Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1181 The Truth
Seeing him, Shang Ruyi immediately understood what Yuwen Ye had just said.

Today at the altar outside the city, the two sides just met briefly and didn't say anything in detail. After entering the city, they went their separate ways. Pei Xingyuan brought Jiang Wei and Liang Youying to the official residence, and the two did not refuse, obviously having a tacit understanding in their hearts. Now that he appeared in front of them, judging from the time, it was probably not only Yuwen Ye who was waiting to meet him, Jiang Wei had also been waiting for Yuwen Ye.

However, the two people were strangers after all, and the atmosphere became awkward as they faced each other like this.

Compared to Yuwen Ye, Shang Ruyi was actually more familiar with him. After all, they had spent quite a while together in Changlefang because of the plague. So she immediately walked up to Yuwen Ye and said with a gentle smile, "Mr. Jiang, long time no see."

Jiang Wei also bowed to her: "Princess."

Yuwen Ye said: "This is not the place to talk, let's go over there."

After saying that, he walked out directly, and Jiang Wei could only follow him. The three of them walked to the lobby outside, where the lights were still on, obviously as Guan Ao had ordered. As soon as the three of them sat down, someone immediately brought them hot tea.

Yuwen Ye took a sip and then asked, "You, what do you have to say?"

Jiang Wei hesitated and said, "My father——"

Shang Ruyi immediately said: "Master Jiang, don't worry. Although your father was arrested, the disaster was not caused by him. The court has only detained him and has not punished him. There is no torture either."

Seeing Jiang Wei was relieved, she continued, "If he can explain the whole story and clear his grievances, the King of Qin and I can promise to plead with the Emperor to release him."

She said this last sentence without asking Yuwen Ye in advance. Such a promise can be said to be very "unwise", but Yuwen Ye did not show any blame when he heard it, and his attitude was very clear. And for Jiang Wei, this was naturally the best.

But his expression became more serious.

After a long silence, he looked up at Yuwen Ye and said, "Can you explain the whole story?"

"..."

"Who was it that met Master Pei in Feishuang Palace that night?"

"...!"

Yuwen Ye's eyes flashed slightly.

Shang Ruyi forced a smile and said, "Isn't it Liang Youying?"

Jiang Wei glanced at her and said solemnly, "Princess, Youying and I followed Master Pei's advice and helped you take Luoyang. We almost died. At this moment, I just want to be honest with you two."

The implication is that she should stop playing along.

The words were neither soft nor hard, but Shang Ruyi blushed a little, so she could only shut her mouth. Jiang Wei then turned to look at Yuwen Ye and said in a deep voice: "Although Youying has a bad temper, she is simple-minded and never doubts the people and things she has determined."

"..."

"She always believed that it was her visit to Tangquan Palace to meet Master Pei that brought him death, so she took the risk to rescue the prisoner."

"..."

"But, thinking back on it, it's too problematic. She told me that she heard the warning voices of the soldiers behind her on her way out of Feishuang Palace, but later rumors in the city said that the guards of Tangquan Palace saw someone having a secret meeting with Master Pei in Feishuang Palace, so they started to sound the gong to warn, but that person ran too fast and they couldn't catch him."

"..."

"How can one person be in two places at the same time?"

"..."

"So the truth is - it's true that Youying went to Tangquan Palace to secretly meet Master Pei, but after that, Master Pei also met someone else."

"..."

"But he never revealed the identity of that person, so everyone thought that the person he met was Youying." Having said that, Jiang Wei closed his mouth and looked at Yuwen Ye steadily.

He spoke these words very softly, as if he was afraid that a fourth person would hear them, but even such a soft voice sounded very heavy in Shang Ruyi's ears. She was not well-trained after all, and she unconsciously showed a guilty look, but Yuwen Ye remained calm, as if the people and things Jiang Wei mentioned had nothing to do with him.

After thinking for a moment, he said in a calm voice: "You asked, I'm afraid you already have the answer in your mind."

Jiang Wei said: "I want to hear what His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin has to say."

"..."

"After all, this matter is of great importance. It may - no, it has already concerned the lives of Youying and I."

Yuwen Ye looked at him for a while, and finally let out a deep breath: "Yes, the person who met Xingyuan in Feishuang Palace that night was sent by me."

"...!"

At this moment, the other two people in the lobby subconsciously took a deep breath.

Jiang Wei finally faced this fact, but when he heard Shang Ruyi gasp, he looked at her in surprise - and Shang Ruyi also realized that she had lost her composure, so she quickly adjusted her expression and turned her eyes away.

Jiang Wei was a little confused, but now, he couldn't care about the princess.

That’s right, the people who went to Tangquan Palace to meet Pei Xingyuan that night were indeed from Yuwen Ye’s faction.

but--

Jiang Wei said: "It is easy for Your Highness and Master Pei to meet, so why do they have to meet in Tangquan Palace and cause such a disaster?"

Yuwen Ye said, "Because it happened suddenly, I had been investigating a person's background, and on that day I suddenly got a result, and I had to let Xingyuan know immediately to prevent him from being deceived and going astray."

Jiang Wei asked: "Whose background?"

Yuwen Ye said: "That's your fifth sister, the fifth leader of Wanggang Village, Liang Youying."

"..."

The entire lobby fell into silence at this moment.

Only Shang Ruyi listened to her own heartbeat, sometimes violently, then sometimes heavily. But this time she did not show any surprise. She just lowered her head and took a sip of tea indifferently. The warm tea slid down her throat and suppressed the throbbing in her heart.

But Jiang Wei couldn't suppress his surprised expression, and looked at Yuwen Ye in disbelief: "You, how could you——"

Yuwen Ye said, "In fact, you did a pretty good job of hiding your identity. Plus, your father and I are old acquaintances, so I never seriously doubted your identities and origins. Until Liang Youying and Xingyuan became closer and closer."

Jiang Wei frowned: "Why do you doubt us?"

Yuwen Ye said: "It's not that I doubt him, but I can't let someone with unknown origins be with him."

"..."

"You said Liang Youying has a bad temper, but a simple mind; and my brother not only has a good temper, but is also easily deceived."

"..."

Jiang Wei's throat was choked, and he opened his mouth for a long while before he managed to squeeze out a dry word: "So, you investigated Youying's background just because they got closer?"

Yuwen Ye said: "Not bad."

Jiang Wei stared at him with his eyes flickering violently: "So, what did you find out?"