Chapter 41

It was a maid on her knees.

Seeing the crowd looking at her, the palace maid bit her trembling lips and looked at the inner prison kneeling on the side of the prince, trying to express clearly: "When I first went to the Jiaotai hall to deliver wine, I happened to see the little father-in-law next to the prince! At first, I saw that he was in a hurry to the east palace alone, but after a while, I saw him running and turning back!... but he just said he ran all the way back to the east palace without delay, but he didn't mention turning back on the way. This... This is not a lie. What is it ？”

"Can there be such a thing!" Li Ji swept coldly to the inner prison.

It is obviously very suspicious to turn back on the way without telling.

After being stunned, the internal supervisor hurriedly kowtowed his head and said: "it's true! It's just... I didn't mean to lie, but I forgot this subtle thing when I saw your highness in danger. I didn't go too far. I saw a sudden wind in the garden and was afraid that your Highness might catch a cold. So I turned back and went back to have a look, but..."

He said, I do not know what he remembered, and his face changed for a while.

Li Ji frowned and scolded, "don't make it clear soon!"

"But at that time... I saw that Prince Jing was talking to his highness, and I saw that his highness and prince seemed to have a good conversation. I thought that his highness had few people who could speak... So I didn't rush forward to disturb..."

King Jing is the real brother of his majesty today. King Jing's son and crown prince are also real brothers.

However, even so, the sentence of internal prison still made the surrounding atmosphere suddenly tense and unpredictable.

This is tantamount to saying that the prince had seen Prince Jing alone before the accident——

"Your Majesty..."

Li Ji looked slightly changed and asked emperor Qingming in a low voice, "can you ask jingshizi to come and inquire about one or two?"

Even if King Shizi is not suspected, the other party, as the last person likely to see the prince before the accident, should be called to ask about the situation at that time.

However, before the emperor Qingming could nod his head, he heard an amazing voice from the crowd: "this... This is impossible!"

A young man in Chinese clothes full of wine was dazed and shocked: "Your Majesty, my nephew has never seen his Royal Highness the prince tonight!"

He just returned to the hall. As soon as he heard the news of the accident of the prince's cousin, he hurried to watch the excitement, but he didn't understand it. Why did he suddenly pull it on himself?!

"You son of a bitch, how can you open your mouth and slander me!" the young man, who was only sixteen or seven years old, shouted angrily at the inner prison.

Emperor Qingming looked inward and looked solemn: "can you see who that man was?"

"It's to respect the king's son. I saw it with my own eyes... I can't be wrong!"

"You --"

King Shizi stretched out his hand and pointed to the other party. When he was about to speak again, he suddenly heard a cold voice behind him: "according to the old minister, before the banquet, the Shizi drank half a pot of wine alone, then left the hall, and never came back again - this time, when the prince had an accident, I don't know where the Shizi went alone for a few quarters of an hour?"

King Shizi became stiff when he heard the speech and looked back.

The person who spoke was about 50 years old, wearing a civil official robe, his cheeks were slightly concave, and his sharp eyes showed a color of insight.

This is Xia Tingzhen, the first assistant of the current Dynasty.

Under the scrutiny of those eyes, Jing Shizi dodged for a moment, "I... I had colic in my stomach at that time, so I left the table temporarily..."

"Can someone in the palace testify?" Xia Tingzhen asked.

"... I walked along the path and never met any palace man!"

Xu Mingyi frowned secretly.

Did she guess wrong? Was the murderer Jing Shizi?

After all, the other party's appearance of guilty conscience really means that he doesn't admit it.

At this time, she suddenly saw the boy's fingers move imperceptibly.

Xu Mingyi's fingers trembled, and the boulder in his heart suddenly fell. He was relieved, and his eyes were filled with a smile.

Wu TSUO, who was also aware of something, raised his head at this time, rubbed his back against his thin lips, and caught off guard, he looked at the girl with a pair of happy eyes.

There was no change in her expression, but in her eyes there was joy and excitement that she tried to suppress.

He knew that she was not smiling at him, it was just the heartfelt joy of saving a life, and he happened to be right in front of her at this time - but even so, looking at those starlike eyes, he seemed to be somehow hooked into her mood, touched at the bottom of his heart, and smiled in his eyes.

"Miss Xu, your highness, he --"

Wu Tsui just opened his mouth, but the smile in his eyes disappeared before he met. At the same time, a cool hand pressed on his finger.

The Duke of the town is pressing his heart for the prince, and he needs to cross the air for the prince, so he and Xu Mingyi are on the same side. Xu Mingyi has been squatting on one side for the convenience of needle application. He also maintains the posture of kneeling on one knee. They are quite close. Under the cover of wide sleeves, no one can see her pressing down to touch his fingers.

Wu Tsung was stunned. She shook her head slightly.

The soft palm that pressed his finger also used some force slightly.

Someone has looked at them.

"It seems that the prince has no chance to wake up. Miss Xu, don't waste your energy and let your highness walk more decently." Wu Tsung said solemnly.

Although I don't know why she did this for the time being, she saved people and let her decide.

Xu Mingyi retracted his finger with satisfaction.

Wu Chiu just stood up.

At this time, the girl sighed and said, "Grandpa, forget it."

The Duke of the town made a move and clapped his granddaughter's arm with regret: "just try your best."

He said not only his granddaughter, but also himself.

In fact, his arms were already too sore. What made him grit his teeth and stick to it was not his determination to save people, but his reputation and dignity gradually endangered under the crowd.

Hearing these words, there was a low cry again.

Sure enough, this girl is just fooling around.

More eyes fell on the king's son.

Is the death of the prince really related to the king's son?

The eyes of many officials gradually changed.

King Shizi's attack on the crown prince sounds too bold, but he doesn't have no motive

In fact, in recent years, with the dissatisfaction of the courtiers with the prince, some statements have come out from nowhere——