Chapter 260 Cry! Cry louder!
After a long time, the emperor withdrew his hand, and his voice was much colder than before.
"How do you know that the one who sent someone to assassinate you was the Sixth Brother?"
Xiao Lingyu pretended not to notice his sudden change of attitude and continued to pull his sleeves and cried, "Father, when Scholar Jiang Shidu went to find Lan Yan that day, I was also there and witnessed the whole process. Lan Yan has admitted that the person behind her was the Sixth Brother."
Before Xiao Lingyu finished speaking, the emperor interrupted him, "What did you do in the Heavenly Prison?"
Xiao Lingyu faced the emperor's suspicious gaze and said naturally, "In the matter of Emperor Lu Daizong, I found out about a man named Liu Jie. This man is eccentric and willful, his methods are cruel, and his butterfly knife is superb. Moreover, I found out that he and Lan Yan are from the same hometown."
"I thought that Lan Yan might know something, so I went to the Tianlao on my own."
The emperor looked cold and said nothing.
Xiao Lingyu continued, "After Lan Yan confessed, it was clearly written in her confession that she and Liu Jie both obeyed the orders of the sixth brother, and both of them had a mark on their bodies."
Xiao Lingyu took out the fire pattern she had drawn and handed it to the emperor.
"And I also found this mark on the assassin's body."
The emperor's head was buzzing with pain, and he immediately slammed the table: "Go! Call the sixth prince to me!" He paused for a moment, and then said: "Let Jiang Shidu come as well."
After the procedures at the Hanlin Academy were roughly understood, Jiang Zhiyu rarely went to the Hanlin Academy. The emperor would usually ask her to chat about daily life and taste tea.
Xiao Lingyu's eyes turned slightly, and she stopped crying. The tear marks on her face were clearly visible, and she looked very aggrieved.
Not long after, Jiang Zhiyu arrived first. Looking at the scene in front of her, Jiang Zhiyu was stunned.
[Beauty is crying! Cry! Cry louder!]
Xiao Lingyu: "..."
Emperor: "..."
The emperor waved his hand, indicating that Jiang Zhiyu didn't need to be polite: "Sit down first."
Jiang Zhiyu sat down without hesitation, and the whole process was smooth.
When she and the emperor were in private, she never polited, but when there were others around, Jiang Zhiyu would still give the emperor face.
The emperor summarized what he had just said and told Jiang Zhiyu, Jiang Zhiyu's eyes were full of surprise: "The Sixth Prince wants to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?!"
[amazing, too scary!]
Xiao Lingyu: "..."
If he hadn't known the truth, he would have almost believed it.
The emperor naturally heard the exaggeration in Jiang Zhiyu's tone and looked at her helplessly.
Almost half an hour later, Xiao Yanli finally arrived.
He still needs to study in the Imperial College. As
soon as he knelt down, the emperor threw the paper with fire patterns on it in his face: "Rebellious son! What on earth are you going to do?!"
Xiao Yanli picked up the paper and looked at the emperor in confusion: "Father, what do you mean? I don't recognize this thing."
The emperor's brows jumped: "Don't recognize it?! Then do I have to bring the witness here and identify it in person so that you can recognize it?"
His voice was cold, as if squeezed out from between his teeth.
Xiao Yanli's brows were tightly locked.
Who was exposed?
Xiao Lingyu was still kneeling beside the emperor. Seeing Xiao Yanli's frown, he said in a calm voice, "Sixth brother, don't be stubborn. Lan Yan has confessed. If you admit it now, your father may still give you a lighter punishment for the sake of our father-son relationship."
He said the four words "father-son relationship" lightly. The emperor glanced at him and felt a rare sense of guilt.
Although he was a knife-blocker, it was impossible for him to say that he treated Xiao Lingyu as a tool during these years of getting along.
Besides, this child was indeed honest and law-abiding, and he had never made any big mistakes. He
also took good care of his younger brothers and sisters.
The more he thought about it, the more pity the emperor looked at Xiao Lingyu with, and correspondingly, the more disgust he looked at Xiao Yanli with.
Xiao Yanli lowered his head, his mind was racing. This shouldn't happen. Lan Yan would definitely not betray him. Besides, he was still stupid when Lan Yan was arrested. No matter what, he couldn't accept it.
Xiao Yanli hated her in his heart, but he still looked puzzled: "Father and brother, please understand. Yanli still doesn't know what happened."
[You are so good at pretending. If I didn't know the truth, I would have believed it.]
Xiao Lingyu: "..."
She said exactly what I said.
The emperor's eyes became even colder: "You are so stubborn. Come on, bring Lan Yan up."
Since Lan Yan confessed, in case she died without evidence, the emperor allowed her to be placed in the Imperial Hospital, under the care of the imperial physician and heavily guarded. Not even a fly could fly in.
The Imperial Hospital was not far away, so it wasn't long before Lan Yan was pushed over by the guards.
She looked at Xiao Yanli, her eyes lit up, and her lips moved slightly...
Palace
Xiao Yanli saw that she was about to speak, so he asked first: "Father, what is this?"
He looked at Lan Yan with an extremely strange look, as if he was looking at a stranger.
Lan Yan was slightly startled, and her eyes fell on his hands, and she was stunned again.
Xiao Yanli turned his back to look at Lan Yan, so the emperor and Xiao Lingyu could not see the movement of his hands. Jiang Zhiyu, who was sitting next to him, could only see a little bit.
[Good guy, the secret code is used. I don't recognize you on the face, but I miss you on the hand. ]
[Scumbag! 】
Xiao Lingyu: "!!!"
Emperor: "!!!"
"Turn around," the emperor coughed lightly, "She is Lan Yan, your subordinate."
Xiao Yanli's pupils suddenly dilated, and the look of surprise on his face did not seem to be acting. He kowtowed and said, "Father, I really don't know her, let alone she is my subordinate!"
He kowtowed his head again and again, like a woodpecker.
Jiang Zhiyu translated simultaneously:
【Don't call me, don't reveal that you know me. 】
[I will find a way to save your life, wait for me.]
The Emperor: "..."
Xiao Lingyu: "!!!"
This skill is useful!
If it weren't for Zhiyu, wouldn't they have been fooled by Xiao Yanli's superb acting skills?
But why did the emperor let Zhiyu come?
Such a scandal of brothers' quarrels should be known by as few people as possible.
Could it be that the father can also... hear Zhiyu's thoughts?
Xiao Lingyu's heart was beating like a drum.
Xiao Yanli knocked his head until he was dizzy, and the emperor didn't call for a stop, so he had to knock hard until blood seeped from his forehead. The emperor said: "Okay, whether you recognize him or not, why not ask the person next to you."
"Lanyan."
The emperor called softly, his voice full of threats.
Lan Yan leaned back in the wheelchair. Her face was flushed with excitement, and her speech was no longer as intermittent as before.
"Your Majesty, I want to ask the Sixth Prince a question."
[Loved.]
Emperor: "..."
What love?
Do little idiots know what love is?
"Ask."
The emperor stared at Xiao Yanli. At this angle, if Xiao Yanli still made a secret signal with his hands, he could see it clearly.