Chapter 181: Misunderstandings resolved, active heart-to-heart talk
Xiao Yizi looked at her: "What's the matter?"
"What has the prince been busy with these days?" Xie Yao walked up to him and asked.
Xiao Yizi stared at his princess, his ears suddenly felt hot, and a blush appeared on his handsome face.
"You'll find out soon enough."
Xie Yao took a deep breath and forced herself to suppress the doubts in her heart.
Because she was deceived by Lu Shenyan in her previous life, she was unwilling to trust anyone after her rebirth.
But at this moment, she wanted to believe Xiao Yizi once again and said bluntly: "Then let me put it another way. Your Majesty, the owner of Courtyard C, Nanhuai Street, is it you?"
Yesterday, Xie Yao had checked the property in the box of private property that King Jingbei gave her on the wedding night.
There is no such house.
She simply asked King Jingbei directly.
Xiao Yizi felt that this address sounded familiar. After thinking about it, he realized that it was on the same street as the villa of the princess's grandfather.
Xie Yao met his somewhat doubtful gaze, her hands clenched into fists at her sides, and she said softly:
"On the night of my wedding with the prince, I sneaked into the secret room in Xie Ming'an's study and found the account book of his bribes to court officials. He wrote in the account book that the person he bribed with a jade Buddha statue was the owner of Courtyard C on Nanhuai Street."
She breathed heavily and thought, no matter what it is, don't lie to her.
Xiao Yizi was stunned, and finally understood that Xie Yao asked him if he was busy because of this matter.
He thought the princess had discovered that he hadn't been staying at Fuguangyuan these days and was flirting with him...
"Call Bai Zhu over and bring the account books from the Five Kings Rebellion." He shouted to Bai Zhu who was following behind.
Soon, Bai Zhu arrived.
The prince asked, "When did Courtyard C on Nanhuai Street become my property?"
He had no doubt about the truthfulness of Xie Yao's words. If there was a problem, he would solve it. If he kept it in his heart, how could the other party know?
Bai Zhu was stunned and quickly opened the account book.
Five years ago, when the emperor first ascended the throne, the prince led his troops to quell the rebellion of the Five Princes. Not only did he kill the five princes, he also confiscated their property.
At that time, the prince received many rewards from the emperor and the empress dowager, and some of the private properties of the five princes were also awarded to the prince.
But these disgraceful things became the excuse used by the censors in the court to impeach the prince.
Therefore, when the prince handed over his private property to the princess, he did not hand over this part.
Princess, have you discovered the prince’s private money?
Bai Zhu found the records of this house and reported, "Your Highness, this is Courtyard C on Nanhuai Street. It was allowed to be 'kept' by His Majesty when the property of the deposed Prince Rui was confiscated five years ago."
Xie Yao had already seen the name of Prince Rui Li Jun in the account book. Combined with what Manager Wang said, Xie Mingan's bribery happened six years ago.
At that time, Prince Rui was still alive, had not rebelled, and was in power.
She vaguely understood what was going on.
Bai Su volunteered, "Princess, you don't know. The prince was originally going to hand over the confiscated property, but it was the emperor who hinted to him that he took some of the five princes' property for himself. To the outside world, these properties became evidence of his embezzlement."
Xiao Yizi's peach blossom eyes were deep: "This prince did embezzle some of the Five Princes' assets. The mansion you mentioned is indeed under this prince's name. This prince has nothing to say."
"So, the prince wanted to defile himself."
There was a cold and clear look in Xie Yao's eyes, her voice sank, and the corners of her lips slightly curled up.
"In other words, the person Xie Mingan actually bribed was the traitor King Rui."
Prince Rui Li Jun was the leader of the Five Princes Rebellion, the second prince of the late emperor, and the person the emperor hated the most.
Five years had passed, and people were still repeatedly raising rebellions under the banner of Prince Rui, saying that the emperor had come to the throne illegitimately and that Prince Rui was the person to whom the previous emperor had intended to succeed him.
Her father...had bribed Prince Rui.
It is even possible that he secretly provided support when Prince Rui rebelled.
This is a serious crime of confiscating property and exterminating the entire family.
It's really a punishment.
Xiao Yizi looked at her expression and said softly, "Actually, this prince has been very busy these days. There are two important things. First, the New Year is approaching, and many Western Rong spies have come to the capital. This prince wants to capture them and track down the whereabouts of my mother."
The prince's peach blossom eyes drooped, and a hint of gloom flashed across his eyes.
Xie Yao took the initiative to tell me about the misunderstanding. It was the first time she opened her heart to me.
He also didn't want to hide it from his wife.
Husband and wife can have their own secrets, but Xiao Yizi doesn't want any misunderstandings between them caused by not speaking out.
This time, it was Xie Yao who was stunned.
Baizhu suddenly coughed and pulled Baishen's sleeve violently.
Bai Mi: "Even if you stop me, I will still say it."
Bai Zhu: “…I didn’t stop him.”
Is there a possibility that he saw the prince bring it up on his own initiative and wanted Bai Mi to say it.
"Princess, the prince's mother, Madam Jingning, did not die of illness. Instead, she was abducted by the Western Rong people two years ago along with Princess Shengyue." Bai Zhu said.
"During the Battle of Qijiang, the prince led his troops in pursuit to rescue Madam Jingning. When they reached Qijiang, General Qin, the former commander of the Jingji Camp, was intercepted and killed by the Western Rong. Without reinforcements, the prince was seriously injured... My subordinates and others fished in Qijiang for seven days and seven nights before we finally found the prince."
Xie Yao finally understood the entire cause and effect of the battle of Qijiang.
She had read the battle report of the Battle of Qijiang, where eight hundred cavalrymen from the Jingji Camp fought against five thousand Western Rong people, fighting to the death and refusing to surrender, until the last man standing.
But if he hadn't chased after them, the prince could have avoided that battle.
Now she understood that Xiao Yizi did it for his mother.
The scene of the battlefield involuntarily emerged in her mind.
Blood dyed the river red, and people around him fell one by one.
After killing all the enemies, there was no reinforcement, and Qijiang was on the border of Yan State. King Jingbei could not judge whether the people who arrived at the battlefield first were the Western Rong people or the Yan people, so he took the initiative to jump into the river.
He would rather die without a burial place than leave his body to the Xirong.
Xiao Yizi, like himself, is looking for his mother.
Xie Yao felt upset and wanted to do something.
She squatted down, picked up a branch, and started drawing on the ground.
Xiao Yizi looked down and suddenly realized that what Xie Yao had drawn was a map of the route he had taken from the capital to Qijiang, as well as the roads around Qijiang.
"Your Highness, have you ever thought that Madam Jingning might not have been taken away by the Western Rong people?" Xie Yao quickly finished painting and looked up.
Xiao Yizi's eyes narrowed slightly: "I have thought about it, but I dare not think about it."
Xie Yao pointed at the prince's marching route on the map and analyzed:
“When you led your troops in pursuit, you recovered Princess Shengyue right away, but you didn’t find Madam Jingning. This proves that after the Xirong people abducted the madam, they split their forces into two groups.”
"According to the situation at the time, the Western Rong people set up ambushes along the canyons to intercept and kill General Qin who was returning to support them. They also had 5,000 ambush troops led by the Third Prince of the Western Rong. Their main force was well-known, and the Western Rong people looked very different from the people of the Central Plains. The group that escaped with Madam Jingning must have been very small—"
Xie Yao and Xiao Yizi looked at each other with their deep peach blossom eyes, and there was a convincing power in their eyes.
She paused and said, "What if Madam Jingning seizes the opportunity and escapes?"
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