Chapter 320 Confirm his guilt!
Song Yunchu finally turned around and looked at Si Lianhua, "I wonder what the princess meant by talking about it?"
"We can discuss Jun Tianyi's matter and the treasure map. Isn't this what His Royal Highness Prince Ning wants?"
After hearing this, Song Yunchu returned to the tea table and sat down, "Then I am all ears."
"Bring Huaying back first." Si Lianhuan said.
Song Yunchu did not agree, but just stared at her quietly.
When Si Lianhuan saw this, he understood.
If he didn't say what Song Yunchu wanted to hear, he wouldn't move a step.
"I met Jun Tianyi two years ago. He saved me. I never like to owe favors to others, but he was living a comfortable life at that time and didn't need my help."
"Two years later, he fell into poverty and came to seek my help. Naturally, I still remembered that I owed him a favor, so I took him in. During the time he was missing, I was the one who protected him."
"I originally bought a lot of human skin masks for him to use, but the images of those masks were all posted on your bounty order, so I had no choice but to move him from the posthouse to prevent me from being implicated if he is exposed one day. I specially bought that secluded bamboo garden for him to stay in temporarily, and he would ask for my permission before going out. Without the human skin masks, I could only summon Hua Zhuang from Xiling Country. Hua Zhuang could dress him up as an old man over fifty years old, or even a woman."
"I know you must want to laugh at me for being stupid. I came here on behalf of Xiling Country to cooperate with you, but I still protect your criminal ministers. But if you were me, would you watch your former benefactor die without saving him?"
Si Lianhua said this with the intention of easing the cold atmosphere, and she softened her tone again, "I have never thought of helping him deal with you. I can assure you of this. Winning or losing depends on your own ability. I am not so foolish as to help him avenge his enemies. I don't want to care about his grudges. All I can do is to keep him alive."
"Do you still want to protect it now?" Song Yunchu asked indifferently.
"Your Highness Prince Ning, are you deliberately making fun of me by asking this?" Si Lianhuan was a little annoyed. "I only regret that I didn't discover his despicableness earlier so that I could get rid of this scourge!"
"I have indeed let you down in this matter, but now you have saved me... Based on the favors I owe you, I am able to write another letter back to my father."
"I will tell my father and mother that it was the people of Mobei who tried to sow discord between our two countries and assassinated me many times. Thanks to you, you prevented the tragedy from happening. So after we merge the treasure map, we should divide it equally between the two countries to show the magnanimity of our Xiling country."
"I only ask one thing of Your Highness. Regarding me and Jun Tianyi..."
"I can keep the secret for you." Song Yunchu naturally understood what she was going to say. "Since Xiling Country and Tianqi Country want to cooperate, I should indeed save the princess's face."
"Thank you." Si Lianhuan paused and said, "Can you bring Huaying back from the Dali Temple?"
"I never sent her to the Dali Temple. She is now in the carriage outside the Ruihe Hall, and Bai Zhu is watching her."
Si Lianhua: “…”
After a moment of silence, I felt relieved.
Fortunately, Huaying was not really tortured.
"I'm sorry to trouble you."
She knew that this apology was useless, but Song Yunchu would definitely not make fun of her again for the sake of Baozang.
"I am a little curious, how did Jun Tianyi deceive the princess in the first place?"
Si Lianhua said truthfully: "He explained to me that he had never rebelled, and the reason he ended up like this was because of your slander."
"He said that Long Linshan's action was only aimed at you, not the emperor. Unfortunately, his plan failed, so you accused him of treason..."
"How can the princess believe such words?" Without waiting for Song Yunchu to answer, Jiang Rumin, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, couldn't help but interject, "If it is true as he said, that he only wanted to target Prince Ning, then why did he choose to act when His Majesty was here?"
"And the people who acted with him that day were not only people from our dynasty, but also people from the Rong country. Didn't you investigate this?"
In response to Jiang Rumin's question, Si Lianhuan lowered her eyes somewhat helplessly. "I investigated, but before I could question him, he took the initiative to tell me about this. His original plan was to use the Rong people to get rid of King Ning, and then he would deal with those Rong people. Such means are indeed shameless, but I think that at least he does not intend to commit treason. I really don't want to imagine him to be so hateful."
"That's because you don't know him well enough, Princess." Jiang Rumin rarely frowned. "After all, he and I have a bad relationship. I know exactly what kind of person he is."
"He is hypocritical, arrogant, and self-willed. He always finds some high-sounding excuses for his evil deeds. Even if he has done some good things, it is all for fame and reputation."
"He is also heartless and ungrateful. In order to make his escape smoother, he ruthlessly abandoned the woman who risked her life to save him. He is even more despicable and shameless. It was obviously he who wronged me first, but he didn't agree to my separation from him. He seemed to have forgotten the hurt he had done to me in the past and thought that I had failed him. It's really ridiculous."
After Jiang Rumin finished speaking, she saw Si Lianhuan lowered her eyes and remained silent, so she knew that she must be embarrassed, so she slowed down her tone, "But Princess, you know very little about his past, and it's not too late to see through him now."
"But the makeup is still in his hands."
Si Lianhuan's tone was full of worry, "I don't know how she is now."
"Huaying is the princess' personal maid, so it's reasonable for the princess to trust her. As for Huazhuang, I really don't have much impression of her. Is the princess sure she's reliable?"
In response to Song Yunchu's suspicion, Si Lianhua responded without hesitation: "Reliable. Hua Zhuang has always been by my mother's side and is loyal. She has no connection with Jun Tianyi and has no reason to help him harm me. Moreover, she and Hua Ying both look down on Jun Tianyi and think he is not worthy of following me."
They have always been considerate of her, so how could she doubt their loyalty?
"Even if you want to think badly of Hua Zhuang, it is impossible for her to form a gang with Jun Tianyi, who has no money and no power. Hua Zhuang has been with the Queen Mother and has seen all the good things. The only possibility for her disappearance is that she was forcibly abducted."
"If Your Highness can find any clues about Jun Tianyi, please let me know. Now he is not only your enemy, but also mine."
Seeing Si Lianhuan's determined expression, Song Yunchu stood up and said, "Princess, you should rest well now since you are in this state. Huazhuang's skills will be useful to Jun Tianyi, so his life should not be in danger in the short term."
After Song Yunchu left Ruihe Hall, he asked Bai Zhu to release Huaying.
Seeing Huaying running into Ruihe Hall, Song Yunchu then told Baizhu: "Let's go back home."
…
In a small house south of Prince Ning's Mansion, a woman in light pink clothes was lying on a couch with her eyes closed.
"squeak--"
As the sound of a wooden door was opened, the aroma of food drifted into the room, and the person on the couch moved his eyelids, as if he was about to wake up.
What is this place...
Smells good...
"Miss Huazhuang is awake? Then eat something."
Listening to the clear sound entering her ears, Hua Zhuang slowly opened her eyes. When she saw the two figures in front of her, her pupils tightened -
It was Prince Ning and Hu Erniang.
Hua Zhuang had been drugged before, and her hands and feet were sore and weak that she couldn't use kung fu. She could only look at the two of them angrily, "What did you do to the princess!"
Yesterday evening, she helped Prince Yi disguise himself as a woman and went with him to the nunnery to meet Concubine Yi. She managed to lure away the people guarding Concubine Yi, and then helped keep watch for the mother and son.
The conversation between the mother and son was quite brief. Prince Yi kept apologizing, and after scolding him, Concubine Yi finally forgave him and said that it was good enough as long as he was alive.
The conversation between the two did not sound like any secret code. After that, the person guarding Concubine Yi turned back, and she and Prince Yi quickly escaped.
At night she reported the situation to the princess, and to her surprise she was attacked after she had left the inn for some distance, and the opponent's skills were obviously better than hers.
The moment before she fell into coma, she guessed that something was wrong.
She must be being targeted, and this also means that the princess might be in trouble.
really……
When she woke up, she was locked up in Prince Ning's Mansion.
The woman named Hu Erniang smiled playfully as soon as she saw her, "Sister, I have been watching you for a few days. You said that you always go in and out of the posthouse at the same time, and it's always at night. Isn't this suspicious?"
"Do you know where your flaw is? Your neck is even yellower today than it was yesterday. Normal people would want to make themselves look good, but you do the opposite. You make yourself uglier and uglier. Do you think that with a face like this, you can't be found in a crowd, and it will be easier to get things done, right?"
"It's a pity that your skills are still a little worse than my old lover. If you don't want to suffer, just answer a few of my questions honestly."
Hua Zhuang naturally could not tell the truth in response to Hu Erniang's interrogation. She answered many questions perfunctorily and did not mention a single word about Jun Tianyi.
She couldn't stand that troublemaker, but if that person was exposed, it would definitely cause trouble for the princess.
She was ready to be tortured, but unexpectedly, Hu Erniang did not torture her, but called a man in purple clothes in and said to the man -
"Two hundred taels, make me look like her."
"Two hundred taels is a little too little, how about adding another fifty taels?"
"You really are obsessed with money, aren't you? All right, all right, then two hundred and fifty taels, hurry up."
Naturally, the conversation between the two scared her.
This man in purple was most likely the Thousand Faces Young Master that Huaying had mentioned before. It was precisely because this man had a connection with the people in Prince Ning's Mansion that the princess was unable to ask him for help.
In the following time, Hua Zhuang also witnessed the real art of disguise.
She saw with her own eyes that Hu Er Niang turned into her appearance.
Hu Er Niang was not as tall as her, so she used pads on her shoes.
What was even more terrifying to her was that when Hu Erniang spoke, her voice was almost the same as hers.
"How about it, girl, when you look at me, is it like looking in a mirror?"
She was so surprised that she was speechless.
The man and woman in front of me, one can disguise himself, and the other can fake his voice.
Hu Erniang disguised herself as her and could come and go freely in the inn.
But she still held out a glimmer of hope.
So what if she pretended to be her? There were many things that Hu Erniang didn't know. With the princess's keen sense, she might be able to expose this imposter quickly!
But today, seeing them appear in front of her, looking relaxed and comfortable, as if their plan had succeeded, she felt very uneasy.
"Don't worry, your princess is fine."
Song Yunchu said slowly, "I heard from the princess that you and Huaying both look down on Jun Tianyi. Isn't this a coincidence? I also look down on him. Although we hate him for different reasons, I think you also hope that guy stays away from the princess, right? Now that this has come true, you should be happy for the princess."
Hearing this, Hua Zhuang subconsciously asked, "What does King Ning mean by this?"
The princess always protected that man before, but now she is willing to stay away from him?
"Although I disguised myself as you, I did not have any contact with the princess. I sent tea to the princess in the name of Jun Tianyi and asked Caiwei to give it to the princess. In this way, the princess would only suspect Jun Tianyi, so don't worry, you are still innocent in the eyes of the princess."
Hu Si Niang said, "The princess was poisoned at the farewell banquet, but fortunately Miss Jiang was able to treat her, so the princess is fine. The news the princess has received now is that Jun Tianyi has defected, and Miss Huazhuang, your disappearance... is naturally due to Jun Tianyi holding you hostage."
Hua Zhuang was shocked, "You poisoned the princess! You..."
"Isn't she fine now? Stop worrying." Hu Erniang interrupted, "You said you came to negotiate with our emperor with sincerity, but you secretly protected the traitors of our dynasty. You confidants really think your master is fine, right?"
"She is thinking about Jun Tianyi's kindness, so it's okay if she is confused. Have you tried to persuade her? Aren't you worried that he will become a stain on the princess? Aren't you worried that he will do something bad to the princess?"
Hua Zhuang's face was stiff, "I..."
Hu Erniang sneered, "If it weren't for the treasure, I would have had this spread out, spread throughout the streets and alleys, and make your princess lose face!"
Hua Zhuang frowned, "You..."
"Why, did I say something wrong? You have to thank our Highness. If it weren't for His Highness severing the evil relationship between Jun Tianyi and the princess, your princess would have been implicated by him. Is his life as valuable as your princess's reputation?"
Hua Zhuang was choked.
"Okay, Er Niang, we are here to discuss with Miss Hua Zhuang, so please be polite when you speak." Song Yunchu glanced at Hu Er Niang.
Upon hearing this, Hu Erniang's expression softened, "Your Highness is right, I was a little out of control just now."
Song Yunchu looked at Hua Zhuang, "Miss Hua Zhuang, the princess was quickly rescued after being poisoned, so she won't have any root cause of the disease. We helped you the last time you were assassinated, so let's consider this as a compensation for the plot against you. Once the treasure map is settled, I will let you go back. If you really want to do this for the princess's sake, then admit that you were kidnapped by Jun Tianyi, and completely prove his guilt in murdering the princess, making him an enemy of Xiling Country as well."
"Keeping the master away from all troubles is loyalty. If you don't know how to adapt and let the master do wrong, it's called incompetence and foolish loyalty."
"You don't want the princess's glorious life to be tarnished, do you?"
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