Confrontation

It's going to rain soon.

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

The pedestrians she met on the road all looked at her with strange eyes and pointed at her behind her back.

Passing by the embroidery shop, Su Liang got off her horse and went in after hearing Yan Yu's voice.

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

Su Liang nodded, "Something happened. I want to take a bath."

She had been training in the military camp for half a day, and suddenly received an order. She didn't even wash her face or change her clothes before returning to the city.

Yan Yu asked Su Liang to sit down and poured her a cup of hot tea, "Go home and take a bath later. I saw you riding a horse and went to the Second Prince's Mansion, and I was always worried. Did things go well?"

Su Liang smiled while holding the teacup, "Are you worried about me or someone?"

Yan Yu said seriously, "Both."

"I'm fine, he's fine for the time being." Su Liang said.

Yan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "Knowing what you are doing, I suddenly feel that my fight with those people in the Yan family is not worth mentioning. You are too brave."

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

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 job in the Ministry of Revenue is really leisurely." Su Liang said and finished his tea, "Are you still busy? Come home with me if you are not busy. Someone asked me to take good care of you, fearing that you will be implicated by me and something will happen."

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

Because he was uneasy, Yan Yu didn't even look at the account book. He packed it up and took it back to look at it.

Su Liang took Yan Yu on horseback, and the two of them rode together, which also attracted the attention of many people.

However, Yan Yu was a stranger in the capital. Everyone knew that the current head of the Yan family was a young girl, but they didn't know that this was her.

When they got home, they found Wan Hui and Lu Yu came with their children.

Wan Hui and Yan Yu knew each other when they were young. It had been several years since they last met. They had been in contact through letters because of Su Liang.

They were both very emotional when they met 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, and Lu Yu went out to get wine and food from the restaurant.

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

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

Wan Hui mentioned the rumors in the capital today, and her expression was very worried. After all, it involved the two princes. If Su Liang really took the blame, the consequences would be serious.

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

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

Xing Yusheng sent Qi Jun to ask Su Liang, and got the answer of "nothing", so he went back. After informing Xing Yusheng, he went to Lin Mansion and Qin Guogong Mansion to inform them.

After dinner, Lu Yu and Wan Hui left first. Zheng'er slept in Ning Jing's bed. Ning Jing said that he would send him home later.

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

The Su Mansion was calm as if nothing had happened.

……

In the palace.

Duanmu Chen left the Second Prince's Mansion and entered the palace again.

Duanmu Yi asked with a serious face, "How is the second brother?"

Duanmu Chen said respectfully, "Doctor Su came from the military camp outside the city to treat the second emperor, but... Doctor Su said that the second emperor was not sick and wanted to kill her. The second emperor said that it was Doctor Su who wanted to kill him."

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

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

Duanmu Chen sighed, "I don't know what happened. Su Liang went home first, and the second emperor was still in the mansion."

Duanmu Yi was silent for a moment, and then ordered Duanmu Ao to come.

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

Duanmu Chen bowed and left in a proper manner.

When he turned around, he saw a bean-sized sweat drop from Duanmu Sheng's forehead.

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

With such a mess, if Duanmu Yi wants to use Su Liang, he will definitely investigate the truth of Xiao Mulian's death.

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

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

Chang'an took a look and looked puzzled, "I don't know what's wrong with the trees in Changchun Garden. There are rumors that the garden is haunted."

Duanmu Chen said in a deep voice, "Some people have ghosts in their hearts, so they can make trouble."

Chang'an didn't understand, but he just felt that his master was in a really good mood today, and even when he said something weird, the ending tone was rising.

...

Nian Jincheng knelt in front of Duanmu Yi with his head down, and said in a deep voice, "I am not pretending to be sick! I don't know why I lost my mind. Su Liang stuffed a pill into my mouth and I suddenly got better! She held a golden needle and wanted to pierce my forehead! Even if she didn't dare to kill me, she wanted to provoke me and force me to kill her, so that she could pretend to be innocent and clear herself!"

Duanmu Sheng's face was 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 cunning plan. 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, "Is he pretending to be a ghost? Are you trying 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 gaze, Duanmu Sheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "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 he was the one responsible for the Su family. She had been pretending to be a ghost in the past two days to scare him. I found out after I went to see his second brother yesterday. "

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 played 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 confusion.

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. His 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.

The Queen Mother and the Empress sent people to inquire. Duanmu Yi said that he was discussing matters with his two sons and was not free. He also asked people to set up a meal. It seemed that he really believed their words and intended to reconcile the conflict between them and Su Liang.

Nian Jincheng didn't know what Duanmu Ao was forbidden to eat, so he hardly touched his chopsticks. He said that his chest was stuffy and he couldn't eat, so he drank some tea.

…

When the people from the palace arrived at the Su Mansion, Su Liang was copying books seriously. It can not only practice calligraphy, but also mean reading medical books carefully.

Knowing that Duanmu Yi had verbally ordered her to enter the palace, Su Liang changed her coat, habitually took her medicine box and went out with an umbrella.

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

"Uncle Ning..." Zheng'er woke up and walked out of the inner room barefoot.

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

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

"Entered the palace." Ning Jing said.

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

Ning Jing shook his head, "Not fun."

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

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

...

After Su Liang paid his respects, he was given a seat, right where Nian Jincheng started.

Nian Jincheng lowered his head and didn't look at Su Liang.

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

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

After listening, Su Liang frowned slightly.

Duanmu Yi was intimidating without being angry, "I asked you all to come here today to clarify the misunderstanding and not to cause any more trouble in the future. Su Liang, what do you want to say?"

Su Liang said respectfully, "Your Majesty, my grandfather taught me since I was a child to examine myself first when encountering things, and not to speak nonsense without evidence."

Duanmu Sheng had a bad premonition when he saw Su Liang coming. Hearing Su Liang's words, he felt it was very strange.

Duanmu Yi nodded, "Your grandfather is right."

Su Liang continued, "Regarding the death of my family, I do suspect that someone murdered them, not suicide."

Duanmu Sheng blurted out, "Didn't you say that you can't make irresponsible statements without evidence? What evidence do you have?"

Su Liang looked calm, "To answer your Highness, I was injured and lost my memory before, but my memory has recovered a little recently, and I remembered what my grandfather said before he died."

Duanmu Sheng's face was obviously a little stiff, and then he heard Su Liang continue, "Your Majesty, the real murderer of my family's matter should not be your Highness the Second Prince, but someone else."

Duanmu Yi was obviously stunned for a moment.

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

Su Liang sighed deeply, "Your Majesty, my grandfather was invited by the Second Prince's Mansion to treat the Second Prince's Concubine that day. Because the Second Prince's Concubine had an accident, he was very flustered after returning to the mansion. He talked about the Second Prince's Concubine being pregnant, one dead and two lives, and he didn't know what happened, and the accident happened!"

Hearing the words "one dead and two lives", Duanmu Sheng accidentally knocked over the teacup on the table, and 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 made a mistake. This is also why I think the matter is The reason is strange. Even the emperor seems to be unaware of this matter. The Second Prince did not mention it just now. Doesn't he know it either? That's even more strange. My grandfather was very confused at the beginning. Why did the Second Prince's wife get into trouble? I still don't understand it. She was pregnant, which was a very good thing. Why did she die? And there were so many doctors who didn't invite them, but my grandfather was invited to come. "

Duanmu Yi's face sank fiercely, "Second brother, what's going on? Your wife is pregnant, don't you know?"

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

"I think the Second Prince may have been kept in the dark." Su Liang stared and said, "Perhaps someone who didn't want the former Second Prince's wife to live killed my whole family for ulterior motives. I beg the emperor to allow me to investigate this matter, not only for my family, but also for the former Second Prince's wife!"

"Nonsense!" Duanmu Sheng was angry, "Father, don't believe her! She only said one side of the story! If the second brother's wife was pregnant, how could the second brother not know?"

Su Liang frowned, "Your Highness, I am not lying. If you don't believe me, you can open the coffin and examine the body. If the Second Prince knew about such a serious matter of one corpse and two lives, it would be human nature for him to vent his anger on me. But why didn't the emperor know about the murder of the heir to the throne, such a big thing?"

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

Nian Jincheng's neck shrank, "Your son... Your son doesn't know."

Su Liang frowned, "Since my grandfather diagnosed that the second prince's wife was pregnant, the second prince's wife must know it best. If she didn't tell the second prince... I dare not speculate, but there must be something fishy."

Su Liang's words were full of hints, and he almost said directly that since Duanmu Ao claimed that he didn't know his wife was pregnant, it must be Xiao Mulian who cheated on him, cheated on him, and got pregnant with the adulterer's child. The adulterer was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he not only killed Xiao Mulian cruelly, but also killed Su Yuanzhou's family.

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

Su Liang did not target Duanmu Ao from beginning to end. Duanmu Sheng felt strange from the beginning. At this moment, he finally realized that Su Liang came for him today! He played a good divisive trick!

And who would be the "adulterer"? Although Su Liang did not mention it, who else could have the courage to have an affair with Xiao Mulian and kill Xiao Mulian to cover up the scandal, and who else could Duanmu Ao not know about it but endured it all?

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

And Duanmu Sheng's own panic that was difficult to conceal also betrayed him.

Duanmu Yi's cold eyes fell on Duanmu Sheng's face, and he spoke again, but the words were to Su Liang, "Su Liang, I know about your family's affairs, and I will arrange for someone to investigate it clearly. Leave."

Su Liang stood up and bowed.

The door of the imperial study closed, and Duanmu Yi grabbed the inkstone and smashed it on Duanmu Sheng's head, "You did a good thing!"

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