"Sit so far away, how can this king hear your words clearly." Xia Jinnian patted the chair next to her, and Ji Qiang's fist under the table squeezed it, but thinking of 400,000, she resisted the idea of flattening Xia Jinnian's face and sat down.

"Why are you doing with a cold face, smile, this king doesn't want to help a woman who has no expression."

"Uh-huh." Ji Qiang took a deep breath, and a smile pulled out on her stiff face, the smile was a little fake, but on Ji Qiang's delicate face, there were still some moving colors.

Xia Jinnian put down the teacup and glanced at Ji Qiang's smirk a few more times, and tenderness flashed in his eyes.

Ji Qiang couldn't help but face his scrutinizing gaze, her face turned cold, and she said angrily: "Xia Jinnian, how else can you help me?" That's right, I wrote to you for help, but I didn't let me come over and be an uncle and I became a servant girl to serve you."

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously." Xia Jinnian didn't tease Ji Qiang anymore, and took out a rag on his body in a good mood.

This piece of cloth is only the size of a palm and is incomplete, but the pattern on it makes Ji Qiang have some impressions, and after thinking for a moment, Ji Qiang said: "Isn't this the clothes of the people in our house?" ”

Ji Qiang fell into deep thought, she thought of the matter she asked Xia Jinnian for help, the fragment of this piece of clothing, could it be ......

"That's right, you asked this king to help do two things, the first one is that this king has been found, all the mouths, the former housekeeper of the princess's mansion who has returned to his hometown, Steward Xu, is actually dead, Steward Xu came to the princess's mansion twenty years ago, and has never returned home for twenty years, but he just told others that he himself has a hometown in Xuzhou, and this king sent someone to find out that Steward Xu's family died in the flood a long time ago, so I suspect that he did not go home, but was killed, so let people look for it in the lake and ravine."

"Just an hour ago, Steward Xu's body was found in a suburban canal, his arm had traces of binding, and he was killed by someone who cut his throat with a knife.

"What organization?" Ji Qiang's expression was solemn, she didn't know that someone had laid out this matter, but she didn't know that in order to target her, those people were actually inhumane.

"Praetorian Guard." Xia Jinnian's voice fell, and Ji Qiang was shocked again.

The Praetorian Guard belongs to the power within the Imperial Palace, and it is directly under the jurisdiction of the Emperor alone, could it be that this matter was designed by the Emperor, or is it the power of the Praetorian Guard that has been installed by others.

If it is the power of other people, then who is possible in the end, in an instant, there is only one person left in Ji Qiang's heart.

Xia Chengmu.

"Of course, it is not possible to tell whether it is a Praetorian Guard or not just from the method of creating the wound, so I can't jump to conclusions, but I think that what you want to hear most should be the second thing you investigated in your letter." Xia Jinnian put down the teacup with a smile, and the bottom of the cup made a metallic sound on the tabletop, as if knocking on Ji Qiang's heart.

Ji Qiang was silent, she fell into deep thought, Xia Jinnian looked at her serious side face, his eyes were a little puzzled, he admitted that Ji Qiang's maturity, indifference, and decisiveness in dealing with various things, as well as the softness in his heart, attracted him all the time.

But he couldn't understand that even he didn't know a lot of things, and she not only knew it clearly, but it was as if she had experienced it herself.

The strange place is here, Ji Qiang's life experience and the things she comes into contact with are so clean and transparent that people don't need to investigate at all, she should be a lady like a lady, and the Ji Qiang that Xia Jinnian came into contact with is mysterious and strange, and people can't help but want to explore how many secrets there are in it.

"Xia Jinnian, if you don't investigate this matter, how much do you know?" Ji Qiang threw the question back at him, and her eyes began to be deep and terrifying.

The Council Hall.

The emperor was high up, overlooking the two people kneeling down the high steps.

Ji Yuanxun, the Duke of Song Guo, who was kneeling on the left side, was wearing a brand-new official uniform, because the urgent call was too sudden, and it was not realistic to go back to the house to get the official uniform, so he received a new official robe from the internal affairs treasury, wearing a new uniform, Ji Yuanxun was not half happy, he and Xie Yu, the Taifu of Zhengyipin, who had a dark face beside him, had been kneeling on the ground for a quarter of an hour.

The emperor still casually flipped through the book in his hand, which was written by Taifu Xie Yu, Ji Yuanxun didn't know what was written in this book, but he vaguely felt that the reason why he and Xie Yu were kneeling here was precisely because of the book in the emperor's hand, after all, who would look at three or two pages for a quarter of an hour, the emperor was not a fool.

Ji Yuanxun is naturally not, Xie Yu, who is kneeling beside him, has a much bigger official position than him, and the officials are of different kinds, as a military attaché, how can he have anything to do with Xie Yu, a civil official who does not have much intersection on weekdays, and he can't figure out the meaning of the summons, Ji Yuanxun has to kneel quietly with Xie Yu.

"Get up." The emperor's voice broke the silence of the council hall, and Ji Yuanxun and Xie Yu patted their official uniforms and stood up.

Ji Yuanxun was still puzzled, Xie Yu was different, and he knelt for this time, with a gloomy face and expressionless face until the emperor read his name.

"Taifu Xie, the post of impeaching Ji Yuanxun, but what you wrote?"

As soon as these words came out, Ji Yuanxun's scalp began to tingle, he has never stood on the party side, he is careful in the court, he never offends anyone, and he has never intersected with Taifu Xie, who is higher than his official position.

Who is Taifu Xie, an official of Zhengyipin, the only daughter and the emperor's only favorite concubine, a figure in the court who calls for wind and rain, why did he impeach himself, and what did he do.

Ji Yuanxun squinted at Xie Yu, puzzled and hostile at the same time.

"It was written by the old minister." Taifu Xie nodded in acknowledgement, looking up at the emperor with his eyes high, without the slightest intention of looking at Ji Yuanxun.

The emperor put it on the table, and then smashed it down, and threw it into the footsteps of Taifu Xie, who knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "The old minister is guilty." ”

"What is the sin?"

"The sin should not be told the truth, and the true face of Princess Yong'an, the daughter of Ji Yuanxun, should not be recognized as soon as possible, and the above sentences are true, and I dare not deceive at all, I hope Your Majesty will see it clearly." Taifu Xie's sentences were sonorous and powerful, and the emperor stroked his brows, looked at Ji Yuanxun who was standing and said, "Song Guogong, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Ji Yuanxun knelt down and said, "The minister dares to ask Your Majesty to inform Taifu Xie of the content of his resignation for impeachment, and then reply." ”

The emperor knocked on the armrest of the dragon chair and said calmly: "Taifu Xie, take a look at Song Guogong." ”

After hearing this, Mrs. Xie handed the resignation letter in his hand to Song Guogong, his face was expressionless, Ji Yuanxun couldn't see anything unusual from it, so he opened the resignation letter, his face gradually stiffened, and finally, even his eyebrows were trembling, obviously angry.