Wishful Things

It was a court lady kneeling on the ground.

Seeing everyone looking at her, the maid bit her trembling lips, looked at the eunuch who was kneeling beside the prince, and said as clearly as possible: "When I first went to Jiaotai Palace to deliver wine, I happened to see the prince next to you. This little father-in-law! At first, the servants and servants saw him hurrying towards the East Palace alone, but after a while, they saw him running and turning back!... But he just said that he had never run all the way back to the East Palace. Delay, but did not mention that we turned back halfway, this...is this not a lie, what is it?"

"There is such a thing!" Li Ji coldly glanced at the eunuch.

Turning back halfway but keeping it secret, this is obviously very suspicious.

After being stunned for a moment, the inner eunuch quickly kowtowed and said: "It is indeed true! It's just that... it's just that I didn't lie deliberately, but saw His Highness in danger, and I forgot this trivial matter for a while when I was frightened! I didn't go too far at that time , seeing a sudden wind blowing in the garden, fearing His Highness would catch a cold, so I turned back to check, but..."

As he spoke, he didn't know what he recalled, and his face changed for a while.

Li Ji frowned and reprimanded: "Hurry up and speak clearly!"

"But at that time... At that time, I saw King Jing's son was talking to His Highness the Crown Prince, and saw that His Highness and His Royal Highness seemed to be having a very happy conversation. I thought that His Highness rarely has anyone who can talk to you... So I didn't act rashly Come forward to disturb..."

King Jing is the younger brother of His Majesty, and the son of King Jing and the crown prince are also real first cousins.

Even so, the words of the inner supervisor still made the surrounding atmosphere suddenly tense and unpredictable.

This is equivalent to saying that before the accident, the prince had met King Jing's son alone——

"His Majesty……"

Li Ji's expression changed slightly, and he asked Emperor Qingming in a low voice: "Do you want someone to invite Prince Jing to come and inquire?"

Even if Crown Prince Jing is not suspected, the other party is very likely to be the last person the prince saw before the accident, so he should be called to ask about the situation at that time.

However, before Emperor Qingming could nod his head in the future, he heard a surprised voice from the crowd: "This... this is impossible!"

A young man in fine clothes who smelled of alcohol was stunned and shocked: "Your Majesty, my nephew has never seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tonight!"

He had just returned to the hall, and as soon as he heard the news of the prince's cousin's accident, he hurried over to watch the excitement, but he still didn't understand the excitement, why did he suddenly involve himself? !

"You bastard, how dare you open your mouth to slander me!" The young man, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, cursed at the inner eunuch angrily.

Emperor Qingming looked at the inner eunuch with a serious expression: "Did you see clearly who that person was at that time?"

"It's about respecting the king's son, the slave has seen it with his own eyes...it can't be wrong!"

"you--"

King Jing's son pointed at the other party, and when he was about to speak again, he suddenly heard a cold voice from behind: "According to the veteran's attention, before the banquet, the son drank half a pot of wine by himself, and then left the hall and left the hall. Go, never see you back—this period of time happened to be the time when His Royal Highness had an accident, I don’t know where the prince went alone for a few quarters of an hour?”

King Jing's son froze when he heard the words, and looked back.

The person who spoke was about fifty years old, wearing a first-class civil official robe, with slightly sunken cheeks, and a pair of sharp eyes showing insight.

This is Xia Tingzhen, the chief assistant of the dynasty.

Under the scrutiny of those eyes, Prince Jing's eyes dodged for a moment, "I... I was suffering from abdominal cramps, so I left the table temporarily..."

"Is there any palace official who can testify?" Xia Tingzhen asked.

"...I walked a small path, and I have never met any palace people!"

Xu Mingyi frowned secretly.

Could it be that she guessed wrong, could the murderer be King Jing's son?

After all, the other party's appearance of guilty conscience is a bit self-inflicted.

At this moment, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw the boy's fingers move almost imperceptibly.

Xu Mingyi's fingers trembled, and the boulder suddenly fell from his heart. He breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes immediately filled with a smile.

Wu Chao, who also noticed something, raised his head at this moment, rubbed his thin lips with the back of his hand, caught off guard, and met the girl's eyes full of joy.

Her expression didn't change in any way, only her eyes were full of joy and excitement that was suppressed with all her strength.

He knew that she wasn't smiling at him, it was just the joy from the heart for saving a life, and he just happened to be in front of her at this moment—but even so, when the four eyes met, looking at her Looking at those star-like eyes, he seemed to be hooked into her emotions inexplicably, his heart was touched, and there was a smile in his eyes.

"Miss Xu, His Royal Highness—"

Just as Wu Chao opened his mouth, the smile disappeared from the eyes in front of him, and at the same time, a cool hand pressed onto his fingers.

Lord Zhen Guo was pressing the prince's heart, and he needed to breath for the prince, so he was on the same side as Xu Mingyi. Xu Mingyi squatted aside for the convenience of administering the needle, and he also maintained the posture of kneeling on one knee. It was quite close, and under the cover of the wide sleeves, no one could see her touching his fingers in a hurry.

Wu Chao was stunned, only to see that she shook her head slightly and unobtrusively.

The soft palm pressing his fingers exerted a little force.

Someone has looked towards them.

"It seems that His Highness the Crown Prince has no chance of waking up. Miss Xu, please stop wasting your efforts and let His Highness walk in a dignified way." Wu Chao said solemnly.

Although I don't know why she did this for the time being, but she saved the person, and it's up to her to decide.

Xu Mingyi withdrew his fingers in satisfaction.

Only then did Wu Chao stand up.

At this moment, the girl sighed and said to Zhen Guo: "Grandfather, forget it."

Lord Zhen paused, and patted his granddaughter's arm with regret in his eyes: "Just do your best."

He wasn't just talking about his granddaughter, but himself.

In fact, his arms were already too sore. What made him grit his teeth and persevere was not his determination to save people, but his prestige and dignity that were gradually endangered under the crowd's onlookers.

Hearing these words, low weeping sounded again from all around.

Sure enough, Miss Xu is just messing around.

More eyes fell on Prince Jing's son.

Is the death of His Highness the Crown Prince really related to Prince Jing's son?

The eyes of many officials also gradually changed.

King Jing's attack on the crown prince sounds too bold, but when you think about it carefully, it's not completely without motive...

In fact, in the past few years, with the dissatisfaction of the courtiers with the prince, some rumors have spread from nowhere——

Thank you Qinghan, One Seventh Rainbow, OPPO Xiaomin, Xiuxian and other cuties for their rewards. Thank you for your recommendation tickets. I am working in my hometown these days, and the updates are usually at night. Please forgive me.