Duanmu Qianqian, the sixth princess who had been slated to marry Liang Kingdom, was killed in the palace late at night. Su Liang was placed under house arrest in the palace. The previous incident of Duanmu Qianqian being injured and framing Su Liang was not made public in order to protect the reputation of the royal family, which resulted in
Many people who listen to the wind are like the rain think that it is really possible that Su Liang killed Duanmu Qianqian.
Lin Xueqing was extremely worried, "It can never be done by Sister Su!"
Xing Yusheng was also anxious, but still comforted Lin Xueqing, "Su Liang is so smart, he will definitely find a way to prove his innocence."
Lin Xueqing frowned, "But that's something Sister Su has never done. Where is the evidence? Why are there always people who don't like Sister Su!"
Xing Yusheng sighed, "Just because she is so good, some shady insects are hiding in the shadows and want to destroy her."
"Then we just wait. After all, the princess was killed this time. What if the emperor really doesn't believe Sister Su?" Lin Xueqing looked worried.
Xing Yusheng held her hand, and the "rebellious" thought once again appeared in his mind: If his father was the emperor, Su Liang's status would be equivalent to that of a princess, who would dare to harm her?
However, Xing Yusheng knew that this idea was unrealistic. It was not what his father wanted, nor what Su Liang wanted. He could only sigh deeply and planned to wait and see again, "If it doesn't work, grandpa still has a gold medal to avoid death."
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If the matter develops to the point of using the gold medal to avoid death, Su Liang's future will be ruined. Although she may not care that much, there are two different things between her not wanting it and being framed and forced to give up.
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Outside the palace, Su Liang was pushed to the forefront of public opinion again, but while she was imprisoned in the palace, she was still calm.
When she was called into the palace before dawn, Su Liang thought that some noble person might be sick, so she brought a medicine box with her, which also contained two medical books that she had been reading recently.
Therefore, when Duanmu Yi walked in and saw Su Liang holding a book with concentration on his face, his profile was calm and beautiful, he unconsciously slowed down his steps, and the suspicion in his heart was a little shaken.
Although Duanmu Yi recently reprimanded Duanmu Chen for his mild behavior, since Su Liang appeared, Duanmu Yi has also been thinking about a question: Can character be absolutely trusted and will not change?
Su Liang noticed that someone was looking at her, turned around and saw Duanmu Yi, closed the book, stood up and saluted.
Duanmu Yi came over and sat down with a cold face, "Get up. I'm here to listen to your defense. Have you figured out what to say?"
Su Liang's face was calm, "If I go back to the emperor, I haven't done anything, and I haven't had the chance to investigate. Sleeping by myself at night with no one around me is not good for me. I can only defend it from the fact that I have no motive to kill the Sixth Princess.
But because of some things in the past, it may seem like I have a motive."
Duanmu Yi said coldly, "You should know very well how I treat you."
Su Liang nodded, "Yes, the emperor has great trust in Wei Chen and has always been tolerant and kind. Wei Chen will bear this in mind."
"Actually, I don't believe that you killed Qianqian. But I want to ask you, did you really do nothing about Ao'er and Sheng'er?" Duanmu Yi's eyes were as bright as a torch.
Although Duanmu Che's analysis sounds reasonable, Duanmu Yi also has his own judgment. The hatred between Su Liang and Duanmu Qianqian is nothing. The real hatred against her is Duanmu Sheng and Duanmu Ao.
"I admit it," Su Liang said. Duanmu Yi's face turned solemn, and she sighed, "The eldest prince and the second prince killed my whole family. I have known about this for a long time, and it was the fifth prince who informed me.
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Hearing Su Liang mention Duanmu Che, Duanmu Yi stared and heard her continue, "Your Majesty knows that the fifth prince is my savior. He saved me when I was still alive and arranged for me to fake my death and escape. I was injured.
I lost my memory. After I returned to the capital, I wanted to find out the truth of the matter. I went to beg His Highness the Fifth Prince to tell him several times and even knelt down to him."
Duanmu Yi interrupted Su Liang, "You mean, you knelt down and begged Che'er to tell you the truth?"
Su Liang nodded, "Yes."
"What did he say?" Duanmu Yi asked coldly.
"His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince said that he once saw the First Prince having a tryst with the Second Prince's concubine. My grandfather died because he probably knew some secrets and was silenced by everyone." Su Liang said.
Duanmu Yi's face was extremely ugly, "It turns out you knew about this from the beginning!"
"Yes." Su Liang nodded.
"So, you made repeated plans to make Sheng'er lose his position as crown prince and kill Ao'er, right?" Duanmu Yi asked sharply.
It was very oppressive, but Su Liang's expression did not change. He shook his head and said, "I admit that when I first learned the truth, I wanted to kill my enemies and avenge my relatives."
"How brave!" Duanmu Yi snorted coldly.
Su Liang sighed slightly, "Just thinking about it, I am self-aware. My martial arts can shine and take the first place in martial arts competitions. Looking around the world, there are many masters, and there are many who are better than me."
"You mean, you knew what Sheng'er and Ao'er did, but you didn't do anything?" Duanmu Yi obviously didn't believe it.
Su Liang shook his head slightly, "I thought about how to take revenge. At first, because His Highness the Fifth Prince saved Wei Chen's life and he was quite favored by the Emperor, Wei Chen planned to help His Highness the Fifth Prince win the title of Crown Prince."
Duanmu Yi said coldly, "You have obviously been helping Chen'er."
Su Liang sighed slightly, "It is true that I have known His Highness the Crown Prince since we were in Bei'an County, but how can I compare with the Fifth Prince's life-saving grace? However, I intend to be loyal to the Fifth Prince, but he hates me very much."
"Che'er obviously likes you very much." Duanmu Yi snorted coldly.
Su Liang shook his head, "That happened later. At first, I went to His Highness the Fifth Prince to find out the truth about my family's death. He was very prejudiced against me and refused to pay attention. He also asked me to kneel down to thank him before he would tell me. And
They humiliated me many times, but they were all true. Later, when I participated in the martial arts competition and stood out, the fifth prince suddenly changed his attitude and wanted to marry me. To be honest, I still don’t know what kind of person the fifth prince is."
Duanmu Yi remembered that Duanmu Che did say some bad things about Su Liang at first, and later he insisted on marrying her.
"Ning Jing's death..." Su Liang took a deep breath, "As far as I know, it has something to do with His Highness the Fifth Prince."
Duanmu Yi's face darkened, "What evidence do you have?"
"I know about the blood letter." Su Liang stared, "It is true that Mr. Wan wanted to kill Ning Jing in order to take revenge on me, but the real murderer of Ning Jing may be the fifth prince's people. That time I returned to Beijing
Later, I picked up a jade pendant in the back garden, which was dropped by the son of Uncle Huang, the old housekeeper from the Fifth Prince's Mansion."
"Where's the jade pendant? Why didn't you tell me?" Duanmu Yi asked coldly.
"That jade pendant is at my home." Su Liang looked calm, "But I still don't know whether the bloody words on the first prince's name were actually written by Ning Jing before he died, or were chopped by his murderer.
After removing his hands, I wrote it in his blood... I did not give the jade pendant to the emperor, nor did I make any announcement, because the fifth prince saved me, and I am not sure who the real murderer is. Since the emperor thinks
He is the eldest prince, so there is no need to cause trouble."
Duanmu Yi remembered that Duanmu Sheng tried his best to defend himself, saying that he had nothing to do with Ning Jing's death. Wan Cong's son confessed under torture, but even before his death, he kept saying that it was not Duan Mu Sheng who ordered them to kill people and
Without talking to Ningjing, it is impossible for Ningjing to know who they are, and they did not cut off Ningjing's hands... Could it be that what they said is true, and there was another party involved that night, or even hiding in the dark
is the real culprit, and he designed and framed Duanmu Sheng...
Su Liang had evidence, and he did not say that Duanmu Che was the murderer. But at this moment, Duanmu Yi thought of Duanmu Che's clear and eloquent appearance today, combined with his past infatuated love for Su Liang, and now he almost gave up on Su Liang.
The thought of "destroying" was engraved on my forehead.
Duanmu Che said that Duanmu Sheng, Duanmu Ao, Duanmu Qianqian's death was all related to Su Liang, which sounded reasonable.
But Su Liang said that Duanmu Che knew from the beginning that Duanmu Sheng was having an affair with his younger siblings, and that he conspired with Duanmu Ao to destroy the entire Su family, and even told Su Liang that Ningjing's death was related to Duanmu Che.
Su Liang has evidence. The half-word in blood might be Duanmu Che's person who cut off Ning Jing's hands and deliberately left them to frame Duanmu Sheng!
Su Liang took a deep breath and looked at Duanmu Yi with open eyes, "Your Majesty, I admit that when something happened to the eldest prince and the second prince, in my eyes, they got retribution for their evil deeds. I am happy to see it, but I did not harm them.
The murder of Her Royal Highness the Sixth Princess has nothing to do with me. I cannot prove that I am not the murderer of the Sixth Princess, but I believe that the Emperor will find out the truth and comfort the Sixth Princess's spirit in heaven. At that time, I will not need to prove myself."
Duanmu Yi's eyes were dark, "Are you implying to me that it was Che'er who killed Qianqian and framed it for you?"
Su Liang nodded, "Hearing the fifth prince's accusation against me, and thinking about Ning Jing's strange death before, it really made me wonder whether the fifth prince had done something. Up to now, my impression of the fifth prince is that of uncertainty and extreme paranoia.
I hid that jade pendant in the first place in the hope that our grudges would be cleared up and we would have nothing to do with each other. Before today, I thought so too. But as I watched and listened today, it seemed that the fifth prince hoped that I would die miserably."
Duanmu Yi looked gloomy. After being silent for a long time, he stood up and asked, "Where is the jade pendant hidden? How can I prove that it belongs to Che'er?"
"There is that person's name on the jade pendant." Su Liang said, "It is buried under the pomegranate tree in the garden of my house."
Duanmu Yi rolled up his sleeves and left. Su Liang watched his back disappear from sight, picked up the book again, and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was Gu Ling who left a jade pendant belonging to Uncle Huang's son and buried it in the garden, saying that it might be used in the future.
Su Liang had to sigh, the great god is the great god. Gu Ling didn't kill Duanmu Che at first, not because Su Liang wanted to repay his kindness, but because if something happened to Duanmu Yi's third son again, and all three sons had grudges with Su Liang
Next, Su Liang will definitely be in big trouble, especially since she and Duanmu Chen are on the same side. Duanmu Yi has already noticed it, and is very likely to suspect that Su Liang is colluding with Duanmu Chen to remove obstacles to his superiors.
Duanmu Che was retained just so that one day when Su Liang was suspected of murdering Duanmu Sheng and Duanmu Ao again, he would be pushed out to take the blame. This kind of thing is very likely to happen. After all, those two are Duanmu Yi's sons, and they are very close to Su Liang.
There is a deep hatred for destroying the family.
The current events prove this.
As for the kindness Su Liang said, she had written it off long ago after she treated Duanmu Che and saved his life.
In fact, there is another piece of evidence, but Su Liang cannot tell it, and that is the two missing hands on the body of "Ningjing".
That night, Gu Ling cut off Uncle Huang's son's hands and threw them elsewhere. The main purpose was to prevent anyone from noticing that they were not peaceful. Except for the face, a person's hands are always exposed to the outside. "
"Tranquility." As a scholar, there is a big difference between the hands of a scapegoat with calluses and wounds.
And those two hands were thrown into the lake in the garden of the Fifth Prince's Mansion by Gu Ling without anyone noticing that night, and now there must be only bones left.
If it could be discovered, Duanmu Yi would definitely believe that "Ningjing" was killed by Duanmu Che and framed for Duanmu Sheng. Then, it is reasonable to further suspect that Duanmu Che had harmed Shang Duanmu Sheng.
It's a pity that Su Liang shouldn't know this, nor can he take the initiative to say it. The possibility of someone discovering the skeletal hands at the bottom of the lake in the Fifth Prince's Garden is extremely slim. It just depends on God's will.
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Duanmu Yi got the jade pendant buried under the pomegranate tree in the Su Mansion. He sent people to investigate Uncle Huang and his son, and learned that Uncle Huang's son had been missing for a long time. Uncle Huang went out to look for it but never came back. The housekeeper of the Fifth Prince's Mansion had already been replaced.
Got people.
The time when Uncle Huang's son disappeared was around the time Ning Jing was killed.
Based on the "facts" mentioned by Su Liang, Duanmu Yi had to suspect that Duanmu Che sent Huang Bo's son to kill Ningjing, framed Duanmu Sheng, and then killed him.
The murderer of Duanmu Qianqian only left half a footprint and could not be traced. But from the fact that the murderer could come and go freely in the palace, he was either extremely powerful or he knew the guards everywhere in the palace very well.
Duanmu Yi didn't want to believe that it was Duanmu Che who was behind the scenes, just to retaliate against Su Liang, but after listening to Su Liang's words, his suspicion of Duanmu Che became more and more serious.
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Su Liang was under house arrest in the palace for three days. Xing Yusheng secretly approached the prince Duanmu Chen, and Duanmu Chen told him not to do anything. This matter was not trivial. If he said anything in front of Duanmu Yi, he would be wrong. After all, the Qin family still had a life-saving piece of it.
Keep the gold medal for Su Liang.
Until this day, Su Liang was ordered by Duanmu Yi to be transferred from the palace to Tianlao, which finally concluded Duanmu Qianqian's death.
Duanmu Chen stayed behind closed doors, not because he didn't want to save Su Liang, but because he had to stay out of the situation at this time to avoid affecting himself, and then he would have the opportunity to do something for Su Liang.
Neither the Duke of Qin nor the Xing family and the Lin family did anything, they were just waiting to use the death-free gold medal.
Duanmu Che entered the palace again to see Duanmu Yi.
Duanmu Che said respectfully, "I suspect that the eldest brother is in Su Liang's hands and may still be alive. Why don't I go to Tianlao to see her and see if she will explain anything."
"That's fine. You go ahead." Duanmu Yi nodded.
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In the deepest part of the prison, the smell of blood floated in the air. Su Liang had disheveled hair and was tied to a pillar. There were large blood stains on her clothes.
Duanmu Che came in and asked the jailers to avoid him. Only he and Su Liang were left in the dark cell.
Duanmu Che approached, reached out and grabbed Su Liang's hair, forcing her to raise her head, with sinister eyes, and sneered, "I didn't expect you to be today, did you?"
Su Liang pursed her lips tightly and looked at Duanmu Che coldly without saying a word.
"Ning Jing is dead, you fell in love with Gu Ling again. Do you know how much I hated you when I saw you smiling so beautifully at Gu Ling? Obviously, your current life was given by me, and I want you.
, you actually rejected me? I am so good to you, but you regard me as your enemy." Duanmu Che said in a faint tone, "In this case, I have no choice but to take away the life I gave you, haha."
"It was you... who killed the Sixth Princess..." Su Liang's voice was low.
Duanmu Che stretched out his hand, strangled Su Liang's neck, and sneered, "It's very simple, isn't it? Who told you to have a grudge against all three of them? I really don't want to see you chasing Gu Ling anymore, listen.
I've seen how much you like his words. However, I will let him go underground to accompany you. Don't look at me with this look. You will have no chance to see your father, and the Qin family's death-free gold medal will be saved.
, because I have been looking forward to this moment for too long, and I am here to send you on your way! You should have been hanged in the first place!"
Duanmu Che suddenly tightened his hand, "I will tell my father that when I was interrogating the whereabouts of the eldest brother, I was in a hurry and struck hard."
At this moment, Duanmu Che was suddenly pushed away by someone and fell to the side. He looked in disbelief at the person who came out of nowhere. It was Su Liang!
Behind Su Liang, there were Duanmu Yi and Duanmu Chen standing. Duanmu Yi looked at Duanmu Che with disappointment, "In order to frame Su Liang, you actually killed Qianqian?!"
Lonicera, who was tied to the pillar pretending to be Su Liang, was untied, covered her neck and shook her head, saying she was fine.
The director of this play is Duanmu Yi, because he wants to know if Duanmu Che killed Duanmu Qianqian. But just now, he has already heard it, and no other evidence is needed.
"Father...it's not me!" Duanmu Che got up in panic, "It was Su Liang who set up a trap to frame me!"
Duanmu Yi never wanted to hear a word Duanmu Che said again, "Chen'er, lead a search of the Fifth Prince's Mansion. Don't miss any part. If there is anything suspicious, report it to me immediately!" After saying that, he left with a cold face.
Duanmu Chen responded respectfully.
If Gu Ling were by Su Liang's side at this moment, Su Liang would definitely give him a big compliment. It seems that the hands at the bottom of the lake in the Fifth Prince's Mansion will see the light of day soon.
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Gu Ling, who had almost arrived in Bei'an County at this time, was playing chess with Lin Boyan in the carriage when he suddenly sneezed.
Not long after leaving the capital, Lin Boyan had confirmed that the previous "Ting Jing" was Gu Ling pretending to be there. He asked, and Gu Ling admitted it.
Lin Boyan glanced at him indifferently, "Xiao Liang has prepared so many clothes for you, but you still feel cold?"
Gu Ling shook his head slightly, "It's not cold, maybe someone is thinking of me."