Chapter 419

Imperial Capital.

After several days of rushing day and night, Jian Xubai finally returned to the capital city after an absence of half a year.

After entering the city, he said goodbye to the envoy, first returned to his residence to freshen up and change his clothes, and then summoned a few important stewards to ask some hasty questions before heading to the palace to visit the Empress Dowager.

Empress Dowager saw because of the overnight rush, obviously thin a circle of grandson very distressed, but now the most important thing is to let Jian Xubai go to the emperor in front of the self-defense, so slightly after the warmth, in front of the palace people said, “You have been away for so long, the emperor is also very worried about you. Since you have entered the palace, you also go to see him on the way!”

Jian Xubai nodded and responded, and asked one by one about the recent situation of Empress Su and other elders, before retiring to Xuan Ming Palace.

In the Xuanming Palace, Emperor Duanhua had already cleared the area ahead of time and had been waiting for a while.

The young emperor was quite a bit anxious, originally he did not intend to speak plainly with this cousin, because this kind of thing that concerns the dignity of Emperor Xianjia, no matter whether Jian Xubai is innocent or not, saying it out would be an insult to that father of his.

But the Empress Dowager intervened, Duanhua Emperor, although not fully accept the advice of this imperial grandmother, in the end, can not be whisked all her face – can only say clearly.

So the emperor is now in a complex mood: Jane false white is innocent, which means that he wronged the watch grow up cousin, even in front of the dowager empress dowager a rebuttal speech also seems ridiculous, and between cousins, it is difficult not to store a rift;

If Jian Xu Bai is not innocent, it means that his revered father, the recognized Mingjun Xianjia Emperor, has been cuckolded by his nephew, who is treated like his own son!

More than that, it meant that Emperor Duanhua had been wrong about this cousin all along!

So much so that the Emperor now doesn’t know what he should expect to be good?

While he was distracted, the chamberlain at the door bowed and walked in, “Your Majesty, the Duke of Yan seeks an audience!”

“Xuan!” Emperor Duanhua exhaled and subconsciously sat upright.

A few moments later, Jian Xu Bai, who wore a stone-green plain robe and only held a bamboo crown to bind his hair, walked in, “I refer to Your Majesty!”

Emperor Duanhua waved his hand and said, “Be free, sit down!”

Jian Xu Bai thanked the grace, in the lower seat, the Duanhua emperor silence will, in the end did not directly say business, but said, “Liaozhou from the imperial capital is very far, you all the way rushed to the hard work.”

“Your Majesty is very serious.” Jian Xubai said, “after all, the emperor grandmother phoenix body is important!” Originally he succeeded to the third house of the Jane family, not counted as the son of the Grand Princess of Jin, naturally, can no longer call the Empress Dowager “Royal Grandmother”, but just in the Qingxi Hall, only so a speech, was the Empress Dowager annoyed interrupted, ordered him to continue to shout “Royal Grandmother” only to become.

The Empress Dowager even said, “What? I have worked hard to raise you, but after you succeeded me, you don’t remember the kindness of my nurturing in the past? Or do you see that your grandmother is old and decrepit and does not want me anymore?”

When all is said and done, Jian Xubaibai has no intention of getting angry with this elder, and naturally complies with the Empress Dowager – in addition to no longer calling the Grand Princess of Jin and her husband and wife “father and mother”, the other members of the royal family will continue to be addressed as usual to show that he has not forgotten the care and concern that Emperor Xianjia and others have shown to him over the years. to show that he did not forget the care and attention that Emperor Xianjia and the others had given him over the years.

At this moment, Emperor Duanhua didn’t care that he shouted so much, nodded without much expression, and asked, “Is your third house okay?”

“Relying on His Majesty’s blessings, everything is fine.” Jian Xu Bai mused, “It is just the matter of third brother …”

Jane Yiyu is the son of the Grand Princess of Jin – Shen Qi Mor and Jane Chengzhi accident, although his whereabouts are still unknown, Liaozhou side which dares to hide? So the imperial capital side has long been aware of the news of Jane Yiyu’s family’s death.

But Emperor Duanhua was not in the mood to care for this always rusty cousin right now, and after pinching his brows, he finally decided to get to the point, “All go down!”

The palace men retreated in a line, and the tall doors of the palace were closed in silence.

Even though the lamps were lit, it still seemed dim in the hall, only the cousins were left.

Emperor Duanhua took a deep breath before he said, “Ah Xu, you should know the Imperial Grandmother’s intention of calling you back to the capital on the pretext of lying on the couch?”

“I have heard that Mrs. Nuan’s mother and son have been placed under house arrest, and that some people in the court have impeached the third house of the Jian family without being chastised, it is a somewhat audacious speculation!” Jian Xubai heard this and rose from his seat, bowing his head and arching his hand, calmly saying, “I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!”

“I’m only asking you now: is it you?” On the back of Emperor Duanhua’s hand that was holding the imperial case, veins rippled as he looked dead at his plump and handsome cousin underneath, and said word by word, “Ah Xu, I’m asking you now as a cousin – I hope that you won’t let me down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Before his words fell, Jian Xu Bai had already raised his head, his gaze straight at Emperor Duan Hua, “No!”

“Is there any evidence?” Emperor Duanhua wasn’t surprised that he would answer this way, with such a big crime, who would be stupid enough to confess to such a question? Although Jian Xu Bai’s attitude is very frank, but if he really did do down such a thing, in any case, they have been pretending under their own eyes for so long, continue to pretend to be innocent what is the difficulty?

“There is no simpler method than blood dripping to recognize a relative.” Jian Xu Bai calmly said, “As for other evidence, I have been far away in Liao Zhou before, but I can’t think of anything better than this for a while!”

–Since Emperor Duanhua believed early on that King Qing was not of Emperor Xianjia’s bloodline, yet he has kept him and Imperial Consort Nuan alive until now, only placing them under house arrest in the name of protection, apparently also for the purpose of confirming King Qing’s biological father!

Before Jian Xubai and Jane Li Miao discuss countermeasures, originally did not want to drop blood to identify their relatives, because so do, although it can prove Jian Xubai’s innocence, but he and the end of the friendship between the emperor, will inevitably suffer a heavy blow – if you use the fiancé couple to compare the relationship between the emperor and the minister, the fiancé suspects that his fiancé is having an affair with someone, and face to face questioning a few, even if the quarrel is over, the truth is revealed, it is not difficult to get back together. After the truth is revealed, it is not difficult to get back together.

But if the fiancé comes directly to him and asks to verify that his fiancée is still a virgin, you can imagine how both parties feel!

So Jane Li Miao said at first, the best solution is to find out Nuan Tai Fei real adulterer, so that both set aside the Jane false white, but also not to tear each other’s faces, so that each other difficult to get off the stage.

However, things are unpredictable – before arriving at the imperial capital, Jian Xu Bai is caught up by Jian Li Miao’s men, informing him of the news that Jian Yiyu has confirmed his tragic death, and suggesting that he change his original plan to prove his innocence to the emperor immediately!

Because Jian Yi Miao was discovered after Jian Xu Bai got up to return to the imperial capital, and Jian Xu Bai didn’t meet any obstruction along the way. It’s hard not to let Jian Li Miao suspect that the real killing game is in the imperial capital, in the palace, in the dynasty!

So he thought it was important to remove himself as soon as possible at a time like this, in order to prevent falling into a chain of calculations–Jane Void White certainly trusted his heir father’s judgment.

Duanhua emperor complex look at cousin, silent for a while, only light voice said, “The imperial grandmother often will be that sinful seed will receive the knee to tease, the recent period of time, due to the crown prince lying on the couch, the imperial grandmother is concerned about the crown prince, temporarily did not take care of that side. I have already said with the royal grandmother before, the royal grandmother this should have already sent people to receive that evil seed to the front.”

The two cousins then headed to Mingren Palace under the banner of going to pay respects to the Dowager Empress Dowager – originally, the Dowager Empress Dowager Dowager Dowager Dowager Dowager Dowager was going to cede Mingren Palace to Empress Dowager Su when she got a little better.

But Empress Su said nothing and refused to accept it, insisting that she took the Nuan Tai Fei to still live in Hui Yi Palace.

The Empress Dowager mentioned it a few times and saw that her daughter-in-law genuinely didn’t want to rob the place she was used to living in before she stopped talking about it.

The palace people didn’t pay much attention to Jane Void White when they saw her turn back again.

The Empress Dowager has always favored this grandson, and no one inside or outside knows this.

Especially Jian Xubai this time back and did not bring his wife and daughter, the Empress Dowager how can not stay with him for a meal? So Jian Xu Bai went to see the Duan Hua Emperor, and then with the Duan Hua Emperor back to the Mingren Palace, no more normal.

“You guys are here?” Seeing her grandson and grandson come in together, the Empress Dowager laughed as if nothing had happened as she hugged King Qing, “Look at this child, isn’t he becoming more and more like the late Emperor?”

King Qing looks mostly passed on to his birth mother Nuan Tai Fei, beautiful and surprising. But gradually grow open eyebrows, really also have a few points of the shadow of the late emperor, this is also the emperor of the Duanhua suspect Jian Xubai one of the reasons, because Jian Xubai really should nephew Xiao uncle this sentence, looks more like the emperor of the Xianjia than he this son of his own.

“Imperial grandmother, we have something we want to talk to you about.” Emperor Duanhua looked at King Qing, he used to be very fond of this younger brother, even though he had a different mother, he was not a threat, he was good looking, and he was younger than his son, so why should he be petty?

But this will look at the King of Qing is more and more disgusted, but lazy like the Empress Dowager as if nothing happened, bluntly said, “is important.”

The Dowager Empress sniffed and glanced to her left and right, and the palace staff immediately retired – only Yuguo stayed behind, and she asked out loud, “Your Highness, Your Highness King Qing?”

“What does his little kid know? Keep it!” The Empress Dowager glanced at King Qing, who was snuggling in her arms and playing with the pearls on his coat, and said unconcernedly.

When the door to the hall closed, the kind smile on the Dowager Empress’ face that had been there a moment before was gone in an instant.

She placed King Qing on the couch, “Yu Guo!”

Jade Fruit willed her blessing and entered the back hall.

A few moments later, she came out with a golden basin full of water, and went to King Qing first – the Dowager Empress had already taken out a silver knife from a hidden compartment under a small table, and with her own hands, she gently cut between King Qing’s fingers, and the tiny child felt the pain, grinned, and cried.

But no one in the temple was in the mood to coax him at the moment.

Yu Guo held the basin in both hands and walked up to Jian Xu Bai under the watchful eye of Emperor Duan Hua, “Your Excellency!”

Without hesitation, Jian Xu Bai bit his finger and dripped blood into the basin – the two drops of blood were distinct, and after a moment, there was still no intention of melding!

“A Xu …” Duanhua Emperor’s face gradually paled, “I …”

He was weighing the wording of what to say at the moment when two more hands suddenly came up over the basin, blood dripping from their fingers into the water!

After these two drops of blood fell, but they quickly melted together!

Duanhua Emperor raised his head in consternation, but he saw that the temple did not know when there were two more palace maid dressed in the face of the woman, looking at the age of an old and a young, after dripping blood, immediately took a step back and knelt down.

“This is what the mourning family means!” Jade Fruit held up the golden basin, also kneeling and presenting herself in front of Emperor Duanhua – not far behind her, the Empress Dowager said with some grief, “A Xu and King Qing’s blood can’t be melted, but this pair of death row mothers and daughters can be, seeing as how the basin and the water, are all fine!”

Emperor Duanhua was greatly mournful at these words and cried out somewhat vehemently, “Imperial grandmother, how could my grandson not trust you?!”

These were his sincere words, although Emperor Duanhua thought that the Dowager Empress favored Jian Xu Bai, Emperor Xianjia was even more the Dowager Empress’s own flesh and blood – no matter how much the Dowager Empress favored her grandson, it was impossible for her to help her grandson hide his move to insult her own son!

Therefore, seeing that the Empress Dowager specially prepared a pair of death row mother and daughter to drip blood into the basin to prove innocence, Duanhua Emperor was greatly shocked.

After all, he had just wrongly suspected his cousin, and now even his grandmother had expressed her distrust of him – how could Emperor Duanhua’s mood not be aggravated?

“Emperor!” But the Dowager Empress did not have the slightest intention of comforting him, instead, she looked at him sternly, “As the old saying goes, one doesn’t do anything, one doesn’t rest! Since you have already asked A Xu to drop blood to prove his innocence, then of course this basin and water used for inspection should also be confirmed to be untampered with! Otherwise, if you believe it now, or if you are embarrassed to bring it up in front of my old face, or if you think of it afterwards and have doubts in your mind – this blood-recognition will be a waste of effort!”

Her gaze resumed on Jian Xu Bai, “At that time, instead of the barrier between the brothers dissolving because of this blood drop, it will become more and more centrifugal! Is this not a good thing?”

Jian Xu Bai sighed in his heart, knowing that the Empress Dowager was actually giving herself a chance to show her loyalty, lest Emperor Duanhua be unable to put an end to it.

Just as he was about to open his mouth, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the palace gates!

The Empress Dowager frowned and raised her chin toward Jade Fruit, “Go out and ask, but is someone here?”

Yu Guo took the side door to the outside, and a moment later came to report with a grave expression, “The Nuan Tai Fei is hanging from the beam!”

Seeing that everyone in the hall, except for the young King Qing, frowned, he busily added, “So much for being saved!”

“It is I who have wronged A Xu!” Duanhua Emperor’s face was covered in gloom, and he got up and said, “But if Nuan Tai Fei is not weak-minded and afraid of crime, why would she hang herself from a beam?”