Aunt Duo was indeed shocked.
She was so shocked that she couldn't keep calm even after staying in the palace for many years.
Not long ago, she suddenly received a letter from outside the palace, so she took the opportunity of the Queen Mother leaving the palace to burn incense and met Elder Hua. Elder Hua said that he had met the Saint, but he was still suspicious, so he wrote a letter back to Wu Miao to verify. However, the letter he sent out did not receive a reply for a long time, so he sent her a message...
How did the saint who had been to Elder Hua's shop once and never appeared again suddenly become the Princess of Yan?
Elder Hua mentioned that the Saint was dressed like a married woman from the Great Zhou Dynasty. When asked about it, the Saint did not elaborate, citing the secret mission as an excuse. This was not surprising, but it was too strange that the Saint was the Princess of Yan.
She had never seen the Princess of Yan before, but she heard that she was a girl from the Duke of Dongping's mansion.
How can a saint replace the identity of a woman who has a family and a father and brother?
The identity of the saint is indeed suspicious...
Aunt Duo has not returned to Wu Miao since she entered the palace many years ago. Logically, she should not know what the current saint looks like.
But the status of the Saint in the Wu Miao tribe is not something that outsiders can understand, especially after the position of the Saint had been vacant for many years, Asan successfully became the Saint, and her portrait was passed to Grandma Duo through the hands of Elder Hua.
The saint in the painting looked exactly like the Princess of Yan in front of her, and she was confident that she would not make a mistake.
Having determined who he was looking for, Jiang Si felt relieved and greeted Emperor Jingming and his companions with a calm expression.
Although Emperor Jingming was angry, he softened his tone when he thought about his daughter-in-law's pregnancy: "Get up first."
The empress dowager glanced at Emperor Jingming and shook her head secretly.
The emperor is good in every way except that he has an overly good temper, which undermines his imperial majesty.
"Do you know why I asked you two to come into the palace?" Emperor Jingming's gaze fell on Yu Jin's face, and he became much more serious.
Yu Jin knew that it had nothing to do with the investigation, but he deliberately said, "Is it the matter that the emperor mentioned to me earlier? It just so happens that I have some clues and want to tell you."
Emperor Jingming's heart was aroused at once.
Any clues?
After all, he had done a lot of things with Zhen Shicheng, and Zhen Shicheng even praised Lao Qi in person, which shows that what Lao Zhen said was sincere...
"Your Majesty?" Seeing that Emperor Jingming's eyes widened after hearing Yu Jin's confusing words, the Empress Dowager couldn't bear it and reminded him.
Emperor Jingming could hardly sit still.
"Mother, I want to--"
The Queen Mother glanced at Emperor Jingming and said calmly, "Your Majesty, did you ask the Prince of Yan and his wife to come to the palace to ask something?"
Judging from the emperor's expression, does it mean he doesn't intend to pursue the matter?
The Queen Mother was puzzled and angry, and she really wanted to knock open Emperor Jingming's head to see what he was thinking.
Jiang Si just thought it was funny and quietly touched Yu Jin's arm with his hand.
A-Jian was too cunning, knowing that the emperor was most concerned about that matter, she brought it up right away. In this way, even if they made any mistakes, the emperor would not bother to pursue them.
Emperor Jingming really didn't want to pursue the matter, or rather, it was not the right time to do so.
A distant relative who used the name of Princess Yan to cause trouble is not as important as finding out the person who has repeatedly caused trouble in the palace.
With the Empress Dowager around, Emperor Jingming still had to be patient and resolve the issues at hand first, but his mood had changed.
Before Yu Jin opened her mouth, Emperor Ming was still angry and was planning to give the young couple a good lesson. But now even his anger was perfunctory.
"Does the seventh daughter-in-law have a cousin living in your house?"
The two were quite surprised by Emperor Jingming's question.
On the way to the palace, they thought of many possibilities, but never thought that they would be connected with Cousin Dou.
Emperor Jingming asked Yu Jin, and when he saw that he didn't say anything, he frowned slightly and asked, "Why don't you say anything?"
You bastard, hurry up and solve this problem, we have something important to discuss.
Jiang Si spoke before Yu Jin did, "My daughter-in-law's cousin is currently living in the palace."
Princess Rongyang lowered her eyes and sneered.
It will be easy if Princess Yan admits it.
As expected, Emperor Jingming frowned even more deeply and asked in a deep voice, "Does the cousin of the seventh daughter-in-law have another brother?"
Jiang Si had a vague idea when he heard it, and asked directly: "Could it be that my daughter-in-law's uncle has committed a crime?"
Emperor Jingming was quite impressed by Jiang Si's straightforward questioning.
He is in a hurry.
"Your cousin almost bumped into the Queen Mother today."
Jiang Si couldn't help but look at the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother said calmly, "It doesn't matter if you hit me or not. Princess Yan, do you know that your cousin killed someone on the street today?"
After listening to the Queen Mother's account of what happened on the road, Jiang Si frowned slightly.
She had said before that some things that happen together may seem like coincidences, but if you look deeper, there is often an inevitable connection.
The Empress Dowager rarely went out of the palace, and she happened to run into Uncle Dou forcing a decent girl to death. This was too much of a coincidence.
What's more, Princess Rongyang also accompanied the Queen Mother out of the palace...
Jiang Si looked at Princess Rongyang.
Princess Rongyang looked back with a sneer on her lips.
On Concubine Xian's birthday that day, the two of them had a conversation that was almost at loggerheads, so she naturally didn't need to hide it at this moment.
She just wanted this jerk to know the consequences of offending her, so that he would behave himself in the future.
Princess Rongyang knew it was impossible to bring down Jiang Si by relying on this incident, but it was enough to use it as a warning to the other party.
Jiang Si actually felt that he could understand Princess Rongyang's reaction very well.
If it were her turn, perhaps the same thing would happen.
To avenge an enemy while he is unaware of it is like walking at night in gorgeous clothes; it is never satisfying.
Jiang Si Chong bowed to Emperor Jingming and said, "Father, Uncle Dou is the nephew of my grandmother. He came to the capital last year and only stayed in the mansion for one day before moving out. My daughter-in-law has never seen him since then."
Without waiting for Emperor Jingming to speak, the Queen Mother said calmly, "So, this matter has nothing to do with you?"
Jiang Si shook his head, his expression serious: "No, this matter has something to do with me."
When she said this, everyone except Yu Jin was surprised.
Is Princess Yan confused?
"Uncle Dou is indeed related to me, this is an indelible fact. His arrogance is probably emboldened by his daughter-in-law's status as the princess. I had no idea that Uncle Dou was doing evil things in my name, this is a failure of supervision. I apologize to the emperor, please punish me."
Jiang Si finished speaking and knelt down silently.
Seeing this, Yu Jin knelt down and said, "Father, the status of Princess Asi was given to me by my son. If someone takes advantage of Asi's status to cause trouble, it is my son's responsibility. Please punish me, Father."
The corner of Emperor Jingming's mouth twitched slightly.
If that's the case, then he was the one who chose this daughter-in-law despite the opposition of the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian, and even gave her a jade ruyi. Then doesn't he also have responsibility for what happened today?
"Seventh wife, you are pregnant, get up first."
Jiang Si did not move: "My daughter-in-law cannot use pregnancy as a talisman. It is my fault and I will never evade it. Please punish me, father."
Emperor Jingming touched his nose angrily.
The girl has already explained the reason, what else does he have to say?