Who is the white moonlight these days? We are just following the plot

"Your Highness, how is it?" she asked impatiently.

Li Heng pretended not to understand her implication and just said, "Let's go."

"Leave? Leaving now?" Ji Xingyao was anxious. She didn't even know whether Xu Jinyi was dead or alive.

Li Heng said "hmm" and walked straight out.

"Your Highness...Your Highness?" Ji Xingyao immediately ran to his side, trying to keep up with his pace while asking in a low voice, "How is Minister Xu? Is he injured? Has he confessed his guilt? Is he being wrongly accused? Have the real culprit been found?"

She had so many questions she wanted to ask, and she blurted them all out in one go.

Li Heng didn't reply to any of them.

"My Lord, did you hear that?"

Li Heng was walking without looking around when Ji Xingyao suddenly squeezed next to him and looked at him intently with her head tilted.

Because the distance was very close, the fragrance from Ji Xingyao's hair drifted into Li Heng's nose with the wind.

Very fragrant and familiar.

Familiar yet strange.

This fragrance made Li Heng feel that he had missed something, but when he concentrated, he could not grasp anything.

Ji Xingyao's face was almost on Li Heng's shoulder. He took a step back calmly and said, "Minister Xu's matter is a bit complicated and cannot be explained in a short time. This matter is not for you to interfere. Go back. The palace has been under strict control recently. Don't run around."

After saying that, Li Heng strode out of the prison, leaving Ji Xingyao disheveled in the wind.

Damn, this bastard is just unreliable.

No, she hasn’t met Xu Jinyi yet, she can’t return empty-handed.

Ji Xingyao touched the silver on his waist and went back stealthily.

This time she found a jailer who looked easy to talk to, stuffed some silver into his pocket, and finally got some information.

"Minister Xu is currently doing well."

This sentence was ambiguous. Ji Xingyao pondered over it for a long time but still couldn't understand. Did the fact that he was safe at the moment mean that he was still in danger?

She couldn't stay in the prison for long, so she returned to Yonghe Palace with full of doubts.

After listening to her words, Wen Yuan asked her to relax. Based on her understanding of Li Zhao, he would not allow any unjust, false or wrongful case to happen.

Li Zhao valued talents. Since he ascended the throne, he recruited many talented people to serve the court.

Xu Jinyi was the top scholar chosen by him and was highly valued. There was no way Li Zhao would wrongly accuse him like this.

After listening to Wen Yuan's analysis, Ji Xingyao felt that she was right.

Instead of trying to prove your innocence, it is better to catch the real murderer.

Ji Xingyao had nothing to do during the day, so he visited people everywhere and listened to the palace maids and eunuchs secretly gossiping.

She joined in naturally, occasionally asking, "Have you ever heard of Shangshu Yao having conflicts with anyone?"

"That's not the case, but Minister Yao doesn't like the people of Southern Xinjiang. The Queen's coronation ceremony is approaching, and Minister Yao has been cursing the Southern Xinjiang barbarians every day in the Ministry of Rites."

From southern Xinjiang?

Ji Xingyao frowned slightly. Could it be that the person who killed Minister Yao was from southern Xinjiang?

In the past few days, Wen Yuan asked to see Li Zhao many times, but was refused by Eunuch Zhou on the grounds that the emperor was busy with official duties.

The matter of Xu Jinyi just ended like that.

As time went on, rumors began to spread within the palace.

"Minister Xu has pleaded guilty."

"It was he who killed Minister Yao."

"I heard that the murder weapon was found under the osmanthus tree in Minister Xu's house."

"The Censor has already made his decision. Minister Xu will be executed in the autumn."

Rumors spread quickly, and people made their claims sound convincing. Ji Xingyao couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Ayuan, Xu Jinyi couldn't be dead already."

"Don't scare yourself." Wen Yuan was unsure. After all, if you went into a place like Weiyu, you would be in great danger.

After waiting for another two days, Li Zhao still refused to show up.

Ji Xingyao couldn't wait any longer, so she decided to leave the palace to find Li Heng.

"Are you going to the Ruiping Palace?"

"Correct."

Wen Yuan's expression was complicated. She said worriedly, "Xingyao, you will be going back in two months. There is no need to get involved in the fate of the Taifeng people. Xu Jinyi's fate is what it is. You can't and shouldn't interfere."

"But I owe him a favor. Ayuan, I don't want to regret this after I leave. I just want to do my best to help him. If things really go against my wishes, then I will give up."