The Beautiful Landscape
Dou Quan, who had been standing at the door, heard the conversation between the two.
He came in and asked, "Your Highness, why did you drag Yan Weiyi into this?"
Jing Yi tilted his head and smirked. He picked up the teapot and poured more tea into the already full cup. The tea overflowed and dripped onto the table.
This kind of behavior was almost perverted!
He said, "Yan Weiyi is a hidden danger. Once he is out of my control, it is inevitable that he will divulge the fact that I used him to poison Jing Rong. But if he is connected to the Crown Prince's siege of the palace, then he was ordered by the Crown Prince to poison Jing Rong. This has nothing to do with me. Therefore, Yan Weiyi must die so that he can shut his mouth forever.
"This subordinate was stupid."
"Now, let's wait for three days."
He gently put down the teapot and watched as the tea flowed along the lines on the table. It flowed to the edge of the table and dripped drop by drop to the ground.
It was like a beautiful landscape painting …
For the next three days, Ji Yunshu did not take a step out of Bamboo Creek Garden. Mo Ruo came and told her that Jing Rong was still in prison.
However, Ji Yunshu avoided all of them. Instead, she carefully studied the skeleton in the coffin. She put on gloves and reached into the coffin. Her nose was assaulted by a very pungent smell of decay. Because the coffin and the skeleton had been exposed to the air for many times, the smell seemed to have changed. Not only did it have a rotten smell, but it also had a very strong stench.
It was like …
The smell of wet clothes being pressed into the bottom of a box!
It was no wonder. It had been raining non-stop these days and the coffin was not made of high-quality wood. It was not strange for it to emit this kind of smell after being soaked in water.
Ji Yunshu seemed to be possessed as she stared at the skeleton.
Mo Ruo said a lot, but she did not respond. So, he pulled her arm.
"Did you hear what I said?"
"I heard it. I heard it all."
"Jing Rong is still in prison. That old fox has already fled the capital. Are you going to do this? Do you not care about anything? "
Ji Yunshu forcefully pulled her arm out of his grasp. Her eyes were cold as she said, "I said, don't investigate this matter anymore. Prince Rong will be fine."
Mo Ruo let out a muffled groan and grabbed her arm again. With a forceful tug, he pulled her body in front of him.
He sternly asked, "Miss Ji, you should know my temperament. I have never meddled in other people's affairs. Even if someone were to die in front of me, I would not step in to save them. But Jing Rong is different. I grew up with him, and I can't just watch him languidly in the Imperial Prison. You were the one who said that you would find evidence to prove that he had nothing to do with this matter, but what are you doing now? Can you save him by looking at these broken bones? "
After saying that, he lifted his leg and kicked the coffin down.
Ji Yunshu abruptly pushed him away, squatted down, and carefully picked up the bones one by one.
"These skeletons are the key to solving the Lin Capital Case. If they are damaged, it will greatly affect the portrait."
Mo Ruo looked disappointed.
"Jing Rong is not afraid of death for you, but what about you? You keep saying that you care about him, but now you don't care about his life and death. Your mind is filled with the Lin Capital case. "
After saying that, Mo Ruo angrily flung his sleeves and left.
Ji Yunshu squatted on the ground and picked up the scattered bones. Her eyes couldn't help but redden.
She took a deep breath and held back her tears. Then, she slowly picked up the bones and put them back into the coffin.
She maintained her calm side.
Shi Zijin, who was hiding in the dark, watched her. Although she was an assassin and had experienced many cruel things since childhood, she still felt sorry for Ji Yunshu.
After all, she was the one who knew everything from beginning to end.
…
During these three days, Jing Rong was recuperating in the prison and Jing Yi didn't come to visit.
On the third day, the Crown Prince's wedding was held. Jing Rong was sent to the Supreme Court's prison to await trial.
Because of the Crown Prince's wedding, the case of the fire in Chengqing Hall was delayed. This case was temporarily handled by the Supreme Court.
A prince was imprisoned in the Supreme Court's prison, and the Supreme Court's Chancellor was also trembling, so he handed the matter over to the Supreme Court's Vice-Chancellor, Lord Yu.
He wore his official robes and went to the prison to see Jing Rong.
He even ordered people to bring in good wine and good dishes, all of which were delicacies from the land and sea.
Lord Yu had always been a smiling tiger. In just half a year, he was promoted from a small clerk to the position of the Supreme Court's vice president. One could imagine that he wasn't someone who was easy to deal with.
Precisely because he wasn't easy to deal with, Jing Rong excluded him many times. He didn't want to have any dealings with him, so as to avoid getting himself into trouble.
"Prince Rong, this lowly official ordered people to prepare some dishes. Would you like to try some?"
"No need."
Lord Yu was a thick-skinned person. He smiled. "The fire in Chengqing Hall caused an uproar in the court. Several court officials died. Now that the Supreme Court has taken over this case, it's really a thorny problem."
'Why didn't they burn you to death?'
Jing Rong was too lazy to reply.
Lord Yu sighed. "Although this lowly official didn't have much contact with Your Highness, this lowly official believes that this matter has nothing to do with Your Highness. There must be some misunderstanding. Therefore, this lowly official will do his best to exonerate Your Highness. Moreover …"
"Lord Yu." Jing Rong interrupted him.
"This lowly official is here!"
"Didn't Imperial Father order for this matter to be handed over to Prince Yi? Why did it suddenly go to the Supreme Court? "
Lord Yu pondered for a moment. "This case should have been handed over to the Supreme Court, but Prince Yi suddenly took over."
Jing Rong was shocked. "What do you mean? Didn't His Majesty order for Prince Yi to investigate this case? "
"The Supreme Court didn't receive such a notice. On the night of the fire, Your Highness should have been sent to the Supreme Court, and the case should have been handed over to them. However, Prince Yi didn't allow it. He only said that His Majesty wanted him to investigate this case first, so he delayed it for a few days. He only sent Your Highness here today, along with the case."
In other words, Jing Yi was using the Emperor's words to imprison him in the Imperial Prison to force him to confess. This was to prevent the Supreme Court from interfering and ruining his plans.
He should have thought of this earlier. No matter how muddle-headed Imperial Father was, he wouldn't let Jing Yi handle this case. There was no way Imperial Father didn't know about the competition between the princes.
Miscalculation!
But …
Why was he willing to send him to the Supreme Court before he had even confessed? Wouldn't it be difficult to extort a confession through torture?
Unless …
Jing Yi planned to let him go. If he wanted to let him go, he needed a scapegoat.
Suddenly, he was shocked.
She finally understood why Jing Yi changed her cell, invited an imperial physician, and even sent her to the Supreme Court. All the signs pointed to the fact that all these changes happened after Jing Yi met Ji Yunshu.
Lord Yu saw Jing Rong frown and carefully asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Jing Rong's eyes flashed with a hint of urgency.
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