After the two guards reenacted the events of that day vividly, Yinzhi fell into a long silence.
His first reaction was disbelief.
How is that possible?
Why would Mingzhu harm his child?
Hasn't he always been looking forward to having a legitimate son in the mansion?
What good would it do to Mingzhu if he harmed his son?
Yinzhi didn't believe it, but he couldn't suppress the crazy thoughts growing in his heart -
What if?
What if he really did it? What should he do?
The next day, Yinzhi sent people to guard Donghua Gate in advance. As soon as Mingzhu was on duty, he invited the people to his mansion.
In the study, Yinzhi sat on a chair and wiped a knife.
Seeing this, Mingzhu's heartbeat inexplicably quickened.
"Minion..."
"Granduncle is here... sit down!"
Mingzhu stepped forward to pay her respects, but was interrupted by Yinzhi, who pointed to the chair on his left and motioned Mingzhu to sit down.
Mingzhu's hands hidden in her sleeves were squeezed white by him, but there was no sign of anxiety on her face.
He followed Yinzhi's instructions, sat down, and then asked,
"I wonder what the master wants to see me about today?"
Yinzhi paused in wiping, then placed the knife lightly on the table and looked up at Mingzhu.
"I found some things yesterday..."
When Mingzhu heard this, her heart suddenly rose to her throat and her breathing became heavier.
Yinzhi did not miss this subtle change in his mind and narrowed his eyes.
But Mingzhu soon calmed down.
He was confident in his ability to cover up the traces. Yinzhi was just testing him and did not produce any substantial evidence. Such a crude method could not scare him.
"Your Highness, have you found any important clues? I can help you consider them."
Yinzhi blinked a few times, carefully recalling what Yinreng had said to him that day. After a long while, he finally spoke,
"The clues point to Suo Etu..."
As soon as these words were spoken, Yinzhi clearly saw Mingzhu's body tremble.
In an instant, his heart was filled with sadness.
So, the person who killed his legitimate son... was actually Mingzhu!
Yinzhi felt his teeth creaking from biting them, but he still tried his best to endure it.
He has to find out why Mingzhu does this!
"It's Suo Etu? If it's him, then it wouldn't be surprising."
Mingzhu's voice became much more hoarse this time.
If the clues that Yinzhi found pointed to him, then there was a high probability that Yinzhi was testing him.
But Yinzhi said that the clues he found pointed to Soetu, which means that he had not cleaned up his mess at that time.
Thinking of this, Mingzhu's face became extremely ugly, and she kept wondering in her heart which link had gone wrong.
But he spared no effort to throw dirty water on Suo Etu.
"The Crown Prince hasn't married yet, and I already have two legitimate daughters. If the First Consort gives birth to a legitimate grandson, the Emperor will definitely favor him very much. This could threaten the Crown Prince's position. It's not surprising that Soetu has such considerations..."
As he spoke, his tone became smoother and more confident.
"Master, even if you don't fight, the people in the court will not let you go, so you still have to fight. Only when you win can you and the people around you live more freely."
So that's how it is...
It’s actually like this!
The corners of Yinzhi's mouth curled up into an extremely sarcastic, yet painful smile.
Everything was done to frame Soetu so that he would hate Yinreng.
If he succeeds, he will do as Mingzhu wishes and take mad revenge on Yinreng and compete with Yinreng for the throne.
hehe……
Mingzhu used to obey him in everything, making him think that there was something like family affection between them. But in the end, she could not resist the temptation of power.
"Yeah?"
Mingzhu saw that Yinzhi's expression became a little strange, and the uneasiness in her heart began to grow wildly again.
That hint of guilt made him dare not look Yinzhi in the eye again.
"certainly!"
Yinzhi closed his eyes, and his last hope for Nalan Mingzhu was shattered.
"Uncle, please go back first. Master Rong will think about this carefully."
Nalan Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, then happily agreed.
"Well, I will take my leave first."
As she walked out of the study, the joy on Mingzhu's face disappeared.
He frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
But he carefully reviewed the process of today's meeting and couldn't figure out where the problem lay.
What Mingzhu didn't know was that after he left, Yinzhi stared at the knife on the table for a long time.
One can imagine the pain he felt when his most reluctant guess was confirmed.
During that short period of time, there were several times when Yinzhi wanted to pick up the knife and chop Nalan Mingzhu.
But he can't.
He has no evidence.
Things obtained through trial and error cannot be displayed to everyone as evidence.
If he were alone, he could certainly kill Nalan Mingzhu with a single blow, but he still had a wife and a daughter.
He can't be willful.
But just because he couldn't touch Mingzhu didn't mean he couldn't touch others.
Yinzhi's eyes turned fierce in an instant.
…
In the cold winter, another major event happened in Beijing.
Nalan Mingzhu's third son, Nalan Kuifang, accidentally fell into a pond and drowned.
Nalan Mingzhu was heartbroken.
Nalan Kuifang was his son when he was forty-five years old, and he was only twelve years old this year. Nalan Mingzhu doted on him the most, and even made an agreement with Prince Kang that after Prince Kang's eighth daughter, Princess Shushen, came of age, he would ask the emperor to grant the two of them a marriage.
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