It's going to rain.

After Su Liang left the Second Prince's Mansion, he rode home alone.

Pedestrians she met on the road looked at her strangely and pointed behind her.

Passing by Xiuzhuang and hearing Yan Yu's voice, Su Liang dismounted and went in.

"Are you okay?" Yan Yu pulled Su Liang and looked him up and down.

Su Liang nodded, "I have something to do. I want to take a bath."

After training in the military camp for half a day, she suddenly received an order and returned to the city without washing her face or changing her clothes.

Yan Yu asked Su Liang to sit down and poured her a cup of hot tea, "I'll go home and take a bath later. I saw you riding past and went to the Second Prince's Mansion. I kept thinking about it. Did everything go well?"

Su Liang held the tea cup and smiled, "Are you worried about me or someone?"

Yan Yu said with a serious expression, "Both."

"I'm fine. He's fine for now." Su Liang said.

Yan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "Knowing what you are doing, I suddenly feel that the fight between me and those in the Yan family is not worth mentioning. You are too courageous."

Su Liang took a sip of tea and smiled without saying a word.

Yan Yu sighed slightly, "But of course I support you, I'm just afraid that something will happen to you."

Su Liang changed the subject, "Have you seen Ning Jing?"

Yan Yu nodded, "He went home an hour ago. I didn't call him."

"It seems that the errand of the Ministry of Finance is really leisurely." Su Liang said and finished drinking tea, "Are you still busy? If you are not busy, come home with me. Someone asked me to take good care of you, for fear that you would be Something happened to me."

Yan Yu couldn't help laughing, "Let him take care of himself first. Let's go home."

Because he was uneasy, Yan Yu didn't read much of his account book, so he packed it up and took it back to read again.

Su Liang took Yan Yu on horseback, and the two rode together, which also attracted a lot of people's attention.

However, Yan Yu is a new face in the capital. Everyone knows that the current head of the Yan family is a young girl, but they don't know that she is.

When the two arrived home, they found Wan Hui and Lu Yu coming with their children.

Wan Hui and Yan Yu have known each other since they were children. It has been several years since they last met. They had contacted each other through letters because of Su Liang.

We are all quite emotional when we meet again today.

Yan Yu prepared a gift for Zheng'er, and Zheng'er happily took it to find his Uncle Ning.

Wan Hui and Yan Yu were talking while Lu Yu went out to get food and drinks from the restaurant.

After Su Liang took a bath, changed her clothes and packed up, Lu Yu came back.

The rain outside is getting heavier, and the room is warm.

Wan Hui looked worried when she mentioned the rumors in the capital today. After all, two princes are involved. If Su Liang really takes the blame, the consequences will be serious.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Su Liang was very calm.

Wan Hui sighed, "I believe you. You are very capable, but when dealing with royalty, you still have to be more careful."

Xing Yusheng sent Qi Jun to ask Su Liang, and when he got the reply "It's okay", he went back. After informing Xing Yusheng, he went to the Lin Mansion and Qin Guogong Mansion to inform him.

After dinner, Lu Yu and Wan Hui left first, and Zheng'er slept on Ning Jing's bed. Ning Jing said she would take him home later.

Yan Yu went to look at the account books. Su Liang and Ning Jing were each copying the medical books borrowed from Huguo Temple. As for interrogating Duanmu Ao, she planned to wait until evening.

Su Mansion was calm as if nothing happened.

In the palace.

Duanmu Chen entered the palace again after leaving the second prince's residence.

Duanmu Yi asked solemnly, "How is the second child?"

Duanmu Chen said respectfully, "The Imperial Doctor Su came from the military camp outside the city to treat the Second Emperor's brother. As a result... The Imperial Doctor Su said that the Second Emperor's brother was not sick and wanted to kill her. The Second Emperor's brother said that it was the Second Emperor's brother who wanted to kill him." "

Duanmu Yi's face darkened, "What's going on?"

Duanmu Sheng, who was sitting next to him, was suddenly sweating all over his back, and he said, "Father, how could my second brother be fine? I think it was Su Liang who poisoned him, detoxified him, and then took the opportunity to assassinate his second brother. He lied She said she was the second brother who wanted to kill her first!"

Duanmu Chen sighed, "I don't know what's going on, so I asked Su Liang to go home first. The second emperor brother is still in the house."

After Duanmu Yi was silent for a moment, he ordered to call Duanmu Ao.

"Fourth, you go back first." Duanmu Yi looked at Duanmu Chen.

Duanmu Chen bowed and resigned in a polite manner.

When he turned around, he saw a large bead of sweat slipping from Duanmu Sheng's forehead.

Duanmu Chen sneered in his heart, there must be a good show next, but it's a pity that he can't see it.

With things like this, it is impossible for Duanmu Yi to use Su Liang without investigating the truth about Xiao Mulian's death.

When Duanmu Chen left the palace, it started to rain.

The carriage passed by Changchun Garden surrounded by green trees, and the red painted gate was still closed.

Chang An glanced at it with an incomprehensible expression, "I don't know what's going on with the trees in Changchun Garden. There are rumors outside that the garden is haunted."

Duanmu Chen said in a faint tone, "Some people only start trouble because they have evil intentions in their hearts."

Chang'an didn't know why, but he just felt that his master was in a really good mood today. Even when he said yin and yang weird words, the ending of his voice was rising.

Nian Jincheng knelt down in front of Duanmu Yi with his head lowered, and said in a deep voice, "I'm not pretending to be sick! I don't know why I lost my mind at all. Su Liang stuffed a medicine into my mouth, and I suddenly recovered! She took A golden needle is going to prick Erchen between the eyebrows! Even if she doesn't dare to kill me, she still wants to anger me and force me to kill her so that she can pretend to be innocent and pluck herself clean!"

Duanmu Sheng looked gloomy, "Father, my second brother was framed by Su Liang!"

"And that time at Huguo Temple, I didn't send anyone to assassinate her at all, but she threw dirty water on her, and I couldn't explain it!" Nian Jincheng said coldly, "Father, I have learned from you, and everything I say is true!"

"Father, I think Su Liang must be a spy sent by someone with the intention of causing trouble to the Qian Kingdom!" Duanmu Sheng couldn't hide his eagerness, "She must have done what happened to the fifth brother!"

Duanmu Yi's face was as dark as ink, "If it was Su Liang who did it, how did the rumors spread?"

Duanmu Sheng was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought, "Look, I see, this is also Su Liang's trick. In this way, you can distance yourself!"

"That's right!" Nian Jincheng said coldly, "She has been pretending to be a ghost these past two days to scare me and the crown prince! There can be no one else but her!"

Duanmu Sheng nodded subconsciously, but suddenly realized that it was broken!

Sure enough, the next moment, Duanmu Yi asked coldly, "Pretending to be a ghost? To scare you? Tell me clearly!"

Nian Jincheng's expression froze, "No...nothing..."

Duanmu Yi looked at Duanmu Sheng, "Prince, tell me!"

What Duanmu Sheng fears most is that Duanmu Ao impulsively tells the story about Xiao Mulian, but he is afraid of whatever comes.

At this moment, under Duanmu Yi's chilling eyes, Duanmu Sheng could only bite the bullet and said, "Su Yuanzhou treated his second younger brother and sister, but he killed his second younger brother and sister. Knowing that he had sinned deeply, he committed suicide with his children and grandchildren." Su Yuanzhou committed suicide. Liang Ding turned her anger on her second brother, thinking that the Su family was all caused by her second brother, so she pretended to be a ghost in the past two days to scare her. I went to see my second brother yesterday and found out after he mentioned it. "

Hearing this, Duanmu Yi grabbed the inkstone and slammed it on the desk, "Why did the second brother say that Su Liang pretended to be a god and made ghosts to scare the two of you? What does it have to do with you? What kind of god was she pretending to be? What kind of ghost was she doing?"

"Second brother made a mistake." Duanmu Sheng said with an ugly expression.

Nian Jincheng glanced at Duanmu Sheng, his eyes flickered, and then he lowered his head, "Yes, I made a lapse in my words and it has nothing to do with the prince and brother."

"Then tell me, why did Su Liang want to harm the second child?" Duanmu Yi said coldly, "She took her anger out on the second child because of the death of her family? Is that all?"

Nian Jincheng nodded immediately, "Yes, that's it! When Su Yuanzhou killed Mu Lian, I didn't ask Su Liang to settle the score, but she refused to let him go!"

"Okay." Duanmu Yi's eyes became even colder, "Then tell me, when your wife was seriously ill and so many imperial doctors were not invited, why did you invite Su Yuanzhou to come and treat her?"

Any normal person knows that certain things happen that are not normal.

Although Su Yuanzhou had good medical skills, he was just a commoner. If his whole family died, it would be impossible to attract the emperor's attention.

What happened at the beginning turned into a serious matter with the death of the Su family.

If Su Liang hadn't been outstanding enough to attract Duanmu Yi's attention, Duanmu Yi wouldn't have been able to question his two sons over the deaths of some civilians.

This is why Su Liang chose to take the martial arts exam to stand out.

Only if she has value can she be qualified to seek justice for the Su family. Otherwise, no one will pay attention to her.

The reason why Duanmu Chen cooperated with Su Liang and helped her secretly was because Su Liang's value to him was getting higher and higher, and he did this for his own benefit.

Of course, Su Liang could choose to assassinate Duanmu Sheng and Duanmu Ao secretly, but with Ping Jing's help, it was not impossible.

But this simple and crude method is difficult to find out the original truth.

Su Liang didn't want the Su family to die in unknown circumstances.

She also wanted to let the culprits know that they had to pay the price for their original evil deeds, and that they would lose everything and die a good death!

At this moment, facing Duanmu Yi's questioning, Nian Jincheng lowered his head and was speechless.

He is not a person who is good at acting. Before the accident, many people had a stereotyped impression of him.

But this time after Su Liang had a plan, she and Ning Jing told Nian Jincheng one by one about the situations that might happen in the future.

It’s just a matter of “rehearsing” what’s happening now.

Nian Jincheng had never done it before, but he had enough brains and courage. The previous anxiety was more because he didn't want to ruin Su Liang's affairs.

Now, he has not been found to be fake and is "getting better."

Just now, Duanmu Sheng thought that "Duanmu Ao" had impulsively mentioned Su Liang's pretense.

But in fact, it was Nian Jincheng who did it on purpose.

When Duanmu Yi saw that Nian Jincheng was silent, he looked at Duanmu Sheng again, "Does the prince know?"

Duanmu Sheng narrowed his eyes, covered up his panic, shook his head and said, "I don't know about this matter. Maybe Su Yuanzhou had treated the second younger brother and sister first, so the second younger brother and sister asked him to be treated."

After hearing Duanmu Sheng's "clear instructions", Nian Jincheng immediately nodded, "Yes! It was Su Yuanzhou who was invited by Xiao Mulian. I don't know why she had to invite Su Yuanzhou!"

From the beginning to the end, Duanmu Yi could see the obvious panic and cooperation between the two brothers.

"Since you said it was all a misunderstanding, let Su Liang come over and explain clearly." Duanmu Yi said coldly and ordered Su Liang to enter the palace.

Duanmu Sheng wanted to say that it had nothing to do with him and to please leave first, but he was afraid that if he left, "Duanmu Ao" would say something he shouldn't have said and the situation would get out of control, so he still sat there, as if on pins and needles.

"Second brother, get up." Duanmu Yi's voice contained no emotion or anger.

Nian Jincheng thanked En and stood up, sitting opposite Duanmu Sheng. He was also a little unsure of Duanmu Yi's thoughts. After saying so much, Duanmu Yi did not inquire into anything that was obviously suspicious.

But Su Liang came because Nian Jincheng hoped. With Su Liang here, he will feel more at ease.

In the middle, the Queen Mother and the Empress sent people to inquire. Duanmu Yi said that he was discussing matters with his two sons and had no time to spare. He also asked someone to serve food. It seemed that he really believed what they said and planned to mediate the conflict between them and Su Liang.

Nian Jincheng didn't know what Duanmu Ao's taboos were, so he barely moved his chopsticks. He said his chest was tight and couldn't eat, so he drank some tea.

When the people from the palace arrived at Su Mansion, Su Liang was copying books carefully. Not only can you practice calligraphy, but it is also equivalent to reading the medical book carefully.

After learning that Duanmu Yi had ordered her to enter the palace, Su Liang changed into a coat and went out with her medicine box and umbrella as usual.

Ning Jing sat by the window, watching Su Liang's figure disappear in the rain, looking away, and continued copying books.

"Uncle Ning..." Zheng'er woke up and walked out of the inner room with his bare feet.

Ning Jing put down the pen, stood up and picked up Zheng'er.

"Where's aunt?" Zheng'er lay on Ning Jing's shoulder, looking at the rain outside.

"Enter the palace." Ning Jing said.

Zheng'er then asked, "Is it fun in the palace?"

Ning Jing shook his head, "It's not fun."

Zheng'er asked with a smile, "When will Uncle Ning and Aunt Ning give birth to a sister for me?"

Ning Jing thought for a while and said, "When your aunt comes back, ask her."

After Su Liang saluted, he was given a seat, right where Nian Jincheng started.

Nian Jincheng lowered his head and did not look at Su Liang.

Duanmu Yi said, "Second brother, explain the matter to Su Liang."

Su Liang listened calmly to Nian Jincheng's story about the original incident, saying that it was Xiao Mulian's intention to invite Su Yuanzhou to the door, and that the death of the Su family had nothing to do with him.

After hearing this, Su Liang frowned slightly.

Duanmu Yi kept his temper and said, "I asked you all to come here today just to clarify the misunderstanding and avoid causing any trouble in the future. Su Liang, what do you want to say?"

Su Liang said respectfully, "Returning to the emperor, my grandfather has taught me since I was a child that when encountering problems, you must first examine yourself. Don't make false claims without evidence."

Duanmu Sheng had a bad feeling from the moment he saw Su Liang coming. Hearing Su Liang's words, he felt even more weird.

Duanmu Yi nodded, "Your grandfather is right."

Su Liang continued, "Regarding the death of my family members, I do suspect that it was murder rather than suicide."

When Duanmu Sheng heard this, he blurted out, "Didn't you say you can't lie without evidence? What evidence do you have?"

Su Liang's expression was calm, "To tell you what Your Highness, I was injured and lost my memory before, but recently my memory has recovered a bit, and I remembered what my grandfather said before he was alive."

Duanmu Sheng's face was obviously stiff, and Su Liang continued, "Your Majesty, the real culprit in my family's matter is probably not His Highness the Second Prince, but someone else."

Duanmu Yi was obviously stunned for a moment.

Nian Jincheng's face lit up, "Father, this is all a misunderstanding! The death of the Su family really has nothing to do with my son!"

Su Liang sighed deeply, "Your Majesty, my grandfather was invited by the people from the second prince's palace to treat the second prince's concubine that day. Because something happened to the second prince's concubine, he was very panicked after returning to the palace. He said that the second prince's concubine was pregnant. One body, two lives, he didn’t even know what happened, something happened!”

Hearing the words "one corpse, two lives", Duanmu Sheng accidentally knocked over the teacup on the table, while Duanmu Yi frowned fiercely, "What did you say?"

Su Liang lowered his eyes and said respectfully, "When the second prince's concubine died, she was pregnant. My grandfather couldn't have misjudged it. This is why Wei Chen felt that something was fishy. It seemed that even the emperor didn't know about it. , His Highness the Second Prince didn’t mention it just now, doesn’t he know about it too? That would be even more strange. Wei Chen’s grandfather was very confused at first as to why something happened to the Second Prince’s concubine. Wei Chen still can’t figure it out, she is pregnant , this is a very good thing, but why are there no people, and there are so many imperial doctors who did not invite me, but my grandfather was invited to come."

Duanmu Yi's expression darkened, "Second brother, what's going on? Your wife is pregnant, don't you even know?"

Nian Jincheng looked flustered, "I know... I don't... I don't know what's going on..." He spoke incoherently and looked at Duanmu Sheng subconsciously.

"Weichen feels that His Highness the Second Prince may have been kept in the dark." Su Liang said with a focused gaze, "Perhaps someone who did not want the Second Prince to live killed my whole family again for ulterior motives. Weichen I implore the emperor to allow the ministers to investigate this matter, not only for the sake of my family, but also for the sake of the second prince and his concubine!"

"Nonsense!" Duanmu Sheng looked angry, "Father, don't believe her! She is just telling one side of the story! If the second sibling is pregnant, how could the second brother not know about it?"

Su Liang frowned, "Your Highness, I am absolutely telling the truth. If you don't believe me, you can open the coffin and conduct an autopsy. If His Highness the Second Prince knew that a corpse and two lives were so serious, it would be humane to express his anger at me. But the emperor's heir was killed. , Why didn’t Emperor Bingming take care of such a big matter?”

"Second brother, I ask you again, was Xiao Mulian pregnant when she died?" Duanmu Yi asked sharply.

Nian Jincheng shrank his neck and said, "My son... I don't know."

Su Liang frowned, "Since my grandfather diagnosed the first second prince's concubine as pregnant, the first second prince's concubine must know best. What she didn't tell the second prince... I don't dare to speculate, but there must be something fishy in this. "

Su Liang's words were full of implications, if not more direct. Since Duanmu Ao claimed not to know that his wife was pregnant, it must be Xiao Mulian who cheated on him, cuckolded him, and got pregnant with the child of an adulterer. Afraid that the matter would be exposed, her husband not only killed Xiao Mulian ruthlessly, but also silenced Su Yuanzhou's entire family.

After all, judging from the current information, this is the only possibility.

Su Liang never targeted Duanmu Ao from the beginning to the end. Duanmu Sheng felt weird from the beginning, but now he felt as if he was struck by lightning, and finally realized that Su Liang was here for him today! A good way to divide people!

As for who the "adulterer" could be, although Su Liang didn't mention a word, who else could be the one who had the courage to have an affair with Xiao Mulian and kill Xiao Mulian to cover up the scandal, and it was impossible for Duanmu Ao not to know about it but endure it all? ?

Before this, there had been a lot of foreshadowing, all pointing to Duanmu Sheng.

Moreover, Duanmu Sheng's own panic that could not be concealed also betrayed him.

Duanmu Yi's icy eyes fell on Duanmu Sheng's face, and he spoke again, but he said to Su Liang, "Su Liang, I know about your family's affairs, and I will arrange for someone to investigate. Please step back. "

Su Liang stood up, bowed and left.

The door of the royal study room was closed, Duanmu Yi grabbed the inkstone and smashed it at Duanmu Sheng's head, "You did a good job!"

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