"She said she didn't go to the backyard, let alone go out through the back door," Yuan Kai said.

"Is this credible?" Cangxi asked.

Yuan Kai nodded, "The slave feels that there is no need to hide Hehuan. She only spoke after she was tortured, and the more she confessed, the more likely she was to atone for her sins. That being the case, she had no reason to hide it, and she had no reason to lie. ”

Cangxi responded.

Since Hehuan has never been there, Bizhu has an alibi, and there is only one person left for so long - Qingyuan.

Thinking of this, Cangxi asked, "Is the Su family still kneeling outside the door?" ”

"Yes," Yuan Kai replied.

"Let her in," Cangxi said with suppressed anger.

Yuan Kai responded, and was about to go out and invite Su Manshuang in.

"Wait—", Cangxi shouted at Yuan Kai.

Yuan Kai turned around, "What else does the prince command?" ”

Don't give away half a word of these words. In addition, I am optimistic about that Qingyuan, this king wants to live", Cangxi explained.

Yuan Kai took the order and exited the room.

It turned out to be Su Manshuang!

Sure enough, it's Su Manshuang!

Cangxi didn't believe that Su Manshuang would do such a thing, after all, when a woman was jealous, she wouldn't be able to take care of anything.

It's just that how should he give Fu Ci and Cang'er an explanation for this matter?

Fight for life?

Just thinking about it, Su Manshuang's voice interrupted Cangxi's train of thought.

"Sinner Su Shi, please say hello to the prince", Su Manshuang knelt on the ground and said.

Cang Xi raised his head slightly, looking at the person kneeling in front of him. She was barefoot, dressed in plain clothes, and her eyes were red from crying.

"You want to harm porcelain?" Cangxi asked bluntly.

Su Manshuang knocked deeply, "The sinner woman sent someone, but she never instructed someone to set fire, and asked the prince to find out!" ”

"You sent someone for what?" Cangxi asked.

Su Manshuangdou's big tears fell down, "Jade dragon head." ”

"Jade dragon head?" Cangxi asked.

"Yes, for the sake of the jade dragon head", Su Manshuang straightened up and said directly to Cangxi.

"Are you from Zhou Ze?" Although Cangxi ruled out this possibility, he still asked deliberately.

Su Manshuang smiled bitterly, "In your eyes, will the concubine help outsiders to fight against the prince?" What's more, if the prince dies, what benefits can the concubines get? ”

Su Manshuang's words are good. If she marries her husband, if she dies, what benefits can Su Manshuang get?

"Then what do you want to get the jade dragon head for?" Cangxi asked.

"The prince married a concubine because of my father, so what about the prince marrying the princess?" Su Manshuang smiled bitterly, "If the princess loses the jade dragon head, the prince must have no choice but to rely on the concubine's maternal family." In the world of great contention, men compete for power, position, fame, and profit, and women are the same. The concubines fight for the sake of Lin'er in the womb. ”

Amusing! It's ridiculous!

Su Manshuang would actually think that he married Fu Ci for the sake of the jade dragon head?

However, Cangxi didn't bother to explain to her.

"I admit everything the concubine has done. However, if the arson is on fire, the prince will send me to prison, and the concubines will not admit it. If you haven't done it, you haven't done it! Su Manshuang said.

"Su Manshuang, even if Fu Ci doesn't have a jade dragon head, I will still marry her. She is her, you are you. This point, on the day of marriage, this king told you", after Cangxi finished speaking, Su Manshuang sat on the ground.

"Yuan Kai", Cang Xi called.

Yuan Kai heard the sound and stepped forward.

Cangxi instructed: "Take the Su family back and ban Furong Garden." ”

After Yuan Kai got the order, he saluted Su Manshuang, "Concubine Side, the slave is rude." ”

Without waiting for Yuan Kai's hand to touch him, Su Manshuang shouted: "Wait! ”

Then, kneeling on the ground and bowing to Cangxi again, "The concubine is guilty, and the prince will punish me immediately, don't implicate others, and don't doubt anyone's loyalty." ”

Cangxi responded, he is not a faint monarch, and there is no need for Su Manshuang to explain this.

"There's one more thing," Su Manshuang said, stroking her belly.

Cangxi didn't speak, and she didn't let Yuan Kai take her away immediately. It can be regarded as acquiescing, and Su Manshuang continued.

"Even if the concubine is guilty, please ask the prince to take the sake of Lin'er in the womb, and wait for the child to come to the world before punishing the concubine."

Cangxi didn't speak, and gave Yuan Kai a look, and Yuan Kai pulled Su Manshuang out of the study.

When he came back, Yuan Kai saw Cangxi leaning weakly on the table.

"Master, there is a matter of slaves who don't know whether to talk about it or not. Let's talk about this, the slave is afraid that he has wronged a good person, but if he doesn't talk about it, the slave is afraid that he will miss any details and will not be able to catch the real murderer. ”

"Speak!"

Yuan Kai replied and said: "On the night when the princess left the city, when it was about to rain, the slave saw Qingyuan carrying a burden and was going out, saying that the side concubine had something to ask her to do. ”

Cangxi didn't speak, and Yuan Kai then analyzed: "So, the slave guessed that the concubine may not know about this matter. ”

"Don't know?" Cangxi asked.

Yuan Kai nodded, and then said: "Has the prince ever thought that it was the two groups of people who injured Cheng Gongzi and the Hongyu girl before and set fire to the house?" ”

Hearing this, Cangxi was slightly stunned.

Will it be two groups of people?

Cangxi was also asking herself.

If it's really two groups of people, maybe things can be done.

The first wave of people was sent by Su Manshuang for the sake of the jade dragon head; No matter who sent the second wave of people, they were all for Fu Ci's life.

Thinking so, Cangxi asked, "You mean that the second wave of people may have been sent by Qingyuan, but the Su clan didn't know about it?" ”

Yuan Kai nodded.

Would a handmaid be so bold? Cangxi thought.

Yuan Kai seemed to see through Cangxi's mind and explained: "The prince may not know something. When this Aunt Qingyuan was in Su Mansion in the past, no one under her dared to mess with her. Now, she married into our house with the side concubine, and the prince has a special favorite princess, do you think Qingyuan will give up? ”

"But she's just a slave, how can she have a token from Sufu?" Cangxi asked.

That's what he couldn't figure out the most.

If the token was dropped by the first wave of people, it is completely in the past. Su Manshuang has a token and the ability to find a killer to do things for her, but what about Qingyuan?

She is a slave, how can she have such ability?

Cangxi couldn't figure this out.

After being silent for a long time, Yuan Kai suddenly spoke, "This—I'm afraid I have to ask Master Su." ”

"Su You?" Cangxi frowned.

Will Su You be involved?

After thinking about it for a long time, Cangxi couldn't figure it out.

While rubbing his temples, he commanded, "Go and bring Hongyu and Cang'er to this king, this king has something to ask them." ”

After Yuan Kai answered, he went out to find Cang'er and Hongyu.

At this moment, although the night was deep, Cang'er and Hongyu did not rest.

The two of them burned paper money outside the door of Xiangluo's room. Yuan Kai looked at the two of them from a distance, knowing that Cang'er had burned the last handful of paper money before entering.

"You two made it easy for me to find it!" Yuan Kai said.

"What are you doing with us late at night?" Ruby asked.

Yuan Kai smiled, "The minions came, naturally to avenge Aunt Xiangluo." ”

"Revenge?" Hongyu was surprised, and quickly asked, "But what did you find?" ”

Yuan Kai did not answer Hongyu's question directly, but said: "The prince is waiting for the two of you in the study, Gongzi Cang and Hongyu girl, please." ”

Cang'er and Hongyu glanced at each other and ran in the direction of Cangxi's study.

Regarding the matter of avenging Xiangluo, Cang'er couldn't wait for a moment.

When they came to the study, after Cang'er and Hongyu saluted Cangxi, they hurriedly asked, "Then Qingyuan can be recruited?" ”

Cang Xi shook his head, Cang Er was a little depressed, and Cang Xi took in the changes in Cang Er's expression.

"Sit, this king has something to ask you," Cangxi said.

"Hongyu, what did you perceive when the person who wanted to kidnap the princess that day?" Cangxi asked.

Ruby got up and arched her hand; "The prince just doesn't ask, and Hongyu will also come to tell the prince. The subordinates went back and thought about it carefully, and felt that this should not be done by a group of people. ”

"You think so too?" Cangxi asked.

Ruby nodded, "The first wave of people, they don't kill anyone. In order to test them, I also made a special flaw, and instead of taking my life, they only wanted to kidnap the princess. It seems that there is something about the princess that attracts them. ”

Cangxi answered, and Hongyu continued, "The prince needs to know. If a subordinate has an accident, then it will be easy to take the life of the princess. But they gave up an opportunity for no reason, which was what made Hongyu puzzled. I suspect that it should be their master, who gave the order. ”

"Could it be that they didn't pay attention to the opportunity for you to deliberately expose the flaws, or did they restrain themselves?" , Cangxi asked.

Hongyu thought for a moment and shook her head: "My subordinates don't think so." I deliberately showed my flaws after General Cheng was cut by them, and if I really wanted human life, such an opportunity would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If I were them, and I had come to take someone's life, I would not have missed this opportunity. ”

Cangxi nodded, and then Hongyu's words continued: "The second wave of people should be the two people that this king and Cang'er met at the inn. They must have seen us, so they planned to set fire to the house quickly? ”

"It's not unreasonable," Cang'er said.

Hongyu also felt that Cangxi's analysis made sense, so she nodded.

"Cang'er, this king treats you like a brother, so there are some things I don't want to hide from you," Cangxi said.

Hearing this, Cang Er bowed his hand, "Lord Wang, please speak." ”

"Just now, the Su clan came here to admit that the first wave of people was sent by themselves. In addition, one of the suspects, Hehuan, also signed a sign to admit that she had been keeping an eye on the king's tracks and had a connection with the Su family," Cangxi said.

"Hire killers without killing people, for what?" Cang Er asked.

Cangxi took a breath and exhaled three words: "Jade dragon head." ”

"It's this broken jade again!" Cang Er sighed.

Cangxi also sighed silently.

Yes, in the government and the opposition, what many people want is just a piece of broken jade here in Cang'er!

"Why would she admit it?" Cang Er asked.

He always felt that Su Manshuang admitted it too simply. Before Cangxi could say anything, Su Manshuang admitted it herself.

Don't you admit yourself?

"Xu is that Hehuan move, Su Shi feels that he can't hold back?" Ruby said.

Cang Er shook his head, "No." Su Manshuang would not be stupid enough to fold herself into it for such a thing. Besides, since we have tried Qingyuan, she can put all the blame on Qingyuan. ”

Cangxi very much agrees with Cang'er's statement.

Who is Su Manshuang?

The youngest daughter of General Su, who was once famous, how could she not have experienced a battle at the house?

She should know how to protect herself.

"There is another thing, this king hopes that you can calm down and understand this king after listening to it", Cangxi said to Cang'er.

Cang'er saw that the master he had followed for many years was so sincere, so he let go of the mustard in his heart, and said with a wave of his hand: "Don't worry, the prince can rest assured, Cang'er will definitely not act recklessly and ruin the prince's big business." ”

Cang Xi got up and patted Cang Er's shoulder, "Good brother." ”

"The three suspects are reasonable, Bizhu has alibi evidence, and Hehuan should have been caught accidentally. Therefore, it is very likely that it was Qingyuan who instructed people to set fires," Cangxi said.

"Isn't it the one that Su Manshuang instructed!" Cang Er asked.

However, from the tone of his voice, it sounded less like a question and more like a certainty.

"I don't look like it. She said to me at the time, 'I admit everything that the concubine has done.' However, if the arson is on fire, the prince will send me to prison, and the concubines will not admit it. If you haven't done it, you haven't done it! I don't look at her like she's pretending. Cangxi said.

"So, what did you guess, my lord?" Ruby asked.

The reasoning game played by Cangxi really made Hongyu a person who was anxious.

"The person behind it, could it be General Su?" Cangxi finally asked the words.

"Su You?" Cang Er and Hongyu said in unison.

"The old general has assisted two generations of kings, is it possible?" Ruby asked.

Cangxi was silent for a moment, "This king also hopes that it is not her, so please ask the two of you to help this king perform." ”

"But by the king's orders!" The two of them said in unison.

Cangxi nodded, "This king has already grounded Furong Garden, and tomorrow the king will deliberately spread the news that Concubine Su has confessed." ”

Having said this, Cang Er has already understood Cang Xi's intentions, "Will General Su stand up and admit it for Su Manshuang?" ”

Cangxi laughed twice and asked at Cang'er, "If it were you, would you?" ”

"Yes!" Cang Er replied without thinking.

"But he won't," Cangxi said.

Who is Su You? If you really play the game, how can you lose the whole game because of a wrong word?

For a person like him who has been in the officialdom for a long time, it is the wisest thing to abandon the son to protect the whole situation.

"Okay, tomorrow I will announce to the public that Concubine Su has taken both sins on herself. If Su You comes to the door, Cang'er, you raise your sword and say that you want to let Su Clan's life fight immediately", Cangxi said.

Cang Er replied, "Prince Xie is willing to tell me the truth." ”

"You are my brother", Cang Xi patted Cang Er's shoulder, "There is one more thing I want to ask you." ”

"Lord Wang, please speak!" Cang Er knelt down and said.

"Don't hurt Su's life, it's still useful for this king to keep her," Cangxi commanded.

"Don't worry, your subordinates will never kill innocents."

Qiu Ye at the end of May is considered a rainy season. It's like people often say that on a June day, a doll's face - it changes when it is said.

Early in the morning, I just saw the rising sun, and it was already misty and rainy at this moment.

Su You sat in the study, holding a copy of "The Art of War" in his hand. The edges of this book are already worn, and I think Su You has read it many times.

"Master, it's not good! Oh no! The old butler ran into the study panting, Su You held the scroll, and was very dissatisfied when he saw his appearance.

"What's the shouting?" Su You put down the book in his hand and asked.

The old housekeeper took a breath and hurriedly said, "Concubine Su, Concubine Su has an accident!" ”

Hearing this, Su Youteng stood up suddenly and asked, "Tell the truth!" ”

"After the princess left Qiu Yecheng, she was hunted down and killed, and all indications indicate that the second lady did it. Now, the second lady has pleaded guilty and been grounded by the prince! ”

After listening to him, Su You took a deep breath and said, "Prepare the car and go to the Regent's Mansion." ”

The old butler answered, and hurriedly ordered to go down.

It was already noon when Su You arrived at the Regent's Palace. The rain was still falling, and the sky was gray, with no sunlight in sight.

When he came to the door of the regent's mansion, the old housekeeper knocked respectfully on the door and asked someone to report to Cangxi.

At that time, Cangxi was practicing calligraphy, and Fu Ci was very distressed that he was closed to him, so he could only use this method to quiet himself.

Hearing that the guards guarding the door came to report, Cangxi said to him: "Hurry up, please", but he didn't mean to get up to greet Su You.

After the guards went out, Cangxi smiled at Cang'er, "The fish has bitten the hook." ”

Cang'er didn't squeak.

If the person who came in after a while was really his enemy, would he still be able to control his emotions?

After a while, Su You was taken to the study. After the guards invited people here, they left the room under the signal of Cangxi's eyes.

Su You glanced at the situation in the room, Cangxi sat on a chair, seemingly leisurely drinking tea; Cang Er stood on his right side, his bright eyes revealing inscrutable feelings.

"Say hello to the prince", Su You said with a wave of his hand.

Cangxi put down the teacup, but did not get up, nor did she say anything to let Su You be exempt.

"I don't know what happened when my father-in-law came?" Cangxi asked knowingly.