a soft heart, he walked in lightly, reached out and carried her to the bed.
"Hmm." No matter how small the teasing was, Huaiyu still woke up, looked at him in a daze, and muttered, "Are you back?"
"Hmm." Jiang Xuanjin said, pinching her sleeves to wipe away the glistening saliva from her mouth, "Don't wait for me next time, just go to bed and sleep."
"That won't work." Huaiyu shook his head, "I can't see you during the day. If I go to bed early, you will leave when I wake up. Wouldn't it be impossible to see you forever?"
Jiang Xuanjin sat down by the bed and asked in a low voice, "Want to see me?"
"That's natural." Huaiyu leaned over and put his arms around his waist, closing his eyes and moaning, "I wish I could grow on your body and see you all the time."
Jiang Xuanjin laughed softly.
Huaiyu was startled, and quickly opened his eyes to see, but the person in front of him restrained himself extremely quickly, the smile disappeared in the blink of an eye, and he only calmly said: "It will be fine when the work is over for a while."
Unconvinced pinching his face, Huaiyu said: "Smile again!"
"Don't mess around." Grabbing her hand, Jiang Xuanjin said, "Aren't you sleepy? Go back to sleep."
"I'm not sleepy, I'm completely free." With a broken face, Huaiyu said aggrievedly, "I stayed in Mojuli all day, except for watering trees in the backyard, I just strolled in the front yard. I took a nap. After two hours, when I opened my eyes and found that I was alone in the room, it was so uncomfortable."
After thinking about it, she raised her head and winked at him: "Why don't I change into the servant girl's clothes and take me with you wherever you go?"
"no."
"What's wrong with this? You see, did I help you when I went out with you last time?" Huaiyu pouts, "Take me with you and you only make money. Why don't you refuse such a good thing?"
Jiang Xuanjin shook his head slowly, but his eyes were a little loose.
Huaiyu immediately fell into his arms and pretended to be pitiful: "It's really boring to be alone. Do you know how many floor tiles are there in this main building? Five hundred and sixty-six! There are eighty-eight window grilles and seventy-two ants. Only!"
"If you don't take me away, I can count the leaves of the orange tree in the backyard!"
Glancing at her, Jiang Xuanjin asked, "Did you really count or just talk nonsense?"
Even if it is nonsense, it cannot be admitted! Huaiyu rolled around and cheated: "I don't care, I will go with you tomorrow, I will go wherever you go!"
Jiang Xuanjin shook her head, as if she didn't want to talk to her.
However, the next day, there were still two people in the car to Sima Mansion.
"What is this for?" Li Huaiyu, dressed as a maid, opened the curtain and looked outside curiously.
Jiang Xuanjin said, "Look for something."
Sima Mansion is the original residence of Sima Xu, not an official residence, so after his death, this place is still there, and nothing has been touched. The family members did not pick up the guests, but when the old butler heard that it was Mr. Ziyang, he let them in and guarded in the study for them to find.
Huaiyu flipped through the bookshelves and said, "What exactly is it? At least you can tell me the general idea."
Glancing at the door, Jiang Xuanjin whispered, "A letter."
After thinking about it, he added: "There should be a sealed wax seal."
With a pause in her fingers, Huaiyu raised her eyebrows: "Secret letter?"
Jiang Xuanjin nodded, and gently opened the cabinet under the bookshelf.
Guessing in his heart what he was looking for, Li Huaiyu continued to search, but he almost turned the study upside down, and he didn't see any secret letter.
Jiang Xuanjin became suspicious, and turned to ask the housekeeper, "Has anyone been here since the prime minister left?"
The butler nodded: "Your Majesty had many old friends in his lifetime, and it is inevitable that they would all come to express their condolences after death."
With an ugly face, Jiang Xuanjin got up with a flick of his sleeves, bowed to the butler, and led her out.
"What? Someone took what you wanted?" Huaiyu asked in a low voice.
Jiang Xuanjin said: "I don't know if Lu Jingxing lied to me, or if someone really took the letter away and went to Feiyun Palace to look for it."
Sima Mansion has them, and Feiyun Palace also has them. Li Huaiyu already knew very well what the secret letter he was looking for, so he quickened his pace to keep up with him.
Feiyun Palace used to be the most magnificent residence in the palace, and the emperor doted on her very much, wishing to put all the treasures into her palace. The palace people said that even if the lights were turned off at night, there would still be gems and pearls in Feiyun Palace reflecting the moonlight.
However, the palace in front of me no longer had the bustle and bustle of the past, and it was deserted from the entrance, except for the palace guard who led the way, there was no one else to be seen.
The painted wall vestibule, the carved beam flower table, she can know what is placed in this place even with her eyes closed.
Her throat started to tighten uncontrollably.
Once here, Jiang Xuanjin's complexion was not very good, not because of anything else, but this place is several times larger than Sima's Mansion, looking for a small letter is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
After entering the main hall, he turned his head and wanted to instruct the person beside him, but when he raised his eyes, he saw her staring at somewhere in the inner room with a sad look in her eyes.
"Why?" He followed her gaze and saw the Ruyi Hehuan Couch in the inner room.
Countless images flashed through my mind in an instant.
The spring of March was just right, and he stood in front of it calmly, offering a cup of Crane Crown Red.
"Farewell Your Highness." He said at the time.
Danyang was dressed in the Peony palace costume of Yaochi, sitting on the couch, generously took the poisoned wine he handed, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Your Majesty must live a long life." She smiled resentfully.
Heart trembling slightly, Jiang Xuanjin shook her head and concentrated, and then looked to the side, Bai Zhuji was still staring at the soft couch, but her eyes were clearly full of amazement.
"This couch is so beautiful!" She held her heart in her hands, as if the sadness he saw just now was an illusion.
Jiang Xuanjin was stunned, then lowered his eyes, stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his brows: "Don't look, just go find something."
"Okay!" Huaiyu nodded obediently, and followed him into the inner room.
With Danyang's temperament, maybe things like secret letters are hidden in the mechanism? Jiang Xuanjin didn't rummage through the cabinet, but knocked on the wall seriously, from the east wall to the west wall.
Li Huaiyu looked a little anxiously, and it was hard to remind him anything, so he could only pretend to be serious and casually check the bookshelf.
After searching around, Jiang Xuanjin couldn't help but said, "Could it be that Lu Jingxing really lied to me?"
Who lied to him! Huaiyu couldn't bear it any longer, walked to the side of the Hehuan couch as if unintentionally, lifted the cushion, and exclaimed: "Ah!"
Jiang Xuanjin looked over, and saw that under the cushion she lifted, there was a square piece of wood with a different color from the side.
He walked over, stretched out his hand to lift the small board, and saw a stack of envelopes, all hidden in the box under the board.
"There are so many." Huaiyu pretended to be amazed, and helped him take out all the letters, flipped through them casually, and took out the one with the most neat handwriting, and quietly flashed it under Jiang Xuanjin's nose.
"This is it." Grabbing her wrist, Jiang Xuanjin opened the envelope. With a quick glance.
It was Sima Xu's personal letter, and the content was the same as what Lu Jingxing said, he did not lie.
"Let's go." Holding the stack of letters, Jiang Xuanjin got up and left with her.
Huaiyu smiled, followed him out step by step, and couldn't help but look back when he was about to leave.
Feiyun Palace is quiet and quiet, and there is already a thin layer of dust everywhere, no one will hold Huai Lin on the couch and ask "Which one is better, Zhen or Huangjie", and no one will be in front of him. Drinking and playing around in the palace, he asked Qingsi if she was the most beautiful girl in the world under the pretext of getting drunk.
After all, this place does not belong to her.
Clenching his fists tightly, Li Huaiyu stopped looking away, and lowered his head to follow Jiang Xuanjin in front of him, sighing stupidly: "This place is really big."
Jiang Xuanjin was thinking about the large stack of letters in his hand, and in response to her, he subconsciously freed one hand and pulled her away.
With warm palms, Huaiyu grinned, pulled his sleeves to cover their hands, and held him tightly.
The secret letter written by Sima Xu to the eldest princess was found. As long as the first letter written by the eldest princess is found, it is enough to prove that the two have reconciled in private, and the eldest princess has no motive to kill Sima Xu.
But someone took away the letter written by the eldest princess, and it would be useless to go back to Sima Mansion to find it. Jiang Xuanjin returned to Moju, looking at the large stack of letters, feeling a little worried.
Except for those written by Sima Xu, most of these letters were from Han Xiao, Xu Xian and others. After reading two of them, he didn't want to read any more. They were just telling Danyang something.
The most important thing now is how to find the letter written by the eldest princess.
"Are you going out with me today?" Another sunny day, Jiang Xuanjin got up and changed her clothes, looked at the person on the bed who couldn't open her eyes, and asked softly.
Huaiyu stretched out her hand and waved it, and said: "You tossed and tossed like yesterday, where do I have the strength? Go by yourself, I will walk with you tomorrow."
The person beside the bed shook his head, didn't make things difficult for her, and went out with Chengxu.
As soon as the door of the main room was closed, Huaiyu opened her eyes and dragged herself out of bed, calling in a low voice, "Qingsi."
Qingsi came in response to her voice, and she heard her order: "Bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and don't let anyone see it."
"yes."
Isn't it easy to want the eldest princess' secret letter? She is right here, wouldn't it be good to rewrite one
With a smile on his lips, Huaiyu took the brush from Qingsi, subconsciously licked the tip of the pen with his tongue, then dipped in the ink and began to write. After writing and drying, I deliberately folded and kneaded it several times to make it more old, and then let the blue ribbon go out.
When Jiang Xuanjin went down to leave the palace, he saw Lu Jingxing outside the palace again.
"Did your lord find the letter?" He asked with a smile.
Walking towards him, Jiang Xuanjin said, "The writing by Danyang is gone."
"I know." Lu Jingxing covered half of his face with a fan, "Because I'm here."
Slightly startled, Jiang Xuanjin frowned: "What are you doing with that thing?"
"What else can I do? At that time when the wall was falling and everyone was pushing, no one would believe what I said, so I can't just put this letter away first?" Reaching out his hand to take something out of his sleeve pocket, Lu Jingxing handed it to him, "Look at it. .”
The handwriting on the cover is very familiar, the simple words "Prime Minister's Invitation" can be written crookedly, and it can only be Dan Yang's handwriting.
After receiving the letter, he opened it and looked at it. It was Danyang's handwritten letter, and the content was the same as what Lu Jingxing said.
"Thank you," he said.
Lu Jingxing raised his eyebrows when he heard that, and laughed while shaking his fan: "She is the closest to me, you reverse the case for her, why do you thank me in return?"
Jiang Xuanjin didn't answer, took the letter and went to Tingwei's mansion.
Lu Jingxing stood there watching for a while, then turned around to leave, but when he glanced to the side, he saw many people from the palace looking at him.
Putting away the folding fan and bowing to the ministers, Lu Jingxing smiled unseriously, turned around and got on the carriage, and ordered Zhaocai to return to Yizhu Pavilion.
Tingwei Mansion.
Liu Yunlie read the letter he brought several times over and over again, and said in astonishment, "How could this be?"
"Are you still sure that Danyang killed the person?" Jiang Xuanjin asked coldly.
Liu Yunlie was very dazed, looked up at him for a long while, then said in a low voice, "I don't know about this matter."
He didn't know either, except for Lu Jingxing, who would know this? If someone had believed in Danyang before, Lu Jingxing would have sent out these two letters earlier, so the situation might turn around.
"At that time... Master Qi came to see me when he learned that Prime Minister Sima had an accident." Liu Yunlie murmured, "He said that the murderer must be the eldest princess. He persuaded me with the overall situation of the court and discussed with me how to convict the eldest princess."
Jiang Xuanjin frowned: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"
"Speaking out this kind of thing, wouldn't it be a betrayal?" Liu Yunlie's face was ugly, "But when you bring this thing, I suddenly feel that something is not right."
Not only was something wrong, he was obviously being used as a gunman! Jiang Xuanjin shook her head again and again: "You have judged countless cases, and you made such a mistake!"
"I..." Liu Yunlie felt a little guilty, and his voice became much softer, "Who knew it would be like this..."
Jiang Xuanjin asked: "Where is Sun Qing? Have you spoken?"
Liu Yunlie shook his head: "The punishment has already been used, and he refuses to say."
Jiang Xuanjin got up and went to the prison.
Sun Qing used to be a general, and the group of people he led were all soldiers under Lord Pingling's command in the past. The purpose was very clear, just to avenge Lord Pingling.
But it is impossible for him to complete those well-arranged and well-timed actions with him alone. There are people behind him. That person has a lot of power and can save him, so Sun Qing refused to speak.
Jiang Xuanjin went in and saw him, and he just knocked on the fence and said: "Your crime has been settled, Prime Minister Qi personally passed the seal, and you will be executed after autumn."
The people sitting in the corner were startled, and the chains rang loudly.
"What did you say?"
"You commit crimes and murder people, shouldn't you be executed?" Seeing his reaction, Jiang Xuanjin knew, but continued to dig a hole, "I would like to let you go, but Prime Minister Qi said, if you don't Killing chickens to make an example to monkeys will definitely disrupt the government and the public."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, as if he was just here to inform him.
"Your Majesty, please wait!" Sun Qing panicked, pawing at the fence and said, "I am only following orders, but in fact the crime is not worthy of death!"
Originally, he thought about going into exile. He arranged for good people halfway, and he could live the rest of his life as a bandit, but how could Qi Han cook like a rabbit and kill a donkey
It was just a cooperative relationship, and he never intended to be loyal to Qi Han. Now that Qi Han doesn't protect him, he can't be blamed for not keeping his promise.
Jiang Xuanjin turned around and asked, "Whose order?"
"Prime Minister Qi Han and Qi." He answered without hesitation, "Yi Yang is his grandson-in-law. On the day of robbery, he made arrangements in advance and told me how to do it. It was also his intention to assassinate you!"
Is it really Qi Han? Jiang Xuanjin's face darkened, and he stretched out his hands to gather his sleeves.
"Your Majesty, if you promise to spare my life, I have more things to give you." Sun Qing said, "Those things are enough to reverse your case and fulfill your wish, but I just want to live!"
Back in front of the fence again, Jiang Xuanjin said: "If you are willing to testify against Qi Han, I can save your life. But if you want to get out of this prison, it depends on the weight of what you give."
Sun Qing asked: "What is the weight of the letter written by the eldest princess to Sima Xu?"
Heart trembling, Jiang Xuanjin thought he heard it wrong: "What?"
"You don't know, do you?" Sun Qing smiled confidently, "The eldest princess once wrote a letter to Sima Xu, shortly before Sima Xu's death. If the letter is taken out, she will be suspected of killing It's much smaller."
The light in the cell was dim, Jiang Xuanjin stood silently, his face buried in the shadows: "Why is that letter in your hand?"
"It was Qi Han who asked me to steal it. He took me to mourn and asked me to find the letter and destroy it. I was careful and kept the letter." Sun Qing said, "If you save my life, I will give you the letter and help you testify against him."
"Tell me where the letter is first." Jiang Xuanjin said, "After I check the authenticity, I will protect your life."
"Then there can be fakes?" Sun Qing muttered, looking at him, knowing that Lord Ziyang has always kept promises, so he said first: "The thing is on my wife. You just go to her."
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Two identical letters, if not put together, really can't tell the difference.
With cold eyes, Jiang Xuanjin picked up the letter from Lu Jingxing on the table.
There is no problem when I read it alone, but compared to Sun Qing's one, the envelope looks much newer, and the ink marks are much clearer, obviously it was written later.
I twisted the paper lightly, it is folk rice paper, and it is somewhat different from the paper used in the palace.
The content of the letter was the same, with only a few words different. He could think that Lu Jingxing had no malicious intentions and was just trying to help Danyang reverse the case.
But where did the letter that follows come from? He is the most eloquent in handwriting. It is impossible for someone to imitate Danyang's handwriting. It can only be written by herself.
But why did she write an extra letter? There is no reason at all.
Suddenly, Liu Yunlie's words sounded in her ears - with her scheming and the city government, even if she died, she might still be able to hold back.
This is impossible. Is it Danyang's backer
Just thinking about it, the door of the main building was pushed open with a "squeak".
Almost subconsciously, he immediately stuffed the letter back into his sleeve pocket, and when he looked back, he realized that it was Bai Zhuji who came in with a midnight snack.
"You didn't even knock on the door?" He was slightly annoyed.
Huaiyu held a bowl of glutinous glutinous glutinous rice balls in one hand, put a bowl in front of him, then hugged his own with both hands, and said while eating, "Do you think I have free hands? I can only push the door with my feet."
The sweet smell filled his nostrils, and Jiang Xuanjin didn't bother to bother with her, and enjoyed it gracefully with a spoon.
The person in front of him never cared about the family rule of "eating without talking", he chirped and said: "The orange tree has taken out new branches today, and it may bear fruit next year. It seems that your second brother and second sister-in-law had a quarrel, which can be regarded as a quarrel! The second sister-in-law returned to her natal family, but the second brother didn't seem to care. Is this fermented glutinous rice delicious? I asked Qingsi to buy it from an old brand."
If it was before, he must be unhappy. Who talks so much when eating
But right now, the light from the lantern on the table was very warm, and the person in front of him spoke happily, even if the soup splashed on his face. Had to tell him what she had seen all day.
Jiang Xuanjin felt very at ease in her heart, a sense of steadfastness that she had never felt in more than 20 years.
Unable to bear it, she reached out and squeezed her sleeve, wiping the soup on her face.
Huaiyu was taken aback by his sudden action, and then said with eyes full of stars: "You don't think I'm dirty!"
I used to use her sleeves to wipe it!
Jiang Xuanjin put down the spoon and said in a low voice, "Clothes have to be changed anyway."
This explanation is superfluous, Huaiyu just pretended not to hear, happily took a few sips from the bowl, and then stared at him with burning eyes to eat.
Compared to her gobbling, Jiang Xuanjin was as dignified and elegant as she came out of the painting. There were six small glutinous rice balls in a spoonful, neither too much nor too little, and there was no splash of soup in her mouth.
Huaiyu gulped down his saliva.
Sensing her gaze, Jiang Xuanjin thought she hadn't eaten enough, so he scooped up a spoonful and handed it to her.
"I want to eat you more." Zhang mouth bit his spoon, Huaiyu smiled ruffiantly.
Jiang Xuanjin glared at her, as if he wanted to reprimand her, but he didn't put down the spoon, and he couldn't speak, so he could only try to calm her down with his eyes.
How can Li Huaiyu be someone who can restrain himself just by looking at his eyes? Think of Jiang's family rules. She was overjoyed, swallowed the glutinous rice balls, bit the spoon firmly, teased him vaguely: "I said you are so pretty, where are you going?"
"Ears are turning red, Mr. Ziyang is so frivolous~"
He was angry and was about to let go of the spoon when he let go. Huaiyu quickly grasped his hands together with the spoon, let go of his mouth and said with a smile, "Want to run? I want to watch you hold it and talk!"
What could be more interesting than watching Jiang Xuanjin violate the family rules? Li Huaiyu is never tired of this matter, just look at how annoyed and unable to do anything about loving him.
Jiang Xuanjin stared at her for a long time, but found that there was little effect, and couldn't move his hands away, so he simply stood up.
Huaiyu also got up after him, seeing him walking towards the desk in the ear room, she couldn't help asking: "What do you want to do?"
What else can I do? Can't speak or write? Jiang Xuanjin was depressed, picked up the writing brush on the table with his left hand, and wrote two words squarely—shameless!
"Wow, you can write with your left hand?" Huaiyu exclaimed in admiration, "You can write well!"
Jiang Xuanjin gritted her teeth. Continue to write: let go!
"You call me to kiss my wife, and I will let go." Huaiyu grinned, smiling shamelessly.
The veins on his forehead twitched, and he shook his head firmly.
"Don't say it? Then you can write it." Huaiyu said generously, and drew him a new rice paper.
The tip of the pen paused slightly, Jiang Xuanjin dropped it a little, then stopped again, his face was stained with the sunset glow from the sky when his eyes moved.
"Write quickly!" Huaiyu urged him coquettishly, "My hands are sore!"
How can there be such a person? It's clear that she herself wants to embarrass him, but she still feels sour
Jiang Xuanjin snorted softly, closed her eyes and wrote, and as soon as the pen was written, she stuffed the written thing into her arms, and broke away her hand.
"Hahaha-"
Looking at the correct four characters "Kissing Your Wife" on the rice paper, Li Huaiyu laughed so much that he leaned forward and backward, and ran out holding the paper, shouting as he ran, "Qingsi, hurry up! Find someone Frame me!"
"Bai Zhuji!" Finally loosening the spoon, Jiang Xuanjin yelled.
However, the man ran extremely fast and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Jiang Xuanjin stood there stiffly for a moment, then shook his head helplessly.
The pen and ink on the table were scattered and looked a bit messy. He subconsciously reached out to collect it, and pinched the rice paper again, and suddenly froze.
a little familiar.
Thinking of the letter in his sleeve, he subconsciously took it out, unfolded the letter paper, and compared it with the paper on the table.
The color, softness and feel are exactly the same.
His complexion changed slightly, Jiang Xuanjin stared at the letter from Lu Jingxing for a while, then walked to the window, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it.