"The college is on vacation, and it won't be until after the Lantern Festival, Jiaojiao has to take care of herself, and the prince's brother is still waiting for Jiaojiao to return to the academy. On his father's side, he has sent someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, and he will soon be able to catch the murderer, no matter who that person is or what background, the prince's brother will not let him go, and he will definitely ask his father to sentence him to death. ”

Zhang Ruishun said categorically, but Qin Wan scoffed.

"Jiaojiao, what is your impression of that day? Who did you meet and what did you eat? Zhang Ruishun asked very carefully.

"As usual, there is no difference." Qin Wan shook her head.

Zhang Ruishun sighed in disappointment, "In this case, it will be complicated. The father interrogated Su Mengzhi, and the hairy crabs she brought were not abnormal, and the small kitchen of the academy was also thoroughly investigated, but no clues were found. Moreover, the people in the kitchen are all people from the palace, and they all know Jiaojiao's identity, and they will never dare to do such a thing. ”

"What does the prince's brother think?" Qin Wan looked at Zhang Ruishun expectantly.

Zhang Ruishun thought for a while, "According to the guesses of my father and the prince's brother, the most suspicious person should be the person who can access your food and is not suspected by the people around you." ”

"In other words, that person has a good relationship with Jiaojiao, and even the people around Jiaojiao?" Qin Wan asked rhetorically.

Seeing Zhang Ruishun nodding, she said again: "The people Jiaojiao brought to the imperial school, there is only one maid, one to accompany the study, and the remaining one is the subordinate of the Zhenshan Palace, among the three people, the prince's brother thinks who is the most suspicious." ”

"The people around Jiaojiao, the prince's brother is naturally trustworthy."

"Then it's only Xiao Jingxing." Qin Wan sneered.

"He is the most suspicious, he is the one who goes to the kitchen to get the food box, he is the one who distributes the vegetables, I heard the dream said, it is the crab roe and crab meat that he helped you take."

Misfortune to the east?

Qin Wan asked casually, "Where is Miss Su?" ”

"Naturally, it's in Shangshu Mansion." Zhang Ruishun looked at Qin Wan inexplicably.

"What about Xiao Jingxing?"

“…… In the heavenly prison. ”

Really.

Qin Wan smiled knowingly.

Perhaps the ridicule on her face was too direct, Zhang Ruishun touched his nose weakly, and then said strongly: "Father handed over this matter to the prince's brother, and the prince's brother will naturally investigate it thoroughly and will not let go of any clues." Xiao Jingxing is the most suspicious, so he naturally has to be imprisoned. Jiaojiao, you should know that your father is most worried about you, and the prince's brother doesn't want you to be hurt, so he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of the wrong one. ”

I don't know, I thought he cared about her.

Qin Wan laughed self-deprecatingly, "Brother Prince, can Jiaojiao go to the prison?" ”

"What are you going to do?" Realizing that his attitude was wrong, Zhang Ruishun hurriedly eased his emotions, "That kind of place is not something you can go to, it's very dirty and dark." ”

No matter how dark it is, it is no darker than people's hearts.

Qin Wan said stubbornly: "Jiaojiao just wants to ask, why did he hurt me, Jiaojiao wants to know the reason." After all, Jiaojiao is a bitter master, and she has the right to know the reason. If the prince's brother feels inconvenient, Jiaojiao goes to ask the emperor's uncle, Jiaojiao doesn't want such a thing to happen in the future, so she must take precautions. ”

Zhang Ruishun pondered for a few seconds and said, "What Jiaojiao said is reasonable, in this way, the prince's brother will arrange it first." ”

"Thank you, Brother Prince."

While the two were talking, Bai Zhishui came in and glanced at Zhang Ruishun with a blank face.

"Auntie."

Since Qin Wan became the princess of Neiding, the queen has been commensurate with Bai Zhishui's sisters, although it is a unilateral act of the queen, everyone can see that the tide of the prime minister's house is rising, and it is reasonable for the in-laws to be called sisters, so Zhang Ruishun has always called Bai Zhishui his aunt, and outsiders do not think it is strange.

Bai Zhishui nodded symbolically, "Jiaojiao still needs more rest." ”

"What my aunt said is that I am about to leave, and during this time, I will bother my aunt to take care of Jiaojiao, and my father and I will find out about the affairs of the academy as soon as possible and give an explanation to my aunt and Jiaojiao."

Bai Zhishui nodded, "If you have a heart, Jiaojiao, you can rest assured." ”

After Zhang Ruishun left, Bai Zhishui walked to the side of the bed and said to Qin Wan in disgust: "People who don't want to pay attention, why bother." ”

"Mother, Jiaojiao wants to get out of the marriage."

"What do you say? Is this related to Zhang Ruishun? Bai Zhishui raised her eyes vigilantly and stared at Qin Wan for a moment.

Qin Wan shook her head, "Jiaojiao is not interested in the crown princess, anyone in the academy can be the crown princess, but it can't be Jiaojiao." Jiaojiao has no feelings for the Prime Minister's house, but she can't pull her grandfather's family to the cusp. In the past few days, Jiaojiao has learned a word in the academy - the emperor's uncle is good to Jiaojiao, trusting her grandfather's family, and her grandfather and two uncles not only have a high prestige in the court, but also have an excellent reputation among the people. Because there is an uncle of the emperor, even if the ministers are unhappy, they only dare to talk behind their backs, and the prince's brother ......"

Bai Zhishui looked at Qin Wan with a complicated expression.

Qin Wan tilted her head, as if she was recalling the words of the master in the school very carefully, trying to express her meaning clearly, and the appearance of a small ghost made Bai Zhishui both relieved and distressed.

"In the future, the prince's brother must be more defensive than sympathetic to Jiaojiao, if Jiaojiao lives in the East Palace, the Xiangfu is a relative, the prince's brother will be more jealous of the Xiangfu and his grandfather, the superior will not tolerate anyone's right to peep at him, even his own son, as long as he doesn't let go, everything in Longdu is his. Jiaojiao didn't want to see the bloody scene, and she didn't want to be scared and depressed in the future. Jiaojiao is not so smart, nor is she so ambitious, she just wants to accompany her mother quietly, and when she gets married in the future, she doesn't have to worry about messy things, and she can often come back to see her mother and eldest brother. ”

"Mother's delicate has grown up." Bai Zhishui stroked the top of Qin Wan's head, "Since Jiaojiao is unwilling, my mother will withdraw from this family business." Strictly speaking, this matter has not taken a clear path, so it can't be regarded as a retreat, so Jiaojiao doesn't have to worry, it's just a letter. My mother was reluctant at first, and the reason why I acquiesced was because my mother saw that you got along well with Zhang Ruishun, and he was also sensible, but I didn't expect ......"

Bai Zhishui paused, and still asked, "Jiaojiao, tell your mother honestly, is this matter related to him?" ”

In Bai Zhishui's eyes, what if Zhang Ruishun is the prince, as long as Qin Wan doesn't like it, no one can force her. Although Qin Wan denied this, she already had a preconceived idea, thinking that Qin Wan must know something, so she didn't want to marry Zhang Ruishun.

Thinking about it carefully, even if Zhang Ruishun didn't do it, it couldn't be separated from him, she knew who was in the academy and what she was thinking.

The Su family?

She wants to see if Su Mengzhi can be the prince Liangdi!

Handing over the written letter to Mama Xia and letting her take it into the palace, Bai Zhishui looked at Bai Xue outside the window in a daze.

Because of the careful care of the imperial doctor, Qin Wan recovered quickly, but in three or five days, she was shouting to get out of bed.

Bai Zhishui didn't detain her, and even thought about taking her to Xiangguo Temple to make a vow.

There are still a few days left before the fifteenth Lantern Festival, and the imperial school is finally on holiday.

For this, Qin Wan also wondered that when the year was closed, the academy had to take a holiday in advance, but the Imperial Academy had a day off except for the Chinese New Year's Eve, and then had to wait until the Lantern Festival for ten days off.

However, Qin Wan didn't care about the strange holiday regulations of the Imperial Academy, because she followed Zhang Rui to the prison.

In this place, she came countless times in her previous life to come forward for Zhang Ruishun and interrogate those so-called traitors and thieves. Zhang Ruishun is suspicious and cautious by nature, this kind of thing, except for her, he will not hand it over to outsiders.

Now that I think about it, from the first time she stepped here, Zhang Ruishun didn't plan to let her live too long, she knew too much.

She knows the darkest side of Zhang Ruishun, knows his dirty thoughts under his warm and jade-like coat, and knows his cruel methods, in fact, from the beginning, she was the one who was abandoned.

The screams recalled Qin Wan's thoughts, and she followed behind Zhang Ruishun "timidly", holding Qin Ruizhuo's hand and walking cautiously towards the depths of the prison.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect or environmental factors, as soon as he enters the prison, Qin Wan shivered, and the gloomy cold wind slowly poured into his neck, wandering all over his body, indescribably weird. The further you go inside, the lower the temperature, the humid the air, and the smell of blood changes from faint to thick, blending with the humidity in the air, and the smell becomes more pungent.

Qin Wan held his breath, and the group walked to the bottom of the prison.

In the dark and damp corner, there was a small figure huddled, the clothes on his body had long been soaked by the wet air, although there were no traces of torture on his body, but the thin clothes could not withstand the cold here at all, and his slightly trembling body let Qin Wan know that Xiao Jingxing was very uncomfortable.

She looked up at Zhang Ruishun, "Did Brother Crown Prince ask anything from his mouth?" ”

Zhang Ruishun shook his head, "This kid has a hard mouth, and the interrogators don't dare to torture him, so he is deadlocked." ”

Xiao Jingxing is the concubine of King Zhenshan, no matter how he is not treated in the mansion, his identity is there, even if Princess Zhenshan wants to give up on him directly, for the face of the palace, as long as Xiao Jingxing does not admit his guilt, there is no evidence to prove that he is guilty, whether it is the Zhenshan Mansion or the people in the prison, they dare not go too far. Unless, they have the most direct evidence in their hands, even if he pleads not guilty, the torture master here can pry his mouth open.

"Brother Prince, Jiaojiao wants to bring him back."

"Jiaojiao?" Zhang Ruishun looked at Qin Wan inexplicably.

Qin Wan explained: "Brother Prince also knows his identity, no matter how well he is doing in the Zhenshan Palace, whether anyone treats him as the master, his identity is there, Jiaojiao doesn't want to let the prince's brother have trouble with the Zhenshan Mansion because of personal matters." No matter what Princess Zhenshan's attitude towards him, sending Xiao Jingxing back, it was the prince's brother who was expressing his stance to the Zhenshan Palace. The prince's brother took the initiative to show favor, and he could take this opportunity to test the attitude of King Zhenshan, not to mention, hand over Xiao Jingxing to them, if they could pry his mouth open, wouldn't it be a win-win situation - Jiaojiao's matter was solved, and Princess Zhenshan's heart was also solved. In case, it's a pity that he didn't ask anything, and the prince's brother didn't lose anything, on the contrary, the king of Zhenshan still owed the prince's brother a favor, of course, it would be better if the king of Zhenshan could make a statement. As long as the prince's brother understands the thoughts of King Zhenshan, wouldn't it be better to arrange for the future? ”