Chapter 60: Is Mr. Chief Assistant threatening me?
Everything was silent.
It was a warm spring day, and there was no incense burning in the main hall, but the door was open.
There is a spring breeze carrying the fragrance of flowers passing through the hall, bringing a unique fragrance of spring.
Si Ning sat on the main seat, wearing a moon-white robe, and the long wind blew the hem of his clothes, looking calm and elegant.
At the guest seat, the tea in Pei Du's hand was wrinkled by the wind.
"Sigh——"
He put the tea back on the table, his eyes cold.
Si Ning also put the tea cup back.
"What?"
He still looked at Pei Du with a smile, seemingly not noticing the coldness and darkness in his eyes.
"Her favorite is me."
Pei Du reiterated his words clearly and clearly.
There was still a smile on Si Ning's lips. He dusted off the non-existent dust on his sleeves and said, "That is a thing of the past, my lord."
After a pause, Si Ning still smiled: "Now, Your Highness and Your Majesty have nothing to do with each other."
His beautiful finger bones tapped lightly on the table, and Pei Du lowered his eyes slightly, casting a large shadow in his eyes.
Si Ning didn't urge anything, just smiled and waited for him to continue.
"The Si family in the south of the Yangtze River is extremely wealthy and is as rich as the country. Even if your Majesty doesn't say it, sir, you should know that your Majesty has been wary of the Si family for a long time."
The smile on Si Ning's lips narrowed by three points, and he became slightly colder: "Is Lord Chief Assistant threatening me?"
"Just a reminder," Pei Du's eyes were noble and indifferent, "If the Si family wants to protect themselves wisely, they should keep a low profile."
"Where there's a will, there's a way. His Highness and I are in love, and we can always be together." Si Ning smiled gently.
"In the past, there was a down-and-out scholar who knelt in front of the princess's mansion and told Pei that he and His Highness were in love, and he was willing to humble himself and just stay with His Highness."
Si Ning raised his eyebrows slightly: "What happened next?"
Pei Dushi stood up and dusted the hem of his clothes.
"Later, he was sentenced to death for cheating in the scientific examination, and his head was missing."
Si Ning still smiled and looked at Pei Du, who had already stood up: "Is this the scientific examination you were talking about last year?"
"I also heard about that imperial examination, and I also heard that the examiner that year... was you."
A few strands of petals brushed against the man's feet.
Pei Du didn't say anything, bowed slightly towards Si Ning, turned and left.
——
Jiang Jinshuang sent Shen Huaihe away and came back from the backyard, feeling a little absent-minded.
Before he reached the main hall, he saw Pei Du wearing a red official robe and walking towards the door.
As if noticing this, the man stopped and turned sideways, looking towards her.
Just a glance.
Pei Du averted his eyes and walked out of the princess mansion.
Jiang Jinshuang frowned, ignored it, and went to the main hall.
In the main hall, Si Ning was still drinking tea.
Seeing Jiang Jinshuang coming, Si Ning stood up with a smile: "Did His Highness ask anything?"
Jiang Jinshuang took the tea leaves from Si Ning and looked unhappy.
"Shen Huaihe told me that he was also present during the interrogation of Ruiyang Uncle Wang. Faced with various evidences searched from his house, Uncle Wang personally confessed to the law."
Si Ning frowned: "His Royal Highness King Ruiyang doesn't have any objection?"
"Yes, there is no argument."
Noticing Jiang Jinshuang's mood, Si Ning whispered: "Your Highness, there is no need to feel sad. Since this road is blocked now, try another road over there."
Jiang Jinshuang rubbed the rim of the cup with her fingertips and looked at the undulating tea leaves in the tea.
After a long time, her eyes lit up: "Those physical evidences."
Si Ning reacted: "Your Highness wants to see if he can find clues from the physical evidence from that year?"
Jiang Jinshuang nodded.
Si Ning pondered for a moment: "As far as I know, your Majesty has collected all the physical evidence from back then, and now it should be placed in the imperial study."
Jiang Jinshuang pursed her lips slightly and squinted her eyes: "It seems that we have to find a way."
After saying this, Si Ning recalled what his father said when he came: "Your Highness, I just thought about it and thought that my father will be in Beijing these days. I would like to move in with him temporarily." Jiang Jinshuang agreed. Nodding: "I think so too. Uncle Si has not been to the capital for a long time and does not understand the partisan disputes in the capital. I feel more at ease when you are by his side."
Si Ning nodded: "Then I'll move there today."
Jiang Jinshuang: "If something happens to you, you have to tell me immediately, you know?"
Si Ning smiled: "Okay, thank you, Your Highness."
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For several days, a strange atmosphere enveloped the court.
Not only did the Jiangnan Si family, who had not been going north for a long time, come to Chang'an City, even the King of Changping, who said he was ill, was coming to the capital.
Some ministers in the court said that the Imperial Master Qin Tianjian had been staying at the observatory these days, as if something big was about to happen.
It seems that since Princess Zhaoming returned to the capital, things in the capital have been happening one after another.
Now I heard that the Prince of the East Palace was also imprisoned because of her.
Is this Princess Zhaoming really a disaster star?
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Early this morning, Jiang Jinshuang was called to the imperial study room.
The scent of ambergris lingers in the royal study.
Jiang Jinshuang was blessed, but her gaze swept across the entire imperial study room calmly.
Si Ning said that all the physical evidence of King Ruiyang's rebellion should be in the imperial study, but she took a closer look and saw nothing unusual.
In front of the writing desk, the Tianjia was practicing calligraphy.
The dragon-flying and phoenix-flying brushwork is flying on the fine rice paper, and the brushstrokes are fierce and decisive.
As he wrote, he spoke slowly: "Is the injury better?"
Jiang Jinshuang lowered her eyes: "Back to my father, I'm much better now."
"Shashasha——"
Jiang Huayan didn't speak, he just bent over his desk and practiced calligraphy.
Not long after that: "Is there any progress in the assassination case?"
"Returning to my father, the assassin committed suicide by biting himself with poison. All clues were lost, and my son and minister were incompetent."
"Shashasha——"
"Then Shuang'er thinks that your imperial brother was responsible for the assassination?"
Jiang Jinshuang was frightened: "Father, the emperor has taken great care of his son since he was a child. The son absolutely does not believe that the emperor did this!"
This time, Jiang Huayan responded lightly.
Jiang Jinshuang understood what Tianjia meant.
Now that the prince is under house arrest in the East Palace, it can be regarded as punishment. It doesn't matter who the murderer is. The East Palace should also lift the confinement.
Jiang Jinshuang lowered her eyes and said in a soft voice: "Actually... I think it is not appropriate to get to the bottom of the assassination matter. If someone really wants to do harm to me, they will definitely not be able to help it."
"My son feels that it is better to let this matter go and let the emperor out earlier to avoid any discord between my brother and sister."
——She knew that the Tian family wanted to release Jiang Biechen, but these words could only come from her mouth.
It was up to her, the "victim", to forgive Jiang Biechen herself.
"Since Zhao Ming said so, let's lift his ban."
Jiang Huayan said calmly, without any emotion.
Pick it up high and put it down gently.
She originally thought that the Tian family called her here today just because of Jiang Biechen, but the next second, Jiang Huayan spoke again.
"Your uncle Wang of Changping has a souvenir. He said that the team coming to Beijing are tired and have insufficient supplies. He asked someone to send some to him."
Jiang Jinshuang's thoughts took a few turns.
Probably guessed something.
"Uncle Wang of Changping has not been in Beijing for a long time. It is inevitable that such a mistake will occur. I wonder who my father wants to send to welcome Uncle Wang?"
The man in front of the desk stopped writing.
A pair of bottomless eyes fell on the soft and obedient girl in front of him.
"Your uncle, Prince Changping, has asked you to go there by name."
(End of chapter)