noffsinger Chapter 379 Xiao Ling was taken to Dali Temple
Chapter 379 Xiao Ling was taken to Dali Temple
Jiang family.
When Xiao Ling and Bai Xinan arrived, the door of the Jiang family's mansion had just opened.
The sleepy servant suddenly lost all his sleepiness when he learned that the person coming was the third prince, and he hurried into the palace to report.
After Jiang Suining learned the news, he asked someone to appease Jiang Zhitong and Zheng first, asking them not to show up, and then he went to the gate of the mansion.
"Your Highness, I am sorry for not welcoming you from afar. I hope you will forgive me."
Jiang Suining had a smile on his face and said polite words without much sincerity.
Xiao Ling's eyes were red, the previous speculation made him upset. He wanted to go to Shen's house, but was told that Shen Yanxi did not return home last night, so he changed his route and went to Jiang's house.
If he wanted to find out whether it was a trap, it was not a bad idea to start with Jiang Suining. However, looking at Jiang Suining at this moment, Xiao Ling couldn't bring himself to ask.
If all this was really planned by Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi, then he, the Third Prince, would be played around with by them and treated like a fool!
Xiao Ling remained silent for too long, until Bai Xinan, who was standing behind him, lowered his voice and called out "Your Highness", he finally spoke.
"Jiang Suining, do you know why this prince came here?"
Jiang Suining glanced at the gatekeepers and motioned for them to leave before speaking with a smile.
"Your Highness, are you here to seek confirmation because you suspect that you have been deceived by this common woman and Shen Yanxi?"
Jiang Suining's straightforwardness made Xiao Ling's face look even uglier, and the hostility in his eyes became stronger.
"So this matter..."
"Yes." Jiang Suining interrupted Xiao Ling directly, "When I went to Xiangji Temple, I already knew it was a trap. The reason I went in was just because I discussed it with Shen Yanxi and took advantage of the situation."
Although he already had a guess in his mind, Xiao Ling's expression suddenly changed when he heard Jiang Suining say this in person.
"Bitch, you are so bold that you actually teamed up with Shen Yanxi to plot against this prince!"
"Your Highness, although you are the Third Prince, are you allowed to be ruthless and keep causing trouble for me, scheming and framing me? Can't I and Shen Yanxi fight back?"
"How dare you speak to the third prince like that!" Bai Xinan scolded immediately.
Jiang Suining glanced at Bai Xin'an and said, "May I ask, Lord Bai, as the third prince and a court official, you are allowed to break the law, frame someone, and kidnap innocent people?"
Bai Xinan frowned.
He had only thought that Jiang Suining was smart and perceptive before, but now it seemed that the other party was also extremely courageous.
The light in Xiao Ling's eyes was cold enough to kill people, and he stared at Jiang Suining.
"How did you know that the Xiangji Temple incident was a trap?"
"Because I was really worried that the Third Prince would implicate innocent people, I asked Shen Yanxi to send someone to secretly protect Jingyue since she appeared in the East City Inn. I was the first to learn about it when she was deceived by the Third Prince's false information and left the Imperial City."
At that time, she felt that the news was strange, so she sent someone to catch up with Jingyue and rush over with her.
Before the verification results came back, Dai He came to the door.
She had guessed before that Xiao Ling would not give up, so she immediately understood that it was Xiao Ling who was behind all this, and her purpose was not difficult to guess.
Since the prison cannot hold me, I will be led out of the city and captured, and then used to threaten Shen Yanxi.
While she was having lunch at the Jiang family, she sent someone to deliver a letter to Shen Yanxi, discussing the arrangement of taking advantage of the situation.
He was arrested for cooperating, and the Jiang family was in a state of panic. They forced Shen Yanxi, and Shen Yanxi had no choice but to agree to cooperate with Xiao Ling and lure the other party into taking action.
After listening to Jiang Suining's explanation, Xiao Ling clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves, his whole body was tense, and he almost squeezed out a word through gritted teeth.
"So you planned all this!"
"I don't dare to be called the mastermind. I was just forced to do so. After all, I am just an ordinary citizen. If it weren't for Your Highness's relentless pressure, I wouldn't have thought of a way to resist." Jiang Suining shook his head helplessly. "If I could, I really don't want to make an enemy of Your Highness, but who made Your Highness hold on to me so tightly?"
Instead of being plotted against again and again, and then trying to find ways to get yourself out of trouble every time, it is better to just fight back fiercely once.
After all, there is no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days.
"Then you are not afraid of making enemies with this prince now!" Killing intent appeared in Xiao Ling's eyes.
"I am afraid, but I am more afraid of living in constant fear, not knowing when I will be threatened by the Third Prince. That kind of life would be unpleasant."
Jiang Suining paused slightly, glanced at the street in the distance, and spoke again.
"The Third Prince is of noble status. I should have invited you to the palace for tea, but I am too timid. I was frightened by your posture just now and forgot about it. I hope your Highness will forgive me for my impoliteness. I respectfully send your Highness off!"
"You dare to order this prince to leave?"
"Of course I don't dare, but..." Jiang Suining looked past Xiao Ling and looked at the person behind him, "Your Highness probably doesn't have time to visit the mansion for the time being."
The next moment, Pei Zhaozhi's voice rang out, "Your Highness the Third Prince, there is something we need your cooperation in investigating. Please come with us."
Xiao Ling and Bai Xinan looked back and saw Shen Yanxi and Pei Zhaozhi standing together, with some yamen runners following behind them.
Bai Xinan spoke quickly: "Pei Shaoqing, you are so brave, are you trying to capture His Highness?"
"Of course I dare not, but there are some things that require your cooperation in the investigation."
"How dare you, a mere junior official of the Dali Temple, speak to me like this? Why should I cooperate with you?"
Shen Yanxi said, "The Emperor has ordered the Third Prince to cooperate with the Dali Temple in all investigations. Until the matter is fully investigated, all the people in the Third Prince's mansion will be imprisoned in the mansion and are not allowed to step out of the mansion. In addition, the head of the Ministry of Justice, Bai Xin'an, has behaved suspiciously and is temporarily detained in the Dali Temple to await trial."
Bai Xinan's face turned pale and he immediately looked at Xiao Ling.
The latter stared at Shen Yanxi with hatred, "No wonder you were not at the Shen family. It turned out that you went into the palace at night to ask for an oral order from your father."
"This matter is of great importance. Neither I nor Pei Shaoqing can make the decision. We can only ask the emperor to make the final decision."
"What did you say in front of the emperor to make him give such an order?"
"I just reported the interactions between the Minister of Works and His Highness truthfully. In addition, last night, someone broke into the Dali Temple to assassinate Chu Yisheng. They were all captured alive, and the tokens of the Third Prince's Palace were found on them."
Token? Xiao Ling was stunned. Those secret guards couldn't possibly carry any tokens with them when they were about to take action!
Is it Shen Yanxi's doing again?
"Shen Yanxi, do you think you can get away with this matter? The fire in Dali Temple last night..."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I accidentally knocked over a candle last night, which set the house on fire. Fortunately, the case evidence stored in the house had been handed over to Lord Shen to be presented to His Majesty, and it did not cause any impact on the case." Pei Zhaozhi said.
Xiao Ling stared at Pei Zhaozhi and Shen Yanxi with a cold expression, "So you guys were in collusion too!"
Pei Zhaozhi's expression did not change, he just said seriously: "Your Highness, I don't understand what you mean by collusion, but since the emperor has already issued an oral order, I hope Your Highness can cooperate. Your Highness, please!"