Emperor concubine and phoenix

Chapter 441
Ji Huangyu was silent, and now there was only a gloomy look on her usually carefree face.

Jun Lingxiao was also silent, sipping the tea in his hand with his eyes closed.

"Why did Ling Fan do this?"

Jun Lingxiao raised his eyes: "That's exactly what I want to know."

Ji Huangyu frowned.

"I can't pry Ling Fan's mouth open." Jun Lingxiao's tone was light, "Although according to the rules, even if he really committed a crime, it's not my turn to do it, but after all, he has been his brother for so many years. He still has the qualifications to teach him a lesson, and Ling Fan himself did not resist."

After a pause, "But Uncle Ji is still here, Ling Xiao's behavior has gone too far. If Uncle Ji is dissatisfied, Ling Xiao is willing to take the blame."

Ji Huangyu couldn't help frowning: "What's this called? You are his elder brother. Don't say that Ling Fan has committed such a serious matter. Even if it's just an ordinary mistake, you are qualified to teach him a lesson. What kind of sense has he overstepped? He treats you as an elder brother. I am more convinced than my father."

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent for some reason.

Ji Huangyu frowned slowly: "Ling Fan has only obeyed you since he was a child, and he also likes to stay with you. It stands to reason that he shouldn't take the act of murdering the princess. What good does it do him? "

Jun Lingxiao didn't speak.

Just listening to Ji Huangyu's words, I could vaguely judge in my heart that Ji Huangyu, the father, probably couldn't guess the hidden motive behind Ling Fan's move.

"If it's not aimed at the crown prince, then is it aimed at the crown princess?" Ji Huangyu frowned and guessed, "But the crown princess doesn't have any grudges against him, not to mention that even if there is, it's impossible for the three crown princesses to have enmity—"

Before he finished speaking, the voice stopped abruptly.

Jun Lingxiao raised his eyes and looked at Ji Huangyu's expression as if he understood something, "Uncle Ji has the answer?"

Ji Huangyu didn't speak, but an unbelievable light flashed in her eyes.

He looked at Jun Lingxiao with an extremely complex and deep gaze, and suddenly felt that his whole body lost all strength, and he felt a chilling feeling of blood flowing backwards.

The handsome face was stunned, as if stimulated.

"Uncle Ji?"

Ji Huangyu took a deep breath, the color in his eyes was unpredictable, he clenched his hands tightly to restrain the shock in his heart, he closed his eyes, his heart was rolling with waves.

Seeing him like this, Jun Lingxiao couldn't help thinking deeply.

The hall was silent for a long time, and a strange atmosphere enveloped the two of them tightly. Ji Huangyu didn't know what she was feeling at this moment, and she really couldn't express such an incredible guess.

After a long time, he just opened his mouth with difficulty: "His Royal Highness."

Jun Lingxiao hummed: "Uncle Ji has something to say, so it's okay to speak up."

"What Ling Fan has said in the past few days, please tell me the truth, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Ji Huangyu felt that her voice was a little erratic.

Although he tried his best to calm himself down, but really, he really couldn't treat it with a normal heart.

"Uncle Ji?" Jun Lingxiao felt that his reaction was abnormal, and couldn't help frowning, "If Uncle Ji has any doubts in his heart, why not—"

Ji Huangyu raised her eyes: "Prince, don't think too much, I don't have any ideas."

Jun Lingxiao frowned.

After a moment of silence, he nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He told all the conversations he had with Ling Fan and Ling Fan's reaction in the East Palace in the past two days without any concealment.

In the end, he said: "As the crown prince and elder brother, I can't turn a blind eye to his behavior of disregarding human lives. After all, those are three innocent lives, but considering many factors, I have some selfishness in the end. I didn’t want to really send him to Xuanyin Hall or the Ministry of Punishment for trial, so I did something to him, and it can be regarded as giving him some punishment, so that he will have a long memory in the future.”

Ji Huangyu understood what he meant, and also knew that what he said was the truth.

Not to mention anything else, if Jun Lingxiao's brotherly affection for Ling Fan is a little bit weak, or if he has a little bit of scruples about Ling Fan, then as soon as he has the evidence of Ling Fan's murder, he can directly let Xuanyin The palace found out about Ling Fan, so he wouldn't suppress the clues and hide the matter for him.

Besides, that he took the initiative to come to Ji Huangyu tonight is enough to show that he really treats Ling Fan as a brother.

So Ji Huangyu didn't think there was anything wrong with his punishment of Ling Fan, but was grateful from the bottom of his heart.

Three lives were involved.

Even if Jun Lingxiao really killed Ling Fan, Ji Huangyu wouldn't think he did something wrong.

Besides, if the crown prince didn't stop him and let Ling Fan go to the Xuanyin Hall or the Ministry of Punishment to plead guilty, the result would be nothing more than life for life, and Ji Huangyu herself would also be implicated.

Although he wasn't worried about being implicated.

But just like Ling Fan didn't want to involve his father, Ji Huangyu was also worried about his son's fate, Jiu Rao's anger after learning the truth, and how to deal with the aftermath.

Once the truth is revealed, endless troubles will follow.

Whether it was out of a little selfishness, to save Ling Fan's life, or to protect the face of the royal family, everything Jun Lingxiao did was in full compliance with the decisiveness and fierceness that a prince should have.

blameless.

However, Ji Huangyu's heart sank when she thought about the reasons for these things, Ling Fan's unwillingness to speak out, and the possibility that if she said it, it might immediately cause shocks to the entire government and the public.

He would rather guess wrong himself.

At this moment, he even hoped that the real reason was that Ling Fan really had unreasonable ambitions, that's why he attacked the princess, and he didn't want it to be the unspeakable reason he guessed.

If it's just ambition, the worst thing is to cut power.

In order to suppress his ambition, Ji Huangyu could completely cut off the power in Ling Fan's hands, let him be an idle prince for the rest of his life, marry an ordinary woman as his wife, and kick him out of the power center.

In this way, even if His Royal Highness is thinking of brotherhood, it is impossible to kill him completely.

however……

If it is really other thoughts, how to get rid of them?

"If Ling Fan really doesn't want to say it, His Highness the Crown Prince should stop asking." Ji Huangyu said in a low tone, "Since he has promised not to make the same mistake again, the Crown Prince can choose to trust him once. As for the reason, maybe it is true. It’s something that makes him unable to speak out, as long as he can settle down in the future, it’s okay for him to keep his own secret.”

Jun Lingxiao was silent for a moment, probably aware of the seriousness of the matter, and nodded: "Since Uncle Ji said so, Ling Xiao must follow suit."

Hearing this, Ji Huangyu sighed silently.

Ling Fan...was he a demon?

With Ling Xiao's wisdom, he can't see through Ling Fan's thoughts until now, probably because the authorities are deluded.

But it's normal, all right, who would think in an impossible direction?

(End of this chapter)