with words in mind

Chapter 160 The Marriage Fraud Case 3
The capital ushered in another sunny day. The people got up late to do things early, and the sun was shining brightly on the way home. Because of the heat and thirst, they would always sit at the tea stand. Last night, there was a lot of traffic in front of the Yi’an Palace, and the princess held a women’s banquet. The news has spread, and everyone is talking about it, what kind of women's banquet is not what the princess wants to hold, and it is said that King Yi'an still wants to take a concubine, so he deliberately found an excuse to meet the girls of various families. Warn those official daughters, not everyone can be tempted by the prince and so on!It's just that the discussion hasn't heated up for long, when someone changed the subject and talked about what they saw this morning!
"I passed by Shen's residence early in the morning, and saw that Minister of the Ministry of War, Mr. Shen, angrily dragged the weak young master to the palace in a hurry!"

"Young Master Shen is weak, let alone let him enter the barracks, Mr. Shen is afraid that he has never let him hold a sword! Baby! What happened?"

"Who knows! I saw that young man crying like a frightened bird. Master Shen picked him up and threw him into the carriage without saying a word!"

"Yo! Something must have happened!!"

"Who said no!"

"What can the young master do?! Why did you bring him into the palace?!"

"It must be too precious at ordinary times, the young master doesn't understand anything, so something big will happen!!"

"It's reasonable! So, no matter how precious a child is, he can't always play in the nest, he should meet people and things more often!!"

"Hey, anyway, our children don't have such a good life. No, they're only 11 years old, so they follow me around to pull goods and work to supplement the family!"

"Come out to see the world at such a young age, and you will be promising in the future!"

"Ouch! Thank you for your kind words!!"

Imperial Palace Xuxiong Hall.

When the courtiers saw that Shen Shangshu held down the weeping young master and kowtowed vigorously, they didn't dare to make a sound for a while!The hall is quiet! !

Emperor: "Shen Aiqing, why is this?"

With an expression of hopelessness, Shen Xionghao begged: "Your Majesty, be merciful! The dog has nothing to show for it, and it's the way of a vixen!!"

The emperor was even more puzzled by Shen Shangshu's headless words: "What vixen?"

Shen Xionghao took out a roll of parchment from his bosom, respectfully offered it up and said: "Your Majesty, the mansion was robbed, and the thief was the dog's lover! Last night, I discovered that the secret room of the study had been invaded. Fortunately, I found it in time. Important The document has not been touched!! This is the previous defense map of Gyeonggi, I kept an eye out and released a fake defense map, the real defense map is hidden elsewhere, and the thief took the fake one!"

The prince stood aside, and when he heard that the capital was deployed, he inevitably paid more attention!

Eunuch Liu took the sheepskin defense map and presented it to the emperor. The emperor opened it and looked at it, and it was indeed the real one.

"Wu Zhao!" The emperor said in a cold tone, "Take Young Master Shen away! Interrogate him!!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wu Zhao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, replied.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!!" Shen Xionghao begged, "Although this matter started from a dog! But he was also fascinated by others!! This is the only son of this minister! It's still a son." He said sadly, "It's still a son A Dou who can’t help it! Gouzi has always been innocent! There must be something hidden behind this!!”

The defense map of Gyeonggi was stolen, and Young Master Shen was somewhat suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason!Entering the prison this time, no matter what, I have to lose half of my life! !

Speaking of the defense map of the capital, the emperor first frowned and looked at Yuan Shangshu who was standing still with his head down and his face was calm. After thinking for a while, he looked back at the young boy. Weak, Shen Shangshu's father loves him very much. In order to take care of his son, Shen Shangshu, who was born as a general, willingly gave up his military power and became a civil servant of the Ministry of War. The emperor knew what he meant by doing this. For military power, sons are more important, and I want to use this in exchange for the peace of the Shen family
"Xiaoqing. Where are you, Xiaoqing? Why did you leave me?" Young master Shen was always immersed in his emotions, muttering to himself, and as he spoke, he wiped off his nose and tears, and closed his eyes The surrounding area is rubbing red!
"Don't worry, Shen Aiqing." The emperor's tone softened a little, "It's just an interrogation according to the routine, and it won't hurt the young master." These words are not only for Shen Shangshu, but also for Wu Zhao, meaning no matter what Even the interrogation has to save the young master's life!
"." Shen Shangshu was beating a drum in his heart, thumping!If you wait to be discovered, it is impossible to argue!Spontaneously pleading guilty may still have a chance. But he is also worried that his frail son will not survive the interrogation. In addition, in order to avoid suspicion, he rarely walks with other ministers on weekdays, and he is even more uncertain!

Seeing this, the crown prince pondered for a moment and asked for an order: "Father, since it is related to the defense of the capital, it is better for Young Master Shen to be interrogated by the ministers!"

When Shen Shangshu heard this, he looked eagerly at the prince. The prince has a docile temperament. Everyone can see it. It is much better than handing over to the prison of the Ministry of punishment!
The emperor thought about the report of King Yi'an yesterday, and the old defense that had not been investigated, it might be better for the prince to investigate together, so he agreed!

In the afternoon, Yi'an Palace.

When Yan Mo went out, Qi Ming, who was alone, buried himself in the official document, and received a letter from Lu Qi with a sense of uneasiness that had spread in his heart since last night. When he learned about Young Master Shen, he immediately sent thousands of Tracing back to Yanmo.

Because a lady from the official family said last night that she met a tall man in a silk shop a few days ago, Yan Mo led a team of guards to go out to investigate. Mo a group of people!

After Yan Mo returned to the mansion, he first poured a pot of Wenxian black tea made by King Yi'an himself, while listening to the fox talk about young master Shen
Of course Qi Ming is very confident in his tea making skills!Seeing this, he swept away the worries in his heart and smiled: "What do you think about this matter?"

Yan Mo breathed out a breath of satisfaction: "It seems that the target of this incident is not only the official lady, but also the official son! Although Li Han has not been found yet, no matter how powerful this Mr. Li is, it is impossible to pretend to be a woman to seduce people Bar?!"

Qi Ming lowered his eyes and smiled, and continued: "Although what was stolen was a fake defense map, but this incident confirmed my worries. Li Han approached the official lady with impure purposes! Now it seems that not only Li Han, but also There is a female spy!"

"Yeah." Yan Mo nodded, and said concisely, "Bring me to meet Young Master Shen."

"." Qi Ming looked at the other party and muttered. The young master Shen was taken away by the emperor, and Yan'er had to enter the palace if he wanted to see him. He couldn't go with him yet, so he was inevitably a little reluctant.
Seeing the other party in a daze, Yan Mo frowned and said, "Fox?"

Qi Ming's eyes were deep, revealing a hint of teasing faintly, and asked Mother Yin to bring a set of maid's attire
After half a stick of incense, Yan Mo changed into his attire and opened the door vigorously, and walked out of the side room angrily!Qi Ming with a bright smile on his face was left behind! !She secretly made up her mind that she must learn how to wear various styles of women's clothing in the future! !

An hour later, Nanny Yin brought two maids into the palace: "The new maids don't have a badge yet, this is the current document."

After reading the documents, the guards at the palace gate let them go.

In addition to Yan Mo, there are fools who disguised themselves as accompanying palace maids!

Dressing up as a woman is really hard. For him, under Yan Mohao's awkward persuasion—such as, a rare opportunity, to experience women's clothing, women's movements, women's thoughts, and accumulate materials for the album. He just fiddled with it in Zhushui Xia reluctantly put on the women's clothes, but actually he didn't remember how he got dressed and how he came to the palace, because Zhushui's slender eyelashes and the close-fitting face occupied his whole mind, and he couldn't get rid of it all the time. !As a result, the current "she" is always giggling, she doesn't look like a clever court lady
The prince waited for a long time in the East Palace, and specially asked Bai Xue to gather all the palace people in the outer courtyard, and pretended to give lectures!After waiting left and right, I finally saw the palace lady Yan quietly falling from the wall of the palace!Go straight to the inner courtyard! !There is another strong maid in her hand! !
After the three of them met silently in the room, the prince recognized the palace lady Hanzi, and he looked at the palace lady Yan inquiringly.
"Maybe it will be useful to let the idiot draw a portrait of Young Master Shen's lover." Lady Yan explained.

Only then did the prince nod in understanding, let Lan Xue guard him, and lead Yan Mo and his siblings to go to the depths of the house. Suddenly, he thought that Hanzi, an ugly court lady, was too special, so he asked Lu Qi from the dark place to move out first. Enter the screen!
A moment later, through a veil screen, the prince sat in a high position, accompanied by two court ladies.

Young Master Shen at least recognized the Prince's figure, and bowed obsequiously.

The palace lady Yan listened carefully, and the prince asked, "When did you meet that woman? How did you meet?"

"." Young Master Shen drooped his head, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said in a choked voice, "Half a month ago, in order to save the little bird, she climbed up a big tree outside the house. A branch of that tree happened to pass through the high wall , leading to the yard where I live. She accidentally fell down and I heard the sound and went out to check. I saved her and met this time”

The prince didn't move much, he raised his eyes and looked at the palace lady Yan, and continued: "What's her name? How is her injury?"

Young Master Shen: "Her name is Zhao Qing. She was injured on her ankle and couldn't walk. I took care of her."

Prince: ".Talk about what happened last night."

".Last night." Young Master Shen recalled, and suddenly became excited, "No! It's not her! My father must have looked down on her humble background and deliberately framed her!! My Xiaoqing is not Xiaoqing, I am not that kind of person! ! For many days, I have been guarding her bedside! Never leaving her!!"

The prince looked sad: "Since she is not that kind of person, why did she disappear after the accident?"

Young Master Shen cried and said: "It must be the father. It was the father who drove her out. My little love, her injury is not healed yet."

The prince thought to himself, Shen Shangshu would not take his son to the Xuxiong Hall to plead guilty because of a woman's forceful pull, it seems that young master Shen is in deep trouble!
"Are you familiar with Mr. Shen's study?"

Young Master Shen was silent for a moment before he said: "My father never let me approach the study room since I was a child. So I'm not familiar with it."

The prince was silent for a while, and looked at the palace lady Yan
The palace lady Yan glanced at the strong palace lady!
After the prince understood, he said, "Tell me about Zhao Qingchang's appearance."

Young Master Shen knew that the other party was still suspicious, so if he told about his appearance, he might hurt Zhao Qing, so he didn't want to speak for a while.
Sensing the other party's thoughts, the prince said softly, "I believe in you. Zhao Qingxu is innocent. If there is her portrait, maybe we can find her as soon as possible and help her clear her name."

Hearing someone say that he believed in himself, Young Master Shen's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise, "Really?!"

Maid Yan was slightly surprised that the prince could quickly change the topic without beating his heart.

Young Master Shen thought for a while and said: "She is slender, thin and slim, with peach blossom eyes, full lips, an oval face the size of an olive, and a small mole on her nose."

Hanzi took out the folded rice paper hidden on his body, took the pen and ink aside and began to draw. After the drawing was completed, the Hanzi lady would show it to Young Master Shen. Of course, he hid his body behind the screen and used the maid His sleeves cover his hands!So as not to expose the stuffing! !After several corrections by Mr. Shen, the drawing was completed.

The prince led the bowed maid Yan out of the screen, and reconfirmed: "Is it like this?"

Young Master Shen nodded emphatically: "There are seven or eight parts of the image!"

Prince: "How is her stature? What color and style of robe was she wearing?"

"The stature is probably here." Young Master Shen raised a hand and gestured to his chin, and then gestured empty-handedly to the court lady, "Shorter than this court lady sister, I don't see you wearing a light green water cloud robe before!"

After a while, the prince and two maids came out from the depths of the house, and said that the maid gave a very brief explanation of the women's banquet.

"Li Han is proficient in the art of disguise, and this Zhao Qing appeared at such a coincidental time, I am afraid that this portrait may be just one of Zhao Qing's faces because of the connection." The palace maid stared at the weak and beautiful portrait and said softly
The prince heard the general idea, because Yan Mo didn't mention the details of Jiang Shishi, so he still thought that he would have a rare chance to be an uncle, so he stared at Yan Mo, and took a good look at Yan Mo's dress, the pink skirt With the lovely double bun, it has a fresh charm on the other side.
Maid Yan frowned, lowered her head in thought, and said, "Next, I have to see the scene of the crime, and more." When she looked up, she met a pair of bright and smiling eyes, and suddenly felt that the sun in the sky had set into the Eastern Palace. She grows like a grass in the light. Therefore, she unconsciously smiled back. It seems that brother Jin has taken good care of himself recently!

Lan Xue was guarding the door, seeing this scene, she smiled like an aunt at such a young age!

Stare—the fool with the same double bun slowly tilted his head. His eyes rolled, and he looked at the two people in front of him in turn.
Sensing the gaze of the third person, the palace lady Yan returned to her senses, blinked her eyes, looked back at Hanzi, and said generously to the prince: ". Also, I need to ask Shen Shangshu."

The prince looked up and down the palace lady Yan and thought about it. Everyone knew that Lan Xue was the only palace lady beside him, and suddenly there was one more person. No, it was two people!It looks extremely suspicious! !He frowned his pretty eyebrows, worried
Seeing this, the naive woman frowned in confusion for a while, thinking that I'm on my brother-in-law's side!Then he nodded in affirmation to himself! !
The palace lady Yan didn't care about others, she just concentrated on the incident: "Your Highness, what's the matter?"

Prince: "I can't bring you like this to Shen's Mansion. Shen Shangshu should still remember you when you appeared in the court in a bodyguard outfit before. It's not appropriate for me to bring Yi'an King's guards to Shen's Mansion."

Lan Xuexu glanced at the hidden door behind her, and said with a flash of inspiration: "Your Highness! Leave this matter to the slave~"

In the outer courtyard of the Eastern Palace, Bai Xue had finished reprimanding everyone and asked everyone to kneel in a row under the scorching sun.

The father-in-laws are well aware that this is His Highness the Crown Prince's punishment, but even so, some people with sharp eyes will keep glancing at the inner courtyard!trying to get some clues
Not long after, Yan Mo and Hanzi, who had changed into new clothes, followed behind the prince. When the prince stepped out of the inner courtyard, the two of them hid on both sides of the courtyard gate, waiting for an opportunity!

The prince led Lan Xue out, and said with a dignified expression: "Don't think that I don't know your little thoughts! Now that you have entered the East Palace, you should know who is the master!! Kneeling and still can't figure it out, just run around the courtyard Come on! When you think it over, rest again!!"

The father-in-laws looked at each other for a long time, then wiped the sweat from their foreheads and started running around the outer courtyard!
Lan Xue took the opportunity to whisper a few words to Bai Xue!Bai Xue nodded clearly! !
"Hurry up! Don't be lazy!!" Supervisor Bai went online, using his not-so-tall body to release powerful energy, "Don't hold back!!"

No matter kneeling or running, facing the scorching sun, physical exertion will always be very fast!Not long after, the father-in-laws gasped for breath and wiped away their sweat. Under Bai Xue's supervision, they couldn't slow down too much!
Eunuch Yan moved extremely fast!Pull the foolish father-in-law to wait for the opportunity to jump in the queue!Pretend to be extremely tired from running and mix in! !
Running and running, some people naturally want to be lazy and pretend to be uncomfortable!Fall down! !
So right in Bai Xue's arms!He called the guards outside the palace gate, and took the three or five father-in-laws who fell to the ground first!Then, of course, batch after batch of father-in-laws fell to the ground! !Take away one after another! !
The prince made a sound at the right time, pretending to be bored, and said: "Okay! Let's all step back!!" After that, he led the way to the outside of the palace gate, ordered two father-in-laws who were panting with their heads down, and took Lan Xue away!

Seeing this, Bai Xue hurriedly ordered a group of father-in-laws to clean the palace walls, and a few more father-in-laws to clean the study room!The guest hall, storeroom, garden environment, etc. are all arranged one by one!Use this to confuse the public! !

Facing all the clothes, the exhausted father-in-laws couldn't tell who was who for a while, and the father-in-law and the foolish father-in-law had successfully shuffled the cards! !

Shen House.

When Shen Shangshu heard that the prince's car had arrived at the door, he quickly tidied up his appearance and went out to greet him!

"My humble servant welcomes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The prince got out of the carriage, and said gently: "My lord, please stand up. I think my lord knows the reason for my coming this time."

Shen Xionghao: "Your Highness, feel free to ask, feel free to investigate! I know everything without saying anything!"

Prince: "Take me to the study to have a look!"

Shen Xionghao led a few people to the secret room of the study. He looked at Lan Xue and the two father-in-laws who were following behind the prince, hesitating whether to open the secret room
"You two go out first." The prince dismissed the idiot father-in-law and Lan Xue, turned to Shen Shangshu and said, "Don't worry, my lord, this little father-in-law is my confidant. Spot it!"

Eunuch Yan shrugged his shoulders slightly, lowered his eyes and said respectfully: "The villain is not talented, I would like to do my best."

When Shen Shangshu heard that he was here to help him, he agreed!After turning several decorations in a certain order, the secret room was opened.
Eunuch Yan followed the prince into the secret room and found that there were still traces of the fight.
Shen Xionghao: "Weichen has reorganized and replaced the way to open the secret room of the study. At three o'clock last night, Weichen discovered that there was a change in the study. When he came in, he happened to see a masked woman rushing out with a defense map! Weichen and his past How many tricks!"

Eunuch Yan carefully inspected the traces on the bookshelf in the secret room. The traces were deep and the scratches were obvious!
Shen Shangshu came over and continued: "This is the sword mark! The woman stepped on my sword! There was a loud clang! The sword hit the bookshelf!!"

Eunuch Yan found that in the middle of the scratch marks were the neat lines left by the sword's edge, but there were some filigree marks on the edges.
Eunuch Yan: "My lord said just now, that woman stepped on your sword! There was a loud clang!"

"." Shen Xionghao thought with his hands behind his back, "This person kicked my sword away with bare feet! It stands to reason that a woman shouldn't have such strong inner strength. It was too dark at the time, so I couldn't see it clearly, but I I suspect that the person's shoes have a special structure that can help him exert his leg strength!!"

Eunuch Yan looked at the traces of the filigree: "Maybe this is left by the sole of the shoe"

After hearing this, Shen Xionghao narrowed his eyes and moved closer and further away. He tried several times, but he didn't seem to be able to see the traces of the filaments clearly.
Eunuch Yan noticed Mr. Shen's state, and preliminarily concluded that Shen Shangshu's eyes were presbyopia. She didn't care about the strange words that appeared in her mind, but went out of the secret room to find a piece of paper, and asked the foolish eunuch outside the door for a box of " rouge"!She opened the "rouge" and wiped it on the marks on the bookshelf, and covered it with paper!Press hard, and the pattern is rubbed!In fact, that box of "Rouge" is a painting paint that a fool would carry with him.

The prince leaned over to look at the pattern: "What is this?"

Eunuch Yan: "The pattern is not clear, so we have to study it slowly. But it can leave traces on the bookshelf. The villain guesses that this person's shoes not only have a special structure, but also have solid iron plates embedded in the sole!"

(End of this chapter)