The guards didn't speak, but just took Shen Ling towards the palace, although they said that they were invited, but the guards looked at Shen Ling like prisoners along the way.

After being taken to the imperial study, Shen Ling saluted, "See the saint, I don't know if the saint hurriedly called me over, what is the so-called matter?" ”

In the gap between speaking, Shen Ling saw the Gao family around him, as well as Song Xinyu, who heard that the assassination was successful and took the initiative to run over.

At this time, the old emperor's majestic voice came, "Shen Ling, I ask you, where were you last night!" ”

Shen Ling's heart sank slightly, but he pretended to be surprised on his face, "What is the saint asking, I naturally sleep at home with my husband at night." ”

Song Xinyu, who was listening, couldn't help but jump out after hearing this, and angrily reprimanded: "What nonsense! ”

Shen Ling frowned and said unhappily: "What do you mean, princess?" I said I'm sleeping at home, how come this is nonsense for you? Can you still know what I'm doing at night? ”

"Of course Princess Ben knows!"

Shen Ling lifted her eyelids slightly, "Oh? ”

"Lord Gao betrayed your father and took refuge in the father of the palace, so that you have always been resentful, last night you took the opportunity to sneak into the Gao Mansion and assassinated Lord Gao!" Song Xinyu swore solemnly, as if he had seen Shen Ling's murder scene with his own eyes.

Shen Ling snorted coldly and sneered at each other, "I think Your Royal Highness the princess is a bunch of nonsense, how can I sneak into the Gao Mansion quietly, are the guards of the Gao Mansion all eating rice!" ”

"It's the end of your life, and you're so ashamed!" As he spoke, Song Xinyu threw the handkerchief on the table in front of Shen Ling, "Keep your eyes open and take a good look at what this is!" ”

Shen Ling picked it up and unfolded it, it was her usual handkerchief, but she had several such handkerchiefs, and even if she lost one, she might not be able to find it.

Seeing that Shen Ling pursed her lips and was silent, Song Xinyu intensified her questioning, wanting to take advantage of this momentum to convict Shen Ling.

"Yesterday Master Gao was assassinated, and this veil was found in his hand, since you said that you were sleeping at home, why did this veil appear in the hands of the dead Lord Gao!"

"A handkerchief is such a thing, as long as it is a subordinate who serves in the National Teacher's Mansion, it can be obtained, how can the princess prove that this handkerchief must have been dropped by me, and not framed by someone with a heart?" Shen Ling raised his head and stared at Song Xinyu without any fear.

The eyes of the two met in the air, and sparks suddenly burst into fire.

"It's really sharp-toothed, it seems that if I don't torture you, you won't tell the truth!" Song Xinyu was annoyed in her heart, and pointed to the Gao family on the side, "She is the murderer of Lord Gao, why don't you come and restrain her." ”

The Gao family was woken up and stepped forward to restrain Shen Ling.

The emperor sitting on the dragon chair pretended to persuade a few words, "Heart talk, Shen Ling has not admitted that she did this matter." ”

"Father! The evidence is there, what else can she justify, now all we want is her to admit guilt. ”

Shen Ling twisted her eyebrows and kept struggling, "Lord Gao didn't kill me, princess, you are so anxious and indiscriminately want to do something to me, don't you want to bend me into a move." ”

Song Xinyu pinched Shen Ling's chin, her eyes were gloomy, "This palace wants to see, when the punishment is met, do you still have what you can say now." ”

"Bring the torture instrument to the main palace."

She stretched out her hand and opened it, wanting to punish Shen Ling personally, but the eunuch hurriedly handed over the thing when she saw this.

The emperor watched for a long time, and Shen Ling opened his mouth to beg him, so that he would have a reason to keep Shen Ling in the palace.

At this moment, the door of the imperial study was pushed open, and Jing Ci arrived in time, and beside him was the killer with the broken arm who failed to assassinate.

Song Xinyu suddenly felt bad, and she clenched the torture instrument in her hand very nervously.

The emperor raised his head and asked Liangliang: "National teacher, why are you here, I have not announced that you have entered the palace." ”

"When Wei Chen heard that Master Gao had died, he was grief-stricken and mobilized people to search for evidence." As he spoke, he pointed to the killer with the severed arm next to him, "This person is a witness." ”

He asked, "Say, 'Who hired you?' ”

The killer with a broken arm didn't want to come over by himself, but Jing Ci brought someone to the door, he couldn't beat it, and in the end he was fed poison by Jing Ci and asked him to enter the palace as a witness.

The killer raised his eyes and looked at Song Xinyu, although being a killer must abide by integrity and not divulge the name of his employer, but at the moment, it is still important to save his life.

He opened his mouth and said: "The person who bought the murderer is in the palace, it is ......"

Song Xinyu secretly said that it was not good, and he wanted to kill people first, but he didn't want the emperor to suddenly make a gesture to the imperial guards.

The imperial guard immediately unsheathed his long knife and cut off the head of the severed arm killer, spraying blood everywhere, some of which even splashed on the faces of the nearby Gao family.

For a while, everyone didn't dare to breathe, and the Gao family became suspicious, but it was Jing Xi, who was very calm in front of Shen Ling.

"Holy Lord, why did you kill the witness?"

"He looks like a Jianghu person when he is dressed, but I heard that Jianghu people have always recognized money and not people."

The implication of this is that the killer with the severed arm was probably bought by Jing Xi to give false testimony, and what he said is not enough to be evidence.

Jing Ci's expression did not change, but he took out some of the things he had investigated in a hurry, "Since this killer can't be used as a witness, what about this!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he put the evidence that Song Xinyu had found that used Lin Qingyuan's waist card to divert the user's deposit in front of the emperor's table.

"The princess privately transferred the deposit of the user department, and used such a large amount of money, I don't know if the saint knows?"

The emperor was speechless for a while, but he didn't expect that the indulgence of Song Xinyu at that time would become an opportunity for Jing Xi to save Shen Ling today.

Song Xinyu's face was pale, and he didn't dare to speak.

Jing Ci was unwilling to let go, and asked aggressively, "The minister heard that it is necessary to pay a huge amount of money to ask the killer to kill people, just now the killer said that the person who bought the murderer is in the palace, combined with the death of the tall man, can the minister say that the person who bought the murderer is the princess, and the princess is the murderer behind the scenes!" ”

Song Xinyu was anxious to clear up his relationship, picked up the Supa embroidered with Shen Ling's name and handed it to Jing Xi, "The one who killed Master Gao is obviously Shen Ling!" You see, this is evidence that she stayed on the scene! ”

Jing Xi snorted coldly, "The joke is just a handkerchief, how can it be proved that it was my wife who fell, and besides, my wife and I were at home that night, how could we assassinate Lord Gao!" But the princess still needs to explain where all the money from the household department has been used! ”

Song Xinyu was forced to retreat again and again by Jing Xi's questioning, "The palace ......"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the emperor could only speak in order to protect Song Xinyu, "Regarding the assassination of Gao Aiqing, there are still some places that need to be investigated, and it is true that as the national teacher said, Shen Ling cannot be determined to be the murderer just by one side of the handkerchief." ”