The delicate little cabbage was pushed by the old emperor

But he also felt that the Ye family would never do such a thing.

What’s the point of the Ye family holding Shen Lebai and Shangguan Yueyin hostage?

Based on his inference about the Ye family, they should want to keep a low profile and let him relax his vigilance.

"Could it be someone who has had a feud with Master Shen or Le Yin?"

"This..." Father Shen thought hard for a moment, but he had no clue. "Le Bai has a gentle personality and usually wouldn't get into conflict with anyone."

"And I've never heard of him having any grudges against anyone."

Shen Leyan thought about it and felt that her brother really didn't have any enemies.

As far as she knew, the only ones who had had conflicts with Sister Yueyin seemed to be Aunt Qing and Shangguan Yuefei.

These two people are women from the inner palace. Even if they hate Sister Yueyin in their hearts, they should not do such a big thing.

Although she didn't know what happened after Aunt Qing was expelled from the mansion, Shangguan Yuefei knew.

After she married the deposed crown prince as a concubine, she should now be imprisoned in the cold palace together with the deposed crown prince. Logically, she should not be able to get out.

However, she thought that since she still couldn't find the person, she might as well send someone to investigate, just in case there were any clues.

She told Emperor Yong'an and Shen's father about her thoughts.

After hearing this, the two men thought it made sense and immediately sent people to check it out.

"People's hearts are hard to predict and hard to guard against," sighed Shen's father.

Shen Leyan nodded slightly, but had other thoughts in her mind.

She suddenly thought of the Ye family that Emperor Yong'an had just mentioned, and she immediately had another suspect.

Emperor Yong'an looked at her with a serious expression, "Yan'er, have you come up with any other clues?"

Shen Leyan looked at her and nodded, telling her the person she was thinking of.

"Ye Jinyu."

"Ye Jinyu? A member of the Ye family?"

Emperor Yong'an had no impression of Ye Jinyu at all, he just knew that she was from the Ye family by hearing the name.

Bao Shun stepped forward and explained considerately, "Your Majesty, Ye Jinyu is the second daughter of General Ye. She returned to the capital with the Ye family some time ago."

"Ye Jinzhi's sister?"

"That's right, you gave the Ye family a lot of rewards before."

He only remembered that he promoted Ye Jinzhi to the rank of General Yunhui, a fourth-rank official, and he didn't care much about other random people.

At that time, he deliberately used the arranged marriage to test this person, but found that this person was still too young and a little impatient, so he did not pay special attention to him.

"Then what does this matter have to do with Ye Jinyu?" He looked at Shen Leyan in confusion and asked.

Shen Leyan then told what happened between Ye Jinyu and her brother.

When Shen's mother heard her say this, she seemed to have some impression.

She remembered that this person seemed to have come to visit her specially, saying that he wanted to repay a favor...

After hearing this, Emperor Yong'an immediately ordered Baoshun, "Send someone to the Ye family to find out if Ye Jinyu is at home today and if he has done anything strange recently."

After Baoshun received the order and went out, he returned after a while. He suddenly thought of a very important piece of news...

Emperor Yong'an looked at Baoshun running back in a hurry and was a little angry. "Have you completed the task I ordered you to do so quickly?"

Bao Shun said tremblingly: "I deserve death, Your Majesty, please forgive me."

"This morning, I received a piece of news, but you were accompanying the Empress and instructed us not to disturb you..."

"I thought it was not a serious matter, so I did not report it to you in time. I was arrogant and self-righteous. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

When Baoshun received the news in the morning, he didn't find a chance to report it, and then he forgot about it in his anxiety.

Because Emperor Yong'an had been accompanying Shen Leyan and did not allow anyone to disturb her, he thought it was not an urgent matter and planned to wait until the Emperor and the Empress returned to the palace before talking about it.

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly!" Emperor Yong'an scolded impatiently.

Shen Leyan was also a little anxious when she heard this, but she knew that it couldn't be blamed entirely on Baoshun, as he always knew how to act in moderation.

Bao Shun hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I learned this morning that the Ye family seems to have had close contact with the Princess's Mansion recently."

When Emperor Yong'an heard this, his brows furrowed tightly, and his eyes showed doubt and a hint of anger.

"The Princess's Mansion? What are they planning to do together?"

Shen Leyan was also shocked. The Ye family had close ties with the Princess's Mansion, so they must have some plans.

She suddenly remembered that the last time Princess Jiayin and Sister Le Yin came to the Shen Mansion, they looked at her with strange eyes.

She seemed particularly surprised and concerned about her becoming the queen, and pulled her aside to ask many questions about the relationship between her and the emperor.

At that time, Shen Leyan only felt a little sorry in her heart, after all, he had hidden it from her for a long time.

Princess Jiayin has always been very enthusiastic towards her and Sister Yueyin, but she has never told the princess about what happened between her and the emperor.

After that, Princess Jiayin had little contact with them, and even the gifts for her wedding were brought by someone else.

If it were before, according to the princess's personality, she would have been there in person and accompanied her with Sister Yueyin.

She and her sister Yueyin didn't have time to think about these things that day. Now she thinks that perhaps Princess Jiayin had already created a gap with them at that time.

Shen Leyan recalled the interactions between them and the princess, and always felt that something was strange, but she couldn't put her finger on it for the moment.

It seemed as if the few of them had been very deliberate in their acquaintance from the very beginning, from the eldest princess bringing the princess to Tinghua Yanyu to buy things, to inviting them to attend the eldest princess's birthday party.

She wondered if there was any connection between them.

She remembered that Sister Yueyin had told her that she and Princess Jiayin had met several times.

Since they were obviously familiar with each other before, why did Princess Jiayin start to get along well with Sister Yueyin only after meeting her?

Logically speaking, the two of them should have known each other earlier.

She felt that the problem might lie with the eldest princess.

Shen Leyan felt a little flustered. She didn't know why, but she suddenly felt that the eldest princess might have brought Princess Jiayin here intentionally to get close to them.

And the eldest princess's target should be her...

Or maybe it was Emperor Yong'an behind her...

"Your Majesty, how well do you know the eldest princess? What is your relationship like?"

Emperor Yong'an frowned slightly, his thoughts extending, "If I were to describe the relationship between her and me in one word, it would be close but not too distant."

"As for understanding, Queen Mother should know more about him."

Emperor Yong'an explained, "After the late emperor's empress passed away, she was raised by my mother for a while, so she maintained a good relationship with her mother."

"In my opinion, although the eldest princess appears gentle and generous on the surface, she is actually very meticulous and scheming."

Shen Leyan nodded. She had heard Sister Yueyin mention some of the eldest princess's deeds before.

Knowing that she was friendly and loved to host banquets, most of the noble ladies in the capital were on good terms with her.