The Jingzhao Yin Mansion Office received a report that Princess Qingping was assassinated with a cold arrow in the street. The Fu Yin's face turned pale. Under the blue sky and in broad daylight, there was such a big trouble in the security of Beijing. The black gauze hat on his head was probably in danger.
He immediately ordered Shaoyin of the Jingzhao Prefecture to lead people to the place where Princess Qingping's accident happened to conduct a thorough investigation, while he hurried into the palace to plead guilty to the emperor.
The carriage of Princess Qingping Mansion was faster than that of Princess Jingzhao Yin, and they entered the palace very quickly.
After meeting the emperor, Qingping wiped his eyes with a handkerchief and cried, "Brother Emperor, someone is murdering me and shooting cold arrows at me."
The emperor was listening to the results of the bachelor's examination. Hearing this, his brows suddenly stood up and he asked, "What's going on?"
Princess Qingping cried and explained the situation at that time, and then pulled Fengling to confirm, "If Fengling hadn't been so good at martial arts, I'm afraid, brother, you would never see me again today."
The emperor became angry when he heard this, "How can this be unreasonable? Who dares to shoot you coldly? It's daytime."
"Yes, it's daytime. If it hadn't been during the day, I wouldn't have been scared to death." Princess Qingping said angrily, "When did the security in Beijing become so careless? Will I dare to go out on the streets in the future?"
The emperor immediately said: "Come here, go and invite the Yin of Jingzhao Yin into the palace."
Eunuch Yu responded and went immediately.
The emperor asked: "Where is that cold arrow?"
"At the gate of the palace, I can't bring it in to show you without your permission, brother emperor." Qingping cried.
The emperor nodded and ordered people to get the arrows.
Li Shu, the governor of Jingzhao Yin, ran into the palace sweating profusely. When he saw the emperor, he immediately knelt down and apologized, "Your Majesty, I have been lax in my governance. Please give me time, and I will definitely find out the traitor who murdered the princess.
Bring him to justice and reduce his merits."
This Jing Zhaoyin is a close confidant of the emperor. Only when the security of the capital is entrusted to his close confidants can the emperor rest assured. He has not done anything wrong in the past few years, but this matter did happen again today. Therefore, the emperor
He looked grim and said, "I will give you three days. If the traitor cannot be found, you can take off your official robe and go home."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Shu breathed a sigh of relief and turned to ask Qingping, "Princess, could you please tell me about the situation at that time."
Qingping didn't cooperate, "What did you ask me to say? This princess was almost scared to death."
Li Shu was in a dilemma, "This... the investigation must restore the situation at that time..."
"Speaking to the common people." Fengling has been kneeling on the ground since she met the emperor, speaking clearly what happened at that time, "The princess, the princess, and my sister were getting on the carriage, and the sharp arrow came from the opposite side of Qianjinfang.
It was shot from a very high roof ridge. I heard the sound of breaking through the air and realized something was wrong. I quickly drew my sword and knocked down the arrow."
At this time, an imperial guard took the arrow and showed it to the emperor.
After the emperor looked at it, his face darkened.
Fengling continued: "It's this arrow. This arrow is very powerful, fast and sharp. If the grassroots were not waiting by the carriage at that time and shot quickly, they would not be hurt by it, otherwise they would be hit by this arrow."
, either dead or injured."
Qingping nodded, with red eyes and a frightened expression, and agreed, "Yes, the idiot guards in my princess's mansion didn't react until Fengling knocked down Lengjian. If I had relied on them, I would have died long ago."
"You are not allowed to open your mouth and talk about whether you will die or not." The emperor glared at Qingping, "You can go back and leave this matter to Jing Zhaoyin to investigate."
Qingping refused, "Brother Emperor, are Jingzhao Yin's family coming to check? Mr. Li just brought a concubine to the house recently. Is he too indulged in Wenwen Township? He even neglected government affairs?"
Li Shu's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly begged for mercy, "Princess, I will definitely give you an explanation. Princess, please rest assured. If I don't eat or drink, I will find out the culprit."
Qingping snorted and only looked at the emperor.
The emperor said: "In this case, Jing Zhaoyin will be in charge of investigating the case, and Dali Temple will cooperate with the investigation. Li Shu will be given three days to find the culprit, otherwise he will be dismissed from office."
Qingping was satisfied, "Okay, so be it!"
She said, "Brother, my sister, please leave." and motioned for Fengling to follow her.
Li Shu said quickly: "Princess, stay here."
Qingping stared at him, "Why don't you hurry up and investigate the case? What's going on?"
Li Shu felt bitter in his heart, "The official also asked the princess to lend the young master Fengling to the official, because it was him who knocked down the cold arrow, and he was the first to catch up to the ridge, and at least he saw the thief.
The shadow and the direction in which it left. Therefore, I want him to follow him to investigate the case in the past few days, so that I can identify the culprit."
Qingping heard this and looked at Fengling, "Fengling, what's your opinion?"
Fengling immediately agreed, "Okay."
Qingping nodded, "Okay, I'll leave it to you. You must not treat Fengling badly. He is a distinguished guest of my princess's residence."
Li Shu responded repeatedly.
The emperor's eyes fell on Fengling. Knowing that Li Shu was eager to take Fengling to investigate the case, he didn't ask any more questions. He just waved his hand and asked the others to leave.
Qingping returned to his mansion and immediately went to Cangjiao Pavilion to see Duanhua.
The imperial doctor hadn't left yet. After checking Duan Hua's pulse, he prescribed a prescription to soothe the nerves. Duan Hua asked the imperial doctor to take Su Rong's pulse again. Su Rong refused. Just as he was about to send the imperial doctor away, Princess Qingping came.
He sat down and said to the imperial doctor: "Please take my pulse and prescribe a prescription to relieve shock."
The imperial doctor quickly took Qingping's pulse again and nodded, "Well, the princess is also a little frightened. She should take two doses of medicine to calm down the shock."
Qingping covered his heart and said, "This thief deserves to die. When he is found, I will skin him."
The imperial doctor prescribed the medicine. After leaving, the prince-in-law got the news and hurried back to the house. After asking about the situation, the prince-in-law didn't say anything. He only touched Duanhua's head and said, "You look so bad. Drink the medicine and go quickly."
rest."
Duan Hua said "hmm" and said to the consort: "Father, are you the person sent by the eldest prince's palace to kill Su Rong? That Leng Jian Su Rong said that he came for her, and she didn't offend anyone when she came to Beijing.
, I only offended that woman Ning Yao. My eldest cousin tried to impeach Su Rong’s father but failed, so he sent someone to retaliate with cold arrows, right?"
The prince-in-law immediately made a serious face, "Don't talk nonsense about things without evidence. Your mother also said that Your Majesty will hand over the matter to Jing Zhaoyin and Dali Temple for investigation. We will know the results when they find out."
Duan Hua curled his lips and said, "I know."
The soup was boiled in the kitchen. After drinking the soup, Duanhua felt sleepy and went back to the house to rest.
Qingping and the Prince Consort did not leave, but sent the servants away and asked Su Rong: "Who do you think wants to kill you?"
Su Rong naturally knew that it could not be the eldest prince. Even if the eldest prince used the Su family to deal with the prince, he would not do it in broad daylight. When she was still with Princess Qingping, he would shoot cold arrows at her and kill her. It would do nothing to the eldest prince.
On the other hand, it would be better to shoot Su Xingze directly.
Therefore, she naturally did not talk about the eldest prince, but shook her head.
The prince-in-law hesitated for a moment and asked her, "What is your relationship with Princess Zhenmin?"
Su Rong remained calm, "Princess Zhenmin?"
"The late Princess Zhenmin. During the reign of the first emperor, the only daughter of Prince Mingrui went to the Wei Dynasty to marry and died in the Wei Dynasty." The consort looked at Su Rong and saw that her expression did not change. He sighed and said directly
He said: "After you moved into the princess's mansion, the princess and I looked at you, and you were somewhat similar to the late Princess Zhenmin, so I sent someone to Jiangning County to check your life experience. The time was too short, and there was no trace of you.
I have found out what the relationship is between you and Zhen Min. However, I have found out a few doubts. Xie Yuan came to Jiangning after your mother was admitted to the prefect's mansion and stayed there. After your mother passed away, he has been serving as
Your husband will teach you how to grow up. Aunt Zhao, who serves the Queen Mother, is said to have sold herself to you not long ago and is now in Jiangzhou Governor's Mansion. These two people are related to Princess Zhenmin, especially Xie Yuan
."
Su Ronxiao, "What do you mean, my consort, just based on these two guesses, I think the late Princess Zhenmin has something to do with me? Then what do you think she has to do with me?"
The prince-in-law shook his head, "If it's found out, I won't ask you any questions."
Qingping said from the side: "You are fifteen this year. Zhenmin married Da Wei sixteen years ago. Before she left, she lived in Nanchu for three months, so..."
She paused, "Of course, we can't determine your relationship with Zhenmin just based on your appearance. There are so many similar people in the world, and apart from your appearance, there is no other resemblance to Zhenmin."
Jin Min’s shadow.”
The prince-in-law took over and said: "But one thing is that while I was investigating your life experience, I discovered that there are forces from Nanchu that have sneaked into Jiangning County many times. Although the traces have been deliberately erased, as long as you are willing to investigate, there are still traces to follow.
. This is the fundamental reason why I want to ask you today."
Su Rong was silent for a moment and smiled, "Since the princess and the consort have said so, I don't have to hide it anymore. I heard from Aunt Zhao that you, princess, had a good relationship with my mother back then. This is what I dare to do when I meet you."
After arriving in Duanhua, the reason why I took the opportunity to live in your house was just because my face made you look kind to me. I also knew that if you saw me, you would sooner or later doubt my life experience, just like Aunt Zhao back then.
Just like grandma, I can hide anything, but this face is really impossible to hide, and I have to show my true face to others."
Qingping was stunned, "Then you...your mother...you..."
The prince-in-law held Qingping's hand and lowered his voice and asked: "You mean, your mother is... Princess Zhenmin?"
Su Rong nodded, "Yes, my mother is Yan Ruzhen, Princess Zhenmin, and my biological father is Chu Rong, King of Southern Chu."
