Chapter 125
"Don't talk nonsense in front of your father, don't do superfluous things like last time, know how to read your face, you can only leave it to show your strengths, don't expose your shortcomings......"
Two days after the Lantern Festival, Emperor Zong Jing finally summoned Wu Ya into the palace, so that Hua Nuoyuzhong, who had frowned in the past two days, finally breathed a sigh of relief, but his father had not reacted, and he thought that everything he had done during the Lantern Festival had been in vain.
"Got it, got it, I'm leaving." Wu Ya waved her hand impatiently, and then didn't ask the coachman to help her, and climbed the carriage by herself.
"Remember what I said, behave well, got it?" Hua Nuoyu was obviously still not at ease, and grabbed Wu Ya, who was about to get into the car, "Don't do anything superfluous." β
"I know, you've said it many, many times, I've been successfully brainwashed by you, don't worry." Wu Ya turned her head and looked at Hua Nuoyu impatiently, becoming more and more like an old mother, am I so unreassuring? "Let it go, I'm leaving, Lord Ning."
Wu Yaqi didn't understand his strange words very well, he was still not at ease in his heart, but he couldn't delay her entering the palace, so he didn't say anything, let go of his hand and watched the carriage drive away worriedly.
"The people's daughter Mu Shunshi, see the emperor."
"Get up." Emperor Zong Jing raised his hand, "I heard that you went to Yong'an Temple not long ago. β
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wu Ya wondered in her heart, why did the emperor suddenly mention this, she thought that the emperor asked her to come to praise the Lantern Festival.
"Why did you go to Yong'an Temple?" Emperor Zong Jing sat behind the desk, his eyes falling on Wu Ya. Probably because of what happened last time, she felt a lot more restrained, and she should have been taught a lesson by Yu'er after going back last time.
"Back to the emperor, the people occasionally go to Yong'an to rest for a few days." Wu Ya lowered her head slightly and put on a respectful look.
"Why?"
"Admire it." Wu Ya didn't want to say the real reason, the companion is like a tiger, maybe when she inadvertently caused a big disaster, let the emperor know her too well, and then she won't even escape, but if the emperor is idle and bored to investigate her, it will not be something she can control, "Yong'an Temple is a famous temple, and people from all over the country come to visit it every year, and the people's daughter is also one of them." After I went, the people felt that it was indeed a good place, so if I had time, I would go there for a few days. β
"What happened to you this time?"
Wu Ya chuckled in her heart, the emperor would ask this, which means that he was knowingly asking, why did the emperor ask about this? Wu Ya was full of doubts and cautiousness, she was afraid that there was "*" hidden in it. After hesitating for a moment, Wu Ya said slowly, "There is something that happened, but because of the succession of Prince Yin, the people returned to the capital in advance, so they don't know much about this time." β
"Oh, then you can hear it." Emperor Zong Jing seemed to be holding on to this matter, even if Wu Ya said that she was not clear, she still insisted that she say it if she was not clear.
Wu Ya felt uneasy, but she couldn't disobey her orders, so she thought about it in her heart for a while, and said something very simply to Emperor Zongjing, but she only said that she knew about the murder, and didn't say a word about what happened after entering the forest.
"What do you think about this?" Emperor Zong Jing looked at Wu Ya who didn't look at him with a blank face.
Wu Ya's uneasiness in her heart became more and more serious, and she began to wonder where Emperor Zong Jing knew, "Back to the emperor, the people have no opinion. β
"Then do you know that King Ming's six sons are involved?"
King Ming? Wu Ya thought in her mind, but she didn't have any impression, "Back to the emperor, the people don't know King Ming. β
"King Ming came to me before, and after the business was over, between small talks, he talked to me about something, do you know what it is?" Emperor Zong Jing still didn't have any expression.
I don't know the two words and almost blurted out, Wu Ya endured it in time, the emperor has given so many clues, and now it's really stupid to pretend to be stupid, "It probably has something to do with what happened in Yong'an Temple." β
"Yes." Emperor Zong Jing's tone was very flat, and he couldn't hear what emotion was, "He told me that his sixth son was almost killed by an assassin at Yong'an Temple. β
Wu Ya listened quietly, not interrupting, and not agreeing, although she didn't understand what Emperor Zong Jing meant, but she already had a conclusion in her heart.
"Fortunately, he was not the only one at that time, there was also a warrior monk who was responsible for protecting him and a little monk of his age, but then the warrior monk died at the hands of the assassin in order to protect them, and the little monk was also injured for him, fortunately, the two people who lived in the temple happened to enter the forest and saved them." Emperor Zong Jing said while paying attention to Wu Ya. Although the expression could not be seen clearly, he could still see the subtle movements of his body.
Wu Ya still stood very quietly, as if listening to an unrelated story, and didn't seem to fluctuate, but her left eyebrow trembled. Sure enough, it was the kid who was speechless who was implicated in the retreat, stinky boy, don't get close to the retreat if your identity is so noble, really, when you left, you forgot to remind the retreat to stay away from the silence, the farther away the better, even if the kid sticks up, he kicks it, otherwise, this time it's a foot, and next time I don't know where I'm injured. Thinking of the injured appearance of the soft and soft retreat, Wu Ya's eyes became a little colder. However, these are all things that Emperor Zong Jing can't see.
"And, listening to King Ming, those two people seem to be still master and servant, and then I don't know what method was used, the master linked the assassination of King Ming's six sons and the death of the two monks in the temple, and also launched one of the murderers, but the pair of master and servant left first without waiting for the matter to be resolved, and then the temple according to the reasoning of the master and servant. The government assisted in collecting evidence to solve the case. β
The case has been solved, that's good, but it's been more than a month, and it should have been solved a long time ago, and it's not an unsolved case. Wu Ya was still quiet, and she didn't mean to answer Emperor Zongjing's words.
Emperor Zong Jing originally thought that after he finished talking about this, the protagonist should be able to say a few words, but he didn't expect her to be so quiet, "Shun Shi, you also lived in that temple for a few days, do you know the master and servant?" β
"Back to the emperor, there are a lot of pilgrims living in the temple, since the case, the monks in the temple have asked the pilgrims to go out as little as possible, and the folk girls stay in the room all day long, and there is no communication with other people." Wu Ya was very calm and panicked, and her voice did not tremble with a trace of weakness.
The tone was very tight, Emperor Zong Jing said leisurely, "I also heard that the master and servant look very interesting, the master is a small woman, and the servant is a tall man, and he doesn't behave like a master and servant." β
Small people are hairy, labor and management are not small, it is too high to give lining, and where is the interest? Are you hinting at something? Wu Ya lowered her eyes, and her dissatisfaction was hidden in her eyes.
Seeing that she was unmoved, Emperor Zong Jing suddenly aroused a little fighting spirit (naΓ―ve) fire in his heart, he wanted her to admit that she was the master of the pair of masters and servants, Emperor Zong Jing showed a gentle smile, ready to break Wu Ya's vigilance in turn, "Shun Shi, you went alone at that time?" β
"Back to the emperor, there was a guard from King Ning's Mansion who followed the people's daughter." Because it was too unrealistic to say that she was going alone, Wu Ya was not prepared to lie about this kind of thing.
"Oh?" Or to be honest, Emperor Zong Jing "praised" in his heart, and then said in a joking tone, "Isn't that the pair of master and servant the guards of Shun Shi and Hening Mansion?" If that's the case, then I should reward you well, what do you want? β
Hmph, such a big temptation, I'm afraid you won't admit it honestly? Emperor Zong Jing was full of confidence.
The emperor laughed, although the folk girl hoped to be rewarded by the emperor and hoped that she was one of the master and servants, but the folk girl couldn't lie and deceive the emperor. When the death case occurred, the people's daughter was really scared at the time, how could she still have the courage to enter the forest as the emperor said. β
"You're cheating me right now!" Emperor Zong Jing slammed the table, startling Lu An next to him.
Wu Ya knelt on the ground, "The folk girl doesn't dare." β
"Don't dare? Don't you dare? Emperor Zong Jing glared at Wu Ya, as if he wanted to stare through her.
Wu Ya lowered her head and didn't speak.
"Your Majesty." Lu An called Emperor Zong Jing lightly, wanting him to dissipate his anger. This is obviously a happy thing, but how did it become like this? This Mu Shun poem is really, and it's not a bad thing, it's good to admit it generously, why do you want to make Your Majesty angry, Your Majesty said that you want to give a reward, now it's good, maybe the gold and silver will be exchanged for wine, when Your Majesty heard King Ming talk about it, the eyebrows and eyes were satisfied, and now ...... Alas.
"You really don't admit it?" Emperor Zong Jing asked with a straight face, as if he was coercing the prisoner.
"What the folk girl hasn't done, the folk girl won't admit it." This is what Wu Ya decided from the beginning, listening to the emperor's statement, he never told his father the whole thing without words, Emperor Zong Jingdi naturally knew limited, if she admitted it now, she would definitely be asked a lot of questions, those asked by the emperor in the middle of the bush, what the emperor wanted to know, this is not only curiosity but also the suspicion of the powerful, in order to clear her potential suspicions, she can only tell the whole thing, because suddenly she can't make up any impeccable stories, which means that she will definitely talk about meditation, She didn't want to get him involved in her current relationships. So now she can only deny it, deny what she has done, as for the Yong'an Temple, whether there is anything or not, even if the emperor sends someone to investigate, he can't find anything, he can't get evidence, that kid is so precocious, he must have investigated her, and he will protect the retreat, and suddenly someone goes to investigate this matter again, he will definitely be suspicious, that kid is so smart, it is estimated that he will change his words, what to do, he must be clear. So even if the investigation is not over, and now even if the emperor is sure that she is the one who does good deeds, as long as she insists on not admitting it, there is nothing he can do, and this matter is always a good thing, and the emperor is unlikely to punish her for not admitting it, of course, this is just a guess with high probabilities, like a gamble. And Wu Ya is betting on this odds.
"You did it and didn't admit it...... Forget it, since you don't admit it, then forget the reward, get up. Emperor Zong Jing was a headache by this stubbornness, at first King Ming told him that it was Mu Shunshi who saved his six sons, and then he sent someone to investigate, and reported that there was indeed this matter in the temple, and King Ming said the same, but when asked about the pair of masters and servants, no one could describe the appearance, and then King Ming told him that he remembered the words of his six sons wrongly, and his six sons just said the gender and height of the master and servant, and he naturally thought that it was Mu Shunshi who lived there at the time. And the six sons of his family can't remember the appearance of the master and servant. The six sons of King Ming, who are brilliant and unforgettable, can't remember the appearance of the person who saved him? Emperor Zong Jing knew that there was something strange in this, but there was no way, but he was sure that the master and servant were Mu Shunshi and the guards, and he guessed that King Ming's sudden change of words might not be because he didn't want people to know that they had this relationship with Mu Shunshi, after all, King Ming was sent by the prince, and Mu Shunshi should be sent by King Ning. So he wanted to summon her into the palace today in addition to being a reward for the Festival of Lights, and the most important thing was to hear her admit it, but he didn't expect that he would be stubborn like this.
As soon as Wu Ya stood up, the little eunuch quietly ran in from outside and whispered a few words to Lu An, who approached Emperor Zong Jing and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Princess Puren is here." β
"Let her in." Emperor Zong Jing was puzzled, Xirou rarely came to the study to find him, what was the important thing today?