imperial psychologist

Chapter 264 Good Means

"Don't you gossip here—!"

Lin Jieyu lowered her eyes and smiled, the tears on her face hadn't faded, she looked very pitiful.

"My sister doesn't even ask Bo Ling, do you think I'm rambling?"

Concubine Ning froze there, then slowly turned to Bai Ling who was still standing in the center of the side hall, "Bai Ling, is there something wrong?"

Berlin didn't answer.

Bo Ling frowned slightly, not quite understanding what Lin Jieyu was doing.

Lin Jieyu can directly say "Royal Garden" and "Donglin Temple", so it can be seen that there should be a witness in her hand-but what kind of guard is that?That is obviously the son of Prince Gong.

Not to mention whether that Duke Ming himself is from Prince Gong’s side, as long as he wants to overthrow the Song Dynasty, he is unlikely to be an enemy of Prince Gong—the only man in the Manchu Dynasty who can compete with the Song Party now is Mr. Sun Ge One faction, and the person standing behind the elders of Sun Ge is Prince Gong.

Emperor Jianxi didn't have a good opinion of Prince Gong's son, but he doted on the eldest son. Such an important political bargaining chip, the people on Prince Gong's side would never allow any stains on him.

And Lin Jieyu—Lin Jieyu, who has been working for Ming Gong, involved Prince Gong's son at this time. Does she think she died fast enough?

Right now there are only two possibilities.

Either Lin Jieyu believed in her own sentence "Your Ming Gong wants you to die", so now she just fights to the death - but Lin Jieyu is not the kind of person who can be easily provoked.

Or, this is another trap that has never been released... Everything is manipulated by the so-called Duke Ming again.

But as mentioned earlier, Bo Ling really couldn't figure out for a while, what is the benefit of dragging the prince into the water at this time.

She stood there without saying a word, and suddenly felt that her brain might not be enough.

Qu Shi didn't take it seriously at first, but after Bo Ling's intriguing silence, he couldn't help but feel a sinking heart.

Concubine Ning was stunned for a while, and then scolded in embarrassment, "Bai Ling, answer!"

"I don't have anything to answer." Bai Ling's expression was still frank, without any panic on his face, "I and that guard are innocent, and have not done anything beyond the rules. The several occasional encounters between the Royal Garden and Donglin Temple, It's just a coincidence."

"Meet by chance?" Lin Jieyu smiled, "Zuo Wei Ying is His Majesty's personal guard, and he is basically on duty on weekdays and trained... He can sneak to the Imperial Garden to find you several times, is this considered a chance encounter?"

For a moment, Bo Ling's ears moved.

"Zuoweiying?" Bai Ling pretended to be surprised and opened her eyes wide. She looked at Lin Jieyu seriously, "How did your mother know that he was Zuoweiying?"

After all, even Berlin himself doesn't know.

Seeing the bewildered look on Bai Ling's face, Lin Jieyu felt confident, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised, "On the day the emperor practiced Xuanxiu last month and chanted scriptures all night, a group of guards were transferred from the left guard camp to serve as the emperor Keeping the scriptures... And the next morning, after the scriptures are over, someone bumped into you in the imperial garden and talked with him. Bai Siyao..." Lin Jieyu imitated the tone of Concubine Ning just now, and asked in a low voice, " ...is there any such thing?"

The time and place are so clear, and Bo Ling has such an attitude of not explaining, even Qu's heart is a little shaken for a while.

And in order to make things more believable, Lin Jieyu told her every detail that Jin Zhi had told her before, all in detail.She never imagined that this matter would be said in this form on such an occasion.

She knew Emperor Jianxi, and for those who followed him, whether it was Jinyiwei or Zuoweiying, Emperor Jianxi was always strict—once the affair with a female official in the palace was revealed, Bai Ling and the guard were doomed to be the only ones. Go to the underworld together to end.

It's a pity that the specific information about the guards from Baigu's side has not been transmitted for a long time, and in addition to the sudden incident tonight, she had to show this hole card in advance.Otherwise, she prefers to wait for the next private meeting of the two to break it on the spot - think about how flustered these two young people will be at that time.

The more they talked, the complexions of Ning Bin and Qu Shi became more and more grim, but the worries in Bai Ling's heart gradually dissipated.

Until Lin Jieyu finished telling all the details she knew, Bai Ling’s previous anxiety had all disappeared—because from Lin Jieyu’s narration, she finally understood that there was a third possibility for this matter: Lin Jieyu I really don't know that person is the prince.

She couldn't help but lowered her head and smiled, shook her head and said, "Lin Jieyu is really good at it."

Lin Jieyu withdrew her gaze from Bai Ling, and casually cast a glance at Ning Bi, "...there is no impenetrable wall in the world. If you want people to know it, you have to do it yourself. In this palace, there are Who dares to say that he has done nothing wrong-"

"It's getting too far. What I mean by good means and what you understand are two different things." Padding paused, and then said, "I mean, Ma'am, you are really good at muddying the water."

"you……"

"Everything is one thing at a time," Bai Ling said softly, "Which guard did I meet in the imperial garden, what did we say and do, it has nothing to do with the witchcraft case in Chuxiu Palace tonight. Just because A small paulownia puppet, the maid in charge of Chengqian Palace was directly sent to the Punishment Department, and the imperial concubine and Ning concubine were almost implicated. If the investigation is not done as soon as possible... If you continue to drag it on, I'm afraid tomorrow will be broken. As soon as it comes to light, things will only ferment in a more serious direction."

At this moment, Concubine Ning suddenly realized that if she just followed Lin Jieyu's topic blindly and got entangled in "how much responsibility should the master bear for the maid's mistakes", then she had been fooled by this woman.

Even if Bo Ling really had an affair with the guards, it would be a matter of settlement after the autumn. The most important thing at the moment is only one thing——

"Your Majesty." Qu Shi had already stood up, she walked slowly in front of Emperor Jianxi, bent down and knelt down, "Please order...to thoroughly investigate this matter."

Emperor Jianxi looked at Qu, but still didn't say anything.

Qu continued, "I understand the emperor's worries. It would be good if the witchcraft matter can be calmed down as soon as possible. But if it is ended in such an anticlimactic and unclear way, I'm afraid it will not convince the public. It will not be guaranteed in the future." The palaces will take the risk and follow suit secretly... At that time, I am afraid that it will cause more trouble instead."

The concubine was right.

Emperor Jianxi didn't understand this in his heart.

He gradually leaned back in the chair without looking at anyone in the room.

After a long time, he finally said in a low voice, "... Let the Department of Punishment transfer this case to Dali Temple."

Huang Chongde on the side responded lightly, and then asked, "Then all the people involved in the case."

"Take him to prison first," Emperor Jianxi said coldly, "All things must be investigated and found out."

Huang Chongde nodded, walked up to Lin Jieyu himself, and said softly, "Then, Lin Jieyu...please."

Lin Jieyu stood up calmly and walked towards the side door. Before going out, she didn't forget to turn around and bowed slightly to Emperor Jianxi. There was no trace of disappointment on that delicate and beautiful face.

After Lin Jieyu left, Qu looked at the emperor again.

"Your Majesty, about the meeting between Bai Ling and the guards, the concubine wants to—"

"You don't need to worry about this matter." Emperor Jianxi's voice was firm, "The left guard battalion is all my own soldiers, and I have to personally intervene in this matter."

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