Duanmu Chen came out of the palace late at night and returned to the Prince's Mansion. He sat quietly and said nothing for a long time.
He entered the palace to see Duanmu Yi and try to find a way to help Su Liang out of the siege. Unfortunately, he was never able to see her. He just waited at Concubine Xiao's place. Duanmu Yi stayed in the imperial study room tonight and did not go to Concubine Xiao's palace.
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This made Duanmu Chen have to doubt that Duanmu Yi really wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Su Liang...
"You..." Duanmu Chen spoke again. Chang'an looked solemn before listening to him, "Go and ask Xing Yusheng what their plans are."
Chang'an was stunned, "Master means..."
"Just do as I say." Duanmu Chen stared, "He and the Qin family will definitely save Su Liang. The Qin family still has a gold medal for immunity from death. In this situation, if I take action rashly, if someone catches me
, it will only be more detrimental to Su Liang. In this case, let’s see what they want to do, and I’ll tell you that I can help.”
Changan was a little surprised, "Can you tell me directly?"
Duanmu Chen looked impatient, "Speak directly! Why do you talk so much nonsense?"
Chang'an did not dare to speak. It was because Duanmu Chen had always been cautious. This time he asked him to go to Xing Yusheng. He clearly said that he would violate Duanmu Yi's holy will and cooperate with them. In fact, it was not Duanmu Chen's style of doing things.
But what he did made Chang'an feel that Duanmu Chen really "cares" about Su Liang and was unwilling to give up on her no matter what the purpose was.
Chang'an left with a jade plaque symbolizing Duanmu Chen's identity.
Duanmu Chen walked to the window and realized that the rain had stopped at some point. By now, he knew very well that Su Liang had kept many secrets from him since he met Su Liang. He should not trust her in this situation.
Su Liang, or rather, he shouldn't trust anyone completely. But when something really happened, he hesitated, but in the end he couldn't ignore it.
The cool night was like water, Duanmu Chen sighed, "I hope my choice is not wrong."
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Qi Jun was guarding Bai Xiaohu's bedside. Thinking that he had no chance to tell Xing Yusheng and Lin Xueqing that Su Liang had returned home, but he couldn't leave here, he couldn't help but worry whether Xing Yusheng would do something to rob Tianlao tonight.
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Since Su Liang didn't tell Xing Yusheng, Qi Jun still didn't know how she could leave the prison unscathed so quickly without any news, and dare to stay at home in the capital. After thinking about it, Qi Jun
Jun felt that since he was now Su Liang's subordinate, he shouldn't take matters into his own hands if she didn't ask him to. Su Liang must have thought of everything he could think of. Maybe it wouldn't be a good thing to let Xing Yusheng and the others know in advance.
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However, it was said that Xing Yusheng and Lin Xueqing returned to the Zhongxinhou Mansion after leaving the Duke of Qin's Mansion. Because Mrs. Xing learned about Su Liang's accident and asked them about the situation, the two finally stayed in the Zhongxinhou Mansion.
Chang'an went to the Xing family's small house next to Su's house and saw no one. He was about to go to Zhongxinhou's house to look for him. He glanced in the direction of Su's house and thought that he had already come here. It was so close, so he stopped by Su Liang's house to take another look.
Is there anyone?
As a result, Changan quickly entered the Su Mansion.
Approaching Yuanming Pavilion, he found that it was dark inside without any light, so Chang An planned to leave.
Unexpectedly, when he was about to turn around, he saw a room on the second floor of Yuanming Pavilion lit up!
Chang'an widened his eyes and made sure that he had read correctly. There must be someone inside! Su Liang was in the prison. Who could be in her family at this moment?
During the day, Duanmu Chen asked Chang An to come over and take a look. Therefore, this can be regarded as Duanmu Chen's explanation.
Although Chang'an felt that things were getting more and more complicated, he thought that his master and Su Liang were friends rather than enemies, and the people living in Su Liang's house would definitely not be her enemies, so he planned to go and have a look.
The door of Yuanming Pavilion was locked, and Chang An was about to knock on the door when he heard something moving inside.
After a while, the door opened, and Qi Jun carried Bai Xiaohu on his back to relieve himself.
Chang'an hid in the corner and vaguely recognized Qi Jun. He was surprised to see him holding a thin man.
When Qi Jun came back with Bai Xiaohu in his arms, Chang An showed up to greet him, "Guard Qi, I'm from the Prince's Mansion."
Qi Jun was stunned for a moment. Bai Xiaohu was startled and tightened Qi Jun's neck.
"Wait a moment." Qi Jun finished speaking and sent Bai Xiaohu back first.
When he got upstairs, he woke up Su Liang and told her that the prince's confidants were down.
Su Liang rubbed her forehead and went to see Bai Xiaohu to let him sleep peacefully. Qi Jun stayed and watched while she went downstairs to see Chang An.
I heard a familiar female voice coming from Yuanming Pavilion, "Chang'an."
Chang'an looked shocked, Su Liang was actually at home?
He hurriedly entered the door and saw Su Liang sitting inside looking at him.
"Miss Su, what are you..." Changan was completely confused about what was going on.
"Why are you here?" Su Liang asked.
Chang'an came to his senses and told Su Liang that Duanmuchen had asked him to come once during the day and went into the palace to ask for an audience with the emperor, but to no avail. He was asked to go to Xing Yusheng to discuss countermeasures. He stopped by to take a look.
"His Royal Highness is thoughtful, thank him for me." Su Liang believed that what Chang An said was true.
"Master can rest assured knowing that Miss Su is fine." Chang'an said, "But the Tianlao has been heavily guarded. Why did Miss Su..."
"This matter..." Su Liang pondered for a moment.
Just when Chang'an thought that Su Liang would not tell the truth, she continued, "When you go back, you only need to tell His Highness that I was secretly released, and he will naturally understand."
Chang'an was even more confused. Before he could figure it out, Su Liang got up and went upstairs.
Chang'an had no choice but to leave, close the door from the outside, and hurried back to the Prince's Mansion.
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"You haven't seen Xing Yusheng?" Duanmu Chen's face darkened.
Chang'an quickly said, "Master, I saw Miss Su!"
Duanmu Chen looked at Chang'an in disbelief, "What did you say?"
Chang'an told Duanmu Chen what happened, and he was also shocked, "The prison is heavily guarded, but she's not in it? She's not hiding, she's in her own home? What's going on?"
"Miss Su asked her subordinates to tell the master that she was released. But the subordinates didn't understand..." Chang'an scratched his head.
Duanmu Chen looked shocked! Duanmu Yi was the one who sent heavy troops to guard the prison, and only Duanmu Yi could release Su Liang from the prison without leaking any news. Because even Duanmu Chen could do it.
The prince was helpless.
But why did Duanmu Yi do this?
Duanmu Chen quickly thought that in the palace during the day, Duanmu Yi knew that Su Liang was framed and guessed that she was being threatened before pleading guilty. However, the Queen Mother pressed harder and had to deal with Su Liang on the surface, but in fact she secretly
Su Liang let her go and let her solve the trouble by herself?
The more Duanmu Chen thought about it, the more he felt that this must be the case. As for the child Qi Jun was carrying on his back that he saw in Chang'an, he must have been taken hostage by the Wan family.
If Su Liang escaped on his own, or in any other situation, he would not return home to live, as it would be too dangerous.
There is only one possibility: the person on the dragon throne is on her side.
Chang'an was even more puzzled when he saw Duanmu Chen's sudden expression of annoyance.
Duanmu Chen snorted coldly, "Is it possible that Su Liang thinks that I, the crown prince, am useless and chose my father as her backer? No wonder she can enter and leave the palace freely and borrow books from the library at will."
Although Duanmu Chen was very respectful to Duanmu Yi and had no objections, he always knew that they were monarchs and ministers first, and father and son second. He even had to remind himself at all times not to have any illusions about the relationship between father and son.
After hearing Duanmu Chen's strange words, Chang'an finally realized that the person who let Su Liang go was the emperor.
"No?" Chang'an frowned, "If that's the case, why would Miss Su tell her subordinates the whole story?"
When Duanmu Chen heard this, his expression condensed and he fell into silence again.
That's right, he shouldn't doubt Su Liang, because borrowing books is just because she loves reading. This is something Duanmu Chen has known for a long time. And the assassination of Duanmu Qianqian during the day was a conflict for Su Liang.
It was a long-planned "accident". She could not have predicted it in advance and conspired with Duanmu Yi.
So, Su Liang was fine, but something unexpected happened to Duanmu Chen. The real problem was...
Duanmu Chen's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly realized that he thought Duanmu Yi wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of Su Liang, which was completely wrong! In fact, it was just the opposite. Duanmu Yi had been protecting Su Liang openly and secretly recently!
Allowing Su Liang to borrow books from the library is nothing in itself, but giving her a token to freely enter and leave the palace is extraordinary.
Since when did Duanmu Yi trust Su Liang so much?
And what happened next today, why did you avoid him as the prince? In the past, Duanmu Yi would often consult Duanmu Chen about matters related to Su Liang.
The more Duanmu Chen thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and the wrong thing was related to Su Liang, but it was not about her, but something was wrong with Duanmu Yi!
When did it start...
Duanmu Chen was thinking hard, Chang'an did not dare to disturb him, and just stood aside quietly.
Not long after, Duanmu Chen whispered three words, "Crown Princess..."
He thought about the fact that Duanmu Yi had previously wanted Su Liang to be the crown prince, and even mentioned it directly to Su Liang. For this reason, Su Liang came to Duanmu Chen specifically to ask him to resolve the matter quickly.
But not long after that, Duanmu Chen entered the palace and wanted to tell Duanmu Yi about this matter, but Duanmu Yi never mentioned Su Liang, and instead said that he would continue to choose a concubine for Duanmu Chen. After Princess Yaoguang of Liang Kingdom appeared,
, and soon made their engagement.
Between the changes before and after, something happened that Duanmu Chen has always remembered and cannot be ignored: a huge stone dropped from the sky appeared in Huguo Temple, and Duanmu Yi sent people to transport it into the palace. No one knew what secrets were on that stone.
After the huge stone fell from the sky, Duanmu Yi didn't want Su Liang to be his princess, not because he was jealous of Su Liang, but because Duanmu Yi was getting better and better towards Su Liang... Thinking of this, Duanmu Chen had to doubt that the stone
There really is some kind of oracle, and it has something to do with Su Liang. Could it be that the words "Whoever wins Su Liang will win the world" made Duanmu Yi himself obsessed with Su Liang...
"What's wrong, Master?" Chang'an couldn't help but ask when he saw Duanmu Chen's expression was different.
Duanmu Chen snorted heavily, "It's okay, I'm doing very well!"
Chang'an didn't understand why Su Liang was fine and why Duanmu Chen's mood suddenly became very bad. He didn't dare to ask more questions, so he just listened to Duanmu Chen and said, "Take someone to Wanjia to check the situation."
Chang'an was ordered to leave. Duanmu Chen wrote a letter to Su Liang, but did not send it immediately.
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Chang'an led people to sneak into Wan's mansion secretly, and found that everyone in the mansion was tied up with ropes and gagged. After searching around, Wan Shan was nowhere to be seen.
Soon, a person brought by Chang'an said that he had found some movement in the back garden.
When I passed by Chang'an, I saw a clay figure climbing out of a dry well with difficulty and was about to come out.
Chang'an raised his head, looked at the dark night sky, and sighed, "The moonlight is beautiful tonight."
At the same time, he "accidentally" took a step forward and stepped on Wan Shan's hand impartially.
After a scream, there was the sound of splashing into the water, because there was water in the dry well due to heavy rain, and then it quickly calmed down.
"Let's go." Chang'an gave the order and took the people away to return to their posts.
When he returned to the Prince's Mansion, Duanmu Chen handed a wax-sealed secret letter to Chang'an and asked him to send it to Su Liang.
Before Chang An could go out, he was called back by Duanmu Chen. He took away the letter, opened the lampshade, burned the letter, and said calmly, "Forget it, we'll talk to her next time. You go and rest."
Chang'an retreated, feeling that the burned letter must have said something important.
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Before dawn, Duanmu Yi sent someone, and Su Liang secretly returned to Tianlao.
Qi Jun knew that nothing would happen to Su Liang, so he could only guard Bai Xiaohu with peace of mind.
The incident of Wu Zhuangyuan's assassination of the princess, which caused a stir yesterday, was still talked about by the people in the capital after they woke up, and was discussed endlessly.
After the rain, the sky cleared up and the sun rose. The sky and the earth suddenly became bright and warm. Even the small pools everywhere reflected the soft light. The capital was still lively and prosperous.
Near noon, Dr. Gao came out of the palace and returned home again. An anxious Gao Jiabao immediately came up to him, "Grandpa, how are you? Is there anything going on?"
Doctor Gao looked strange, "Don't worry, Su Yatou will be fine."
On the other side, Qi Yan discovered that Qi Jun had not shown up since returning to the Su Mansion yesterday. He was afraid that something might happen to him and came to look for him, so he learned the whole story. Soon Xing Yusheng, Lin Xueqing and the Qin family all knew about it, but they did not make any announcement.
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At noon, there was a big reversal about yesterday's events.
The news coming out of the palace is this:
Yesterday, the Sixth Princess Duanmu Qianqian fell into a coma after being injured, so she had no chance to say anything. Until today she woke up and learned that Su Liang was unjustly accused of assassinating her, so she defended Su Liang and said that the truth was that she had something to do with borrowing books from the palace.
Su Liang met Su Liang and asked Su Liang to teach her some self-defense martial arts. Su Liang readily agreed and demonstrated earnestly. Unfortunately, Duanmu Qianqian was too stupid to learn and twisted her own foot. She accidentally stabbed herself with the knife in her hand. Su Liang was
He wanted to save her, but was misunderstood that he wanted to harm her.
When Duanmu Chen, who was in the Prince's Mansion, learned the news that Duanmu Yi had left, he smiled with a sinister look on his face, "How interesting!"
People who don't know the truth often hear the wind is rain, and say things like, "I knew Su Liang was innocent and couldn't be a spy. She is good friends with the Sixth Princess."
Under the gaze of everyone, Su Liang walked out of the prison and walked through half of the capital to go home.
When I walked outside the gate of Su Mansion, I happened to meet Monk Chengyun who came to see Bai Xiaohu.
"Almsgiver Su." Chengyun's expression was obviously wrong.
Su Liang asked what happened.
Chengyun sighed deeply, "Those ten thousand mountains are gone."
Su Liang was slightly stunned, knowing that Cheng Yun thought that he had killed someone and had broken the prohibition on killing. He felt uncomfortable and uneasy, and might even punish himself.
So Su Liang said to Chengyun seriously, "You didn't kill him. In fact, he crawled out of the well last night and was pushed in by someone sent by the emperor, so he died."
Chengyun's eyes widened, "Is this...really?"
Su Liang nodded, "It's true. You also know that Wanshan wanted to rebel, captured Xiaohu, almost killed Xiaohu, and also wanted to kill me. Naturally, the emperor cannot tolerate him."
Chengyun recited "Amitabha" and sighed deeply.
In fact, Su Liang didn't know how Wan Shan died, but he just didn't want Cheng Yun to be affected by a rotten person who deserved to die.
Bai Xiaohu looked better than yesterday and was telling Lin Xueqing vividly about how he, Su Liang and Ning Jing went up to the mountain to hunt wild boars.
As soon as he saw Su Liang, Bai Xiaohu asked eagerly, "Sister Su Liang, when are we going home?"
She said us because Su Liang said yesterday that she would send Bai Xiaohu back. In Bai Xiaohu's heart, Su Liang's home is in Sujia Village.
"In a few days," Su Liang said. She planned to take this opportunity to move the graves of Su Yuanzhou's family back to their hometown in Bei'an County for burial. She needed to make some preparations. Moreover, she had to wait for someone to come back.
Su Liang asked Xing Yusheng to help send someone back to Sujia Village, Bei'an County, to first inform the Bai family that Bai Xiaohu was fine and reassure them. She wrote a letter to Li Zheng Subai, briefly talking about Bai Xiaohu, and also invited Sub Bai
Help, prepare in advance for Su Yuanzhou's family to return to his hometown for burial. Also sent with the letter is a banknote for Su Bai to use.
"Sister Su, the sixth princess is seriously injured, will the emperor still let her get married?" Lin Xueqing suddenly thought of it and asked Su Liang.
Su Liang hummed, "She's not dead, she can't escape."
"It's so bad!" Lin Xueqing still looked a little angry, "How come there are always so many bitches trying to harm Sister Su! This time it was a close call, and it was the princess who was injured after all. Fortunately, the emperor is a wise king and has always believed in Sister Su.
of!"
Su Liang thought of Duanmu Yi who went to see her in the prison yesterday, and narrowed her eyes slightly. The emperor was too kind to her...