Just as the case reached a stalemate, some unfortunate news arrived.
Rouran and Daliang had been trading with each other for many years. However, due to the violent death of Wulemu at the post station, Rouran not only ordered the closure of trade, but also seemed to have the intention of befriending the northern frontier.
Now, Daliang is besieged on all sides.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Su Yan trusted her intuition and knew that this case was far from simple.
The one who tied the knot must untie it.
Su Yan took a different approach, searching through countless methods before finally finding an opportunity to meet the Empress.
Since the incident, the Empress has hidden Princess Jingning to prevent the Rouran from targeting her.
Apart from the Empress, no one in the world knew the whereabouts of the Princess.
But in order to find out the truth, Su Yan must see Princess Jingning.
So she spent all her money and finally managed to get a chance to enter the palace.
Xie Yu, dressed in a palace maid's uniform, complained that the clothes were even tighter than the last time. He never expected that he would have to wear women's clothing a second time.
"Su Yan, is your method really going to work? I don't think it's reliable..." Xie Yu pulled up her clothes in front of her chest.
Su Yan, who had changed her clothes beforehand, was helping Xie Yu straighten her skirt. "Stop complaining. Do you still want to save the princess...?"
Xie Yu nodded, but still had doubts in his heart. "Of course I want to save them, but even the civil and military officials have no solution. Can you really have a way to deal with this?"
"Actually, there are solutions to the Princess's case, but none of the civil and military officials in the court want to become sinners for all time..."
Therefore, what we need to do is reconstruct the crime scene and prove the princess's innocence. Besides the princess, we can find no other trace left at the scene. Whatever the murderer's motives in planning this case, the only thing we can do is not be led by the nose by the enemy.
After listening, Xie Yu felt that Su Yan's words made a lot of sense. If everyone only thought about protecting themselves, then the Great Liang Dynasty would not be far from its demise.
Even so, Xie Yu was still worried, "But will the Empress really let us see the Princess?"
"Do your best and leave the rest to fate!" Su Yan said in a deep voice.
In truth, Su Yan wasn't sure either, since the princess wasn't the empress's biological daughter.
Empress Xiao Guanyin of the Great Liang Dynasty, although the emperor's first wife, had long since stopped attending to state affairs, devoted herself to Buddhism, and lived in the Renshou Palace.
Renshou Hall is remote, almost like a cold palace.
Su Yan and Xie Yu entered the room as incense-offering palace maids, almost thinking they had gone to the wrong room.
The hall was utterly desolate and deserted, as if devoid of human presence.
She was, after all, the empress of a nation, yet her living conditions were worse than those of an ordinary concubine.
Of course, Su Yan knew she was there to take care of business, not to admire the scenery.
After putting down the incense sticks, the two searched the palace for the Empress.
Soon, Su Yan saw a woman dressed simply in plain clothes kneeling in front of the Buddha statue in the Buddhist hall, silently striking the wooden fish and chanting Buddhist scriptures.
Although her face was plain, Su Yan could tell at a glance that the woman had an extraordinary temperament, with the air of an empress.
Without much thought, Su Yan bowed to the blurry figure through the screen, "Your humble servant Su Yan greets Your Majesty the Empress..."
The woman behind the screen seemed to hear the noise and stopped striking the wooden fish.
"How dare you trespass into the Renshou Hall without my orders? Aren't you afraid of death?"
Su Yan knelt on the ground, raised her head without fear, and stared directly at the blurry figure behind the screen. "Your Majesty, I knew the consequences when I dared to trespass into Renshou Palace."
Aren't you afraid of losing your head?
Su Yan thought for a moment, then a helpless smile appeared on her lips, "I'm afraid..."
"Afraid they'd still dare to barge in?"
Hearing this, Su Yan felt no fear, but rather a firm resolve, and replied sternly, "I know the princess is innocent. She did not kill anyone. As a member of the Investigating Council, I cannot stand idly by and watch an innocent person suffer a wrongful injustice."
Moreover, without Her Majesty the Empress's permission, even if I had wings, I couldn't fly into the Renshou Palace.
Xiao Guanyin was taken aback upon hearing this, and stopped turning the prayer beads in her hand. "Do you know how people outside are treating Jingning?"
"I have heard of it."
In fact, the court was divided into two factions regarding this case. One faction advocated severely punishing the princess to appease the Rouran's anger, while the other faction argued that the Rouran were unreasonable and that trade between the two sides should be cut off.
Xiao Guanyin stood up, lifted the curtain, and walked towards Su Yan.
"The world only knows that the Rouran prince died at the post station, but they don't know that he was the culprit from beginning to end. Ning'er is so innocent, yet she has to bear the infamy for the sake of the world," Xiao Guanyin said with a pained expression.
Although she was not Jingning's biological mother, she was raised by him personally.
"If Your Majesty trusts me, I am willing to investigate the truth and clear the princess's name."
Do you have evidence?
Su Yan shook her head, "No..."
Xiao Guanyin frowned slightly, seemingly puzzled, "You have no evidence, yet you firmly believe that the princess did not kill anyone..."
"Your Majesty, I am a former coroner, and the corpse tells me that the princess is not the murderer."
"Just because of this?" Xiao Guanyin looked puzzled, but she was also very curious about Su Yan.
Su Yan nodded.
Seeing this, Xiao Huanyin found it somewhat amusing and felt that Su Yan was truly a strange person.
"Why are you helping Ning'er? Are you friends?"
Su Yan shook her head, "I have only met the princess a few times, and we can't be considered friends."
"Then why are you helping Ning'er? You could have just stayed out of trouble."
Xiao Guanyin's question made Su Yan pause for a moment, then she said more firmly, "The princess is a good person, and good people shouldn't end up like this. Besides, I did this for someone else."
After hearing this, Xiao Guanyin was even more fond of the woman in front of her. She took out a token from somewhere, squatted down and handed it to Su Yan, and said in a deep voice, "Jing'an Temple outside Chang'an City. With this token, the people there will naturally take you to see the person you want to see. Remember, I will only give you one chance. Please do not disappoint me."
Su Yan held the token in her hand. Actually, she was thinking about Shen Yao just now. She knew that after Shen Yao and Ye Qingzhu were not dead, they would be filled with self-blame and guilt towards the princess.
"Your humble servant will certainly not fail in his mission." With that, Su Yan rose and left the Buddhist hall.
As soon as I stepped out the door, I saw Xie Yu still running around in the huge courtyard.
Su Yan shook her head helplessly and called to him, "Dean Xie, stop looking. I've already got the things. Let's go..."
Upon hearing this, Xie Yu hurriedly rushed over, lifting her skirt, "You've seen the Empress?"
Su Yan waved the token in her hand, "Time waits for no one, let's hurry to Jing'an Temple outside the city..."
"good……"
Without hesitation, Xie Yu left the palace, mounted a fast horse, and rode away from Chang'an.
Jing'an Temple is just a small nunnery where few people burn incense and worship Buddha on ordinary days, making it a good place for Tibetans.
Who would have thought that a princess could be hiding in an ordinary nunnery?
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