Chapter 648: Hear the rumors and check the evidence, and eradicate the root cause
Yijing sat in the chair by the window, raised her eyelids slightly and looked at the old woman with disdain in her eyes, making sure that this person had a bad feeling for her, and it was definitely not just for blackmail, she did not offend too many people in Xiliang, that is, she once splashed the face of the lady of Jiyu...... And her existence only made such a person in the throat, jealous and hateful, so that even the cronies below could not hide their disgust for her.
The sender had already been guessed nine times out of ten, but Yijing's heart was very heavy.
If it is really related to the Qing clan, the situation will be extremely difficult to clean up, no matter how powerful Yu Haoxi is, he has not yet taken sole power, and he can't destroy the mouth of the Qing clan.
But it's not time to worry about how to end up now, and we have to further confirm the previous inference.
Yijing smiled lightly: "I really don't know where to start with Mama's words." β
"Why should the princess pretend, if you are invited by the letter, you are weak-hearted." The old woman snorted coldly, and her eyes were even more like eagles.
At this time, even Xue Dongchang saw that the person who came was definitely not an ordinary commoner as on the surface, or a rough servant, and ordinary people couldn't show such momentum.
"I was curious because of that inexplicable letter, so I wanted to see who was pretending to be a ghost behind my back, and the people of Dajing knew that I was similar to Princess Xiao of Chu, and threatened me to come out to meet on this ground, but this is the only one...... Mama and I don't know each other, presumably just under the orders of others, I don't have idle and servant nonsense, if Mama doesn't want to show her face, that's it, I'm not afraid of you to publicize that word, and someone has to believe it. Yijing pretended to take the tea cup and send it off.
"With you, you are not worthy to see the master."
Well, this means that the messenger is really a nobleman, and the scene is dark, and his tone is light: "In this way, the messenger is not the Yan clan." β
This was specially said to Xue Dongchang, so that he could go to Yu Haoxi to learn his tongue and completely clear Xiao Man's suspicions: "If it is really Yan's family, since he has reported his name early, why hide it so much and dare not show his face." β
The old woman probably also understood that she was tricked, and she was inevitably annoyed and angry: "Don't talk nonsense, the princess really doesn't care about revealing her identity?" I don't think it maybe, the Xiliang royal family may be able to tolerate a few concubines, but it is not allowed to abandon the demon woman who abandons her husband and ancestors without abiding by the woman's way, if His Majesty and the queen know, even in order to maintain diplomatic relations with Dalong, you will die without knowing it...... The princess thinks there is no evidence? Even though everyone in the world believes in Xiao's statement, how can the princess explain that the maids around her are from the Chu Palace? My master has a witness in his hand, and I remind the princess that you can't deny the identity of the witness. β
Yi Jing raised his eyebrows slightly, very good, this is rich in content, first of all, it is determined that the mistake is really on Xia Ke, and there is a person who cannot deny it if he takes it out...... Sure enough, there was an "old man" who recognized her, and the identity of this old man was not simple, and besides, this old man probably didn't know that she was forcibly abducted here by Yu Haoxi, and she was sure that she colluded with that person to elope? It seems that this old man must have had no good impression of himself, and was very disgusted with it, so that he would not notice what was going on.
Moreover, the sender should not know about the abduction of the princess of Chu before believing the testimony, which is not difficult to probe, indicating that the sender has not had time to verify, and it is very likely that he only got the truth at the banquet in the Maharaja's mansion, so he can't wait to do something threatening.
In this way, it is not very tenable to infer that the "old man" was a Beppu slave and maid who had only one or several sides of the relationship in the past, and it is impossible for the maid to grit his teeth with hatred, and furthermore, even if the "old man" was the maid of the Dalong aristocratic mansion, her testimony did not have the strength to "nail" herself, and the identity of this witness must have a reason to make her speechless and be afraid to be threatened.
It should be that once he shows up, he will be terrified and at a loss, so it can't be a person who has no impression of himself.
In other words, the "deceased" will not be the maidservant next to the lady who went to the banquet that day.
So who else can still witness Xia Ke appear with her?
The scope is already very narrow, and it is almost out of nowhere.
Yi Jing's smile became more and more stretched, which naturally attracted the old woman's greater contempt, she seemed to really don't want to talk nonsense with Yi Jing, and directly put forward the condition: "If the princess doesn't want to be ruined, there is only one choice, to persuade the maharaja to take the initiative to withdraw the advice to seal the city because of merit." β
"I will bring Mama's words, but whether the Maharaja is willing or not is not something I can guarantee." Yijing chuckled, and her heart was cold.
is not an ordinary noble, the messenger is bound to be two surnames! Of course, the scenery is more inclined to the Qing family.
"The princess knows the identity of the princess, and she is so favored, it can be seen that the princess is enough to influence the prince's decision, I have said all this, the princess has to think carefully." The old woman brushed her sleeves away.
Yijing and the old woman did not have a complicated verbal confrontation, of course, Xue Dongchang told the monarch word for word, and in view of the fact that only a few people knew the truth of this matter, the monarch also needed to listen to opinions, so he left Yijing in the study on this day, and invited Xue Guoxiang to discuss countermeasures with Kong Xilin.
In order to eradicate the hidden dangers, Yijing naturally can't be too inactive, she didn't talk much about Xiliang's political affairs, and left the problem of the exact identity of the person who wanted to be threatened to Yu Haoxi, and only expressed her opinion on the witness: "According to what the old woman said, it is not difficult to infer that this witness was my old acquaintance, once I show up, I will be very frightened, then, it seems unlikely that it is the maid who went to Donghuayuan that day, because even if I don't remember the past and don't know it, Xia Ke should know this person." β
Of course, Xia Ke was interrogated by the Maharaja, and she did not find anyone with a good face on the day of the banquet.
However, when Yi Jing said that he didn't remember the past, he was a little weak-hearted, and glanced at Xue Guoxiang, who had hinted at him, but saw him frowning and pondering, and he didn't care at all.
Yi Jing felt slightly relieved, it seemed that her feeling was right, even if Xue Guoxiang had a judgment, he would not prompt Yu Haoxi.
She continued to analyze: "I came out of Luqing Garden that day and went straight to Donghua Garden, and I never went out again. β
At that time, although the Qing women's dependents arrived early, the beautiful scenery did not meet them, and it was impossible for the Qing family's servants to walk around in the main garden, so the opportunity for the "old man" to follow the Qing family's female dependents into the house was extremely small.
The Maharaja raised his eyebrows: "The fifth sister suspects that the so-called human witness is from the Maharaja's Mansion?" He suddenly remembered that the servant woman in the inner house had changed all over that day, so it was very likely that the maid who was transferred in the front yard recognized Yijing and Xia Ke on that day.
"This matter is not difficult, the internal steward should have a detailed list of the slaves and maids who served the banquet that day, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to find out this person." The Maharaja thought of it and immediately ordered Xue Dongchang to immediately go to the internal manager to transfer the list, find out the suspicious person, and then let Xia Ke quietly identify the person.
"Your Highness, the key at the moment is to identify the threat." Xue Guoxiang said: "In my opinion, it is nothing more than one of the two surnames. β
This is also an obvious thing, the other party's purpose is to obstruct the edict of the fiefdom, then it is by no means an ordinary noble.
"They asked His Highness to take the initiative to withdraw the advice, in order to divert the dissatisfaction of the nobles with the political council, so as to win the hearts of the people, and make His Highness the target of public criticism." Xue Guoxiang analyzed.
Regarding Xiliang's government affairs, Yi Jing sensibly chose to keep her mouth shut, in case she was too wise, it would undoubtedly make Yu Haoxi doubt her amnesia, but she did not hide her concern, but put forward the key: "If it is two surnames, I am afraid that I will not be able to hide it." β
"Fifth sister peace of mind." The Mahjun chuckled: "I suspect that this has nothing to do with the two surnames, I don't know which female monarch is making her own opinion, in fact, I have been keeping an eye on that old woman, since she has met with you, of course she has to go back to her life, and the threat will soon have a result." β
Xue Guoxiang bowed his head: "At the end of the day, the political council of the three alliances has already vetoed the edict of the feudal city, and only wait for the results to be made public when the court discusses tomorrow, if it is the mastermind of the sect family who wants to threaten it, they will not make a decision in such a hurry, of course, they have to wait for His Highness's reply, it is best to wait for His Highness to withdraw the advice, and the political council will not be questioned by the nobles." β
"That is the case, the Council has already rejected the new policy, and who would be naΓ―ve enough to think that I would appease the anger of the nobles by withdrawing my advice? It can be seen that it is not the decision-makers of the two surnames who are threatening, and I don't know which simple-minded female monarch is acting. The Maharaja was full of sarcasm.
Kong Xilin has already concluded: "It must be Jiyu." β
Yijing agreed with Kong Xilin's judgment for the first time, but of course she wouldn't express it.
"If it's just Jiyu making his own decisions, this thing is easy to do." The Maharaja's eyes swept with murderous intent, and the corners of his lips curled slightly: "But for the sake of safety, after the news comes back, let Wei Ran test Lan Jianggong for one or two." β
The news was quickly handed back by the secret guard, and the gray-clothed old woman went around the suburbs, went to a private house to change her dress, and rode into the Liangyang Jun's mansion - it was the door of the Jiyu Lady.
Although the monarch did not tell Wei Ran about the identity of Yijing, but he confessed that he "secretly met" the father and son of Lanjiang Gong, according to the inquiry, the monarch has decided to abolish the political council and provoke the nobles to jointly admonish, this matter is afraid that it will not end, Lanjiang Gong should make a decision immediately, maybe he can capture the monarch's favorite concubine "Qianpan" as a threat, and force the monarch to come forward to calm the anger of the nobles, Wei Ran has infiltrated the monarch's mansion, and is willing to help Lanjiang Gong help to take "Qianpan" out.
Regardless of Wei Ran's suspicion after hearing these words, when he sent a letter through a secret person, met with Lanjiang Gong and his son privately, and conveyed this according to the Maharaja's instructions, Lanjiang Gong also scoffed.
"What is the intention of the Maharaja, it is needless to say, my Qing clan and him must not be good, what role can a mere concubine play, you will ignore the country for the sake of beauty? The monarch's determination to suppress the political council is nothing more than an attempt to dictate the state in the future, no matter how noisy the nobles are, it is also delusional to abolish the council, hum, the monarch wants to inherit the throne, and it depends on whether my Qing clan allows him, the Wan family is not dead, someone has already shown sincerity to me, as long as I help him ascend the throne, I will definitely protect the political council! Lan Jianggong's eyebrows danced, obviously he had the determination to meet the Maharaja.
He told Wei Ran not to act rashly, and to take the initiative to wait for the Qing clan to contact him.
Of course, Wei Ran conveyed Lan Jianggong's attitude to the Maharaja: "Your Highness be careful, Lan Jiang Gong has a suspicious heart, and I am afraid that he will assassinate His Highness." β
Only when the Maharaja dies unexpectedly, the Wan family lineage who colluded with the Duke of Lanjiang is qualified to inherit the throne in name and right, and if the royal family takes a resolute stance in the future, the Duke of Lanjiang will naturally not be afraid of the anger of the nobles.
Dajun chuckled, very good, Lan Jianggong did not disappoint him, and was striding towards his death.
Lan Jianggong scoffed at the role of "Qianpan", indicating that he still didn't know the identity of Yijing, so as long as Jiyu was solved in time, the matter would be over.
Of course, Miss Snow Lotus was quickly pulled out, and Xia Ke recognized her at a glance-
"Your Royal Highness, it must be this person, her original name was Liansheng, she was the old maid of Princess Donghua, and later because of her ill intentions, she was sold by the palace, but she never thought about it but went to the Northern Plains."
However, the Maharaja broke through the six counties of Haojing and brought this scourge back, almost ruining a big thing!