When Jiang Shaoheng heard him say this, his brows were knotted, knowing that things might not be so simple.

The old housekeeper's hair was a little gray, he shook his body, and said, "I don't know, I can't know the people in this palace, but that old lady used to follow Wan Guiren in and out of the palace on weekdays, I think she must be someone next to Wan Guiren." ”

Ji Qihan suddenly woke up and said: "I know what's going on, think about it, the old lady in the palace just entered and exited Yu Mian's mansion, and then Yu Mian encountered such an unfortunate thing, no matter how you think about it, this matter has something to do with Wan Zhen'er." ”

When everyone heard it, they thought it was strange, maybe it was really Wan Zhen'er's doing, but they never understood why Wan Zhen'er wanted to attack the crown and it was not good, so they didn't speak for a while.

If this matter really has nothing to do with Zhu Jianshen, but Wan Zhen'er did it alone, why did Wan Zhen'er do it? Isn't Wan Zhen'er afraid of Jian Huaizhen's golden jade staff? Could it be that Wan Zhen'er really doesn't want to live?

But if this matter really has nothing to do with Zhu Jianshen, it was all done by Wan Zhen'er alone, they can't figure it out, and they feel that things are too unbelievable.

Then after Zhu Jianshen got Jian Huaizhen's warning in the past, the whole person seemed to have changed as a person, although he had asked the Empress Dowager Zhou to ask Jian Huaizhen for a golden jade scepter before, but no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like he would do anything to kill people and oversell goods.

The three of them knew that at this moment, there was no other way but to wait.

Early in the morning of the second day, Jian Huaizhen came to Huaiming Garden, she walked in and saw Ji Xianhan, Fang Xiao and Jiang Shaoheng first, and when she saw that the three of them were worried, she asked, "Brother Jiang, Brother Ji, Brother Fang, what's wrong with you?" Why does everyone look worried? ”

Jiang Shaoheng shook his head first and said, "After all, this matter is still a bit long, Sister Huaizhen should sit down and listen to us talk slowly!" ”

Jian Huaizhen saw that their tone was very heavy when they spoke, and he didn't want to ask more questions immediately, so he sat down and listened to them.

Jiang Shaoheng took the lead and said: "This matter is related to Yu Mian, Yu Mian suddenly disappeared the day before yesterday, and he never came back after going out the night before yesterday, after Mrs. Zhang found out, she came to inform us as soon as possible, so we just waited for Sister Huaizhen to come and see how to deal with this matter?" ”

Jian Huaizhen thought for a while, shook his head and said, "What's going on?" Yu Mian has always had no grudges with people in recent days and no enmity in the past, who wants to be unfavorable to him? ”

Fang Yu frowned and said, "This matter is probably related to that Wan Zhen'er Wan Guifei. ”

"There is a connection with Wan Zhen'er, does Wan Zhen'er want to be unfavorable to the crown? But there has never been any entanglement between her and Yu Mian, it's just that she has some hostility towards Mrs. Zhang, but thinking that she is a concubine in the palace, she doesn't want to do such a lifeless thing because of her hatred of Mrs. Zhang. ”

Jian Huaizhen shook his head, still unable to believe what she said.

Everyone looked at each other and was a little surprised to see that Jian Huaizhen was not very worried.

Jian Huaizhen said: "I believe that Yu Mian is missing, either he went to visit relatives and friends by himself, and he didn't have time to explain, or he was really captured by thieves and robbers, if he went to visit relatives and friends by himself, we don't have to worry, if he is captured by robbers and thieves, he robbers and thieves will definitely give news to us, why should we be here to worry and worry." ”

Jian Huaizhen's words made everyone feel very admired, and they felt that what she said was very reasonable.

Ji Kaihan stroked his palm first, and said with a smile: "It's funny to say, this is what Brother Shaoheng said before, but I didn't expect the princess sister to say the same now, the two of you can be said to have no colorful phoenix wings, and you have a good heart!" ”

When Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng heard him say this, both of them turned crimson, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

The two of them have gone through thirty or forty years of ups and downs to get to this situation, and now their hearts are like water, and the two of them have reached the realm of being like friends and beyond friendship, so their previous relationship is incomprehensible to outsiders.

Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng's guess was not wrong, and sure enough, in the afternoon, Zhu Jianshen ordered the killer to send a ransom letter to Huaiming Garden.

It turned out that the reason why Zhu Jianshen didn't move for a long time was because he saw that Jian Huaizhen had never gone to Huaiming Garden, and now Jian Huaizhen finally went to Huaiming Garden, so of course he had to take advantage of this to quickly hand over the ransom letter.

After Jian Huaizhen received the blackmail letter, he opened it and looked at it, his face couldn't help but change, and said: "I didn't expect this matter to really have something to do with the emperor, the emperor, this palace has taught him many times, and he also kept telling the palace that it would be improved, but he didn't expect it to be taught repeatedly, it's really chilling to think about." ”

Jian Huaizhen's words were heard in everyone's ears, and Gu Du felt very strange.

Ji Qihan was the most impulsive, and he couldn't help but ask: "What happened to the princess sister to make you so angry?" ”

Jian Huaizhen casually threw the blackmail letter into Jiang Shaoheng's heart, Jiang Shaoheng took it steadily, unfolded it, and sighed, and said: "I see, but this emperor may not be too unsmart, and this matter is too easy for people to see through at a glance." ”

"There is a saying called the dog jumping off the wall in a hurry, I think it is the emperor in a hurry now, Wan Guifei jumps over the wall!"

Jian Huaizhen frowned, pondered for a moment and said: "I'm afraid this matter has nothing to do with Wan Zhen'er, although Wan Zhen'er is indeed full of scheming, but she won't do such a stupid thing, she wants to go to the crown to ask the palace for the golden jade scepter, it is really laughing to death, how could the palace give her the golden jade scepter so easily, Wan Zhen'er shouldn't be able to do such a stupid thing, it must be that the emperor is in a hurry and has no way, so he thought of such an idea to ask the palace for it, The reason why I didn't tell him about the golden jade scepter before was that I didn't want him to have any psychological burden, but he didn't expect that he didn't know anything about the hard work of this palace, and he did so many rebellious things. ”

"What are you going to do next, princess?" Jiang Shaoheng asked cautiously from the side.

He knew that this matter was really difficult to deal with, if he was a little careless, it would be a wrong move, and he would lose the whole game, he was afraid that Jian Huaizhen would be soft-hearted and would really give the golden jade staff to Zhu Jianshen.

That Zhu Jianshen is already unscrupulous at such a young age, if he really has a golden and jade staff in his hand, how can he put the people of the world in his eyes, when the time comes, let alone the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty, that is, the people of the world, maybe they will be hurt by this.

He nodded and said, "What you say makes sense, princess. ”

"But what do you think you should do?" Fang Xiao also asked on the side.

Jian Huaizhen lowered his head, thought for a long time before slowly raising his head, and said calmly: "No matter what, I will not give the golden jade scepter to the emperor, if the emperor gets this golden jade scepter, he will definitely act unscrupulously in the future, and no one in this world will be able to control him, and when the time comes, it may damage the people of the world, and I will not ignore the people of the world because of my own selfishness." ”

Jian Huaizhen's words won the consent of everyone.

Ji Kaihan took a cold breath from the side and said, "Okay, the princess sister is very worried, what I was most afraid of before was that you would give him the golden jade staff, but now it is rare that you can make up your mind to do this, this is really a good thing." ”

"But what about Yu Mian's safety?" Fang Yu was there for a long time before he finally asked this sentence.

Not to mention that Yu Mian is loyal and good, just say that Yu Mian is Tang Jingran's fiancé, the two of them have experienced so many emotional entanglements before, and it was not easy to swear an alliance, and now if they are dispersed so easily because of this matter, it will not be worth the loss.

Therefore, when Fang Xiao asked these words, he was a little worried.

Jian Huaizhen thought for a while and said: "I think that although the emperor is indeed a bit excessive, but I don't think it will be indiscriminate, the emperor knows that he can't threaten me with the crown, so he will definitely let Yu Mian go, otherwise he can still kill Yu Mian?" ”

Jian Huaizhen's words made everyone feel very agreed, and they felt that the reason why the emperor grabbed the crown was nothing more than to ask Jian Huaizhen for a golden and jade scepter.

Now that the matter has been revealed, Jian Huaizhen will never give him the golden jade staff, so I think he will no longer threaten Yu Mian to let go, and when the time comes, Yu Mian will have no use value for him, and he will definitely let Yu Mian go.

And they all think that the first emperor will not be so ruthless, and he should not kill the crown pain; Second, although Yu Mian is the emperor's rival in love, but now that the emperor is doing this, everyone can guess that he did it, if at this time, he kills Yu Mian, what are the three long and two short, they will definitely not get along with the emperor.

Therefore, everyone nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, let's do as you say." ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly and said, "That's right. ”

The blackmail letter said that because he was interested in Jian Huaizhen's golden and jade staff, he asked Jian Huaizhen to come and see it, and Jian Huaizhen wanted to have any ideas, so he took the golden and jade staff and rushed to Xiliangpo, which is located five miles east of the city.

After Jian Huaizhen received the blackmail letter, there was no movement at all, which made Zhu Jianshen feel very uneasy.

Because he also expected that maybe Jian Huaizhen would guess that this matter was done by himself, but he felt that Jian Huaizhen should not be put in danger of the crown's safety, so he only waited there for good news, who knew that two days had passed, and Jian Huaizhen had not moved at all, which made Zhu Jianshen feel very depressed.

He was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and when he was restless, Jian Huaizhen suddenly came to see him in the Qianqing Palace, and as soon as he heard that Jian Huaizhen was coming, he hurriedly sent someone to invite Jian Huaizhen out.

Although he expected that Jian Huaizhen might know that the golden jade scepter was what he wanted, but she had no evidence and no evidence, so she couldn't blame herself in any case, and seeing Jian Huaizhen, she was able to get some information from her mouth and know what she wanted to do with the golden jade scepter, which was a good thing for both reason.

After seeing Jian Huaizhen come in, he sat down on the surrounding Huanghuali sandalwood chair, smiled at Zhu Jianshen, and said, "How are the emperors doing these days?" ”

Zhu Jianshen hurriedly said aloud: "Eldest Princess Xie Huang cares, I have been very good recently. ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and said: "It's good if the emperor is good, and the emperor's good is the blessing of all the people, the luck of the court, and the well-being of the people in the world." ”

Jian Huaizhen's words were clueless, which made Zhu Jianshen stunned for a long time, but he didn't know what she was talking about.

Jian Huaizhen continued to say slowly: "This palace wants to ask the emperor about something, I don't know if the emperor has heard of it?" ”

"Yo, what's the matter?" Zhu Jianshen hurriedly pricked up his ears.

When he was talking to Jian Huaizhen, his expression was a little nervous, and layers of sweat beads oozed out of his forehead, shining on his forehead.

Jian Huaizhen glanced at it and saw the bottom of her eyes at a glance, but she didn't know, and still asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't you know that you have heard the news of Yu Mian recently?" ”

"Yo, I haven't heard of Yu Mian's news, and the relationship between Yu Mian and me was originally unfamiliar." Zhu Jianshen said calmly on the side.

Jian Huaizhen shook his head with a smile and said: "The emperor's words are bad, all the courtiers in the world are the emperor's brothers and sisters, and the emperor can only govern the country well with this kind of mentality." ”

"The eldest princess is taught!" Zhu Jianshen hurriedly bowed down and said.

Jian Huaizhen sighed and said, "Now that I think about it, I really pity that child, who is only in his twenties, and now he has been captured by robbers and thieves." ”

"What, Yu Mian was captured, so what should I do? What should I do if I am scared? The eldest princess, you must save Yu Mian, please! ”

Zhu Jianshen never said words begging in front of Jian Huaizhen, but now he is too anxious to bring the word begging you.

Jian Huaizhen watched his every move carefully, and when he saw him say this, he immediately understood that this matter must have something to do with him, otherwise, he would not have begged himself so hard and took the initiative to save Yu Guan.

She sighed and said: "I originally planned to save Yu Mian, and I also know that Yu Mian is my son and nephew, but I really can't accept the conditions offered by the other party, so I can't save Yu Mian." ”

"Yo, what conditions are offered, how much gold and how much silver do you want? Although the eldest princess told me that I would order someone to raise gold and silver for them later, I would rescue Yu Mian first no matter what. ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you really have a heart, but the emperor doesn't have to take care of this matter, since the thieves explained that they want the gold and jade staff of the palace, and the palace does not hand over the gold and jade staff to him, what is the use of the emperor giving him another million gold and silver?" ”

Zhu Jianshen looked at Jian Huaizhen, but when he saw her talking, her face was like water, and she didn't have a trace of expression, I don't know if she really listened to her words, and I don't know if she really doubted herself.

But he always felt that this matter had something to do with him, and presumably Jian Huaizhen also knew it, because Jian Huaizhen was so staring like a torch, how could she not see the slightest clue?

Jian Huaizhen didn't mention this matter to him, but talked about it from the side, so that he didn't know what her plans and ideas were.

Zhu Jianshen looked at Jian Huaizhen's meaning and knew that she would never give the golden jade staff to the killer, and she seemed to have already expected that she was the real black hand behind the scenes, but Zhu Jianshen couldn't tell Jian Huaizhen.

Because he knew that once this layer of window paper was pierced, the broken relationship between the two people would be even more rifted.

Zhu Jian thought about it deeply, and then said to Jian Huaizhen: "Since the eldest princess really shouldn't give the golden and jade staff to the bandit, then I have nothing to say." After all, Yu Mian is the son and nephew of the eldest princess, and the eldest princess thinks so, it must be good for the crown. ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly and said, "It's just that there is something in this palace that I can't figure out, but the bandit doesn't know why other things don't just need the golden and jade staff of this palace." What is the significance of this golden jade scepter to him, a mountain bandit? ”

Zhu Jianshen heard the meaning of Jian Huaizhen's words as if the spearhead was pointed at him, he hurriedly smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "The eldest princess doesn't have to think like this, since the thief wants to do this, he must have his thoughts." I think the reason why he did this must have been because he heard that the golden jade scepter was a sacred relic handed down from the previous dynasty, and he wanted to see it. ”

Jian Huaizhen saw that Zhu Jianshen was very unnatural when she spoke, she had already spied on this matter that most of it was planned by Zhu Jianshen, and now after seeing Zhu Jianshen's expression, she became more and more sure of her thoughts.

So she smiled and said, "Okay, I don't want to say anything, I just hope that the killer can do it himself." If otherwise, if something happens to Yu Mian, this palace will definitely not let go of the killer. ”

Zhu Jianshen saw that Jian Huaizhen meant these words, which seemed to be faintly threatening, so he said in a loud voice: "Don't say that it is the eldest princess, even I will not let go of that bandit so easily, that bandit actually dares to be unfavorable to the crown." Yu Mian is a dignified five-grade courtier, and the thieves are not good for the crown, which is disrespectful to my Ming Dynasty! ”

Jian Huaizhen raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Jianshen, shook his head and said, "The emperor is serious, the truth is not as serious as the emperor said. Okay, Bengu won't say anything, and Bengu will retire first. ”

After speaking, Jian Huaizhen turned around and walked forward.

Zhu Jianshen looked at Jian Huaizhen's back, and his heart was mixed with five flavors for a while, and he had any taste.

He saw Jian Huaizhen gradually moving away, and suddenly there was a trace of remorse in his heart.

He wanted to call Jian Huaizhen and tell her the whole thing, telling her that he had designed to arrest Yu Mian, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't have any courage.

He was afraid that Jian Huaizhen would not forgive him after he found out, not only would he forgive him, but he would also use the golden jade staff to deal with him, so he really had no way at all.

After Zhu Jianshen watched Jian Huaizhen leave, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, and he said in his heart: "Wan Zhen'er has also come forward in this matter, I am afraid that once the eldest princess knows about it, she will definitely think of me." And it was undocumented and unsubstantiated before, but once this incident involves the killer and Wan Zhen'er, I am afraid that the eldest princess will definitely know that this matter was done by me. Once there is evidence, it is time for the eldest princess to deal with me. So no matter what, just don't do anything and kill that Yu Mian. ”

Zhu Jianshen thought so in his heart, but he didn't reveal it at all on the surface.

After he thought about it, he decided to hand over this matter to Lin Jian'an.

Zhu Jianshen called Lin Jian'an over.