As the saying goes, an explanation is a cover-up, and a cover-up is the truth. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the face of such rumors, explanations are often the most weak and considered the most empty-hearted.

Although in Cheng Jinzhi's opinion, this sentence is simply nonsense made up for the sake of rhyme.

However, as the saying goes, shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king.

At this point, the most direct and feasible way is to find the perpetrator of this rumor.

But it's not to make an example, to set an example, and to use violence or coercion to block the mouths of the people. Instead, it is necessary to present the evidence to the world openly, so that the uncles and aunts, big brothers and sisters who go with the flow outside can stop in moderation and be truly convinced.

As for whether to twist this person's tongue or not, or to block his mouth, that's all for later.

Fortunately, by now, it can be basically determined that this person is in the Jin Palace.

Except for Gao Xun, the master who has not yet married and had children, most of them are maidservants or domestic servants who work and serve in the palace.

Because on the day Cheng Jinzhi went, the entire Jin Palace's mansion was in a state of closed doors, so the suspicion of outsiders spreading rumors and causing trouble was automatically ruled out.

After a little analysis like this, Cheng Jinzhi's originally swollen and heavy head was instantly much more thorough.

Since this matter started because of her, it is up to her to solve it herself.

It's just that how to lead to this culprit, she is still thinking about it.

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"Princess, in fact, there is a little slave maid who thinks it is quite strange. ”

Treading the snow, he saw that Cheng Jinzhi was pointing the tip of the pen on the table with the tip of his left hand pointing up, and his right hand was holding his cheek, his eyes were stagnant, as if he was thinking about countermeasures, and he didn't want to bother.

However, she has always been straightforward, she can't hold back her words in her heart, and Cheng Jinzhi doesn't have any princesses, so she hesitated for a while, but still said the doubts blocked in her heart.

"Strange?" Cheng Jinzhi stopped tapping on the table and turned his head to look at Treading Snow, "What's strange?"

"The slave maid thinks that if according to what you said, this rumor-monger is from the Jin Palace, even if he dares to slander the imperial family, but ruining his master's reputation outside is not good for himself or His Royal Highness the King of Jin. Besides, if you can be a slave or a maid in the palace, you must be a person who has been selected and has a calm heart. After all, it is a big crime to dare to spread rumors about the royal family, and if it is discovered, it will be dead. I don't think such a subordinate would do such a thing, right?"

"Ordinary subordinates?"

Cheng Jinzhi rolled his eyes when he heard this, turned his head to look at the snow, but his tone seemed to be talking to himself.

"What if... He's not just any ordinary subordinate, is he?"

"Ahh

Treading the snow and looking for Mei looked at each other in confusion, not quite understanding what Cheng Jinzhi meant by this "unusual".

"I mean, this rumor-monger may have been instructed to do something. ”

Cheng Jinzhi stood up and paced a few steps, his gaze stopped for a moment, and a look of thought appeared on his face.

"Purpose?" Xun Mei said with a puzzled face, "But what purpose can there be for maliciously slandering two princes and a princess?"

At first, Cheng Jinzhi thought that it might be the mother and daughter of Zhang and Cheng Sujin who were behind the scenes.

In this way, without them doing it themselves, they can borrow the sharp blade of rumors and take the opportunity to ruin her reputation as a princess.

But after thinking about it carefully, no matter how much these two people hated themselves, they should not be so powerful as to send someone to infiltrate the Jin Wangfu in advance and wait for an opportunity.

But apart from the mother and daughter of the Cheng family, she really couldn't imagine anyone else who would hold such a grudge against her.

Unless, what this person wanted to target was not himself at the beginning, but Gao Heng, or Gao Xun.

Thinking of this, Cheng Jinzhi only felt that a spiritual light suddenly flashed in his mind, and the chaotic place that was originally shrouded in fog suddenly dissipated, revealing a clear and clear corner.

If there is anyone else in this world who will race against time and spare no effort to attack Gao Heng, it is naturally the crown prince Gao Chen.

Perhaps it was because he was punished by Emperor Zhou at the moment that he was in the East Palace and thought about it, and it was difficult for his minions to stretch, let alone make too big moves, so he could only play such a trick behind his back.

Corrupting virtue and slandering reputation are only secondary actions, and his real purpose is to sow discord.

Just like when he forced Gu Hanqing to frame Gao Heng!

This also explains why the people in the Jin Palace's mansion dared to spread rumors to slander their masters, and why this rumor had no warning before, but it could be so menacing overnight.

Obviously, this is clearly a secret plan by someone with a heart, and it is not the result of an unintentional leak by a nobody.

Since this is the case, she has to find out this person even more and vent her evil anger well.

"Princess, did you think of something?"

Treading the snow and looking for Mei saw Cheng Jinzhi stunned but did not speak, but his expression became sometimes tangled and sometimes dignified, the two of them glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but get nervous.

"Anyway, this person is in the Jin Palace. Cheng Jinzhi said with some unanswers, flattened his mouth and said thoughtfully, "It's just that there are so many people in the palace, and we have no evidence now, so we can't find it at all, so it's a bit of a headache." ”

The reason why Cheng Jinzhi didn't explain the thoughts in his heart to Treading Snow and Looking for Plum, but brushed it off, it was not that he deliberately wanted to guard against the two girls in front of him.

It's just that the mastermind she suspects is about the crown prince after all, and before all the speculations are confirmed, talking too much will add more uncertain factors and increase the trouble.

"The slave and maid that the princess said understood. ”

Taxue took the freshly brewed hot tea in Xunmei's hand and put it on the rosewood table, nodded and said: "But according to the slave's guess, since that person has caused such a big turmoil, he will definitely be afraid of being noticed because of his weak heart at this moment. “

"You are so smart in the snow, you can even figure out the psychology of the prisoner, and it is really condescending to leave you in the palace. ”

Cheng Jinzhi pretended to exaggerate and squeezed her eyes at Treadxue, saying that she was smiling and very useful.

No, Jin Zhi's admiration is indeed sincere. Because, Treading the snow really reminded her very subtly.

Indeed, without a clear target, torture to extract confessions, coercion and inducement will not work.

Besides, there are dozens of people up and down the Jin Palace, if they are checked and interrogated one by one, it will not only be too much of a waste of time, but will also startle the snake if they are not careful.

Therefore, what Cheng Jinzhi has to do is to set a trap and then lure the snake out of the hole.

I thought about it quietly and carefully......

I saw that her eyes were certain, her eyebrows were slightly raised, and she already had an idea in her heart.