If they want to keep their relationship, they have to pay attention to such things even though they are commonly minor. Fortunately, Yan Ling and Liang He find out the problems early and have them solved in time, which is a successful move.
As for the case of Bai Yiyi’s death, just as Liang He said, the case is concluded in a hurry. Imperial Censor Bai is really an old fox. He reports the result to the Emperor prior to anyone else.
Imperial Censor Bai probably means that the murderer of his daughter has been found. He is sorry for misunderstanding Yan Ling.
Now that the murderer has been found, who had committed suicide, in order not to cause unnecessary panic and destroy the relationship between the two families, it is better to put an end to the case as soon as possible. And he can deal with the aftermath by himself and doesn’t need to bother the Crown Prince.
The words are reasonable and convincing as well. In this case, how could the Emperor who originally had no great interest in this case refuse to accept?
Of course, the Emperor is not stupid. He knows that there must be a lot of dirty tricks in it. But as long as it does not endanger his country and his reign, he doesn’t bother to care about the personal conflicts.
If it were 20 or 30 years ago, the Emperor might not stand the whitewash and would make great efforts to investigate the matter and find out the truth.
But now at his age, the Emperor can see clearly that sometimes it’s enough to have a result that the public buy. It’s unnecessary to investigate the truth which is not cared by many people.
Has there been less fighting either overtly or covertly in the court over the years? The Emperor knows that he cannot completely eradicate such things. As long as they don’t threaten his reign, he would leave the troubles for themselves.
On the one hand, the Emperor does not have the energy to deal with the trivial matters. On the other hand, as a ruler, he does not need to be in charge of everything. He only needs to control the overall situation and the general trend. As long as he is the supreme ruler of the country, those fights don’t matter for him at all.
Everything will achieve a balance as time goes by, so will the court. He cannot take the consequence of breaking the balance of it.
If one official becomes dominant and manipulates the court, even if he is sitting on the throne, he will sure become worried.
Some of these things seem to be trifles, but how could he not understand the truth that a slight move in one part may affect the situation as a whole? The present Bai Yiyi’s case is just like this. Now that the case has been settled, life will return to tranquility. Even if some matters concerning the case are not settled yet, it will not be bad to let them be as if letting the stone sink to the bottom of the water.
As for Prime Minister Yan… if it was about his other children, maybe he would try to find fault with him intentionally. Now that it involves Yan Ling, he really doesn’t want to intervene any more.
No matter what, it’s just a family affair of the Bais. The Yan family was involved formerly. Since it has been proved that it has nothing to do with them, there is no need to dwell on it any more.
Plans can’t keep up with changes. If he went on tracking down the case, who could tell for sure what might happen? If the old fox of the Bai family is enraged, he is rather likely to invent a charge against them.
What’s more, the Emperor is obviously very satisfied with the settlement of the case. If Prime Minister Yan tried to refute unwisely and ask for further investigation, wouldn’t it be more than enough?
In this way, the three men in power reach an agreement, and they are all implicitly ready to let it go.
As for Imperial Censor Bai’s saying that he should deal with the aftermath, he’s just trying to comfort the public. Who would bother to find out what he will do?
If you thought that Imperial Censor Bai would do nothing about it, you might have really wronged him. Imperial Censor Bai did intend to deal with it. After all, such a thing happened in his mansion, the culprit didn’t give him, the head of the family, the slightest regard at all.
Of course, Imperial Censor Bai is very clear that Hong’ye does not have such abilities and courage to do that. On careful thinking, it’s not difficult to figure out who was giving her the instructions.
Bai Feifei is his eldest daughter whom he values the most. In addition to the fact that she is his first child, Imperial Censor Bai values this daughter because Bai Feifei always thinks about things in the same way as he does—both of them take the interests of the Bai family as the priority.
Imperial Censor Bai understands Bai Feifei quite well. He is also very clear about what she can do and what she won’t do. If Bai Feifei wanted to kill her sister, she would definitely discuss with Imperial Censor Bai, her father and the head of the family.
Therefore, Imperial Censor Bai ruled out Bai Feifei from the very beginning. Besides her, who has the ability and motivation to do this right under his nose? Imperial Censor Bai already has some rough idea about the person.
“Go tell the elder lady to come here. Tell her that I’ll be waiting for her in my study. ” As soon as Imperial Censor Bai returns to his mansion, he orders a servant to call Bai Xueying over.
When the old housekeeper finds Bai Xueying, she is already psychologically prepared. She knows that she can’t hide it. Although she has had a plan to deal with it earlier, she cannot help being nervous when she is about to confront her father.
In fact, Bai Xueying has always been very afraid of her father. As the head of the family, Imperial Censor Bai seldom shows tenderness to his daughters. He always looks like a high-ranking man and seems to be so hard to approach.
After taking a deep breath, Bai Xueying manages to calm down and gently knocks at the door to the study.
“Come in.” After hearing the reply from inside, Xueying pushes the door open and goes inside.
After entering the study, Bai Xueying gently closes the door and then kneels down directly upright three feet away from the desk without saying anything.
Imperial Censor Bai, as if not seeing her, went on reading and doing his own things. The study is so quiet that it can be heard clearly when a needle drops on the floor.
After about an hour, Bai Xueying is unable to keep the same posture. Cold sweat on her forehead drips down her cheeks. She cannot feel her knees any more but she still dares not move.
At this time, Imperial Censor Bai pretends that he finally finds out that there is another person in the room. Unhurriedly he raises his head and looks at Bai Xueying, who is kneeling on the ground, with some strange emotions in his heart.
This daughter isn’t Imperial Censor Bai’s favorite, but he also pays a lot of attention to her.
At this moment, no matter who, even if it was Bai Feifei, would have begged him for mercy. No one would be like Bai Xueying who has been gritting her teeth and holding on without saying anything.