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

Chapter 89

Shen Lingxi never expected that in just a few words, the focus of the final conversation would fall on her.

It’s too late to speak——
"She can't."

"She can't."

Chu Yan and Mu Huai'an were almost in unison, rejecting the eldest princess' request.

The eldest princess's phoenix eyes were raised slightly, and her eyes turned around on the faces of the two, with a meaningful smile on the corners of her lips.

"She is now a celebrity in front of the Queen Mother. Are you still afraid that I will not be able to eat her? I just want to let outsiders know that I am very angry when the maidservant is arrested. Whoever makes me unhappy, I will To make anyone unhappy, only in this way, those who hide their heads and hide their tails and play some dark tricks behind their backs, dare to jump out and continue to instigate."

Shen Lingxi didn't expect that she was so important now that the eldest princess could use her as a raft in front of others.

But she was interested in the eldest princess, and wanted to find Yuzhu's dead soul through her.

Judging from Xuetuan's performance, the eldest princess should not be the one who killed it.

If she could stay, she might discover something, so she was willing.

But Mu Huai'an didn't think so.

Mu Huai'an stood up and bowed to the eldest princess, pretending to be embarrassed and said: "Please forgive me, Shen Lingxi is the special envoy sent by the empress dowager to Dali Temple. If she stays in the eldest princess's mansion, we will not be able to settle this case with the empress dowager." Report progress in time..."

The eldest princess sneered unceremoniously, "Your Dali Temple has investigated Yuzhu's case for so many days, but there is no progress. I will let her stay for two or three days, so I won't delay your efforts.

His tone made no secret of his dislike for Dali Temple's ability to handle cases.

Mu Huai'an was at a loss for words.

Before last night, who would have thought that the murderer would run into the imperial city to kill and dismember the corpse.

Those who dare to do this, and can enter and leave the imperial city at will without being discovered by the Imperial Forest Army, there are not a few people in this capital.

The eldest princess is the biggest suspect.

Their Dali Temple has suspected her for a long time, isn't it because they have no evidence and dare not come to her?
Mu Huai'an still didn't give up, and suggested with a smile, "Your official thinks that since Bei Ya captured your maidservant, it would be inappropriate for you to detain the empress dowager. Or...you change someone? I think it's pure Jun or Shengxie are both good, what do you think?"

Shen Lingxi stared at him with wide eyes.

You can do it.

In front of the emperor's grandson, betray his subordinates.

Courage is not ordinary big.

She didn't want to owe him favors because of this kind of thing, so she hurriedly said: "I actually..."

As soon as the words came out, they were cut off by a cold voice.

"It's really useless for my aunt to detain Shen Lingxi. Instead, it will make the emperor's grandmother worry." Chu Yan raised his eyes casually, without the palpable concern of Mu Huai'an on his face, and said in a flat, matter-of-fact tone: "It's better to let them go." Go, detain me, anyway, those people deliberately instigated me, just to make you and me turn against each other, and it is most reasonable to directly detain me with my aunt's temper."

"Liu Lang's words are so strange." The eldest princess smiled, "I haven't gone to Shoukang Palace to pay my respects for a few days, but I don't know, in the heart of the queen mother, the safety of this girl is actually more important than you, the emperor's grandson."

Chu Yan heard what she meant, his face was cold, and his expression didn't fluctuate in the slightest. He said lightly: "The emperor's grandmother treats Shen Lingxi differently. She also knows that my aunt has her own sense of proportion and won't do things for me too much. worry."

With such a frank answer, the eldest princess was not sure for a while, whether she really misjudged her.

"Since Liu Lang said so, I also think this is a very good idea." The eldest princess curled her red lips and came to a conclusion, "You and Shen Lingxi will stay, Mu Huaian will go back to the palace and tell the queen mother, how about it?"

Mu Huaian:? ? ?

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Within half a day, the news that the emperor's grandson provoked the eldest princess in the eldest princess's mansion and was detained by the eldest princess in the mansion spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

One is the fearsome embroidered clothes commander, the only crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and His Royal Highness, the grandson of the emperor, who was conferred by the late emperor himself.

One is the late emperor's beloved daughter, who is now a younger sister, a domineering and ruthless eldest princess since she was a child.

The aunt and nephew have always been well water but not river water.

But this time, because of Donggong's discovery of the ice cellar, they suddenly turned against each other.

Both the emperor and the queen mother were shocked.

The emperor was worried about the queen mother, and the queen mother was also worried about the emperor. Both parties didn't want to tear their faces easily, so they kept sending people to the mansion to persuade them to make peace.

But they were all sent out by the eldest princess with a smile, and she only said that she wanted to keep her nephew at the house to catch up on the old days, without showing the slightest bit of displeasure.

She only held people back to "reminisce about the old days", but did not use force, so it was a family matter between aunts and nephews.

Both sides of persuading peace, no one wants to rob someone in the open.

The scene was stalemate for a moment.

It's just that everyone in the court knows well that the emperor's grandson should know the public opinion in the court and the public, which is very unfavorable to him. On the cusp of the storm, it is not appropriate to confront the eldest princess head-on.Therefore, the embroidered clothes envoy and Xuanjia army in their hands could only stand still.

This time, His Royal Highness really got into trouble, and it was rare for him to be under the control of others.

Just at this time, another batch of rumors spread quietly in the capital.

"I heard that the person who was murdered and dismembered in the ice cellar was an eunuch, but he was the eldest princess' love slave. He was a handsome slave who died in the East Palace and was a victim cursed by a witch. It's really embarrassing. If not, how could the Eldest Princess have clashed with the Empress Dowager at this time."

"Someone saw with their own eyes that the people from the Beiya captured the servant girl next to the eldest princess that night. They were the secret guards given to the eldest princess by the late emperor. If they enter the Beiya, they will die if they don't die, and they may even be beaten into tricks." , How could the eldest princess be willing to suffer a disadvantage, so she naturally wants to vent her anger on the grandson of the emperor."

"The ice cellar may not be the place where Empress Yunliang practiced witchcraft and curses. The grandson of the emperor has no reason to kill the beloved pet of the empress dowager. Think about it, how could the maidservant of the eldest princess' mansion appear in the East Palace late at night for no reason? I said that the ice cellar was most likely set up by the eldest princess to kill people for fun. She held a grudge against the queen mother and even killed the queen mother's cat. Now that the maidservant has been captured, the eldest princess must find a way to break the situation, otherwise the queen Taisun seized the handle and was afraid that he would become a prisoner."

"There are two aunts and nephews, one is cruel and the other is ruthless. The business in the ice cellar is either done by the aunt or the nephew. This matter may not end well. Just wait and see, we will fight to the death..."

At night, Princess Pingyang's Mansion.

Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi were "locked" into the most remote small courtyard.

Outside the courtyard, the eldest princess's maidservants guarded it layer by layer, making it difficult for even a fly to fly in.

The eldest princess came late at night to play chess with Chu Yan in the courtyard, and asked the inner book to tell him all the rumors in the streets and alleys.

Chu Yan's handsome brows frowned slightly, "It seems that the other party is planning to use my aunt's hand to get rid of me."

"It's more than just getting rid of you." The eldest princess picked up the white pieces in the urn, staring at the chessboard in front of her sharp phoenix eyes, which were dimly illuminated by the candlelight, "I'm going to get rid of me too. If Gong killed you for the sake of being a favored slave, or killed you because of the so-called Dong Chuang incident, I, the eldest princess, will have done it."

She dropped the chess piece in her hand on the chessboard, and said in a low voice, "I don't know who will do it this time..."

(End of this chapter)