Chapter 145

"King Cheng knew that Li Bin was unwilling. He bewitched Li Bin, and Li Bin was deceived."

Jiang Li couldn't hide the shock on her face for a moment.

She knew that Li Bin was a member of Ji's family and loved by Emperor Hong Xiao, but she never expected that Li Bin had already colluded with King Cheng. Maybe it's not an emotional entanglement, but just a retreat for her future. This is the royal secret, at least now in this position, Jiang Li can't inquire about the relationship here anyway. If Ji Heng hadn't said it, Jiang Li would never have thought of going here.

"But... Just because the Ji family wanted to send people into the palace, the concubines colluded with King Cheng?" Jiang Li asked, "this is unreasonable. After all, Li Bin is the emperor's favorite concubine, and for Cheng Wang, she is not very important. Instead of clinging to Cheng Wang, it is better to please the emperor. It is the girls of the Ji family who enter the palace. With the means of Li Bin, they really need to hold it in their hands, or suppress or trip it, and they will always want to find a way to solve it. Why take the risk?"

"That's your idea." Ji Xuan looked at her meaningfully.

Jiang Li paused and said, "maybe."

"A man without children has only one ending in the palace, that is, he will be replaced sooner or later." Ji Dan said, "Li Bin is a smart man. She saw this earlier. Moreover, in the eyes of Li Bin, the emperor's position may not be stable."

Jiang Li was surprised, "but the Ji family didn't stand on the side of Cheng Wang!"

"The Ji family is timid," Ji Heng smiled. "Even if you want to stand in line, you will at most stand with the Jiang family. Although Li Bin is a concubine, for the Ji family, she is still just a married daughter, which can't affect the overall situation. Ji Yanlin is timid as an official, and he changes hands when the wind blows. He is not so bold." Ji Heng's lips curled, min took a sip of tea, and then continued, "but his daughter is different, and she is much braver than him."

"Li Bin left the Ji family and turned to King Cheng," Jiang Li said. "If King Cheng wins, the Ji family can be free from disaster. If things are exposed, the Ji family will also be implicated."

"Things are not so easy to reveal," Ji said. "Ji Yanlin didn't have any accidents. Just a concubine, it's not suspicious."

Jiang Li suddenly thought of something, suddenly realized, and said: "no wonder, no wonder the Xue family case was submitted, and King Cheng knew the content so quickly. At that time, I guessed that there was only king Cheng's insider in the palace, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect this person to be a concubine."

Seeing the secret fold presented by Ye Shijie, it must be someone close to Emperor Hong Xiao. Jiang Li even thought of serving inside, but never doubted Li Bin. After all, Li Bin was spoiled by the emperor and would not betray the emperor in any way. At this moment, Jiang Li was filled with emotion when Ji Chen told the truth, but she didn't know whether to feel that people's hearts were changeable or that she was not as good as Li Bin's plan for a rainy day and found a good future in advance.

"However, the emperor knows this, why not have a concubine?" Jiang Li asked. Any emperor who learns that his women are colluding with those who covet his throne can't stand it. If you must endure it, there must be a reason besides praising this person for his extraordinary willpower.

However, Jiang Li couldn't find a reason. Maybe emperor Hong Xiao didn't know about it at all? Or is it just suspicion, not verification.

Ji Heng didn't answer Jiang Li's words, but looked at her with a smile, didn't mean to solve her doubts, and seemed to want her to figure it out.

Jiang Li thought for a moment and asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty wants to become king?"

Ji Xuan's eyes shrunk slightly, and soon, as usual, he casually asked, "how do you say?"

"Sooner or later, if your majesty wants to deal with King Cheng, you have to find a suitable reason. Although King Cheng is cunning, he does things without showing any trace. Except for the domineering Princess Yongning, he has nothing to do with the people. That is to deal with it. For the time being, there is no reason to start it rashly, and maybe he will be bitten by King Cheng. With his concubines, maybe one day when King Cheng and his majesty confront, this matter can also become a 'criminal evidence', to let It's natural to clean up and become king. "

Ji Xuan smiled: "these are also what Jiang Yuanbai taught you?"

Jiang Li was stunned and lowered her eyes, "it's just hearsay."

He smiled more thoughtfully: "what you hear from the hearsay is clearer than those who are in it."

Jiang Li sighed. Her father was a minister of the Ministry of work and a talented man. Although she hid her edge, she could see farther than ordinary girls because of her childhood experience. Fortunately, Jiang Yuanbai is also a senior official in the court. What can he do to block Jiang Yuanbai in ordinary days? If Jiang Yuanbai is just a common people, she can't explain these unreasonable things anyway.

Ji Heng's words are acquiescence to her ideas.

This was a little unexpected to Jiang Li. Emperor Hong Xiaodi was able to tolerate the humiliation in front of him for the sake of future affairs. So it seems that there may be some shadow of acting in the past's favor for Li Bin. Such an emperor, Cheng Wang is really an opponent? Or is the mantis catching cicadas, and the emperor Hong Xiao is the Yellow finch?

"Is your majesty going to fight king Cheng?" Jiang Li asked nervously, "in this case, how can the Jiang family get along with themselves?"

"It's not about fighting Cheng Wang, it's about waiting for Cheng Wang to fight."

Jiang Li wondered, "King Cheng can't wait now?"

"Can't wait?" Ji Heng asked, "why don't you plan and then move?"

Jiang Li sneered. This time, she didn't hide her ridicule anymore, and said without hesitation: "I don't think it's Cheng Wang who has Cheng Zhu in mind, it's his majesty."

The emperor Hong Xiao, who always looks weak, will even lose his position at any time against the backdrop of becoming a king. Now it seems that he may not be really weak. It's just waiting secretly, waiting for an opportunity to win the king at one stroke, so that everyone can see clearly whose world Beiyan is today.

"I'm behind Cheng Wang." Ji Heng reminded.

"Your Majesty has you behind him." Jiang Li replied.

"Then who do you think I will stand on?" Ji Heng asked with great interest.

Jiang Li was silent, shook her head and said, "I don't know. I only know that I will stand on the side of the Duke."

"You're lying." The young man spoke calmly.

"I didn't." Jiang Li's eyes are very firm.

The girl's tone is not heavy, and even gentle, but it is this gentle persistence that always makes life a lonely and heroic, and people can't help being soft hearted.

Ji Heng's eyes flashed, "what if I want to be in that position?"

"I will stand on the side of the Lord." Jiang Li Dao.

Ji Heng was silent, the smile at the corners of his mouth disappeared, and his eyes gradually became sharp, almost aggressive. Jiang Lishi did not give in and insisted stubbornly.

After a while, Ji Xuan looked away and laughed and scolded, "flattery!"

Jiang Li's heart was slightly relieved.

Although Ji Heng wants a balanced court, he still doesn't know why. But Jiang Li could also vaguely feel that Ji Hong had little interest in the position of the emperor. Although he seems to like gorgeous and complex things, he doesn't do things in a roundabout way, even rough. If you want to be the emperor, you can use a simpler way instead of being so confused. You don't know what he is doing.

But why he did these things is still a mystery. Jiang Li couldn't help thinking of his biological mother Yu Hongye and general Jin Wu, whose life was also very mysterious. Maybe what he wants to do has something to do with his parents, but these are too private for Jiang Li to explore.

Maybe it's best not to explore.

Ji Heng didn't have much emotion when he said that the emperor would become king in the future. It can be seen that he probably won't intervene in this matter, which may be one of the scenarios he expected. If Ji Hom had to maintain a stable state of tripartite forces before, now it shows that he is ready to break the balance of the situation between North Korea and China.

What is the reason?

"What you want to ask me today is about the concubine?" Ji Heng's words pulled Jiang Li's thoughts back.

She hurriedly said, "there's another thing I really don't understand. At the beginning, the truth of Ji shuran's death was not allowed to be spread out in the whole yuan family. But this matter still came out, and everyone suspected that it was me, but it wasn't me. My father also sent someone to check, but he didn't find any clues. I want to ask the Duke of the country, can you ask Zhao Ke to help investigate, how did the news get out?"

"I think you're familiar with blowing the whistle," Ji Xuan deliberately teased her. "If you want to order Zhao Ke to do something, just say it directly, why ask me?"

Jiang Li was a little shy. She whistled more frequently a few days ago, and used Zhao ke a little more smoothly. She said, "Zhao Ke is, after all, a person of the state government, and the master is also a state Lord. If you ask him to do something, you naturally need the permission of the state Lord."

Ji Xuan smiled faintly, "yes." After pausing for a while, he said, "isn't it good?"

Jiang Li was stunned: "what's wrong?"

"It's a good thing for you before Ji shuran's past is exposed." Ji Heng said, "you don't have to bear the blame."

"It seems so, but I don't think the person who did it was angry for me. Now everyone suspects that I did it, and the reputation of the yuan family has been damaged. If it was for my father, I'm afraid it wouldn't be very good. This means that someone in the yuan family should cooperate with outsiders and damage the reputation of the yuan family. As the Lord knows, it's difficult to prevent internal treachery."

"Do you suspect Jiang Yuanbai?"

"To be exact, I doubt that it has anything to do with Cheng Wang." Jiang Li sighed, "after all, the Jiang family and the right Xiang Li family had been at odds before, and now King Cheng has targeted me because of the Xue family case."

Ji Xuan looked at the girl in front of her. She seemed to be very distressed. Her eyebrows were frowned for two points, but the corners of her lips were still relaxed. She probably thought that even if it was the current dilemma, it was only a temporary difficulty. She could solve it. She had this confidence.

"Let's go and check it," Ji Xuan raised her eyebrows and said, "no one can take your life away from me."

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, smiled and said, "thank you."

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When he came out of the government house, Wen Renyao also borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and asked Jiang Li to take a whole box of snacks, which were made by Ji Chen himself.

Jiang Li didn't look at Ji Heng's face. I think the other party's face is not very good. As for the fact that the great lord actually washed his hands and made soup, he did quite well. If this matter was spread, it would be as important as the collusion between Li Bin and King Cheng. So Jiang Li decided to let today's matter rot in her stomach, and no one said it. After all, she can't help the shamans, and can't divine until her death as she hears people far away.

However, the winter solstice was not as cold as she had thought before. First I saw Ah Zhao, then I went to Ye's mansion, and I had a lively time at the National Palace. So that when I came back to Jiang's house, Jiang Li was not used to such a cold atmosphere for a while.

This winter, accidents happened one after another, and several people died. Recently, the two brothers Jiang Yuanbai and Jiang Yuanping were still busy dealing with the malice from their colleagues in the court. They were so busy that they couldn't think of raising the winter solstice. The house was no different from usual, and Jiang Li didn't cause much trouble. After coming back, he directly returned to Fangfei garden.

After returning, tong'er put away a box of snacks brought from the government. Jiang Li looked at it. If it weren't for food, it was jewelry. I think tong'er would lock it into the treasure house.

Bai Xue unexpectedly joined the fun with tong'er and said, "this heart is very precious. You can't eat it with the tea you usually have. You have to use good tea."

"What kind of tea is the tea in the government house?" Tong'er deliberately lowered her voice, but she couldn't let others hear that her girl was close to the government.

Jiang Li said, "that's the tribute tea given by the emperor."

I thought this sentence could dispel the madness of the two girls, but I didn't expect Bai Xue to ask seriously, "do we want to find a way to ask the Lord for a little, and the Lord should also get a little."

Jiang Li couldn't laugh or cry.

It was in a mess that Mingyue came in from outside and said with a smile, "snow white, here is your letter."

Bai Xue was very happy when she heard this. Bai Xue's home letters didn't come frequently. Sometimes it took twoorthree months to get one. They don't know how to read at home. If they want to write a letter, they have to go to Chuang Tzu dozens of miles away and find Mr. brush to do it for them. My family is poor. I have to ask for a string of copper coins for every letter I write, so I cherish it very much.

These days, Bai Xue also recognizes more with Jiang Li. Holding the letter, she happily hides in the corner to see it. Tong'er looked at Bai Xue's back and said, "she's happy this time. A few days ago, she told me that it's almost the end of the year, and she hasn't received a letter from home. I'm afraid the family has forgotten her daughter. At present, she's relieved, and the family is thinking about it."

Jiang Li smiled, and the people around her felt happy. Naturally, she was also happy for it.

After a while, Bai Xue came back after reading the letter. Jiang Li saw her smiling. It should be that everything was fine at home. Tong Er joked, "Why are you so happy? It's like picking up silver."

"My sister-in-law added a new nephew to me." Snow White said with a smile, "this is a happy event."

"It's really a happy event." Jiang Li was also happy when she heard the speech, and said, "I'll get some money later, and you can entrust someone to take it back to your family as a wedding gift."

Bai Xue hurriedly waved his hand and said, "no, the girl has taken good care of the slaves on weekdays, and the family now has enough to eat and drink."

"This is my intention. If you refuse, it won't make sense." Jiang Li insisted.

"Girl, take it." Tong'er also advised, "in the future, just remember the girl's good and be loyal to her."

After thinking for a while, Bai Xue probably felt that if he refused again, he would appear to be ignorant of good or evil, so she smiled shamefully, "the maid thanked the girl for her brother and sister-in-law." Suddenly, he thought of something again and said, "by the way, the girl asked the maidservant whether there was a girl named Haitang in her hometown last time. The maidservant's family has been asking about it. This time, it was also written in the letter. There is news."

Jiang Li was stunned and suddenly stood up: "what did you say?"

Tong'er and Bai Xue were startled by her. They didn't expect Jiang Li to have such a big reaction. Bai Xue soon realized that the news of the girl named Haitang should be very important to Jiang Li. Anyway, the letter was all homely, and there was nothing that couldn't be seen, so they handed the letter to Jiang Li: "it's all written in the letter, girl, have a look."

Jiang Li couldn't wait to open the letter to see that tong'er stood next to her and saw Jiang Li's hand trembling with sharp eyes. Tong'er was surprised that the letter paper was light. How could Jiang Li be unstable?

Jiang Li was unable to hide her excitement. When she was xuefangfei, she was under house arrest because of Yongning's calculation. She was cursed and faintly realized that this might be a conspiracy. Then her two close servant girls were killed by Shen's mother. Jiang Li didn't even have time to stop them. When she went, there was only one body left. The remaining two were secretly "driven" out of the house by Jiang Li on the charge of theft.

Shen's mother came back to interrogate her when she knew the news. She refused to speak even if she died. She just said that the servant girl took her money and ran away by herself. Shen's mother had no choice but to report to the official, but the official searched around and found no trace of the two servant girls, so she had to give up.

At that time, Xue Fangfei didn't think much, but felt that with the habits of the Shen family, whether there was a conspiracy or not, since they believed that they had done "dirty things", they would inevitably attack the servant girls around them. These servant girls grew up with themselves from childhood. They are as close as sisters. The dead can't be reborn, but the living may be able to get a chance of life. As long as cuckoo and Begonia escape, they won't be implicated by themselves. Maybe they will have a chance in the future, and they can plan ahead again.

Who knows this farewell is forever.

At the first sight of seeing Bai Xue, although Bai Xue's appearance is not good-looking, she has great strength and can simply understand a few words. The most important thing is that she comes from Zaohua village, which is the hometown of Begonia. Jiang Li thought with luck that it would be good for her to get the news of Begonia from Bai Xue.

But Jiang Li knows that this may be too small. Although the Shen family did not know where Haitang's hometown was, it was unlikely that Princess Yongning would not find out by means. If Princess Yongning also knew this and sent someone to trace it, Haitang and Dujuan were two weak women. Although the world was large, it was difficult to hide.

Originally a very slim hope, but now suddenly heard that this hope may be realistic. The joy in Jiang Li's heart was like knowing that Xue Huaiyuan was still alive, and it was hard to hide her expression.

She read the letter quickly, looking at ten lines at a glance, but her eyes sank.

Good things are always accompanied by bad things. Bai Xue's family said in the letter that Bai Xue asked them to inquire before. There is indeed a family's daughter named Haitang next to ximipu in Zaohua village. But the parents of that family have long died. Now there are only two teenagers. I heard that their sister, the girl named Haitang, had been working as a servant girl with the official lady many years ago.

A few months ago, a girl came to Zaohua village. She didn't know her name or her relationship with the two teenagers, so she lived in the teenagers' home. Once in a while, Bai Xue's family passed by and heard the two teenagers call the girl 'sister', so they guessed whether it was the Begonia that Bai Xue had asked to inquire about before.

However, according to Jiang Li's description, Bai Xue told her family that the Begonia girl was tall, thin, white and clean, and her appearance was good, but the new girl was not. Although he is tall and thin, his face is extremely ugly, especially with two long knife marks on his cheek, and his flesh turns out, which is very terrible. At the end of the letter, Bai Xue's father was still very strange. He wanted to say that if the girl with scar on her face could be the servant girl of the official miss, it was not surprising that Bai Xue could be the personal servant girl of the senior official miss.

Jiang Li could hardly grasp the letter paper in her hand. She settled down and read the letter twice, especially the part about Begonia. After carefully reading it several times, she became more and more sure that this person was Begonia in all likelihood.

But how did Begonia become like this? Where did cuckoo go again? In his letter, Bai Xue's father mentioned that a strange girl came to Zaohua village, just one person, not two. At that time, she let Begonia and cuckoo escape together. Cuckoo was helpless and could not go elsewhere. She would definitely be with Begonia. But now only Begonia is left. Is it cuckoo... Jiang Li dare not think down, especially when she learns that Begonia's face is ruined, she can't help thinking. Have these two girls been poisoned? Or something bad happened on the way of escape? The more you think about it, the more difficult it is to let go. Jiang Li's face is extremely ugly.

Tong'er and Bai Xue rarely see Jiang Li's expression like this. They both glanced at each other, confused. Especially tong'er, she almost grew up with Jiang Li. She knows everything about Jiang Li. But she never knew that there was a servant girl named Haitang, and she didn't know what the relationship between Haitang and Jiang Li was. It could even affect the girl's mood, and her heart was even more curious about this masked Haitang.

Jiang Li said, "snow white, go and prepare. I'll go to Ye Fu."

"Ah?" Bai Xue was stunned and reminded, "girl, you have been to Ye Fu today, and you just came back from ye Fu."

Jiang Li just regained consciousness. Yes, she has been to Ye Fu today. Although she actually spent most of the day in the government, in the eyes of the yuan family, Jiang Li went to Ye Fu in the morning and didn't come back until the evening. It doesn't make sense for Huizi to go out to Ye Fu again.

Jiang Li pressed the button and felt sick. She was confused and said, "go to Ye Fu tomorrow morning." She must send someone to Zaohua village as soon as possible to bring Haitang to Yanjing city. For one thing, she doesn't know what the situation is about Begonia. It may not be safe to stay in Zaohua village. If she can find the trace of Begonia, Princess Yongning will be able to. Second, if Shen Yurong and Yongning's adultery is revealed, the truth of Xue Fangfei's adultery case is revealed. Haitang is a very important witness to testify that Shen Yurong and Princess Yongning conspired to kill their heirs.

So anyway, she must pick up Haitang. After thinking about it, she had no one available in the yuan family, so she had to go to the Ye family to borrow someone. After all, ye Mingyu has some Jianghu brothers. As long as ye Mingyu's people go to pick up Begonia, there should be no problem.

"Girl, are you all right?" Snow White asked cautiously.

"Nothing." Jiang Li reluctantly smiled at her, "snow white, I'll burn this letter for you."

Bai Xue nodded, "but it's up to the girl." Although she didn't know how important the things in the letter were, looking at Jiang Li's expression, the news about the Begonia girl was not a simple thing. Since you don't know, let Jiang Li deal with it.

Jiang Li went to the stove and threw the letter in. She was relieved to see the flames climb high and devour nothing left of the letter paper.

She sat down at her desk again.

After a shock just now, he calmed down and realized that he was thinking improperly.

Ye Mingyu is certainly a Jianghu person, but because of his own relationship, I'm afraid that Princess Yongning's people are also staring at Ye Fu. Once Ye Mingyu has any movement, Princess Yongning will definitely send someone to follow, which will inevitably expose the existence of Begonia. Moreover, if ye Mingyu goes to Zaohua village in person, the Ye mansion will be left unattended. If Yongning secretly trips Xue Huaiyuan, it is hard to say that Xue Huaiyuan has been poisoned. If ye Mingyu doesn't go to Zaohua village in person, Jiang Li can't believe others.

Most importantly, although Ye Mingyu has excellent martial arts, it is hard to say whether he will win or lose the killer Yongning found. If both sides lose, ye Mingyu will make a mistake, and Jiang Li will regret it. She really loves this uncle, and hopes Ye Mingyu can be healthy all the time.

It's not right to find Ye Mingyu. Who is better?

Jiang Li was hesitating when her fingertips touched the porcelain whistle in her sleeve.

By the way, she also has Zhao Ke. Although there is only one Zhao Ke, Zhao Ke is from the state government. Today Ji Heng still talks to her and lets her whistle heartily. If ye Mingyu might not be able to cope with Princess Yongning's killer, the situation would be very different if the people in the government were changed. Jiang Li was very sure that, on the one hand, the people of the government would not let the matter out, and on the other hand, it was really leaked. There was a confrontation on the road, and Yongning's people could not deal with the people of the government.

After thinking about it, it is the best choice to find Zhao Ke to do it, or to find Zhao Ke and ask Zhao Ke to find a trustworthy person to do it.

The only bad thing about this is that Ji Chen knows the existence of Haitang, and she will certainly doubt her relationship with Haitang in her heart. Why should she investigate Haitang, she will always find out her countless connections with Xue Fangfei.

But it is impossible to do everything. In the future, she must find Haitang in front of her.

Jiang Li blew his whistle.

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The last day of June! We spent another June together!