Chapter 132 The Door Was Kicked Open
Jiang Xue was stunned and looked at He Zhilin, saying, "What did you say?"
"But you were not in the capital at that time, and if it involved the royal family, Grandpa He would definitely keep his mouth shut. How could you possibly..."
"Perhaps my grandfather wanted to keep it a secret for the rest of his life," He Zhilin said slowly with a sad look on his face, "Perhaps the people and facts involved in this secret were so important that he could not let it go until his death, so he left some clues behind."
"Clues?" Jiang Xue stood up suddenly and asked hurriedly, "What clues?!"
No one wanted to know this clue more urgently than her.
For three years, she was trapped in the quagmire of self-blame for killing Jiang Chen. At first, she resented Xiao Qi, but later, when she heard the news of Xiao Qi's death, she began to blame herself and feel fear.
When faced with her questioning, Xiao Qi did not make a single statement in defense.
He seemed to have already determined some facts and just silently took the blame.
Jiang Yu told her that for her sake and for the stability of the two countries, this matter would not be known to his father and mother. Xiao Qi could have left Ji State safely, but she was unwilling to let the culprit who killed Jiang Chen go, and finally tried her best to make Xiao Qi die in Qingzhou.
But in the middle of the night, she began to feel fear.
She was afraid that the truth of what happened back then was wrong, and she was afraid that she had killed Xiao Qi by mistake.
She had secretly investigated the palace many times, looking for any clues related to what happened that year, but the results told her that she was not wrong.
The poisoned Li Congde seemed to appear out of thin air, and no one in Ji State had any dealings with him. The palace records said that his parents and family members had all passed away. She sent people to investigate among the people and finally found out that Li Congde lost his father at a young age and was displaced to the border of Ji and Gan. He was adopted by a wealthy businessman in Gan State, but was later expelled for stealing. However, he immediately returned to Ji State and entered the palace as a eunuch.
Everything points to Xiao Qi's father, Prince An of Gan State.
In countless nights when she was awakened by nightmares, she told herself again and again that she was right, it was the Ganguly Kingdom that had evil ambitions, and it was Prince An and Xiao Qi and his son who were conspiring together.
But every time I think of the time when she stabbed Xiao Qi's chest with a dagger, Xiao Qi's sad eyes, and those faint words -
"Axue, do you really want to kill me?"
She will fall into an endless nightmare of madness.
Later, she began to suffer from sleepless nights and even thought about ending all this pain several times. However, every time she saw the loving and worried eyes of her father and mother, she hesitated.
She spent two years trying her best to forget her past and past, and began to concentrate on being a princess and a good daughter to her father, the emperor and her mother, the queen.
In order to reassure her father and mother, she was willing to marry Gu Lintan, the newly crowned top scholar who was praised by everyone in the court.
But Jingye came and told her Xiao Qi's true life experience.
Would a child who was abandoned by King An and a person who had a grudge against King An for killing his mother, still serve King An loyally and risk his life to go to the enemy country to assassinate the crown prince?
But if, if Xiao Qi didn't exist, if Xiao Qi wasn't, then everything -
It's all her fault.
"What is the clue?" Jiang Xue growled at He Zhilin in a hoarse voice, "Since you have a clue, why did you tell me now? Why didn't you tell me when I confessed my sins to you that day?"
He Zhilin was stunned when he saw her eyes were slightly red.
He knew how much of a blow Jiang Chen's death had dealt to Jiang Xue, so he quickly reached out to hold Jiang Xue's arm and tried to comfort her, saying, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I just learned about this yesterday, and I was planning to come to you today to explain it. Sit down first, drink this sweet soup, and listen to me slowly."
Jiang Xue was trembling all over. She was pushed back onto the chair by He Zhilin. She didn't move, just looked at him pleadingly.
He Zhilin showed reluctance in his eyes, and said slowly: "Yesterday I received a letter from Jiaodong. The elders of the clan are going to rebuild the ancestral hall in the near future, build spirit tablets for the ancestors of the He family, and write books for the medical masters of the He family."
"When they were recollecting and sorting out my grandfather's belongings, they accidentally found several letters written by my grandfather, hidden in an ancient medical book that he treasured the most. My grandfather passed away suddenly before, and the family had no preparations, so the funeral was held in a hurry, and no one found these things."
"My grandfather wrote a lot of things on the envelope."
"My grandfather instructed that anyone who saw the letter must not open it. If this letter is to be opened, only I can do it."
The more He Zhilin spoke, the more complicated his eyes became.
"The envelope also states that if I never return to Jijing in this lifetime, these letters should be burned. If I have already returned to Jijing and decided to stay, it is up to me to decide whether to open these letters or not."
Jiang Xue's eyes turned from pleading to surprise. She asked in a daze, "Brother He, do you think the contents of these letters are related to what happened back then?"
He Zhilin nodded and said hesitantly, "I think that my grandfather spent nearly half of his life in the Imperial Hospital. He watched the princes grow up. The things he couldn't let go of the most in his life, besides practicing medicine, inheritance, my father and me, were the princes."
"The things that made him still worry so much after his death were probably these people. I have learned a lot, and my father is recovering from his illness. What remains is the affairs of this palace."
"And since he emphasized that if I didn't return to the capital, I shouldn't read the letter. I guess this letter can only be related to the capital."
"Where's the letter?" Jiang Xue asked anxiously, "Did you bring it?"
He Zhilin shook his head and said, "These letters are about matters too important to be sent to the capital rashly, lest they be lost or leaked. I have already written back to my clan members and told them that I will be returning to Jiaodong in a few days, and asked them to keep the letters and not leak any information until I return."
"After a few days..." Jiang Xue murmured, "but your clinic is about to open, how can you just leave like that?"
"So I have been busy arranging the clinic these days," He Zhilin comforted him, "in order to open the clinic first and hire a few experienced doctors to take charge, and then I will go back."
Jiang Xue suddenly remembered something and asked, "Then how are you going to tell Gu Lintan? He currently regards you as his chess piece. If you leave Beijing without permission, will he just turn a blind eye?"
He Zhilin said, "Your Highness, do you still remember that the purpose of opening this clinic is to allow me to settle down in the capital as one of the heirs of the He family?"
Jiang Xue nodded and said, "I see. Since you want to borrow the name of the He family, then it makes sense for you to return to Jiaodong and consult your teacher. After getting the permission, you can start practicing medicine."
"That's right." Seeing that Jiang Xue's mood had calmed down a lot, He Zhilin felt relieved and picked up the sweet soup on the table, motioning for Jiang Xue to drink it.
Jiang Xue suddenly remembered what she had said to Prime Minister Lu yesterday, that she wanted He Zhilin to come over to her house to take his pulse and take care of his health.
"Brother He, there is one thing I forgot to say."
"What's the matter?" A gust of wind blew in from the door, and the door was kicked open in an instant, and a cold and low voice came from outside the house.
"I wonder if the princess could talk to me about this?"
Jing Ye looked at Jiang Xue coldly with impatience in his eyes.
Jiang Xue was startled. She leaned out and saw Jiang Qibin behind Jing Ye. He spread his hands helplessly towards her and told her with his mouth: "I can't stop him."
She withdrew her gaze and looked at Jing Ye, and saw that the anger and coldness in his eyes seemed to be uncontrollable.
"The princess brought me here, but then she left me alone and chatted with others in a secret room for a long time. What was the meaning of this?"
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