Listening to Xiao Jinyan's words, Xie Youwei couldn't help but frown.
"Is there someone behind Huancai Pavilion?"
Xiao Jinyan nodded.
"Huancai Pavilion used that disgraceful method to tie up not only the wealthy businessmen, but also many of them were imperial officials."
"Besides, the master of the Huancai Pavilion was just a slave trader across the border. He came to the capital for no reason, and directly rented a building, and the building was prosperous.
Open it up."
"Not to mention, how could he, a border person, have so many connections in the capital and be able to do so many things."
"No matter what I thought, it didn't feel right, so I tortured her."
Xie Youwei raised his head and looked at Xiao Jinyan's face.
Xiao Jinyan's voice was still calm and soft when he spoke, with just a slight frown on his face.
Although it was so plain, Xie Youwei still guessed the waves underneath.
For such a big matter, it was natural for Xiao Jinyan to go to the interrogation in person.
If Xiao Jinyan went to interrogate him in person... it wouldn't be easy.
Xie Youwei didn't dwell too much on the matter of torture.
"So did the torture reveal anything in the end?"
Xiao Jinyan shook his head.
"No, he didn't even say that he would be beaten to death. His temper was so fierce that he almost killed himself."
Xie You opened her lips slightly, but in the end no sound came out.
Is there anyone behind this?
In the capital, if you want to control the imperial officials for your own use, how can you be just a person who wants to make money?
He must be someone who desires power and status.
A person's name suddenly appeared in Xie Youwei's mind.
Chu Qin.
In the original work, Chu Qin suddenly rose up in the back, and he had so much power in his hands, which was very difficult for Chu Yan.
So many forces were definitely developed secretly by Chu Qin before.
Huancai Pavilion...couldn't it be one of the forces developed by Chu Qin?
Thinking of this, Xie Youwei frowned, feeling a little unbelievable.
Chu Qin had helped her several times. Even if Chu Qin had ulterior motives, Xie Youwei should still be grateful to Chu Qin.
But because of the preconceived impression from the original work, Xie Youwei had no choice but to doubt Chu Qin.
Xie Youwei was a little confused.
Xiao Jinyan saw the expression on Xie Youwei's face, and his frown went down a bit, looking at Xie Youwei's expression with a bit of worry.
"What's wrong?"
Xie Youwei came back to her senses and shook her head.
Such a mindless suspicion would not be appropriate even if she was facing Xiao Jinyan, whom she now has a good crush on.
Xie Youwei smiled and changed the topic.
"The commotion in Huancai Pavilion is so big this time, and so many people are implicated, won't you be in big trouble next time?"
Xiao Jinyan lowered his eyes and saw a bit of worry in Xie Youwei's eyebrows, and suddenly his mood felt better.
Xie Youwei saw Xiao Jinyan suddenly curling her lips and let out a chuckle.
He raised his arms and covered the lower half of his face with his knuckled hands, blocking the smile.
Xie Youwei blinked his eyes.
Xiao Jinyan didn't smile often, and what Xie Youwei saw most was the subtle smile on Xiao Jinyan's lips.
This was probably the first time Xiao Jinyan smiled so happily in front of her.
Xie You pursed her lips slightly and raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ears, blocking her red earlobes.
"What are you laughing at? What's so funny about this."
"It's okay." Xiao Jinyan put down his hand, with a smile that had not completely faded from his face, "I just felt a little happy suddenly."
Xie Youwei was aroused by Xiao Jinyan's almost direct words, and her face turned even redder.
The tone also changed from the normal tone at the beginning to an unnatural mumbling.
"Why don't you just answer my question directly?"
Xiao Jinyan couldn't hold back his smile.
"Don't worry about me. There's nothing wrong with me. If they want to take revenge, they can do it boldly. If they can, they can remove me from the position of commander."
Xiao Jinyan's words were spoken easily, but Xie Youwei's eyes widened.
Is Xiao Jinyan so powerful?
Xie Youwei was a little confused and spoke half-jokingly.
"You are so crazy. Could it be that you have a hidden identity? Which family's eldest son you are?"
Xiao Jinyan's body was still stiff when he listened to Xie Youwei's previous words, but when he heard the latter part, his nervousness slowly dissipated little by little.
Probably because he was in a good mood today, Xiao Jinyan actually joked with Xie Youwei in a relaxed tone.
"Yes, I said I am the prince, do you believe it?"
The words were spoken easily, but only Xiao Jinyan himself and the tightly clenched fists behind his back knew how nervous he was.
When Xie Youwei heard Xiao Jinyan's words, she immediately laughed.
"You are in a really good mood today and you are starting to joke around."
There was only one prince in the dynasty, the villain Chu Qin.
How could it be possible for Xiao Jinyan and Chu Qin, two completely unrelated people?
Xiao Jinyan looked at Xie Youwei's appearance, curled his lips, and gently unclenched his fist behind him.
"Yeah, just teasing you."
Xie You smiled and didn't take this matter to heart.
But seeing Xiao Jinyan like this made Xie Youwei feel a little more at ease.
Since I'm in a mood to joke around, I guess there shouldn't be any problem.
"By the way, I brought you something."
Xie You raised his head slightly and blinked in confusion.
Under Xie Youwei's gaze, Xiao Jinyan took out a bag of things wrapped in oil paper.
Xie Youwei's sharp eyes saw three large characters written in ink on the red paper on the top of the oil paper package - Xingweizhai.
Xingweizhai is the largest high-end restaurant in Beijing.
If you want to eat Xingweizhai's pastries, you won't be able to buy them without queuing for an hour and a half.
Xie Youwei remembered that when she came out of Zhenfu Division some time ago, she went to Xingweizhai to buy peach blossom cakes with Xie Lianzhu.
The queue lasted for almost an hour that day, and Xie Youwei almost lost her desire for life.
But the reason why there is such a long queue for Xingweizhai is because it is worth it.
Xie Youwei still remembers the taste of the peach blossom cake that she got that day.
It really tastes much better than the peach blossom cakes sold outside.
Xiao Jinyan smiled and handed the bag of still-warm pastries to Xie Youwei.
"I came across their new chestnut cake on the way. It smells quite delicious. I wonder if you will like it."
Xie Youwei opened his eyes wide.
Chestnut crisp!
There are not many chestnuts in this season, so naturally there are very few chestnut cakes.
Xingweizhai has been selling chestnut cakes for the past two days, so Xie Youwei naturally knew it, but the quantity was small and there were many people queuing up.
.
Xiao Jinyan said it simply, but Xie Youwei didn't really think that Xiao Jinyan just went over and bought a copy.