Haitao turned over and knelt down, crying: "Second Prince, spare your life, I dare not lie..."

"You! Okay! If I skin you alive, I will take your surname!" With that said, Zhao Yuanxi rushed forward to fight Haitao again, but luckily he was stopped by Leng Yi.

Leng Yi turned around and said to Haitao: "Go back! There is no need to tell others what happened today!"

"Yes! I'll leave this slave." Haitao cried and crawled out of the room, then lowered his head and ran away quickly.

Zhao Yuanxi wanted to chase him out, but was stopped by Leng Yi. Leng Yi said: "Second prince, there is no need to worry. This matter involves Huang Zhaoyi's reputation. Haitao protects his master, so naturally he does not dare to say nonsense."

Zhao Yuanxi said: "So, Master Leng believes that I am innocent?"

"Yes, Wei Chen believes it." Leng Yi smiled.

Zhao Yuanxi stared at Leng Yi and said, "Really?"

"Of course it's true."

"If you still don't believe me, I can ask my eunuch to testify with you. He was also outside Huang Zhaoyi's house last night..."

Leng Yi hurriedly said: "No need, I believe it. Besides, he is your attendant to the second prince, and his testimony cannot prove anything."

"That's true. I'm not done with Haitao, this cheap maid! Okay, then I'll leave."

"Second Prince, please go slowly!"

Zhao Yuanxi came out of the room with his hands in hand, stepped on the snow, and quickly returned to his meditation room.

The old eunuch who was the attendant he brought in hurriedly stepped forward and said: "You are back!"

"Yeah! Close the door!"

Knowing that he had something to explain, the old eunuch hurried to the door and looked. There was no one else around, so he entered the room and closed the door. When he came to Zhao Yuanxi, he bowed.

Zhao Yuanxi snorted: "Leng is still looking into the Golden Chamber Covenant! Moreover, he said, there are already some clues! If Leng finds the Golden Chamber Covenant and makes it public, the throne will be passed to Zhao Tingmei and then

Report back to Zhao Dezhao, whether it’s my fault or not, absolutely not,”

The old eunuch groaned and said: "Then we have to take action quickly! We can't let the fat in our mouth fly away!"

"Yes! This guy named Leng also knew about me teasing Beauty Daji. Just now, in order to prove that I didn't kill Beauty Daji, I had no choice but to let him know about me sleeping with Huang Zhaoyi last night!"

"Ah? How could the Second Prince tell him such a thing? Wouldn't it be terrible if the officials knew about it?"

"No!" Zhao Yuanxi sneered darkly: "Tell him. Firstly, it will prove that I did not kill the beauty Daji. Secondly, it will also let him know that I regard him as a confidant, which can temporarily stabilize him.

.Then we can take action."

"Great idea! The second prince should stay calm. If this kind of thing happens to me, this old slave will be frightened to death. How can he be so thoughtful?"

Zhao Yuanxi smiled proudly: "You leave the palace immediately and arrange the assassination of Leng Yi. This time, you only need to succeed and no failure is allowed! Otherwise, he will guess that I sent someone to do it and expose the matter. That will be troublesome.

Got it!"

"Old slave understands, let's make arrangements now!"

The old eunuch said and walked out quickly.

Ling Yan came out of the closet and said to Leng Yi: "I didn't expect the second prince to be such a person! He molested his own aunt and had an affair with another aunt. He is simply a beast!"

Leng Yi said: "Yes, it's really unexpected. But fortunately, he is pretty good to me, otherwise such a person would be really scary."

"Not bad for you?" Ling Yan sneered, "Just now when you went out to call someone, you didn't see his sinister sneer. I saw it all from the cracks in the closet. Master Leng, you have to pay attention to him. He and you

I have told so many secrets, but I am not afraid that you will tell them. Either I will really treat you as a trustworthy confidant, or I will kill someone to silence you so that you cannot tell them! The way he looked just now did not mean that he wanted to treat you as a confidant.

"

Leng Yi was shocked and turned pale: "He, he wants to kill me to silence me?"

"Most likely!"

"Then, what should we do? Sister Lingyan, you have to find a way to save me!"

Ling Yan said: "Don't worry, wait until I get back to discuss with senior sister before making any plans. I'll leave first."

"Okay, tell Concubine Huarui that the official may ask me to come and ask her to check the flower planting situation later, and then I can ask her for advice."

"Okay, my senior sister has a good impression of you. I will go back and tell her about your dangerous situation, and she will probably help you."

“Thank you very much!”

After sending Ling Yan away, a proud smile appeared on Leng Yi's lips.

Immediately, the smile disappeared, and he went out of the door, asking the maid on guard in the distance to come over and invite Princess Wei.

The eldest princess of Wei came soon. After greeting Leng Yi, she sat on the edge of the Kang. Leng Yi stood with his hands lowered and asked: "Princess, I have some questions to ask the princess about the mysterious death of beauty Da Ji."

"Ask!"

"Where was the princess last night?"

"Last night? Of course I slept in the meditation room."

"Can anyone testify?"

"Of course, my maid Lianqiu sleeps on the same bed with me in the same room, she can testify!"

"Oh, the eldest princess is very good to this slave."

"Yes, she grew up with me. Although we are master and servant, we are sisters."

"Wait a minute, can Weichen ask her?"

"Can."

"Thank you," Leng Yi bowed his hands in greeting, "The eldest princess lives next door to the beautiful Daji. Did you hear any noise last night?"

Princess Wei glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I heard it."

"Oh? Princess, can you tell me what happened?"

"To be precise, it was Lianqiu who heard it. Last night, I was woken up by Lianqiu. I saw her getting under the quilt and her whole body was cold. I said what are you doing? Why is it so cold? She said she heard something next door

There was a movement in the house, as if something had fallen over. I listened carefully, but I didn't hear anything, because the storm outside was very strong, and it was beating on the windows. I said, did you hear it wrong? She

She said no, because the snowstorm was so heavy that she couldn't sleep. After hearing the sound, she went out and saw that the window of Daji Beauty was open. But because the ground on the porch was covered with snow, she was wearing her middle coat again.

It was very cold, so I didn't go over to check and came back. I said that Daji beauty has a very strange temperament and doesn't know what to do in the middle of the night. I ignored her and we went on to sleep."

"When was that?"

"I don't know, because there is no watch in the temple, and the sound of the watch in the inner court can't be heard here, so I don't know when. Anyway, it's not dawn yet."

"Besides this, did you hear anything else?"

"Didn't hear anything else."

"Then the eldest princess estimates that if Beauty Daji is murdered, who will kill Beauty Daji?"

"It's hard to say. Beauty Daji is very domineering. There are many people who hate her, but I don't know who it would be if they really want her life."

"Okay. Thank you very much, princess. You can go back now. I want to ask your maid Lianqiu."

Princess Wei stood up and left, and Leng Yi asked the maid outside to call in Princess Wei's maid Lianqiu.

Lianqiu was very nervous, so she came in and knelt down and kowtowed: "I pay my respects to Master Leng!"

"Get up and talk!"

"yes!"

Leng Yi said: "Did you hear any unusual noise last night?"

"No!" Lianqiu lowered his head and said.

"No? Didn't you hear any noise in Daji Beauty's meditation room?"

"No..., no..."

Leng Yi frowned and said: "But, your lady just said that last night you heard the sound of something overturning in the Zen room where beauty Daji lived, and you went out to take a look. You also saw that the window of her Zen room was open.

Yes, she woke up from the cold when we came back. Is this the case?"

Lianqiu was a little flustered and said: "There is no such thing..."

"No?" Leng Yi said, "Then I will ask your empress to come over and confront me!"

Lianqiu was so frightened that she knelt down and kowtowed: "Sir, spare your life!"

"Spare your life?" Leng Yi asked curiously: "I didn't say I wanted your life, so why spare your life?"

Lianqiu trembled and said, "I saw something, but I can't say it. If I let him know, I will be dead!"

"who is he?"

"This slave dare not say anything."

"You dare not say it? Then you are an accomplice! I have no choice but to arrest you and force you to confess!"

Lianqiu's whole body was trembling: "Master, please spare my life!"

"Tell me! What did you see? Otherwise, no one can help you!"

"Yes..." Lianqiu trembled and said: "Last night, because of the heavy snowstorm outside, the slave girl couldn't sleep because of the heavy snow blowing on the window. She kept tossing and turning. When it was about three o'clock, the slave girl was about to fall asleep.
To be continued...