Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

Not long after the discussion between the father and daughter ended, Sheng An and Ming Hui came to the tent together, and respectfully asked Concubine Wan to go to the vicinity of the imperial tent immediately.

However, although the emperor only personally summoned Ming Hui and Concubine Wan, Duke Cheng stood up for some reason and followed them.

As the slick and slick chief executive, Sheng An didn't say yes or no.He acquiesced to Cheng Guogong's entourage, and focused on leading the way ahead, and his attitude towards them was as polite as usual.

However, when Cheng Guogong tentatively talked to him and wanted to get out the progress of the emperor's investigation, Sheng An only passed the words lightly and did not disclose any effective information to him.

...As expected of the most useful manager of the Grand Master by Your Majesty's side, his mouth is really perfect.

Cheng Guogong gritted his teeth secretly, so he had to suppress his thoughts and give up for the time being.

The Holy Majesty summoned them, and naturally they did not dare to be unhappy. They walked nearby not long after, and heard a sharp cry from afar: "I beg your majesty to learn from you! The nine princesses' distress is an accident and has absolutely nothing to do with your slaves." !"

Concubine Wan paused, her expression changed slightly.

Sure enough, Eunuch Chen has been found...

She turned her head sideways, met her father's eyes, and said gently and softly: "Master Sheng Da, why is there such a big commotion ahead? But what happened?"

"Ouch, Empress Dowager, don't you know?"

Sheng An looked back at Concubine Wan, and said in a strange tone: "Princess Ninth almost had an accident during the hunt, His Majesty ordered a thorough investigation, and the suspect is being interrogated over there right now!"

After finishing speaking, he stared at Concubine Wan's astonished expression that didn't seem to be fake, he couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly, and added: "Speaking of which, the suspect also has something to do with the empress, and you sent him to give the horsewhip to His Highness the Second Highness." ...that Eunuch Chen."

"Eunuch Chen from Yumayuan?" Before Concubine Wan Gui could answer, Ming Hui was stunned by the side, and interjected in surprise, "He did give me a whip before, but he left immediately, and Jiu What does it matter if the imperial sister is in danger?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, this..." Sheng An shook his head, "The slave doesn't know."

Seeing that he turned his head back and refused to reveal any more, Ming Hui naturally couldn't ask any more questions. He just looked at the tense grandfather, then at the concubine mother who still maintained a surprised expression, and finally He couldn't get the words out of his mouth, and silently followed Sheng An to the front.

There is a big drama going on there too.

Eunuch Chen was escorted by the guards to kneel on the ground, weeping tears, looking very miserable, he was crying loudly to Ming Tan: "The slave did enter the forest farm, but he just went to give the Second Highness a horsewhip. I have never seen the face of the princess, so how can I harm you?"

His voice was sharp and piercing, which made many people frown frequently and show disgust on their faces; but as the subject of the direct conversation with Eunuch Chen, Ming Tan didn't even want to give him a look, he just stared at him thoughtfully. I looked at my fingertips for a while before lazily lifting my eyelids.

"Give the horsewhip to Second Emperor Brother, right?" She said lightly, "But how can you prove that what you said is the truth?"

"Don't dare to lie to the princess!" Eunuch Chen kowtowed with tears in his eyes, "I dare you, if you can invite the Second Highness to come, you will know the truth of this matter!"

"Oh, so..."

Ming Tan put down his hands, raised his head to look to the side, and immediately smiled, "Look, Second Emperor Brother is really good at coincidence, didn't he just come here by chance?"

"..."

Ming Hui pursed his lips, walked out of the crowd, cupped his hands towards Ming Tanyao, and said, "I heard that Nine Emperor Sister was almost injured in the forest farm earlier, I wonder if she is okay now?"

"For the blessing of the imperial brother and the imperial concubine—oh, and of course the Duke of the State," Ming Tan glanced slightly, his eyes paused for a moment on Concubine Wan and Duke Cheng, then nodded and said, "Naturally, it is important to be safe. "

Seemingly hearing the sarcasm in her words, Concubine Wangui narrowed her eyes slightly, lowered her eyes, and said with Cheng Guogong: "See Your Majesty, see Princess Nine."

There was no expression on the emperor's face, no emotion could be seen, he just said lightly: "Excuse me."

On the side, after seeing Ming Hui and his party arrive, Eunuch Chen, as if he had grasped at straws, quickly cast a look of help to the former, and shouted: "Second Highness! I beg Second Highness to show mercy and testify for this slave! "

His voice was sharp and sharp, like a crow choking its throat. Minghui couldn't help but frowned, and said in silence for a moment: "This Eunuch Chen did give me a horsewhip...it was my concubine who was hunting in the autumn. It was custom-made for me before, and I never went to Yumayuan to pick it up, so I asked Eunuch Chen to send it to me today."

Just as he was speaking, he raised his hand and untied a short whip tied around his waist, and stepped forward to present it to the emperor, "Father, please have a look."

"Yes. It is indeed the craftsmanship of Yumayuan." The emperor glanced at it and nodded.

Minghui smiled, and just as he took back his whip, the eyes of the eunuch Chen who was still kneeling on the ground lit up, and he kowtowed in ecstasy: "Everything I said is true, thank you Second Highness for rectifying my name——"

He cried so much that tears ran down his face, and when he kowtowed, he got a lot of dust on his face. He looked not much more respectable than the beggars on the street, and he was very embarrassed.

The smile that Minghui showed just now was fleeting, and he lifted up his clothes in disgust, avoiding the flying dust on the ground, and said to Mingtan as calmly as possible: "Sister Nine Emperors, you heard that too? Eunuch Chen probably has nothing to do with this matter, Most likely there is some misunderstanding..."

"Misunderstanding or not, it is still difficult to say."

Before he could finish his sentence, Ming Tan smiled lazily, and changed the subject, "However, I would like to thank Brother Huang for the information. Now it can be confirmed... This slave really went to the forest farm today."

She raised her chin to the guard on the side, and said slowly: "Since you have entered the forest and are the steward of the Royal Horse Court, then you must be suspicious of yourself—won't you take him down quickly?"

Never expecting such a development, Eunuch Chen was startled, his eyes widened, and he leaned over and shouted: "Princess, princess, you can't do this! The Second Highness was just proving the innocence of the servant!"

"Innocent?" Ming Tan sneered, "As far as I know, the head of the Yumayuan is in charge of training and controlling the horses in the palace. Every autumn hunting, you have to come to the Dongfeng paddock. Eunuch Chen, you are not the steward who was appointed at the beginning of this year. , I am familiar enough with this forest farm... Otherwise, how can I find the Second Emperor Brother on foot in the dense forest with no direction, and accurately hand over the horsewhip to him?"

"Slave, slave..."

"Based on this alone, your suspicions are enough to be among the best; what's more, according to His Royal Highness, your deeds in the forest are still very sneaky, isn't this worthy of a good interrogation?"

Ming Tan narrowed his eyes with a smile, gently raised his hand, and ordered: "What are you doing in a daze? You don't have to be afraid of being stubborn, you only need to go through punishments such as pulling out armor, kneeling, and holding a stick. Don't you worry that he won't?" Open your mouth?"

Hearing this, the emperor next to her narrowed his eyes and raised his eyebrows to look at his daughter.But seeing the latter's calm expression, as if he had his own plan, he didn't say much, and only nodded slightly to the guards who were waiting for orders, as a sign of agreement.

Therefore, the latter people looked at each other, immediately stepped forward, grabbed Eunuch Chen, and pulled him from the ground abruptly!

"What, what?!"

Eunuch Chen paled in shock, his eyes seemed to pop out of their sockets.He is already an old man in the palace, and he knows the torture methods mentioned by Ming Tan very well. He only listens to her and then thinks about the blood in the prison.In the fishy scene, there were bursts of throbbing pain in the fingertips, and cold sweat broke out all over the body in an instant.

I am just an insignificant eunuch, a slave who can be killed at will, so what if the punishment is wrong?

The Ninth Princess has a reputation for being violent, and since she dares to say it, she must be serious about it!

Eunuch Chen trembled in horror, but there was still a glimmer of hope, struggling to defend himself: "Princess...Princess, what you said is wrong! It's just that you know the way, the imperial army, the paddock secretary, etc. can do it. What's so strange about that?"

He turned his head, looked at the onlookers with a disheveled face, and raised his voice to accuse: "If Princess Nine wants to impose such an unwarranted crime on the servant for this reason alone, how can it be regarded as a crime?" Judge the case impartially? How can I teach the adults to be convinced?"

After his long debate, many people were obviously moved by the persuasion, and they couldn't help looking at Ming Tan, and said in their mouths: "Yes, although I'm just a slave, the princess should also check carefully. Such a hasty conviction..."

"I rule the country with benevolence, and those punishments are notorious. I feel terrified when I hear them! Sigh, but it's the turn of the Ninth Princess, but she can announce them so calmly. How inappropriate is it..."

"Your Majesty, please think twice! The princess has no real evidence yet, so lynching must never be used!"

With so much chatter, even the guards couldn't make up their minds, so they had to temporarily stop their movements and looked at the still expressionless emperor in unison.

really!

These officials are most hypocritical and have a good reputation. It is really easy to let them speak for themselves as long as they sell their misery!

Feeling that the force of escorting him has been relaxed a lot, Eunuch Chen couldn't help but secretly rejoice, with a bit of complacency hidden in his eyes, he looked up at Ming Tan.

But unexpectedly, Princess Nine never flinched as he imagined. Instead, she seemed to have never heard those discussions. She looked over with a smile that was not a smile, and said in a cool tone: "Oh? In this way, Eunuch Chen thinks There is not enough evidence to catch you, right?"

She lazily raised her hand, tilted her head, and wrapped the broken hair on her cheek twice around her fingertips, looking relaxed and leisurely, and said with a smile: "Then, I can only ask someone to talk about it again, so that I can say it." Eunuch Chen and all of you are convinced."

Then, hire another person? !

Eunuch Chen was taken aback for a moment, but couldn't help but shuddered fiercely, a sudden sense of ominous premonition surged in his heart.

What does it mean?

——Sure enough, before he could come back to his senses, Ming Tan raised his head slightly and called out with a smile, "Where is Xiao Shengzi? Why don't you hurry up and tell Eunuch Chen everything you saw before?" describe it?"

As soon as the words fell, a young man in a blue robe squeezed out of the crowd.Taking a closer look, it turned out that it was the little eunuch who led Ming Tan's horse out at that time and was rewarded with a golden scorpion from her!

He thought he had never faced so many dignitaries before, and looked around with some fear, until he met Ming Tan's encouraging eyes, then he knelt down on the ground tremblingly, and said with a trembling voice: "The slave is Yu Ma Yuan." My little Shengzi, to greet His Majesty, to greet His Royal Highness Ninth Princess..."

Little Shengzi from Yumayuan?

Hearing this name, Eunuch Chen turned his head abruptly.After seeing the familiar face of the other party, his expression suddenly twisted, as ferocious as if he wanted to swallow him alive!

Isn't this the idiot who has been working under him? !

"...The servant has something important to tell His Majesty."

Xiao Shengzi lowered his head and was so determined that he didn't even dare to look at Eunuch Chen. He spoke quickly and said: "Today, around Yin time, Eunuch Chen personally brought a small bundle of pasture to the stable to inspect, and he retreated. Left and right, I stayed alone in it for a long time... until about two quarters of an hour later, I came out of the stable and specially told the servant to take good care of the light black horse in it."

"But when the servant went in to take a look, the horse suddenly became very restless, and it was very different from the obedient look before." Xiao Shengzi kept wringing his fingers, and continued hesitantly, "So, after learning about the nine After His Highness had an accident, the servant immediately thought of this abnormality, and hurriedly went to explain it to Sir Geng Jing..."

After he finished speaking, everyone with a brain looked suspiciously at Eunuch Chen who was covered in cold sweat.

As we all know, the steward in the Royal Horse Garden is the biggest official, and he only needs to leave the trivial matters such as taking care of the horses to the servants, so why would he take care of everything by himself and suddenly visit the stable?

When things go wrong, there must be a reason for demons, and everyone is very clear about it.

"—Eunuch Chen, do you dare to accept what Xiao Shengzi said just now?"

When Ming Tan's slow voice came, Eunuch Chen's legs almost went limp in fright. If he was not still being dragged by those guards, he might have knelt back to the ground again.

Seeing that his eyes were glazed and he didn't speak for a long time, Ming Tan didn't waste any more time. He reached out and took out a green grass from his purse, and raised his hand to beckon Xiao Shengzi.

"Xiao Shengzi, come here." She smiled, "Come here and recognize this princess. Does the sheaf of pasture that Eunuch Chen brought to the stable look like this?"

Xiao Shengzi was stunned, and hurried forward, respectfully took the grass that Ming Tan was holding with both hands, looked carefully for a long time, and then nodded with certainty.

"It's exactly this kind of grass!" He said decisively, "Most of the pasture grass in autumn is yellow and dry, but the bundle that Eunuch Chen brought in the afternoon is as tender as green grass in March in the spring——The eunuch on duty at the stable We all saw it before, and we all muttered about the abnormality of the herbage—so, this servant remembers it very clearly, it is undoubtedly like this!"

"it is good."

Ming Tan nodded, took the grass back, turned to Eunuch Chen again, and said lazily: "Eunuch Chen, can you hear me clearly? Now that the princess wants to take you again... is it enough to convince everyone?" gone?"

... This is naturally enough to convince the public.

The people who just persuaded them stepped back silently, and felt their faces were hot, as if they had been slapped several times. They were so angry that they could only cast their hateful eyes on Eunuch Chen.

I thought he was a poor innocent man who was wronged, but who knows, he turned out to be a deliberate suspect!

Moreover, in order to save this person just now, they had to offend the Ninth Princess for no reason—it really blinded their good intentions!

"..."

Eunuch Chen was escorted by the guards in a daze, his mind went blank.

How to do how to do?

Could it be that he really had to suffer that horrific punishment?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, his whole body was shaking like a sieve, his eyes seemed to be covered with blood, and he subconsciously looked at Concubine Wan not far away——

The latter lowered his eyes and didn't look at him, but his left hand hidden under the sleeve of his robe was exposed. He raised three fingers and made a "two" to him calmly.

Seeing this gesture, Eunuch Chen's eyes lit up immediately, and regardless of his body being forcefully pulled up by the guards, he immediately screamed: "Your Majesty, spare your life! Ninth Princess, spare your life! It's not that this slave deliberately murdered you, but Because of--"

"It's because there is a deep misunderstanding in it."

At the same time, a voice suddenly came from Concubine Wan, which just cut off Eunuch Chen's conversation.

Ming Tan raised his eyebrows, turned his head away, and saw that the person who spoke... turned out to be Cheng Guogong who had been silent all along.

When everyone's eyes were gathered behind him, he came out more and more. Without saying a word, he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed hard at the emperor, and raised his voice:

"Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to plead guilty!"