Lu Shenyan's memorial was written in a simple and clear manner.

Prince Zhao colluded with Lord Zhao to control the Jiangnan Salt Field and secretly sold salt permits to salt merchants in order to gain their tribute.

As soon as the news came out, it shocked the entire court.

Lord Zhao submitted his resignation three times, but the emperor kept it in his hands and tried to persuade him to stay.

It turns out that he didn't want to keep Lord Zhao, but was preparing to punish him?

Some people thought they understood the emperor's intention, and memorials impeaching Zhao Ge Lao flew to the emperor's desk like snowflakes.

Not only was Lord Zhao impeached, but Prince Zhao was also impeached.

It is said that Crown Prince Hongqing, who accepted tributes from salt merchants every year, resigned from his position as president of the National History Museum and reflected on his mistakes at home.

King Zhao also wrote a memorial in his defense.

For a time, the court was in chaos.

Amidst this chaos, the Procuratorial Office quietly submitted a memorial on the trial of Lu Xuande's case.

The memorial was delivered silently until the emperor threw it to the ground, which attracted everyone's attention.

"We were investigating it a few months ago, but it's still unclear."

After hearing the emperor's angry rebuke, the ministers turned their attention away from impeaching Lord Zhao and Prince Zhao.

Lord Wang stepped forward and picked up the memorial.

After reading it, pass it on to other ministers for viewing.

After reading it, the ministers briefly explained it to other ministers.

The ministers then realized that the Procuratorate had been investigating Lu Xuande's case these days.

After much investigation, there was no progress at all in the case.

The emperor on the dragon throne stared at Ma Duzhi of the Investigation Office and said in a cold voice, "Do you think you can fool me with such a result?"

"The three courts will hold a joint trial and must investigate thoroughly."

Is it necessary to hold a joint trial just to confirm Lu Bozhou's identity?

The ministers all felt that the emperor was making a big deal out of nothing.

Memorials began to pour onto the emperor's desk like water.

After reading the daily memorials in Wenyuan Pavilion, Lu Bozhou went home and talked to Li Jinglan about what happened in the court.

"I always feel that Your Majesty is sharing the pressure with me."

There have been very few memorials impeaching him recently. Some of them were impeaching Prince Zhao and Prince Hongqing, some were impeaching Lord Zhao, and some were impeaching the emperor for making a fuss and abusing public resources for personal gain.

Almost no one impeached Lu Bozhou.

"There is nothing impeachable about you." Li Jinglan pointed out with a smile.

Are we impeaching Lu Bozhou for allowing himself to be stolen as an infant, leading to his disappearance?

However, some people impeached Lu Bozhou for cheating in the imperial examination and hoped that the court would thoroughly investigate the papers of the prefectural and provincial examinations.

But in these two imperial examinations, Lu Bozhou did not do anything. He took the exams normally and no mistakes could be found.

This memorial did not cause any ripples and disappeared immediately.

Li Jinglan thought that there was nothing for her to do, so she ate well and slept well.

As a result, one morning, the Dali Temple sent someone to take her to court.

"Why do I have to go to class too?" Li Jinglan hurriedly asked Zhao Zhengyi's family and Lu Sheng's family to change her clothes.

Because she had no imperial edict, she had no imperial clothing.

He went out wearing only an ordinary reception outfit.

The three-court trial was jointly conducted by the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple and the Censorate, and the trial was held in the Dali Temple.

When I arrived at the Dali Temple, I found that many important officials were there.

Lu Bozhou went to meet Li Jinglan and held her arm with his hand, "Don't be afraid."

He glanced at the screen behind the long desk again and squeezed Li Jinglan's hand.

Today's trial was very sudden, and Lu Bozhou was taken to the Dali Temple without any preparation.

There was no chance to notify Li Jinglan at all.

Li Jinglan glanced in the direction of the screen and understood what Lu Bozhou meant.

The emperor should be behind the screen.

There is a picture of the sea on the screen.

The sea was raging in the strong wind, with a red sun hanging in the middle.

Seeing Lu Bozhou supporting Li Jinglan, Yin Zhihai laughed and said, "The top scholar is a weak woman. How about bringing a stool to her? What do you think?"

Li Jinglan is a witness.

With Lu Bozhou's relationship, there is no reason to make things difficult for her.

Several ministers smiled and nodded.

A bailiff helped Li Jinglan move a small round stool, and Lu Bozhou stood next to the stool.

Next, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Dali Temple, and the Left Censor-in-Chief began to go to the court.

State the case first.

After explaining the case, the Dali Temple official asked Li Jinglan, "Madam Li, do you know the identity of your husband?"

Li Jinglan stood up and said, "My husband and I got married according to the matchmaker's words and our parents' orders. We never met before the wedding. On the wedding day..."

Talk about what happened on the wedding day.

When she heard that Lu Zhang did not allow Li Jinglan to sleep, she asked her to pay her respects and work at midnight.

Even those important officials who never asked about the relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law took a deep breath.

He has no intention of treating Li Jinglan well at all. He wants to use filial piety to torture Li Jinglan to death.

Then, Li Jinglan briefly recounted the experience of going to see Teacher Wang.

Everyone in the hall understood.

Lu Bozhou was the one who asked me to find Teacher Wang.

Li Jinglan asked Lu Bozhou if there was anyone he could trust, and Lu Bozhou mentioned Teacher Wang.

Then, he summoned Teacher Wang to the classroom.

Teacher Wang did not understand why and told the story: "Bozhou's father came to Nanli County not long ago. We met because of a game of chess."

"At that time, he won fifty taels of silver from me. I remember it very clearly. Because of his superb chess skills, we got to know each other after a few encounters."

"I've never heard him say that Bozhou's background was different."

Next, Li Chengyue came to the hall.

Li Chengyue had never been to the Dali Temple before. At first he thought that Li Pengxuan's case had finally begun to be tried, and he was so scared that he trembled all over.

When he heard that the case was about Lu Bozhou's background, his face was full of doubts: "I have never heard that my son-in-law has a different background. Our two families got married very early."

"When Lu Jingzu and I meet, we talk about everything, or about business matters. Lu Jingzu never talks about family matters."

In other words, no one in Nanli County noticed that Lu Bozhou's background was unusual.

It’s right if you think about it carefully.

Who would adopt a child and tell everyone that the child is adopted?

Isn't that short-sighted?

Moreover, Lu Jingzu and Bai really raised Lu Bozhou as their own son.

"I was very surprised to hear that Brother Lu had passed away due to illness, because we had met a few months ago. Brother Lu looked very healthy... but maybe he had an acute illness," Li Chengyue said again.

After Li Chengyue left, the ministers looked at each other.

These testimonies can only prove that Lu Bozhou is not the biological son of Lu Jingzu and Bai, but they cannot prove that Lu Bozhou is the emperor's son.

Although everyone thought so in their hearts, no one spoke out.

They would never do such an offensive thing.

However, one imperial censor could not help but stepped forward and said, "These evidences can only prove that Lu Bozhou is not a biological child of the Lu family. How can we prove that he is a member of the royal family?"

Finally someone came forward.

Everyone was cheered up and looked at the Chief Inspector of the Investigation Office.

Ma Duzhi chuckled and gathered his sleeves: "You are biased. When did I ever say he was a royal descendant?"

Ma Duzhi took out a compiled testimony, "This is the route that Lu Jingzu and Bai took when they traveled from Jiaxing Lu's family. Every county they passed through, every ship they took, and every foot shop they stayed in, there are detailed witnesses and evidence."

"From these evidences we can see that Bai Shi never became pregnant or gave birth to a child during her journey."

"After arriving in the capital, they stayed in a foot shop called Sanjiang in the inner city."

"This foot shop is next to the west gate of the inner city."

"The day after the two arrived at the foot shop was the night of the Red Lotus Rebellion."

"According to the testimony of the shopkeeper, there were shouts and screams that night. Lu Jingzu and Bai lived on the second floor... Not long after, Lu Jingzu went out and brought back a child who was wrapped tightly."

"The child may have fallen asleep or was frightened, so there was no sound."

"It wasn't until the next morning that the owner of the foot shop heard the child crying."

"In summary, I suspect that Lu Bozhou is the missing child of King Jin eighteen years ago."

After Ma Duzhi finished speaking, there was an uproar in the hall.

what?

The child of King Jin?

--*After a few days of idle talk, I finally get back to the topic today. It's the end of the month and the beginning of the month, and it's the monthly cycle again. I've been feeling terrible these days, my back aches so much, and I feel groggy all over. I didn't write a single word yesterday, so I wrote this today. I'm going to write the second chapter.

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