"Father, I have something to tell you." Murong Zhi looked at the emperor. "Before I was assassinated, my guard Rong Qing was intercepted by a female assassin and was seriously injured."
"The purpose of intercepting Rong Qing was to leave me alone. So it seems that this person is working with the killer."
"According to Rong Qing, the woman wasn't dressed as an assassin. She must have been trying to intercept us on a whim and didn't have time to change clothes. Therefore, the female assassin must be one of our family members traveling with us."
Murong Zhi glanced at Shen Qing's reaction. She was still eating the fruit calmly.
Humph, how long can you pretend?
"I want to know what the ladies were doing half an hour ago."
Shen Qing raised an eyebrow.
Murong Zhi still has some brains.
"Almost everyone is waiting at the banquet." Shangguan Xi frowned and replied. Suddenly, she turned her head to look at Chen Qing, "Chen Qing doesn't seem to be here."
"Oh? Where did the princess go?" Murong Zhi fixed his sharp eyes on Chen Qing.
Almost all eyes at the table fell on Shen Qing.
Jiang Zhuo looked at Murong Zhi displeasedly and said, "Your Highness, how could a weak woman like Princess Huayue be able to seriously injure the guards beside you? Does anyone believe it? I don't believe it anyway."
Murong Zhi didn't say anything, but just stared at Shen Qing, not missing any change in her expression.
"Are the guards around you too weak, or is Your Highness seeking revenge?" Jiang Zhuo stared at the wine glass in his hand, his wrist swaying slightly. "Your Highness first suspected me of injuring Rong Qing at the hunting grounds, and now he suspects the princess. Your Highness is really like that, he'll bite anyone when he gets angry."
"Jiang Zhuo!" Murong Zhi glared at Jiang Zhuo, "I'm asking Chen Qing."
Shen Qing chuckled and stood up.
"At that time, I was a bit drunk, so I told Your Majesty and returned to the tent. Later, I received a message from Sister Shen Jing saying that she had also come to the hunting grounds and wanted to speak with me."
Shen Jianshan frowned. Shen Jing is here too?
"You went?"
"Since my sister invited me, I naturally had to go. At that time, I also saw your highness's guards at the entrance of the tent." Chen Qing smiled lightly and looked into Murong Zhi's eyes, with a hint of pride in the depths of her eyes. "It was only a stick of incense, and then I returned to the tent to rest."
"You and Chen Jing have always been at odds, so what's there to reminisce about?"
Shen Qing stared at Murong Zhi for two seconds, "Your Highness, whether it's reminiscing about the past or quarreling, it's always the private conversation of a little girl. You won't ask for clarification, right?"
"You don't think that Shen Jing and I, two weak women, teamed up to do this, do you? You just said it was an ambush, so how did I know that your guards would go to the hunting grounds?"
"Who asked him to go? Who lured him there? It seems that it has nothing to do with me, right?"
Shen Qing's innocent expression and suggestive words successfully helped him get out of the situation.
"I don't think it's the princess. She has no grudge against the prince, so why would she seriously injure his guards?"
"Yeah, I don't think so either! Your Highness must be worried and confused, right?"
Murong Zhi listened to the discussions of the people around him, clenching his fists tightly in his sleeves, suppressing his inner anger.
These people have no idea that Shen Qing has a grudge against him!
He asked Rong Qing to lead people to kill forty-seven people in Qingshan Temple.
However, it is hard to judge whether Shen Qing knows that he did this.
"Your Highness, with the princess's analysis, it seems that Shen Jing is more suspicious, right?" Jiang Zhuo said lazily, "Besides, why would she, the second daughter of a general's mansion, dress up as a maid and come to the hunting grounds?"
Murong Zhi's expression changed slightly.
"Prince, what's going on?" The emperor asked Murong Zhi with a dark face, "You'd better explain it to me clearly."
"Father, your son..."
Shangguan Xi saw that the situation was not right and quickly shook the emperor's hand, "Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to find out who sent the assassin."
"Empress, His Highness just said that he suspected that the female assassin was in cahoots with the killer. If Shen Jing is really the assassin, then hand her over to me. I will take her to the Dali Temple for trial. Wouldn't that solve everything?" Jiang Zhuo spread out his hands and said it very easily.
Shangguan Xi was stunned.
"No." Murong Zhi refused without even thinking.
Who didn't know that Jiang Zhuo's interrogation methods were horrific? Regardless of gender, regardless of official rank, if someone entered the Dali Temple, they would either die or suffer a severe blow.
Murong Zhi also realized that his previous reaction was too intense, and he quickly thought of how to respond.
But who was Jiang Zhuo? He was the villain who survived to the end, the most despicable villain. How could he possibly give Murong Zhi time to react?
"Your Highness, what do you mean by that? We've all reasoned with you up to this point. Shouldn't the murderer just be tried? Why aren't you allowing him to be tried?"
The emperor glanced at Jiang Zhuo, and noticed that Shen Qing was looking at Jiang Zhuo with eyes full of admiration, and suddenly he understood.
No wonder this kid is so popular, it turns out he is just spreading his peacock tail!
"Ahem, that's enough." The emperor cleared his throat. "Let the Crown Prince and the Ministry of Justice take care of this matter. Jiang Zhuo, you can take a break."
This is the only way to deal with this matter.
Due to various unpleasant things, the emperor had to return with his troops in a hurry. For everyone, this trip was not a complete success.
For Murong Zhi, he lost a great general for no apparent reason, brought Shen Jing's matter to the emperor, and was involved in the affairs of Jinyang State.
For Shen Jing, not only did he not get the first-class reward that Murong Zhi had promised at the beginning, he was also placed under house arrest by Murong Zhi and almost went to the Dali Temple.
Murong Yu spent a lot of money to hire a killer to assassinate Murong Zhi, and Shen Qing secretly helped him, but he still did not seriously injure Murong Zhi.
It's not surprising, because he couldn't succeed anyway.
What about Jiang Zhuo? Full of anticipation, he toiled through the hunting grounds, finally securing a slew of prey. Who could have imagined that, due to an unexpected event, there would be no awards this year?
What a bolt from the blue!
However, he also gained...
Shen Qing said that he was pleased with her, hehe.
"Sir, Miss Shen's words might not be true in that situation." Chang Feng looked at Jiang Zhuo, who was grinning foolishly on horseback, and regretted telling Jiang Zhuo about this. "It's very likely that she is using you!"
What a good person, alas.
"You don't understand. Why doesn't Qingqing use others? Right? She must be using me because she likes me!" Jiang Zhuo glanced at Changfeng with disdain. "Why doesn't he use you? Because you can't!"
"Sir, you can't say that. My subordinates are doing the job!" Changfeng patted his chest with an arrogant expression.
"Okay, okay, you can do it."
Jiang Zhuo was too lazy to talk nonsense with Changfeng. He hunted two foxes with nice fur in the hunting ground and went back to have someone make two sleeves for Qingqing to wear.
On the way back, Bai Run also strongly requested to ride with Chen Qing.
Along the way, she stared at Shen Qing.
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