female concubine

Above the courtroom, the atmosphere froze.

"Unfortunately, not only did the minister not die, but he still appeared in front of your Highness, so, your nightmare must have dissipated..."

"I don't know what you're talking about, Your Majesty, this person should have been exiled, I don't know who is so bold to put him back..."

"Your Highness, I haven't finished my words, why are you so anxious to confess?"

"You!" The crown prince pointed at Si Cheng with a flustered expression.

The straight wings on the handkerchief's head swayed left and right, and the officials on the grand master's chair leaned closer and whispered: "It turns out that the Prime Minister of the Zuo Temple of Dali Temple is a member of His Royal Highness the Prince."

"The death of Shen Yuhou..." The person who speculated was afraid of being charged with slandering the prince, so he dared not continue.

After a year, the reopening of the emperor's case was brought out again, and it turned out to be related to the current prince.

"I think all the ministers and workers are very puzzled, why a small Dali Temple Chancellor dared to hastily convict an important official of the court, and why the Temple Chancellor disappeared after the case was rehabilitated."

The Chancellor of Dali Temple knelt down towards the emperor, bowed his head and said: "The guilty minister escaped from death, knowing that his crime is unforgivable, and seeing the Holy Son of Heaven today, he will never dare to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor again."

Dali Temple Minister looked at his former subordinates, then at the crown prince, and then turned to the emperor, "Your Majesty, this?"

The prince was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to this sinner's nonsense..."

The emperor stared straight ahead without changing his expression, "Speak!"

Si Cheng put his hands on the ground and kowtowed again, "In the late spring of last year, the case of Jiang Luochuan, the supervisor, was instructed by His Royal Highness, and the Kaifeng government brought him to Dali Temple, and listed him as a hundred officials in the capital and handed it over to Dali Temple. The Zuo Temple presided over the trial, and ordered the guilty officials to shirk the post of presiding judge to the King of Chu in order to blame the King of Chu and hate the Jiang family. In fact, Jiang Jiansheng’s crime was nothing more than framing. All of this was carefully planned by His Royal Highness , the guilty minister is just obeying orders."

After finishing speaking, Si Cheng kowtowed again, "In the middle of summer, Yu Hou, the capital of the Ma Jun, was exposed for treason. The incident was informed to His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness ordered the guilty minister to be sentenced to death for treason, and asked the guilty minister not to delay, and promised the guilty minister that if the incident happened, His Royal Highness would protect the guilty minister from escape, so the minister... "Si Cheng slammed down heavily, "For all these crimes, I dare not ask His Majesty to forgive me. During the year of fleeing, the criminal minister has never had a peaceful sleep. Every time I think about it, I regret it. Now I dare not escape again. I only hope that the truth will be revealed to the public. , let the world see my virtue as a prince."

After Sicheng finished speaking, the emperor turned his head to look at the Crown Prince angrily, and the Crown Prince immediately collapsed to the ground, looking at the courtiers sitting in the courtroom and the angry emperor above the courtroom, he seemed to feel that he was about to suffocate.

The emperor slapped the table and got up, and asked angrily, "His Royal Highness, what else do you want to say?"

The crown prince collapsed on the ground, looked up at the emperor's blurred face, and suddenly burst out laughing.

The emperor squinted his eyes and shouted: "Speak!"

"Chen, I have nothing to say, Your Majesty," the prince kowtowed while propping up his weak body, "Abolish the minister!"

Immediately, a few old officials in purple robes stood up, "Your Majesty, the crown prince is the foundation of the country, and the matter of abolishing the crown prince cannot be hasty. Let's wait until the court meeting to make a decision."

The emperor had a gloomy face, "Bring the prince back to the East Palace and restrain his feet. Without my permission, he is not allowed to leave the East Palace for half a step." He looked at King Zhao beside him, "Let it be escorted by King Zhao."

Zhao Wang raised his head in shock, "Yes... yes."

Along with the emperor who stood up with the civil servants, a scarlet robe came out, and scolded: "Framing the subjects, framing the important ministers of the country, and framing the prince, these crimes are punished enough and have already been abolished. Do you want your majesty to let an immoral Will the person inherit the throne?"

"In the past, the king of Chu just contradicted His Majesty, but he was taken into Zongzheng Temple by the court staff. The prince's behavior was still grounded. I beg Your Majesty to be fair, Your Majesty, waste Chu!" Fei Pao lifted his hem and knelt down.

Then another group of ministers came out, and together with them, "Ministers, please abolish the reserve."

As soon as the abolished Chu's words came out, the emperor pointed angrily at the leading Feipao, and shouted: "Chen Yu, is this the world of my Wei family, or yours?"

The emperor's anger frightened all the ministers, causing them to kneel down and bow their heads, "The ministers are in panic."

"This world, of course, is the world of the Son of Heaven. To govern with virtue, the prince's virtue is not worthy. How can he rule the world? If the minister dies, please abolish the prince."

The emperor stepped down, leaned over and pulled Chen Yu up, "Then tell me, who is the most suitable for this seat, him?" The emperor pointed to King Zhao who was kneeling on the ground.

King Zhao bowed his head and bowed his head, "I dare not!"

"Or the king of Chu?" Seeing that Chen Yu turned his head and stopped talking, the emperor let go of him, "Come here, take this rebellious minister out to me, bring the crown prince back to the East Palace to restrain him from thinking about his mistakes, and bring the knowledge of the scriptures feast and All Jingyan lecturers will be dismissed and investigated."

"As for the abolition of the reserve." The emperor turned around and looked down at the prince coldly, "We will discuss it after the case is over."

Then he said to Sansi: "Let the rest be handed over to the three judicial envoys, and everything will be dealt with impartially."

"The minister waits for orders."

The yamen gate of Dali Temple was surrounded by forbidden soldiers. After the emperor left, he also took away the forbidden soldiers, and the courtiers also left one after another. Only three judges were left in the quiet Dali Temple to continue to hear the case.

The crown prince walked out of the courtroom in a daze.

King Zhao watched the emperor leave coldly. Such a crime could not make the emperor abolish the prince, and he was ordered to send the prince back to the East Palace. King Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, go back to the palace."

The Crown Prince looked sideways at King Zhao, and immediately approached King Zhao in three steps at a time, and suddenly grabbed King Zhao's lapel, "It's all you, you traitorous minister, you are so vicious!"

King Zhao pushed him away and brushed his clothes, "Your Highness should pay more attention to your appearance in public."

Then he said to the imperial guard at the side: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you send His Highness the Crown Prince back to the palace?"

"Yes."

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As soon as he returned to Da Nei, the emperor sent a message to Liang Wenfu.

"What's the matter with leaking the question?"

Liang Wenfu kowtowed, "The Son of Heaven is wise, sinful ministers dare not bully the emperor, minister," Liang Wenfu put his head on the back of his hands, "it is the intention of King Zhao."

"Are you from King Zhao?"

"Yes, in the past, the Ministry of Rites lost the petition of the minister before the great court meeting. It was too late to return home to make up for it. The minister is Xie Yuan. If he missed the great court meeting, it would be too late for Yu Chunwei. It has not been resolved by the minister."

"So in the end it was Zhao Wang who came forward to solve it for you?"

"Yes, the guilty minister said a big word. The guilty minister has studied hard for many years and spent another year in the Imperial Academy. His Majesty is the Holy Son of Heaven. Even if the criminal minister's ability has not leaked the question, the criminal minister can still be named on the gold list."

"As the guilty minister said in the court, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the heir apparent, and he will give the question to the minister. If the minister does not accept the secret of deceiving the emperor, not only will the minister's official career be hindered, but his life may also be lost. That's right, so I accepted it, and I also gave the handle to His Highness the Crown Prince, the correspondence was forged, the minister imitated His Highness the Crown Prince's notes, and the scriptures and Mo Yi were evidence of the Crown Prince's guilt left behind by King Zhao."

"After Concubine Zhao's miscarriage, King Zhao decided that it was the prince who did it, so he planned to let the minister expose the prince's leaks after the sage canonization ceremony was completed. Wang Rangchen should not act rashly, and still lie dormant beside the prince, waiting for orders."

The emperor got up with his hands behind his back, walked up to Liang Wenfu, looked down and said, "Since you belong to King Zhao, if you betray your master like this, aren't you afraid that he will get rid of you?"

"I don't belong to anyone. I am Your Majesty's minister. Everything is helpless. I am not afraid of death. I only ask Your Majesty to forgive me."

"I will not kill you, nor will I condemn you, I want you," the emperor narrowed his eyes, "go back to King Zhao."

Liang Wenfu raised his head and blinked his eyes, then kowtowed heavily, "Sinful Minister, thank Your Majesty for not killing me,"

The emperor walked around him with his hands behind his back, and immediately turned his eyeballs to the window outside the palace, until a gust of wind passed by and there was no movement.

Gouzui smiled and said: "Liang Qing's words have been heard."

Liang Wenfu raised his head again, his eyes turned pale with panic, "..."

"However, it's not your master's."

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The follow-up trial of the case continued into the evening, and before the palace gate was closed, officials of Dali Temple frequently came in and out with official documents.

In the end, the prime minister was the prime minister who committed the crime and went to prison. The crown prince was imprisoned in the East Palace, but Liang Wenfu walked out of the palace swaggeringly after being recalled into the palace in a scarlet official uniform.

"Girl, news from Da Nei."

The female envoy leaned over and whispered to his ear.

It is not hard to guess what the emperor is thinking, but it is him who is hard to guess. Xiao Youqing said suspiciously: "He belongs to the king of Zhao. It is not surprising that he betrayed the prince, but in front of the emperor, why do you want to let the king of Zhao out? Is it to save his life?" ?"

"Could it be that he belongs to my uncle?" Xichun suddenly said happily: "That uncle is too smart, I don't feel like him anymore."

The envoy's words seemed to wake Xiao Youqing up, and she said coldly, "Really?"

——Boom! — boom boom! ——

"Girl, the Hanlin scholar is asking to see you."

Xichun opened the door, "Which Hanlin scholar?"

"He said that His Majesty has just been promoted to a Hanlin Bachelor, surnamed Liang."

Xiao Youqing stood up in shock after hearing this, "Liang?" Then he walked out of the door quickly.

All the way to the middle hall, I saw that the person who should have been wearing green was now wearing a scarlet robe.

"Your Majesty, see Princess Chu."

"Hanlin bachelor?"

Liang Wenfu put down his hands, smiled straight up and said, "Princess, don't panic, this is just His Majesty's grace."

"What are you doing here?" Xiao Youqing lowered one hand and turned his back.

Liang Wenfu looked around, and the female envoy beside Xiao Youqing waved them away, and finally he also retreated from the middle hall.

"Wangfei is worthy of being the daughter of a family. She is well educated and reasonable. She even teaches the servants of the mansion so well."

"Speak up if you have something to say."

Liang Wenfu raised the corners of his mouth, and bowed to Xiao Youqing, "Your Majesty knows that you have worked in detail."

Xiao Youqing turned around, "You?"

"Xiaguan once told the Six Kings that the Xiaguan can not only belong to the Crown Prince, but also belong to King Zhao." Liang Wenfu looked up at Xiao Youqing, "The Six Kings and your people."

Xiao Youqing immediately smiled and said: "I don't have the ability of the second minister, but I learn the things of the second minister, aren't I afraid that I will end up worse than them?"

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid, but I'm even more afraid of people's hearts, so it's better to give it a try than to be completely desperate."

"Why should I trust you?"

Liang Wenfu folded his sleeves and bowed, "I don't need the trust of the princess, as long as the princess remembers that the official has this heart. It's getting late, so I won't disturb the princess's rest, and I will leave."

"Oh, that's right." Liang Wenfu, who had only walked a few steps, turned his head and said with a slight smile, "King Zhao already knew about King Chu's private return to the capital. After the Crown Prince's matter is settled, he will go over this old account together."