Chapter 83 I'm a bit cunning
"I didn't say this was the piece in your hand."
Duke Cheng'en did not get entangled with the warrior, but pointed at the Imperial Concubine with a look of grief and indignation.
"I heard that these jade pendants originally came in a pair. I wonder where the one in the Imperial Concubine's hand is?"
"Heard? Where did you hear that?"
The Imperial Concubine raised her proud eyebrows, her tone filled with mockery.
"You are so blatantly blaming me. You don't take me seriously at all. In the eyes of you noble families, how stupid must I be to give someone an item you've only heard of as a token of trust? Not to mention that it's just an unknown palace maid."
"That's not an unknown name. According to my investigation, the maid was once an old servant of the Third Prince. I don't know why she ended up serving the Sixth Prince. It's really hard to say.
You must know that what this world lacks the most is smart people, so going against the trend is not impossible.
Of course, what I want to ask now is, where is your jade pendant, Imperial Concubine?"
Noticing the gazes of the Emperor and Empress, the Imperial Concubine straightened her back and spoke in a cold tone.
"Lost it."
"Oh, that's quite a coincidence."
Duke Cheng'en stopped arguing with her and simply bowed to the Emperor and Empress.
"I dare not make a rash judgment on the right and wrong of this matter. I beg the Emperor and Empress to judge for themselves and not let the Crown Prince suffer in vain. After all, if something happens to the Crown Prince, there will always be someone who can profit from it!"
"Master Zhao, I believe what you said. You are indeed a noble family that grew up reading sage books. You know how to teach people! No wonder the Sixth Prince dared to set his sights on the Crown Prince position at such a young age. Ordinary small families really can't raise such an ambitious Yin Master!"
There were several young men and women standing outside the Qianyuan Hall. Jiang Wan was holding the wounded Li Shenxiu in his hand and bowing to the people inside from outside the door.
"Your Majesty, I request an audience. I have something important to report!"
"Hey, why is this girl here?"
Jiang Huailiang blinked anxiously. He was not so panicked when he was summoned into the palace by the emperor just now.
The emperor glanced outside the door and saw that except for the crown prince, all the other sons were there. In particular, the Jiang family girl was holding the sixth son in her hand, which showed that something bad was going to happen again!
"Come in and talk!"
This is a national affair, at best. A family affair, at worst. It's better not to make a fuss about it if you can.
"I kowtow to my father, the emperor, and my mother!"
"Your Highness, Your ...!"
Except for Li Shenxiu who was knocked unconscious, everyone else bowed properly to the Emperor, Empress and Imperial Noble Consort.
"No need to be polite."
After the emperor woke everyone up, he looked at Lao Liu who was lying limp on the ground with a very unhappy expression on his face.
"Jiang Wan, tell me why you hit the Sixth Prince again? Generally speaking, he's the prince and you're his subject. More simply, you're the Fourth Prince's sister-in-law and he's her brother-in-law. Why do you always hit him?"
"Father, please don't scare my wife. It wasn't her who beat Old Six this time. I was the one who beat him!"
Li Chengxiu stepped forward to take the blame, and was then casually pulled aside by Jiang Wan.
"Your Majesty, I have absolutely no intention of disrespecting the royal family. Setting aside my past grudges with the Sixth Prince, I only intervened this time to protect the Crown Prince. My loyalty is truly evident, Your Majesty. I beg your understanding!"
"What happened to the prince?!"
The queen, who had been silent until now, immediately raised her eyes anxiously and questioned when she heard that her son was in trouble again. Li Yanxiu quickly answered.
"Don't worry, mother! We got there just in time, and Old Six didn't get to my eldest brother!"
"Sixth Brother?"
"Yes, it was this bastard who poisoned Big Brother! We saw it with our own eyes this time, so we absolutely cannot accuse him wrongly!"
Li Chengxiu took a step forward and kicked the unconscious Li Shenxiu on the ground hard, successfully waking him up.
Li Shenxiu opened his eyes in a daze, and the scenes before he fell into coma quickly flashed into his mind. He shouted at Jiang Wan in front of him.
"Jiang Wan, you dare to murder the Crown Prince? You deserve death! This prince will report this to my father, the Emperor, and my mother, the Empress, and have your entire Jiang family executed to avenge my eldest brother!"
"Heh, before you accuse me of anything, you'd better get up and see what the situation is!"
Jiang Wan sneered and gave a friendly reminder.
Li Shenxiu reacted and looked around, then immediately stood up and knelt in front of the emperor and empress, crying loudly with a look of grief on his face.
"Father, Emperor, and Mother, my elder brother was murdered by the Jiang family's eldest daughter. I saw it with my own eyes! You must avenge my elder brother!"
"you…"
Jiang Huailiang wanted to rush out and say something, but was grabbed by his eldest daughter. At his daughter's glance, he retreated silently.
Duke Cheng'en's expression suddenly changed, and he felt grief and indignation.
It's over! The plan that was so hard to come by is over! Why did the Sixth Prince insist on fighting against the Duke of Lingguo's Mansion? It would be so easy to take down the Third Prince at this great opportunity, why did he insist on holding on to the Jiang family?
None of the three people sitting upstairs expressed their opinions. Instead, the second oldest, Li Yuxiu, and the fifth, Li Jingxiu, came out.
"Father, the Sixth Brother is lying!"
Whenever Li Jingxiu thought about how Han Jie'er's family was almost wiped out by this kid, he became extremely angry.
"He was the one who secretly fed tea to Big Brother. My second and third brothers and I all saw it with our own eyes! If Big Brother is really poisoned again, it was Li Laoliu who did it. I can testify to this!"
Li Yuxiu thought that his elder brother was no longer reliable and the Zhao family was likely to be in trouble this time, so he should retreat to a dry place as soon as possible.
"Father, what the fifth brother said is correct. We were all squatting on the beam and saw the sixth brother feeding the eldest brother tea with something tainted. The paper containing the powder was still in his sleeve pocket!
Then, as soon as Fourth Brother and the others showed up, Sixth Brother started shouting that it was Jiang Wan who murdered Big Brother! We saw the whole thing clearly, and we absolutely can't accuse him wrongly!
"No, they were bribed!"
Shock and panic flashed in Li Shenxiu's eyes.
I was so careful not to leave any evidence, so how could they have seen me hiding in the beams? And in my memory, the second and third brothers were sworn enemies, and the fifth and fourth brothers had never dealt with each other. Why would they stand up and speak for the third and fourth brothers today?
"Are you thinking I bribed my second and fifth brothers? Are you still wondering why we were waiting for you in the house?"
Li Yanxiu gave him the answer.
"Unfortunately, I'm a bit imaginative, and when I don't have enough time to think about it, I tend to think about it.
How could it be such a coincidence that after the fourth brother and the others beat you up, you were poisoned? And what a coincidence that the eldest brother also ran into you and lay down with you? The most coincidental thing is that the poison you were all infected with was not deep, and it is difficult to cure it.
Well, if there are too many coincidences in this world, then they are no longer coincidences. Sixth brother, do you think that Third Brother is right? "
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, I'm praising you, Sixth Brother, for being so knowledgeable and studious at such a young age, and for being willing to take risks. I admire you very much.
After all, as the military books say, only when strategists put themselves into the game can they win half the battle.
Sixth brother, you have learned the art of war well."
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