imprinted you in my heart

After the three of them had eaten, and the porridge cooked in the pot was finally ready, Shi Min and Bu Qianxue entered the room again, leaving the dining place for the Imperial Army who hadn't eaten yet.

Qingying, who only ate a little minced meat from beginning to end, was still very hungry and thirsty, so she didn't follow them into the room, but went out to drink water by the stream, turned around and entered the forest.

Qingying has grown up a lot compared to before, and she often comes out to play by herself, and she is probably better at living in the woods than she is, so Shi Min is not worried about it, and of course he won't cling to it.

The two sat hand in hand on the only bed in the room that could accommodate two people. Although the door was closed, they could hear footsteps coming and going outside.

Zuo Xuan had already eaten, so he personally guarded the door, arranged for the rest of the people to eat in two groups, and told them not to make loud noises, including talking, so Shi Min and the others could only hear footsteps in the room.

Shi Yan looked at Bu Qianxue and asked in a low voice: "How did you get here? You really don't have any impression?", "You were still in the mansion when you slept, and you are here when you wake up," Bu Qianxue nodded slightly and replied.

Shi Min said: "They took great pains to bring you here just to exchange Yun Chu'an with me and make you suffer. What happened before... I was wrong, I shouldn't ignore your feelings, and I shouldn't argue with you As for the matter of getting married, we will discuss it carefully after returning to the public."

The more Shi Min talked, the less confident she became, and she drooped her head. Since she came here, she has never spoken too modestly. She has not said it for more than 20 years, and she is really embarrassed.

Bu Qianxue didn't expect Shi Min's topic to jump up so fast, she froze for a moment, and saw that Shi Min drooped her head and didn't dare to look at her, and her voice became smaller and smaller, if they weren't close enough, she wouldn't be able to hear clearly.

Just when Shi Min was about to get anxious, Bu Qianxue replied solemnly: "Okay, let's discuss it carefully when we go back. In fact, I was also at fault for not considering the issue from your standpoint. If something like this happens again in the future, Let's calm down and talk about it."

Shi Min happily hugged Bu Qianxue sideways and repeatedly agreed: "Okay, okay, this matter is up to you..." Seeing her so happy, Bu Qianxue also smiled happily.

The reason why the two quarreled at the beginning was that the grandparents and grandchildren of the Zhang family could not return to their hometown. It could only be regarded as an accident. What really made them quarrel were two things. One was the execution list submitted by the Ministry of Punishment; Preparations for the emperor's wedding.

After Shi Min received the right to approve the death penalty, he added two additional procedures. One is that all files of prisoners sentenced to death and major criminal cases must be in triplicate. The original documents are reported to the Ministry of Criminal Justice as soon as possible. Every August, the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice presides over the "autumn trial". veto system.

That is to say, if any department of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, and the Procuratorate feels that there are serious doubts about the case, or that the existing evidence is not enough to prove that the criminal has committed a crime, if there is any objection during the joint review, the Ministry of Criminal Justice must send the case back to the original place for retrial.

Of course, objection is not random objection without reason. There must be sufficient reasons to support the objection. Only in this way can we prevent someone from deliberately delaying or making trouble.

After the "autumn trial" is over, those who should be sent back for retrial will be sent back for retrial, and those who don't need to be sent back for retrial will go to "challenge trial", that is, the review will be conducted in the early court. If you raise doubts, the Ministry of Criminal Justice will be responsible for on-the-spot answers. If you can't answer clearly, the emperor will send you back for retrial as appropriate. In case of serious cases, you can also send someone to investigate the case in person.

In the event of amnesty or the death of a member of the royal family, the emperor will generally reduce the punishment as appropriate. Those who can be amnesty and those who cannot be amnesty. There are regulations. Not all guilty people will be innocent and free all at once.

After the "Court Trial" is over, if there is no doubt at all, the evidence is solid, and the facts of the case are clear, the case will be considered a final decision, and the Criminal Ministry will submit a memorandum after sorting it out according to the procedure—the list of executions after autumn.

This year, due to the death of the Empress Dowager, it has been delayed for some time, so the Ministry of Punishment only recently submitted it.

When Bu Qianxue was approving this memorandum, she saw a long list of names on the list, nearly hundreds of people, and the note drawn up by the cabinet was accurate. When she thought of Grandma Huang's passing away, she wanted to accumulate some virtue for her old family. He suggested that Shi Min should commute the sentences of prisoners who were not heinous.

Naturally, Shi Min also took this into consideration, so the sentence was already commuted as appropriate during the court trial. Those who can be included in the execution list after the fall are all unforgivable crimes, such as Ding Shou, who either have someone's life behind him, or Corrupt officials who bend the law for personal gain and commit heinous crimes, if they are not severely punished, will not be able to rectify the majesty of the law.

What's more, the court trial has passed. Although she has the right to reject it, the price of doing so is to slap herself in the face. If it is an ordinary person, she will be despised for a while, but the emperor can't do it. He talked to me, talked and talked, and finally Ding Shou was involved.

Shi Min felt that Bu Qianxue wanted to let Ding Shou live, because she only knew Ding Shou on the list, and Ding Shou was the one Shi Min made up his mind to kill, so the two had a dispute.

In fact, Bu Qianxue didn't mean that at all. She just thought that Shi Min had killed many honorable and corrupt officials this year. Even if it wasn't for the imperial grandma, she had to think about their offspring. It would be better to accumulate more sinister virtues, so she felt that it was not a heinous crime. It is better to imprison a prisoner for the rest of his life than to kill him all at once.

But in this matter, the two of them still have their own words. At most, they blush. What really made them quarrel was the second matter, the big wedding.

No matter which dynasty or generation the emperor's wedding is, it is a first-class event. It is normal to prepare two or three years in advance, and there are more grand and luxurious preparations for four or five years. According to the procedure, the memorial to the constitution was drawn up.

According to various estimates, the total cost would be about 200 million taels. Bu Qianxue felt that it was too extravagant and completely unnecessary, so she suggested reducing it to 100 million taels.

Bu Qianxue wanted to cut expenses just as Shi Min wanted, but once it dropped to 100 million taels, she couldn't accept it. After all, the engagement cost more than 110 million taels. With her many cares and greetings, the entire engagement cost was higher than the budget. Saved tens of thousands of taels.

The scale of the big wedding can't be smaller than the engagement, so I think 150 million taels is more appropriate, but Bu Qianxue is unhappy again, how much can 50 taels actually do for the common people?

The two of them disagreed again and again throughout the day. They were already blushing about the previous matter, but they were forced to suppress it. Now they disagreed, and they couldn't reach an agreement no matter what. They broke out all of a sudden, and finally quarreled up.

After Bu Qianxue's disappearance, Shi Min also thought a lot, especially about their big wedding, no matter how big a scene she made, if Bu Qianxue was unhappy, then what's the point of a grand wedding?

Now, the two have settled their suspicions, and recalling the quarrel between you and me, they couldn't help but smile at each other.

Bu Qianxue said seriously: "I was already angry at the time, and when you returned to the house, you didn't ask for any expression, and you became even more angry. You couldn't sleep well until you woke up again and saw you leaning against the bed and falling asleep. I couldn’t get angry anymore, and I realized that I didn’t put myself in your shoes, but I thought it was for your own good, or for our own good.”

She also served in the Procuratorate, so she naturally knows that the autumn trial and the court trial are almost certain. Even if the emperor has the right to reject it, he will seldom do so unless there is new evidence that it is an injustice. False and wrongful conviction.

So for the execution after Qiu Hou, she just did her best, and let it go if she didn't do her best, so she blushed.As for the big wedding, she felt that it had something to do with her, so she became a little more persistent, and she thought it was better to save money, so she quarreled later.

Thinking about it afterwards, it seems that this is not the case. For ordinary people, spending 200 million taels to get married is simply a fantasy, impossible, but they are not ordinary people. Royal affairs are the affairs of the world. What do the subjects think?What do the vassal states and the small countries in the southwestern government think?

"I wanted to go to you too, but I was worried that I wouldn't be able to persuade you, and I would quarrel again, so I didn't go. If I had known that you would be even more angry, I would have gone to you." Shi Min also said what was in his heart, no Make those lame excuses.

In this shabby remote thatched hut room, the two let go of their previous suspicions and talked to each other, wishing to make up for everything they hadn't said in the two days they hadn't seen each other.

Until the sound of Zuo Xuan's report came from outside, "Report to Your Majesty, Zhonggong, Lu Yuan's envoy has arrived", Zuo Xuan knew that His Majesty and Zhonggong were talking inside, but because the door was closed, the two deliberately lowered their voices, so nothing happened. hear.

After the others finished eating in batches, they all withdrew, and continued to take turns on duty, herding horses and resting. Even she herself retreated outside the thatched hut until the person sent to invite Lu Yuan envoy brought Lu Yuan envoy with her. When she came back, she came in to report.

"Let her in quickly." Upon hearing that Lu Jian had arrived, Shi Min hurriedly replied loudly.

Not long after, Lu Jianyi came in with a medicine box, and was about to salute, but Shi Min avoided it first, and asked her to help Bu Qianxue see if there was any serious health problem.

Bu Qianxue always felt that Shi Min was a little fussy. She didn't know whether her own body was good or not. Although she thought so, she still cooperated with various inspections and questions in the end.

Lu Jianyi was invited here when he was discussing the compilation of medical classics with other imperial doctors and doctors in the imperial hospital. His Majesty ordered that she dare not delay, so she quickly explained and followed with her medicine box. , Bumped all the way, a little uncomfortable.

After checking the pulse, Lu Jianyi stood up and saluted, "I would like to report to Your Majesty, Zhonggong, Zhonggong is in good health, but a little weak, just make up for it and rest more."

"Then why did you sleep for so long?" Shi Min was still a little worried, fearing that the old illness would recur.

"The other party should have given Zhonggong a drug that has no side effects, making people drowsy and unconscious. After the effect of the drug, he will wake up naturally." Lu Jianyi replied respectfully. While packing the medicine box, when he first came in, he saw Zhonggong. Gong was wearing a not-so-good bunt, so he was very surprised, but he didn't ask any more questions.

Hearing what Lu Jianyi said, Shi Min was relieved, asked a few words about the progress of the compilation of medical classics, gave her a few more instructions, and asked her to go back.

As soon as Lu Jian resigned and left, she really came and went in a hurry, and she was the only one who suffered for herself and the people who picked her up.

Not long after Lu Jianyi left, the person who was sent to drive to Buhou Mansion finally came back. He came back alone to report, and the other person and the carriage were waiting outside at the intersection. Then Shi Min and Bu Qianxue left the thatched hut and started to fight. back to the palace.

He always felt that the other party would not give up easily, and wanted to see what other tricks the other party had in the future, so Shi Min specially issued a password to keep looking for what should be found, and let him solve the case if it should be solved.

So much so that the whole Fan knew that there were few people lost in Zhonggong, and even fewer people knew that Zhonggong had been found.

The person who went to fetch the carriage was the internal imperial army in disguise, no matter what the Bu family asked, they only said to obey orders, and they didn't know anything about the rest. The chief guard of the Hou's mansion didn't dare to offend him, so naturally he didn't dare to ask more questions.

And because Zuo Xuan had specifically explained it, he bought some snacks and tea on the way here. Seeing that Zhonggong was wearing a coarse cloth bunt, he remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to buy a set of clothes.

After Shi Min helped Bu Qianxue to get on the carriage, he whispered a few instructions to Zuo Xuan before finally getting on the carriage.

In the end, according to Shi Min's order, Zuo Xuan sent back the conspicuous foreign imperial army, leaving only the disguised internal imperial army as guards. After the outer imperial army walked for a while, the carriage set off. ?