Conan's physique? The Crown Princess is involved in a murder case again

"Master Ma is right, but the weird thing is..."

Jing Zhichen naturally understood what the other party meant, but he pretended not to hear his hidden meaning. He chuckled and his eyes fell on Lord Ma who had just spoken.

"Miss Xu Ba is not in the capital. She went to the Funing Temple with Princess Yujing to worship Buddha two days ago. I heard that she just entered the capital today."

"How is this possible!" Lord Ma immediately jumped up, "Can a girl have the ability to clone herself?"

"Of course not."

The Royal Guard in charge of investigating the matter responded, then stepped forward and presented a human skin mask.

"This is the human skin mask we found in the restaurant. When it is put on, it looks like Miss Xu Ba. We suspect someone is using it to sabotage the marriage between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Duke Xu's Mansion, and to discredit His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

To discredit a country's crown prince is to discredit the royal family, which Emperor Yan Ning absolutely cannot tolerate.

The marriage between Jing Zhichen and Duke Xu was granted by Emperor Yanning. To destroy this marriage would be to question Emperor Yanning's decision and would also touch his reverse scale.

With these two things combined, Emperor Yan Ning was naturally furious.

……

After the court was dismissed, Jing Zhichen chatted with several adults for a while about other court matters. After most people had left, he took Xiao Anzi and the others out of the palace.

As he walked out of the majestic red gate and was about to mount his horse, he saw Xu Xingyin standing outside, looking eagerly at him.

Even though she was wearing a veil, Jing Zhichen could feel the little girl's body stiff due to nervousness, and she relaxed slightly the moment she saw them.

"Miss Xu Qi."

He called her, obviously in a good mood, "Why are you here?"

Although he asked this, Jing Zhichen knew it very well in his heart.

In order to create the illusion that Xu Xingyin and her sister had just returned to Beijing today, they quietly took Princess Yujing's carriage to the palace gate.

Under the pretext of waiting for Xu Xiuzhu's carriage to return home together, she stood at the palace gate as a mascot, so that the civil and military officials could see the two sisters who "had just returned to the capital" after leaving the court.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is here to greet you."

Xu Xingyin performed the greetings in an orderly manner, but did not follow the routine. "I have been waiting for Your Highness here for a long time."

The unexpected answer made Jing Zhichen stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses.

"What are you waiting for me for?"

"Your Highness asked me a question, but I haven't answered it yet. I can't feel relieved if I don't say it in my heart."

The little girl stared at him intently with her bright eyes, her curved eyebrows like the waxing moon in late autumn, expressing her sincere joy.

"I was very worried about Your Highness, so I came here as soon as I got the news."

The usually calm man avoided Xu Xingyin's eyes in panic the moment he heard the words.

His ears were so red that his whole body felt hot, and he looked completely different from the confident Crown Prince in the court just now.

Jing Zhichen didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he just said "hmm" and ran away.

After thinking for a while, Xu Xingyin only responded with "hmm", his face full of confusion.

When he turned around, he saw Xu Xiuzhu, who had deliberately stayed in the palace for a long time because of Jing Zhichen's instructions. He had to pout and get into the car obediently, and complained silently at the same time.

"fool."

But she didn't know that at this moment this "idiot" was sitting in the carriage on the way back, staring at a piece of cake in a daze.

The pastries were still the same as before. Could it be that the chef from Dongfu accidentally put the wrong ingredients in?

Xiao Anzi was very confused.

Just as Xiao Anzi was hesitating whether to remind him, the man burst out laughing.

Like a tiny crack appearing in the dusty ice in winter, the fish leap out with all their might, bringing a touch of bright freshness to this early spring season.

Look, spring is here.

……

Xu Wanyan's misconduct ultimately ended with the beheading of an official who had been severely punished by Jing Zhichen.

Everyone understood that this person had been made a scapegoat, but they all kept silent tacitly.

Xu Wanyan, the person involved, was slandered to such an extent that she chose to practice Buddhism with her hair uncut in anger.

The next day, she carried her bag and went to Funing Temple, took off her gorgeous clothes and red makeup, and stayed with the nuns every day, as if she was determined to always be with the ancient Buddha and the green lamp.

Only then did Xu Xingyin understand what Jing Zhichen meant by his words that day. Although the immoral incident was covered up on the surface, it was a secret known to everyone in the Xu family.

In order to ensure the continuation of the glory of the Duke's Mansion, let alone the fact that Xu Wanyan was at fault first, even if she had done nothing wrong, sacrificing her, a concubine's daughter, would not be a big deal.

Besides, it is only natural that he would die of depression after being wrongly blamed.

Therefore, always keeping Qingdeng company is the best way to escape from the control of the Duke's Mansion while maintaining its reputation.

On the day Xu Wanyan entered the Funing Temple, everyone said that they didn't know what kind of injustice the girl had suffered that made her make such a decision.

She is a chaste person, which shows that the Xu family has a good tradition and the girls are well-mannered and sensible.

But this topic, which was not very exciting, died down among the people after a few days. Instead, the story of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince debating with the scholars to uphold justice for Duke Xu's mansion became widely known.

Therefore, before Xu Xingyin got married, she became the beautiful lady who enchanted the emperor's heart, making everyone curious about how beautiful the seventh lady of the Duke's Mansion was.

When these words reached Jing Zhichen's ears, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had been gentle and kind for half a month, showed his edge again.

Xiao Anzi was so frightened that he stood there for half an hour without daring to move.

The next day, the news that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince fought for justice against all odds overshadowed Xu Xingyin's fame.

Then, Wang Yuya, the daughter of Lord Wang from the Ministry of Works, and Prince An both fell into the water at a banquet. Empress Lu could not withstand the pressure of public opinion and made an exception to grant the marriage.

Therefore, before the legitimate princess consort of Prince An entered the mansion, concubine Wang had already entered and quickly became a hot topic of conversation on the streets.

Don’t you love arranging?

Jing Zhichen didn't mind letting them have a taste of what it felt like to be manipulated by others.

While the capital was watching the excitement of Prince An's concubine, Xu Xingyin was being tortured by the governess nanny sent by Empress Lu.

It happened that Xu Xingyin had been brought up learning etiquette in the palace since she was young, and her manners were impeccable. The maids followed Xu Xingyin like a tail, and every day when she opened her eyes, two pairs of eyes would stare at her, making it difficult for her to do anything.

Fortunately, in order to cover up the lie about Xu Wanyan's misconduct, Xu Xingyin would occasionally go to the palace to accompany Princess Yujing for a few days, which allowed her to temporarily escape the clutches of the governess.

When talking about Princess Yujing, we have to mention her mother, Concubine Lian.

Concubine Lian was from Beilu Mansion. She was the younger sister of Empress Yuan Mingzhen and the aunt of Jing Zhichen.

Many years ago, natural disasters continued in Dayan.

Emperor Yanning got a divination from a wandering monk, who said that only by getting two lucky beads from the east and north could the disaster be resolved.

These two lucky beads are not real objects, but the apple of the eye of two families.