All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Yun Hongshan looked at Xie Zhangting in astonishment.

In his life, he has had countless women, and he dotes on each of them very much.

No woman had ever said such a thing in front of him.

Yun Hongshan was born in the royal family of the Yun Kingdom, and he thought he had read countless people and could best understand people's hearts.

But at this moment, he realized that the woman in front of him was the one who loved him wholeheartedly from the beginning to the end.

"Zhang Ting, do you still misunderstand me...you believe me, I never thought of harming you..."

Xie Zhangting gave him a mocking look, unwilling to say anything more to him, turned around and floated out of the room.

"Zhang Ting... Zhang Ting..."

Yun Hongshan called her name, trying to chase her out——
"Even if the prince had no intention of harming her, she died because of him." Shen Lingxi said in a cool tone.

"If the prince is still willing to atone for his sins, why don't you think about it, what is going on? Don't forget, you are now a suspect in the murder of Queen You'an. Do you think His Royal Highness will help you get justice?"

Yun Hongshan stopped in surprise.

He subconsciously looked at Chu Yan who was meditating on the bed and adjusting his breath.

At this moment, even though Chu Yan's eyes were slightly closed, there was still a heavy murderous look between his brows.

Yun Hongshan shivered for no reason.

"I really didn't know about Queen You'an's death at first..."

Yun Hongshan said sincerely to Shen Lingxi: "I heard the sad news of Zhang Ting's death, so I sent Wuerda to collect her body. It will be a year after Wuerda returns to Yunguo. Wuerda is just my guest , Not everything he did was under my control, and I only found out that he did it after the death of Queen Youan..."

Speaking of this, he thought of something, and suddenly became excited, "By the way, Mrs. Xiao must have done this! It was Mrs. Xiao! Wu Erda never told me that I was suffering from a hidden disease, but he told me about it." her!"

The more he said, the more he felt that his speculation was true, "When I was away, the person who took Zhang Ting to the palace was Xiao Shi, and the person who sent Zhang Ting back to Tongwuguan was also her. Wu Erda killed Queen You'an, She was the one who persuaded me to join forces with others!"

Hearing this, Shen Lingxi's face changed slightly, "Joint with others?"

"Yes." Yun Hongshan thought she didn't understand, and explained: "After the death of Queen You'an, Wu Erda went back to Yunguo to ask me to apologize. He said that he was killed by Queen You'an when he was burying Zhang Ting's body. He mistakenly thought that he was the murderer who killed Zhang Ting, so he shot and killed Queen Youan to silence her."

As soon as this remark came out, Xie Zhanghua, who had been listening quietly by the side all the time, said suspiciously: "I have never seen Wuerda before I died, so how can I misunderstand what he said?"

Yun Hongshan was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look at Xie Zhanghua, and then recognized from the crown dress on her that she was Empress You'an.

He hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects: "I also ask the empress to forgive me. The previous few said that they were concubines of the former court, so I thought you were the same. Please forgive me for my poor eyesight."

Xie Zhanghua didn't have a good face towards him, he snorted coldly, and turned sideways.

Yun Hongshan was silent for a few moments, then turned his head and continued to say to Shen Lingxi: "Since Queen You'an said that what Wuerda said was a lie, it must be Xiao Shi and Wuerda who conspired to take advantage of Zhang Ting's death to kill Zhang Ting. queen."

"When Wu Erda said those words to me, Xiao Shi was also there. She said that since the matter has reached this point, if the Xie family knew about it, they would definitely blame me for the queen's death. She advised me to go to Yun Kingdom in time. Find another family to join forces."

"I thought at the time that this was indeed the case. In addition, Wu Erda volunteered to contact Mu's family for me, so he agreed to the matter."

As soon as these words came out, Xie Zhanghua couldn't hide the surprise on his face.

Shen Lingxi's pupils also tightened suddenly.

The Mu family is actually the Mu family!

She didn't expect that what happened, even though there were some discrepancies between some details and what Yun Chong said, he was basically right in what he said.

From this point of view, Xiao Shi is the one who really joins forces with Wuerda.

She designed to send Xie Zhangting back to Tongwuguan, and at the same time notified Xie Wenlang to lure him to Tongwuguan to kill Xie Zhangting.

On the one hand, in front of Yun Hongshan, he lied about Xie Zhangting's death and asked Yun Hongshan to "send" Wu Erda to bury Xie Zhangting's corpse.

Xie Wenlang kills Xie Zhangting, Wu Erda borrows Xie Zhangting to "fascinate" Xie Zhanghua, and then uses Zhu Youshu to plant illusions in Xie Zhanghua's brain.

After Xie Zhanghua's death, Wuerda went back to Yunguo to ask Yunhongshan to "plead guilty", inducing Yunhongshan to cooperate with the Mu family.

So what kind of role does the Mu family play in the whole thing?
Xie Zhanghua's death was instigated by the Mu family's secret arrangements in advance.

Or was it Xiao Shi and Wu Erda who joined forces with the Mu family to overthrow Emperor Li, and made a nomination certificate?
Why did they have to kill Xie Zhanghua?

Now that Wuerda has absconded, the reason for this is probably only the Xiao family and the Mu family can explain clearly!

Shen Lingxi knew that the matter was very important, so Su Rong said to Yun Hongshan: "I will truthfully report what you just said to His Highness, and when the matter is verified to be true, His Highness will naturally not let the person who killed Queen You'an go, you just retreat first Come down."

Hearing the words, Yun Hongshan bowed politely to Shen Lingxi, and floated out.

When Liu Meiren saw this, she also left knowingly.

Xie Zhanghua was confused and wanted to ask why this matter was related to the Mu family.

But after she thought about it, Shen Lingxi was afraid that she was also checking, so she said: "I haven't seen my aunt for a long time, Zhang Ting probably doesn't want to see Yun Hongshan right now, so I will go to my aunt's house with her Bar."

Xie Zhanghua's aunt is the ancestor of the Mu family, Mrs. Xie.

What she meant by saying this was to go to Mu's house to inquire about news.

Shen Lingxi bowed to her, "Thank you, mother-in-law."

Xie Zhanghua nodded at her with a smile, turned and left.

After all the dead souls left, only Chu Yan, who was meditating and adjusting his breath, and Chun Jun, who was dumbfounded, were left in the room.

Seeing Shen Lingxi looking at him, Chunjun stuttered for the first time in his life and asked, "Princess, Queen You, Queen You'an, are you there too?"

"Here." Shen Lingxi did not shy away from telling him: "Mother-in-law and aunt are here."

Chun Jun has never encountered such an outrageous thing in his life.

Subconsciously, he wanted to kneel down to nothingness——

"They have all left." Shen Lingxi reminded warmly, "I still have something to discuss with His Highness, so you can go get busy first."

Chun Jun heard the words, hurriedly retreated respectfully.

After he left, Chu Yan slowly opened his eyes.

Perhaps because he has been meditating and adjusting his breath, there are some fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Shen Lingxi walked up to him, and just stared at those beads of sweat for a moment, when she heard Chu Yan ask, "What did Yun Hongshan say? Could this matter really be related to the Mu family?"

"Yes."

Shen Lingxi looked solemn, and told Chu Yan what she heard and thought just now.

At the end, she said: "What Yun Hongshan said roughly matches what Yun Chong said. No wonder Yun Chong was confident when he attacked the Mu family."

"It's just that Mu Huai'an told me at the time that Cheng Engong personally told him that the first contact between the Mu family and Wuerda was when Yunguo was at war with Dazhou. But according to what Yun Hongshan said, Wuerda In fact, I should have contacted the Mu family after my mother-in-law passed away."

"From the death of my mother-in-law to the war between the two countries, there was a gap of four years. Between the two of them, one of them must have told a lie."

Chu Yan said in a cold and low voice: "The Mu family was indeed promoting the emperor's grandfather's western expedition all the time. Mu Huai'an's words have the least credibility."

Shen Lingxi raised her eyes to look at him, "But I believe that Mu Huai'an should have been kept in the dark. He is not the kind of person who would lie about such things. He should know that such lies cannot be concealed at all. I've been too long."

Chu Yan saw that her black and white apricot eyes were full of trust in Mu Huai'an.

Saying you're not jealous would be a lie.

His jaw clenched slightly, and his eyelids drooped slightly, "He left in a hurry just now, he must have discovered something. Whether he was kept in the dark or not, I think we won't have to wait too long for an answer, so there's no need to rush to a conclusion."

"That's true..." Shen Lingxi agreed with this.

This made Chu Yan's brows and eyes relax a little.

Shen Lingxi thought for a while, then pointedly said: "It's just that this case is an old one. The King of Yunjiang is dead, and his statement cannot be used as evidence in court. If you want to reverse the case for your mother-in-law, you still have to contact Xiao Shi , there is an opportunity to 'confront in public'."

Chu Yan immediately understood what the words "confrontation in public" meant.

"Are you sure?" Chu Yan looked up at her, "The Xiao family doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, so it should be difficult to deal with."

Shen Lingxi smiled, "As long as you are human, you have weaknesses. She is not difficult to deal with."

"Seven days later." Chu Yan said in a deep voice, "The incident tonight was too noisy, and the palace must have been alarmed. The emperor will definitely order a thorough investigation, and I will give you this opportunity seven days later by taking advantage of the investigation time. how?"

Shen Lingxi nodded with a smile: "I will not disgrace my life."

*
At the same time, Duke Cheng'en's mansion.

Mu Huai'an came out of the Yunjiang Palace, and hurried back to the Cheng'en Palace.

As soon as he entered the mansion, he went directly to Wutong Garden where Mrs. Xie lived in the back house.

It was getting late, if it was a normal time, Mrs. Xie would have already rested.

But when Mu Huai'an walked outside the courtyard, he saw that the candles were still burning in the courtyard.

He knocked on the courtyard door.

With a sound of "squeak", the courtyard door opened from the inside, and a little maid holding a lantern saw him and asked in surprise, "Master? It's so late, what are you doing here?"

"Xiao Tao, is grandma asleep?" Mu Huai'an asked, striding inside.

"No." Xiaotao closed the door, followed behind him with a lantern, and said back: "The old ancestor heard that something strange happened in Manyifang, and he was fascinated by it. He is still thinking about it now."

"Oh?" Mu Huai'an didn't stop walking, pretending to be casual and asked: "Then will anyone come to see grandma tonight?"

"Miss Xie for coming." Xiaotao hurriedly said, "After talking with the ancestor for a while, I went back to rest."

Mu Huai settled his feet, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Which Miss Xie?"

"It's the cousin girl from the third room of the Xie family, called Yunniang. A while ago, the third old lady of the Xie family brought her to Beijing as a guest, and the ancestor left the cousin girl here for a while." Xiaotao said, lowering her voice: "The ancestor seems to intend to Cousin girl betrothed to you."

Mu Huai'an asked thoughtfully, "The third wife of the Xie family... the son is the third wife who is the prefect of Haizhou?"

"That's right, that's right." Xiaotao covered her lips and smiled, "It seems that the uncle is also interested in the cousin girl."

Thinking of something, Mu Huai'an let out a soft snort, strode up the steps, waved to the maids at the door, and went straight into the upper room.

In the upper room, Mrs. Xie dismissed her servants and was leaning on the couch alone in a daze, wondering what she was thinking.

Mu Huai'an intentionally stepped harder, coughed lightly, and saluted through the embroidered screen, "Grandmother, grandson is here to greet you."

"It's Da Lang." Mrs. Xie returned to her senses, sat up a little, and reprimanded displeasedly through the screen: "You still know to come back. These days, I send people to the yamen to look for you every day, not because you are busy. , that is to say, people who can’t find you, are you hiding from me? I think you want to piss me off on purpose!”

Mu Huai'an turned around the screen, walked to the old lady's bed, and smiled flatteringly, "Grandmother, grandson is not avoiding you, he is really busy. You know, these days, when His Royal Highness gets married, the Emperor is happy and pardons the world , this prison is naturally the busiest."

"Are you still thinking about that little girl from the Shen family?" Mrs. Xie pretended to be angry, "She is now a crown princess, so don't do stupid things to make His Highness unhappy, do you hear me?"

Mu Huai'an smiled, "Don't worry, I do things properly."

"If you want me to rest assured, then get married early." Mrs. Xie looked at him and said, "I found a good girl for you, the granddaughter of the third wife of the Xie family, named Yunniang. Her father is Xie Wenlang, the prefect of Haizhou. He is the third uncle of His Highness the Crown Prince, and he is highly valued by His Highness. Your father said that he was transferred back to Beijing in less than half a year, and joining the cabinet is a matter of a word between the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince. It was him by accident."

"You are marrying Yunniang, the son-in-law of the Xie family, so that His Highness will not dislike you because of your old affairs with the Crown Princess."

It was unprecedented for Mu Huai'an to quietly listen to the old lady finish the marriage.

His gaze always fell on the north wall of the old lady's bedroom, on the painting of Songhe Yannian hanging on it.

"I'm talking to you, did you hear me?" Mrs. Xie asked urgently when she saw that he was slow to respond, "Tell me quickly, what do you think of Yun Niang? I will personally go to the Xie Mansion to propose marriage for you, and it happens that Wen Lang is in the capital."

Mu Huai'an didn't answer, and pointed to the picture and asked: "Grandmother, grandson remembers that at the door of your secret room, there used to be a picture of an old man fishing and children playing, when did it change to this one? "

Mrs. Xie's eyes flickered slightly, she pretended to be displeased and said: "Stop pretending to be stupid with me here, I will tell you about the marriage, you are not allowed to say anything else!"

When Mu Huai'an heard this, he withdrew his gaze and looked directly into Mrs. Xie's eyes.

He smiled and said: "Grandmother, you have just heard about the Manyifang. The grandson just came back from the Yunjiang Palace this time. You said it was a coincidence that the grandson was in a secret room in the Yunjiang Palace I saw a painting that is exactly the same as the one on your wall before, and the way to open the door of that secret room is exactly the same as yours."

A trace of panic flashed in Mrs. Xie's eyes, but it was quickly covered by her drooping eyes.

"It's just a painting, and it's not something rare." She said calmly: "This secret room was built by craftsmen when the mansion was built. The Yunjiang Palace was built around the same time as our Cheng'en Gong Mansion, and it happened to be the same group of craftsmen. Do the same job, what's the fuss about it."

Mu Huai'an had already guessed that she would say that, the smile on the corners of his lips was slightly restrained.

He simply stopped being tricky and asked seriously: "Grandmother, is it a 'coincidence'? You know it, and I know it too. This matter is related to the safety of the entire Mu family. Can you tell your grandson what is going on? What is the relationship between our family and Uerda who killed Queen You'an?"

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