In any case, she was indeed in the same place as Bai Yun when the incident happened.
"If I remember correctly, it was the Right General who captured the daughter of the Bai family earlier in Bijiang."
The superior who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke, and Xiao Nanhui could almost feel a subtle change in the situation in the air.
With this momentum, someone finally stood up.
"Exactly!"
A voice sounded after Xiao Nan turned around, which surprised her a little.
Su Pingchuan's voice was urgent, a far cry from his usual arrogance. "I was present at that battle, and I can testify that the Right General fought bravely and never retreated. There's absolutely no chance he would collude with the traitorous Bai family."
Given Su Pingchuan's official rank, he definitely wouldn't have a say in the trial. But with the Xuanyuan Palace behind him, even Xu Zhi would have to be a little more cautious.
Xu Zhi's expression was almost calm. His eyes turned to Xiao Zhun's position at the table. He changed his attack method, but every word he said was still bloody.
"She has no past connection with the Bai family, but Qing Huaihou does not."
The ministers sighed and whispered to each other.
For some senior officials who have been in the court for some time, the past of the Xiao family is obviously no secret.
However, this secret has not been fully understood. Only three or four points are certain, and the remaining six or seven points are just true and false, and based on empty speculation.
What does it mean to be afraid of what people say? This was Xiao Nanhui's first experience.
Her hands began to shake again, this time not with anxiety but with anger.
"My adoptive father has trained for the army and fought bravely for Tiancheng, risking his life. There is absolutely no possibility of him committing treason and regicide!"
"The general has indeed made great contributions to the recovery of Bijiang, but there is no such thing as love in this world. Some things are unpredictable."
Xu Shu spoke calmly, as if he was stating a fact that was known to everyone but had not been written down.
If the emotion just now could be described as anger, then at that moment Xiao Nanhui felt as if the blood in his body was burning.
The Xiao family was a sparsely populated place. After Prince Shuo's death, Xiao Zhun had practically single-handedly carried the family's legacy. Although the few people in the mansion had been master and servant for years, each had relied on the other for support and survival. Now, with a single, careless remark, the other party had completely erased the loneliness and hardship the Xiao family had endured over the past decade, tinging it with a hint of impurity, inviting even more sinister speculation.
If the dagger on her body had not been taken away, she might have rushed to Xu Zhi and stabbed him several times.
The person who tied the bell must untie it. Xiao Nanhui forced himself to calm down and turned his gaze to Bai Yun, who had been silent from the beginning.
She still remembered what Bai Yun said in Tingfeng Tower, and she believed that this woman would not hurt Xiao Zhun.
"Tell me, how did you get to Tingfeng Tower?!"
In order to observe the last bit of etiquette in front of the palace, she kept her voice low, but it almost sounded like a roar from the depths of her throat.
"Speak up!"
Bai Yun remained indifferent. Her gaze never left the emperor from beginning to end. The depths of her eyes were terrifyingly empty. It took a long time before she slowly uttered two words.
"Coincidence."
"You're still trying to make excuses now that the situation has come to a head? How did you escape from the heavily guarded Black Feather Camp without help? If there wasn't an agreement, why did you choose to attack from the wing of Tingfeng Tower, among all the pavilions and terraces along the Yue River?"
"Your defenses are indeed tight, but they're not an impenetrable wall. As long as there are people guarding it, there are loopholes. As for why we attacked in Tingfeng Tower, it's the tallest restaurant on either side of Yue River. It's usually crowded with customers, so it's less likely to attract attention if you blend in."
"Ridiculous. The Black Feather Camp is still ten miles away from Jiaosong County. How can you reach the city alone before the garrison finds you?"
"Have you forgotten, Xu Tingwei? My father served as the governor of Liangshu County for eight years before he was promoted to the position of Chief Censor. I followed my father everywhere, and I have visited every place in Jiaosong County. At that time, Xu Tingwei was just a disciple of the doctor, and he often visited me with books in his hands. It was my father who promoted you..."
"Shut up!" The woman's method of destroying someone's heart was even more skillful than his. Xu Zhi's face turned ugly, and his peach blossom eyes lost their disguise and revealed a fierce gleam. "How can you gossip in front of His Majesty?!"
Before Xu Zhi finished speaking, Xu Shu, who had been standing in the back row with his head down, stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with his father without any hesitation.
"I believe that Mr. Bai is evasive and evasive. He is cunning by nature. It would be useless to interrogate him. It would be better to hand him over to the prison and execute him on the spot. That would surely reveal the whole story."
As soon as these words were spoken, Xiao Nanhui couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhun's expression.
He still stood there, seemingly without making any big movements, but Xiao Nanhui saw his hands clenched tightly in his sleeves.
Torturing Bai Yunlai to force Xiao Zhun to make a mistake is such a cruel trick.
She recalled Xu Shu's reaction when the emperor mentioned the news that Cui Xingyao was seriously injured. She had ten thousand reasons to believe that he wanted to take this opportunity to settle his personal grudge.
What a pair of Xu family father and son, when it comes to cruelty and ingratitude, I'm afraid each generation is better than the previous one.
However, the next second, Xiao Nanhui's heart fell into the abyss of despair.
"allow."
The emperor casually said that word, pushing everything to the point of no return.
She had no right to blame him, but she couldn't hide the disappointment that came from the bottom of her heart. He was such a perceptive person that he could see through the calculations behind the Xu family father and son, but he still agreed.
The left and right jailers began to summon prisoners for interrogation, and the executioner's footsteps were getting closer.
Xiao Nan turned around and looked at Bai Yun. She still didn't react at all, as if she had expected this to happen.
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