Chapter 204 Checking the Truth
"I've heard everything about it, tell me, what do you think about it?"

Song Baichuan was sitting in front of the desk with a serious expression on his face. Song Baozhu's death involved too much. If it is not handled well, it may not only implicate the Song family.

"Father, we went to the Prince Regent's mansion just now, and the Prince Regent's reaction seems to be that he doesn't know about Song Baozhu and Jun Yinlu, nor that Song Baozhu committed suicide by throwing himself into the river."

"And I asked the servants of the palace, and they all said that no one has been to the palace today, but... I found Song Baozhu's embroidered handkerchief in a corner of the palace."

Song Baoling told the truth about what happened just now, and Jun Tingsheng also told Song Baichuan what he had discovered. Both of them felt that Jun Tianlin didn't look like he was acting.

"This matter is very difficult. First of all, Baozhu is pregnant with Jun Yinlu's child. There is no way to prove this."

"Secondly, with Jun Tianlin's method, he is indeed very likely to kill people and silence him, but he will not use such a method of setting himself on fire. It is too clumsy and does not resemble his style."

Hearing Song Baichuan's analysis, Song Baoling also felt that his previous thinking was wrong, and with Jun Tianlin's current power, there was no need for him to do so.

Song Baozhu's suicide by throwing himself into the river at this time will undoubtedly make the Prince Regent's House the biggest suspect. Such an approach is indeed inconsistent with Jun Tianlin.

The whole thing was strange, like a chain that had been snapped, and although the two ends were connected, there was something weird about it.

"Father, what should we do now? I'm afraid it will be impossible to start with the regent. If it's Jun Yinlu..."

"He won't admit it."

Jun Tingsheng dispelled Song Baoling's thoughts with a single sentence, and thinking about it, if Jun Yinlu confessed, not only would his reputation be ruined, but he would also be suspected of murder.

And even if he was willing to admit it, Jun Tianlin would probably not agree.

"Master Hou."

I saw Pei Qi standing outside the door and saluting, "Someone is coming from the palace. The Holy Majesty summoned you and the young lady into the palace, and said that they would discuss the matter of the young lady throwing herself into the river."

Song Baoling was full of doubts when he heard the words. It took only three or four hours for the incident to reach Jun Yelan's ears so quickly?

Moreover, why did he summon them?
"Let's go."

The three of them entered the palace together, and when they came to the gate of the palace, they saw the carriage of the Regent's Palace.

Imperial Study Room——

As soon as they entered the hall, they heard the sound of weeping. Song Baoling looked up suspiciously, and saw Song Baochai crying and standing beside the dragon chair, looking very sad.

"The minister kowtows to the Holy One."

"The courtiers kowtow to the Holy Majesty."

Jun Yelan rubbed the center of his brows, waved his hands and said, "Okay, let's all get up."

"I've heard about Miss Song. You all have something to do with her. Tell me, what's going on?"

Except for the father and daughter of the Song family and Jun Tingsheng, the people present were the father and son of the Jun family who were under suspicion. At this moment, Jun Yinlu was kneeling on the ground.

"My lord, Song Baozhu's incident is indeed regrettable, but according to eyewitnesses, she threw herself into the river and died. This has nothing to do with the child."

As soon as Jun Tianlin finished speaking, Song Baochai, who was crying pitifully, immediately retorted: "Nonsense! My elder sister was clearly killed by him!"

I saw Song Baochai angrily pointing at Jun Yinlu, and continued to complain: "Although my sister is a bit willful, she will never commit suicide. It must be because he wanted to hide the matter with her sister, so she killed her."

"The lord wants to protect his son, and wants Ben Gong's sister to die unjustly, but Ben Gong will never agree."

Song Baoling looked aside calmly, seeing Jun Tianlin's gloomy face, he quickly stopped him: "Your Majesty calm down, there is currently no evidence to prove that the death of the elder sister is related to Mr. Jun, and I hope your Majesty will not jump to conclusions."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions on the faces of the people next to him were different. They all knew Song Baoling's purpose, but Song Baochai changed the target of the attack.

"I'm just telling the truth, why do you want to stop it? Could it be that you are guilty and afraid that people will know that you have something to do with the death of the eldest sister."

Jun Yelan glanced at her when she heard the words, and then looked at Song Baoling, "I have already sent someone to investigate, today you prepared abortion medicine for Song Baozhu, is there such a thing?"

Song Baoling's expression did not change at all, and he bent down to salute: "Return to the Holy One, there is nothing wrong with it."

"In the past few days, the little girl has seen that the elder sister's complexion is not good, and she feels that she seems to be weak, so she prepared a mild medicine for her to take care of her body. It is not a miscarriage medicine."

"What's more, it's a big deal for a woman who hasn't left the court to become pregnant. How dare a young girl make her own claims. I hope the Holy One will see clearly."

After she explained, before Jun Yelan could speak, Song Baochai on the side strongly retorted: "Impossible! You and eldest sister have always been at odds, how could you be kind enough to give her health care."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and bowed to Jun Yelan: "My lord, in order to find out the truth, this concubine wants to call the doctor of the Song Mansion into the palace for public inspection."

Jun Yelan didn't agree, but she didn't object either. After a moment of silence, she waved her hand and let her go.

But after a while, the doctor hurried over and knelt down in front of Jun Yelan, still holding the dregs of medicine in his arms.

"I ask you, are these medicines that Song Baoling wants to give Song Baozhu in your hand?"

"My lord, yes."

"Then what does this medicine do?"

The doctor put the jar on the ground, inspected the medicinal materials inside one by one in public, and said after some manipulations: "My lord, these are medicinal materials for regulating qi and blood, and are generally used on patients with physical weakness."

"Is it possible to abort a pregnant person?"

"Aborted baby?"

The doctor subconsciously froze for a moment, and after realizing that the person he was facing was the current Holy Majesty, he quickly bent down and kowtowed: "Return to the Holy Majesty, this formula has no effect on abortion."

The prescription was confirmed, and Song Baoling was cleared of the suspicion, but Song Baochai focused on Jun Tianlin again.

This time is a great opportunity, no matter what, the Prince Regent's Mansion must be damaged, even a little bit.

"Since it's not her, then it's Jun..."

"Report to Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Jun Tianlin interrupted Song Baochai suddenly, without even looking at her, he turned to Jun Yelan and said, "A few days ago, the old minister heard a comment from the servants in the mansion that he had seen Song Baozhu pestering a child."

"The old minister was worried that the spread of this matter would have a bad effect, so he sent someone to investigate the truth and falsehood. Unexpectedly, another shocking thing was discovered."

Having said that, Jun Tianlin called out the door, and then Chai Liang walked in with a few people.

Jun Yelan glanced, and frowned displeasedly: "Uncle Huang, are these people related to Song Baozhu's throwing into the river?"

"The child has nothing to do with Song Baozhu, the person who secretly conceived with Song Baozhu..." Jun Tianlin slowly raised his hand, pointing at one of the people kneeling on the ground: "It's him."

Song Baoling's heart sank suddenly, and he exchanged a glance with Jun Tingsheng, both of them lowered their eyes in silence.

This time, Jun Tianlin won.

Chapter Two Hundred and Five: The One Who Can't Offend

Seeing the terrified man kneeling on the ground, everyone was startled. Song Baichuan was even more serious about this. He had already guessed what Jun Tianlin would do.

"I ask you, what is your relationship with Song Baozhu?"

Jun Yelan asked with a cold face, only to see the man tremblingly leaning over and kowtow, "My lord, I was selected as a scholar last year, and I was lucky to meet Miss Songfu. Later, we fell in love with each other, and we have... have skin dear."

As he spoke, Xiucai took out a bellyband from his bosom, with the word 'bead' embroidered on it, "This is the token she left for me after that night."

Song Baochai was furious when she heard the words, and snapped: "Nonsense! With my sister's background, how could she have a crush on you!"

"In my opinion, either you lied to her, or you are framing her to deliberately ruin her reputation."

Hearing her words, the scholar immediately panicked, "Your Majesty, you are wronged, everything the little one said is true."

"After I had a physical relationship with Pearl, I proposed to marry her, but she asked me to wait. Unexpectedly, during this period, she happened to meet the Prince Regent's son, and she has never forgotten him since then."

"Later she found out that she was pregnant with my flesh and blood, and I repeatedly begged her to marry me, but she not only refused, but also dreamed all day long, wanting to marry into the Prince Regent's Palace."

Speaking of this, the scholar bowed to Jun Yelan and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, the little one didn't do it on purpose. The little one just saw that she had been indulging in fantasies, so he persuaded her to recognize the facts. Unexpectedly..."

"Zhu'er is stubborn by nature. After listening to my persuasion, she was so angry that she ran and threw herself into the river. The little one... the little one is also very regretful."

What the scholar said was logical and well-founded, and his tearful narration seemed to make the whole thing clear.

Song Baoling knew he was lying, but right now she had no evidence to prove it, let alone...

If she forcibly intervenes, I'm afraid Jun Tianlin will be disturbed, and he will definitely not let the Song Mansion go.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the veteran also brought the onlookers who witnessed Song Baozhu's throwing into the river today."

The other people kneeling on the ground were witnesses. After questioning Jun Yelan, all he got was the same message. Song Baozhu threw himself into the river, not being pushed down the moat.

"At present, there are all witnesses and material evidence, and the matter is clear. Song Baozhu threw himself into the river and died, and Jun Yinlu has nothing to do with her. Let's let this matter go."

As the Son of Heaven, Jun Yelan had already determined the truth, but Song Baochai still wanted to hold on to it, saying, "My lord, there are still doubts about this matter, and this concubine wants to..."

Seeing that Jun Yelan's face became ugly, Song Baoling immediately helped her say something nice: "My Majesty, Concubine Song cares about her sister's love, so she listened to the rumors outside because of her impatience."

"Being shocked by the death of the eldest sister, the empress must be a little confused, and it is inevitable that she will say the wrong thing. I hope the Holy Majesty will not blame me."

Song Baochai's head was hot just now, and he wanted to take advantage of Jun Tianlin's hands. Hearing Song Baoling's words at this time, he turned his head to look at Jun Yelan, and instantly realized it.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. My sister passed away at such a young age. The concubine was really sad, so I just kept talking and hoped that my Majesty would appease her anger."

Glancing at the person kneeling in front of him, Jun Yelan frowned displeasedly, "Shocked, as a concubine, she speaks nonsense in front of me, questioning my decision."

"Concubine Song, it's time to restrain your temper. If there is another time, I will never tolerate it."

Song Baochai trembled in fright, and hastily lowered her head to admit her mistake: "Yes, this concubine knows my mistake, and this concubine promises that she will never make this mistake again in the future."

Jun Yelan snorted coldly, and said again: "Also, you should apologize to Uncle Huang. If Uncle Huang hadn't sent someone to investigate this matter, I'm afraid the truth wouldn't have come to light."

Hearing this, even though Song Baochai was reluctant, she got up and apologized to Jun Tianlin: "My lord, just now I misunderstood you and Mr. Jun in a hurry, I apologize to you, and I hope my lord will not take this matter to heart .”

"Your Majesty, you are serious." Jun Tianlin nodded slightly at her, it was obvious that he was angry.

Coming out of the palace, Song Baoling stood in place and watched Jun Tianlin and his son leave. Looking at the carriage going away, she turned her head and asked Song Baichuan: "Father, is this the way to go?"

Song Baichuan didn't answer, but asked instead: "Are you sure you were the one killed by Jun Tianlin?"

"Not sure."

"Since there is no evidence, what else can we do, let's do it for the time being."

Song Baoling stopped talking, watched his father get into the carriage, then turned to look at Jun Tingsheng and sighed, "You go back, I guess the Song residence will be noisy for a while, I'll go find you when I'm done."

Jun Tingsheng subconsciously raised his hand to touch her head, but just as he was in mid-air, he suddenly remembered something, and put his hand down again with a look of embarrassment.

"Take care of yourself, and send someone to pass on something."

"Well, let's go."

After the two parted, Song Baoling turned around and sat in the carriage, and saw Song Baichuan resting with his eyes closed.

The father and daughter were speechless all the way. After returning to the mansion, Song Baichuan called the housekeeper to the study.

Song Baozhu's death by throwing herself into the river was well known, but no one knew who spread the news that she was pregnant when she committed suicide, and the whole capital was discussing it for a while.

Li Shi originally wanted to make a big funeral for Song Baozhu, but Song Baichuan felt that the family tradition was not right and it was not appropriate to do it big, so he didn't let her make a big fuss.

However, Mrs. Li was clamoring for injustice, howling in the courtyard every night, making the whole house jump.

"My poor Zhu'er, it's okay to die a miserable life. Even the funeral after death is so simple. I'm sorry for you..."

Song Baoling stood behind Li Shi, listening to her cry without a trace of emotion, sighed helplessly, "Second Aunt, it's been so long, isn't it enough?"

"You don't really think that someone will pity Song Baozhu, pity you for a white-haired person to give a black-haired person."

When Li Shi heard her words, she got up angrily and cursed immediately: "It's you again! If it wasn't for you, the regent would have already..."

"What?" Song Baoling instantly became indifferent, "Do you think you can hold the regent with the child in Song Baozhu's belly?"

"You haven't seen his methods before, and you should have heard of them. To put it bluntly, he is a master who eats people without spit out bones. Do you think you can fight him?"

"For him, just moving his mouth can kill you and me, don't be stupid again."

Song Baoling also wanted to persuade Li Shi gently and patiently, but she knew very well that when dealing with such bullying people, only by making her fear from the bottom of her heart, would she know who not to provoke.

Sure enough, after listening to Song Baoling's words, Li Shi also understood that Jun Tianlin was someone who could not afford to offend, so he could only swallow his anger about Song Baozhu's death in the river.

Since then, the Song Mansion has finally calmed down.

(End of this chapter)

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