The seductive princess is no longer being pursued; the aloof prime minister is facing a crematorium.

Chapter 217 What an outrageous family dinner!

Guilt was not her goal.

She wanted to gain something from Qingbeishan's "guilt".

Thinking of this, Jiang Jinshuang took a deep breath and smiled as she looked at Qing Beishan in front of her: "Uncle Qing, this is my close friend, Yan Jue."

After a pause, Jiang Jinshuang smiled and reiterated, "A life-or-death friendship."

Qing Beishan touched his eye sockets, sniffed, and then looked in the direction Jiang Jinshuang was pointing.

The man before me was dressed in black, handsome and refined, with clear and aloof features.

Having fought in battles for decades, Qingbei Mountain had seen hundreds of martial artists. He could tell at a glance that the man before him was no ordinary fighter.

Narrowing his eyes, Qing Beishan naturally understood Jiang Jinshuang's unspoken meaning.

With a kind smile, Qing Beishan said, "Your Highness's friend is an honored guest of my General's Mansion. If this Young Master Yanjue needs anything in the future, he can come to me."

Yan Jue wasn't very good at social etiquette. When he heard Qing Beishan say that, he subconsciously glanced at Jiang Jinshuang.

He noticed that Jiang Jinshuang smiled and nodded at him, seemingly in tacit approval.

He then nodded slightly, his tone cold: "Fine."

That's all.

Jiang Jinshuang smiled helplessly and said on behalf of Yan Jue, "Uncle Qing, my friend is a little slow to react, please don't mind."

Qing Beishan smiled and waved his hand: "No need to be so formal. This kind of young man is very much to Uncle Qing's liking!"

After many years apart, Jiang Jinshuang and Qing Beishan talked for a long time in the main hall.

He even subtly mentioned the inkstone technique, making Qing Beishan remember him even more.

As the conversation reached a climax, Qing Beishan waved his hand and laughed loudly, "Uncle Qing is in a good mood today, Your Highness, please stay for dinner tonight."

The banquet this morning was for the officials, but the family banquet tonight is for our own people from Qingbei Mountain.

Jiang Jinshuang smiled and said, "Since Uncle Qing has said so, then I will respectfully comply."

Jiang Jinshuang is in a really good mood today.

During the daytime banquet, Jiang Jinshuang managed to extract some information from the Crown Prince, giving her a direction for her investigation.

Jiang Biechen told her that the Prince of Changping had indeed come to see him before he died.

However, Changping King Jiang Zeyi did not trust Jiang Biechen, and even when he spoke with Jiang Biechen, he did not reveal much information.

However, there is one thing: after getting drunk in the Eastern Palace, Prince Changping laughed loudly and claimed that Prince Ruiyang, despite his scheming, was actually just a fool who was afraid of death.

He did so much for Wan Jin, but in the end, not only did he not have a good ending, but even his body could not be placed in the ancestral temple.

So stupid.

Before his death, Prince Ruiyang had only seen Prince Changping, Jiang Zeyi, besides Jiang Jinshuang.

Moreover, Prince Ruiyang, Jiang Buhuo, met with Jiang Jinshuang first, and then Jiang Zeyi sent someone to secretly meet with Jiang Buhuo.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the last person to see Jiang Buhuo should be Jiang Zeyi.

Therefore, what he said was very valuable.

Jiang Jinshuang couldn't tell how much of what Jiang Biechen said was true or false, but she was certain that before his death, Uncle Ruiyang must have said something to Jiang Zeyi, intentionally or unintentionally.

This led Jiang Zeyi to be absolutely certain that the mask of the God of Slaughter was the Tiger Tally, and he was willing to risk starting a rebellion.

However, he must have guessed something wrong, which led to his misjudgment and ultimately his tragic death.

This is Jiang Jinshuang's current clue.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the imperial family treated Jiang Buhuo and Jiang Zeyi, both of whom were accused of treason, in completely different ways. As for Jiang Zeyi, the Prince of Changping, there's not much to say. Once the emperor learned of his rebellion, he acted swiftly and decisively, even implicating and punishing ministers and officials associated with Jiang Zeyi.

The lightest punishment is resignation from office; the heaviest is extermination of the entire family.

However, looking back at the case of Prince Ruiyang back then, the emperor's attitude was quite ambiguous.

Despite clearly stating that Prince Ruiyang was a traitor and a rebel, Jiang Jinshuang, as his closest confidante, was not implicated in any way after his death.

If she hadn't insisted on exonerating Prince Ruiyang, Jiang Huayan didn't seem to intend to implicate or blame her.

As for the Black Armor Cavalry, Prince Ruiyang spent half his life guarding the borders and defending against enemies. He didn't have many officials or courtiers. As Prince Ruiyang's army, the Black Armor Cavalry were his most loyal subordinates.

The Black Armor Cavalry could even be described as blindly loyal.

Normally, if the Black Armor Cavalry learned of the death of Prince Ruiyang, they would certainly muster their troops and send their iron cavalry straight to the imperial city, regardless of whether the prince was dead or alive.

After King Ruiyang died, all the black-armored cavalry, except for Lu Xiao, chose to remain stationed at the border and never left without permission.

Moreover, although Prince Ruiyang did not have many acquaintances with officials in the capital, he did have some. Those officials were not implicated at all back then, and they did not even have to resign.

Now, this Qingbei Mountain, who came from a branch of the Black Armor Cavalry, is living a carefree life in the capital.

This in itself speaks volumes.

At least in the eyes of the imperial family, the “treason” of Prince Ruiyang was different from that of Prince Changping.

It could even be said that the Emperor was aware of the Prince Ruiyang's plot to rebel, but was actually guilty.

That's why I didn't want to harm others.

If that's really the case, then Jiang Jinshuang will have a direction to take.

Jiang Jinshuang has been in a good mood ever since the banquet ended.

So when Qingbei Mountain invited her to a family banquet at the General's Mansion, she readily agreed.

Qing Beishan smiled and said, "The manor is quite lively tonight. With His Highness and the Grand Secretary present, the family banquet is truly an honor."

Jiang Jinshuang's smile faltered.

She froze for a moment, then smiled and looked at Qing Beishan: "Uncle Qing, you mean... Lord Pei is here too?"

Qing Beishan smiled and said, "Yes, I have also invited Lord Pei to stay for dinner."

Jiang Jinshuang raised an eyebrow.

Speaking of Pei Du, Qing Beishan scratched his head, looked around, and muttered somewhat blankly, "Huh? Strange, why haven't we seen that Prime Minister since the beginning?"

Jiang Jinshuang raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "Uncle Qing, you don't know this, but the Grand Secretary has a low alcohol tolerance. He drank quite a bit at the banquet today and has probably already been taken back by his subordinates to sober up."

Qing Beishan looked surprised: "Really? I haven't heard of that."

Jiang Jinshuang smiled. She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but then she heard a servant hurriedly reporting from outside the door.

"My lord! Your Highness! You must go out and see what's going on!"

Qing Beishan frowned and looked at the servant with displeasure: "What's the matter that you're in such a hurry? What kind of behavior is this?"

The servant who came to report was still out of breath when he hurriedly said, "The newly promoted top scholar has helped Lord Pei into the General's mansion!"

"What!?"

One sentence struck him like a thunderbolt, and Qing Beishan looked up abruptly, even thinking he had misheard.

He hurriedly lifted his foot and rushed towards the gate of the mansion.

Jiang Jinshuang was also curious, so she followed Qing Beishan out.