Su Li nodded: "That's indeed quite a skill."
In the original novel, didn't Pei Mingyue die early? Doesn't that just fit the saying of a short life? It seems that Taoist priest really had some skills.
Pei Mingyue continued, "In fact, there are benefits to Princess Rongfu leaving the palace. We can take advantage of the opportunity of her public appearance at the charity event to let the Taoist priest take a look at her face and see if she still has the purple aura."
A charity club?
Su Li pondered for a moment. That was indeed a good opportunity. Perhaps she could...
After a pause, he asked again: "How did you arrange it?"
"It's very simple," Pei Mingyue said, "Before the annual charity meeting begins, Princess Rongfu will first hold a worship ceremony in front of the Shishan Hall. At that time, there will be many people, whether from noble families or ordinary people, watching. As long as the Taoist priest blends in with them, he will be able to see Princess Rongfu clearly."
"Then what?"
"Then?" Pei Mingyue was puzzled. "There is no then. After the Taoist priest confirms that Princess Rongfu does not have the purple aura, we can find a way to invite Master Wuen back to the capital, right?"
Su Li thought about it and agreed. For the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion, the possibility that the purple aura on Princess Rongfu had disappeared was just a guess by her and Pei Mingyue. They might have just asked the Taoist priest to come and give it a try, so it was normal that they had not considered the subsequent plans for the time being.
Pei Mingyue then asked, "Ali, do you have any other ideas?"
Su Li nodded: "I do have some follow-up plans, but these follow-up plans can only be carried out after the Taoist priest you invited confirms that the purple aura on Princess Rongfu has disappeared."
This was also a plan she suddenly thought of when she just learned that Princess Rongfu was going to hold a charity event.
He then said, "Ayue, guess what the emperor's decision to allow Princess Rongfu to leave the palace at this time to hold a charity event means?"
Pei Mingyue hesitated and said, "Does this mean that the emperor believes the princess, doesn't believe the rumors, and doesn't believe Yu Fengzhu? No, no, no!"
Then he quickly denied it, and said with a look of sudden enlightenment, "The emperor intends to protect Princess Rongfu for the sake of the prosperity of the Jin Dynasty and the reputation of the people! Ah Li, is that right?"
Su Li nodded. "Yes, before the rumors started, the Emperor didn't summon Princess Rongfu into the palace, let alone confine her. He even ordered people to find the person who spread the rumors. This shows that the Emperor at that time didn't believe that Princess Rongfu would do such a thing. He only thought that someone with ulterior motives wanted to damage the princess's reputation. After Yu Fengzhu beat the drum to complain, the Emperor summoned her into the palace, and then confined her to the palace. It was obvious that the Emperor had already confirmed that the incident involving Yu Fengzhu's father was related to Princess Rongfu. Now that Princess Rongfu was released and allowed to hold the charity meeting as usual, it can only mean that the Emperor really wanted to protect her because of her status as the Lucky Star of the Great Jin Dynasty."
"How ridiculous!" Pei Mingyue was indignant. "As the Emperor of the Great Jin, he actually did it for..."
Pei Mingyue seemed to feel that insulting the emperor was inappropriate, even in private. After all, walls have ears, so she quickly stopped talking and did not continue.
Su Li couldn't help but laugh: "Not bad, you finally realized that you shouldn't talk nonsense?"
Pei Mingyue sighed and said, "After all, I've suffered a loss because of this..."
Su Li knew she was talking about the incident at Ningxiang Villa where she had mistakenly scolded Princess Rongfu, leading to her own death. She smiled and said, "Well, that was a good thing after all. After all, every failure is a lesson learned."
Pei Mingyue nodded in agreement and continued, "You said the Emperor intends to protect Princess Rongfu, but isn't the case of Yu Fengzhu's father already under investigation? What will the Emperor do?"
I heard from my father that my uncle has been concentrating on investigating the matter these days, and I haven't heard that the emperor has given any other orders.
Su Li expressed her speculation: "Since the Emperor has already ordered the overturning of Yu Fengzhu's father's case, it is impossible for him to go back on his word without reason. My guess is that if he wants to protect Princess Rongfu, he should remove Princess Rongfu from the case after your uncle verifies the case, and then have other accomplices take her place as the mastermind. In this way, he can achieve the actions of a wise ruler and overturn the case for Yu Fengzhu's father, and also protect Princess Rongfu, who is said to be the lucky star of the Jin Dynasty. As for the rumors, if people like Yu Fengzhu did not stand up and sue her, the Emperor would naturally not have ordered people to investigate whether these things are true."
Pei Mingyue angrily continued, "Then Princess Rongfu can pretend she never did these things and continue to be the lucky star of her Dajin family. The rumors that are unfavorable to her will gradually disappear after this charity event is over, and she will continue to do whatever she wants!"
For example, to deal with her, for example, to snatch Pei Ji, to deal with A Li...
"So, my subsequent plan is to cut off the Emperor's protection of Princess Rongfu..."
Then, Su Li briefly outlined her follow-up plans.
Pei Mingyue's eyes widened after hearing this, and she said admiringly, "This way, even if the emperor wants to protect Princess Rongfu, he probably won't be able to do so. And in this way, we probably won't even have to find a way to invite Master Wuen back! Ah Li, you are really smart!"
"But this matter still requires the cooperation of the Taoist priest. I just don't know if he will agree."
Pei Mingyue also knew that if he did what Ah Li said, the Taoist priest would very likely offend the Emperor and Princess Rongfu, and even lose his life. "He's staying at my house now. Should I go back and talk to him? If he agrees, I'll invite him over to discuss the details."
"Okay, then you go back first..."
After Pei Mingyue left, Su Li was also thinking about the follow-up plan. The plan she just thought of was just a hasty one, and she still had to sort out the specific details carefully to avoid making any mistakes.
Also think about what she would do if the Taoist priest disagreed.
In fact, she guessed that generally no one would agree to something that could result in the loss of one's head if one was not careful.
At this time, in Princess Rongfu's mansion.
Princess Rongfu, who had just gotten up, was dressing up with the help of her maid.
Princess Rongfu stared at her reflection in the mirror in front of the gorgeous dressing table with an expressionless face and said calmly, "How's the investigation going?"
During these few days in the palace, her father had sent all her people out, and she knew nothing about what was happening outside or even in the princess's mansion.
After returning last night, she felt unwell again and went to bed without asking.
Qinglian knew the princess was asking about eliminating the person who betrayed her in the mansion, so she replied respectfully, "Princess, we've found five suspicious maids in the mansion, but no matter how I interrogated them, they refused to confess anything related to the rumors..."
Princess Rongfu frowned and said impatiently, "Just deny that you beat him to death."
It is better to kill the wrong person than to let him go, not to mention that those maids are suspicious people.
Qinglian said respectfully without hesitation: "Yes."
The two maids who were dressing up had blank expressions on their faces, as if they were used to the princess beating and killing maids at will, but their dressing techniques became more and more cautious.
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