Upon hearing this, everyone present changed their expressions.
The Jiang brothers were in a panic, while Jiang Xiancao didn't want outsiders to interfere, as this would disrupt her plan.
Everything today was under her control.
She learned in advance from Eunuch Sun that Emperor Yong would come to the palace today, and sent people to the marquis's mansion to threaten Jiang Jinyan, prompting him to bring Jiang Jinyi over to "investigate the case."
The only variable she hadn't calculated was the white-haired prince who came with Emperor Yong.
She had heard about the deeds of His Royal Highness Prince Zhan.
He followed Marshal Qi to the battlefield at the age of twelve and fought bloody battles on the border for more than ten years. He was a martial arts master and proficient in military tactics, which frightened the eighteen brave and warlike barbarian tribes. He was an invincible war god general on the battlefield.
A year ago, the eighteen tribes of the barbarians were completely defeated by the Black Dragon Army led by him. The grassland royal family that could command the eighteen tribes also fell apart in internal strife because of his clever strategy of sowing discord. It is feared that they will not have the energy to invade the territory of Dasheng within a hundred years.
The border was finally at peace, and on the day Shen Yubai returned triumphantly to the capital, the streets of the capital were deserted.
He rode a white horse, dressed in black clothes, with his black hair tied up, holding a long sword, and was extremely handsome.
At that time, Jiang Xiancao had not returned to the Marquis' Mansion yet. She was just a country girl, but she also squeezed in with the crowd. She stood on tiptoe and tried her best to look up at him.
The shock that one glance brought her made her realize what the most beautiful woman in the world was.
But later on, when I heard people talking about him, they said that he had contracted a strange poison from a barbarian wizard on a frontier battlefield and no one could cure him.
The jet-black hair was gradually dyed with the color of frost and snow, and the bright eyes that were originally full of spirit were now covered with mist and soaked in blood.
Even his meridians were corroded by the poison, and he was unable to use his martial arts skills, becoming a cripple.
Everyone thought that the legend of the God of War had come to a sad end, but news came from the court that Emperor Yong had ordered Prince Zhan to take charge of the Imperial City Bureau and exercise the power to supervise the royal family, aristocratic families and all officials.
It only took Shen Yubai three months to prove to all those who looked down on him that even if he had lost his martial arts skills, he was still someone that the world could only look up to.
But from then on, he disappeared from the daytime into the night, and went from being the respected god of war to the head of the secret service agency that everyone feared and respected.
At this moment, it was such a person who showed interest in a trivial matter between the women in the backyard of the marquis's mansion.
He also offered to investigate the case.
Jiang Xiancao didn't know what he was up to. She thought she was secretly observing him, but she was caught red-handed by his gaze.
The moment their eyes met, Jiang Xiancao felt inexplicably guilty.
His eyes, which were different from those of ordinary people, seemed to be able to see through this skin that did not belong to her and see through her inner self.
"This isn't a big case, and it's not difficult to investigate. There's no need to trouble the Emperor..."
Jiang Xiancao gritted his teeth and before he could finish his words, Shen Yubai chuckled.
Those beautiful phoenix eyes are gently curved, like the crescent moon in the sky, which is pleasing to the eye.
"Xiaojiu, why do you have to be so distant from the Emperor's uncle? When you were a child, the Emperor's uncle held you in his arms."
Really?
If she remembered correctly, Shen Yubai was only three or four years older than Shen Tingsi. When Shen Tingsi was a child, he was just a half-grown child, right?
Jiang Xiancao was skeptical, and a strange picture emerged in his mind:
The handsome young man with picturesque features held the naughty child in his arms, and gently spanked the child's butt, making the little rascal Shen Tingsi cry loudly.
The scene was so poignant that she couldn't stop.
At this moment, Emperor Yong said to Chen Yubai:
"Twelfth brother, you are not in good health. You have enough to worry about with all the messy things in the Imperial City Department. Let's leave this matter to the Ministry of Justice."
Shen Yubai smiled and said:
"My brother and mother are both worried about Xiaojiu's lifelong affairs. Rather than leaving it to outsiders, it is better for me to find out the truth."
When Emperor Yong heard the words "lifelong event", he was immediately convinced and nodded, "Okay, then leave it to my twelfth brother to investigate. We must get to the bottom of it. I will never let Xiaojiu marry a wife with such evil intentions!"
Jiang Xiancao's eyes sank slightly, and many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
The relationship between Shen Yubai and Shen Tingsi, the uncle and nephew, was by no means close. She had even heard Shen Tingsi scold Shen Yubai, the emperor's uncle, with a grudge.
He is not the type to meddle in other people's business, so there is no reason for him to interfere in the Ninth Prince's "lifelong affairs".
But he just cared about it. There must be a reason that she didn't notice.
Also, once he starts investigating the case, he will definitely go to the Wen Ning Marquis Mansion. What will Shen Tingsi say when he sees him?
It’s very troublesome just thinking about it.
Emperor Yong had arranged for the investigation of the case, and just then someone from the palace came to ask him to go back, saying that the right prime minister was waiting for him in the imperial study to discuss matters.
After he left, Shen Yubai straightened his sleeves, without even glancing at the Jiang brothers who had just stood up from the ground, and just said lightly:
"Master Jiang, Mr. Jiang, please return to the Marquis' Mansion and prepare."
Jiang Jinyan and Jiang Jinyi were both stunned. What were they supposed to prepare for?
Even Jiang Xiancao was confused, not knowing what this powerful figure was going to do.
After a long while, Jiang Jinyan asked tentatively:
"Your Highness Prince Zhan, I wonder what you mean..."
Shen Yubai finally raised his eyes and looked at him. His eyes showed no joy or anger, but were so cold that it seemed as if he regarded him as nothing.
"I want you to go back and heal those who are sick and unable to get out of bed, and release those who are imprisoned in the ancestral hall, because tomorrow morning, I will bring people from the Imperial City Bureau and these two maids to the Marquis' Mansion."
Hearing this, Jiang Jinyan was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. It took him a while to find his voice again:
"Your Highness, my sister is very ill. How could she possibly get better overnight?"
Hearing this, Shen Yubai chuckled softly.
His tone was obviously very gentle, but it gave the Jiang brothers a strong sense of oppression:
"Whatever methods your Jiang family uses to make her better has nothing to do with me. I am only telling you that when I go tomorrow, I want to see all the people involved in the case present. If one is missing, I will punish your mansion for disobeying the emperor's order."
Jiang Jinyan and Jiang Jinyi were suppressed by his domineering aura and were speechless.
Chen Yubai looked at the two maids again, his pale lips curled up slightly, "These two witnesses in this case, I will first use the methods of the Imperial City Bureau to carefully examine them. Xiao Jiuer, you should clear out all the irrelevant people."
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