The wronged female supporting role made a comeback with a divine reply

Chapter 174 Sorry to bother you

Standing next to him was the prince of Rui Wang. He was relatively calm and said, "My son is also confused. Su Ling doesn't look like someone who would commit suicide. Mother, why don't we report it to the police? Let Jingzhao Yin investigate?"

Princess Rui took a deep breath and said, "Let's go and take a look!"

After the mother and son arrived at Su Ling's residence, they saw her kneeling on a cushion with her head leaning against a chair. There were obvious tear marks on her face and her expression was sad, but there were no obvious wounds on her body.

The servants didn't dare to touch her, and naturally they didn't know whether she was poisoned.

Prince Rui asked the maid, and the maid said that it was Su Ling who sent the servants away the day before and locked herself in the room, and she had no idea what she did.

The good tool for marriage alliance was lost just like that. The prince of Rui was not willing to accept it. He suggested: "Mother, let's report it to the police! If it is man-made, it means that our house is not safe."

Princess Rui reached out to stop her son's proposal, and she slowly took out a painting from under Su Ling's dress.

Prince Rui was surprised and asked, "What is this?"

Princess Rui's hands were shaking a little. She waved away the maid beside her, opened the painting, and saw the beautiful lady inside.

Prince Rui: "Who is this?"

Princess Rui looked a little ferocious. She glared at Su Ling, took a deep breath and said, "This is Su Ling's biological mother. She has been kept in your father's study. There is no need to report it to Jingzhao Yin. You can write a memorial saying that Su Ling missed her biological mother and was too sad that she died suddenly."

“Mother! How can this be possible…” Prince Rui wanted to argue a few more words but was interrupted by Princess Rui with a wave of her hand.

"If I say it's okay, then you can report it to His Majesty like this! Go!"

"Yes."

Prince Rui could only do as he was told. Even though he was confused, he knew his mother was hiding something from him. She was just a concubine, so why couldn't she be seen by others? After all, his father was gone.

But he knew that his mother's decision was probably correct, so he quickly reported it to Emperor Yongkang.

When Emperor Yongkang received this memorial, he was stunned for a while, sighed, said nothing, and then ordered a grand funeral.

After the news spread, Prince Rui's palace held the funeral in an orderly manner and did not cause any waves.

Bai Zhaozhao's face was full of regret. If he had reported the case, maybe he could find out the origin of the painting!

Hey, do you want to test Mrs. Bai?

However, Bai Zhaozhao's painting skills were not good and he was unable to restore the appearance of the portrait.

So Bai Zhaozhao went to Bai Lin's study.

Before he knocked on the door, he saw Shizi An open the door and met Bai Zhaozhao's eyes. The smell of alcohol instantly reached Bai Zhaozhao's nostrils.

I saw that Prince An's eyes were slightly red, his clothes were a little messy, his lips were slightly open, and he seemed to be a little breathless. When he saw Bai Zhaozhao, he was stunned for a moment.

Bai Zhaozhao understood it all at once. He must have known that Su Ling was dead, and came to Bai Lin to drink out of sorrow. But what would happen if he knew that she was the one who killed Su Ling?

So Bai Zhaozhao was also stunned. She had nothing to say about the injured An Shizi.

After a while, Bai Lin's voice came: "Brother Tang, I just opened the door for ventilation, why don't you come in?"

Bai Zhaozhao said quickly: "Sorry to bother you!"

Then she ran away quickly.

It’s not that she felt any guilt, but she was afraid that she would be too happy and could not help saying something that would make the situation worse.

As for the paintings, well, let’s talk about it later!

But what Bai Zhaozhao didn't know was that after An Shizi turned back to the study, he said to Bai Lin: "Zhaozhao came here just now, and she seemed to... misunderstand something."

Bai Lin was slightly startled: "Nothing, she has always been clear-headed, you should drink some hangover soup, and next time you bet with me, just don't brag."

Prince An was not convinced: "Humph, isn't it just ten jars of sake? This prince drinks well! But how did you do it? The censor who impeached you can go back to his hometown to farm so easily?"

Bai Lin smiled and said, "How could I have really done anything? They impeached me, slapped me in the face, and then resigned and returned home. Wouldn't everyone think that I am cruel and vengeful?"

Prince An hiccuped: "Then how did you know he would resign? And you even tempted me to make a bet with you?"

Bai Lin handed the hangover soup to An Shizi: "I seduced you? Aren't you attracted to... my poems?"

Prince An nodded, thinking of the scene a few days ago when the emperor suddenly praised Bai Lin in public.

At that time, the emperor said that he had noble moral character and clear thoughts. He also gave Bai Lin the four treasures of the Wenfang and asked him to write down the poem "Since ancient times, everyone has to die" for everyone to circulate.

Then many ministers wanted to ask for it, but Bai Lin refused them all. Prince An also wanted it, so Bai Lin said that the censor would resign soon and asked Prince An whether he believed it.

Prince An naturally didn't believe it, and expressed his willingness to take out ten jars of tribute sake as a bet for Bai Lin to drink. If Bai Lin lost, he would also write a calligraphy for him.

It was obvious that An Shizi had lost, so he came with sake to fulfill his promise, but he ended up drinking too much.

Bai Lin looked at the sweaty An Shizi and said, "Why don't you take off your outer robe first and go to the guest room to take a nap. It's actually very simple. The censor is a member of the Qin Party. The Qin Party wants to use his resignation to make some new officials think that I am vindictive and alienate the trust between me and some of my helpers."

An Shizi shook his head and sobered up a little: "Then what are you going to do?"

"It's OK." Bai Lin said calmly: "This is also a test for me to select helpers. Some people need to be observed, and some people need to be united. We are not that familiar with each other, so we can see more clearly through things like this.

Besides, I guess the Qin Party didn’t expect that I would suddenly receive an award from the Emperor, so this move was much less lethal than they expected, but the arrow was on the string and had to be shot.”

In fact, even Bai Lin himself did not expect that Bai Zhaozhao's brilliant move would help him resolve a crisis of some magnitude. He still remembered that Bai Zhaozhao was very excited at the time, and after telling him what happened in the palace, he excitedly went to practice martial arts.

Prince An laughed a few times. He felt that Bai Lin was growing very fast and was showing signs of surpassing Wang Jinnian and becoming the most popular person around the emperor.

"Okay, I heard that Cheng Jiayu is coming to the capital soon. I guess I won't have time to drink with you in the future. I will go to Lu County after I get familiar with iron smelting from him."

"Well, you have to be careful with this person."

"I know, he is the one who once coveted Zhao Zhao, humph!"

As Prince An was speaking, he felt drunk and his whole body was hot. He couldn't help but start to take off his outer clothes. Bai Lin sighed and helped him untie his belt.

At this time, Bai Zhaozhao came back and stood at the door, looking at the two of them in surprise.

"I'm sorry to bother you! Brother, do you need... medicine?"

Bai Lin's mouth twitched, knowing that his sister's mind was wandering, and he quickly said, "He's drunk. I'll help him to the guest room to rest. If you have anything to do, wait for me here!"

Bai Zhaozhao quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, brother, I'm really fine, you guys get busy!"

After saying that, she ran away again. She swore that the painting was really not important. What was important was why this magical CP feeling was so addictive? No, no, she had to calm down.

Bai Lin: ...