With his whereabouts discovered, Qin Jiyan's plan to take Gu Qiancheng to the crime scene would naturally come to nothing. It was impossible for him to expose what he was doing in private when he knew someone was following him.
Qin Jiyan, the emperor's eldest grandson, did not have an easy life at all. The emperor's favor was a double-edged sword. While protecting Qin Jiyan, it also brought fatal danger to Qin Jiyan. When something like this happened, Qin Jiyan
It's natural to deal with it.
Gu Qiancheng is not a little girl who has a sense of justice but knows nothing. She will not make requests that would embarrass Qin Jiyan. Besides, even if she did, Qin Jiyan would not pay attention to him. She is not Qin Jiyan.
Who.
And having lived in a world with a strong legal system since she was a child, she also needs time to digest the order Qin Jiyan just issued.
With just one order, people can be killed immediately without any legal liability. Gu Qiancheng knows in his heart that this is the way the world is. Imperial power is supreme and the emperor can do whatever he wants. But there is still a gap between knowing clearly and seeing it with his own eyes.
Yes, she needs to calm down her mood...
Qin Jiyan left in a hurry with his men, while Gu Qiancheng sat quietly in the room, thinking about the philosophy of survival.
She is unable to change the original rules of this world. If she wants to live, does she have any other choice besides obeying?
While Gu Qiancheng was thinking about life and Qin Ji was fighting back, the master behind the deaths also received news...
"The person who gave the old thing to that little beast is indeed the best." In the palace, a woman in luxurious clothes looked ferocious. She picked up the jade pillow at hand and smashed it to pieces.
The next day, a little palace maid accidentally broke the jade pillow given by the emperor and was executed.
In a gorgeous mansion in the capital, the prince, who was no longer young, laughed at himself when he heard the news, turned around and ordered his subordinates to clean up the tail, leaving clues pointing to the other two...
In addition to these two places, there is also one person who is not sleeping in Donglin Academy, and that person is Jing Yan.
Qin Jiyan was not a playboy spoiled by the emperor and had nothing to do. He was more difficult to deal with than he imagined...
When Jing Yan received the news, it was already dawn and the body had already been hung on the city wall. Jing Yan stood on the roof and looked in the direction of the city wall. He did not return to his house until he heard the sound of someone getting up.
Gu Qiancheng stayed up all night. The maid came in to serve Gu Qiancheng in the morning. She obviously saw something wrong with Gu Qiancheng's face and wanted to show her loyalty and say a few nice words.
But when they saw a wooden box on the table that did not belong to the Gu family, the maid completely forgot about it and stared at the box on the table.
"Big, eldest lady..."
"Remember, you haven't seen anything." Gu Qiancheng stood up and glanced sideways at the maid.
"Slave, I understand." The maid turned pale and knelt down with a bang. Gu Qiancheng walked past them and opened the box.
The ice in the box had turned into water, leaving only a piece the size of a finger. Gu Qiancheng poured the water out, and with a thud, a small box rolled out.
"What is this?" As soon as Gu Qiancheng opened it, he smelled a faint medicinal fragrance. No one needed to say anything, Gu Qiancheng knew that this small box of ointment was not ordinary.
Come to think of it, how could the things used by the emperor's eldest grandson be so bad?
"Put the box away." Gu Qiancheng held the ointment in the palm of his hand. The round box did not irritate his hand at all. If he held it too tightly, the box in his hand was getting hotter and hotter...
Gu Qiancheng acted as if nothing had happened and was washing up as usual. However, the maids could not be as calm as she was. They tidied up the house timidly and did not dare to move without Gu Qiancheng's order.
The eldest lady is not as simple as they think. They are really afraid that if they know too much, they will be killed and silenced.
Gu Qiancheng didn't take these maids seriously at all. She was not afraid of the Gu family at all and knew that Qin Jiyan came to see her last night.
Opening the ointment, Gu Qiancheng picked out a piece the size of a fingernail and spread it on his face in front of the bronze mirror...
The ointment has a fine texture and is very refreshing and comfortable to apply on her face. Gu Qiancheng estimates that the injury on her face will be completely healed within three days.
After breakfast, Uncle Gu and his wife came to see Gu Qiancheng. Today is the day when Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment will publicly hear Gu Chengyi's case.
The two of them paid attention to Gu Qiancheng's injuries, and Gu Sanshu asked Qiancheng if he wanted to go to the scene to hear the case.
Gu Qiancheng hesitated for a moment and refused: "Uncle Third, if you come back and tell me the result, it will be the same." The expression on her face was still obvious, and it was always embarrassing to be recognized.
Although Uncle Gu hoped that Gu Qiancheng could go, he also knew Gu Qiancheng's concerns and did not force him. On the contrary, the third lady was very uneasy and said: "Qiancheng, if you don't go, what if the Ministry of Punishment will send you to Gu Qiancheng today?"
What should we do if the case is judged?”
"Third Aunt, even if I go, I can't stop the Ministry of Punishment from settling the case." The third lady was concerned but confused. Although Gu Qiancheng was dissatisfied, she didn't show it.
"But..." The Third Madam wanted to persuade her, but was interrupted by Gu Qiancheng: "No buts. Third Aunt, no one can interfere with the Criminal Department's judgment of the case. It is illegal to disrupt the court."
If she went there, she could only listen. Even if she thought the judgment was unreasonable, she could not challenge the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple in public in court, which would make the government lose face.
The third lady's face turned pale, and she wanted to explain but was pulled back by Uncle Gu: "Qiancheng, your third aunt is just too worried about Chengyi, don't take it to heart."
The third lady is usually very sober and rational, but this time, because it was related to her son's life, death and future, she lost her sense of proportion.
"I know. It's getting late. Third uncle, please go quickly." Gu Qiancheng really didn't take it to heart. Among the weird people in the Gu family, third uncle and third aunt were already very normal.
Although Gu Qiancheng was waiting for news at home, she was not idle. She had collected two blood swatches at the scene. Of course, she did not use the blood swatches for testing. The current equipment could not test blood samples at all.
Gu Qiancheng carefully took out the blood sliver and drew the shape of the blood sliver on the paper...
The shapes of blood dripping to the ground are different under different forces. The corners of these two drops of blood are rounded, unlike the violent splashes caused by violent blows.
Gu Qiancheng planned to start from the shape of blood drops to add a bargaining chip for Gu Chengyi, so that Qin Jiyan would have one more piece of evidence when he reversed the case...
Qin Jiyan, who was worried about Gu Qiancheng, did not go to investigate the case, but was scolded by the emperor in the imperial study.
"Ji Yan, you are so ridiculous. Do you know how bad your actions last night were? The people in the imperial city thought someone was attacking the city." The emperor is no longer young and has age spots on his face, but looking at it
The spirit is pretty good.
"My grandson knows he made a mistake, please punish me, Grandpa Huang." Qin Jiyan admitted his mistake very well.
However, both the emperor and Qin Jiyan understood that although Qin Jiyan admitted his mistake, he would not regret it. If he had it to do over again, he would still do the same thing.
Everyone has a temper. Qin Jiyan, who was pampered by the emperor and grew up, has never been a person without a temper.
The emperor knew this very well, so he had a headache. On one side was his son, and on the other was his grandson who he had watched grow up. If the two sides really wanted to fight, the emperor would not be happy to see anything happen to anyone, but...