"You're so gullible at her words. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Shangguan Xueyu asked a little disappreciatively.

Chu Yunxi exhaled a cool breath, and there was desolation in his words: "Naturally, I don't believe it, whether she intentionally harms her or is forced to do so, I don't dare to believe her innocence easily." But on that day, regardless of life and death, she knelt in front of her eldest sister and begged to spare my life. I was completely convinced that she had never had the intention of harming me. ”

Shangguan Xueyu heard the loophole and continued to ask: "Then how can you be sure that I am not being persecuted?" ”

"If that's the case, why would you make up a life story that didn't exist? I wanted to investigate your life experience, but I didn't dare to tell Jia Heng about it, for fear that you would see the clue, so I asked Lin Risheng, who was still working in the Hanlin Academy at the time, to help verify the matter about Pei Lidu's life. Chu Yunxi said calmly.

"And what did you find?" Some unexpected Shangguan Xueyu restrained some of the proud momentum that had repeatedly gained the upper hand, and humbly asked for advice.

Chu Yunxi was a little out of breath after talking for a long time, and she needed to rest for a while, Shangguan Xueyu kindly took the warm water from her carriage and fed her to drink, and handed her a ginseng tablet to boost her before she could continue: "I'm afraid you would never have thought that Lord Pei Lidu was originally from Shunan, and he still had some friendship with the Shunan Lin family. As the young daughter of Master Pei, even if you are far away from your homeland when you are young, you can't even remember the local accent, you can't even remember the local accent, you can't understand the poems I read with a Shunan accent that day, and I don't even have a sense of familiarity. ”

Shangguan Xueyu was silent for a long time, and muttered: "It turns out that you were testing me that day, and I was careless again, I really thought that you were talking to me about poetry and painting, but I also forgot to check it." Thinking about those paintings, too, there is a big problem. ”

Chu Yunxi smiled knowingly: "Exactly, you know that Lord Pei was the county guard of Yizhou, but what you don't know is that Lord Pei should have helped protect my second uncle back then and was implicated and degraded out of Shu to go north." There are only two roads to the north of Shu, one is that the waterway must pass through the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and the other is that the land route must pass through the Shu Road Sword Pavilion. Master Pei was killed outside the Shu region, since you remember the death of your parents clearly, why don't you remember the scenery you saw all the way out of Shu? ”

Shangguan Xueyu was a little shocked, but she didn't expect her loss to be here: "Oh, it turns out that those two paintings are the Yangtze River and Shu Dao, I am really lonely." ”

"There's also the wrong age. I remember you saying that you were only four or five years old when your parents died, but after Lin Risheng's verification and inference, if Master Pei's young daughter was really still alive, I am afraid that she would be eight or nine years old at that time, you would not be so confused that you couldn't even remember your age. Even if you remember it wrong when you were young, you can't be four or five years apart and don't know it. ”

Shangguan Xueyu sighed and said: "You are really careful, I can't remember what I said in front of the emperor at that time." At that time, His Majesty the Emperor did not investigate and inquire thoroughly, and I thought that no one would care. After all, Pei Lidu has never served in Chang'an, and he knows very little, not to mention that he has been dead for many years, I thought that no one would suspect that he had not hidden it from you. But the strange thing is how you came up with the idea to investigate my origins? ”

Chu Yunxi also sighed: "This is also why, with your ingenuity, if you have already thought of a way out, why would you make up such a story full of loopholes." I once asked Jia Heng why Lord Liu suddenly took you to the palace to plead your case. He was also quite curious at that time, so he asked Lord Liu Yun about it afterwards, and he relayed Lord Liu's words to me. On that day, Jia Heng handed you over to Lord Liu to take care of you, and you woke up soon after and questioned Lord Liu. Lord Liu was filled with indignation, and denounced Chu Xiaolian's crime in front of you, saying that your father and daughter were embarrassed and framed Zhongliang, and he happened to mention how his deceased friend Pei Lidu was blind and blind back then, and was degraded and killed for supporting my second uncle, you immediately cried bitterly, and told him your life experience and Chu Xiaolian's true identity. It was these coincidences that prompted me to investigate your origins. I used to feel that there are many coincidences in the world, and indeed many coincidences are man-made. You were actually inspired by Lord Liu and casually fabricated your life experience, Lord Liu remembered the age of Lord Pei's young daughter, and only said that the whereabouts of the four-year-old young daughter who was only four years old when Master Pei was killed was unknown, how miserable. You reacted very quickly, and immediately made up such a story according to his words, first, to gain his trust, second, to get out of it, and third, to find a wonderful excuse to expose Chu Xiaolian. Your wit is really admirable, but unfortunately there are still some details that cannot be completely matched in the hurry. And Lord Liu was actually impressed by your unparalleled eloquence, and took you to the main hall without verification. ”

Shangguan Xueyu exclaimed: "Amazing, you can think so clearly." But then he said helplessly, "But I'm just doing this to protect myself." ”

Chu Yunxi firmly didn't believe her statement: "No, it's definitely not the case. With the situation at the time, you don't need to betray Chu Xiaolian to protect yourself, I was also speculating at that time, although there is evidence, he was clever and overturned one by one, if you hadn't testified in the palace and dealt him a fatal blow, forcing him to reveal his original form, who lost and who won is unknown. You could have used a lie to deceive Lord Liu, and then when you went to the palace, you denied it outright, and then used your cleverness to defend Chu Xiaolian, and Lord Liu couldn't help you. But you really want to kill him, if you don't help him, and if you don't protect yourself, then there is only one reason left, you want him to die! ”

Shangguan Xueyu pretended to be shocked and said: "What you say is very unreasonable, if I am not afraid of life and death, do not seek self-preservation, and want to kill Chu Xiaolian, why do I know so many secrets of Chu Xiaolian, and I will not tell everything until you enter the palace to face the saint." ”

"That's because your ultimate goal is to use our own Chu Clan's own strength to destroy the Chu Clan." Chu Yunxi suddenly opened his eyes and looked directly into her eyes, his gaze was cold: "You don't want to come forward to participate in it in person." So I'm just the first chess piece you used to attack the Chu clan, and my so-called discoveries exposing Chu Xiaolian's identity are just your elaborate planning. Is it you who imply that there is indelible evidence of guilt at the old site of my Chu Mansion, and it is also you who deliberately relax the guards of the Chu Mansion, so that I can come and go freely in the Chu Mansion during Chu Yilian's return to his hometown for the funeral, or you! Putting the Chu family tree upside down on the bookshelf made me realize that my second uncle actually had a lost twin brother. Originally, according to your plan, you would lead me to find out all the evidence little by little, and then I would get rid of Chu Xiaolian for you. It's a pity that Qing Chun's death disrupted your plan, I was so grief-stricken that I lost my mind, appeared on Gu Chaomin's happy hall, was arrested and imprisoned, and was interrogated by the Holy Lord not only for me but also for your last chance, once I fail, it will cause you huge trouble, so you made a dangerous move and personally played the last step of death. But it was precisely because of the suddenness of the incident that there were so many mistakes in your story. At this point, I would like to ask the first question: When I disguised myself as a man and entered the Beijing Painting Academy, how did you find out my identity early in the morning? ”

Shangguan Xueyu no longer squirmed, she was upright and serious, and her eyes gradually radiated a hint of fierceness, adding a bit of cruelty and beauty to her charming appearance: "That's thanks to a painting." I don't know if you still remember the picture of Qing Ju hanging in the observation tower. Bai Biao is respected by the world as the saint of painting in the world. The characteristics of his painting style connoisseurs can see at a glance that Bai Biao is a very conceited person, he thinks that he is a genius, and it is difficult for the world to appreciate the subtlety of his paintings, so he likes to imitate the Bo Yazi period, if he can't find a bosom friend in the painting, he will burn it, and the paintings he left behind are just a few of them, and it is not easy for others to copy and learn even if they want to. However, this painting is very similar to Bai Biao's painting style, but the pen power is slightly thinner, and the heat is still shallow, and you can still see the clues when you look closely. I suspect that the person who can paint this painting so expressively must have a great relationship with Bai Biao, or at least have been carefully trained by Bai Biao. So I sent someone to investigate, and finally found out your whereabouts. As we all know, Bai Biao has a withdrawn and arrogant personality, has always liked to be alone, has not married a wife and had children, and has heard that he has accepted apprentices. Since this painting has been passed down from Bai Biao's hometown of Shunan, who can live in Shunan and get Bai Ao's teachings, I think who else can there be besides Bai Ao's closest relative, his only niece-you. You are very smart, you deliberately practiced drawing with your left hand in order to cover up your relationship with Bai Biao, and you are very accomplished and talented in painting. Deceived many people. But it's a pity that it is your talent and talent that make your paintings famous in Shunan, and they were brought back to Chang'an by merchants who went south, and finally I saw them by chance, isn't all this providence? ”

Chu Yunxi was also silent for a while in surprise, and said: "Chu Xiaolian's early return to the house was also notified by you in a letter, you are afraid that his henchmen will inform him before you, he will either take precautions, or abandon the official and run away, neither of which you want to see, so you wrote to ask him to come back, but you didn't expect him to arrive early and arrest me, forcing you to show up and make up a bunch of lies." In fact, you don't want to be exposed to people from beginning to end. ”

Shangguan Xueyu interrupted her: "Speculation is speculation, what about the evidence?" ”

"Bai Linglin is the proof."

Shangguan Xueyu let out a soft "oh", the nerves that had been tense relaxed again, leaned back in the chair again, and sneered: "It turns out that she told you." ”

"No, it's still my speculation." Chu Yunxi asked unmoved: "How did Bai Linglin know about his life experience?" ”

Shangguan Xueyu lowered her head and fiddled with her nails, picking out a flirtatious smile at the corner of her mouth, and was silent.

Chu Yunxi was not angry at her contempt, and continued to herself: "She once told me that her adoptive mother who adopted her told her. She lied. ”

Shangguan Xueyu glanced up at her and sounded seriously.

"If her adoptive mother had known her true identity, she should not have returned her after she had been saved. At that time, my second uncle was already a secretary of the ministry, why didn't she ask for a reward when she saved the daughter of Shangshu? She secretly collected the daughter of Shangshu and raised it at home, could it be because she loved her very much? Besides, Bai Linglin is a girl in the end, if her adoptive mother is afraid of being abandoned because she can't give birth, why not go to Chu Mansion to ask for a reward and buy another boy? After the death of her adoptive father, the family was unable to sustain, why didn't her adoptive mother immediately take her north to find relatives, but only told her about her life experience when she was dying, and asked her to go to her adoptive uncle herself. Why didn't she personally entrust her adopted daughter to her brother before her death? What's even more incredible is that after Bai Linglin entered Beijing, he actually hovered in Chang'an City for several months without recognizing his relatives, and even became a beggar, and pawned the most important immortal lock that could prove his identity. ”

After a few questions, Shangguan Xueyu responded calmly: "Maybe she hasn't found a way to recognize her relatives, after all, not anyone can enter the Prime Minister's Mansion, or maybe she knows that the pawnshop is the property of the princess's mother's family, so she did it on purpose?" ”

"I thought so at first, but why didn't the crown princess know the true identity of me and Bai Linglin until she died? At that time, when the crown princess threatened me with the immortal lock, she was only suspicious. Bai Linglin came to Chang'an to find relatives with great difficulty, why didn't she recognize her when she saw her sister? If the two of them deliberately concealed it, I really don't understand what the intention is. And what's even more strange is that I don't know Bai Linglin, but she can accurately use Jia Heng to force me to comply, obviously there is someone behind her. ”

"Shi Jiaheng once proposed marriage to you, and the princess is not unaware of this matter." Shangguan Xueyu threw the question back without any pressure.

Chu Yunxi rested for a while, and pointed out sharply: "Then why did the crown princess stupidly use a trick to use the forbidden army to kill me." She can instruct Bai Linglin to use Jia Heng to force me to give up my marriage, why don't she repeat the trick and force me to leave or commit suicide? ”

Shangguan Xueyu heard the key and became serious again.

"My biological father is a criminal minister, she can also instruct Bai Linglin to reveal my identity in public, even if the prince intends to protect me, the ministers in the court will not take it easy. Although I will not worry about my life, I will inevitably become a monk with sin, so that I can hinder the prince for some time. Even with the prince's temperament, it is inevitable that he will find another identity for me to enter the palace in the future, but at least he can delay it for a while, and then slowly think about quietly killing me, wouldn't it be clean. And how did it come to this? She must have learned of the prince's intention to take me into the palace in a panicked and hurry, and she didn't have time to find a better way, so she used this trick at your instigation. Not long after the crown princess took people out of the palace, the prince's men and horses were killed, if it wasn't for someone to report the news, I really can't believe it.

"Because Chu Xiaolian imprisoned Luo Chun, he must know the true identities of me, Qingshuang and Bai Linglin, and you and he are accomplices, you know so many secrets about him, and it is normal to know from him that I and Bai Linglin's life experience. Bai Linglin only learned about her life story after Chu Xiaolian's death, who else would she have told her if you hadn't told her? I dare to ask the second question here, how did Chu Xiaolian know the true background of me and Yan Qingshuang? ”

Shangguan Xueyu smiled convincingly: "It's really difficult, I still think so hard when I'm seriously ill." As for your background, I actually told him. ”

Chu Yunxi screamed in shock, and after thinking about it, he suddenly realized: "Even so, the attention of imprisoning Luo Chun is also from you." That Zhaoxue Nunnery is also the place you chose for the crown princess. Shangguan Xueyu affirmed her statement with a smile, "You really don't leak." With your appearance, character, wit and talent, if you want to rectify the Chu Clan, why do you need to work so hard and time-consuming, if you are willing to commit to the prince or the saint, just your powerful provocation efforts, it will be difficult for the Chu Clan to save themselves. What's more, over the years, the Chu clan has been used by the emperor to suppress the powerful people in various places, and sooner or later it will inevitably be abandoned by the Holy Grace, and it will not disappear overnight, I don't want you to be so anxious to provoke the Chu clan to kill each other. Chu Yunxi sighed.

Shangguan Xueyu snorted lightly: "If it weren't for Chu Xiaolian replacing Chu Yilian, do you think the Chu clan could be used by the emperor so easily?" Chu Yilian is an upright, faithful, and benevolent person, who is the mainstay of the Chu family, how could he do all kinds of illegal and disorderly things under the indulgence of the emperor. After moving the capital to Chang'an, Chu Yilian assisted Sun Xiang at that time to vigorously implement the Huairou policy, so as to stabilize the overall situation. ”

"It seems that this Chu Xiaolian is this second chess piece. In this way, I want to ask you three questions: Chu Xiaolian killed his brother to occupy the throne, who was behind the plot, or who did my second uncle die from? Her words once again proved Chu Yunxi's guess, and she couldn't help but ask again.