Emperor Jing had always respected both Buddhism and Taoism. Knowing that Taoist Kongxu was the direct disciple of Taoist Kongming, he naturally would not make things difficult for him.
However, even if he believed most of what Taoist Kongxu said, Rongfu was a lucky star after all, and he should be cautious before Master Wuen personally confirmed it.
After hearing what the emperor said, Su Li and the other two knew that the emperor believed what Taoist Kongxu said and wanted to find Master Wuen to verify it.
Taoist Kongxu replied, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will not leave the capital until Master Wuen returns."
He still had to wait for Master Wu En to return to Beijing to confirm that what he said was true in order to spread the name of his Taoism. He would not leave and miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Su Li was not surprised by this. In the original novel, apart from being confused about the matter of Princess Rongfu, Emperor Jing was actually a wise ruler. Most of the time, he would not act tyrannically and kill innocent people.
However, she was surprised that things went so smoothly. She thought that this might be related to her previous efforts, and of course, it also had a lot to do with Taoist Kongxu's mastership.
Emperor Jing then said, "In that case, you all should withdraw and leave the palace."
The three of them bowed in unison and left the hall under the guidance of the palace servants.
As soon as they walked out of the main hall, they met Pei Chuan who was about to go in. They didn't say much, just greeted him briefly and passed by.
Led by the palace servants, several people left the palace along the same route.
As soon as they left the palace, Taoist Kongxu said goodbye to them and told Su Li where he lived now.
I didn't expect that Taoist Kongxu lived in a wealthy area very close to Zhuangyuan Mansion. I glanced at him and saw that the Taoist robe he was wearing was of the same style as the one he wore in Taohua Village, but the material was obviously not of the same grade. It was obvious that Taoist Kongxu had been doing quite well in the capital these days.
Pei Mingyue still asked the carriage in her own mansion to take him back and pulled Su Li into her carriage.
As the carriage started moving, Pei Mingyue excitedly said, "A-Li, I never thought things would go so smoothly. Now, when my uncle reports the case of Yu Fengzhu's father, I'm sure the emperor will no longer protect Princess Rongfu, right?"
Having committed such a serious crime and lost her status as a lucky star, even if the emperor did not punish her, her life would certainly not be so comfortable and happy in the future.
Su Li said: "That's not enough. Even without her Lucky Star status, she is still a royal princess of noble status. It's just a crime. The emperor won't kill a princess directly for this, unless..."
Pei Mingyue took over the conversation: "Unless the accusations spread in the rumors are proven true, then the emperor will think that she has committed too many evil deeds, causing the purple aura to disappear!"
Su Li nodded: "Not bad."
In the original novel, Emperor Jing angrily ordered the execution of Princess Rongfu because he thought that she had destroyed the purple aura and the fortune of the Great Jin Dynasty, which made him furious.
As for whether the rumors can be investigated further, it depends on whether Pei Chuan can convince the emperor.
Pei Mingyue said with a relaxed expression, "No matter what, as long as there is a way to deal with her, it will be fine."
If it's like before and there's nothing we can do about her, then we'll be helpless.
"Ali, thank goodness you're here. You're so smart. You actually thought of this..."
Su Li couldn't help feeling ashamed. She really didn't deserve the praise. After all, she only knew about this after reading the original novel.
As they were talking, they arrived at the Zhuangyuan Mansion. Before getting off the car, Pei Mingyue said, "I'll let you know how things are going with my uncle later."
"good."
After getting off the carriage and watching Pei Mingyue's carriage leave, Su Li entered the mansion.
Less than half an hour after returning home, Jinzhu from the Duke's Mansion hurried over.
"Young Madam, the Duke and the Old Madam just learned that you have entered the palace and asked me to come and ask what happened."
Because Ji Tingyou had secretly left Beijing without leaving a letter, the mansion was in chaos and no one had been sent to attend the charity meeting in time.
Later, a butler was sent there, but when he arrived, he found that the donation meeting could not be held. When he learned about what had happened before, the butler was so scared that he hurried back to report to the Duke.
The Duke was about to go into the palace to see what had happened when he learned that Su Li had already left the palace and returned home, which was why the old lady sent Jin Zhu.
She hadn't told the Duke's Mansion before, and Su Li didn't plan to tell it afterwards. After all, this was not something she did alone, it also involved the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion.
So she repeated what she had said in the palace, and said, "Please, Miss Jinzhu, go back and tell the old lady that I'm fine. I'm sorry to have worried her and grandfather..."
Jin Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm glad that the young lady is alright. I'll go back and report to the old lady."
"Okay," he called Xiaowu again, "send Miss Jinzhu out..."
In the evening, Su Li was looking at the relationship book, and Xiao Wu took the creed sent back by Pei Ji by pigeon.
Su Li opened the note.
The note was short, but contained a lot of information.
He first told her that he had arrived at Yifeng and had started his work. He also said that he had received her letter and told her not to worry, as he would always be on guard against Ji Jingxu.
He then said that he accidentally discovered something about Princess Rongfu and he planned to investigate it carefully.
Seeing this, Su Li remembered that in the original novel, when Pei Ji left Beijing to work in Yifeng, he did accidentally discover the evidence of Princess Rongfu's crime, but at that time he was focused on his work and did not investigate it further.
It was not until he returned to Beijing that he learned that the original owner had been killed by Princess Rongfu. He then went back to Yifeng and verified one of her crimes there.
This time, because of the previous incident of Princess Rongfu assassinating Pei Mingyue, Pei Ji was on guard against her and was secretly investigating her affairs. This was something that was like being delivered to his doorstep, so he would thoroughly investigate it.
Not knowing whether Pei Chuan had told him what was happening in the capital, Su Li thought that after Pei Mingyue sent the news, she would send a message to Pei Ji to tell him about the current situation in the capital.
At the end of the creed, there were not any words, but two red beans drawn with red ink...?
Red bean lovesickness?
Su Li couldn't help but laugh, thinking, fortunately this was just a carrier pigeon and couldn't carry other items, otherwise, would Pei Ji have brought her back two real red beans?
It was late at night. Su Li burned the creed, put away the relationship book, and went back to his room to rest.
She slept very comfortably that night.
I slept until noon the next day.
After asking, I found out that Pei Mingyue had not come yet and had not sent anyone to deliver any news.
It was not until the evening that Pei Mingyue came excitedly.
"Ah Li, just as we expected, my uncle has verified the case of Yu Fengzhu's father. The Emperor did not remove Princess Rongfu from the case to protect her. And because the Censorate received more than a dozen anonymous letters reporting Princess Rongfu yesterday, and the contents of the letters were similar to the rumors, the Emperor has agreed to let my uncle continue to investigate the rumors."
Su Li smiled and said, "That's really good news."
Facts have proven that without the amulet of the Great Jin Fortune Star, the Emperor would no longer be biased towards her, even though she was a legitimate princess of noble birth.
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