Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 332: A fishy fish

Imperial City, Newspaper Institute.

After Feng Shenwei concurrently served as director of the institute, he would come to the newspaper institute twice a month to monitor public opinion. He is not a serious person. As long as there is no content that is not conducive to the Tang Dynasty, he will turn a blind eye to many things.

This job was a lucrative job, and officials and dignitaries often gave him money in order to publish some news.

Today, there was a document placed on Feng Shenwei's case. When he opened it, he saw that it read "Uncle Yang Guo donated a thousand guan at Baoshou Temple to help the poor", and below it there were three words "a thousand guan". Remuneration to Feng Shenwei.

"Uncle Guo has smooth hands and a kind heart. He is truly a kind person."

Feng Shenwei muttered something in a low voice, and checked the column under the pen to show that the news could be published.

Looking further back, it was "Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan appeared in Taibai Mountain and accepted Taoist priest Wang Xuanyi as his disciple", and below it was "Six Hundred Guan". Feng Shenwei looked at it and couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "What a thief." , it’s money well spent.”

At this time, an official came over to report that someone wanted to see him.

Feng Shenwei thought it was a sign of great filial piety, so he put down his pen and went to the hall to take a look in person. He saw Wang Zhongsi lying on his side on a stretcher and being carried over.

"General Wang, you..."

"I have a gangrene attack on my back. I'm sorry that I can't see you." Wang Zhongsi said weakly.

"I'm not being polite, but the general came here in person even though he was sick. What's the matter?"

Wang Zhongsi pouted, and Feng Shenwei quickly stepped forward and leaned over to listen.

"General Feng, I heard that Xue Lang committed a crime and was detained in the palace, but is it true?"

"I really don't know much about this matter." Feng Shenwei thought for a while and responded: "If General Wang wants to know, I will ask General Gao."

"That's it, thank you very much."

Seeing that Wang Zhongsi, who was seriously ill, was carried away again, Feng Shenwei hurried back to the palace and hurried slowly to see Gao Lishi.

When they arrived at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they saw that Gao Lishi was appointing the eunuch Li Dayi to take over Wu Huaishi's job.

Seeing this situation, Feng Shenwei had a thought in his mind, secretly thinking that Wu Huaishi was either promoted or finished.

He had a lot of thoughts, but he didn't actually know what was going on, so he had to stand aside and raised his eyes slightly to see Li Dayi passing away happily, and then he stepped forward to speak.

"Master, Wang Zhongsi came to see me today and wanted to plead for Xue Bai."

"He begged for mercy?" Gao Lishi said lightly: "If he begged for mercy, he could have killed Xue Bai."

"So, Wang Zhongsi and Xue Bai have a grudge?"

After casually making a silly remark, Feng Shenwei felt Gao Lishi's cold eyes, and then he cheered up and said, "That can't be the case. Someone must have frightened Wang Zhongsi and pretended to have good intentions to do bad things."

Gao Lishi asked: "Who do you think it is?"

"That must be..."

Feng Shenwei was a quick talker, and he couldn't take it back when he opened his mouth. It was difficult to pretend to be stupid, so he had to point to the east.

Gao Lishi sighed slightly and said, "If you are smart enough to guess, come with me to investigate the case."

"When I saw that Wu Huaishi's position had been replaced, I thought the matter was settled, so why should I handle the case?"

"There is also the case of King Shou."

Feng Shenwei's heart tightened, and he regretted getting involved in this matter. He secretly thought that he should have just pretended to be stupid and insisted that Wang Zhongsi and Xue Bai had a grudge.

Gao Lishi waved his hand and said: "Jingzhao Mansion has found out that King Shou once 'claimed a prophecy and criticized Cheng Yu'. You go to find out first. I will go there later."

"Here..."

~~

Eagle Dog Shop.

The big cage was slowly opened, and Xue Bai came out, looked at Gao Lishi, and smiled sincerely.

"Thank you, General Gao."

"The last person detained here was Yao Siyi. He is already dead."

"So I should thank General Gao even more."

"It has nothing to do with me." Gao Lishi shook his head and said, "You are not acquitted, but the Jingzhao Mansion has found clues about King Shou's false prophecies. You claimed to have offended King Shou by pursuing this matter and were framed by him, so they cooperated in the investigation. Bar."

Xue Bai said: "You must be dedicated."

"Next, you are at my disposal at any time."

"What about my official position?"

"You are a guilty person, so the saint has naturally dismissed you from all official positions."

Since Xue Bai is an official fan, of course he doesn't want to, and said: "But I don't know what I am guilty of?"

Gao Lishi did not answer this question.

Xue Bai asked again: "General Gao asked me to obey your orders. Doesn't he want me to purify myself and enter the palace?"

Faced with this problem, Gao Lishi became interested and said like a joke: "How dare I do this."

"Why not?"

Gao Lishi whispered: "Then Mrs. Guo and the second mother-in-law of the Du family won't kill me?"

These words were regarded as a blow to Xue Bai, but he vaguely felt that Xue Bai was testing him.

"By the way, Wang Zhongsi has begged for mercy on your behalf. You can check the details yourself."

"Thank you, General, for telling me."

"Why have you always been at odds with Dong Gong?"

The two were walking side by side, and Gao Lishi suddenly asked.

Xue Bai responded: "General Gao also knows that Dong Palace once buried me alive. In addition, my relationship with Du Erniang is too deep."

"These grievances can be over after all, do you need me to be a lobbyist?"

"Excuse me for being blunt." Xue Bai said: "Li Hengzhi is not like a human king. King Qing is long-term and honest, and he has been established for a long time. Who dares to fight again?"

Gao Lishi asked: "Then why do you support Prince Qing?"

Xue Bai said: "General Gao asked this question, how can you ask questions based on the answers?"

Seeing that nothing could come out of the test, Gao Lishi stopped trying.

After leaving the palace, they went to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion in Guangdefang.

"Let's get down to business. Since you found out the evidence of Prince Shou's crime before the villain complained first, tell me how you found out."

"Yes, after King Ruyang died, I explored the palace of King Ruyang and asked some of the servants..."

~~

Yang Guozhong took up the post of Jingzhao Yin and was not good at secular affairs. Fortunately, there were two Jingzhao Shaoyin. Among them, Du Youlin had less power and did less things. Usually, most of the affairs of Jingzhao Mansion were handled by the other Shaoyin. Yin Cui Guangyuan handled it.

Until this time, Du Youlin found out a major case in one investigation.

Thinking back to Tianbao's five years, he was still the criminal in a major case, and now he is investigating others. It can be said that things are unpredictable.

"It's not a small crime to make false claims about prophecies." Feng Shenwei looked at the file and said with an embarrassed look on his face: "It also involves King Shou, which is most difficult to deal with."

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Du Youlin nodded repeatedly and sighed: "Of course I know."

After hearing the second half of the sentence, he couldn't help but ask: "What's so difficult about involving King Shou?"

Feng Shenwei glanced at him sideways and did not answer.

Although Du Youlin reacted slowly, he was not completely stupid. He understood immediately and muttered in his heart: "The saint is ashamed of King Shou and is not willing to deal with him easily."

"I heard that there is a key witness in this case, named Xi Liu Niang." Feng Shenwei put down the file in his hand and said, "Let's make arrangements. General Gao will come over to interrogate her in person later."

"Don't worry, General Feng. The witnesses are well guarded."

Feng Shenwei smiled and nodded.

Although he had just started the case, he had already noticed something wrong. As soon as Gao Lishi learned about Shou Wang's case, he immediately asked the Jingzhao Mansion to hand Xi Liu Niang over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Strangely, Du Youlin honestly agreed. , but did not comply, saying that he had to wait for the right minister's approval.

With the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, no yamen should dare to defy the situation, but Du Youlin delayed it for two days, causing Gao Lishi to come in person.

"General Feng, Du Shaoyin, and General Gao are here."

"Hurry up and greet him." Du Youlin hurriedly walked out.

Feng Shenwei paid attention to his reaction and reminded: "It would be better for Du Shaoyin to bring Xi Liuniang here. General Gao is busy, so don't let him wait too long when he arrives."

"Then I'll pick someone up?"

"Go."

Du Youlin turned around and walked to the back office of Jingzhao Mansion. He walked through the corridor, but there was a heavy guard in front of him.

He opened the door and entered a room.

There was a woman who was pacing with her hands behind her hands, with deep thoughts in her eyes. When she heard the door open, she raised her head and called, "Master."

Today’s guest is Du Wei.

"I'll take Xi Liu Niang over there, and Gao Lishi will interrogate it in person."

"How is Xue Bai?"

"Feng Shenwei didn't say anything, but since it's a matter of King Cha Shou, he must be fine."

Du Wei's eyes immediately showed surprise, but she had no time to show her smile.

"Where's Madam Xi Liu?" Du Youlin said, "I'll take her away."

Du Wei murmured to herself: "Gao Lishi personally interrogated...let me think about what kind of explanation I want her to use."

"Time is running out."

"Immediately." Despite such urging, Du Wei still spoke in a soft tone, raised her palm slightly and said, "I will decide immediately."

~~

"Not arranged yet?"

"Right away, I've asked Du Shaoyin to bring it here in person."

"Be more attentive to your work."

Gao Lishi scolded Feng Shenwei.

He took Xue Bai into the hall, sat down and waited for a while before seeing Du Youlin hurriedly leading Xi Liuniang over.

Gao Lishi deliberately brought Xue Bai here to observe Xi Liu Niang's reaction when she saw Xue Bai... She came in with her head lowered and glanced at everyone, and then her eyes fell on Xue Bai immediately. After observing for a while, he lowered his head to cover up.

"Are you Xi Liu Niang?"

"The slave family is."

"Do you know him?" Gao Lishi raised his hand and pointed at Xue Bai.

"I know." Xi Liuniang said, "After King Ruyang passed away, Yushi Xue came to the palace to find out the cause of King Ruyang's death and asked a few questions."

"What did you ask?"

On the way here, Gao Lishi had asked Xue Bai the same question, and now it was to see if the two men's confessions were consistent.

Xi Liu Niang spoke slowly without much hesitation.

"He asked who King Ruyang had met before he died. The Nu family is an old member of the palace and has the trust of King Ruyang, so he happens to know that King Ruyang disguised himself several times and went to see King Shou..."

Gao Lishi listened with a calm expression, as if he already knew the result.

After Xi Liu Niang finished speaking, he turned to Xue Bai and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Have you made all arrangements?"

"It should be said that the evidence is very complete."

Gao Lishi looked at the official who was recording the confession next to him, waited for him to write the last word with a brush, and said: "The trial has been completed, please go down and have a rest."

"Here."

"I'll ask Xi Liu Niang a few more words that have nothing to do with the case alone."

Everyone was stunned, and Du Youlin couldn't help but said: "General Gao, this is a prisoner, just in case..."

Gao Lishi said: "She is a witness, not a prisoner."

Du Youlin had no choice but to look at Xue Bai and retreat with everyone.

In the end, only Gao Lishi and Xi Liuniang were left in the hall.

"Grandpa."

Xi Liu Niang called out, knelt on the ground and said, "The child is useless. Du Jin sent people to kidnap him."

"How can you say it's useless if you can still come back?" Gao Lishi sighed, "I have placed so many people around Prince Ning, but you are the one who has stayed the longest."

As the eldest son of the late emperor, Ning Wang Li Xian gave way to the saint, but he lived under the supervision of Gao Lishi all his life. Of course, this surveillance was not entirely out of malice. It ultimately left a lasting legacy of brotherly love.

Xi Liu Niang is just a small, insignificant ant behind this great story. She was born in the Yeting Palace. She was selected by Gao Lishi and trained by others. When she became a beauty, she married a cake seller outside Prince Ning's Mansion and was raped into Prince Ning's Mansion.

"The King of Ruyang is dead, can the child repay his kindness?"

"You have repaid me a long time ago." Gao Lishi said, "But I want to ask you a few things. Can you tell the truth?"

"I have told countless lies to people in my life, but I must tell the truth to my grandfather."

"Swear on the lives of your brother's family. I forgot to tell you that his little daughter is also married. Her husband's family is a scribe at Luoyang Lizheng Academy, which is very good."

Xi Liu Niang raised her finger to the sky and said: "If I dare to lie to you, General Gao, my brother will not be able to die well and will not have a burial place."

Gao Lishi said: "What did Xue Bai find when he arrived at Prince Ruyang's Mansion?"

"He asked how King Ruyang died, and I replied that he drank too much Yurong Powder." Xi Liu Niang said: "The King of Shou was not mentioned at that time. After I was kidnapped by them, they forced me to frame the King of Shou."

At this question, Gao Lishi nodded to express satisfaction, and then asked: "Do they believe you?"

"Believe."

Xi Liu Niang is sure of this.

"Du Jin came to convince me in person. I didn't tell her that I was your adopted daughter, nor that I had a family. I only said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs asked me to monitor Prince Ning and his son for the rest of their lives, and now they must kill me to silence me. Please save her life. , so she trusts me."

Gao Lishi said: "Just like this, he trusts you?"

"I also told a lot of secrets about the palace." Xi Liuniang said: "I was the one who made the plan for King Ruyang to ask King Shou to observe filial piety for King Ning and refuse to marry him; I was the one who asked me to poison King Ruyang to death for a long time because of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I also said that the King of Ruyang is looking for a copper paperweight, and I was the one who told him about it."

"Is Xue Bai Li Qian?"

Xi Liu Niang took a deep breath and responded: "As far as I know, yes."

"Why?"

"Du Jin admitted it." Xi Liuniang said: "She acted without scruples and acted boldly. She told me what she was going to do as soon as she opened her mouth. She had an affair with Xue Bai and conspired to seize the crown prince. If I hadn't experienced it myself, I wouldn't have believed it. There are such crazy people in the world. She also promised me that she would give me great wealth, so she asked me to come forward as a witness."

"Is there any other evidence?"

"No." Maybe he was a little tired. Gao Lishi closed his eyes and rested for a while, but his fingers were still tapping gently.

After a while, he asked: "How did they ask you to answer me?"

What Xi Liu Niang said just now was all the truth, but she didn't expect that Gao Lishi didn't completely believe her. He was stunned for a moment and replied: "Before letting me go, Du Jin said that letting me bite him to death was because Wu Huaishi colluded with King Shou to frame Xue white."

"You should go back to Du Jin and keep an eye on them for me."

Xi Liu Niang seemed reluctant. After hearing the words, she was silent for a while and then responded: "Yes."

Gao Lishi sighed and said, "Don't worry, this is not a bad thing for you."

~~

Xue Bai looked at the roof of the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen and found that the animal-shaped decoration entrenched on it was also a chi.

The Chi's head is very similar to a faucet. It is said that it can spit water, symbolizing the meaning of avoiding fire... Only then did Xue Bai realize that this is also the origin of the "faucet".

When Gao Lishi walked out of the hall, what he saw was this picture of Xue Bai looking up at Chi's head.

This young man must be almost twenty years old. He is tall and tall, tall and heroic, and has a graceful bearing. The most extraordinary thing is his eyes.

Xue Bai is clearly a very sophisticated and calculating person. The strange thing is that he has a pair of very clean and clear eyes that are full of story-telling.

What is clean and clear? There is no shame, no resentment, no hiding away from others, only a calmness that can be seen to the end. Even though he tried all kinds of ruthless means, he still looked up to the heaven and earth with no shame. Only by daring to look directly at his own heart could he be so clean and clear.

But what is the sense of story in the eyes? It should be an extremely rich experience. Things experienced and witnessed in a lifetime fall like snow on people's hearts, settling and accumulating thicker, so that they can have this kind of depth.

Far from being as deep as a twenty-year-old should be...

Xue Bai turned around, saw Gao Lishi, smiled, and saluted, "How do you do, General Gao?"

Gao Lishi sighed and walked to him.

"Do we have to get rid of King Shou?"

"I don't understand what General Gao means."

"Let me ask you, do you have to get rid of King Shou?"

Xue Bai said: "I am an official of the imperial court and a censor serving in the palace. I found out that King Shou falsely claimed a prophecy. He did not want to repent, but instead framed me first..."

"You are no longer the imperial censor."

"My official position has been lost, but the laws of the court have not been lost."

Gao Lishi asked again: "You are not a court official, and you can't control the laws of the Tang Dynasty. I just ask you, do you have to get rid of King Shou?"

"I can't control Tang Lu, but it's there..."

Gao Lishi grabbed Xue Bai by the collar, dragged him to the corner, and said, "I'm old and I don't have the energy to beat around the bush with you. I just want to ask you, can you let King Shou go?"

Xue Bai thought for a while and finally gave an answer.

"Prince Shou...is he innocent?"

Gao Lishi was stunned.

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to his youth in his memory.

It was the first year of Tang Long. At that time, the saint was only twenty-five years old, and he was very heroic. He quietly led him into the Forbidden Garden and persuaded the then director of the Garden to join him in a coup. On the night of July 21, they rebelled against the Yulin army and invaded Xuanyuan. Demen, joined forces with Lingyan Pavilion, and killed Empress Wei, Zong Chuke, Princess Anle, Wu Yanxiu, Shangguan Wan'er...

"The whole of Chang'an is searching for Empress Wei's followers. Anyone who is taller than a horse's back will be executed."

"Your Highness, is this too much?"

At that time, Gao Lishi confirmed the matter again, and the young man turned around and asked him a question.

"Are they innocent?"

~~

The House of the Ten Kings.

It was another quiet afternoon. There was no new concubine in Prince Shou's palace, and the old songs and dances were already tired of listening to them. There were no silk and bamboo today.

Li Chen clasped his hands on his chest and stared at the sky in trance.

He had no way to find out the information, so he didn't know what happened after the complaint. When I think about it now, I just think it's just a trivial matter.

It is nothing more than telling the sage, "Xue Bai and the King of Ruyang said that Li Qian is not dead."

This is the truth. Li Chan just told the truth. He didn't think he would get into any trouble. The only thing he worried about was that the saint would see out his jealousy of Xue Bai.

Given his situation, he shouldn't have been troublesome, but he became furious when he thought of Xue Bai's affair with Yang Yuhuan, so he agreed to Wu Huaishi's entry into the palace. If the saint could infer the reason for his meddling through their adultery...it wouldn't matter.

Can it get worse than now?

"Shizuro."

The family order from Prince Shou's Mansion came over.

Li Chen turned around and responded very politely: "Ah Weng."

He called the family order the same as Gao Lishi, because although this eunuch did not have the status of Gao Lishi, he could easily control his destiny.

"Zhongguan General Feng Shenwei is here and wants to meet Shiba Lang."

"Oh? Is there any news about Xue Bai's case?"

Li Chen did not know that Feng Shenwei was recommended by Xue Bai to serve as an official newspaper, and he had no way of knowing about it.

He rushed to the hall full of expectations and saw Feng Shenwei standing there, neither sitting down nor drinking tea. He did not even accept the small gift from Prince Shou's Palace.

"General Feng, long time no see."

"I have a few questions to ask Shishiro today." Feng Shenwei said.

When he opened his mouth, he thought that King Shou didn't have any news channels. He thought about it for a while, but he told two pieces of news first.

"By the way, Shishiro, have you heard that Wu Huaishi is dead?"

"what?!"

Li Chan was shocked and thought quickly.

But after the initial surprise, what he thought was, "Wu Huaishi guessed wrong as expected."

Wu Huaizhi heard a few news here, and arbitrarily believed that Xue Bai was Li Ying's dead son, and wanted to use this to deal with Xue Bai... At that time, Li Chan felt that it was not feasible.

Sure enough, Gao Lishi took action and found out that Wu Huaishi was making a false accusation.

"That……"

Li Chen hesitated and asked a question that concerned him more.

If we can't get rid of Xue Bai by falsely accusing him of being the son of a traitor, we don't know what happened to Xue Bai's dirty work in the palace.

"Wu Huaishi discovered Xue Bai and the imperial concubine..."

Feng Shenwei immediately rolled his eyes to the sky and said, "If you don't ask, how did Wu Huaishi die?"

"How did he die?"

"Is it worthy of death to slander the imperial concubine with such nonsense?"

"when."

Li Chen didn't know what to say and realized that he shouldn't mention the imperial concubine again from his mouth.

Just now I felt so miserable that I lost my composure.

Seeing that everything that should be conveyed had been conveyed, Feng Shenwei began to ask questions.

"The Eighteenth Prince reported that Xue Bai and King Ruyang said that Li Qian, the third son of the deposed prince, is not dead, right?"

"I……"

Li Quan's mind turned, thinking that Wu Huaishi was dead, so he couldn't deal with Xue Bai by himself.

Let's just spare that Zhu Zi for now.

"Wu Huaishi told me about this matter and asked me to report it."

"Why?"

Li Chen thought for a while and said: "Now that I think about it, I know that Wu Huaishi had a personal grudge against Xue Bai and was seeking revenge. At that time, I was deceived by him. He had too much power. I didn't dare to offend him, so I had to accept his appointment. Complain before the saints.”

"Why did he appoint Shibaro?"

"Maybe it's because my family leader is his sworn brother."

Li Chan had an idea and easily got rid of the family order that he had always disliked.

Feng Shenwei asked a few more questions, and finally said: "Then I will ask Shiba Lang to write down the reason for his love in his own hand, and I will hand it over to the saint for review."

Li Chen immediately complied with the request, which was equivalent to the withdrawal of the imperial warrant.

When he handed over the autographed letter, he thought, that was the end of the matter...

~~

"This life-and-death situation can only be ended by getting rid of Li Chen."

Xue Bai was arranged to live in a public house in Jingzhao Mansion. The first thing he did was to write a memorial, explaining how he found out how Li Xuan was framed after falsely claiming a prophecy.

He handed the memorial to Du Youlin and said, "I also ask my uncle to deliver it to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Can the Right Prime Minister take action? He promised Concubine Wu Hui that she would 'defend King Shou'."

"It's because he promised that he must draw a clear line."

Du Youlin suddenly realized it and went with the memorial.

He didn't forget to arrange for people to bathe Xue Bai.

"Wash yourself well, this smells like dog."

"it is good."

"General Gao's arrangement of you in Jingzhao Mansion is no different than letting you go. Don't worry, I will take good care of you."

"Thank you uncle."

"Family, why are you so polite?"

After Du Youlin left, Xue Bai raised his arm and smelled it, roughly understanding what dog smell was.

Later, someone actually brought hot water.

Xue Bai was scrubbing in the room, and when he heard the door open again, he said, "There is really not enough water."

"Who brought you water?"

When I turned around, I saw that it was the Du sisters who were here, all dressed as minor officials.

Du Wei lowered her eyebrows slightly, looked at Xue Bai, and said, "You weren't tortured, were you?"

"Sister, you care so much. You will know if you try her."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Du Wei stepped forward, took the handkerchief from Xue Bai's hand, wetted it, and wiped his back.

Xue Bai felt her gentleness, sighed slightly, and said: "Don't worry, it's okay, except for the smell of dog... Speaking of which, Eagle Dog House usually locks up either the clan's children or the eunuchs in the palace."

Du Jin said: "That's why Sister is so worried."

"Don't worry, I didn't become a eunuch in the palace."

"Are you a member of the clan?"

Xue Bai smiled and looked at Du Jin and nodded.

Du Wei asked in a low voice: "Are you the son of the deposed prince?"

Faced with her question, Xue Bai thought about it and shook his head.

Let the people closest to her know the truth, so that if something unexpected happens in the future, she will know what to do.

Du Jin walked to him and sat down, whispering: "I guess Gao Lishi believed it too?"

"Have you tested him?"

"Yeah." Du Jin said: "I met Gao Lishi at that time, and seeing that I couldn't convince him, I just showed my cards and was about to take action. He suddenly changed his mind... But do you know why I dared to believe him and let him go? "

"I know."

"You know?" Du Jin said, "I took a gamble. If Gao Lishi lied to me, he would bring the imperial army to suppress us as soon as we leave."

Xue Bai said: "We are still testing each other, and we will not attack easily."

Du Jin smiled and felt much more relaxed.

At that time, it was difficult for her to face Gao Lishi, an old man who had been observing the emperor's actions all his life.

But the reason why she dared to bet was that Gao Lishi was reluctant to kill Xue Bai, because Xue Bai seemed to be a treasure with endless things in his mind. Imagine that the world has discovered a treasure and wants to destroy it or keep it for their own use.

Gao Lishi looked at the story of Nezha's rebirth and understood Xue Bai's thoughts. That expression made Du Jin think of a question - was he really sure that Li Qian was dead?

This idea was not without clues. Du Jin had such a vague suspicion that she wrote the post inviting Gao Lishi to Yeting after learning that he had gone to Yeting overnight, and was sure that he would come to talk.

Gao Lishi was testing her, so why wasn't she testing Gao Lishi?

"It's good to have you back." Du Jin held Xue Bai's hand, letting him feel the sweat on her palms, and whispered: "I'm afraid that I'll lose the bet, but the reason why I dare to bet is because I'm right. You have confidence that he will support you.”

"He hasn't supported me yet, he just wants to verify his conjecture." Xue Bai said: "We can't let him find out that I am a fake, but as long as I don't admit to him that I am, there is no way for him to think that I am a fake."

Du Wei was a little surprised and asked in a low voice: "Are you pretending?"

"Do you really believe it?"

Du Wei said: "Now that you say you are not, I don't dare to believe it. Are you really joking?"

"Did sister really believe it and asked Xi Liu Niang to change her confession?"

"Yes, if that were not the case, how would I have such confidence?"

When Du Wei thought about it at this moment, she still felt frightened.

Xi Liu Niang was going to be taken to trial today. She really thought that Xue Bai was the emperor's grandson, and through Du Jin's temptation, she judged that Gao Lishi would protect the emperor's grandson, so she dared to make an impromptu decision and let Xi Liu Niang and Gao Lishi confess.

"So, we deceived Gao Lishi?"

"Yes."

"At the beginning of the plan, I didn't dare to think that we could hide this old fox."

"If I can get his support, everything will be worth it..."

(End of this chapter)