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Liu didn't expect that Jing Changji would just let her make a fool of herself without saying a word when she came.

Liu was short of breath, but could only bear it: "You child, why don't you talk when you come?"

The subtext tells everyone that Jing Changji has a lot of eyes, and this is deliberately plotting against her stepmother.

Jing Changji smiled but said, "Madam must give me a chance to speak."

Liu frowned, feeling ominous in the face of Shang Jing Changji's dark pupils, and wanted to speak repeatedly, but Jing Changji didn't give her this chance.

Jing Changji continued: "I waited here for more than half an hour for Lord Hou and his wife, and then I took a nap. When the carriage of the Hou Mansion arrived, the attendants stepped forward to inform me. I was just about to lift the curtain, but in the blink of an eye After a while, I heard that my wife is quite dissatisfied with me. As the saying goes, the elders teach the younger ones to listen, and I can only listen to the instructions. But the more I listen to what my wife says, the more I have to interrupt. "

Everyone looked at each other and thought about it.

Just now I thought that perhaps the Second Young Master Jing was really an asshole like usual, arrogant and domineering, deliberately lying to disregard Liu's reputation.

But looking at it now, it is completely different from usual.

The appearance of this noble young master who has a certain amount of advance and retreat, and is well-founded, is in obvious contrast, not to mention that he would never think they are the same person at all.

This kind of Jing Changji reminded them of the rumor in the market that the Liu family deliberately raised Jing Changji, and the latter could only hide his clumsiness.

Looking at it now, it turned out to be true.

Jing Changji was usually so naughty and mischievous that he didn't even have a teacher to teach him, but what he said just now didn't look like he was uneducated.

Everyone looked at each other, especially the wives of the officials, who looked down on this kind of sweet-hearted and swordsman. Maybe they saw you smiling and turned around and stabbed you.

The wives of each family left under excuses and prepared to enter the palace.

After a while, only Jing Anhou's family was left here.

Mrs. Liu watched Ding Guogong's family leave without even having time to introduce his daughter-in-law Jing Shujing.

Liu was so angry that she pinched the handkerchief and pointed at Jing Changji: "You, did you do it on purpose? Master! You still talk about concubine status, but how do outsiders look at concubine status now? I'm afraid it will delay the marriage of the heirs in the mansion!"

Jing Anhou was originally annoyed and didn't want to pay attention to it, but when he heard that the marriage was delayed, he frowned: "Chang Ji, why don't you admit your mother's mistake?"

Jing Changji sneered: "Admit what's wrong? Admit that she intentionally tarnished my reputation? Who is at fault?"

"You rebellious son, are you just so disobedient to your elders?" Jing Anhou yelled angrily.

Jing Changji smiled, turned his back to the crowd, his voice was gentle, but his words pierced his heart: "Are you considered elders?"

Marquis Jing An was so angry that he raised his hand, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he faced the officials and family members who lined up to enter the palace and secretly looked back.

Everyone:! !People can't be judged by appearances, Jing Anhou usually looks polite, but he beats people in private!

Marquis Jing An: Reputation has been murdered!

Jing Anhou took his hand back in a daze, his chest heaved with anger, but he didn't dare to move again.

Jing Changji still had a smile on his face, and what he said was so irritating that he couldn't pay for his life: "Why don't you fight? Just hit Hou Ye, if you hit here, I will sue you on the other side."

Does he have any witnesses here, or a bunch of them.

Jing Anhou was startled, staring at Jing Changji, but his back felt cold, he still treated Jing Changji as usual.

But the person standing in front of him now is no longer the stubborn second child who can be bullied at will.

Mrs. Liu knows better than Marquis Jing An, he has been honest since he suffered a loss just now, no matter how angry he is, he can no longer be ashamed today.

Jing Chengbao and Jing Shujing on the side were even more stunned. They forgot to respond, and when they wanted to speak again, they were pushed back by Mrs. Liu.

Not to mention that the servants who came with them secretly glanced at the second young master with horror in their eyes. They didn't believe those rumors before, but what happened just now completely convinced them.

The rest of the journey into the palace was safe and sound, and at the birthday banquet, Jing Anhou's family found a place to sit.

They are in the tenth row from the left, not in front.

The crown prince in the first row on the left, and the more honorable position in the right row opposite him is Prince Rui, the little uncle, the emperor's own cousin.

Being far away from the main seat is comfortable, and Jing Changji is in a good mood as he sits there.

I also have the leisure to look around.

He saw quite a few familiar faces, these days after being reborn, he was either outside the palace or staying in Prince Rui's residence, he didn't have many contacts with officials.

Looking at these people again, the memory is already very vague, and they look younger than when he officially took power in the first life.

Some of them have never even seen each other. They should have changed before he followed the prince.

Because the Empress Dowager brought her family with her at this birthday banquet, except for Wei Yin in the first row who occupied the entire table by herself, there were quite a few people at the rest of the tables.

Furthermore, Jing Changji, who is at the back of the table opposite, is also alone.

The man looked over forty, but his appearance was elegant and handsome. At first glance, he looked younger than his actual age, but the lines at the corners of his eyes revealed his real age.

The man looks very good, not only the facial features, but also the gentleness and elegance of the whole temperament, which is very attractive.

But from the beginning to the end, the other party lowered their eyes, which was low-key.

Jing Changji found that many people were peeking at him, but soon after whispering a few words, he stopped prying after showing surprise, even with disbelief in his expression.

Single, high position, good looking, over 40 years old...

Jing Changji squinted his eyes. It seemed that there was only one person in the court who met these requirements, and that was Xu Yilin who was currently serving as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

He is the master who has been inquired in private these days.

Probably because he was keenly aware of Jing Changji's eyes that had been lingering on him, Xu Yilin raised his eyes and looked over.

Jing Changji didn't avoid it either, and stared at him curiously, his eyes were calm, as if he was just curious about why he was alone.

Xu Yilin quickly turned his eyes away, and continued to drink tea alone with his head down.

Jing Changji breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to pretend to look at others, but his thoughts had already turned elsewhere.

Xu Yilin's first life was usually very low-key, and when he later gained attention with the crown prince, he was no longer the young minister of Dali Temple.

Because I haven't paid attention to this person at all, I don't have any impression, but the name is familiar, and I have never even met him.

This is the first time they have seen each other.

Jing Changji thought that if this person was really the elder brother who killed him in the first life, his previous good impression of Xu Yilin would disappear completely.

The birthday banquet began soon, and Emperor Chengxian and Empress Huo accompanied the Queen Mother.

In the middle of the banquet, someone came up to Emperor Chengxian and said something in the ear of Emperor Chengxian. Emperor Chengxian's face changed slightly, and he quickly found an excuse to leave.

As soon as Emperor Chengxian left, the queen's face was not very good-looking, but she didn't show it.

The queen mother patted the back of her hand, but said nothing.

Jing Changji took this scene into his eyes, and guessed that what made Emperor Chengxian leave regardless of the Queen Mother's birthday was either a major event in the court, or someone who cared about it.

If nothing happens in the court, it's just people.

Concubine Liu Gui was ill before, but now it seems that it should be because of Concubine Liu Gui.

During the Spring Hunt, Emperor Chengxian did not participate because of Concubine Liu Gui. This time, it seems that Concubine Liu Guifei must have gotten worse.

Jing Changji went to think about the things in the palace in the first life at this time, and found that he couldn't think of too much. After all, he was ignorant before the accident, and after the accident, his mind was on revenge for his brother, and he didn't pay special attention to the things in the palace. .

I just remember that Concubine Liu Gui seemed to have disappeared... Emperor Cheng Xian didn't know if it was a blow too hard, but she disappeared within a few years.

"Be careful!" A voice drew Jing Changji's thoughts back, and he looked in the direction of the voice.

It turned out to be the movement at Xu Yilin's table.

When Jing Changji looked over, Xu Yilin was wiping his clothes on his chest with something. It was wet a lot, and the tea stains were quite obvious.

The sound just now was reminded by the colleague next to him, from this reaction, it should be that Xu Yilin accidentally knocked over the tea cup and poured himself all over.

Jing Changji raised his eyebrows: What was this Xu Shaoqing thinking just now?To be so careless at the queen mother's birthday banquet?

Seeing that the tea stains could not be wiped off, Xu Yilin didn't dare to delay, said in a low voice, and quietly left the table with his entourage.

Fortunately, there were many people in the banquet hall, and there was a song and dance performance at the moment, so no one noticed it.

Jing Changji lowered his eyes and didn't know what to think, and quietly stepped back to leave.

"Where are you going?" Jing Anhou noticed first, and frowned, afraid that the second child would cause trouble again.

Jing Changji glanced at him: "Chu Gong. Master Hou even wants to follow this?"

"You!" Jing Anhou was blocked back again, he simply flicked his sleeves, turned his head to one side, and ignored it.

Jing Changji was at ease, and quickly withdrew without attracting anyone's attention.

But just in case, he followed with two attendants.

Jing Changji and the others went out from the side hall, walked forward along the corridor, found the patrolling guards and asked about the location of the clean room, then continued to move forward.

Waiting for a place where no one was around, Jing Changji whispered to one of the attendants to look for Xu Yilin.

Jing Changji took another attendant to go to the cleaning room first, and after coming out, he took a deep breath and looked around at the scenery, as if he just came out to breathe.

Soon the attendant came back and whispered a direction.

Jing Changji walked forward casually, as if he had no idea what to do, and finally walked in the direction where Xu Yilin was.

It was just that when I was halfway there, I happened to meet someone.

Jing Changji was taken aback for a moment, then with a smile in his eyes, he bowed his hands and saluted: "I've seen Master Guoshi."

Wu Ji was taken aback, he didn't expect to meet him by such a coincidence: "Second Master Jing."

Wu Ji is a national teacher, and this time it is the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet. He is dressed in a grand manner, wearing a pure white national teacher robe, which makes his eyebrows more handsome and celestial.

It's just that when Jing Changji suddenly saw Wu Ji's appearance like this, he always felt that Wu Ji looked very familiar at first glance, and he was not the one who simply knew him.

After all, Jing Changji knew Wu Ji in his first life, and he also knew what he looked like.

But after many years, he was able to match his appearance with Wu Ji, but because he hadn't seen each other for a long time, when he saw him suddenly, he was still different from the one he was familiar with in the first life.

It feels like a world away, but there is something more.

Jing Changji didn't pay close attention to the first reunion at the inn, after all, his heart and eyes were all about saving his brother.

But Jing Changji didn't think much about it at the moment, he knew Wu Ji in the first life, this familiarity should be a sense of memory gap between the two who knew each other but haven't seen each other for a long time.

"Why did your lord come out of the banquet?" At the end of the queen mother's birthday, the national teacher had to make a special trip to bring all the disciples of the national teacher hall to pray for the queen mother.

Wu Ji smiled gently: "I usually like to be quiet, so I come out to get some fresh air when I feel unwell. Why did Second Master Jing come out?"

If Jing Changji used to have a good talk with Wu Ji, but he still has something to do now, so he found a reason: "I went to clean the room, and when I came out, I saw a nice view, which I don't usually see, so I just wanted to take a stroll. "

Wu Ji just happened to have the same idea: "Why don't we go for a walk together?"

Jing Changji walked aside: "Okay, then let's go over there and have a look?"

Wu Ji didn't object either, and the two walked towards that side one after the other.

On the way, Jing Changji seemed to have no rules, but every time he reached an intersection, he would lead Wu Ji towards one place, and the two of them just wandered towards Xu Yilin's direction.

Even if Xu Yilin found out, he could still use Wu Ji as a cover, and the two of them just wandered here by chance, so they wouldn't arouse suspicion.

Soon, Jing Changji heard some movement in front of him, and raised his eyes, there were two people standing in front of the bamboo at the end of the stone road not far away, one of them was Xu Yilin.

But what was surprising was another person standing beside Xu Yilin.

Jing Changji was surprised, but he didn't show it on his face, he pretended to be an accident, and looked at the two faces, his eyes full of curiosity.

It's just because of the different identities and unfamiliarity, I didn't ask the question immediately.

Wu Ji has an indifferent personality and rarely gets along with people.

In the past, there was a second son-in-law who was more familiar with it, and it was also because the second son-in-law followed the second princess into the palace frequently, so he became acquainted with it after seeing a lot.

For unfamiliar people, there is no more curiosity.

Wu Jichao nodded indifferently to the two: "Elder Prince, Lord Xu."

The other person standing beside Xu Yilin was Beiming's proton Xia Houqian.

Xia Houqian was very surprised to see the two of them suddenly, especially Jing Changji. He intentionally or unintentionally looked at Jing Changji more than once, and then looked at Jing Changji enthusiastically: "It's really a destiny."

After finishing speaking, he winked at Jing Changji.

Just like when he went to Yunchan Temple to fulfill his vow, he showed great interest in Jing Changji when they met for the first time.

At that time, Jing Changji only regarded Xia Houqian as a proton, and wanted to make friends, or use him to get close to Wei Yin.

Now linking Xu Yilin and Xia Houqian together, and slowly clenching the hand behind his back, this Xia Houqian is not easy.

I was afraid that there was something wrong with my enthusiasm for him before, but I wanted to test whether my brother had doubts about Xu Yilin by getting close to me?

Jing Changji's heart was full of emotions, but he didn't show it on his face. He just gave Xia Houqian a cold look, lowered his eyes, and said with a distant expression, "Elder Prince."

Xia Houqian seemed to be explaining: "It seems that everyone thinks the banquet is too boring to go out for a walk? I met Mr. Xu before, but now I didn't expect to meet Mr. Guoshi and Second Young Master by such a coincidence. Let's go for a walk together?"

Jing Changji frowned as he did for the first time, as if he was in a dilemma, and went to look at Wu Ji instead.

Wu Ji looked at Shang Jing Changji's obviously unwilling eyes, and smiled: "No need, we have been out for the banquet for a long time, and we have to go back."

Jing Changji pretended to breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately nodded: "The national teacher is right."

Xia Houqian took a step forward: "In this case, let's go back together."

Jing Changji hesitated to speak, and finally turned his head to the side without speaking, fully expressing his unwillingness to avoid contact with Xia Houqian.

If Xu Yilin and Xia Houqian are really related to the person who murdered his brother, Xia Houqian must be vigilant if they are suddenly spotted appearing together.

Xia Houqian is obviously probing. If he knows the clues and has suspicions, he will definitely approach him, but his appearance of avoiding it can make Xia Houqian feel at ease.

Sure enough, Xia Houqian frequently led the topic to Jing Changji on the way back.

Jing Changji only responded with two or three words indifferently, and Xia Houqian didn't ask any more after a few words.

It was just that when Jing Changji and his party approached the main hall, the hall suddenly became chaotic.

Jing Changji's expression changed: "What's going on?"

The guards also rushed in. Almost at the same time, the sound of swords colliding came from the hall, and from time to time there were sounds of arresting assassins, protecting the queen mother, and protecting the queen...

The four of Jing Changji looked at each other, Wu Ji stepped forward to walk into the hall, but was stopped by the commander of the imperial army who rushed over.

Originally, he wanted someone to detain him directly, but when he saw Wu Ji was stunned, he didn't have much else to say, "Take care of the four nobles."

He said he was a nobleman, but his attitude was obviously not as respectful as before.

Jing Changji guessed the reason after a little thought, the Queen Mother's birthday banquet was actually assassinated in the palace, it seems that there were not only a few assassins, obviously there were internal responses in the palace.

When the incident happened, everyone was in the hall, only the four of them were outside, so it is suspected that the four of them might be the insiders?

It's just because Wu Ji, the national teacher, is also there, so the suspicion is lowered, but before we can find out, we still have to guard it first.

Jing Changji frowned and looked at the hall, pretending to be quite worried, but all kinds of speculations were surging in his heart.

Was his suspicion a coincidence or intentional?

Also, does this assassination have anything to do with Xia Houqian?

At the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, all civil and military officials and family members of the Manchu Dynasty were present. The Empress Dowager and the Empress were quite frightened, but because there were many assassins and there were obviously internal supporters in the palace, it took a stick of incense to suppress it.

But these assassins obviously came prepared. Seeing that the matter failed, they all committed suicide by taking poison, leaving no one alive.

Emperor Chengxian rushed over when he got the news as soon as the incident happened, his face was livid.

The four of Jing Changji were detained in the side hall, but instead avoided this scene. After waiting for an hour, the four were led by the eunuch, guarded by guards on both sides, and taken to the imperial study.

When Jing Changji and the others arrived, Dali Temple Minister Jiang Dali and Criminal Minister Qin Dali were also inside, kneeling on one side, looking terrified, obviously they had already experienced the wrath of thunder before the four came.

Among the four, Jing Changji had no official position, the three were in the front, Jing Changji was the last, and the four saluted together.

Emperor Chengxian ignored them, and roared at the commander of the forbidden army, "What are you all doing?"

Not to mention that the birthday banquet was ruined, the queen mother was overly frightened, which was simply a challenge to his imperial power.

The commander of the Imperial Army knelt down to take responsibility: "This subordinate is incompetent!"

Emperor Chengxian smashed the inkstone at his side, and immediately the commander of the imperial army was bleeding, and he knelt there straight up, not daring to hide.

Emperor Cheng Xian waved his hand in anger, and soon someone brought down the commander of the imperial army: "Let the general of Zhen Guo come over!"

The imperial study was soon reduced by half, and Emperor Cheng Xian looked at the shivering imperial doctor beside him: "How is the prince?"

The imperial doctor's voice trembled, and he managed to stabilize himself: "Reply, report back to the emperor, the prince's life is safe, he just blocked it for the empress dowager and the empress. He lost a lot of blood and needs to recuperate for a while."

Emperor Chengxian's face turned better: "Do your best to treat the prince, otherwise..."

The imperial doctor responded repeatedly, and when Emperor Chengxian asked him to step down, he didn't dare to delay and leave quickly.

Jing Changji lowered his eyes to cover his eyes. Unexpectedly, the prince was injured?Is there such a thing in the first life?

Jing Changji found that he couldn't remember clearly. After his elder brother died, he was hit hard. Every day, all his thoughts were not believing that his elder brother would kill Huo Er, and trying to find the murderer of his elder brother. He had no intention of paying attention to the people in the palace. thing.

With such a big incident happening, and the incident at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, Emperor Chengxian must have had a hard time making it up, so he asked everyone to suppress this matter.

Sure enough, Emperor Chengxian frowned and ordered everyone to keep their mouths tight and not to reveal anything about tonight's birthday banquet.

Then let people handle the affairs of civil and military officials and their family members going out of the palace.

After all, it's not early at this moment, so it's not a problem to stay in the palace all the time.

Emperor Chengxian finally thought of the four of them, and his eyes fell on Wu Ji, and his attitude was better: "The national teacher should get up first."

The National Teacher Hall has always been handed down from generation to generation in the David Dynasty, and Emperor Chengxian still trusts the National Teacher Hall.

Emperor Chengxian waited for Wu Ji to get up, and his eyes fell on the three of them, especially Xu Yilin and Xia Houqian: "Why did the eldest prince and Xu Aiqing happen to be outside the hall at that time?"

Xia Houqian panicked and replied: "Going back to the emperor, I was drunk after drinking, so I went out to relax. Just in time, Master Xu's clothes were wet with tea and he went to change clothes in another hall, so I went with him. Then I met Master Guoshi and Second Young Master Jing."

Emperor Cheng Xian's eyes fell on Xu Yilin: "Xu Aiqing, is that so?"

Xu Yilin's voice was cold, with lowered eyes and lowered his head: "Reporting to the emperor, I usually like to be quiet, and rarely participate in such lively banquets. I accidentally spilled the tea, and my clothes were wet, so I went to change the robes I brought. Just walked out I met the First Prince in the palace, he... insisted on following, but the minister refused repeatedly, and in the end he could only let him follow. Before he reached the outer hall, he met the national teacher and Second Young Master Jing."

Emperor Chengxian looked at Xu Yilin's skirt, and there was a large piece of dried tea stains on it, which was quite obvious at the moment.

Emperor Chengxian frowned, looked at Xu Yilin and hummed softly, then looked at Jing Changji.

Jing Changji even said that he was going to clean the room, and when he came out to breathe, he met the national teacher. He just proposed to go for a walk together.

Emperor Chengxian finally looked at the national teacher, Wu Ji and Jing Changji's rhetoric was similar.

Wu Ji is the newly succeeded national teacher, and it is also the first time to participate in the Empress Dowager's birthday prayer. Because of nervousness, he came out first to get some air. First, he met Jing Changji, and then they met Master Xu and Xia Houqian.

Emperor Chengxian had a very good impression of Wu Ji, and before the old national teacher passed away, Wu Ji was hand-picked by him to succeed him, out of trust, he hummed.

At this time, the eunuch went back and forth, walked quickly to Emperor Chengxian, bowed his waist and said something in a low voice.

Emperor Chengxian didn't speak, but obviously his breathing became heavy. Jing Changji secretly raised his eyes while kneeling in the corner, and found that Emperor Chengxian was staring at Xu Yilin sharply and deeply.

Jing Changji just looked at it and then lowered his head. He originally thought that this matter was really related to Xu Yilin, and even when Emperor Chengxian would get angry, Emperor Chengxian finally said: "It has been found out that what you said is true, you Just go back first."

The four stood up and bowed in thanks.

But before the four of them left, Emperor Cheng Xian spoke again: "Xu Aiqing, you are not young anymore, the descendants of the Xu family are weak, so it's time to get married."

This inexplicable and abrupt sentence made everyone present stunned. Jing Changji followed Xu Yilin, and saw Xu Yilin's body froze suddenly in front of him.

Not long after, Xu Yilin responded lightly, without saying whether to marry or not, and soon the group left the imperial study.

Jing Changji walked last, and Wu Ji also slowed down. He was going back to the National Master Hall and Jing Changji did not go well, and his eyes were full of apology.

If he hadn't opened his mouth to walk together, perhaps Jing Changji would have returned to the hall long ago, and he would not have been suspected.

Jing Changji waved his hand before Wu Ji opened his mouth, "I will see you next time, Mr. National Teacher."

He knew that Wu Ji was kind-hearted, and he was afraid that his words would cause misunderstanding by the eyeliner in the palace, so he simply stopped the other party from speaking first.

Wu Ji obviously recovered, so he could only bow his head and go back to the National Teacher Hall first.

Jing Changji walked out of the palace following the eunuch.

Just after walking a few steps, he saw a carriage parked in front of him.

To be able to use a carriage like this in the palace, no one else would dare except a certain person.

Sure enough, when Jing Changji was in a daze, Wei Yin's familiar and indifferent voice came from inside the carriage: "Come up yet?"

Jing Changji responded repeatedly, stepped forward and lifted the curtain to get on the carriage.

When Jing Changji stepped on the wooden board of the carriage, he looked up at Wei Yin, who was sitting leisurely on the soft couch with his eyes closed, and finally realized that it was not normal:? ?

Is it going to rain red?Wei Yin is waiting for him to leave the palace together?

The carriage left the palace quickly, but Jing Changji couldn't calm down.

All kinds of birthday banquets flashed through his mind, connecting everything together, and he became more and more sure that Xu Yilin and Xia Houqian were inseparable from this assassination.

It can't be such a coincidence that everything collides.

Coupled with the fact that the time is so close, it hasn't been long since the Spring Hunting accident, and the assassination at the birthday banquet tonight should be the biggest event that happened.

As for the way back from Yunchan Temple last time, it was obviously not on such a large scale.

If the people behind the scenes are really Xu Yilin and Xia Houqian, they have been planning tonight's event since before the spring hunt.

But when they were plotting, Xu Yilin happened to see the man with the broken eyebrow accidentally being seen by his elder brother and Rong Yushan.

At that time, Xu Yilin and the two thought that when they saw them, they were afraid of ruining the plan, so they decided to silence them.

But the two have special identities, and if they want to silence without arousing suspicion, they need a reasonable reason.

Before finding the right opportunity, the second son-in-law happened to kill Huo Er because of Miss Xu, and just gave the opportunity to blame his elder brother for killing Huo Er.

In order to force his elder brother to admit it himself, he turned a little corner and involved Jing Changji.

After all, the elder brother is famous for caring about his younger brother.

In addition, Jing Changji and Huo Er do not usually get along, once Jing Wenwei suspects that Jing Changji killed him, he must be willing to admit it, which is logical.

Once Jing Wenwei is sent to Dali Temple, he will be in their territory, and it is more reasonable to disguise the silence as suicide in fear of crime.

They did succeed in the first life, but in this life, because of their rebirth, their brother was safe and sound. Later, because they faked their death to hide it from Xu Yilin and the others, they didn't continue to make moves, but the plan was still carried out.

As for the reason why Xu Yilin and Xia Houqian made this assassination, it is also possible to push it backwards, after all Xia Houqian is the proton of Beiming.

Bei Ming and David had always been at odds, otherwise it would have been impossible to treat Xia Houqian as a proton and stay in Bianjing for so many years.

Tonight's assassination at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet seems to be to attack the Empress Dowager and the Empress, but it is just to confuse the public, but in fact it should be to attack the Crown Prince.

Once something happened to the crown prince, as the candidate for the crown prince that Emperor Chengxian cared about very much, if there was any problem with the crown prince, the courtiers of the other princes would definitely not sit still, this was a good opportunity.

David's originally stable court situation was divided into several factions again because of the prince's accident. Once there was a fight, Bei Ming only had to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

If it was really Xu Yilin and Xia Houqian, Jing Changji felt that it was more likely that Xia Houqian was the mastermind.

After all, the Xu family has been based in Bianjing for many years, and Mr. Xu is a veteran, so he has no reason to voluntarily submit to Beiming.

Unless Xu Yilin had something to do with Xia Houqian, so that he had no choice but to sacrifice his life for Xia Houqian.

But what big things can make Xu Yilin, a young minister of Dali Temple, betray his master and even disregard the young and old of the Xu family to be with Xia Houqian?

Jing Changji couldn't figure it out, so he simply sorted out the news about Xu Yilin and his whereabouts that Jia Maohan and Xu Chunsheng had sent recently.

Xu Yilin's daily whereabouts are fixed, nothing special, very low-key, never thought that he would be moved to betray David.

The Xu family is simple, and it is no problem to push forward a few generations, and there is no such thing as David's royal family ever feeling sorry for the Xu family, so he would not hesitate to take the path of no return to destroy the nine clans.

If it wasn't for his identity, background, and family background, then if he wanted to count, there was another possibility that could drive a person to this point of insanity, and that was emotion.

Jing Changji squinted his eyes, Xu Yilin's cold appearance flashed in his mind, his eyes were indifferent, as if everything in the world had nothing to do with him.

So far all alone.

In terms of feelings, only the person he wanted to marry 20 years ago was passed on to someone else because of his low status and the Xu family's unwillingness. This has caused Xu Yilin to remain unmarried.

Such a heartless person is completely different from the rumored Xu Yilin, as if all the emotional fluctuations were exhausted 20 years ago.

In other words, all of them were buried with that woman.

Something flashed through Jing Changji's mind, he sat up straight suddenly, because of his overreaction, his leg touched the short table beside him, with a bang, the short table touched the side, and he also gasped in pain in one breath.

This movement caused Wei Yin to slowly open his eyes and smile angrily. He obviously didn't expect him to be so stupid.

Jing Changji was too focused on things just now, his face became hot, and he coughed softly: "Sorry, my legs are numb, I want to move, but I didn't expect... Did it disturb the prince's cleanliness?"

Wei Yin glanced at him and didn't speak, but silently watched Jing Changji straighten the short couple who had moved: "Are you surprised in the imperial study room?" Emperor Cheng Xian was frightened.

Jing Changji originally wanted to fool around, but suddenly thought of something, and when the words came to his lips, he immediately nodded seriously: "Yes, I was quite frightened."

Wei Yin originally said that, but who knows that the other party actually responded: "..."

These words set off the other party's eyes that were obviously brighter, it didn't look like it no matter what, but instead stared at him, as if seeing a good piece of meat.

Wei Yin didn't bother to talk to him, and wanted to close his eyes again.

Jing Changji leaned forward, pretending to be unintentional: "The emperor got very angry this time. Someone assassinated the queen mother at the birthday banquet, which completely stomped his face on the ground, and the emperor was so angry that his face turned green." gone."

He said this on purpose, Wei Yin didn't like Emperor Cheng Xian, in other words, the worse Emperor Cheng Xian was, Wei Yin should be in a better mood.

Sure enough, the originally cold atmosphere around him eased a lot, Wei Yin glanced at him: "You know again? Didn't you get scared? How dare you spy on Sheng Yan? You are quite courageous."

Jing Changji was worried that he didn't have a chance to change the subject: "This time the emperor also misunderstood that we were outside the palace at that time, and suspected that we were behind the scenes. But how can the courtiers have this ability? The possibility of being suspected is the lowest, so the whole process is just As a foil, the focus is on Master Xu and the First Prince Beiming."

Wei Yin obviously felt that Jing Changji's words were provocative, but he couldn't figure out what he wanted to know, so he raised his eyebrows: "Really? This king thinks that the national teacher is more suspicious."

Jing Changji vetoed it straight away: "My lord, don't be joking, even if it's possible for a courtier, it's also not possible for a national teacher."

In his first life, he had seen Wu Ji do his best for David, even for him... such an unsatisfactory ending, how could Wu Ji be against David?

Wei Yin was inexplicably dissatisfied: "It seems that Second Master Jing knows the national teacher quite well, but you have only met him a few times to make you trust him?"

Jing Changji touched his nose: "It's a kind of intuition, just like when a subject sees the prince for the first time, he also thinks that the prince is a good person."

Wei Yin was even more dissatisfied with him putting himself and the national teacher together, snorted softly, and simply ignored him.

Jing Changji didn't mind either: "I feel that Master Xu and the First Prince are more suspicious this time. When the minister and the national teacher passed by, they seemed to be talking about something, but after we passed, they changed their words and said that they met by chance. But The possibility of Master Xu is low, after all, Master Xu has no reason to do such a thing.

He doesn't have this ability, but he is the eldest prince. As Beiming's proton, if the prince is really gone or seriously injured, once the position of crown prince becomes vacant, the situation in the court will definitely be broken. Sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman.But speaking of it, it's a little strange. "

Wei Yin was just listening casually at first, but after listening to it, he accidentally glanced at Jing Changji, apparently not expecting him to be able to accurately guess that there was something wrong with Xia Houqian.

These were also handed to him by the people he sent out after the assassination tonight, but although there was suspicion but no evidence, Jing Changji guessed it just by seeing it?

Wei Yin narrowed his eyes, followed Jing Changji's words and asked, "Oh? What's so strange?"

Jing Changji sat up straight, and finally turned to what he really wanted to ask: "It stands to reason that compared with the two suspects of Lord Xu and the eldest prince, the eldest prince must be more likely, but for some reason, the emperor seems to dislike Lord Xu even more." , even the Queen Mother's birthday banquet had an accident, and the prince was assassinated. At this time...the emperor still cares about Mr. Xu's marriage. It's really strange, so strange. Mr. Xu is over 40. It doesn't seem to matter, does it?"

Wei Yin laughed angrily, and finally understood what he wanted to know after making such a big circle: "This king understands this matter."

Jing Changji's eyes lit up when he heard this sentence, and waited under the excitement, but Wei Yin stopped talking.

Jing Changji: My lord, if you understand, you should just talk about it.

Wei Yin saw that his body was moving more and more towards him because of anxiety, and his original mood improved a lot, and he continued slowly: "After all, if your minister will not marry your woman for life, and will enter the palace from time to time to let her You see him looking so infatuated, do you care if he marries or not?"

Jing Changji didn't realize it at first, but when he realized something, his eyes widened in disbelief: "??" So Xu Yilin's sweetheart 20 years ago didn't pass on to someone else, but entered the palace?

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