Li Yanyan lowered her eyes and gave a short, shallow smile: "Since the princess has already told me about the plan to harm Princess Zhaoning, why don't you just tell me how to deal with her? That will also put my mind at ease."
Princess Yangling hesitated, but thought that if she didn't say anything, Li Yanyan would definitely not stand idly by. As long as the couple kept a tight rein in the Dai Palace, she and Munuha would never succeed. So she told them all her plan, and finally said, "Prince Munuha will insist that he and Shen Xihe are in love, and he will be unable to control himself and do something shameful in the Dai Palace."
After listening to this, Li Yanyan looked Princess Yangling up and down, and couldn't help but sarcastically said, "You noble ladies in Kyoto are really... vicious."
Princess Yangling was a little annoyed, but she tried not to show any emotion on her face: "Why should I show mercy to a vicious person?"
Li Yanyan was amused: "If I heard correctly, it was the princess who instigated the fourth princess to deal with Princess Zhaoning, and Princess Zhaoning accidentally found out, which led to Princess Zhaoning's revenge. If not, why would Princess Zhaoning harm you?"
She really didn't know on what basis Princess Yangling defined the people she persecuted as vicious people.
"I was also forced to do so. I didn't want to kill her." Princess Yangling argued for herself, and then said, "Third sister-in-law, don't speak for her. Since she dared to threaten me with Liang Zhaorong, she must not be a fox taking advantage of the tiger's power. Although I have no evidence, I am sure that she said so. Then Liang Zhaorong's death must be related to her!"
Li Yanyan suppressed the sneer on her face. She didn't like Liang Zhaorong either, but she was her proper mother-in-law and the man's biological mother. They had always been kind and filial to each other, and Liang Zhaorong's death was a great blow to the man.
During this period of time, he still did not give up on tracking down the real culprit, and kept an eye on the twelfth prince Xiao Changgeng, who was the most suspicious.
This must be his heart knot.
She owed him a lot, and now that she knew this clue, she couldn't ignore it, whether it was good or bad.
"Princess, please go back to the palace. Let me think about it." Li Yanyan sent Princess Yangling away.
She didn't tell Xiao Changzhen about this. If Xiao Changzhen knew about it, he wouldn't be able to judge right from wrong rationally. He has always been upset about Liang Zhaorong's death. Shen Xihe is definitely not an ordinary person. There is also an unknown crown prince behind her...
Li Yanyan did not send anyone to investigate. Instead, after Shen Xihe arrived the next day, she found an opportunity to invite Shen Xihe to a room alone and said directly, "Yesterday, Princess Yangling came to the mansion and told me that Princess Zhaoning told her in person that Princess Zhaoning killed Liang Zhaorong. What does Princess Zhaoning think of this?"
She had not had much contact with Shen Xihe, but there had been constant rumors about Shen Xihe since he came to Beijing, and the things he caused were more and more earth-shattering. She could roughly figure out a bit of Shen Xihe's personality.
If it was really Shen Xihe who did it, she would definitely not deny it directly.
"Princess Dai, Zhaoning never kills anyone in vain." Shen Xihe responded calmly.
She kills, but she doesn't kill randomly.
Li Yanyan was unsure of Shen Xihe's meaning for this ambiguous answer. She knew that even if Shen Xihe really killed Liang Zhaorong, he would not admit it directly.
Shen Xihe had two meanings: either she did not kill Liang Zhaorong; or she killed Liang Zhaorong, but Liang Zhaorong wanted to take her life first.