Your Majesty, after he played stupid and overturned the car

The sounds of fighting outside Changyuan City dissipated before dawn, Qi Chaoce lay on his side on the couch, his whole body was hot, his lips were so pale that there was no blood, but he was still awake.

The drums sounded suddenly.

Ming Ye who brought the medicine into the door paused, she closed the door behind her back, sat down on the couch and said softly, "Is it over?"

Qi Chaoce propped himself up and sat up. He calmly said two words: "We lost."

"What?" Ming Ye was stunned.

"Qi Lu is defeated." Qi Chaoce heard it from the drumbeat just now, but it was not unexpected, Qi Lu's fight tonight was not for the sake of victory.

"Shangping is what matters."

It was enough for Lu Ziyuan to take the opportunity to lead his army to break through the siege, and Qi Lu to delay for two more hours.

Ming Yelan saw that his face was carefree, so he handed over the medicine and said, "You trust Miss Lu very much."

The battle of Shangping was the main battlefield, but Qi Chaoce did not let his cronies Qi Lu go, but gave Yubei military power to Lu Ziyuan.

"She is also considered to be in the Qi family, and she has paid homage to heaven and earth. The second child did not go to meet her. The Qi family is sorry for her." Qi Chaoce took the medicine bowl, looked at Ming Yelan and said, "Your Highness, I..."

Ming Yelan glanced at him with a half-smile.

Qi Chao Ce choked up, his tongue was stiff, and he said dryly: "I am ashamed to accept it."

"Master Hou is a true hero." Ming Yelan got up and said gently, "I can bear it."

Ming Yelan didn't stay for long, when she went out, she ran into the maid who was with her, she didn't bring anyone with her when she left Beijing, she was a servant of the Hou Mansion.

As soon as he left the door, the maid whispered: "Your Highness, the aunts of the Hou's Mansion clamored to see Lord Hou last night."

Qi Chaoce has not married yet, and there is no one in the backyard, so these are naturally left by the old Hou Ye.After Ming Yelan entered the mansion, he knew that these concubines would not have to worry about food and clothing on weekdays. The wife had two concubine sons under her knees, how could these concubine concubines give birth to concubine sons?It is precisely because of this that the current Hou Mansion is clean.

Since Qi Chaoce was injured, he has been behind closed doors. Lu Ziyuan, the second wife who has never been through the door, has entered the city again, and the army outside the city is overwhelming.

Feeling it was afraid of hurting himself, so he couldn't sit still.

What's more, after Ming Yelan was brought back by Qi Chaoce, not many people knew her true identity, only the maids and nuns around her were all selected by Qi Chaoce. They are used to being loose and free in the backyard, and they are afraid that there will be an extra lady in the Hou's mansion to overwhelm them.

Ming Yelan grew up in the palace, how could he not know what these women were thinking.Her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and she said softly: "If they are restless, please come to my yard tomorrow for a cup of tea."

The maid hurriedly said in a low voice: "But Your Highness has not slept all night."

Ming Yelan stroked the corner of his forehead lightly, his eyes were calm, "It's okay, if they dare to make trouble in Lord Hou's yard at dawn, please come over."

"Yes." The maid responded obediently, and then said in a low voice, "But after all, you are not from the Qi family. These aunts have been lawless and fierce since they were no longer controlled by the old lady!"

Ming Yelan paused because of the sentence that it wasn't the Qi family, and then slowly and softly laughed and said: "Is there any king in the world, the country belongs to the Ming family, and this palace is the princess of the Ming family. I want to see, Jing." How fierce can the aunt of Anhou Mansion be?"

There was a war on the border, and when it was first introduced to Beijing, it caused waves. After a few days, Yijing, which was far away from the battlefield, became calm again.

Wanzhao of the Ming Dynasty took Chu Rujin into the Ministry of Punishments. He brought up the matter in the early court and ordered the Ministry of Punishments to investigate the case of buying and selling young children.

After the early court, Ming Wanzhao ordered Xing Ye, Shen Lin and Su Jingci to enter the Chengming Pavilion to discuss matters, and informed the three of Chu Rujin's identity.

"The Chu family's old case back then was indeed wronged." Ming Wanzhao looked at the astonished courtiers and said in a deep voice, "But Chu Rujin must be severely punished."

Xing Ye couldn't recover for a moment. He entered the court earlier than Shen Lin, but it was also a matter of Anqian's reign. He didn't catch up with Chu Rensheng when he was in court. Is it really Chu's daughter?"

"Yes." Ming Wanzhao said, "This case is not only about the sale and purchase of young children, but also has something to do with people from northern Xinjiang. Many of these bought young children will be transferred to northern Xinjiang merchants, and they will take them back to raise them." No matter how dark makeup is sent back to Daliang without anyone noticing, no matter what, the case will be investigated strictly."

"What?" Shen Lin was surprised, he put down the teacup, and said with a gloomy expression, "It's shameless!"

"I have been secretly investigating for a long time." Ming Wanzhao said slowly, "The assassins of the winter solstice last year and this year's hunting ground should all be nails sent in by Beijiang, or even the people brought in by Lu Feichi when he forced the palace to plot against him. source, but how the nails were returned to the girders is unknown."

Dali Temple Minister Xingye Shen said: "It is not easy to send back without anyone noticing, but the beams were like a mess a few years ago, and the household registrations were mostly

Incomplete, His Majesty wants to cut off the line of business in northern Xinjiang, but the merchants can't keep them out.

If it is true that the communication between Daliang and the foreign race is completely cut off, once the trade routes stop, the money will be lost.

The aristocratic family has just been removed, and the girders that are riddled with holes are still waiting to be rebuilt, and money is needed everywhere.

Ming Wanzhao was also scrupulous about this, so he never took any action. He was silent for a while, and said to Xing Ye: "Of course we can't really cut off the trade route. When the border is more stable, we can open the Northwest Grain Road. Then we will strictly investigate. Anyone who buys or sells living people is not allowed to enter or leave the country.”

The emperor gave the order with golden words, and the three of them exchanged glances with each other, and they all obeyed the order.

Ming Wanzhao said to Su Jingci again: "Chu Rujin committed a felony, but after all, he is the daughter of Duke Chu, and Mr. Su is a student of Duke Chu, but he is currently sick and weak. Can you tell him about this?"

Su Jingci stood up and said: "My father is the daughter of Duke Chu, who has a clear distinction between public and private affairs. If he committed such a serious crime, he should be done according to the law. After returning to the mansion, I will go with the family in person.

Father said. "

The meeting was broken up.

As soon as Ming Wanzhao went out, the gentleness disappeared completely, and turned into his usual indifference. He glanced at the sky, but felt that he only saw the dilapidated girder.

Like a small boat in a stormy sea, Ming Wanzhao is the one at the helm, and he will try his best to stabilize Mingliang Jiangshan.

Bai Tan waited on him and said softly: "Your Majesty, where are we going now?"

"Let's go back to Qihua Palace." Ming Wanzhao sneered, "In the past, this country belonged to aristocratic families, they sucked on the spirit of the beams, and they were drunk and dreamy, but now they left the mess to me."

Bai Tan said in a warm voice: "You are a wise king, and the peace of the world is just around the corner."

Ming Wanzhao said nothing, and got on the imperial chariot.

He has virtuous ministers and upright officials in the court, even in the frontiers, and there are also generals who sweep up the world for him.

Ming Wanzhao suddenly asked: "Is there no news outside the palace recently?"

Bai Tan knew that he was asking about the spies of Lingxi, so he said softly: "Lu Shizi has arrived in Jiangdong Huacheng, and he is riding fast, day and night. It is estimated that in a few days, he will arrive at Lingxi. When the eldest son arrives at the place, there should be a book for him. Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Did I ask him?" Ming Wanzhao glanced over lightly.

Bai Tan slapped his own mouth, and he said kindly: "Look at the mouth of this servant, it's time to slap!"

Ming Wanzhao: "..."

I want to cover it up!How unreasonable!

At night, in front of the prison gate of the Ministry of Punishment, Ye Danran came alone, but was stopped by the jailer.

"The two brothers have worked hard." Ye Danran handed over the food box and a bottle of wine, and said with a smile: "It's convenient, I only need half a stick of incense time." The jailer also smiled and said: "My lord, it's not that the villain makes things difficult for you. This prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, is there a place where anyone can enter? This is against the rules." As he spoke, he pushed the food box, but he didn't pick it up.

Ye Danran pushed it back again, and said with a smile: "Why don't you open it and have a look?"

The two looked at each other, and found out something else from the words, then took the food box, opened it, and saw that there were oily pig's trotters on the top, and then lifted the compartment, and the bottom was covered with Silvery broken silver.

The jailer immediately smiled, covered the pig's trotters back, put his arms around the food box and said with a smile: "My lord, we have agreed on the time for half a stick of incense, please."

Let's go. ”

Ye Danran breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you two brothers for your accommodation."

The jailer holding the food box waited for Ye Danran to enter, and then said: "It's strange, that woman can be the mother of a grown-up considering her age, and she even spent money to visit the prison. Could it be that she is also a guest of honor?"

The other just took a sip of wine, almost spit it out, and slapped it, "What does it have to do with us? Put everything away, and come to exchange it later, don't tell them to chirp."

"I know, I know."

As expected, Ye Danran was punctual, and came out before the half-hour.The two jailers sent the man away, and went back to the prison to look around, and found nothing wrong. When they went out again, the two jailers who exchanged value were already outside.

In the early morning of the next day, before the emperor arrived, all the officials were waiting outside the Chaolu hall.

Ye Danran came a bit late, when he saw Su Jingci approaching, his expression was not very good.

"Wen Yu." Su Jingci pulled him and whispered, "Did you go to the prison of the Ministry of Justice last night?"

Ye Danran was taken aback, "Yes... how do you know?"

"What are you doing there for nothing?!" Su Jingci's face became even uglier. He glanced at Xing Ye, who was standing at the head of the civil servants, and Shen Lin was standing beside him, and said in a low voice: "Just now someone from the Ministry of Punishment came to report , Chu Rujin, whom His Majesty personally ordered to be severely punished, committed suicide in prison this morning!"

"What?!" Ye Danran suddenly raised his voice, then reacted instantly, lowered his voice and said panickedly: "Why, how could this be?"

"People commit suicide by taking poison." Su Jingci and Ye Danran became officials in the same year. They both ranked in the top three in the imperial examination that year, and they had a good personal relationship. There is a big problem here!"

How can a person commit suicide by taking poison when he is locked in a big prison?

Even if Chu Rujin committed suicide in fear of crime, where did the poison come from to make her commit suicide?

Ye Danran thought he was unlucky, but when he heard the early morning bell, he was so startled that he froze and didn't dare to step forward.

In the scorching summer, Ye Danran broke out in a cold sweat.