"I, I am the eldest princess's mother-in-law, you can't arrest me, you can't arrest me!"
The yamen officer stepped forward to arrest the man, and the old lady immediately struggled and screamed.
The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment sneered coldly, "Now that I remember that you are the mother-in-law of the eldest princess? What about the time when you colluded with the bad guys to murder the eldest princess? You are evil-hearted. I won't say more to you. Let's see you in the interrogation room of the Ministry of Punishment.
Take her mouth away and take her away!"
After saying that, the Minister of Punishment said to Mr. Zhao: "Mr. Zhao, please help yourself. I have official duties, so I won't stay any longer."
The Ministry of Punishment handles affairs with vigor and resoluteness.
After leaving the scene, the Minister of Punishment immediately went to the princess's mansion.
Xiao Yu was not there, so Su Luo personally brought a cup of tea to the Minister of Punishment in the living room, "Thank you so much for what happened today. When the prince comes back, I will definitely let him thank you."
The Minister of Punishment had been talking all night, and he was indeed thirsty. He didn't show any politeness, so he picked up the tea and drank it in one gulp.
"I don't need to thank you for my friendship with the prince. It's a matter of course. It's just that Duke Xu, I wonder if the princess has any arrangements or any instructions? I will go to the palace to meet the saint soon."
Su Luo glanced at the funnel on the table by the window, "Are you going at this hour?"
"It makes the situation urgent if we go all night." The Minister of Punishment said with a smile.
Since the Minister of the Ministry of Justice said so, and Xiao Yu had mentioned it to her before, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was one of her own and there was no need to be polite. Su Luo said directly: "There was a flower-viewing banquet before the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Her Royal Highness the Princess was beaten by the fake Queen Mother.
This time, the Queen and Concubine Ying wanted to join forces to attack Gu Yao and me.
Concubine Ying and the queen are joining forces, which means that Duke Xu and Duke Cheng are joining forces.
Then this fake prince-in-law incident must be impossible to bring down Xu Guogong at once. The emperor wants to check and balance the court. If the emperor knows that this fake prince-in-law is a joint effort between two princes to target the eldest princess's house, what do you think he will do?
reaction?
Especially now, it seems that the royal family is not too prosperous, and although the seven families have suffered some impact due to the collapse of Zhenninghou Mansion, the foundation is still there."
The Minister of Punishment had his own judgment before coming. He came to ask Su Luo. In fact, it was just out of respect for Xiao Yu.
But he never expected that Su Luo could speak so thoroughly.
No wonder the King of Nanhuai couldn't put it down for her.
In addition to her excellent appearance, her inner qualities were enough to impress the King of Nanhuai.
The Minister of Punishment said: "Then I will make a preamble to Your Majesty, becoming the Duke of the country, but I will not explain it thoroughly."
Su Luo said: "To be honest, Lord Shangshu, I contacted Gu Yao before arranging for the fire at the fake Prince Consort's house. I asked Gu Yao for help and contacted Concubine Zhen in the palace.
They say there are no eternal enemies, only appropriate interests.
Concubine Zhen will tell Your Majesty what happened to the Prince Consort and what she heard from the Empress."
The Minister of Punishment looked at Su Luo in shock.
In Xiao Yu's absence, she had thought carefully about this matter, inside and out.
Even the little shoes that Concubine Zhen gave the Queen to wear were considered.
Coming out of the eldest princess's house, the Minister of Punishment let out a long sigh, then clenched his fists, his eyes firm: He, the Minister of Punishment, also wants to marry such a wife!
Attendant: ...How about you take a look at your own hairline first?
The master and the servant looked at each other inexplicably, and the Minister of Punishment could understand the disgust in the follower's eyes.
Suddenly...
The copyist gave him a slap on the head.
"No matter how far back my hairline is, I'm still a minister. What about you? You're thirty, but you're still a follower!"
Attendant:......
When it's dark and no one is around, I'll commit the crime and murder my boss, so no one can find out.
The two hurt each other all the way, and the Minister of Punishment entered the palace.
Royal study room.
The emperor was sitting there with an ugly expression on his face. He was obviously not awake, and there was still mucus hanging from his eye sockets.
"Your Majesty, I will forgive you, but unless the matter was extremely urgent, I would never dare to enter the palace late at night."
The emperor's face was dark, as if if you couldn't tell me one, two, three, four, five, six or seven, I would kill you.
"Tonight, a house in Dongchen Lane in the west of the city suddenly caught fire in the courtyard. People nearby hurried in to help put out the fire, and unexpectedly found a man and a woman in the house having sex."
emperor:......
I was woken up by you in the middle of the night just to hear you say this?
Seeing the emperor's face that was about to explode, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment said patiently: "That woman is the maidservant in the eldest princess's palace, the mother-in-law of Xiao Jiyuan, her name is Xiao Yunqian."
emperor:......
None of my business!
"That man claims to be Xiao Jiyuan!"
emperor:......
emperor:?
emperor:!
"What?" The expression on his face ranged from impatient to confused to shocked. The emperor slapped the table and leaned forward.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said: "Because of the fierce fire, someone reported to the official, and I happened to take someone out to handle the case, so I stopped by. As a result, I left, and the man claimed to be the Prince Consort Xiao Jiyuan.
But Xiao Yunqian said that he was a fake, and that Duke Xu Guogong specially found someone to pretend to be him."
Duke Xu?
The emperor was full of surprise and doubt.
The Minister of Punishment continued to respond slowly and steadily, "In order to find out the truth, I immediately went to the eldest princess's mansion to invite the mother of Prince Consort Xiao Jiyuan. After his mother arrived, she insisted that he was Xiao Jiyuan.
But Xiao Yunqian insisted that he was fake.
Coincidentally, a staff member of Duke Xu's Mansion was present at the scene. He said that he remembered what Xiao Jiyuan looked like, but he was only 70% similar. He was not the real Xiao Jiyuan.
The man was told by Xu Guogong's staff, and he immediately confessed, saying that Xu Guogong had come to him and arranged for him to enter the eldest princess' mansion.
Now that the case involves Duke Xu, I dare not make a decision without authorization. In addition, when I came out of Dongchen Lane, I heard some people talking about it, saying that I saw Duke Cheng Guo also going to that house."
Duke Cheng?
The emperor instantly remembered that before going to bed tonight, Concubine Zhen mentioned to him that when she went to pay her respects to the queen today, the queen asked her if Gu Yao and the eldest princess's mansion were relatively close now.
Would she still dare to be so close to the eldest princess's mansion while she was still alive?
Concubine Zhen didn't understand what the queen meant.
I whispered to the emperor when I went to bed at night.
Concubine Zhen doesn't understand.
The emperor understands.
What happened to Xiao Jiyuan on the battlefield that year... was the work of Marquis Zhenning. Xiao Jiyuan later discovered the clues. If Xiao Jiyuan could really come back alive, how could he not hate the people of Marquis Zhenning's mansion?
But Xiao Jiyuan can't come back.
Then why did the Queen say such useless words?
The emperor was uncertain before, but now, he understood instantly.
In order to obtain the properties of Zhenninghou Mansion, they created a fake Xiao Jiyuan.
How despicable.
Really abominable!
"Is there any concrete evidence that that person was arranged by Mr. Xu Guogong?"