female concubine

At the beginning of August in the 11th year of Jianping, the emperor summoned the three divisions for a joint trial. The matter involved the state relatives and the prince was involved in the jury trial by the military and government officials. The three divisions jointly investigated the case for nearly a month.

At the end of August, the evidence was solid and Shen Yi'an confessed. He was imprisoned for treason and ransacked his home.

Yushi Zhongcheng Jiang Luochuan was demoted to Chaozhou for the crime of slandering the crown prince, and Jiang Fuping, the deputy envoy of the third division, was dismissed as the deputy envoy of the household department.

The emperor also ordered someone to pass on the message to the crown prince, and the servant Xiao Huangmenci moved to the Inner Introspection Escort and entered the East Palace to pass the message on his behalf, "The villain is the adopted son who is known to everyone in Zhaodu, and the special representative of the official family to pass on the message to His Highness."

The Crown Prince looked gloomy, "It's already been a month, what do you want to say, Your Majesty?"

Zhao Auban quickly said: "The officials said that His Highness will not have to enter the forbidden palace to pay his respects sooner or later, so that His Highness can reflect on his mistakes in the East Palace by himself."

The crown prince looked at the eunuch in a daze, and immediately approached and grabbed his arm. The emperor just meant that he didn't want to see him, "Your Majesty really said that? Could it be that His Majesty is also abandoning his ministers?"

"Your Highness is worrying too much, because the case of Shen's is so important, His Majesty is doing this to appease public anger, and this book is also for you to avoid the limelight." Zhao Abbot then approached and said in a low voice: "If the officials really If you want to abandon His Highness, I'm afraid it's not to confine yourself to thinking about your mistakes, but to punish you to guard the mausoleum. However, the official's complexion has not been very good recently. Your Highness, you'd better not touch this bad luck. When the momentum passes, the official will naturally want to see you. "

The servant escorted the shift away and the guard Kai sat paralyzed on the couch.

Zhi Tonglang, an attendant of the Eastern Palace, approached the hall and announced, "Your Highness, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment is asking to see you."

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Zipao was walking in the aisle of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, when a middle-aged man roared in the distance.

Several wardens followed closely behind Zipao, "Minister, Shen Yi'an yells every day to see His Royal Highness and His Majesty, and the yelling has been going on for more than half a month."

Liang Wenfu walked to the door of the prison where he was being held, and waved to the jailer behind him.

Shen Yi'an climbed to the door and grabbed the wooden pillar, "Let me see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince expected this day to come, so he transferred me to the Ministry of Punishment early in the morning, but not to save you."

Shen Yi'an looked up, "What did you say?"

Liang Wenfu squatted down and stared at Shen Yi'an indifferently, "Uncle Guo feels that he has taken the death penalty of extermination of the genocide alone, will His Royal Highness take the risk of saving you?"

"What do you mean?" Shen Yi'an stared.

"His Royal Highness specially transferred me to the Criminal Department because he was afraid that you would reverse your confession in the Criminal Department. Now I am in charge of the Criminal Department. The jailers guarding you are all confidantes personally arranged by this official. In this big prison, everyone else will listen to your words except for this official." not reach."

Shen Yi'an let go of his hand on the pillar, knelt and bowed his waist and said tremblingly, "Is Your Highness trying to kill me?"

"What does Uncle Guo think?" Liang Wenfu stood up slowly, patted the dust on his hem, "Actually, I don't want Uncle Guo to die either, we are all on the same boat, we are both servants of Wei and His Royal Highness , but now that the King of Chu is dead, if you die too, His Royal Highness, who has no worries about the future, will probably use me to take the blame." Liang Wenfu turned around, "I will let you see His Royal Highness, but can you It's up to you to survive."

Liang Wenfu came out of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, looked at Yu Jue in his hand, and immediately turned cold, "It's a good idea to want me to take the blame." Liang Wenfu put Yu Jue away, "The king of Chu is gone, but there is still a county king in the palace. .”

"Come on, prepare a car and go to the East Palace."

"Yes."

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In the East Palace, the Crown Prince was wearing casual clothes and propping his forehead, "Is everything done?"

Liang Wenfu knelt down on both knees and offered the jade, "I originally wanted to press Your Highness... oh no, I wanted to do it myself, but Uncle Guo struggled to see His Highness, saying that if His Highness didn't see him, he would regret it. After hearing this, I didn't dare to delay for a moment and came to see His Highness."

The crown prince got up, put his hands on his back and walked to Liang Wenfu, bowed his head and smiled slightly, "As expected of the champion of Jinke."

The matter of Shen Yi'an made a big fuss, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were so overwhelmed that the emperor wanted to abolish the middle palace, and worried about the crown prince, he only confined Empress Shen to the middle palace.

Wei Kai thought that the emperor had only one son left and did not dare to abandon the empress easily, "Since uncle wants to see me, then please trouble Liang Shilang to accompany me for a while."

Liang Wenfu closed his eyes and knocked on the ground, "I obey the order."

The crown prince walked out of the Book Pavilion in the East Palace, "Come here, prepare a pot of imperial wine from His Majesty."

"Yes."

In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the commander in front of the palace, which used to be so beautiful, wore a mess of silver hair, leaning against the stone wall and languishing.

The waiter put down the silver wine jug and silver wine cup on the plate, then bowed his hand and retreated.

"uncle."

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Shen Yi'an stared at the crown prince outside the cell, "Your Highness saved me, but I can't die. There are old ministries on Jinghu Huainan Road and even Liangguang Road. They will definitely listen..."

"Uncle, do you mean that these people are all commanders?" The crown prince opened a secret note with the names of several people written on it, "The palace has collected evidence of their acceptance of bribes over the years. Bribery is an unforgivable capital crime, and my uncle, the old ministry, will accept it on his behalf, so as to save my uncle from worrying about military affairs when he is old."

Shen Yi'an looked at the jug on the ground, and immediately became limp, "What does your Highness mean?"

"If I go out from here, there will be news that my uncle committed suicide and apologized tomorrow..."

Shen Yi'an stared at the prince with wide eyes, and suddenly remembered what the king of Chu had warned him when he was in Fengxiang.

[The young man on the horse approached, and said with deep meaning: "The prince's surname is Wei."

"What do the six kings mean by these words?"

"Marshal Shen's loyalty can be learned from all over the world, but this king really wants to know whether it is worth it? Whether this kind of loyalty can be afforded by the King of Zhao, or these are just the stupid loyalty of Marshal Shen."

Shen Yi'an frowned, "I don't know what the six kings want to say."

The King of Chu turned his head and lowered his eyes coldly, "Is Marshal Shen still pretending to be confused with this king now? Zhao Wang is not the abolished prince. Although the abolished prince Wei Shu is cruel, he still misses family affection. With the current situation, once I die, Then no one can hinder King Zhao. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Someone must be punished for the death of a prince, and Marshal Shen intercepted the Yongxing Army report..." King Chu looked at Shen Yi'an and smiled, " In order to appease His Majesty, he will definitely sacrifice you, Marshal. Your Shen family is a foreign relative, but Zhao Wang’s surname is Wei, and Marshal Shen has seen the ending of Yao Shen, the former Privy Council envoy. He has taught His Highness the Crown Prince for 20 years. My father usually treats his teacher. He can give up such a person. What else can he not give up to achieve his goal? Before leaving, this king made a bet with that person, and now this king will be with Marshal Shen How about a gamble?"

Shen Yi'an remained silent, and the King of Chu continued: "I also use my head as a bet on the cruelty of King Zhao and the loyalty of the marshal. Believe it or not, if I die, the second person to fall will be you, the marshal, including you Shen Yi. Home."

"There is no absolute loyalty in this world, only endless greed and desire. Everyone has selfishness. You are loyal to King Zhao not only because you are his uncle, but because you want to protect yourself and your family. As soon as the crown prince dies, I will be the only concern of King Zhao, if the marshal wants to save his life, maybe he can use me to try!"]

Shen Yi'an suddenly laughed out loud, with red eyes fixed, he didn't believe King Chu's words at first, but now that the facts were before him, the crown prince's words made him feel extremely chilled, "The minister watched His Highness grow up, His Highness's cavalry Shooting is still taught by the minister holding His Highness's hand. It has been more than 20 years. Do you still remember? In the ninth year of Daye's battle with Tubo, the arrow wound on the minister's leg was blocked by His Highness. Your Majesty led His Highness to several times. Isn't the one who protects His Highness a minister?" Shen Yi'an tore off the mid laner, revealing scars all over his body, "Which one of the scars on this body was blocked by His Highness, do you still remember?"

The crown prince swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then turned around indifferently, "Why do you mention him in the past, isn't the Shen family also expensive because of this palace?"

The prince's indifference made Shen Yi'an completely give up, he lowered his eyes coldly, "I already guessed that His Highness wanted to abandon my mother clan when I saw His Highness's reply asking me to break up my relationship with him. The throne is unscrupulous, His Highness only cares about himself from the beginning to the end."

Shen Yi'an took a long breath, then sneered, "It's a pity, King Chu is not dead."

Regardless of whether it is true or not, Shen Yi'an's words shocked Wei Kai, he turned around like crazy, and said angrily, "What did you say?"

"I expected you to be so cold, so I designed it in advance," Shen Yi'an sneered, "The king of Chu is not dead, but only I know where he is. As long as I die, my people will let him back."

"How is it possible? His body has obviously been transported back to the capital. Zongzheng Temple and Taichang Temple have already experienced it..."

"Didn't His Highness notice that the King of Chu was accompanied by a dozen guards on the day of the expedition? His Highness should have seen it on the day of condolences, too. There was a charred corpse lying in the coffin," Shen Yi'an laughed wildly with red eyes, " Because, that's just a stand-in."

On the day of the expedition, the king of Chu brought his guards. Although the crown prince didn’t notice it, someone informed him afterwards, and the corpse sent back was indeed burnt beyond recognition. The crown prince approached the prison door and said madly: “Chu Where is the king?"

Shen Yi'an was not in a hurry to answer, and said coldly: "If the King of Chu comes back, how can the Crown Prince be unkind and kill his brothers and relatives, so why should he sit in the East Palace? Will those courtiers who are stalking others still open their eyes and talk nonsense?"

Trembling, Wei Kai took two steps back, then bowed down, picked up the jug and poured a glass of wine himself, "I'm chilling uncle, but uncle," he drank the wine in the glass, "doesn't it chill my heart ?”

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Wei Kai hurried back to the East Palace, "Call Prince Zhan to come over."

Shi, the former head of Zhao Wang's mansion, followed Zhao Wang into the East Palace and moved to Prince Zhan Shi, "His Royal Highness summons your ministers?"

Wei Kai sent the palace people back, and after the door was closed, he said: "The death of the King of Chu was fraudulent. You quickly send the dead to search everywhere secretly, but there are suspicious people who would rather kill them by mistake than let them go."

"Chu... King Chu?" The attendant looked up in surprise, "Yes."

The crown prince came out of the house and asked Zhitong Lang, "Is there any news that Du Chengzhi has returned home?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the female envoy of the Han House said that today the Privy Council is on duty to guard the gate of the forbidden palace and will not return home."

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The next day, the person who was able to change shifts and rest stepped into the house with a sigh, rubbed his eyes and then cupped his hands, "Your Highness...Your Highness?"

After leading the people in, Han Si dragged his sleepy eyes and frowned and said, "It's a private meeting with foreign ministers..."

"Sir, I can't take care of so much anymore..." The crown prince relayed what he had heard in the prison of the Ministry of Justice yesterday, and said anxiously: "The courtiers turned to me just because I have no other princes to stand in the court. The country of my family, the reputation of a scholar-bureaucrat is not as good as my own head, and even if I make a big mistake, it will pass in the blink of an eye even if His Majesty is only left with me, but if the King of Chu really comes back..."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. Is it possible that Shen Yi'an deliberately moved the King of Chu out in order to save his life so that His Highness would not dare to kill him. With his love for His Highness, how could he leave King Chu alive and put His Highness in danger."

"This... I didn't expect my uncle to love me like my own father these years..." The crown prince suddenly frowned.

Han Bang said again: "If there is no absolute, just in case His Highness should save Shen Yi'an's life, at least wait until the wind blows."

The crown prince sighed, "So I have already told Liang Wenfu, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, to save his life before he is disposed of in winter."

Han Bang nodded, "Now that the ancestral record has been revised, the news of King Chu's death is known all over the world, Your Highness must not be confused by a single sentence."

Wei Kai sat down paralyzed, "The king of Chu is dead but the evil species is still there. The eldest son was made the Duke of another state before he was one year old and his Majesty didn't even record the ancestral certificate, and he was made the king of the county when he was less than two years old." Wei Kai sneered, "I'm afraid the next It’s the prince or grandson.”

Han Bang shook his head, "How could the Holy Master abandon his eldest son and pass it on to his child when he was nearly sixty years old? If the mother is strong and the son is weak, he must come to the court to rule. This will lead to instability in the government. His Majesty will not do it."

"What sir said is not unreasonable, but..." the prince raised his head, "Mr. is not his son, and I have never seen him be cruel to his parents and children."

The crown prince sprinkled a pinch of golden pills, "The officials in the Zichen Palace who spoke for me that day have all been written down by me. For the sake of safety, my palace can only be tied to these courtiers. These golden pills have been sent to their houses. As long as The ministers stated that they boarded this palace's boat, even if the king of Chu is really not dead, this palace has their handles in their hands, and it is absolutely impossible to stay out of the matter."

Han Si was worried about the prince's self-assertion: "Your Highness is not afraid of this move..."

"Mister's Imperial City Secretary doesn't say anything, how could His Majesty know about it in the forbidden city? Even if he knows, it doesn't matter. If it really comes to that point," Wei Kai clenched his fists, "If he is willing to part with his parents and children, then naturally I will also be willing to do so. dear father."

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The dust of the case was settled, and the people who had handed over draft posts to Jiang's marriage proposal sent matchmakers to ask for their withdrawal. Even the privy envoys who helped to speak were also dismissed.

In the middle hall of the Privy Councilor's Mansion, the matchmaker came to the door with a large pile of apologies from the master's family.

"Don't be surprised, Mr. Xiaodi is also entrusted by officials. Now the situation is turbulent. Although his family has a rich family, but his ancestors have not had a high-ranking official in his family so far. He really can't afford it, and he doesn't have this. Blessed to accept, so I want to withdraw this marriage before I get hired."

Chen Yu took the marriage letter returned by the matchmaker, and immediately slapped it heavily on the table, "Every time a righteous person slaughters a dog, most of his heart is a scholar."

"My lord, you have a lot, do you see?"

Chen Yu tore the post in half and discarded it, "Retire!"