After she finished speaking, she instructed Lan He and Yu Qing beside her: "You go in and tell them that the Jinyiwei officers need to go to the inner courtyard for something and search the inner study. Tell everyone inside to get ready and not walk around and disturb the officers."
Lan He and Yu Qing looked at each other. They understood a little, but seemed not to understand very well. However, they still obediently went to do their work.
Ying Kai was a little confused. Seeing Wei An paused at the door, he asked, "Princess, why did you say we should wait a quarter of an hour before entering the inner courtyard? Didn't you say we should go now?"
Wei An raised his lips and said, "I always feel that something is not right. Since such a big thing can happen to the Xie family and there are so many spies. And my father and brother-in-law have been in trouble one after another, why... why is there nothing in the Zheng Palace?"
Her cold voice sounded particularly harsh in the silent room: "Besides, isn't this too much of a coincidence? Why did Lord Xu and the others specifically ask you to search the inner study room, as if they were sure there was something in the inner study room?"
No one can guarantee or confirm anything in this world.
And these important ministers who are used to being cabinet ministers would not say a word unless it concerned them. Even if they were absolutely sure, they would still think over it again and again and leave room for others to have a glimmer of hope.
How could one offend someone so easily
Unless they are really sure that they can find something, and this thing must be extremely unfavorable to King Zheng, or even something that can put King Zheng to death.
Recalling the disappearance of King Zheng in Shandong, and thinking about Xie Liangcheng before, it is self-evident what those people's purpose is. What was found this time is likely to be evidence of King Zheng's collusion with the enemy.
Ying Kai's scalp tingled after hearing this. He felt that the deep meaning contained in this was too scary. He looked at Wei An in shock, and after hesitating for a while, he shook his head: "This, this can't be the case, right?"
He had been following Young Master Lin for a long time and had indeed seen many means of framing others, but he had never seen one so blatantly done.
Moreover, only King Cheng and his men dared to put people in the palace to frame someone. Who would dare to do that now
Wei An paused, looked at him and smiled: "Why not? As for whether it is so or not, it is not up to us to say, but they to say, don’t you think so?"
Ying Kai knew that Wei An's suspicion was justified. Having been a member of the Imperial Guard for so long, he had seen a lot of things, most of which were this kind of thing, where the superiors set traps for others and had already arranged evidence of their crimes in their homes in advance.
Now it seems that the Zheng Wang Mansion is obviously being plotted. He looked at Wei An, paused for a moment and asked again: "Then why did you tell the people inside the exact time we were going to enter the inner courtyard?"
Wouldn't this make it easier for others to find the right time to frame someone
The enemy plotted again and again in the dark. If it happened to someone else, they would have collapsed long ago due to the pressure of not knowing when their family would be torn apart. Ying Kai pondered for a moment and looked at Wei An, who had his back straight, with a sigh in his heart.
No wonder both Young Master Lin and Shen Chen have their eyes on her. Apart from these two people who are at least cunning, who else can do anything to this princess
He got goosebumps in his heart and wanted to know what the princess was waiting for, and why she asked Lan He and Yu Qing to go in and say hello in advance.
Wei An obviously knew what she was thinking. He smiled faintly, "The palace has regulations that the inner study is strictly guarded. Although it is in the inner courtyard, there are also confidants ordered by my father to check it layer by layer. And if there are too many or too few things in it, or if they are in the wrong place, there will be people checking. So if those spies really want to put things in to frame someone, they don't have many opportunities, and they won't choose to act in advance - because it's futile to act in advance, they will definitely be discovered. They don't have much room to choose the time. I gave them time in advance, so of course they have to seize the time... What's more, those guards rotate every two hours, and now it's time for rotation. If they miss this rotation, then the things they put in there will be discovered. Isn't it a waste of effort?"
Ying Kai sighed, touched his chin and looked at her in disbelief: "Princess, you are arresting people based on this? What if he has already been put in there?"
"I can count on ten fingers the people who were able to put something there when the guards were changing shifts and who could enter the study room as if it was their fault. If they really put something there, then they should all be sent to the imperial prison." Wei An looked at the time and raised his chin to Ying Kai: "It's almost time. Who is playing tricks on me and whether my guess is correct will be revealed soon."
Ying Kai responded, and as soon as he went out, he saw those old women scattering like birds and beasts at the sight of him. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, shaking his head and sighing in his heart. After all, he was just a small leader of the Jinyiwei. How many officials had been killed by them, and they had no way to deal with them
But who would have thought that in front of Wei An, I would have to bow my head and be submissive, alas...
But even though he thought so, he still followed Wei An, pretending to be indifferent, and walked into the inner courtyard without looking around, following Wei An all the way into the inner courtyard.
The people in the inner courtyard must have received the news long ago, as the road was extremely deserted, with hardly any people to be seen. There was no sign of the joy of welcoming a new life.
After turning into the corridor, Wei An turned back and looked at him deliberately.
Ying Kai also looked at her, turned the corner half-believingly, and saw a small courtyard hidden in a huge camphor tree.
Outside the courtyard, there was indeed heavy guarding as Wei An had said. The housekeeper was frowning and arguing with the leading guard about something. When he heard the noise and turned around to see Wei An and Ying Kai, his expressions all changed.
The butler came over quickly. After greeting Wei An first, he also saluted Ying Kai and respectfully called out "Go up."
"How is it in there?" Wei An stopped moving, and said without much expression on his face: "Are Lan He and Yu Qing in there?"
The housekeeper was waiting for her to say this. She wanted to say something, but when she saw Ying Kai standing behind her, she hesitated. She stood there looking at Wei An, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
However, Wei An did not give him a chance to talk alone as he had expected, and asked him directly: "Do you have any questions? Don't be shy, there is nothing you can't tell others." (To be continued)