"That's fine. Just as Yinzhen was about to leave, Ling Ruo, who had been silent until now, suddenly leaned forward and said: "I have something to say, your Majesty, please stay for now."
Yinzhen stopped as he was told and said warmly: "If Concubine Xi has anything to say, just say it."
Guarjia's heart skipped a beat and she guessed what Ling Ruo wanted to say. She quickly stepped forward and tugged on her sleeves, whispering: "Sister, it's not the right time to mention this matter. We'd better talk about it later."
Ling Ruo ignored her persuasion and said directly: "The Queen just said that the deceased is dead, and the living can't bring the deceased back to life no matter how sad they are. I agree very much; but if the deceased is gone because he didn't find out the truth,
If it is unclear, then it will be a harm to both the living and the dead."
Yinzhen's eyelids twitched slightly and he said, "What does Concubine Xi feel unclear about?"
Under the gazes of Nala and Hongshi, Ling Ruo slowly uttered four words, "Hongli's death!"
No one expected that she would say such words at this time, and everyone looked surprised. Among them, Nala and Hongshi were the most surprised. The former hesitated and said: "It has been confirmed that it is those crazy Lianjiang County people.
The common people killed Fourth Elder Brother, what else is unclear?"
Ling Ruo said calmly: "I also know this, but I still feel that the matter is still a bit unclear, so I would like to ask the second elder brother again about the situation at that time. Is it convenient for the second elder brother?"
Naturally, Nala didn't want to mention this matter too much, lest Hongshi reveal his flaws, but Lingruo said so, and she couldn't directly object, so she had to say in a roundabout way: "Hongshi just came back, let's wait a few days to talk about these things.
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Ling Ruo said expressionlessly: "But I want to hear it now. Although the second elder brother has a hard time traveling, it shouldn't be difficult for him to even talk about it."
Before Nala could say anything more, Yinzhen had already said: "Hongshi, I knew this from Lin Xueli's report before. Since you are back, tell me personally."
"Yes." Hongshi glanced at Nala secretly, endured the uneasiness in his heart and spoke out the pre-arranged speech, which was exactly the same as the speech in Lin Xueli's memorial, without any discrepancy.
Ling Ruo had been listening carefully, and after he finished speaking, he said: "Lin Xueli is just a civil servant, but he has no power to restrain a chicken. Why can he escape, but you two brothers who have studied martial arts cannot escape?"
Lose?"
"Zhaohui and the others wanted to protect Hongli at that time... No, the prince left first." Hongshi changed his title and continued: "But the prince didn't want to keep me and Mr. Lin, so he dragged us together, but
Later, the situation became more and more unfavorable. In desperation, we had no choice but to let Mr. Lin go first, while the prince and I stayed to resist."
Ling Ruo stared at him suspiciously and said, "You said there are many of them, right?"
"Yes." As soon as Hong Shi finished speaking, Ling Ruo asked: "If there were so many people, why didn't they send some people to chase Lin Xueli when they saw him escaping, and let him escape?"
Hongshi didn't expect Ling Ruo to be so careful and see the problem even in such a trivial matter. He Qiang calmly said: "Those villagers all look like lunatics. It's impossible to measure them with normal people's thinking. Maybe they don't have any sense at all."
Thinking of this point mentioned by the empress."
"Since they knew that they sent people to guard you after arresting you, they shouldn't be so brainless. Is there anything that you didn't notice, second elder brother? Also, second elder brother, after you were arrested, did you really take it seriously?
Don’t you want to leave the place where you and Hongli are imprisoned?”
There was a slight sweat on Hongshi's forehead, and he lowered his head and said: "They locked me and the prince in a dark room. I really couldn't recognize where that place was. Otherwise, I would definitely tell Mr. Lin and ask him to send someone."
Someone went to save the prince, if he had gone there at that time, the prince might not have died."
Ling Ruo stared at the top of his head and said: "You escaped together, why did you escape in the end but Hongli was burned into a charred corpse?"
"I was accidentally hit in the back while escaping and rolled down the mountain. I didn't expect to save my life because of this. The prince..." Before Hong Shi could finish his words, Ling Ruo interrupted him sharply, "Now get out of here."
You can escape with your life by going down the mountain, so why didn't Hongli roll down the mountain like you? Why?"
"I...I..." Just as Hongshi was nervously thinking about how to round out his words, Nala said: "Rolling down the mountain may be a way of life or death. Hongshi is alive. I can only say that he has a good life.
Avoid this disaster."
Ling Ruo said loudly without thinking, "Then why didn't Hongli roll down the mountain and avoid this disaster?"
Seeing that Ling Ruo's questions were getting more and more outrageous, Nala said displeasedly: "Everyone's destiny is different. How can I answer you? Hongshi has already told Concubine Xi everything he knows, but Concubine Xi is like
Just like interrogating a prisoner, she kept interrogating Hong Shi, whether Concubine Xi felt that Hong Li should die as well, and that he should not come back alive at all."
Ling Ruo turned away and said, "I never said that."
"You didn't say it, but that's what you said." Nala said with a deep expression: "It's sad to lose Hongli, but you shouldn't have such thoughts. Of course, Hongli is someone you regard as a great person."
My life's son, Hongshi, is not my life. I would rather have something happen to me than let him get hurt at all."
When Guarjia saw this, she quickly came up to smooth things over and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I believe that your Majesty, Concubine Xi, did not mean this."
Nala ignored her, but said to Yinzhen with a sad face: "Your Majesty, because of Hongli's incident, Hongshi was already very guilty and blamed himself, but Concubine Xi still wanted to target Hongshi in every possible way, and even felt that he was not good enough.
It is really unacceptable to me that I should be alive."
"As Concubine Jin said, Concubine Xi didn't mean it this way. It was just a quick talk, so there was this misunderstanding. The queen should not take it to heart." After comforting Nala, Yinzhen said: "I still have something to do.
Go back to Yangxin Hall first and come back later."
When passing by Ling Ruo, Yinzhen paused and said, "You come with me, I have something to say to you."
Ling Ruo glanced at him and said coldly: "I want to stay here with Hongli, and I don't think I have anything else to say to the emperor."
Listening to Ling Ruo's unceremonious rebuttal, Guarjia secretly sweated, fearing that Yinzhen would blame him. Fortunately, what he worried about did not happen. Yinzhen just whispered in Ling Ruo's ear.
, then left Yuqing Palace; as for Ling Ruo, after hesitating for a while, he actually followed out.
When they arrived at Yangxin Hall, they unexpectedly saw Yunxiang waiting outside the hall. Seeing Yinzhen coming, he stepped forward to greet him and said: "My brother learned that the second elder brother came back and brought the crown prince's coffin hub with him, so he thought
Come and pay homage." After saying that, he saw Ling Ruo who came with Yinzhen and said softly: "My sister-in-law, please express my condolences about the prince."