Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 250 Doubtful (Part [-])
"Heh..." Ji Wuyan smiled, rubbing the white porcelain cup, "The little girl is from the Ji family in Yunzhou, and it was a helpless act to conceal something before. Please forgive me, Mrs. Shangguan. Mrs. Shangguan is the little girl's aunt. The news of my cousin's death spread to the south of the Yangtze River, and my aunt was so sad that she couldn't afford to get sick...The little girl took the risk."

After finishing speaking, Ji Wuyan sighed again, and said softly, "Now it seems that the little girl has overestimated her capabilities."

The woman's smile is bitter and difficult.

In the black pupils, there was no light at all, and it was heavily suppressed, as if some negative emotions were suppressed in them, heavily suppressing the woman in front of him.

Song Yuanqing suddenly felt a little distressed.

The woman with drooping eyebrows raised her eyelids lightly, she looked vaguely behind the light, her voice was ethereal and lonely, "I am a weak woman... It is difficult to know some truths... Now Fortunately, after hearing some specious things, Mr. Song said that's not the case..."

"Bah…"

A drop of water splashed onto the teacup in front of Ji Wuyan.

Song Yuanqing looked in surprise and was taken aback. Ji Wuyan... crying?She really... really doesn't look like someone who can cry.Although Song Yuanqing didn't have much contact with Ji Wuyan, but based on the few times they rubbed shoulders, he still felt that Ji Wuyan was not someone who could cry.

She is gentle enough and strong enough.

"Miss Ji...you...don't cry!"

"I, I..." The woman with sparkling eyes still looked pitiful and helpless, she stubbornly didn't wipe the corners of her eyes, "I, I just want the truth, so I can, just If I can go back and tell my aunt, maybe my aunt's illness will be cured..."

Song Yuanqing was silent, sighed lightly after all, since the other party was frank, it was really inappropriate to remind the local girl of such sad things.Song Yuanqing really couldn't do anything about the girl's tears. After hesitating for a moment, he finally said, "The gate of Chongren Hall...was not locked from the outside. It was locked from the inside."

The fingertips hanging by her side trembled slightly, and Ji Wuyan looked over with just the right amount of surprise, "My lord means..."

"Yes. In that fire, there were 37 people in Chongren Hall, and none of them survived... But at that time, they could escape as long as they opened the door lock of the hall..." This is also the court's claim that it was the Crown Princess herself. The main cause of arson.

"And..." Song Yuanqing looked at Ji Wuyan, "And there are sixteen lotus jars in front of and around Chongren Hall to prevent water from leaking, and they are usually filled with water. Even if the servants are negligent and did not check, But before the fire, Yanjing City just had a heavy rain, so it is impossible to completely dry up."

When the lotus jar dried up, the servants outside the Chongren Hall saw the fire, and had to go farther to fetch water if they wanted to save it.

Clenching her palms tightly, Ji Wuyan lowered her eyebrows, her long eyelashes covered all the emotions in her eyes, her voice was as cold as ice that would not melt in winter, "That day... where is the prince?" ?”

"The crown prince was stopped by His Majesty for questioning in the Imperial Study Room, until the Chongren Hall was on fire, and the servants went to report the news, the crown prince hurried back... but he was powerless."

"And...is there anything else?"

Song Yuanqing shook his head, and was about to say no more, but he thought of something, and responded, "There are some... details that are not details. At that time, Song asked some servants of the East Palace, there were three or four, all of them They mentioned a rather strange thing. They said that the Crown Princess is usually gentle and kind, and never angry. But at that time, she was a little weird and a little violent, and the servants of the Chongren Palace were often punished for some trivial things."

"The most serious one was because a servant dropped one of her malachite hairpins and was severely beaten twenty sticks... Until the day the fire broke out, she was still resting in bed and was the only No. Thirty-eight people, but when Song was questioning that day, I heard that she went because of her serious injury..."

Malachite Hairpin...

The pain in the palm was embedded in the ground, but it was still not as good as the pain in the heart.

Malachite, rare and precious, is produced in the mountains far away from Saibei. I'm afraid that even the whole Dongyao can't find a few pieces. Li Yuqi probably won't spend all his time looking for it and give it to Shangguan Yuan.The hairpin that Song Yuanqing was talking about was probably given to her by Shangguan Yuan and Ji Lishang, so it must be a treasure.

It's just... Shangguan Yuan, that idiot, used to be someone who couldn't even see blood...

While her thoughts were spinning, she raised her hand and gently wiped the remaining water stains from the corners of her eyes, "Draining the water in the lotus jar may be done by others, or it may be yourself. Lock the door of the temple and not come out, it may be arson , or it may be that they had to retreat to the palace to avoid danger from the outside world. The change in mood and personality can't explain anything...Master Song, my little girl believes in you as a human being, pursues justice and the truth, and invites Master Song..."

She got up slowly, bowed to Song Yuanqing, "Give me the truth, little girl."

"My little girl is not a person who acts recklessly without knowing the importance. My little girl only needs one truth, no matter what the final truth is, whether it is the East Palace or other forces, my little girl will not hit a stone with a pebble, let alone implicate an adult. My little girl... I just want to bring Go back to your hometown with the truth, and comfort your relatives who are bedridden and depressed."

As he said that, another thin gleam of light slowly slipped from the corner of his eyes, "The Shangguan family has been hiding from the world for many years, and the Ji family is nothing more than a family of merchants... I don't ask much, so please sir... Please fulfill me."

"I, my officer..." Song Yuanqing stretched out his hand to help, but he stopped halfway, seeing the other party's sudden big tears, he was at a loss for a while, he gritted his teeth, "Okay ! I promise you!"

With the wind blowing, a corner of the girl's veil was lifted, revealing a delicate chin, the white ground was a bit dazzling.The pair of pupils on the ground became darker and darker, like a cold pool in the abyss, which sucked people's soul.

There were still tears in her eyes, she raised her eyes and persistently asked for a guarantee, "Master Song's words, are you serious?"

Ying Wan, in fact, Song Yuanqing regretted it for a moment - the matter of Chongren Temple has been going on for so long, and there is no unified statement so far. First, there are so many doubts that every theory can't stand. Second, the matter involves the East Palace. , the crown prince is also suspected, who dares to hold on?

However, Song Yuanqing is a person who honors promises, he refuses to make promises easily, but promises are always fulfilled.He nodded, "Really."

Ji Wuyan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, her legs were limp, she sat down in her chair, and said weakly, "So, thank you, Mr. Song..."

(End of this chapter)