with words in mind

Chapter 98 The tarantula poisoning case 12
Inside the main hall of the East Palace, outside the screen, Bai Xue was reporting on the source of the poison. Inside the screen, Yan Mo helped Lan Xue tidy up her clothes.

"Come in." When Bai Xue finished reporting, Yan Mo called softly.

After Bai Xue entered the screen, she and Yan Mo fed Lan Xue the medicine.

Three adult men stood outside the screen, standing neatly in a row, all of them beautiful, the sunlight from the large round window fell into the room, dotted the hem of their clothes, and the dust particles shone in the sunlight, setting off the three men's clothes. Prosperous beauty.
After Yan Mo and Bai Xue came out, the prince looked serious and asked, "Is Lan Xue awake?"

"Not yet." Yan Mo shook his head.

The prince took a breath and said to Bai Xue, "Take a good look at Eunuch Du's dormitory, and take good care of him, and tell the public that he has escaped, in case Concubine Xun comes to silence him."

"Yes." Bai Xuezuo bowed his head.

Prince: "As for the parrot, leave it to Lu Qi to investigate secretly. After that, even if Lan Xue wakes up, she has to pretend to be deeply poisoned and continue to ask the imperial doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment."

"Yes, Your Highness." Bai Xue said in a pleasing manner.

Seeing that the matter had come to an end, Qi Ming looked at the sky and said: "The time has passed, the father and the emperor should go to court, and Suilan's case has progressed. This time, the emperor's brother should not come forward, the minister and brother are here to take Ji Gongzi away, Let's meet the emperor together."

"That being the case, it's better to stay in the East Palace to eat when things are over." The prince looked at Lan Xue, who had insufficient health. He really wanted to find a good excuse to let Yan Mo stay for a while. Helplessly, he looked at Yan Mo and frowned slightly.
Qi Ming followed the Prince's gaze and also looked at Yan Mo.
Yan Mo looked at the two of them and was stunned for a while. After that, she turned around and looked at Ji Shenwen!
"Huh?" Ji Shenwen felt that there seemed to be a red flower in the air that came to him with the sound of the drum! !
"Ha!" Yan Mo chuckled, "The evidence is complete, and you will be sent out of the palace safely today! After all, you are also the princess of the little princess. When the matter is over, let's go to Xing'e Palace to say goodbye~"

Ji Shenwen smiled with embarrassed eyebrows: "I don't seem to have the right to refuse."

Outside the gate of the East Palace, Lu Jiu and Qi Yun finally waited for the masters.

After the group of people left, Bai Xuecai said more respectfully, "Master, do you need the villain to accompany you around the palace?"

"Why did you call the master?" The prince was slightly surprised, reached out to touch Bai Xue's head, and said, "This palace is fine, take good care of Lan Xue."

"His Royal Highness?" Bai Xue only reacted, the call was full of surprises, "His Royal Highness!" He hugged the prince's arm and shouted.

"Bai Xue?" The prince was a little surprised by the other party's enthusiasm!
Bai Xue wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "It's the villain who is rude. Your Highness is safe, my sister is safe, and the villain is happy!"

The fragrance dances in the courtyard, the stamens are fragrant, the bright sunshine dispels the haze of the morning, and blooms to the fullest.
On the case transfer desk, the officials who had just arrived at the court began to hand over documents and work. Li Zhan, a member of the Ministry of Rites, came to receive the task. When he got his work documents and was about to leave, Yuan Shangshu stopped him.

"Lord Shang Shu." Li Zhan saluted.

"Your Majesty is very interested in this sacrificial sacrifice to the heavens, and Mr. Li, the pennant of the Ministry of Household, should be more attentive." Yuan Shangshu said, stuffing Li Zhan with an exquisite wooden box, and said softly, "This is the jade porcelain cup of Jindecheng, ten A rare one every year.”

Li Zhan's facial features unfolded instantly, hehe smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the lower official knows~"

The sun is rising, the clouds are thin, and the eaves of the imperial city are shining brightly against the sun.
After half the incense stick, Qi Ming led the group to the outside of the Qinzheng Hall: "Master Ji and the guards of Qi are waiting here, Lu Jiu, take the duck and meet with the king and the princess."

"Yes." Ji Shenwen and Qi Huwei said in unison.

Yan Mo took the scroll from Guard Qi's hand, and went up the steps with Qi Ming, followed by Lu Jiu.
In the hall, the emperor was checking the memorial, and Eunuch Liu was accompanying him.

As soon as Qi Ming stepped into the hall and was about to salute, he saw Yuan Shangshu, who had arrived first, was standing in front of the desk with his chest in his arms. Father."

"The minister and daughter-in-law see the father and the emperor."

Lu Jiu couldn't get into the hall with a duck, so he could only kneel outside the door.

"My ministers see the prince and princess." Yuan Shangshu turned around and saluted, with a hint of cunning in his easy-going expression.

Qi Ming bowed his head in return, and turned to the emperor respectfully: "My son has something to announce, and I want to talk to the emperor alone."

Yuan Shangshu: "Reporting to the sage, Wei Chen also has important things to report."

"The Prime Minister asks to see you—" At the same time, the son-in-law's sonorous voice came from outside the hall.

The emperor put down his hand and said solemnly, "Xuan."

As soon as the prime minister stepped on the last stone ladder, he saw Lu Jiu grabbing a duck with its mouth tied. He was slightly surprised and stepped into the hall.

"Old minister sees His Majesty." The prime minister saluted.

Emperor: "They're all here, I'm afraid you're doing the same thing?"

The prime minister is holding the memorial in his sleeve, ready to start
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has already found out the real culprit in the case of the transfer to the palace maid." Yuan Shangshu said first.

"Yuan Aiqing, I heard that both you and the prime minister were robbed last night?" the emperor asked quietly.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, there is not much valuables in Weichen's mansion." Yuan Shangshu said respectfully, "The thief only stole a few paintings." Speaking of this, he turned his eyes slightly and looked at the picture scroll behind Yan Mo.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern." The prime minister said obliquely, "The old minister just lost a little property, don't worry about it."

Yuan Shangshu: "I don't know how much you have lost by helping each other?"

Prime Minister: "One hundred taels of silver and a few crafts from masters."

Yuan Shangshu: "According to Wei Chen, I'm afraid it's the actions of the gangsters!"

Yan Mo Xin said, you really got it right!wrong!Some one is not!She squinted at Qi Ming.

Yuan Shangshu: "Your Majesty, the rebellion of the refugees that broke out some time ago must have leftover parties. For the people to live and work in peace and contentment, we must strengthen the security of Gyeonggi!"

"Report to the emperor, the minister and daughter-in-law have recovered the stolen goods." Yan Mo stepped forward and bowed.

"Oh?" The emperor curled the corners of his mouth with interest, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Qi Ming.

Yan Mo took out a small bag and a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and handed it to the prime minister, "Sir, take a count and see if it's right?"

The prime minister took the belongings, counted them, and bowed respectfully to Yan Mo: "Thank you, Princess Xie, for your righteousness. These are the stolen property from the old minister's residence."

Then Yan Mo took the picture scroll on his back, unfolded a part of it and said to Yuan Shang, "But the calligraphy and painting of Master Yuan?"

Yuan Shangshu glanced at the picture scroll and said, "I didn't expect the princess to recover the stolen items so quickly!"

"Actually, not only the Shangshu's mansion and the prime minister's mansion were robbed last night, but also this king's palace." Qi Ming smiled at Yuan Shangshu.

Yuan Shangshu: "Dare to ask if the Yi'an Prince's Mansion suffered a loss yesterday?"

Qi Ming deepened his smile and said, "Don't worry, Lord Shang Shu, the thief was repelled by the princess as soon as he entered the palace. The stolen items fell into the courtyard of the palace. It's a pity that the thief escaped."

Yuan Shangshu: "Your Highness and Your Concubine are so good, how could the thief escape?"

"It's just a poor bandit, there's no need for this king and princess to work so hard." Qi Ming smiled and rolled his eyes.

"Master Yuan recognizes it?" Yan Mo threw the picture scroll!
The picture scroll unfolded itself, one end fell on the carved marble in the hall, and the other was still held in Yan Mo's hand.

Yuan Shangshu observed it for a while, and said, "It is indeed the belongings of Weichen's mansion, and I ask the princess to return it."

"Don't worry." Yan Mo raised the corner of his mouth, and then asked Eunuch Liu, "Is there a glass mirror?"

When Eunuch Liu looked for the glazed mirror, Yan Mo said to the emperor, "Please move your father."

The emperor cooperatively got up and came to the scroll, Yan Mo took the tool and showed it to the emperor: "Father, my daughter-in-law found spider silk in this scroll, the maid Suilan died of spider poison, and this scroll belongs to Yuan Shangshu. ."

"Hahaha~" Yuan Shangshu chuckled softly, "Why does the princess judge that it is spider silk, maybe it is silk."

Yan Mo: "There is a difference between silk and spider silk. Silk is sticky, and there is usually only one type of silk thread, while spider silk has many types of threads. Judging from the shape and structure of these threads, it is obviously spider silk. Not only that, the spiders here I have verified that the silk is poisonous, and the duck in Lu Jiu's hand is the experimental object."

Outside the hall, Lu Jiu responded and showed the duck's poisonous legs to the people in the hall.

Yan Mo: "My daughter-in-law found a film bag containing poisonous juice in Suilan's room, indicating that it was her own poisonous juice that poisoned Suilan. This poisonous juice was originally used by Suilan to poison Ji Gongzi. Yes, that day, Mr. Ji received a note and asked him to go to the transfer desk to meet with the Prime Minister. The manager recognized that the note was not the Prime Minister's note. When he arrived at the transfer desk, Sui Lan appeared at the right time, and was about to vote. The film bag of poisonous juice was released, and she did not want to poison herself. The film bag was easily damaged. She must have been frightened when she carried this thing. His Royal Highness Prince Tuo inspected the palace, but did not find the place where the spiders were kept, but found spider silk on the stolen items of Mr. Yuan, and Sui Lan also had a valuable jade bracelet on her body, which was probably The reward given to her by the master behind the scenes. Father Emperor, Ji Gongzi is outside the hall, you can announce him to ask questions."

"Xuan Ji and carefully written." The emperor announced to Liu Gong.

"Young Master Xuanji has an audience—" Eunuch Liu shouted loudly.

Ji Shenwen's brows and eyes were smooth, and he was able to arrive at the scene. He put on his robes and knelt down and saluted: "The grass people see your majesty, see the prince, the princess, and all the adults."

Emperor: "Get up and talk to me, tell me about the situation at the time of the incident."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Ji Shenwen got up, he recounted the situation at the time, which was similar to what Yan Mo said, and he concealed the fact that he knew martial arts, "Suilan seems to be delivering something to Caomin, but Caomin just avoided it subconsciously and saw She was suddenly poisoned and fell to the ground."

Yan Mo bowed to the emperor and said, "Father, Sir Yuan can't get rid of the fact that Sui Lan poisoned Young Master Ji!"

"Princess, don't spit blood." Yuan Shangshu said calmly and calmly, "Did you forget that the items were stolen, and the thieves have enough time to do things on it, maybe the theft last night was a deliberate arrangement, and I wanted to frame Weiwei by this. Chen. Besides, does the princess have evidence to prove that Wei Chen had contact with Sui Lan? Sui Lan is dead, and there is no evidence of her death, please be careful with the princess." Then he helplessly chuckled and said, "Besides, why did Wei Chen target Yijie? Common people, not to mention Wei Chen also investigated the matter, and found out that the murderer was Li Zhan Li, a foreign minister from the Ministry of Rites." He respectfully said to the emperor, "Your Majesty please interrogate Lord Li."

Upon receiving the emperor's signal, Eunuch Liu opened his voice again: "Mr. Li Zhanli, the foreign minister of the Ministry of Calligraphy—"

While everyone was waiting, Yan Mo seemed to think of something, took out the jade bracelet around his waist, whispered a few words to Eunuch Liu, and said, "Please take it for Eunuch personally."

Eunuch Liu looked at the emperor, saw His Majesty nod in agreement, and said to Yan Mo: "Old slave takes orders."

After about half a column of incense, Eunuch Liu came back with a tray containing the jade bracelet that belonged to Sui Lan.

After a while, Mr. Li hurriedly came to Qinzheng Hall from the transfer desk: "Xiaguan sees Your Majesty."

"Li Zhan, do you know the guilt?" The emperor's tone was slightly lazy.

Li Zhan was stunned, and hurriedly fell on the ground: "Xiaguan. I don't know."

Yuan Shangshu: "The evidence is conclusive, Master Li."

"Master Li!" Yan Mo grabbed the conversation and asked Li Zhan with the jade bracelet, "Can you recognize this thing?"

Li Zhan raised his head and looked at it: "This is."

"This is the jade bracelet that His Highness the Crown Prince found from the tribute." Yan Mo looked at Liu Gonggong and said, "It's the jade bracelet on Suilan's body." She put the two jade bracelets together and compared the textures. Finally found the connection, "The textures of them can match, indicating that they are from the same piece of rough jade. Mr. Li, can you explain why the tribute appears on the palace maid?"

"Does this even need to be said? Naturally, it was the reward he gave to Suilan." Yuan Shangshu said calmly, "As far as Wei Chen knows, Lord Supplement has evidence that Lord Li has privately deducted tribute."

When Li Zhan heard this, he was even more stunned, and he didn't know where to justify it.
The emperor: "Complement each other, can there be such a thing?"

"Wei Chen is here today because of this." The prime minister handed over the evidence, and Eunuch Liu took it and presented it to the emperor.

After the emperor looked at it, he threw it in front of Li Zhan!

Li Zhan picked it up and looked at it. It had the time and address written on it, as well as his name, what he had done, and the confession of the envoy of Nanjiao State.
"Mr. Mutual Support." Li Zhan dodged his eyes, "The record is outdated for so long, and the envoy is far away in the southern border with no one to confront each other! Could it be that you cheated?!" He lied.

Qi Ming: "The tribute jade bracelet appears on the lady of the palace, you can't escape the responsibility of losing control, do you still want to commit another crime of deceiving the king?"

Hearing this, Li Zhan, who was already sweating like rain, shuddered a bit and shouted: "Your Majesty is kind! The jade bracelet was indeed buckled by the official. Your Majesty is convicted! Your Majesty is convicted!!"

"Do you have an impression of this jade bracelet that I buckled privately?" Yan Mo asked, pointing to Sui Lan's jade bracelet.

Li Zhan looked at the jade bracelet and thought for a while: "This jade bracelet. I remembered to give it to the lower official." Then he turned to look at Yuan Shangshu, "It was given to Yuan Shangshu"

Yuan Xiao smiled: "Look, Your Majesty, he has started to bite Wei Chen again."

"No, no, it was given to Sir Yuan!" Li Zhan affirmed!

Prime Minister: "Your Majesty, the old minister remembers that a year ago, Mr. Li wanted to be transferred to the Ministry of Household, and he approached Yuan Shangshu at that time."

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Therefore, Xiaguan chose jade bracelets and other items and gave them to Yuan Shangshu together!" Li Zhan agreed.

"Sir Mutual Support, you can't guess what you say. This official did not transfer Mr. Li to the Ministry of Housing, and naturally he did not accept any bribes." Yuan Shangshu said calmly, "Your Majesty, you also saw that Mr. Li spoke repeatedly, Climbing and biting randomly, you can't believe that!"

Li Zhan refused to admit it: "Master Yuan! You are also someone who has received bribes from lower officials! How can you fall into trouble!!"

"It's a lie!" Yuan Shangshu shouted, "Mr. Auxiliary has the evidence of your private deduction of tribute, and you hold grudges, so you instructed Suilan to poison Ji Gongzi!"

"No! It was only at this moment that the lower official knew that Lord Supplement had such evidence." Li Zhan shouted, "Your Majesty! Wei Chen did deduct the tribute privately, but he did not instruct the murder! Absolutely not! Your Majesty is aware of it!!"

"Your Majesty, this matter really needs further investigation." The prime minister, who suffered from lack of evidence of Yuan Shangshu's bribery, pleaded with the emperor.

"Yeah! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty has a clear inspection!!" Li Zhan shouted and bowed, making the ground bang! !He kept straightening up and waving his sleeves in a big salute! !
The emperor just watched silently.

Just when Mr. Li gave a big gift again, a wooden box fell out of his waving cuff! !The lid was separated, and a huge spider crawled out! ! !

"Look! It's a spider!!" Yuan Shangshu exclaimed!
Everyone was shocked! !Have avoided! !Eunuch Liu hurriedly guarded in front of the emperor! !

"No no! It's not Xiaguan!" Li Zhan said in horror, "This is the jade porcelain cup that Yuan Shangshu gave to Xiaguan at the transfer desk today! How did it become a spider."

"Let's talk!" Yuan Shangshu shouted while avoiding Li Zhan, "How could this officer give you a gift from a rank five official!! The key evidence is here! I want to deny it!!"

"Quick! Quickly destroy it!" The emperor said in disgust! !
Yan Mo threw out his internal force to intercept the spider, and the venom slipped out, giving off a stench! !
Everyone covered their noses! !
"Pull it out! Beheaded!!" The emperor pointed at Li Zhan and said!
"His Majesty----"

(End of this chapter)