Chapter 232: The Death of the Green Branch

Li Xiaoyun looked at Ying Wenxu's departing back, his eyes were deep.

After he took over the Chang'an theft case from Dali Temple, the so-called Jiangyang thief has no news, and there are extremely few clues to find from the black market, but it is certain that the person who traded this transaction is a veteran of the rivers and lakes and knows how to hide his identity well.

Even if he is a person in the rivers and lakes, Li Xiaoyun can use his means to find out some clues.

The result is that the thief of this Chang'an theft case is very likely to be the plum blossom thief who has been moving uncertainly and walking all over the place.

This result has nothing to do with the Dingbei Hou Mansion or the Jiangnan Ji family, and the investigation has fallen into a dead end, not to mention that the theft case in Chang'an has not happened for a long time, and it is unknown whether this plum blossom thief has changed places again.

But the matter of the Yan family is not so simple.

As soon as the words fell, his previous henchmen gradually collapsed, and the backyard of Hu Yong, the servant of the ministry, was restless, and because the money was almost scattered before, his son and wife were privately bribed, impeached by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and their official positions were lost.

The fall of Yan Zheng is inseparable from Yan Xu, originally thought that all this was just Yan Xu's revenge, but Li Xiaoyun soon discovered that there seemed to be a lot of connection between Yan Xu and Ji Yanning, because Yan Xu changed his name to Ji Wenxu and lived in a house under the name of Baochang Ji.

This is enough to show that a large part of Yan Xu's revenge is due to Ji Yanning's help.

Of course, he didn't need evidence, he just needed to inform the emperor of what he had found.

The culprit of the theft in Chang'an is the famous plum blossom thief on the rivers and lakes, this person is haunted, generally does not stay in a city for too long, it is difficult to arrest, as for where the list of official mansions she stole came from, before this person is caught, it is natural to get the truth, but after listening to Li Xiaoyun's explanation, the emperor attributed this plum blossom thief to the remnants of the rebellion that year.

As for Yan Zheng's case, Rong Che had already investigated it before, and now that he couldn't find out the progress, he naturally wouldn't deliberately recruit Ji Yanning, but just said that Yan Xu had changed his name, and in view of his mother's words, he didn't mind leaving Ji Yanning alive.

The emperor sat on a chair in the imperial study, listened to Li Xiaoyun's report, and raised his eyes to look at him.

"That's it, now that Xiao Shaobei has gone to the north, even if he investigates, he may not be able to find some other clues. The Emperor muttered for a long time before he spoke.

Li Xiaoyun lowered his head: "It's Weichen's disadvantage." ”

The emperor said: "It's okay, but keep an eye on the people on the list in the future." ”

Since there is still a remnant of evil, they will not stop easily, and now they have already attacked many people, and they must take precautions.

Li Xiaoyun arched his hand and said: "Yes, Weichen will definitely do his best." ”

"Your Majesty, Concubine Su asks to see you. The eunuch at the door reported.

The emperor replied, "Let her in." ”

Li Xiaoyun bowed and retired: "Weichen retires." ”

Seeing that the emperor nodded, Li Xiaoyun then retreated, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he met Su Guifei, who bowed his head and bowed.

As if she didn't see him, Concubine Su walked past him.

As soon as I walked into the imperial study, I saw the emperor looking at the recital in his hand.

"Your Majesty!" Su Ningxue's eyes were red, and she stepped forward to salute the emperor.

The emperor raised his eyes: "What's wrong?"

Su Ningxue raised her head and looked at the emperor pitifully: "Your Majesty, you must be the concubine in charge! Concubine Xian is really too deceitful, not only has she harmed the green branch! The concubine went to question her, and she also said that the concubine slandered her!"

The emperor said: "Hasn't this matter been handed over to Dali Temple to investigate?"

Su Ningxue cried: "Those people in Dali Temple said that there is no evidence. ”

Under the investigation of the people of Dali Temple, they felt that it was more like someone killed the green branch and blamed the virtuous concubine and the four princes.

Then Concubine Xian bit back, and said that Su Ningxue was trying to blame herself, and even did not hesitate to kill her cronies who had followed her for many years.

This matter has been investigated for more than a month, because it involves the struggle between the two ladies in the palace, and Dali Siqing has also been in retreat for two years, and the results have not been handed over for a long time.

"Since there is no evidence, how can it be proved that Concubine Xian did it?" said the emperor.

Su Ningxue said: "The green branches have always been in the palace, and they rarely go out of the palace, so naturally there will be no conflicts with people outside the palace, so it must be the hand of Concubine Xian." Last time, Green Branch punished a few ignorant little palace maids in Concubine Xian's palace, it must be like this that Concubine Xian will hold a grudge!"

The emperor lowered his eyes and said to the eunuch beside him: "That's it, pass on my will, confine the virtuous concubine for two months, and without my permission, you are not allowed to leave the Xianhua Palace without permission." ”

The eunuch replied: "Yes." ”

Su Ningxue raised her head and looked at the emperor, and cried: "Luzhi is an old man who has followed me for more than 30 years, and the concubine is really unwilling!"

The emperor looked at Su Ningxue, his brows already furrowed.

He said: "Whether this matter was done by Concubine Xian or not, I have already punished her, not to mention that you don't have conclusive evidence, isn't that enough?"

His tone was already a little displeased.

Anyway, it's just a subordinate.

Su Ningxue was slightly stunned, looking at the emperor's already impatient appearance, she was still a little unwilling in her heart, but she knew that she couldn't say any more anymore.

He understands Rong Ling, and the best thing to do at this time is to shut up.

She bowed slightly: "Thank you to the emperor for making decisions for the concubines." ”

The emperor was a little annoyed in his heart, and waved his hand: "Go down." ”

Su Ningxue immediately retreated, and what she couldn't hide in her drooping eyes was loneliness and unwillingness.

She firmly believes that Green Branch was killed by Concubine Xian and the Four Princes, and now only her Four Princes and Yu'er are taking the position of the prince, who else can they have?

If the queen wanted to attack herself, she would not have endured it for so many years, not to mention that the three princes are now poisoned by the dark incense, unless Ying Caiwei or Lou Qianyin are alive, no one can solve the poison on the three princes.

Since Concubine Xian and the four princes are so bold, it is no wonder that they are ruthless.

A hint of fierceness flashed in Su Ningxue's eyes.

She returned to her palace and saw the second prince Rong Yu waiting for her.

"Why is Yu'er here?" Su Ningxue stepped forward and said.

The second prince said: "Mother, you just went to find your father?"

Su Ningxue's eyes sank slightly, and then she sent the people around her back, and said, "Don't mention it, I originally wanted to let your father and emperor administer justice, but I didn't think that he didn't want to care about this matter at all, and it would be okay to confine Concubine Xian for two months." ”

The green branch is her right-hand man, who has followed her for so many years, only she knows how important the green branch is.

The second prince said: "The mother concubine went rashly without evidence like this, and the father will naturally not punish the virtuous concubine heavily, and there is no conclusion on the Dali Temple, maybe it may not be the virtuous concubine and the fourth brother." ”

Su Ningxue snorted coldly and said, "Who else can have such a force to calculate the green branches, and they are not afraid of trouble to find them!"

When the second prince saw Su Ningxue, he decided that it was Concubine Xian's doing, and he lowered his eyes and didn't argue anymore, but this matter was too strange.

If it was really the virtuous concubine's doing, how could she leave the corpse in the Zhuangzi? Such a blatant one is more like a blame, but this blame seems to be unreasonable, and under such entanglement, no one can guess what the truth is.

In short, now Su Guifei and Concubine Xian both suspect that the other party is slandering themselves.

Su Guifei's hand folded the green branch, and there will naturally always be some inconvenient places to do things in the future, although Concubine Xian was grounded, there was no other loss in the end, but it was just a loss of face.

"That's it, your father won't ask about this matter again, you better prepare for the wedding first. Su Guifei looked at her son, anyway, her husband couldn't be trusted, and she could only rely on her son.

The second prince said: "Mother concubine, rest assured, although the time is a little urgent, the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple are keeping up with the progress, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Su Guifei said: "How is Murong Yixue's side, are you still planning how to withdraw from your family?"

When the second prince heard Su Guifei say this, his face was a little unnatural, he had always hoped that Murong Yixue could be his princess, but Murong Yixue always only had his third brother Rong Qi in his eyes.

Even if Rong Qi became a mute, she still wanted to marry Rong Qi in her heart, and turned a blind eye to all his concerns, as a man, how could he not mind?

At that time, if it wasn't for the mother concubine who thought of a way to ask the queen if she was willing to be the princess, I was afraid that Murong Yixue would not agree easily.

After the marriage, the people of the Murong family did not put forward the idea of withdrawing from the marriage, and Mrs. Murong also approached the queen and mentioned the matter of withdrawing from the marriage, but she did not convince the queen, after all, the will to give the marriage has been made, if there is not any important reason, naturally she will not withdraw the will.

"Don't worry, mother, no matter what, the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion must be on our side. The second prince said, his eyes flashed with a hint of color, "She has to marry if she doesn't marry." ”

Su Guifei said: "It's just that I wronged my son and wanted to marry such a woman." ”

is not a woman with one heart, but she still can't be trusted.

The second prince said: "It's okay, for the future." ”

Su Guifei said: "Don't worry, in the future, the mother concubine will find you a few suitable candidates for the side concubine." ”

The second prince lowered his eyes: "It's all up to the mother concubine." ”

Concubine Xian was grounded by the emperor, so it was not good to go.

What they didn't do, but they were slandered like Su Ningxue, how could they not be angry?

Originally, there was a gap between them, but now like this, they don't even have to pretend to be when they meet in the future.

The second prince is preparing to get married, and the wedding of the third prince Rong Qi is in a year later, so there is no hurry.

Murong Yixue is no longer making trouble about the divorce now, but she is still a little unwilling in her heart.

The second prince is very attentive to her, and he thinks about her everywhere in the matter of the wedding.

The wedding date is getting closer.