female concubine

In May of the eighth year of Jianping, Dali Temple reopened the case of Shen Tu's treason, which was jointly presided over by the three envoys, and all the original judges related to the case were temporarily detained in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"Open the hall!"

In the official residence of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Wang was sitting on the Taishi chair and pouring tea, "Just now, His Highness looked like he was in a hurry to get into the car. Did he want to go to Dali Temple to watch the trial? I didn't expect His Highness to be so concerned about this case."

The prince had a calm and disdainful face, "What exactly did the three kings want to say?"

Contrary to customers, King Zhao pushed a cup of tea over, brought his own to his mouth and took a sip, "The tea here, Your Highness, is really good tea."

The prince turned his head and ignored it.

Zhao Wang then continued: "Today's three divisions will be interrogated, Your Majesty will kiss him, and if there is no accident, His Majesty will send someone to summon His Highness and ministers to watch the trial together." Zhao Wang looked at the prince meaningfully, Bite the words: "Okay, learn to judge the case!"

Zhao Wang took his eyes away from the crown prince, straightened the hem of his clothes, and said lightly: "So that we can be more careful in doing things in the future, instead of now, and we can see the end of the matter without seeing the public opinion!"

"Your Highness, there are people from Dali Temple."

The green-robed official walked in and saluted the crown prince, "According to His Majesty's will, His Majesty will personally investigate the case of Shentu, and order His Highness the Crown Prince to be on trial."

Seeing King Zhao at the side again, the official bowed his head and cupped his hands and said, "It happens that the three kings are also there, and His Majesty also summoned the three kings to go with them!"

King Zhao got up from his seat, clapped his hands, and said calmly, "Your Highness, please!"

The prince stood up, snorted coldly and flung his sleeves away.

Zhao Wang narrowed his eyes and said behind him: "Don't think that His Majesty is really protecting you. If it wasn't for the Zhengshitang behind you...hmph, next time, you won't be so lucky!"

The prince stood still, turned around, the gunpowder exploded at a touch, and immediately laughed mockingly: "Poor, I lost my wife and lost my army, but I ended up with nothing!"

"you!"

The prince took a few steps closer and said coldly: "If I lose, even if Zhongshu gives it to you, you still can't beat Lao Liu!" Then he turned around and walked out the door with a big smile.

Dali Temple.

As soon as the minister of Dali Temple rang the ruler on the table, the imperial guards from the imperial city entered and showed their badges.

"Three envoys, Sheng Jia is on his way, please move to pick him up!"

Xiao Xianrong got up from his seat, and said to the two red robes beside him: "It seems that His Majesty wants to kiss you, please pick him up first, and the trial will be held later!"

In the courtroom, the emperor was sitting, and there were more than a dozen officials in purple robes sitting on the grand master's chairs on both sides.

"Could it be that your Majesty regretted that he personally approved Shen Tu's execution?"

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and King Zhao have arrived."

The emperor signaled, and the servant brought two chairs and placed them in front of the jury minister on the left.

Dali Temple is trying the case, while the original judge of the case is still closed in the quiet room of the criminal department in another place.

Since dawn, Si Cheng has been anxiously walking back and forth in the house for nearly half an hour, with black shadows floating around, the King of Chu opened his eyes angrily, "Don't wobble, my eyes are dazzled!"

Si Cheng turned his head to look at King Chu, "The prince is the son of an official family, so naturally you don't have to worry about it, but being an official is different!"

The King of Chu shook his head and said: "You and I are the presiding judges together. You judge people, and I will affix the seal. The prince breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people. Therefore, the crime of committing crimes, life for life, and this king will not escape!"

"Crime of trespassing?" Si Cheng turned back in shock, raised his eyebrows and looked at King Chu, stepped back and narrowed his eyes and said, "My lord... when did you know?"

The King of Chu got up with his hands in front of his belly, walked towards the Si Cheng, smiled at him and said, "You dare to kill even a general who has made meritorious service, but you dare not interrogate a mere Guozijian supervisor?"

Si Cheng lowered his head.

The King of Chu walked by him, "Are you still thinking that His Highness the Crown Prince will come to save you?"

The King of Chu tilted his head, hooked his mouth and smiled slightly, "Your Highness, I am afraid that you are watching the Son of Heaven kissing you in Dali Temple right now!"

Si Cheng turned around, "The Son of Heaven kisses you?"

"Your Royal Highness can't protect himself now, but he is the eldest son of His Majesty, and you, Sicheng, what are you?" King Chu looked at the shocked man, and immediately said coldly: " You are the Chancellor of Dali Temple who wrongly judged the court to order an official to cause him to die in vain!"

Si Cheng was frightened by King Chu's modest but intimidating words, and immediately knelt down with a plop, "Six kings!"

——— Squeak~——

The iron lock was broken, and the door was opened from the outside. Immediately, several yamen servants came in, bowed and said, "Six kings, the concubine is here!"

King Chu glanced sideways at the door, then walked up to Si Cheng, leaned over and patted him on the shoulder, "Si Cheng, Si Cheng, think about it!"

After closing the words, he turned around and strode away.

Si Cheng raised his head and saw that the King of Chu was going out, so he also got up and wanted to go out, but a few government servants stepped forward and stopped him at the door, and Si Cheng pointed at the King of Chu.

The yamen servant understood, and said with a slight smile, "He is the Sixth King. Even if he loses the Dali Temple Shaoqing, he is still the king. What about you, the temple minister? Hey, you, you should just go back and wait for the result."

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In the backyard of the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, the King of Chu hugged the visitor, lowered his head and complained in a low voice: "Why did my sister come here? I have been locked up in this dark place by them for several days!"

"You just came in yesterday, how can it be several days?"

The King of Chu hugged her tightly, and gently stroked her slender waist, "Then I haven't been home for several days, so why doesn't my sister miss me?"

"In no mood!"

She leaned closer, "Really?"

Immediately raised his head and looked away, "Oh, I'm sorry that I've been sorting out official documents in Dali Temple for so many days, and no one came to give me clothes. Sister, you heard, I haven't showered for several days!"

Xiao Youqing pushed her gently, and said with disgust: "Someone will come in a while, let go quickly."

She really let go and turned around, "Look, I've worked so hard in Dali Temple for so long, and yesterday I was brutally escorted to the Ministry of Punishment by a few officials, and now even my sister despises me!"

Xiao Youqing frowned lightly, "Even if you are dismissed, you are still a prince, how dare they be rough on you, and they are still from the Ministry of Punishment!" He sighed again and walked up to her, smoothing the hair that was drooping on her forehead. With broken hair, her official hat had already been taken off before she was taken into custody at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, "Just now, the Holy Spirit arrived at Dali Temple, and His Majesty wants to personally investigate the case!"

The king of Chu gently held her hand, "I know, Daqing said it when he got the case file for re-examination, and it involved the crown prince and King Zhao, how can His Majesty let the third envoy go to the trial with confidence?" !"

"However...my Shaoqing's chair in Dali Temple is about to be thrown away~"

"It's a small thing to lose an official, but it's a big thing to lose a person's life."

The king of Chu nodded, "The king of Zhao holds enough evidence that the crown prince has been abolished, whether it is intentional or wrong, it depends on whether the king of Zhao is willing to let the prince go, or whether he dares to oppose his majesty! "

"Not only can the crown prince be defeated on the charge of old crime, but I am also one of the chief judges. In terms of all crimes, even if I am not dead, I am afraid that King Zhao will let the courtiers remonstrate with death and throw me to Zongzheng Temple to depose me. I can prove that I have no knowledge of the case, but a wrong judgment is a wrong judgment, and if you are guilty, you will never be convicted." The King of Chu laughed again: "But I guess, King Zhao would not dare, who would dare? Go touch the tiger's beard, after all, our Wei family's tiger becomes vicious, and everyone will eat it!"

"What if he really chooses the former?" Xiao Youqing asked worriedly.

"Naturally, I have a way to escape. Even if I don't, Your Majesty will not let the three legs collapse at the same time and let King Zhao cover the sky with one hand. Your Majesty's love for King Zhao is just the love of the king, not the love between father and son. !"

The emperor's love for King Zhao was well known throughout the country. It wasn't until King Chu said it affirmatively that Xiao Youqing felt that the emperor was really cold-blooded. She was terrified when she thought about it, so she slightly raised her head and stared at King Chu, "The concubine also said to the concubine, King's love!"

"His Royal Highness, have you ever said such a thing to you?" King Chu frowned, and said with a trembling smile, "It seems that the only person I have never lied to is not Duke Longde, but Elder Sister!"

King Chu turned his back and walked a few steps forward, picked up the teacup next to the pastry to moisten his throat, and said: "When he wants you, he can spoil you, give you unlimited scenery, and even power, Longde He is upright and upright, and never forms a party with others, so he is deeply respected and trusted by Emperor Taizong, and because he leads troops all the year round, so the power in the court is not much, and there are only two civil servants in the court to confront each other," King Chu Turning around, "Axi's grandfather and Prince's grandfather!"

"If Duke Wen Mu is still here, King Zhao will not be where he is today!"

"But your majesty has passed the destiny, so you must choose a successor. Since the crown prince and King Zhao are both regarded as pawns by him, what about you, Liulang?"

"Me?" King Chu lowered his head and sneered, "I am an unworthy son and unworthy minister in his eyes, how is that possible!"

The person who finished the explanation approached Xiao Youqing and hugged her tightly into his arms.

Because just now he saw a trace of fear in her gentle eyes, King Chu gently kissed her forehead, immediately buried her neck and smelled the faint fragrance of her hair, closed his eyes and said softly: "Sister, don't worry, no matter what At that time, no matter where I was, I would always be Liu Lang in front of my sister!"

——Boom! — Bells and drums in the turrets are ringing!

The King of Chu looked up, put his arms around Xiao Youqing and said with a smile: "The sun is out, and the case should come to an end!"

In the courtroom of Dali Temple, Shen Zhai and the boy who took care of the housework for Shen Tu cried and told the whole story, and soon the two young women were brought to the court.

When the two women were pushed to kneel down by the official, they saw a familiar person sitting in the second seat on the left, and they were even more convinced that it was King Zhao.

"Your Majesty, the villain is an orphan picked up by Alang from the battlefield. He has followed Alang for nearly 20 years and treated him like his own father. He knows that although Alang is a bit lecherous, he has absolutely no intention of rebelling, and he has received great favor from the emperor. Entrusted with a heavy responsibility, Alang is grateful to the Son of Heaven in his heart, how could he have the heart of treason? I hope His Majesty will see clearly and give Alang justice!"

Si'er immediately stood up and pointed at the two women, angrily said: "They must have ulterior motives. That day Alang bought them home with a lot of money, placed them in a separate yard and sent someone to take care of them, but they have been refusing to do this." From then on, he still humiliated, A Lang took a small lesson, the two must have resentment in their hearts, and thought of using this method to take revenge!"

On the grand teacher's chair among the ministers on the left, the prince sat upright with his sleeves folded, his hands clenched in his sleeves, looking pale at the two women who were being escorted forward.

The emperor put his hands on the armrest, leaned forward, and asked the two women: "Is that so?" Then he glanced at the prince and Zhao Wang, his eyes were full of indifference.

The two women raised their heads, looked at the red robes sitting upright in the courtroom, and saw not only the crown prince, King Zhao, but also many important court officials sitting on both sides, and then they remembered the familiar person in front of them. It is the current emperor.

The two of them argued: "No, it was Tu Shen himself who had evil intentions. The two of us sisters were taken back by him, and we accidentally found a secret cabinet in his room, and there were forbidden objects in it. We beat and cursed, and threatened us that if he dared to tell his secret, he would kill us!"

"Your Majesty, I have a question." Dali Siqing stood up and said to the emperor.

"Just ask."

"Once the crime of treason is exposed, it is a serious crime against the Jiu Clan. If you have seen the evidence according to what you said, if he really intends to rebel and is afraid of being exposed, how can the two of you survive to this day?"

The two women panicked and said, "I'm strict with the law, killing people for life..."

"He is Marquis Yu, the capital of Ma Jun. It's not difficult to hide the two ladies!" Dali Temple Minister interrupted.

Seeing that the woman was speechless, the minister of Dali Temple went out and bowed to the emperor, "Your Majesty, this is the confession collected by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment. There are detailed records of Shen's house's many visits and exits, please read it, Your Majesty."

The servants forwarded some records to the emperor.

The officials who watched the trial whispered: "General Shen's case, was it framed by these two people? Or is there another reason?"

"Let's take a look first."

Before reading the confession, the emperor deliberately raised his head and glanced at King Zhao.

Compared to the prince's panic, Zhao Wang looked calm and composed.