Listening to Pei Wenxuan's words, Li Rong looked over with a smile: "What's the hurry, Mr. Pei?"
Seeing Li Rong's unhurried appearance, Shangguan Ya still couldn't hold her breath, even if she guessed that Li Rong might have been prepared, she couldn't help but discouraged: "His Royal Highness, we must prepare early. The Xie family is now captured alive. After Lin Feibai, he is afraid that he will confess His Highness."
"You asked him to assassinate Xie Lanqing?"
Pei Wenxuan turned around in shock. Li Rong ignored Pei Wenxuan, turned the fan in her hand, and instructed Shangguan Ya, "Go and prepare the evidence for their assassination of me before. Is Lin Feibai's confession still there?"
"It's still there." Shangguanya frowned, "But now the only evidence that can point to Xie Lanqing is Lin Feibai's confession. In the Butterfly Gorge assassination, all the killers were bought by the Chen family, and the people from the flow of the money to the docking were all from the Chen family. If Lin Feibai turns back his confession, he is afraid…”
"What are you afraid of?" Li Rong smiled, "If you have any evidence, prepare what evidence, you can just kill the Chen family, you don't need to worry about the rest."
Shangguan Ya got these words and hesitated for a long time, but finally answered and retreated.
As soon as Shangguan Ya left, Pei Wenxuan said directly, "What are your plans?"
"Huh?" Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan, and saw Pei Wenxuan frowning and said, "How could you let Lin Feibai assassinate Xie Lanqing? Xie Lanqing is the minister of punishment, is there such a good person to assassinate? If you capture it alive, he will recruit you, and you have a lot of things on your body, I am afraid that His Majesty will not be able to protect you!"
After Pei Wenxuan finished speaking, he felt that he had said too much. Li Rong shouldn't be such a stupid person.
He thought about it, analyzed it, and said, "The old nest of Qixingtang was built in the place where the Xie family lived, and it is inextricably linked with the Xie family. You want to kill Xie Lanqing, because this is the person he sent?"
Li Rong didn't say anything, she found all the files in the room to be handed over to Pei Wenxuan, Pei Wenxuan followed behind her and continued: "Qixingtang is notoriously strict, even if they die, they can't recruit their employers. Come out, why did you let Lin Fei recruit Xie Lanqing in vain and leave a confession?"
After speaking, without waiting for Li Rong to reply, Pei Wenxuan immediately said: "You threaten him with knowing where their stronghold is? But no, Lin Feibai should know the power of the famous family in the local area, even if you send troops immediately, they will be helped by the Xie family. He can also retreat in time, Lin Feibai is not a fool, he can't be threatened by this, but he still recruited Xie Lanqing..."
"He treats me as a fool," Li Rong turned around with a smile, and handed the case file to Pei Wenxuan, "Together with Xie Lanqing, they are plotting against me."
"There are many possibilities for the assassination," Li Rong said, and continued to draw the file from the wall and put it in Pei Wenxuan's hands. Pei Wenxuan held the file and followed Li Rong, listening to her, "With the old fox like Xie Lanqing Thinking, it is impossible not to make a backup plan after failure. Lin Feibai is so easy to recruit, that is to say, he has long been prepared, according to Xie Lanqing's idea, Lin Fei recruited in vain, I will probably hold him responsible, but I can't find it. If there is any other evidence other than Lin Feibai's confession, then I will sue him in court. Lin Feibai temporarily denies his confession, saying that he was tortured by me, and Chen Guang's torture to extract a confession. The two hats of false accusation and torture are right here. I'm stuck in the head."
"Since you know, what do you mean by letting him go out to assassinate Xie Lanqing? Do you want to deliver food?"
"So, then I have two choices. If I believe him, I will get their full set. If I don't accept Lin Feibai, I will not be able to catch the old wolf Xie Lanqing. So if they want to set me up, I will do whatever I want, not only Jump down, and jump deeper. I will ask Lin Feibai to assassinate Xie Lanqing, and Xie Lanqing will definitely sue me in the court tomorrow. He will expose himself from the shadows, and I will have a chance to kill him. "
Pei Wenxuan heard Li Rong's calculations clearly, and felt a little at ease. He held the file and respectfully asked, "Where are the fangs of His Highness?"
Li Rong turned around and beckoned to him. Pei Wenxuan held the file, bowed his head and listened to Li Rong's postscript.
Pei Wenxuan raised his head in shock and said, "Really?"
Li Rong lowered her voice: "It's absolutely true. Su Rongqing investigated this case back then. After all, this matter is not a good thing, so he only reported it to me, but it was confirmed by three parties."
"Does Lin Feibai know?"
Pei Wenxuan frowned, and Li Rong shook his head: "He didn't know until he died."
"Where's Xie Lanqing?"
"At least not now."
Pei Wenxuan stopped talking, he thought about it for a long time, and then said slowly: "If it's really as His Highness said, then Xie Lanqing this time, it's true that he won't lose money by stealing chickens."
"So don't worry about it," Li Rong raised her hand and patted Pei Wenxuan's shoulder, "Thinking that the Minister of Justice is gone, who would be better to replace?"
Saying that, Li Rong leaned over to Pei Wenxuan and whispered, "I can't afford to pay you, Shaoyaohua. I'll pay you a minister of punishment, right?"
"Then this peony is too valuable." Pei Wenxuan laughed. He walked to the table with the file in his hand, and thought, "It's my qualifications, it's not easy for His Highness to push me up, right?"
"Choose someone from your family." Li Rong followed him to the table, leaned against the edge of the table, tapped her shoulder with a small fan, and said gently, "I took part of the money back from your second uncle, Quan, he should also Did you pay it back?"
Pei Wenxuan paused. After a while, he slowly raised his head and looked at Li Rong's suggestive eyes. He smiled lightly: "It seems that Your Highness does not despise this thing in Wei Chen's hands."
"Oh, I didn't say that." Li Rong raised her finger at Pei Wenxuan and said quickly, "Don't throw sewage on me."
"I'm not pouring sewage on Your Highness, I'm showing my loyalty." Pei Wenxuan said, putting his hands on the table and approaching Li Rong, "Your Highness, don't worry, I belong to His Highness, the Pei family, and His Highness."
"Young Master Pei doesn't trade at a loss," Li Rong said. She sat on the table, folded her hands in front of her, and said with a smile, "Young Master Pei promises each other with respect, what do you want from this palace?"
"Your Highness, take a guess?"
"Ronghua and wealth?" Li Rong raised her eyebrows and deliberately guessed in the wrong place. Pei Wenxuan knew that she was doing something wrong and continued: "What else?"
"High-ranking officials?"
"Isn't it the same as just now? It seems that His Highness has nothing else to give to Wei Chen."
Li Rong was sitting on the table, slightly taller than Pei Wenxuan who was standing. She looked at Pei Wenxuan with a smile and felt that the eyes of the people in front of her seemed to have substance. His eyes were intertwined with Li Rong's. There was a smile that was the same as usual on everyone's face, but a silent confrontation spread.
This kind of confrontation is like intertwined vines, spreading and intertwining while fighting, wrapping each other tightly and strangling.
No one was willing to give in, but it was this intense feeling of not giving in that made Li Rong feel an indescribable feeling.
Her heart beat a little faster, and her palms were sweaty. Pei Wenxuan, at such a time, was especially filled with some kind of unspeakable desire.
It was a temptation, but there was a bit of teasing between the temptations, as if waiting for Li Rong to bow her head.
If she accepts this person's seduction, she will lose.
The love between a man and a woman is the most emotional thing not in the fact that they cover the quilt directly on the bed and turn the clouds over the rain, but the moment when one wants to talk and then refuses, and when the two are attracted, they can't move forward.
She can't lose, so she can't touch this person.
But she clearly knew that this beautifully blooming flower had already protruded out of the wall, fluttering in the wind, swaying and swaying, and her heart felt like climbing the flower.
The only thing she can do is to do the same as this person, let this person fall under her pomegranate skirt and take the initiative to find her.
Li Rong also lowered her body and moved forward, approached Pei Wenxuan, and softened her voice, her usual high and cold voice was a little more coquettish: "Then what does Mr. Pei want?"
When Pei Wenxuan heard this, he felt that half of his bones were brittle. He took a deep breath and straightened up: "Don't tell His Highness, I'll go to my cousin, you will send the file back to the princess' residence, I'll see you at night."
Having said that, Pei Wenxuan stepped out in a hurry. Although he walked smoothly, looking at his back, he felt a little bit of fleeing.
Li Rong sat on the table, took tea leisurely from the table, and smiled at Pei Wenxuan's back.
Shangguanya led someone from the outside with the file in hand. When she came in, she saw Li Rong sitting on the table with tea, with a very happy expression on her face, like a big cat who was full of food and drink, licking her paws lazily.
Shangguanya was stunned for a while, then subconsciously said: "You guys are having a good time?"
Li Rong paused, then she raised her eyebrows and looked over: "What do you usually look at?"
"Since Your Highness knows, it seems that he is a fellow man."
Shangguanya handed over seriously: "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"It's a whole day of nonsense before leaving the cabinet," Li Rong smashed a book at hand, Shangguan Ya smiled and ducked to the side, listening to Li Rong scolding, "Let's see who will marry you."
"No need to worry about this, Your Highness," Shangguanya smiled and came to Li Rong's side, and asked Li Rong to put all the statements she had reviewed before on the table, leaning on Li Rong's side on the edge of the table, "I told my father. Now, I want to retire in Shangguan's house and be an old aunt."
"Old aunt?" Li Rong laughed, "Your father is also willing?"
"Of course it's a joke," Shangguanya said solemnly, "My father would not allow me to retire in the Shangguan family, but if I really become the principal of the Shangguan family," Shangguanya looked up at Li Rong, "I can't help it. He is."
"But he still needs me for the past two years," Shangguanya said slowly, leaning against the table, "I can still delay for a few years."
"Are you so afraid of getting married?"
Li Rong was a little curious. She remembered that Shangguanya from the previous life was actually a very upright daughter from a noble family.
Even when the Shangguan family was hacked into pieces by Li Chuan, she couldn't pick out the slightest mistake, and even when Li Chuan hated the family so much, she maintained her position as queen.
She stared at Shangguanya, Shangguanya thought about it, and said, "If your Highness has a choice, will you choose to get married before you know your concubine?"
Li Rong was stopped by Shangguanya for a while, and Shangguanya said slowly: "What's so good about getting married? If I don't get married, I'm the eldest lady of the Shangguan family, and no one can bully me. It's my father's jewel, and I want to study. If you want to do things, you can ask for a half-official position here with Your Highness, hold a little money in your hand, and the casino has a pastime."
"After getting married?"
Shangguanya's expression was calm: "Marrying an ordinary family, with an aunt and a husband beside him, is always the rule. If you do something wrong, you will lose the face of the Shangguan family. If your husband is better, maybe you can treat each other like a guest. If your husband likes to look for flowers and ask willows, What else can I do if I touch me again?"
"Even if you have a thousand abilities," Shangguanya sighed and smiled bitterly, "if you marry someone, you will not be a person. If nothing else, if my husband says a word not to let me go back to my parents' house, I will take care of the Shangguan family. Don't stop. If you don't let me come to His Highness to do business here, I can't keep it from doing so many things."
"You're not such an obedient person, are you?"
Li Rong raised her eyebrows, Shangguanya smiled slightly: "Of course, if I really meet such a husband, I would find a wild man outside to conceive a child and poison him, and then use the child's name to be the mistress of the house, how wonderful. ?"
Li Rong's heart froze, and she cautiously said, "Do you want you to marry into the palace?"
"Married into the palace," Shangguanya looked calm, "then I am not marrying a man, but a throne. I am not only Shangguanya, but the honor and disgrace of Shangguan."
Li Rong still wanted to ask questions, but when the words came to her lips, she suddenly felt lost. The matter of the previous life, no matter how much you ask about it, what do you do
Only hurt feelings.
Li Rong was silent, but Shangguanya laughed: "Your Highness, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
"I just want to know more about you." Li Rong got off the table and put her hand on Shangguanya's shoulder, "Let's be good sisters, let's talk more."
Saying that, Li Rong led Shangguanya to sit down, propped her chin and flipped through the dossier: "Tell me the specifics."
When Li Rong and Shangguanya were discussing how to deal with Xie Lanqing in the court tomorrow, Pei Wenxuan rode a carriage all the way to Pei's house.
He first went to see Wen's family, and then went to see Pei Xuanqing. Pei Xuanqing was in poor health, so he resigned early and took care of his life at home. On weekdays, his children and grandchildren were busy with affairs, so few people came to see him.
When Pei Wenxuan saw Pei Xuanqing, Pei Xuanqing was making tea and playing chess by himself. Pei Wenxuan came forward and said respectfully, "Grandfather."
"I heard that you are a big celebrity now, so you must be very busy," Pei Xuanqing said calmly, "Why did you come to see this old man today, but you have something to help?"
"Long time no see, I got free today," Pei Wenxuan knelt down and sat opposite Pei Xuanqing and smiled, "I came to see my family."
Hearing this, Pei Xuanqing looked up at Pei Wenxuan.
Pei Wenxuan and his father look very similar, Pei Xuanqing's eyes stayed on Pei Wenxuan's face for a moment, and he said with a low smile: "You are like your father, and you have a similar personality."
Having said that, Pei Xuanqing raised his finger to the next chess piece and said, "I'm bored playing chess alone, so come with me."
Pei Wenxuan responded respectfully and played chess with Pei Xuanqing for a while. During the process, Pei Xuanqing never mentioned anything serious, but Pei Xuanqing asked a few words about Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong's marriage.
Such a comfortable atmosphere made Pei Xuanqing relax, he smiled and said: "You are also twenty one, it's time to have a child. Don't always be busy with business affairs and neglect the princess. Come back with a baby earlier, I have a great-grandson. , happy too."
"This is not something that can be done in a hurry." Pei Wenxuan responded with a smile, "His Royal Highness is busy with business now, and it is not the time for children."
Hearing Pei Wenxuan's tone, Pei Xuanqing didn't really want to pick up the child. He didn't continue to talk about it. The two played a game of chess peacefully. Pei Wenxuan looked at the sky and said peacefully, "It's getting late, grandfather. , grandson retire first."
Pei Xuanqing nodded, Pei Wenxuan stood up, saluted Pei Xuanqing, and planned to retreat. Seeing Pei Wenxuan walking out, Pei Xuanqing frowned: "Are you really okay?"
"Grandfather," Pei Wenxuan sighed, "I came here only because I am a family member of Pei, and it is a family after all."
Having said that, Pei Wenxuan saluted, Pei Xuanqing looked at Pei Wenxuan quietly, and Pei Wenxuan withdrew.
The attendant next to him came forward, poured tea for Pei Xuanqing, and said respectfully: "The eldest son brought your favorite tea. Among so many young masters, he knows this. The eldest son is still filial to the master."
Pei Xuanqing was silent, he glanced at the tea soup, and after a long time, he replied softly, "Yeah".
Pei Wenxuan went to Pei Xuanqing for a walk, thought about it, and then turned back to the Superintendent.
When Pei Wenxuan arrived at the Inspectorate, Li Rong had not finished her work. She and Shangguanya confirmed the killer's confession and the account of the money exchange from the Chen family, and then began to confirm the Shangguan family's self-examination hosted by Shangguanya.
The idea in Li Rong's mind was to clean up Shangguan's house before Li Ming started, lest Li Chuan be implicated by a bunch of messes in Shangguan's family like the previous life.
Li Chuan is a more secure prince. In terms of the prince's identity, he can hardly pick out any faults in him. The abolition of the prince is a major event. As long as Li Chuan does not make mistakes, it will be difficult for Li Ming to move him.
To clean up Shangguan's house is to solve Li Chuan's worries ahead of time.
When Pei Wenxuan arrived at the Superintendent and heard that Li Rong was still busy, he didn't say much.
After looking at it for a while, I saw a guard outside hurried in. Pei Wenxuan looked up and heard the guard urgently say: "Your Highness, it's not good, Your Highness."
Li Rong heard this in the room, and looked at Shangguanya, then straightened up and walked out, the guard saw Li Rong coming out, knelt on the ground, and said anxiously: "Your Highness, Xie Lanqing has entered the palace to sue. Your Majesty, Your Majesty is now urging His Highness to enter the palace."
"Are you in such a hurry to die?"
Li Rong laughed, but the guards dared not answer. Pei Wenxuan stood up, walked behind Li Rong, and said in a low voice, "I will enter the palace with His Highness."
"His Royal Highness," Shangguanya frowned, "Xie Lanqing is afraid that the visitor is not good."
"Don't worry," Li Rong smiled, "Bengong will send him on his way."
After speaking, Li Rong turned around, flicked her broad sleeves, put her back behind her, and led her forward, happily saying, "Go."
Li Rong led people out of the Inspectorate and rushed directly to the palace. When she arrived at the imperial study, Li Rong saw Xie Lanqing clutching her stomach and lying weakly on a chair.
Li Rong came into the room with a smile, and said respectfully, "My son has seen the emperor."
Pei Wenxuan also followed Li Rong to kowtow: "Wei Chen has seen His Majesty."
There were many people standing in the room, including Su Minzhi, Shangguan Xu, Su Rongqing, and others. Xie Lanqing's chair was put aside, and Lin Feibai, who was covered in injuries, was kneeling at his feet.
Li Ming looked at Li Rong and seemed a little tired. After raising his hand to make Li Rong stand up, he said directly: "Pingle, Master Xie said that you ordered this killer to kill him, you can plead guilty."
When Li Rong heard this, she looked at Lin Feibai with a half-smile, "I ordered this son to kill Lord Xie?"
Saying that, Li Rong walked to Lin Feibai's side, squatted down on one knee, put her hands on the knee of one leg she was standing on, and said with a smile, "I want to ask this gentleman, how did I know you? , how to instruct you?"
"Caomin is a Jianghu killer. Half a month ago, His Highness asked Caomin to find Caomin and asked Caomin to kill someone. At that time, His Highness covered his face with a veil. Although Caomin couldn't see His Highness, he remembered His Highness's voice."
"Then your ears are pretty good." Li Rong nodded, "Then what?"
"Your Highness asks so much for what?" Xie Lanqing interrupted Li Rong directly, "Could it be that Your Highness has a guilty conscience and wants to confirm first if there is anything in what the witness said that can make you quibble?"
"Xie Shangshu pays attention to his words," Pei Wenxuan swept over coldly and said indifferently, "Now that the matter has not been clarified, you say that His Highness is sophistry. Why, Master Xie regards this place as the Ministry of Punishment, and he has already settled the case?"
"Mr. Pei is really clever," Xie Lanqing sneered, "I understand what I mean here, Lord Pei doesn't have to be so eloquent."
"And then?" Li Rong stared at Lin Feibai, Lin Feibai didn't speak, Li Ming said coldly, "Young Master Lin, speak."
"Then Caomin came to Butterfly Gorge to assassinate the person in the painting according to the employer's request. After that, he was ambushed, arrested and imprisoned, and entered the Supervision Division. After arriving at the Supervision Division, Caomin met the princess, and the princess made a sound. You know, this is the employer who asked me to assassinate the princess before. The princess knew that I was talented, so she asked me to kill Master Xie directly, or else I would kill the grass people on the charge of assassinating the princess!"
Lin Feibai's tone was cold, but with his calm and angry look, he couldn't help but feel a little more trusting.
After listening to Lin Feibai's words with a smile, Li Rong continued, "Then you assassinated Xie Shangshu?"
Lin Feibai ignored her and knelt on the ground with her back straight.
Seeing that he had finished speaking, Li Rong stood up. Li Ming saw that she was confident and only said, "Is what he said true?"
"Imperial Father," Li Rong smiled and turned around and said directly, "His story is full of loopholes, as if a few poor people were discussing whether the emperor should use a gold pole to carry things or a silver pole to carry things, this kind of emperor using a pole to carry soil. Son, could it be true?"
When these words came out, Xie Lanqing's face immediately became unpleasant: "Is it clear that His Highness has made it clear, there is no need to say that there are some of these."
"Okay, Xie Shangshu has experienced an assassination, and his brain is not very easy to use. Ben Gong can understand, then Ben Gong will give you a look at the loopholes in his words. First, he said that I am his employer, Then may I ask, do I have no one under my command, or do I admire his reputation as Young Master Lin and must meet him, so Princess Tangtang doesn’t use reliable people to hire killers, and wants to go there herself?”
"His Royal Highness said that." Pei Wenxuan added, "Wei Chen also does not want His Highness to meet with a foreigner in such a private way."
Li Rong glared at Pei Wenxuan secretly, Pei Wenxuan pretended not to know, and his face was expressionless.
"What if His Highness acts cautiously and is unwilling to let others know about this scandal?"
Xie Lanqing replied in a cold voice, Li Rong smiled lightly, and circled around Lin Feibai: "Okay, I will let Lord Xie once, just treat me as being prudent and incompetent, so I can only find the killer by myself. Then, according to this son Said, I hired a killer to kill myself, and Ben Gong made and acted the scene of my own assassination, so since I knew that I was going to see this young master goodbye, I went to see him with a veil, and even my voice didn’t change?”
"Caomin has been practicing martial arts since childhood and is extremely sensitive to sound." Lin Feibai said coldly, and Pei Wenxuan said softly, "Good dog ears."
"Okay," Li Rong lowered her head and smiled, "Even if Lin is a hero with great martial arts, I miscalculated. But since I planned someone to murder me, why should I force you to kill Xie Shangshu instead of letting you directly Perjury to accuse Xie Shangshu of letting you murder me?"
These words made Lin Feibai pause, but he couldn't see any expression on his face, so he didn't know his specific emotions.
Li Rong saw that he was silent, Xie Lan said slowly: "I have to ask Your Highness, maybe His Highness thinks that after Chen Wangshi's death, mentioning your assassination will not get the effect His Highness wants, so he directly asks Did he kill me?"
"Then there is a very critical issue here."
Li Rong's fan was beating in the palm of her hand. She bent down and looked at Xie Lanqing who was sitting on the chair: "Will I let my son kill his father?"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, Xie Lanqing's complexion changed greatly, and Lin Feibai suddenly raised his head.
Li Rong straightened up with a smile, and tapped the fan on her palm: "Let's think about this story from another angle."
"Everyone, do you think that it is a princess who is here, and in the case of a problem with her brain again and again, it is more likely that the son will eventually assassinate his biological father, or is it more likely that the father and son will confess and falsely accuse the princess?"
"Young Master Lin," Li Rong looked at the shocked Lin Feibai and said with a smile, "What do you think?"