Concubine Agent: My lord, stop pretending

Chapter 125 Arrested, the man in Yunlou

In the imperial palace, in the imperial study, Ye Huan entered the palace to meet Emperor Hui and truthfully reported Ye Jing's injuries.

However, Emperor Hui's attitude made him completely unexpected. After learning that Ye Jing was safe, he was fined and grounded because he failed to protect the Haojing Palace.

Ye Huan smiled desolately in his heart, but on his face he accepted the punishment calmly: "I obey." I always knew that my father favored the fourth brother, so his kindness to the fourth brother was actually mixed with a pleasing factor.But so what, his goal has always been clear, no matter how difficult the road ahead is, he will never give up.

Seeing Ye Huan exit the imperial study, Emperor Hui heaved a long sigh, his eyes full of helplessness: "Yuan Meng, do you think I'm cruel?"

Yuan Meng took a cup of tea and put it in front of Emperor Hui, and said slowly: "Your Majesty has worked hard, and the princes will understand in the future."

"Jing'er is so simple and poses no threat to them, but she still wants to get involved in this chaos that doesn't belong to him. What do you want me to do?" Emperor Hui's tone was slightly angry, but more helplessly depressed.

"Your Majesty thinks this has something to do with them?" Yuan Meng asked.

"Jing'er is just a chess piece for them to deal with each other. I deliberately made such a disparity in their strengths, just not wanting them to fight, but wanting Huan'er to retreat in spite of difficulties." Emperor Hui coughed suddenly, took a cup of tea and drank a few He suppressed his eloquence, "Only by making Huan'er completely lose the chance, maybe everything will be stable."

Yuan Meng was startled, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, think twice, the fifth prince is also your son!"

"This is also to save him, so that brothers don't kill each other." Emperor Hui said and closed his eyes, his weather-beaten face was covered with wrinkles. The emperor's position for most of his life had already smoothed his temper. When will he really relax?

Throughout the morning, Shaoyang had been questioning the people in Prince Jing's Mansion, almost every servant, and he was very serious and responsible.

In the room, Su Yu was playing chess with Ye Jing to pass the time, Yun Sang came in and reported: "Princess, Master Shao said that there are clues to the murderer, please go to the front hall."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Su Yan replied, without thinking too much, and told Ye Jing, "You can play in the room alone, remember not to get out of bed, I will be back in a while."

"Oh, hurry up then." Ye Jing nodded seriously.

"Okay." After Su Yan finished speaking, he led Yun Sang to the main hall, where Hui Ying and the imperial guards guarded Ye Jing's room.

In the front yard, almost all the people in the house were present, standing in the yard.

Su Yu glanced at the servants, looked at Shao Yang in puzzlement, and asked, "Master Shao, what do you mean?"

"Your official thinks that the assassin is actually someone from the mansion." Shao Yang bent over and replied with cupped fists.

"Master Shao must have made a mistake. These people are all old people in Prince Jing's mansion. They have served the prince for many years. If they really wanted to do something, why did they wait until today?" Su Yan asked.

"Although I'm just inferring now, there will be evidence soon." Shao Yang smiled lightly, and glanced at the crowd, his eyes were extremely shrewd, as if he had seen through everything.

"What evidence?" Su Yan asked suspiciously.

Shaoyang looked at Su Yan, and said slowly: "Last night when Youzhu fought with him, he sprinkled a kind of fragrance powder on the assassin's body. This fragrance powder is colorless and odorless, and only one kind of hummingbird can be identified. The method used by the lost treasure, the incense powder has a efficacy of three days, and any method cannot remove it. You Zhu has already gone to fetch the hummingbird at this time."

Seeing Shaoyang's confident appearance, Su Yan couldn't help but wondered: "Even so, how can you be sure that you are from the mansion?"

"You Zhu said that this person's kung fu is average, but King Jing's mansion has increased guards, how can a woman with ordinary martial arts enter Jing's mansion quietly?" Shao Yang said calmly, sounding very reasonable.

"Everything is just Master Shao's speculation." Su Yan said.

"Princess, don't worry, I'll find out when Miss You Zhu comes back." Shao Yang smiled faintly, his eyes glanced at everyone, and his smile became more profound.

Su Yan didn't want to say much, and sat aside, waiting for Shaoyang to capture the assassin, feeling a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart.

Not long after, You Zhu brought a cage with a brown hummingbird inside.

"Thank you, Miss You Zhu." Shao Yang took the birdcage, glanced at all the servants present, and suddenly waved his hand, "Come here, tie them all up!"

As soon as the words fell, guards stepped forward and began to tie up people without saying a word.

The servants were panicked, and the crowd was a little chaotic, but no one dared to fight back.

Su Yu looked at Shao Yang, and asked coldly, "Why did Lord Shao kidnap people? Are you afraid that they will escape?"

"This is to prevent the assassins from resisting for a while and causing unnecessary casualties. If there is no problem, they will be released later." Shaoyang explained calmly and methodically.

Su Yan stopped talking, just quietly waiting for the result.

All the servants in the first row were caught, but just as the soldiers arrived in the second row, there was a commotion in the crowd. A servant girl shot and wounded two soldiers, trying to escape with light work.

"Take her down!" Shaoyang yelled angrily, and several guards appeared from the eaves, and a net covered the servant girl's head and sprinkled it down.

Although Su Yan was sitting in the living room, she could see everything in the yard clearly, and she also recognized the maid immediately.

The servant girl is none other than Ruxue, and she is the informant that Yunlou arranged in King Jing's Mansion to deliver news to her.How could Ruxue be an assassin?Was it the assassination arranged by Yunlou?Why doesn't she know anything about it?
While thinking, Su Yan tried his best to maintain a calm expression, and the uneasiness in his heart couldn't help but worsen.

Shaoyang escorted Ruxue into the front hall, and knelt in front of Su Yan.

Seeing this, Butler Zhao said, "This girl is called Ruxue, and she works in the kitchen. She is usually honest and responsible, how could she..."

Shaoyang stared at Ruxue with a cold face, and asked, "Why did you run away? Who are you?"

Ruxue lowered her head and did not make a sound, nor did she make any movements.

Shaoyang was not annoyed, he looked at Ruxue indifferently, and asked again: "Why did you assassinate the prince at night?"

Ruxue remained silent, with her head lowered and motionless, as if she couldn't hear Shaoyang's words at all.

Shao Yang smiled coldly, glanced at Su Yan, and said: "Since you don't want to tell, let me guess."

Shaoyang's gaze made Su Yan's back feel cold for a moment.He is a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so he must be familiar with torture to extract a confession, and even more understand the psychology of criminals. If he continues to press like this, will Ruxue recruit her?
"You entered the palace on the [-]th of this month, and you have been helping in the kitchen. You have access to the food of the prince and princess, but you have never done it. You have to wait until the whole city is under martial law and there are layers of guards inside and outside the palace. Why do you still use this clumsy method of assassination?" Shao Yang walked around Ruxue and analyzed lightly, "The only possibility is that you were instructed by others."

Ruxue still didn't respond, she just raised her head and glanced at Shaoyang, full of sarcasm.

(End of this chapter)