Jiapingguan Chronicle

Ying Er and Ying Wu looked at the rosewood boxes that Mian Bai pushed out, then looked at each other, put on their gloves, took a few boxes each, placed them in front of themselves, and carefully opened the lids of the boxes. After finding nothing unusual, they took out the jewelry inside and placed them on the cotton cloth that Merlin had prepared to ensure that the jewelry would not be damaged in any way.

Shen Cha made it very clear just now. The things in here must be put away properly. After getting the hidden evidence, these jewellery must be returned to their original owners. It would be really embarrassing if they were bumped or damaged.

Hongye and Meilin looked at the jewelry taken out of the box with great curiosity. Although they were knowledgeable, there was one thing they had never seen before. Up to their age, they had never seen a man with so many head ornaments. The styles of the jewelry were so fancy that they even had more than those of the beauty-loving women like them.

Of course, people like Ke Chenyi are an exception. After all, Boss Ke needs to go on stage, and he has to match his jewelry according to the role he plays, so the more the better.

"I" Hongye saw a golden hairpin inlaid with emerald gems. She looked at Mianbai shyly and asked, "Can I see it?"

Mianbai took a look at the golden hairpin that Hongye liked and nodded slightly.

"Of course, this hairpin was given to my cousin by the Empress Dowager. My cousin thought it was a bit too ornate, so she rarely wore it and kept it!" Mian Bai saw Hongye carefully picking up the hairpin and smiled, "I also think it's too ornate and not suitable for my cousin. My cousin prefers simple jewelry."

"Empress Dowager Hui is indeed very suitable for the kind of style that looks very elegant." Shen Cha nodded, looked at the dazzling jewelry, exchanged a glance with Shen Jiu, and said, "This is indeed the style of the Empress Dowager."

"Hmm!" Shen Jiu touched the purse on his body and sighed softly, "The purses awarded by the Queen Mother are all very dazzling."

Shen Cha glanced at the purse he was holding, chuckled, then turned her gaze to Mian Bai and waved at him.

Mian Bai saw Shen Cha's signal, stood up from the ground, walked a few steps towards the desk, and knelt down again.

"General."

"There is one more thing about you and Ke Chenyi that I want to confirm with you."

"General, please speak."

"Ke Chenyi helped the Grand Empress Dowager, the Queen Mother, and the nobles in the palace. It was the incident at the palace banquet. He got drunk and acted crazy in front of the emperor. Do you remember that time?"

"I remember." Mian Bai nodded. "Although it ruined his reputation, most of the money he squandered over the years was awarded by the palace that time." Mian Bai thought about it. "What's the problem with this?"

"Ke Chenyi said that he drank too much and went to the garden to sober up, where he ran into Lecher. He accidentally injured or killed someone, and you helped cover it up. Is that true?"

"General, yes, but seriously, that person deserves to die. Moreover, many people in the palace know about this matter, and there are witnesses, but no one cares." "Is this person from the opera troupe?"

"Yes and no." Mian Bai shook his head gently. "He was not from the troupe that Ke Chenyi was in, but from another troupe that was summoned to the palace. He also performed on the stage that day, but like Ke Chenyi, he was drunk and felt that Ke Chenyi had caused such a scene at the palace banquet that neither the late emperor nor the ladies in the harem would tolerate him."

"That's really overthinking."

"Yes, because he was drunk, he could do whatever he wanted. According to him, he has been eyeing Ke Chenyi for a long time. Now that we are all in the palace, he might as well fulfill his wish."

"A wish? He still has a wish?"

"Yes, he wanted to get drunk and go crazy, and tried to flirt with Ke Chenyi, but ended up being pushed into the lake by Ke Chenyi. This guy is not a good swimmer, and it took him a long time to recover after being rescued by the guards."

"So, not dead?"

"No!" Mian Bai shook his head gently, "But Ke Chenyi didn't know. He was already very drunk at that time. After pushing the person down, he also fell down and didn't know what was going on. The subsequent sending out of the palace was all the intention of the Grand Empress Dowager, and I just did it. The Grand Empress Dowager still restrained herself a little. If it was according to the opinions of the adults present, it would not be too much to beat him to death. After all, for them at that time, Ke Chenyi used his reputation to save their family. It's just that the Grand Empress Dowager felt that it was not auspicious for people to die in the palace, so she directly let the troupe take him out and dumped him at the gate of the Dali Temple. But we told Ke Chenyi that the person was gone, so if that was the case, I would help deal with it." He looked at Shen Cha and Shen Jiu, "This is what the Grand Empress Dowager meant."

"So that he would think that you have something on him, that you have done him a favor, and that you can keep him under control?"

"That's what I meant. After all, he is the only relative of the Grand Empress Dowager, and she is afraid that he will be difficult to control." Mian Bai sighed softly, "But even so, I have failed the Grand Empress Dowager's expectations and still failed to control him."

"So, he never knew the truth?"

"I don't know." Mian Bai shook his head gently, "Because the person was sent to the Dali Temple, and not long after that..." He spread his hands, "So, there is no evidence."

"I understand!" Shen Cha nodded. "The Empress Dowager wanted to use this to get you to control Ke Chenyi. She probably knew that Ke Chenyi might use his status to suppress you and disobey her. But she didn't expect that even so, he would still be disobedient and still give you a headache, right?"

"What the general said is true. He is indeed not very obedient." Mian Bai sighed, "I have told him many times not to go to the Colosseum, but he agreed on the surface, but in fact, he just listened to it with one ear and out with the other. He didn't take my words seriously at all." He sighed again and said, "I said it several times but it didn't work. Moreover, he spent money faster than before and soon ran out of money. At this time, he was also panicked and didn't know what to do. He came to me for discussion and came up with the idea of ​​selling seats at a high price. His idea worked well in Jiangnan. After all, it was relatively wealthy there. Not many people would care if they threw a few dollars into the water, let alone make a fuss about it. But this time at the border, I really advised him many times, but he still didn't listen. After all, without this money, his Colosseum would have to end and he would never be able to watch it again. For him, it was like taking his life."

"Now that he's in jail, he won't need these things anymore." Shen Cha sneered and looked at Ying Er and Ying Wu. "How are they?"

"I'm almost done reading it." Ying Wubai took time out of his busy schedule to respond. He looked at Shen Cha and said, "Just as the boss expected, what's hidden in the box is the real evidence." (End of this chapter)