With Guo Xing, Cui Niang and Chen Kai taking care of each other, the house in Jixiang Hutong is still clean and elegant, as if the owner has never left.

Cui Niang took the servants from the mansion to guard the door. When she saw the convoy coming, Cui Niang smiled and ran over before the carriage could stop.

"Madam hasn't changed at all, she is still so beautiful!"

"Why did the official tan?"

"Oh, the eldest young master is so tall, girl, is this a girl?"

When the masters of all sizes appeared in front of her one by one, Cui Niang's mouth was almost too little. After praising this and that, she finally stuttered at Chu Jin. Otherwise, what if the girl changed so much? Only three years have passed. The little girl with a childish look on her face has become a graceful girl waiting to marry. Her apricot eyes and snowy skin reminded Cui Niang of the little lady who had been more than ten years ago.

Cui Niang was so stunning when she saw Chu Jin that she seemed to have never seen it before.

Zhao Fang was unhappy and asked her: "Why don't you praise me?"

Cui Niang laughed and immediately praised the young master again.

The Zhao Mansion, which had been silent for three years, finally returned to its former liveliness this day.

The whole family was exhausted and they must have wanted to rest first. Xie Ying and his family of four said goodbye after lunch here and left.

The children were really tired, so they took a hot shower and went to rest.

The hot water was also boiled in the upper room. After the water was mixed, Jiao washed it first. After washing it, she came to the east room and saw Zhao Yanping sitting on a chair facing south. She didn't know what she was thinking.

Gillian walked over and it was not until she stopped in front of Zhao Yanping that Zhao Yanping came to her senses. He raised his head and saw Gillian wearing only a silk-skinned dress. She had just left the bath with a fragrance of flower dew, her delicate cheeks exuded the bright color of the bath, and her apricot eyes had a few traces of resentment, as if she was blaming him for being absent-minded.

Zhao Yanping rolled in his throat.

He and Ah Jiao have not had sex for almost three years. When his mother died, he naturally had no intention of that. Later, he became sad and thoughtful, but because the couple took their children to sleep in separate rooms, they had no chance at all, and he had to endure the chance. He had been taking a boat all the way back to Beijing, and the couple still had their own rooms. Now Ah Jiao stood in front of him with a fragrant smell. Even if there were many worries, Zhao Yanping wanted to do so.

Seeing that his eyes were finally filled with him, Ajiao bit her lip and chuckled, and moved to the inner room.

Zhao Yanping took a shower quickly, returned to the inner room and closed the door. He got into the bed on the kang and pressed Ah Jiao and took it off hard.

"What were you thinking about just now?"

After a while, Gillian, who had recovered from the Qingming Festival, leaned against the man's broad chest and looked at his firm chin and asked. Returning to Beijing is a happy event, and it is also a happy event for the couple to finally sleep together. Last night, Zhao Yanping secretly pinched her hand on the boat, looking as if she was patient. Today, she could do whatever she wanted for him, but she was still free to be distracted. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that he might have hidden his worries.

Zhao Yanping used her as a pillow with one hand and rubbed her hair with the other hand. After a moment of silence, he told Gillian the case of Pan Rui, the prince of Xiting.

"I will go to Dali Temple to resume my post tomorrow, and this case will probably be handed over to me."

Gillian couldn't help but sit up and look down at him for such a big thing.

Although the ground dragon was burning in the room, it was cold when exposed. Zhao Yanping pulled the person down and asked her to pay attention to avoid catching a cold while covering the quilt for Gillian.

Gillian snuggled in his warm arms. When Zhao Yanping hugged her again, her face pressed against his chest, he could hear his powerful heartbeat.

"What will you do if you really leave it to you?" Gillian asked softly.

Zhao Yanping looked at the beam on his head, and although his voice was low, he had no hesitation: "If you investigate the case, it is found that the murderer is fair to the deceased."

Gillian: "If the murderer is Pan Rui..."

Zhao Yanping's eyes were cold: "Murdering someone will pay for his life. If he really murdered his wife, he should be killed according to the law."

Gillian nodded softly.

Zhao Yanping suddenly lowered, looked into her eyes and asked, "If I offended the emperor because of this case and were demoted by the emperor in the future, would you blame me?"

Gillian also looked at him and asked, "If I blame you, would you still insist on doing this?"

Zhao Yanping's face changed slightly.

Gillian pressed his lips before he spoke and smiled, "No matter who you offend, I won't blame you. If you handle the case impartially, you will lose your holy heart. At the worst, you will lose your official position and go back to your hometown to continue farming. There is nothing wrong with farming. Besides, we have thousands of taels of silver in our family and can live a comfortable life even if we farm. I won't blame you."

The Zhao Yanping she likes is Zhao Yanping, who is polite and selfless. If he had not been like this from the beginning, but was greedy for wealth and did not dare to offend the superiors, then he had married a rich lady as his wife under the arrangement of Mrs. Zhao, how could he have become a relationship between the two?

"Do what you want, don't worry about me and the children." Gillian kissed him.

She just glanced at the water, Zhao Yanping held her face and whispered her hard.

Gillian wiped her face as if she was disgusted.

Zhao Yanping smiled.

The next morning, Zhao Yanping put on his red fourth-rank official robe again and went to Dali Temple.

There was no court meeting today. Shortly after Zhao Yanping entered Dali Temple, an oral order came from the imperial study room, and the emperor asked him to come over.

Zhao Yanping put down the files of the Zhuang family case in his hand and quickly went to the imperial study.

Emperor Xuanhe's favor for Concubine Zhao is well known in the court, but since he was King Xuan, Emperor Xuanhe has never had any friendship with Zhao Yanping outside of official duties, and even looked at him in the palace, as if he did not regard the Zhao family as a marriage partner at all. Now that the king and his ministers meet, Emperor Xuanhe first talks about the old days with Zhao Yanping for the first time, caring about Zhao Yanping, and then mentioning the situation of Concubine.

"The imperial concubine misses you very much, especially Chu Jin. In two days, you will take the initiative to hand in the letter and ask for your meeting. Don't wait for the imperial concubine to summon you." Emperor Xuanhe sat on the warm couch and said as if chatting at home.

Zhao Yanping said respectfully: "I obey the order."

Emperor Xuanhe took a sip of tea and looked at him. Finally mentioned the Pan Rui case: "Cai Qi is old, Zeng Yongshuo is not young, and the case is not as neat as before. The murder case of a woman with a wife in the inner family cannot be solved for such a long time. It is the time for you to come back. Solve the case before the court's grand break, and don't delay it until next year."

Zhao Yanping received the order.

Emperor Xuanhe added casually: "By the way, I have dealt with Pan Rui, and he is as timid as a mouse. This case must have nothing to do with him. You should try other servants of the Pan Mansion more and don't waste time on him."

Zhao Yanping moved his long eyelashes slightly, and noticed that Emperor Xuanhe was staring at him. Zhao Yanping raised his eyes and said frankly: "Back to the emperor, all the people Zhuang had contacted before his death are related to this case. I will interrogate them in turn. If there is indeed evidence to rule out Pan Rui's suspicion, I will release him immediately."

He omitted half of his words, and Emperor Xuan looked at him for a while, but did not ask, "Yeah" and told him to retreat.

Zhao Yanping lowered his head and said back.

When he returned to Dali Temple, Zeng Yongshuo, the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, poured him a lot of bitterness first. The emperor also told them that protecting Pan Rui is actually simple. The difficulty lies in protecting Pan Rui. Dali Temple has to hand over another murderer. But there is no evidence to prove that any servant from the Pan Mansion killed someone. Dali Temple cannot be wronged by innocent people, right?

Cai Qi didn't want to accuse the innocent and went home to recuperate because he was sick.

This trick was first used by Cai Qi. Zeng Yongshuo didn't have such a shameless face to imitate him. He admitted that he did not dare to offend the emperor too ruthlessly, but he could not be accused of innocent people, so he chose to delay.

"The emperor has not replaced anyone else to preside over the trial of this case. I guess he is waiting for you to come back." Zeng Yongshuo said to Zhao Yanping with complicated eyes.

Zhao Yanping said: "What do you mean is that the emperor believes that I can find the murderer from the servants of the Pan Mansion?"

Zeng Yongshuo shook his head and said, "It's because the people in the capital all accept you. If you can prove that Pan Rui is innocent, then Pan Rui may be really innocent."

This sentence has a profound meaning. Zeng Yongshuo's case has been tried for so long, and he must have had a result in his heart. At this time, he actually said, "Pan Rui may be really innocent." It is clearly telling Zhao Yanping that the murderer was Pan Rui.

Zhao Yanping didn't need this hint. He could find out whoever he should be.

As Zhao Yanping's previous speculation, this case is not difficult to solve.

The night Zhuang died, he lived with Pan Rui. According to the memories of Cailing, the eldest maid next to Zhuang, Pan Rui got drunk that night. Soon after he entered, he seemed to have had an argument with Zhuang, and there was no movement afterwards. Cailing was watching outside and fell asleep. Later, at the third anniversary, Pan Rui suddenly ran out and said that Zhuang had died suddenly.

When Cai Qi tried the case, Pan Rui confessed to a confession, saying that he was indeed drunk and had a quarrel with Zhuang. He was suddenly awakened by urine while asleep. After the small relief, he thought of the argument. He was irritable and depressed, so he went to the yard to sit for a long time. When he was sleepy, he found that Zhuang was dead.

Pan Rui believed that Zhuang was killed by Cailing, and the motive was that Cailing always wanted to be his concubine. Zhuang firmly disagreed. The more Cailing thought about it, the more angry she became, so she killed Zhuang while he left, and then pretended to sleep and knew nothing.

This motive sounds very reasonable at first glance, but several maids and nannies around Zhuang can testify that Cailing is loyal to Zhuang and cannot murder his master at all. On the contrary, Pan Rui, because his family has become rich and rich, has a young and beautiful beauty, began to dislike his original wife who had been tired of seeing her, but she was very proud of her face. Instead, she asked Zhuang to ask for her to leave. Zhuang refused to respond. Pan Rui became angry after drinking and became interested in killing.

After Zhao Yanping investigated, he determined that the confessions of the maids around Zhuang were true.

It must have been killed by Pan Rui. Cai, who had never wanted to investigate deeply before he could find evidence. Zhao Yanping had inspected Zhuang's body. Because the winter in the capital was cold and the body was preserved intact, Zhao Yanping found two indentations on Zhuang's legs. It should be that when the murderer committed the murderer, he was worried that Zhuang's resistance would be too fierce to alarm the maid outside, so he sat on Zhuang's body and put on another poisonous hand.

When she brought Cailing and Pan Rui over to compare, the indentation that Cailing could cause was not suitable. Moreover, when she was a thin woman, she didn't have enough strength to cover Zhuang's face with her hands. If she changed to Pan Rui, the indentation and movements were explained.

The evidence was in front of him, and Pan Rui could no longer argue. Zhao Yanping submitted the closing of the case. The whole capital had spread this matter. It was known that Zhuang's death was at the hands of Pan Rui. He died when his family was in decline and was fully supported by Zhuang's family. Once he became prosperous, he wanted to kill his wife and marry another new man.
Chapter completed!