Chapter 367： Doubt (two more)

Royal palace.

When Chu Liuyue arrived with Chu Ning, Emperor Jiawen and the queen were already waiting in the hall.

Sitting below were Rong Jin and Situ Xingchen.

On the other side, there was another person-Rong Jiu.

Chu Liuyue has heard Chu Ning talk about what happened before, so it is not surprising that Rong Jiu is here.

Her eyes quickly swept across several people in the hall.

Emperor Jiawen had no expression on his face, but his eyes were gloomy.

The queen was a lot more haggard than the last time I saw it, as if she was a teenager suddenly older.

It can be seen that these recent events have tortured her not lightly.

When Rong Jin saw Chu Liuyue, a complex expression flashed across his face.

In his hand, he held a hairpin.

Chu Liuyue guessed that it was the one they said before that they found Rong Zhen in their backyard.

Both Situ Xingchen and Rong Jiu looked calm and could not see anything.

Chu Ning and Chu Liuyue saluted in turn.

Emperor Jiawen let the two sit down.

"Well, now that everyone is here, then... let's start!"

Emperor Jiawen had run out of patience, so he opened the door directly, looked at Situ Xingchen, and asked in a deep voice:

"Xingchen, you said before that you have seen Liuyue and Zhenzhen together, but is it true?"

Situ Xingchen got up and saluted.

"In response to your Majesty, the stars dare not speak arrogantly, and the words are true. Because the Jiuyou Pagoda caught fire that day, the stars remember it very clearly. After the Jiuyou Pagoda collapsed, the Taiyan Academy was about to leave on the next day, so I I went back to pack my luggage soon. I didn't expect to see Rong Zhen and Chu Liuyue on the road.

Emperor Jiawen asked:

"Are there anyone else?"

"There is an old man in a black robe, but I don't see his face."

"Then have you heard what they said?"

"I didn't hear it at a distance. But seeing them walking very close, I thought they had a good relationship. I didn't expect that later..."

Emperor Jiawen's face grew colder.

The old man in the black robe who followed was definitely Si Meng.

If Situ Xingchen was telling lies, how could she know the existence of Si Meng?

"Actually, after seeing this scene that day, I was still a little strange." Situ Xingchen raised his eyes to look at Emperor Jiawen, and said hesitantly, "Because that day, your Majesty just gifted the marriage to the divorced Wang and Chu Liuyue. So I saw her and Rongrong. Together, I have been wondering for a long time."

Everyone knew it.

This time is too special.

No matter how good Chu Liuyue and Rong Zhen's relationship is, it seems that they shouldn't be with her on the day she was given the marriage.

Besides, who doesn't know that there was a conflict between the two?

They are really suspicious together.

Emperor Jiawen asked:

"What happened later? Did you see where they went?"

Situ Xingchen shook his head:

"At the time, I just looked at it from a distance and left because I was rushing back. I don't know where they are going.

Emperor Jiawen nodded: "Sit down."

Then, she looked at Chu Liuyue again.

"Liu Yue, you heard all those words just now, what do you want to say?"

Chu Liuyue tapped the armrest of the chair lightly with one hand, and looked at Situ Xingchen thoughtfully.

The words she said just now were actually very vague, but the existence of Simeng alone gave her a great deal of credibility.

After all, even Emperor Jiawen didn't know about the existence of Si Meng before, and Situ Xingchen was able to say this, naturally it was easy for people to believe.

In other words, Situ Xingchen had indeed known Si Meng's existence a long time ago.

Perhaps, she still knows what happened that day.

It was just for some reason that she could not fully speak out, but could only choose a compromise.

After all, even so, it would still be able to push Rong Zhen's affairs to her.

Chu Liuyue said lightly:

"I never saw Rong Zhen that day."

"That day, Li Wang sent someone to send me and Dad home. After that, the people from the Chu family sent invitations and Dad went there. But I stayed at home and never came out. People from the Chu family can testify about the matter."

Many people know that Chu Ning went to the Chu Mansion, and he had been discussed in private for a long time.

Who didn't know that the people of the Chu family regretted driving the Chu Ning father and daughter out, and were trying to persuade them to go back!

Chu Ning said:

"Yes. Tianyue'er originally planned to go back with me, but I was discouraged and she stayed at home."

"Even so, who can explain that she didn't go out during the time when you left, Master Chu Ning?" Rong Jin retorted, "What's more, you two are in a father-daughter relationship. I am afraid that the testimony you said cannot be completely taken seriously."

Chu Ning's brows narrowed slightly.

If the other party keeps saying this, they have no way to refute it.

Because he and Yue'er really had no way to prove that Yue'er had been at home during this period of time.

Chu Liuyue suddenly said:

"I heard that the hairpin appeared inexplicably, and even the Queen Empress couldn't tell how it came from. Then how do you know that everything else you say is true?"

The queen is impatient: You! "

Chu Liuyue really doesn't open the pot or pick it up!

Your Majesty was very dissatisfied with her yesterday because of the hairpin. Now she mentioned it again, didn't she give her eye drops? ?

Rong Jin frowned and hid the hairpin in his hand.

He originally thought that the hairpin was the ironclad proof that he really found it, but judging from the reaction of the mother, what was going on, it’s really hard to say...

Both sides insisted on their own words and the scene fell into a deadlock.

Rong Jiu suddenly said:

"In fact, the key to this matter is to find Rong Zhen's whereabouts. The queen empress, Rong Zhen's original pill is shattered, and with her own ability, she will definitely not be able to leave the palace silently. In other words, she must be there. He left with the help of Si Meng. Although Si Meng is dead,... didn't he leave any clues?"

The queen felt more irritable.

She knew that every time Si Meng was mentioned, the dissatisfaction and disgust in His Majesty's heart would get worse.

But now if all guilt is to be completely pushed to Chu Liuyue, Si Meng is a very crucial figure.

She rubbed her temples and said:

"No. Simeng died suddenly."

Speaking of this, she suddenly stopped and looked at Chu Liuyue suspiciously.

"That's right, having said that. Si Meng Nai is a Tier 5 martial artist, and ordinary people are not his opponents at all. Those who can kill him so quickly must be extremely powerful! In the entire imperial capital, there are people of this level. , It doesn't seem to be much."

Chu Liuyue raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile, "What? The empress suspected that I killed him? You are too high to see me as a second-order warrior, right?"