Rebirth of the Queen in the Harem

"Sister, there is still no tonight."

Songzhi returned indoors in despair. Today, she still hasn't received any news.

"Since this road doesn't work, let's find another one."

As Nian Shilan spoke, he whispered a few words into Songzhi's ear. The secret guard on the roof frowned slightly at Nian Shilan's actions, because in this way, he could not hear what Nian Shilan was saying. His instinct told him that he should keep an eye on Songzhi from now on. After all, Nian Shilan would directly arrange for her to go if anything happened now.

Yangxindian

"Your Majesty, I don't know what happened in the court hall. All the ministers are asking the Emperor to come over."

Su Peisheng opened the door of Yangxin Hall and walked in, disturbing Yinzhen who was solving the chess game alone inside.

"What happened?"

Yinzhen, who was disturbed, frowned slightly and looked at Su Peisheng irritably.

"I don't know, I just heard that the third elder brother wants to say something about the prince. The emperor needs to make the decision on this matter."

Su Peisheng secretly paid attention to Yinzhen's face, wanting to see if Yinzhen knew about these things. These days, Yinzhen had been talking to the secret guards from time to time. Although they were also deliberately wary of him, they still let Su Peisheng know more or less. Some news.

"Hongshi? What kind of muddy water is he here to pour out?"

Although Yinzhen said this, he still stood up honestly and walked outside.

"This...how does this slave know? He has to go to the emperor to find out."

Su Peisheng followed Yinzhen with a smile, and the two of them walked towards the court.

When Honghui saw Yinzhen passing by, he quickly stepped down from his seat and stood aside.

"Hongshi, I heard that you want to see me?"

"Huang Ama, I have something to say. It affects the entire Qing Dynasty, so I have to be cautious."

Hongshi knelt on the ground, neither humble nor arrogant. Although he didn't say clearly what the matter was, his words clearly indicated that this matter had something to do with Honghui.

"Tell me what it is."

Yinzhen frowned and stared at Hongshi who was kneeling below. The pressure in his eyes made everyone's hearts skip a beat.

"Emperor Ama, although I am not as outstanding as His Highness the Crown Prince, I know that there is one thing that you must not do, and that is treason!"

As soon as Hongshi said this, everyone present was stunned and whispered among themselves.

"Treason? This, this, this...how is this possible?"

"The prince is treasonous? What's going on?"

"Yeah, how is that possible?"

"Let's listen to what the third prince has to say first."

"Hey, what do you think the prince is thinking?"

"Why are you treasonous?"

When Yinzhen heard what Hongshi said, his eyes widened. Honghui beside him was also stunned. He couldn't bear such a big charge, so he knelt on the ground to defend himself.

"Huang Ama, I have no idea. I would like to ask, since the third brother said that my brother, me, is treason, do you have any evidence?"

Hongshi did not speak after hearing Honghui's words, but looked up at Yinzhen sitting on the high platform.

"Just tell the truth and I will figure it out."

As soon as Yinzhen said this, Hongshi knelt on the ground and kowtowed before speaking.

"Reporting to Emperor Ama, I have not participated in the court, so I don't know much about these things. The person who knows the most about this matter is none other than the crown prince's concubine Lin Concubine. It was Lin Concubine who discovered these things. I didn’t know what to do, so I came here to seek help from my son. Concubine Lin is waiting outside the palace, waiting for Huang Ama’s summons.”

After Hongshi finished speaking, he kowtowed obediently, as if this matter had nothing to do with him, and showed everyone present that he was just a messenger.

Hong Hui, who was kneeling beside him, suddenly raised his head when Hong Shi mentioned his concubine Lin Zijin, with a look of confusion and confusion on his face.

The ministers present looked at each other, and many felt sorry for him, as if they had seen Honghui's fate.

"pass!"

Lin Zijin, who was summoned, held a wooden box in his hand, walked in step by step, and finally knelt on the cold floor of the court hall.

"Daughter-in-law, please see the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."

"Did you discover that the prince has committed treason? In that case, just tell the truth. If you falsely accuse the prince, you cannot bear the crime."

Yinzhen spoke in a cold tone. In the invisible pressure, Lin Zijin actually noticed a slight feeling that something was wrong, but he quickly put it behind him.

"Back to the emperor, my daughter-in-law is the prince's concubine and the person who serves the prince. There are some things that people don't know, but the daughter-in-law can indeed know. Whenever the daughter-in-law brings some food to the study, the prince will write down what is written on the desk. After covering it up, at first the daughter-in-law just thought that it was related to the court, and there were some things that a woman in the backyard could not see. Until by chance, the daughter-in-law discovered the letter that the prince had not completely covered, and it contained some defense plan. The more the daughter-in-law thought about transactions and the like, the more she felt something was wrong. When the prince was not in the East Palace, she quietly entered the prince's study and found the prince's letters from the general public in the secret room."

Lin Zijin spoke eloquently. He had a nose and eyes. He knelt on the ground and handed out the wooden box in his arms.

"Your Majesty, here are all the secret letters of the prince. My daughter-in-law only read some of them and didn't dare to read any more."

Lin Zijin looked frightened, kneeling on the ground and trembling.

Su Peisheng from the side came over, took the wooden box from Lin Zijin's hand, and placed it in front of Yinzhen, but Yinzhen didn't even look at it.

"Prince, your concubine said this herself. Do you have anything to defend?"

As soon as Yinzhen said this, Hongshi's eyes widened in surprise, and his heart was full of doubts. In his expectation, Yinzhen would be furious at this time, then reprimand Honghui, ground Honghui for investigation, or he might directly Deposed, why would you react like this?

"I do have something to ask the concubine. Since the concubine said that these letters were obtained from the secret room of his study, I would like to ask, did the concubine get these letters with her own hands? ?”

Honghui was not afraid, and there was no longer the tenderness in his eyes that he had seen Lin Zijin in before.

"Since...of course I took it out with my own hands. Prince, just tell the truth. The Emperor will punish you lightly."

Lin Zijin still didn't know the meaning of Honghui's question. In one sentence, he was ready to pin this crime on Honghui's head.

"In this case, I would like to ask you, the study is an important place and is guarded. When did you enter? On what day? At what time? Where is the secret compartment in my study? How to open it? In addition to letters, there is nothing in the secret compartment. Anything else?"

Honghui asked questions one after another, making Lin Zijin confused. She didn't know these at all because she had never been in the study room. Just when she was about to talk nonsense for the whole day, Honghui spoke again.

"You'd better tell the truth, because the people guarding the door of my study keep records every day. Just tell me, and I will call the people guarding the door that day to confront you."