"Hurry up and find someone to dig out the deed and see whose name is written on it. Don't try to throw all the dirty water on me. I can't afford the hundreds of lives lost on Luoxia Mountain!"

Jingzhao Yin: "Replying to Her Royal Highness, when the Princess sent someone to invite Her Royal Highness, I also sent someone to pass on the message and went to the government office to look through the files and records."

"Where are the people? Are they back?"

The people from Jingzhao Prefecture were waiting at the palace gate. When they heard the summons, they trotted in.

"Return to the Princess, Princess Palace..."

Everyone knew that Lin'an had been the regent and had a hot temper. She couldn't stand this injustice and said anxiously:

"Stop dithering. Just tell me! Whose name is written on it?"

"It has always been Lord Hua Shi's name, and it has never been changed."

He handed over a stack of documents with both hands.

Shen Yangui waved his hand, Sui'an walked down the stairs and was about to take it to circulate among the adults, but Lin'an snatched it away.

First he put the deed against Hua Shi's face, "See? Your name!"

He then confronted Cai Chong, Zou Zhengyan and others.

"Did you see everything clearly?" Lin An asked, turning around, "The matter of Luoxia Mountain has nothing to do with me at all!"

Hua Shi knelt down and said, "Maple Forest Garden just didn't change its name. It is definitely included in the scope of Plum Garden, right?"

This kind of operation where the name does not match the reality has happened before.

All the officials knew it clearly, so that piece of file did not prove anything.

Besides, no one cares who owns Maple Forest Garden. What everyone cares about is the princess’s relationship with this matter.

"Zhongshu Sheren Han Yang and Fifth Rank Imperial Consort Xi Yuniang have arrived—"

Han Yang's wife came and brought the records of the Han family's servants' comings and goings, proving that Han San did follow the young master of the Han family to Luoxia Mountain that day.

Just as the court officials rolled up their sleeves and prepared to go up and pull Shen Yangui down, Xi Yunniang took out another piece of evidence.

"This is the invitation I found while rummaging through my husband's study. I ask the princess and the others to find out the cause of my husband's death."

As everyone knows, the Zhongshu Sheren follows the orders of the Shangshu Ling, and the Shangshu Ling always obeys the orders of the prince and princess.

Despite the unpleasant incident that happened at Luoxia Mountain, Xi Yunniang still believed that the princess and Cai Chong were of the same kind.

I never thought there was anything wrong with the invitation I found at home.

"Invitations?" Hua Shi felt strange. "Shouldn't all the invitations be received?"

He suspected that the invitation was fake and reached out to take it, but Lin'an got there first.

There was not a single word different between what was written on the invitation and what Hua Shi took out.

The only difference is the handwriting.

The lords passed it around, and Cheng Jingxian hissed, "Why does this look so much like Lord Hua's handwriting?"

Hua Shi denied it: "Nonsense! I never wrote it!"

Shen Yangui immediately asked someone to fetch a copy of Hua Shi's past memorials. After everyone compared the handwriting, they confirmed it was correct.

Hua Shi roared: "This is a deliberate frame-up!"

Cheng Yijin immediately asked back: "How come the invitation with the princess' handwriting is the princess's plot to murder the minister, and when it comes to Lord Hua, it's a frame-up?"

"The princess wants to usurp the throne and establish herself as the king, so she must eliminate those who are not hers. I am loyal to the emperor and my country, so why would I murder loyal ministers?"

What he said seemed to make sense, Hua Shi really had no motive.

But he never thought about it, all those who received the invitations were gone, but he was so lucky that something happened and he escaped?

That’s because his disaster is not on that day, but today.

"Loyal and patriotic Lord Hua, can you explain where the 1,000 kilograms of gunpowder went when the two fireworks factories your Hua family was in charge of were closed?"

The people from Jingzhao Prefecture brought not only the title deed to Fenglinyuan, but also all the shops and farms related to Huashi.

Lin'an opened the title deed of Fenglinyuan in Luoxia Mountain and saw two old shops underneath.

Although the shop was closed, gunpowder was special, so it was marked on the back of the deed.

The artillery and fireworks factories were all businesses of the government. Since the Hua family was in charge of them, they naturally wanted to seek personal gain. A large number of artillery and fireworks were sold, and the money went into their own pockets.

As for the account books, the superiors and subordinates got bribes and fooled around with it, and the matter was let go.

The mark is one thousand kilograms, but the actual weight may be more.

The Fenglin Garden in Luoxia Mountain with Hua Shi's name on it, the whereabouts of the gunpowder that the Hua family could not explain, and the invitation with Hua Shi's handwriting.

Hua Shi is now speechless.

"Lord Hua has always disagreed with the princess's political views. Could it be that he wants to unite the court officials to deal with the princess, so he asked everyone to meet in the remote Luoxia Mountain?"

Cheng Yijin used her imagination and said, "I never expected that the gunpowder buried under Fenglin Garden would suddenly explode."

"Because it took too long, there was a small explosion at first, and as a result, this small vibration caused a landslide, which buried the ministers. The next day, the sky was clear, and the princes of each family went there, but they didn't expect that the gunpowder deeper inside would also explode."

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk... You are the culprit, but you got away with it. Don't you feel ashamed, Lord Hua?"

Hua Shi pointed his finger at Cheng Yijin, "You are slandering me!"

"I am slandering you?" Cheng Yijin stepped forward fearlessly, "Didn't Lord Hua say that he had no motive?"

"Of course not!!!"

"The prince disbanded the backyard for the princess, and Ling'ai was changed from a concubine to a divorced woman. The Hua family became a laughing stock in the capital. You are dissatisfied and resentful. You have repeatedly opposed the princess in the court, but now you dare to collude with a servant to openly slander the princess!"

Han San kowtowed three times, raised his hand to the sky and swore: "I saw everything with my own eyes. If I lie, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"

When the Dali Temple Shaoqing saw his missing index finger, his brows furrowed and his brain started working.

"Princess, my Lords, this Han San looks very familiar to me."

That day, Fan Hu was asked to personally go to Luoxia Mountain to deliver food in order to prevent any omissions, but Han San was left behind because he naturally had his uses.

"I saw him in an underground gambling house when I was investigating a case. His fingers were cut off by the people in the gambling house because he owed money. If you don't believe me, the people in the underground gambling house are still in prison. I can bring them here at any time."

Lin An grabbed Han San's other wrist and said, "As expected, there are only four fingers on each hand. It's not convenient for you to go to Luoxia Mountain to dig soil. I'm afraid you will register and get paid, but then run away?"

Who would believe a gambler?

"Tell me! Who gave you so much benefit that you dare to come to the Golden Palace and slander the princess!"

Lin'an suddenly raised his voice, scaring many people.

Han San trembled and subconsciously looked at Cai Chong, wanting to ask the Prime Minister for help, but his entire family was in the Prime Minister's hands.

The only time in my life that I told the truth, I was doubted instead.

Han San could say nothing except being unable to argue that everything he said was true.

Cai Chong's face remained expressionless, but his hands in his sleeves were clenched into fists, and the muscles on the back of his hands were bulging.

Wen Chuanbai was in the crowd, checking the handwriting on the original invitation with the court officials who had brought memorials.

"That's right! Exactly!"

"what happened?"

Shen Yangui looked at the noisy crowd.

Wen Chuanbai stepped out and said, "Princess, my lords, I have discovered something."

Shen Yangui moved his fingers slightly: "Speak."

"I have discovered that the words on this invitation are all copied from the princess's daily red-ink writings."

In other words, someone deliberately used the princess's handwriting to write the invitation.

This is a deliberate frame-up!

Cai Chong's clenched hands loosened unwillingly.

All the evidence he prepared today not only failed to prove the princess' guilt, but instead pointed all the blame at Hua Shi.

I didn't expect that after all the hard work, I ended up finding a scapegoat for the princess.

The matter of Luoxia Mountain has been completely settled!

The defeat is obvious, and the best strategy is to retreat while the tide is flowing.

Cai Chong only hoped that Mei Yong would be smarter and leave quickly, so that he might still have a chance to make a comeback.

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