Chapter 474

Seeing Jian Xu Bai frowning as he walked into the backyard, Yuan Xue Calyx’s heart was startled and subconsciously stepped forward, splitting her head and asking, “How is my brother?!”

“Xue Pei is still in the Imperial Prison.” Jian Xubai looked up and saw her, also not surprised, slightly nodded in greeting, said, “His Majesty will have some things to do, these two days should not have time to find him to ask questions. Before I came back, I went to the Imperial Prison and asked the people there to take care of him, and they promised to give him the greatest convenience.”

Yuan Xuexie sniffing secretly relieved, but still uneasy, “Now it is already winter, the imperial prison is already cold, my brother’s leg is the most can not stand the cold, even if the people inside do not make it difficult for him, how can he stay in the imperial prison for a long time? But I don’t know what my brother has done? How could he be treated like this?”

In her heart, she was a little dissatisfied with Emperor Duanhua, Yuan Xue Pei at least from the dragon merit, even if there was, according to the Duanhua Emperor should be merciful!

However, I heard Jian Xubai sigh, “Most of his matters are related to King Liang, but don’t worry too much, King Liang will be released in no more than a couple of days, so naturally he won’t be heavily punished!”

Upon hearing this, Yuan Xuexie was pleasantly surprised, not to mention Song Yixiao, who also exclaimed, “Didn’t you say before that His Majesty wasn’t going to trust King Liang?!”

Yesterday, when Yuan Xue Pei came over, he said with Song Yixiao that the King of Liang had 80% certainty of passing the test but then Jane Xubai came back to talk about how he was summoned by Emperor Duanhua to ask for advice before he left the palace: Emperor Duanhua had already chosen to believe in Gu Shao, so how could he listen to Jane Xubai’s tone of voice now, and how did things change again?

Counting the time, it’s only been a night.

Empress Wei was grounded, Empress Su was not in a position to say or do anything at this time, and the remaining Dowager Empress had only recently torn herself apart from Emperor Duanhuawho else could convince Emperor Duanhua in this short period of time?

Moreover, if this person speaks for King Liang at such a time, isn’t he afraid of inviting suspicion from Emperor Duanhua?

“Go in and talk!” Jian Xu Bai looked at Yuan Xue Calyx, saw that she did not mean to avoid, thinking that now Yuan Xue Pei is behind bars, Yuan Xue Calyx, although not much of a city, it is not so bad to lose control of this moment in time to save the words, so also did not say anything to drive her into the house, just as in the first room, to be Song Yixiao and Yuan Xue Calyx also followed the seat, waved off the subordinates, then said, “Fang just Hengshan Wang uncle with Guan Yun into the palace, for the motherinlaw to call for justice. His Majesty let me avoid the palace to appease Hengshan Wang’s uncle and his son alone.”

After a pause, “As a result, I waited in the side hall for a little over half a day, and when I went back to His Majesty’s heels after Uncle Wang’s father and son had retired, I happened to hear that His Majesty had sent someone to the Imperial Prison to interrogate Song Lu’s, wanting to know if there was really any inside story to the deaths of Empress Dowager Cui and Little Cui.”

Song Yixiao’s face changed slightly, “You’re saying that the Prince of Hengshan gave words to His Highness the King of Liang?”

Previously, she suspected that King Liang’s socalled passing would drag himself and Empress Wei down, referring to the matter of Cui Jianren after all, King Liang had no merits or favors from Emperor Duanhua, and the only thing that could impress Emperor Duanhua was the fact that the two of them were born from the same mother.

And Song Lu’s previous statement, the death of Empress Cui aunt and nephew have inside information, obviously is the ambush within the calculation of the King of Liang.

Although Song Yixiao was not involved in the death of Empress Cui, she had heard her husband speak privately, and knew that the Empress had essentially died because of Emperor Xianjia’s calculations.

This truth obviously did not suit King Liang’s purpose.

Then he can only do something about Cui Jianren’s death, after all, Cui Jianren’s death, although there is her own responsibility in it, but Song Yixiao and Empress Wei are also greatly involved.

It was only Song Yixiao who found it hard to figure out, “Didn’t Prince Hengshan never mind his own business? Why did he suddenly get involved this time?”

To say that Hengshan Wang privately with the Liang Wang have any relationship this is really unlikely, Hengshan Wang Fu such old clan, when the Xianjia dynasty dispute over the throne, the generation of the country’s Grand Princess so publicized people, have not been able to pull them over it, the Liang Wang where the ability to do this?

What’s more, the Hengshan royal family is already hereditary and reckless at this level of nobility, even if the success of embracing the King of Liang, there is no sealing or rewarding, in turn, letting themselves fall into the situation of overshadowing the master.

“Hengshan king uncle is naturally not a nosy person, I think maybe the unintentional words of the king uncle called His Majesty’s mind to something, right?” Jian Xu Bai took advantage of Yuan Xue Calyx’s inattention to give his wife a wink, and said in a tone as if nothing had happened, “In any case, nothing will happen to Xue Pei, so don’t worry!”

Song Yixiao understood her husband’s meaning that there were words that could not be said in front of Yuan Xuexie, so she followed her husband’s words and comforted Yuan Xuexie.

The husband and wife pacified Yuan Xuexie for a while and saw that it was getting late before sending her back.

Song Yixiao suddenly thought of something as she boarded the bus, “Right, where’s Lu Sango?”

Lu Guanlun is both Yuan Xuexie’s husband and Yuan’s first cousin, Yuan Xuepei was imprisoned by imperial decree, so it is impossible for him to ignore the situation, and how could he let his pregnant wife come out and run around alone?

“He contracted a windcold two days ago, and it was quite a bit severe.” Yuan Xuexie sighed, “These two days are in the couch to recuperate, this day learned of the matter, was going to struggle to get up, was I persuaded to stop I now although action is a bit heavy, but make people support assisted not harm! He is only showing signs of improvement, but can not afford to be tossed around!”

Only then did Song Yixiao suddenly realize that she was concerned and asked Lu Guanlun about her health, causing someone to go to the storehouse and fetch some medicinal herbs for her to take back, before accompanying her to the car.

After sending Yuan Xuexie all the way back to Zhaodebu Mansion and watching her drink a bowl of medicine to calm the fetus, Song Yixiao took her leave and went back to her own home.

When she returned to the Duke of Yan’s Mansion, a wellfreshened Jian Xu Bai was already waiting for her in the inner room.

“Why has His Majesty suddenly changed his attitude?” Song Yixiao immediately waved away her left and right upon entering and asked in a low voice, “But is it related to the current son of the Hengshan royal family?”

She thought about it, Hengshan Royal House can be related to the King of Liang’s things, is the establishment of Lu Guanqun as the son of this one Lu Guanqun originally has not been in the son of the candidates, because Wei Mengying assassination death, the King of Liang in front of the Emperor of the Duanhua mentioned, Lu Guanqun and their first cousin relationship, the Emperor of the Duanhua this implied the King of Hengshan, the establishment of Lu Guanqun, the King of the Duanhua, the King of the Duanhua, the King of the Duanhua. Duanhua Emperor then hinted to Hengshan King to set up Lu Guanqun.

Otherwise, judging from the Hengshan King’s favor to his young son Lu Guanyun in the past two years, it is not possible for him to comply with Wei Mengying’s wish to set up Lu Guanyun.

“I only said that to put off Xue Pei’s sister.” Jian Xu Bai, however, shook his head and said, “In fact, the reason why His Majesty changed his mind, which I had already inquired about before I left the palace, had nothing to do with Hengshan Wang’s uncle and son they were merely coinciding with the occasion!”

His expression darkened as he said, “It’s because Her Highness, the Grand Princess of Zhenyang, went to the palace to meet the saint!”

The Grand Princess Zhen Yang is the full grandmother of Liang Wangfei Sikong Yi Han, the aunt of Emperor Duan Hua back then it was this Grand Princess who was worried that there were no outstanding sons and daughters in the future generations of the Sikong family, in order to continue the Sikong family’s wealth and prosperity, she specially came to the palace to request the Dowager Empress Dowager to let her first granddaughter, Sikong Yiluo, marry with the King of Liang, so that she could take advantage of the royal power.

Aside from this matter, Grand Princess Zhenyang had kept a very low profile over the years.

So lowkey that she doesn’t show her face at all except for the banquets she must attend, and she doesn’t socialize with noblewomen of similar status and age.

That’s why the entire Imperial Capital had basically forgotten about this Grand Princess.

Song Yixiao is no exception at this moment heard that she went into the palace, froze for a while, before asking, “She went into the palace … She went into the palace to actually be able to tell His Majesty to change his mind?”

I remember when Sikong Yi Luo died, the Grand Princess of Jin told her about this matter, but also only meant to say “pity”, obviously with the True Yang Grand Princess of the kinship is not very deep. The Grand Princess of Jin is only the niece of the Grand Princess of Zhenyang, and the Duanhua Emperor and the Grand Princess of Zhenyang are separated by a generation.

Would Emperor Duanhua give Grand Princess Zhenyang face like that?

“Grand Princess Zhenyang mentioned the death of Empress Cui to His Majesty.” Jian Xu Bai looked at his wife as he said this, “You still remember that year, when Princess Liang was pregnant, she had been subjected to a dark hand by someone close to her, right? At that time, it was you who alerted the Sikong family, and only then was the Prince of Liang saved.”

Song Yixiao mused, “There is such a thing, but what does it have to do with Empress Cui’s death?”

“Princess Liang originally had a very bad relationship with her mother’s family, and only made up because of this incident.” Jian Xu Bai said, “After the Sikong family stepped in to help her settle down, they naturally had to track down who was harming her. Later, they told you that it was because after Empress Cui was grounded, some palace people resented Princess Liang because of trivial matters, and did it privately in fact, it was just a word of excuse in fact, this matter is very complicated: Princess Liang was diagnosed by a doctor from time to time, how could she be drugged for such a long period of time and not be able to recover from it? The Sikong family found out that it was because of the fact that she had been drugged for a long time and did not know it. The Sikong family found out that it was because the poison she was poisoned with was very clever and hidden, so much so that even the eunuchs were blinded!”

“And such a medicine, naturally, cannot be something that the district palace people can get their hands on?” Song Yixiao mused, “Can the Sikong family find out the real culprit?”

Jane shook his head and said, “no! Because they check to later, actually check to Cui dowager head to go, after that can no longer find out the clues, thinking that the person behind the means of good, privately with Cui dowager reported, Cui dowager also can not do anything about it, and due to the situation at that time, Cui dowager did not want to make a fuss, instructed them to keep it a secret, and also so unsettled.”

Now that King Liang’s son had landed on his feet, after several years, Grand Princess Zhenyang brought this up again, certainly not to seek justice for her granddaughter.

But through this matter to put forward on the death of Queen Cui’s suspicion, “Queen Cui has always been good health, even if there are occasional minor illnesses, in the deep palace, call the doctor is very convenient, how will a night past, said no on no more? In the beginning, since someone can quietly murder the granddaughter of the Palace, how do you know the death of the Empress Dowager, whether there is also any inside information?”

As for why she didn’t say it earlier or later, but only now, Grand Princess Zhen Yang also has a reason, “When Empress Cui made the decision to press this matter, our Sikong family although the heartache of the child, in the end, also can’t bear to brush off the Empress’s will! In the past two years, the King of Liang has been good and just, now the King of Liang was suddenly imprisoned, although His Majesty is lenient, allowed his wife to still live in the royal residence. But your majesty please think: this palace that granddaughter is in the Zhuangzi grew up, how ever learned the means of the big family?”

“Prince Liang is both young and in poor health, and must surely take up much of the time and energy of that granddaughter of the Palace!”

“In case the person who harmed this Palace’s granddaughter back then, makes a comeback, now there is no King Liang presiding over the house, but telling them what to do with their mother and son?!”

“For the sake of their mother and son’s lives, this palace can only disobey Empress Cui’s order during her lifetime and come to beg for Your Majesty’s mercy!”

Why Princess Liang was drugged back then, Emperor Duanhua couldn’t be clearer.

Now the Grand Princess of Zhenyang reintroduced this matter under the banner of caring for her granddaughter and her granddaughter’s son, and the Duanhua Emperor inevitably suspected that this was the Grand Princess of Zhenyang who knew the inside story, and took the reputation as well as Empress Dowager Cui’s reputation to make conditions with herself.

Although the Sikong family was prominent for a while at the time of the founding of the country, it has declined at the moment.

The emperor is not afraid of Zhenyang eldest princess, however, Su Xiang two kings are not removed, Duanhua emperor in the end some scruples, under the hesitation, ultimately decided, in accordance with the intention of Zhenyang eldest princess, thoroughly investigated the cause of death of the aunt and nephew of Empress Cui!

Jian Xu Bai couple did not know the truth of the Liang Wangfei was drugged before, but at this moment the view of the Duanhua Emperor’s attitude change, also can not help but be suspicious, “full daughterinlaw pregnant but was secretly murdered, Queen Cui can not find out the real culprits, but also just, actually want to Sikong family to make peace with the matter? This is strange!”

“So I suspect that Empress Cui may know who the real culprit is, and that this real culprit is the one she wants to defend. Therefore, she found an excuse to suppress the Sikong family’s pursuit.” Jian Xu Bai frowned and said, “Therefore, His Majesty would have changed his mind after listening to the words of Grand Princess Zhenyang.”

The two couples looked at each other, suspecting that the one who murdered Princess Liang might be Emperor Duanhua after all, there were only a few people who could make Empress Cui take refuge and now make Emperor Duanhua compromise.

“I’ll keep an eye on this matter next.” Jian Xu Bai politely consoled his wife, “Minister Gu has also been privately discussing with Wei Xi and the others over the past two days on how to help the Empress get out of trouble.”