Chapter 948 The meaning of the letter

When Ji Pei was still in the imperial capital, he had met Zhao Qi several times. However, in the final analysis, he and Zhao Qi were not familiar with each other, and they had no friendship or hatred.

"Father-in-law, this...this letter doesn't say that you want to kill the Seventh Princess." Dai Liang said with a puzzled look on Ji Pei's face as he took the letter.

"No, it's just that you didn't see it." Ji Pei said lightly: "My relationship with the third prince is not very deep, and murdering the princess is a serious crime. He thinks he will say it directly in this letter? If that's the case If so, is he not afraid that I will take this letter to His Majesty? Do you think he will do something so embarrassing? Do you think everyone is as stupid as you soldiers?"

Dai Liang was unhappy at being ridiculed by Ji Pei, but he could not refute, so he had to say: "Father-in-law, how did you know that the third prince wanted you to kill the seventh princess?"

"Look at the letter in your hand." Ji Pei said: "In the letter, the third prince said: The seventh princess Zhao Qi secretly left the imperial capital and came to our Qingyuan County. Then, she suddenly said that there were rebels near our Qingyuan County. However, he was supposed to let me take care of the Seventh Princess, but he didn’t say that. Instead, he said: I don’t know if the ferocious rebels will harm the Seventh Princess. This seemed to be worrying about the Seventh Princess, but in fact , but it’s pointing at me.”

"My father-in-law means that the third prince wants Princess Qi to die in the hands of the rebels?" Dai Liang said.

"No." Ji Pei shook his head: "The third prince just wants the seventh princess to die. It doesn't matter who kills her, as long as the matter is finally blamed on the rebels."

"But..." Dai Liang looked at the letter in his hand again and said: "Father-in-law, based on this alone, is it too much to say that the third prince wants to kill the seventh princess? Maybe the third prince really is. Are you concerned about the safety of the Seventh Princess?"

Ji Pei looked at Dai Liang with disdain. The look in his eyes made Dai Liang not embarrassed, because he felt that Ji Pei was looking at a fool.

In fact, Ji Pei looked at Dai Liang as if he were a fool. He said, "What do you mean by saying that you soldiers have no brains? Look at the content of the letter. The third prince mentioned The relationship between myself and the Seventh Princess? "

"No." Dai Liang said awkwardly.

"Not only did he not mention it, he also said in the letter that the seventh princess is close to the eldest prince and has a good relationship with the eldest prince. If anything happens to the seventh princess, the eldest prince will definitely be very sad." Ji Pei said, "Although He added a sentence at the end: I hope the seventh princess’ trip goes well, but obviously, what he wants to say is only the first half: if the seventh princess dies, the eldest prince will be very sad!”

"This..." Dai Liang's face was still embarrassed and he said, "If the eldest prince and the seventh princess have a good relationship, he will naturally be sad if the seventh princess is hurt. There seems to be nothing wrong with this."

"You still don't understand what he means." Ji Pei said with a look of disdain: "He is just emphasizing the relationship between the seventh princess and the eldest prince! He is not really just telling me about the relationship between the seventh princess and the eldest prince. good."

"Even if the relationship between the seventh princess and the eldest prince is good, then this cannot be the reason for the third prince to want to kill the seventh princess. If His Majesty finds out about this kind of thing, the third prince will definitely be severely punished. Who in this world doesn't know, The person your Majesty loves the most is the seventh princess," Dai Liang said.

"It is precisely because everyone knows that Your Majesty loves the Seventh Princess the most that the Third Prince wants to kill the Seventh Princess!" Ji Pei said: "Your Majesty is old, but the position of Crown Prince is still unresolved, which gives all the princes I hope that there are many princes who have ideas about the throne, and the eldest prince and the third prince are among them! And His Majesty loves the seventh princess very much. Think about it, if the seventh princess often speaks for the eldest prince in his ear, what will happen? What kind of effect will it have? It may not matter once or twice, but if it happens more times, it will inevitably not affect His Majesty's judgment. It is precisely because of such worries that the third prince wants to take advantage of this opportunity to kill Qi. Princess, he will do this even if he needs to take risks. This can eliminate a hidden danger for him, and for the sake of the throne, it is worth taking some risks, and family ties can be ignored! "

"Oh, I understand." Ji Pei's explanation finally made Dai Liang understand the true intention of the third prince's letter. His face looked enlightened, but in his heart he was full of curses.

"These literati have so many twists and turns in their stomachs. Why don't you just say it directly? Why don't you just riddle it in this letter and not be afraid that others won't understand?"

Anyway, Dai Liang felt that if it weren't for Ji Pei's explanation, he would not be able to understand the true content of the letter.

"The third prince wants to get rid of the seventh princess, but it is not convenient for him to take action. Our Ji family is located in Qingyuan County, and we are a big family. That's why the third prince thought of hiring me as an aide." In this letter, his meaning is very clear. If I help him solve this matter, I can be his staff. If I can't understand what he means or can't solve the matter, then naturally I won't have to work as his staff. Talk." Ji Pei continued.

"Then how should we decide?" Dai Liang asked.

A hesitant and complicated look flashed across Ji Pei's face. Before he could speak, the housekeeper came again, accompanied by a servant. Ji Pei was shocked when he saw this servant.

"Why are you back? Didn't I ask you to go to the imperial capital to deliver a message to the third prince?" Ji Pei asked the servant in surprise.

The servant in front of him was the one that Ji Pei had asked to deliver the letter to the Third Prince and to tell him about Wu Fan's crimes. Logically, the servant should still be on his way to the imperial capital and should not be in the mansion.

"Master, I failed to do my job well. I met bandits on the way and they took away the letter from me." The servant said hurriedly.

"The letter was taken away by bandits?" Ji Pei asked.

"Yes, yes."

"They didn't take anything else from you, nor did they kill you?" Ji Pei asked.

"No."

Ji Pei's face changed slightly. After thinking for a while, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go down. I know about this."

"Yes, Master."

The housekeeper took the servant away, and only Ji Pei and Dai Liang were left in the living room.

"Wu Fan, you bastard! My Ji family and you are irreconcilable!" Ji Pei slammed the table fiercely.

"Father-in-law, what does this have to do with Wu Fan?" Dai Liang asked again with a puzzled look on his face.

"Do you really believe that the letter was stolen by bandits?" Ji Pei asked back. However, without waiting for Dai Liang to answer, he continued, "I tell you, no! There were no bandits. The letter was stolen by Wu Fan's men! Bandits don't just steal letters. If the servant just now encountered bandits, he might be dead now! How could he come back so safely? The bandits he encountered were just Wu Fan in disguise!"