The king's face turned even paler, and he had a bad feeling.
"What does the princess mean?"
Wang Feng asked softly.
"Originally, I thought that if you gentlemen behaved well, I would pretend that I knew nothing. When I return to the capital, I can even speak well of you in front of the Emperor. But now...!"
"I think you gentlemen may not have the chance to return to Beijing!"
Lin Yuxin turned around and sat back in her chair, looking at the adults and speaking in a calm tone, as if she was saying that the weather was good today.
This made the adults panic, but Lin Yuxin's words made them feel at ease. Did the princess know something?
"What does the princess mean by this?"
Gu Qing asked with frowned brows, he didn't understand what the princess meant.
"What's the meaning?"
Lin Yuxin took the notebook from Zhao Yi's hand, opened it, flipped through it, and then said:
"Since coming to Beicheng, that is, from the end of July to now, there have been 37 pigeon messages sent from Jibeicheng to the outside world. Lord Wang Feng has sent five messages, Shao Chongshan has sent seven messages, Lu Feng has sent three messages, Liu Hongbo has sent eight messages, and Gu Qing has sent five messages."
Lin Yuxin's words almost made the adults lose their feet. How could the princess know this? Lin Yuxin's next words made them feel that they were finished! !
"It flew to the capital twice, once, to Zhao State three times, to the northern border eight times, and to the south once. Can you all tell me who these pigeons are delivering messages to?"
Lin Yuxin closed the book, looked at the adults whose faces were getting paler, and asked softly.
"I, we are just writing some letters to our families. Can't we let them know we are safe when we are away from home?"
Shao Chongshan took a step back unconsciously, his momentum gone, but he still shouted with his neck stiff.
"That's right, is it wrong for us to report to our family that we are safe?"
Liu Hongbo felt that as long as they did not admit it, the princess would be unable to do anything to them, so he also asked with his neck stiffened.
"Is it okay? But tell me, why do you, the people of Xia, have relatives from Beijiang and Zhao? Oh! Maybe there are also relatives from Qi! This is something we have to ask the emperor, why are there citizens from other countries among his subjects? Could it be that... there is an adulterer?"
Lin Yuxin blinked and looked at the adults, then asked with a curious look on her face.
"Don't slander us! Just because you are a princess, you can slander us like this. When we return, we will file a complaint with the emperor!"
Wang Feng's heart trembled wildly after hearing what Lin Yuxin said, and he shouted at Lin Yuxin angrily and shamelessly at the same time, as if only this could cover up his inner panic.
He didn't believe that Lin Yuxin had evidence, she must be deceiving them just to expose them.
Yes, this evil woman must be deceiving them.
Only Gu Qing looked at the princess from bewilderment to shock, wondering what she meant.
Then he looked at his colleagues around him. He seemed to understand something. He just liked to curry favor with the powerful and wanted to flatter the boss more so that he would have a way out. But in the end, the boss was still a traitor?
Didn't he play along?
Thinking of this, Gu Qing's face turned pale and blue. She stood aside with trembling hands and said nothing more, hoping that the princess's anger would not get to her head.
Moreover, he did not think that the princess would lose. Since the princess investigated so carefully, she must have evidence. If several adults denied it, they would be exposed sooner or later.
So he should just stay alive, maybe he can still survive.
"Is this princess slandering others? Look at these!"
Lin Yuxin didn't stand up. She took the small wooden box from Zhao Yi's arms, opened it, took out a piece of letter paper, and said:
"Inside these are letters written between you and other countries, as well as people from the court. I have kept the originals. Do you want to take a look?"
Wang Feng and others looked at the box of letter paper without saying anything.
"Oh! By the way, I have already sent a copy of these letters to the Emperor. The Emperor should receive them tomorrow. By then, will you still be as sure as you are now that I am slandering you?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Lin Yuxin continued.
Wang Feng saw that things had come to this point, and his anger disappeared. He just chuckled:
"Hahaha! The princess is really smart. No wonder the emperor would use you. It seems that after I entered North City, I have been under the princess's control. The princess can still bear not to expose me, and often plays with me? Is the princess fun?"
"It's quite fun!"
Lin Yuxin nodded seriously and smiled.
"Haha, Princess, don't be too proud! You have solved the Quyan County incident this time, but you won't win next time!"
Wang Feng said with a sly smile on his face.
He knew that he was exposed today and he couldn't escape, but he couldn't ruin the whole thing, so...!
Lin Yuxin noticed that something was wrong with Wang Feng, but it was too late. Wang Feng pulled out the dagger from his waist and stabbed at Lin Yuxin.
Lin Yuxin was sitting and had no way to retreat. She could only watch the dagger getting closer and closer to her.
[Damn it! This bastard actually had a dagger on his waist. Was he ready to kill anyone? And I bumped into him? Oh! What bad luck I have. If I had known earlier, I would have asked Zhao Yiduo to call a few people to guard here.]
[It’s over, it’s over, I’m dead this time!!]
Seeing the dagger approaching her, Lin Yuxin panicked. She knew that even if she took out the silver needle, she couldn't hurt him, so she closed her eyes in fear.
"ah!"
Then Lin Yuxin heard a scream, and she opened her eyes carefully and looked towards the source of the sound, and saw Zhao Yi holding the imperial sword in his hand, and Wang Feng holding his severed hand and screaming.
The adults around shuddered and took a step back, not daring to move.
Lin Yuxin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Zhao Yi reacted quickly, otherwise she would have ended up in advance.
"Come here, take this man away, lock him up, and search his body for anything else. Don't let him die."
After Lin Yuxin calmed down, she asked someone to take him away.
"yes!"
After Wang Feng, who had screamed in agony, was taken away, Lin Yuxin looked up at the other adults and said in a cold voice:
"Master Liu, Master Shao, Master Lu, Master Gu, I wonder what you want to say now?!"
When the officials saw the blood-stained imperial sword in the hands of the guards behind Lin Yuxin, they all shuddered.
He knelt down and begged for mercy:
"My lord, my lord, I confess everything. Please have mercy on me!"
"Please show mercy, my lord!"
Gu Qing hesitated for a moment, but finally knelt down. No matter what, he was in the same group as Wang Feng and his gang. Even if he had not participated in writing the letter to betray the country, he was still not innocent.
Now the only option left is to ask for mercy.
"Take him away and interrogate him!"
Lin Yuxin didn't waste any words and directly asked someone to take them away.
She was still a little frightened at first and didn't want to continue to get involved with them.
"yes!"
Zhao Yi had already put away the imperial sword and replied, then had several adults taken away for interrogation.