flstandardbreds Chapter 348: Five Princesses Who Wrote Several Poems at a Banquet
Chapter 348: Five Princesses Who Wrote Several Poems at a Banquet
The carriage stopped, Jiang Suining lifted the curtain, and met Shen Yanxi's gaze.
"Have you finished your government affairs?"
"It just so happens that today is over. I just got the emperor's permission and can take a two-day break."
Just after leaving the palace, he heard Yuan Liang talking about the arson. He originally planned to go to the government office, but unexpectedly he met Ning Ning on the way here.
"Is it over at the government office?" Shen Yanxi asked.
Jiang Suining nodded, and seeing that Shen Yanxi looked tired, he got off the carriage, and the two of them went to the teahouse next door and sat down to talk.
After listening to Jiang Suining's entire account, Shen Yanxi looked at her face seriously.
Noticing this gaze, Jiang Suining was puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"I suddenly feel a little worried."
"worry about what?"
"I'm worried that you might come up with the idea that love is harmful and alienate me."
There was a smile in Shen Yanxi's eyes and tone, and it seemed that he was just saying it casually, but the hand holding the teacup involuntarily increased its strength a little.
Jiang Suining also laughed, "To be honest, I did come to this conclusion."
"Ning Ning..."
"But Lord Shen can rest assured." Jiang Suining winked at Shen Yanxi and said playfully, "I don't have the habit of taking the blame for others. Of course, if something goes wrong one day and Lord Shen wants to do this, I don't mind."
The last sentence was obviously a joke.
Hearing the relaxed tone, Shen Yanxi loosened his grip on the teacup.
"Ningning, if that day really comes, I..."
Jiang Suining interrupted Shen Yanxi and said, "You don't have to promise anything, and I was just joking just now. I don't like Dong Kaijian's behavior, and I don't feel touched."
Rather than assuming a difficult situation here, making some touching promises, or relying on the other person to make sacrifices when you are in that situation.
What she wanted more was to have enough chips and power so as to never put herself in that kind of situation.
Shen Yanxi looked at Jiang Suining, raised the corners of his eyes, and shook his head with a helpless and heartbroken look, saying, "Ningning is too cruel to even give me a chance to say a few sweet words."
"If you really want to show off, I can give you a chance." Jiang Suining raised his eyebrows.
"what chance?"
"Tell me, how is that matter going?" Jiang Suining asked in a low voice.
Qin Feishang has been arrested for some time, and Chu Yishen has been transferred to the Dali Temple for so long, so they should be able to find out more or less.
Shen Yanxi kept smiling, and keenly noticed that Jiang Suining seemed to be paying more attention to this matter than before.
"Ningning, aren't you worried about getting involved?"
"I didn't want to before, but now I've changed my mind."
"Why?"
"Because the Dong family's affairs have made me see clearly once again the gap brought by status. Even though the Changning Marquisate is already in decline in the imperial city, it looks down on the Dong family like an ant. Although my situation and the Dong family's situation cannot be generalized, if the Third Prince really wants to do something, I may not be able to resist much more than the Dong family."
Before, she didn't want to get involved in this matter, but today in the yamen, watching Dong Kaijian taking the blame and Qin said contemptuously and without scruples that the couple should be punished together, she suddenly realized that if the third prince was really related to the incident in the suburbs, once he wanted to take action, even if she pretended that she had nothing to do with the matter, dealing with her would only be a side job.
In this case, instead of staying away, it is better to make the whole thing clearer and have more knowledge, maybe you can gain some bargaining chips.
Shen Yanxi understood what Jiang Suining meant. After thinking for a moment, he told him what had happened in the Dali Temple in the past few days.
After learning that someone wanted to kill him to silence him, Chu Yishen panicked and did give up a few words. He explained in detail the collapse of the hall and implicated the Minister of Works.
But when Pei Zhaozhi tried to test him whether he had done other murders for money before, he refused to admit it. Later, Pei Zhaozhi found an opportunity to interrogate him alone and pointed out the charges written in blood. Although Chu Yishen still refused to admit it, his expression was obviously wrong, and he even wanted to test Pei Zhaozhi to see if he had any evidence.
Although no exact confession was obtained, Pei Zhaozhi was almost certain that Chu Yishen was the person being sued in the blood letter.
"Is the evidence he is testing related to the jade pendant?" Jiang Suining asked thoughtfully.
Shen Yanxi said: "We came up with an idea. I copied the patterns on the jade pendant and Pei Zhaozhi deliberately showed it to Chu Yisheng, but he didn't show any abnormal expression."
However, since the jade pendant and the blood letter were hidden in the same place, they must be related. Chu Yishen’s inability to recognize them does not mean anything.
"What about Qin Feishang?" Jiang Suining asked, "Did you get anything out of him?"
"He's still under interrogation, but I think it will be over soon. I got news from Pei Zhaozhi yesterday that Qin Feishang is on the verge of collapse. He even mentioned that if anyone dared to do anything to him, he would offend the Third Prince. But if we continue to interrogate him, he won't speak again."
Jiang Suining thought for a moment, "Since the Minister of Industry is the Third Prince's man, and now he has been implicated, is there any movement from the Third Prince?"
If we can get the Third Prince to take action, maybe we can make some new discoveries.
Shen Yanxi was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "I happened to meet the Third Prince when I left the palace today. He invited me to visit the Third Prince's mansion tomorrow. I wonder if this counts."
Jiang Suining was startled. "Does he know that you and Pei Zhaozhi are jointly investigating?"
"Probably not yet, but regarding the palace collapse case, because it involves the Minister of Works, the Emperor ordered me to go to the Dali Temple after my rest to investigate the case together, so as to avoid any mistakes."
Jiang Suining smiled and said, "It seems that the Third Prince might want to win you over."
The case now involves the Minister of Works, who is of the second rank. Although the case is being tried in the Dali Temple, it is common for the emperor to personally send people to investigate.
However, the opinions and views conveyed by the people sent back would naturally affect the Holy Heart's decision. If the Third Prince wanted to keep the Minister of Works, winning over Shen Yanxi and letting him speak for his people would be a good way.
"Probably, but in order to avoid gossip at this critical moment, there are other people invited tomorrow. I heard that in addition to some other court officials, the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Princess are also among them."
"The fifth princess?" Jiang Suining asked, "She is the one who has become famous in the palace in the past six months. She was praised by people for writing dozens of poems at a banquet?"
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