Jiang Shi approached the screen and saw a girl with her head lowered, looking at her slightly messy collar with a distressed look on her face.
The pampered little girl never had to dress herself, so naturally she didn't know how to put on her clothes properly.
His eyes were gentle, and he walked to her side, "Let me do it."
Yu Tanqi obediently opened her arms and let him help her tidy up her clothes.
The boy's fair and handsome face was so close to her that she couldn't help but look at him.
Looking at beautiful women more often can indeed make people happy.
She thought to herself.
The mood that had originally caused him to be anxious and uneasy because of the man in black was now much better.
The boy's slender white fingers gently smoothed out the wrinkles on her clothes.
He looked straight ahead, his face gentle and calm.
The long, black eyelashes drooped, covering the beautiful black pupils.
His slender pale fingers slowly smoothed the girl's collar. His eyes calmly swept over the slender white neck, and he quickly helped her put on her clothes.
"Okay." He restrained himself and withdrew his hand, looking at Yu Tanqi and smiling slightly.
"Thank you, Zi'an." Yu Tanqi quickly looked away.
Jiang Shi said gently, "Let's go out. His Majesty will probably summon you. Don't be too nervous. Just tell the truth."
Yu Tanqi nodded: "I understand."
An assassin appeared at the New Year's Eve palace banquet, and the emperor certainly couldn't sit idly by.
Before the banquet was over, the emperor left the banquet with a sullen face and summoned Yu Tanqi, Jiang Shi, and the wife of Duke Kangle who was also in the side hall at the time.
After Yu Tanqi came to this era, he knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor for the first time.
She didn't feel any humiliation. This was the way the world was. She just had to accept it and she adapted quickly.
The emperor's sharp eyes fell on the wife of Duke Kangle: "Why is the wife of Duke Kangle also in the side hall?"
Lady Kangle lowered her head and said, "I happened to meet Miss Yu and heard that she was going to the side hall to change clothes. I felt sorry for her as a young girl, so I accompanied her to the side hall. I never thought that there would be a man in the room she entered. Fortunately, Miss Yu is fine."
The emperor looked at Yu Tanqi and said, "Miss Yu, is what Lady Kangle said true?"
Yu Tanqi thought for a moment and then told the truth: "What Madam Kangle said is indeed true. I ran into Madam Kangle as soon as I left the main hall. She said she wanted to talk to me, so she went with me to the side hall."
The emperor's eyes flickered slightly. "You two have never met before. What does she want to say to you?"
Lady Kangle looked up at Yu Tanqi, a trace of panic and uneasiness flashing in her eyes.
Although she did not think that there was anything wrong with her behavior and words when she went to see Yu Tanqi, if Yu Tanqi exaggerated the matter and told the emperor, the emperor would be displeased and might even vent his anger on the entire Kangle Mansion. This was not the result that Lady Kangle wanted.
Yu Tanqi said, "Madam Kangle wants me to help her intercede with Prince Jiang and release her son from the Dali Temple."
The emperor was busy with state affairs and had no idea what Duke Kangle's son was doing.
"Zi'an, what did the son of Duke Kangle do to you? Why was he imprisoned in the Dali Temple?" The emperor looked at Jiang Shi.
Zi'an was Jiang Shi's nickname. Lady Kangle was able to see the emperor's preference for Jiang Shi.
Lady Kangle closed her eyes, bit her lip, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, it was because I didn't teach my son well enough that he did something wrong. He even dared to tamper with Prince Jiang's carriage.
Today is New Year's Eve. I only have one son. When I saw Miss Yu, I couldn't help but ask her to help me seek forgiveness from Prince Jiang so that my son can return. "A thousand mistakes are all my fault. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
She took all the blame on herself, a mother who was worried and worried about her son, and it was easy to be moved by her.
Jiang Shi said calmly, "Your Majesty, as Lady Kangle said, her son damaged my carriage and nearly broke my leg. But that's not important. What's important is who the assassin who appeared in the side hall of Changqiu Palace tonight is related to."
The emperor looked at him worriedly and asked, "Were you not injured by Duke Kangle's son?"
Jiang Shi shook his head: "I'm not hurt."
The emperor was finally relieved. He looked at Madam Kangle with mixed emotions and said in a deep voice, "Madam Kangle, did you really happen to meet Miss Yu at the entrance of the main hall?"
Everyone knew that the emperor favored Jiang Shi, and he saw clearly what happened under his nose tonight.
It could be said that it was an accident that a palace maid without a master accidentally wet Yu Tanqi's clothes. However, there was a man hiding in the side hall where she was lured to change clothes. It was obviously a premeditated calculation.
The wife of Duke Kangle who appeared beside Yu Tanqi happened to have an indirect grudge with her, which made it hard not to be suspicious.
The wife of Duke Kangle kowtowed repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty, I beg you to understand. I really did want to return to the banquet. I happened to meet Miss Yu, and it was because I felt pity for her, a young girl, that I accompanied her to the side hall. Furthermore, I had something to ask of Miss Yu, so how could I have plotted to harm her?"
Jiang Shi closed his eyes slightly and fell into deep thought.
Lady Kangle's remarks seemed to make sense, and she had no reason to attack Yu Tanqi.
However, Jiang Shi still found her suspicious.
Lady Kangle had looked for him, but after being ruthlessly rejected by him, why did she find Yu Tanqi?
Who told her about Yu Tanqi's existence?
Jiang Shi recalled the palace banquet. In addition to the wife of Duke Kangle, there were two other suspicious people.
Yunxuan was naturally among them.
Did he really want to relax outside when he left the banquet?
Jiang Shi and Yun Xuan have not yet fallen out, but they already have a general understanding of each other's background and are extremely wary of each other.
Since Yun Xuan was able to get Rong Ze to give Yu Lan the poisonous insects, he could naturally also take action against Yu Tanqi.
Jiang Shi did not hesitate to speculate Yun Xuan with the greatest malice.
However, what puzzled him was that the Fourth Princess Gao Xianyue would take the initiative to come and talk to him tonight.
After Yu Tanqi left the banquet.
Jiang Shi's pupils shrank slightly, and then he frowned.
Perhaps, what happened tonight was not the work of one person.
Jiang Shi suddenly said, "Your Majesty, Prince Yun left Changqiu Palace before me."
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly: "Prince Yun? He should have nothing to do with this matter."
That being said, no one knew what the emperor was thinking.
Jiang Shi convicted the black-clad man who appeared in the side hall as an assassin. If he made the incident a big deal, he would be able to expose Yu Tanqi and prevent her reputation from being damaged.
The emperor also agreed with his opinion and asked people from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to try this person together.
Lady Kangle secretly gritted her teeth, but in the end she had to agree with them and say it was an assassin.
The emperor was Jiang Shi's strongest backing. No matter how much Lady Kangle looked down on him, she had to submit to the imperial power.
But she didn't know when her son would be able to leave the Dali Temple.
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