Xiao Changyan displayed such evidence nakedly in front of Xiao Changgeng. Even people with poor self-control would find it difficult to control themselves. After all, this was real evidence, especially after Xiao Changgeng captured the rest of the people and obtained some evidence, it was like ironclad evidence.
This is Dengzhou, not Mizhou. It is not Pei's territory. Anyone who is a little bit aggressive may take risks.
Xiao Changgeng lost his mother at a young age, and after the Ninth Prince, he lost two other princes. The fact that he was able to survive as the Twelfth Prince was due to his cleverness and vigilance. The fact that these people were able to come in front of him was in itself a sign of letting them go by Pei and Xiao Changyan.
These people are Pei's real enemies. They are the lost dogs in the fight with Pei. They might have fallen into Pei's hands long ago. Pei just released them to test him.
Now that he has killed someone and seen the evidence, he can be considered to be in cahoots with them.
Xiao Changgeng is not a cunning person, and he does not intend to play the role of a naive brother who is ignorant of the world in front of Xiao Changyan, otherwise he will never be valued and trusted by Xiao Changyan.
After "helping" Pei to deal with these people and destroy the evidence that was unfavorable to Pei, Xiao Changgeng pretended that nothing had happened and did not mention a word to Xiao Changyan.
His composure impressed Xiao Changyan, so he took the initiative to find him, took out the good wine he brought back from Annan City, and invited him to drink. After three rounds of drinking, he said, "I heard that before my twelfth brother built his mansion, he once lived in the East Palace for a short time?"
Xiao Changgeng smiled bitterly: "Yes."
"I think my twelfth brother is favored by the Crown Prince. Apart from the Crown Prince, no other prince has ever lived in the Eastern Palace." Xiao Changyan sighed softly as if unintentionally.
With his eyelids slightly lowered, Xiao Changgeng remained silent and did not actively try to explain the matter.
Xiao Changyan, who originally thought that Xiao Changgeng was pretending to be profound, waited for a long time but got no reply. Then he realized that Xiao Changgeng seemed to really intend to gloss over the matter. He was not afraid of being suspected of having a close relationship with the prince.
"Looking at your twelfth brother's appearance, it seems that he has something to hide?" Xiao Changyan asked again.
A glass of wine stopped at his lips. Xiao Changgeng paused for a few breaths before he suddenly raised his head and drank it all. As if he had made up his mind and seemed to be emboldened by the wine, Xiao Changgeng let out a long breath: "I am not afraid of being looked down upon by my eighth brother. Back then, my younger brother was in a difficult situation. His Majesty was reluctant to let me observe government affairs and build a government. In a desperate situation, my younger brother wanted to use the Shen family, which was in the limelight, to attract His Majesty's attention..."
Let me stop here. Since Xiao Changyan has investigated everything, he should know how dazzling Shen Xihe was at that time and how impossible it was to ignore her. No one in Kyoto was trying to avoid her. Shen Xihe was bound to marry into the royal family, so he was not the only one who had this idea.
This is the truth. Only a mixture of truth and falsehood can confuse smart people, just like Xiao Changyan found a real enemy and real evidence to test him.
Xiao Changyan suddenly realized, and then his deep eyes swept over Xiao Changgeng imperceptibly. It turned out that Xiao Changgeng was not willing to be ordinary. Even the princes who were willing to be ordinary did not dare to set their sights on Shen Xihe.
Shen Xihe is like a double-edged sword. The benefits of marrying her are obvious and abundant, but the fatal flaws are also obvious. Marrying Shen Xihe is a game with Your Majesty.
"My brother the Crown Prince dotes on the Crown Princess very much." Just because Xiao Changgeng had feelings for Shen Xihe, Xiao Huayong brought her into the East Palace. No one knew what Xiao Huayong did to Xiao Changgeng during this period.