Duke Jing's younger sister

Speaking of the flower-viewing banquet that night and the incident of the obsidian snake appearing in the palace, Commander-in-Chief Zhang has already found out some clues.

According to what he said, it can be basically confirmed that the obsidian snake was brought into the harem by Han Yunning's maid, and then mixed into the fourth princess's snake bag when the opportunity arose.

Just a few days before the flower-viewing banquet, the fourth princess Xiao Wushuang ordered a dozen young eunuchs to catch rat snakes in the imperial garden.

Xiao Wushuang has always acted arrogantly, so as long as there are a few inconspicuous informants in the palace, they can easily find out why Xiao Wushuang caught these rat snakes.

The purpose was to scare her love rival, Han Yunning, during the palace banquet.

But for some reason, Xiao Wushuang suddenly changed his mind and turned his attention to Shen Li.

Commander Zhang speculated that Han Yunning had long known that the fourth princess wanted to use the rat snake to scare her.

Then he took advantage of the situation and brought two obsidian snakes into the palace.

But the purpose of her action, whether it was Concubine Zhao or Shen Li, is unclear.

Han Yunning, naturally, works for her father, Han Xiang.

Otherwise, as a girl, why would she get involved in these matters?

Commander Zhang also asked Concubine Zhao, and it was said that she did smell a strange floral fragrance that came from a maidservant beside her.

Unfortunately, that night the palace maid "accidentally" fell into the lotus pond and drowned.

The other party did it perfectly, and even if we could make a rough guess, there was no real evidence.

Han Yunning is the daughter of the prime minister, so it is impossible to arrest her and interrogate her severely without evidence.

Commander-in-Chief Zhang investigated for more than a month, and even the young eunuch who was in contact with the outside world was poisoned to death.

This shows how meticulous the other party's mind is.

The incident of the obsidian snake at the flower-viewing banquet in the palace is already a beheading case and there is no further evidence to prove it.

Commander Zhang had no choice but to submit a letter of apology and was fined twenty times with a stick.

Xiao Wencong was also a little puzzled. "Could it be that Han Yunning acted without telling her father?"

Luo Jue spread his hands, "What does she want? She has no grudge against the Fourth Princess, nor against Concubine Zhao, and she didn't know in advance that Shen Li would attend the palace banquet that night."

The three people who were affected that night, big or small, had no deep hatred against her.

So why did she take such a big risk and bring the obsidian snake into the palace?

Shen Beiqi lowered his eyes in thought, tapping his fingers twice on the table, making a slight sound.

That’s right, Shen Li had never attended a palace banquet before, and that night it was because the Queen Mother sent an invitation.

Is there a possibility that Shen Li was not in her plan from the beginning?

In other words, she thought Shen Li was an eyesore and wanted to get rid of her "by the way".

So, was her original intention the Fourth Princess and Imperial Concubine Zhao, or the Queen and Imperial Concubine Zhao, or... the Crown Prince and the Second Prince?

After the flower-viewing banquet, the fight between Crown Prince Xiao Wenhao and Second Prince Xiao Wenche became more intense.

If he didn't know clearly, he would have thought it was Xiao Wencong's doing.

He thought it was Xiao Wencong who was behind this, trying to muddy the waters so that he could fish in troubled waters.

Seeing Shen Beiqi's worried and puzzled expression, Luo Jue couldn't help but smile.

"Oh, I didn't expect that our arrogant Duke Jing would also be blinded by fog and unable to see clearly?"

Xiao Wencong smiled when he heard that, and glanced at Shen Beiqi, who had his sleeves hanging on the table and had a half-hidden and half-exposed five-colored rope tied around his wrist.

"Duke Jing is not only unable to see through these intrigues, I'm afraid he has not even seen through the love between men and women."

Luo Jue followed Xiao Wencong's half-smile and looked over.

He moved closer and rolled up Shen Beiqi's sleeves a little, revealing half of his fair and strong arms, as well as the ropes of a slightly darker color.

"Shen Hengzhi, you are a grown man, and you are not ashamed to carry these little girls' toys!"

As Luo Jue spoke, he felt sad for his silly brother.

Shen Beiqi looked calm, straightened his sleeves, and said calmly, "Why are you envious? Aren't you getting married soon? Let your sister-in-law tie one for you on the Dragon Boat Festival next year."

"You are shameless, who would envy you?" Luo Jue couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, "Just admit it, you only look like a human being on the surface, but in private you are not a human at all!"

He pretends to be a decent guy and a pure-hearted person every day, but he is actually a repressed and shy person!

Shen Beiqi played with the teacup in his hand and gave him a cold look, "It seems that Master Yao Yue hasn't bothered you recently?"

Luo Jue: "...Can we not mention the words 'Yao' and 'Yue' in the future?"

Almost everyone in Jiangdu City knows that Luo Jue is a gay!

It's all thanks to that damn Yao Yue!

Xiao Wencong chuckled when he heard this, looked at Shen Beiqi and said,

"Speaking of this sexual fetish, I remember when I was in Yuanshan Academy, there was a rumor in the academy that you and Jiang Cheng had a sexual fetish. Seeing that you haven't been close to women for so many years, I almost believed it."

Xiao Wencong was also there during the years when Shen Beiqi was at Yuanshan Academy.

At that time, he changed his name to Xiao Yue and had been in Yuanshan Academy for more than a month, but he had never spoken to Shen Beiqi.

Speaking of which, he had heard of the name Shen Beiqi.

Duke Jingguo's only son, like him, disliked official education and insisted on coming to this Yuanshan Academy.

The difference is that the former came openly, while he came secretly and under a changed name.

Xiao Wencong did not expect that Shen Beiqi would come to talk to him, and be so straightforward and to the point.

"Are you the third prince?"

It was a bright moonlit night. He was admiring the moon under a tree in the yard when a cold question came from behind him.

Xiao Wencong turned around. The young man had a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes. He was dressed in white and looked like a fairy in the moonlight. He was looking straight at him, "Are you the third prince?"

The boy repeated it again.

Xiao Wencong didn't want to reveal his identity, so he denied it immediately, "No."

Shen Beiqi nodded and asked, "When are you planning to return to Jiangdu City?"

Xiao Wencong thought for a moment and said, "I'll be back in early winter. Is there something wrong?"

"fine."

The young man turned and left, leaving Xiao Wencong confused on the spot.

Later he realized that he had been exposed.

When he entered Yuanshan Academy, he casually filled in the address of his hometown, and he almost forgot which state it was.

Since you are not from Jiangdu city, how could you use the word "hui"?

But later on, Shen Beiqi never looked at him straight in the eye just because he was a prince, and was often so arrogant that people wanted to punch him.

In the monthly school exams, Shen Beiqi always ranked first.

Xiao Yue and Jiang Cheng are always competing for the second place.

This month your name goes up and mine goes down.

Next month my name went up and you slid down again.

Once they even made a bet that whoever lost would have to treat everyone in the academy to three days of eating and drinking at the most expensive Hongchang Restaurant in town.

In the end, Jiang Cheng lost.