A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 269 Break the game at the beginning, take advantage of the victory and counterattack!
When the jade pendant was just taken out, although the banquet behind was far away and the specific appearance of the jade pendant could not be seen clearly, Yang Qingyun suddenly realized something, and his expression changed slightly.

His jade pendant has been lost for a long time, although he almost forgot if he didn't mention it...

But at that time, in order to avoid worries, they made enough preparations, and they would never really forget such a thing.

And Qi Huan's actions during the palace banquet today also reminded him that something might happen today.

Therefore, when he heard the word "Jade Pei", his eyelids twitched immediately, realizing that it was aimed at himself.

Yun Zhan stood beside the empress for a long time, watching with cold eyes, and naturally realized that this matter was extraordinary from beginning to end.

He paced forward, took the jade pendant and looked at it nonchalantly: "As far as I know, criminals who have not entered the palace after that, are generally not allowed to leave too valuable items on their bodies when they enter the palace or are exiled. The quality of this piece of jade is not bad. And... just looking at the material and weaving technique of tassels and silk threads, it is also not bad, it doesn't look like an object of a guilty palace lady?"

Concubine Sheng Xian glanced at Empress Gu again from the corner of her eye, and seeing that Empress Gu did not speak, she continued: "His Royal Highness is still too young, this man and woman exchange privately, and one or two tokens of love are always exchanged. Yes, this piece of jade looks like it was worn by a man next to his body."

Yun Zhan put on the expression of an ignorant young man after being taught, tilted his head and smiled, seemingly unintentionally teasing: "I really don't understand it, since it's a token of love, why don't you carry it with you? Palace maid's residence It seems that a dozen or even several people sleep in one bunk, and the grid of a cabinet is usually shared by two or three people. Don’t palace people often fight because of theft and theft, disputes, or even fights? I’m afraid this palace lady is not Your brain is not working so well, why didn’t you carry such a thing close to your body?”

The wives of officials who were eating melons were all taken aback by what he said.

Concubine Sheng Xian wanted to take over, so she was not on the street for a while.

However, His Royal Highness seemed to have opened up the chatter box, and continued to murmur unsatisfactorily: "Yes, if she has a bit of brains, she will not ignore the palace rules and do such scandals in the palace, so that she easily ruined a life." .”

His Royal Highness is His Royal Highness after all, and the crowd is not without eloquence, but—

No one wants to be involved in it, so all those who are wise and safe are just watching the show, and it is not easy to pick it up.

In the end, it was Empress Gu who gave her son a half-smile and took a glance at the jade pendant: "Stop talking nonsense."

The next moment, she said with a cold expression in an instant: "It is a fact that this palace is pregnant. At least she can't do it alone. Since she can't get out of the palace, her lover will have to... I came in to meet him. This jade pendant looks good..."

She raised her eyebrows at Eunuch Jia: "Send someone to investigate and see if they can find its original owner. Besides... this palace man chose to throw himself into the lake in front of the palace banquet today. There must be a deep meaning... Let's check it together, this kind of jade pendant does not look like it belongs to a rough man in the army, the guards in the harem only check the generals and above, civil servants... in the former court, they often come and go, go in and out Yes, check them all."

From the very beginning, Concubine Sheng Xian thought that someone was causing trouble for Empress Gu and setting up a trap, but now when she saw Empress Gu, she said everything first. ——

Which one was sung?
But she echoed casually: "Yes, since it is a token of love, there must be an exchange. This court lady has embroidered so many ornaments, and I think they are also gifts for her lover. However, it is easy for the generals of the Imperial Forest Army who walk around the palace all year round. Check it out, the officials who used to come and go frequently in the previous dynasty... Is your lady planning to do a follow-up investigation slowly, or do you go all out tonight?"

Empress Gu didn't understand, the other party wanted to wait and see her stumble?
She hooked her lower lip shallowly: "Soldiers are expensive."

Then, with a sharp and clear sideways glance, Wu Yaya made a large group of courtiers and wives behind him: "I think the family of all the ministers will not feel sleepy at this moment, so let's wait for the trouble."

She said to Mrs. Jia: "The previous government focused on checking the yamen and the houses of the officials first. If nothing is found, the Japanese Palace will make another arrangement tomorrow."

It is impossible for her to detain everyone in the palace. When this matter is found out with a definite result, she can only focus on the key points first and express a conscious and partial attitude.

Empress Gu was telling Eunuch Jia to handle matters, but the emperor took the jade pendant from her hand and said, "Let me take a look at this jade pendant..."

Queen Gu didn't think much about it, and gave it to him casually.

Just as Eunuch Jia was about to take the order to leave, he saw a person at the table shaking his robe and standing up.

Under the eyes of everyone, Yang Qingyun cupped his hands in the direction of the empress and gave a deep bow: "Your Majesty, Yang Qingyun, a noble scholar of the Hanlin Academy, boldly beseech Your Majesty and Empress Dowager, the jade pendant in your Majesty's hand, can you please identify it first?"

Originally, there were one or two hundred people in the yard, all sitting quietly, eating melons and watching a play.

Yang Qingyun's sudden step forward can be described as causing waves on the ground.

Hundreds of pairs of eyes, all in unison, looked at him at the same time.

Although Empress Gu does not interfere with the affairs of the previous dynasty, she is a person with great foresight and plans. Those who should know must know, and those who should know must know. After hearing Yang Qingyun's name——

At the same time as the crown prince Yun Zhan, she suddenly realized that today's incident was aimed at the Marquis of Changning or even the Duke of Pingguo's mansion?

This is tricky!

The emperor was rubbing the jade pendant in his hand, his expression was still calm and unfathomable.

Yang Qingyun was neither humble nor overbearing, standing in the crowd, slightly arched, maintaining a posture of standing with hands folded: "A few months ago, on the day of the Chunwei Palace Examination, I was stolen by someone on the way out of the palace, and lost a piece of personal jade. Looking at the piece in His Majesty's hand from a distance, the color of the tassels is very similar to the one that I lost, so I am bold enough to ask Your Majesty Rong Chen to identify it first."

There was no sound in the whole yard.

He said that he once lost the jade pendant——

Except for Qi Huan's mother and daughter and himself, there is no third person who is willing to believe it.

Everyone thought that he was having an affair with a court lady, and after the incident was revealed, it was just an excuse he was looking for!

Only the emperor took it calmly, leaned back in his chair, and raised his chin at him: "Come on!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, empress." Yang Qingyun went through the etiquette without any haste, gave another deep bow, and then left the table and walked over quickly.

At the table, Mrs. Yang was almost terrified. Seeing this, she couldn't bear it and wanted to get up, but Qi Huan just held down her hand.

Qi Huan secretly shook his head at her, signaling her to be calm.

Yang Shi suppressed the emotions in her heart, clenched her teeth secretly, and was so nervous that she hardly dared to breathe.

Yang Qingyun walked up to the emperor and knelt on the ground.

As a junior official, he naturally didn't dare to look directly at Long Yan, knelt down in front of the emperor, and raised his hands above his head.

The emperor didn't move, Eunuch Li took the jade pendant from him and handed it to Yang Qingyun.

Yang Qingyun only took one look, and under the eyes of all the people, he admitted frankly: "This is indeed the property of a humble minister. It was stolen by someone cutting the tassel rope on the day of entering the palace on April [-]th to participate in the palace examination."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the audience.

Concubine Sheng Xian didn't know him, but Yun Zheng knew that this was Qi Huan's cousin, and immediately sneered: "Master Yang said it was a lost item, but all the signs so far show that it is true that you had an affair with that palace man. evidence of the crime."

Concubine Sheng Xian didn't understand why her son would take the initiative to meddle in this harem affair, making it difficult for an unknown low-ranking official, so she couldn't help giving her son a strange look.

Yang Qingyun remained calm, and knelt down in front of the emperor according to the rules: "I don't know whether the palace maids who died outside were dirty or not, and I don't allow me to interfere with the affairs of the harem, but this piece of jade from me, It was indeed stolen and lost on the day of the palace examination."

Qi Huan sat on the back seat and watched coldly.

But he couldn't help admiring Yang Chenglian's family!
Obviously they have confirmed their handwriting, but that family, from the old lady Ning to the green girl Yang Pan'er, and even the concubine Wen in the palace, are all the same, from the beginning to the end, they don't say a word, and the attitude they show , and did not reveal the slightest eagerness to put people to death.

as if—

They are really just watching the show, and the matter has nothing to do with themselves.

Yun Zheng hates Qi Huan so much that his teeth itch, but when he seizes the opportunity, he is ready to beat the dog in the water, and if he must win, he will speak again...

However, His Majesty the Emperor, who was idly leaning on the back of the chair, said lightly: "Oh, I know about this."

At that time, Yang Shi only felt that a string in her heart that was tense to the extreme had suddenly burst, and she almost couldn't breathe out of her backlash.

And in the entire courtyard, hundreds of people stared wide-eyed, and became as quiet as a chicken again in an instant, all of them staring at the best witness in the audience with radiance——

Your Majesty the Emperor!

Empress Gu and the prince even suspected that he had given false testimony...

Only the expression of His Majesty the Emperor has been leisurely.

Yun Zheng was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and said eagerly: "Father..."

Apparently, he also thought that the emperor wanted to protect the empress, so he loved Wu Jiwu and turned his elbows to Qi Huan's relatives.

Yang Qingyun knelt in front of her, her expression as usual.

The emperor explained to himself: "It was the day of the imperial examination. After I met the scholars, Qi Aiqing, who had agreed to report to me on the official affairs of Dali Temple, was half an hour late. I remember..."

It has been a few months, and he has a lot of things to do every day, so it is a bit slow to recall.

As he spoke, the emperor turned his gaze to the side of the banquet, looking for someone among the officials.

Qi Wenyan lifted the corner of his robe and got up, bowed from a distance, and said on his behalf: "Yes. I missed the time to meet with His Majesty that day. It was precisely because Yang Qingyun lost the jade pendant in the palace, and the little niece of the family took him to Dali Temple to find it. The minister reported the theft."

Witnessing a good show directed by them themselves, without any warning, it developed uncontrollably in such a weird and uncontrollable direction from the very beginning...

No matter how calm Yang Chenglian's family was, a situation that was supposed to be planned by them turned around in an instant, and was firmly controlled by the other party. The family was somewhat unable to hold back.

Because Qi Wenyan mentioned her, Qi Huan straightened his skirt and stood up.

at the same time--

She just quietly looked at the family in secret.

Yang Chenglian didn't have much expression on his face, but he could tell that his entire face was tense, and he looked much more serious than usual;

Mrs. Ning, the old lady of the Yang family, lowered her eyes and remained motionless as if she was in a state of concentration. From the looks of it, she is the calmest in the whole family, and there are hardly any flaws or clues that can be seen from her face;
In Yang Pan'er's case, the expressions and eyesight movements are the most frequent, and she is obviously at a loss;
Then there is the concubine Wen's mother and son accompanying the empress——

Concubine Wen frowned slightly, probably such a reversal was hard for her to accept, it took her a while to regain her completely nonchalant expression, and the young sixth prince might know all about the inside story, left and right Look and look, it's pure naivety.

Qi Wenjing never thought that his wife's nephew or even his daughter would be involved here. Qi Huan got up, and he and Yang's couple also stood up.

Qi Wenyan continued in an orderly manner: "Although they are in the Dali Temple Guardhouse in the palace, because Sister Huan is the minister's niece, for the sake of fairness, the two juniors went to report the crime, and the minister also went to the Dali Temple. Normal procedures. Although I have no right to search the palace and find the lost property for the two, this case is true. The warehouse of Dali Temple has a complete file and evidence at that time. The file was written by Su Qingmu, a small official of Dali Temple. Your Majesty can send an imperial envoy, and now I will go to Dali Temple to review the cases and evidence."

That day Qi Huan took Yang Qingyun to him to file a case. Before leaving, Qi Huan's private request to him——

It is to tell him to find an opportunity to tell the emperor the matter first when he meets the saint later.

Although it seemed absurd and mean-spirited to put eye drops in front of the emperor for the sake of the lost piece of jade pendant, Qi Wenyan still did it.

It wasn't for coaxing the little girl to play, it was because Qi Huan's attitude at that time was so cautious and determined that he subconsciously began to wait for something to happen later.

And it couldn't be easier for him to tell the emperor about it. If he procrastinates to go to the face of the saint later, the emperor will naturally ask him the reason for being late.

And it is true—

The emperor was just chatting with him at that time, and he would not take a newly promoted Jinshi's loss of a jade pendant seriously to pursue it too much.

But once the Dongchuang incident occurs, the enemy can be defeated all at once, and the whole situation can be reversed!
Seeing that the situation was out of control, Yun Zheng would not let go of such an opportunity to suppress Qi Huan easily.

He opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to trip his father, the strongest witness.

The emperor naturally refused to take the blame for his injustice, Qi Wenyan asked to review the files, and he nodded in agreement: "Dali Siqing... I trust your character the most, to be fair, you can take someone back to get the files yourself. "

Such a small case, if it passes through the Yamen of Dali Temple, it will naturally pass through the hands of the Dali Temple Minister, but it is really insignificant, it is just a theft case, and the Dali Temple Minister has no impression.

He immediately took the order, got up and left the table in a hurry.

The other person just left here, and another person came in with a little hesitation from the outside of the yard.

The person who came was dressed in the armor of the Royal Forest Army, knelt down on one knee to pay respects to the empress, and then said to the emperor in a somewhat secretive way: "Is your majesty asking about Yang Qingyun's loss of the jade pendant, is it? This matter, I am also an insider. The imperial examination One day, the ministers took turns guarding the gate of the palace. When Mr. Yang was leaving the palace with his colleagues, it happened to be a change of guard. The inner official who led them out of the palace at that time did not dare to search the palace for his jade pendant, and the two even had a dispute. Later, Miss Qi from the Marquis of Changning came over, expressed her understanding, and asked someone from the humble position to send the two of them to the Yamen of Dali Temple."

This person is the martial arts captain who is familiar with Gu Zhan.

As he spoke, he took out a purse from his pocket, and took out a piece of yellowed and damaged paper that had been sitting for a long time, soaked in sweat, and was rubbed: "In order to recover the lost property, Master Yang drew The appearance of the jade pendant came out, and I entrusted Wei Chen to look for it for him when he patrols the palace in the future. All the soldiers under Wei Chen know about this, and they have all seen this portrait of the jade pendant."

Eunuch Li took the drawing paper, and after the emperor compared it himself, the curious princes and concubines around him also began to pass the drawing paper with Yang Qingyun's jade pendant.

The comparison is correct.

In fact, there was no need to wait for the case files and evidence collected by Dali Temple to arrive at this time.

At this time, the three members of Qi Wenjing's family also left the table and came here.

The emperor glanced at Yang Qingyun, who was kneeling in front of him, and said calmly, "Get up first."

Yun Zheng didn't want to let go of such an opportunity to suppress Qi Huan, and said eagerly, "Don't you think this matter is strange? This Yang Qingyun seemed to know that this jade pendant would be involved in great trouble in advance, and arranged this in advance. It is as meticulous and comprehensive... Isn't there a problem in itself? Portraits and files can be forged..."

The emperor's expression had been expressionless, but suddenly there was a violent twitch between his brows, revealing an expression of displeasure that he couldn't bear to look directly at.

Qi Huan knew that Yun Zheng was coming for him, so he immediately took a step forward and retorted: "His Royal Highness Ning, this palace city is His Majesty's palace city, the Imperial Forest Army is His Majesty's personal guards, and Dali Temple is also the court's Dali Temple. Your Majesty is the lord of all peoples, and the harem and the world are all surnamed Yun, not Yang. His Highness King Ning, please don’t praise my cousin like this, take such a big hat off...we dare not accept it!"

Said that Yang Qingyun arranged manpower in Dali Temple and even the palace to give false testimony as he wanted——

This is not only absurd, but also embarrassing.

If Yang Qingyun can really do this kind of thing, wouldn't the Yun family's world be as full of loopholes as a sieve, it would have been messed up long ago!

Yun Zheng was just in a hurry, and didn't want to let go of the chance to kill her, so when Qi Huan pushed her face to face, she blushed immediately, and angrily scolded: "Are you hitting me right?!"

Qi Huan didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he went forward and knelt down in front of the emperor, and said in a serious tone: "Your Majesty, but His Highness King Ning is still right in saying something, this matter is strange from beginning to end, and my daughter is suspicious." This is someone's deliberate plan, using several months to steadily override the control, and laying out a killing plan to put my cousin to death!"

She seemed to be arguing normally, but while speaking, she glanced at Concubine Wen imperceptibly from the corner of her eye.

This glance is extremely cryptic.

Except for Concubine Wen herself, no one else has seen it.

Concubine Wen even felt that this little girl Qi Huan was blatantly provoking her...

Or, it is not a provocation, she is declaring war!

But they took every step of the way, planning and deploying a deadly game for several months, and the opponent directly broke the game at the beginning. This incident really caught everyone by surprise.

No matter how calm Concubine Wen was on her face, she was shocked and restless.

Being swept over by Qi Huan again——

Her heart was beating so violently that it almost burst from her throat, and her long nails immediately clasped the armrest of the seat, forcing herself not to lose her composure.

Concubine Sheng Xian also realized at this moment that this was a trap set up by someone to target Qi Huan, Gu Zhan, and maybe even Empress Gu, and suddenly she was full of yin and yang with high fighting spirit: "This Yang Qingyun is just a low-level official, who will eat it?" I'm full, and I spent so much effort to plot against him. Qi Shi, you are young, but your tone is not small, and you talk like this, is to look at the mercy of His Majesty and the Empress, won't you be punished?"

Qi Huan ignored him for the time being, and only looked at the two emperors and empresses, saying: "First, my cousin's jade pendant, which was stolen three months ago, surfaced again today, and was designed to have an affair with a court lady. Tong, the evidence of the filthy and chaotic palace; second, the people in this palace have affairs with others, and they are pregnant with Liujia. The fact that she was pregnant, which led to the scandal of adultery? Third, this palace man wanted to die, and he didn’t usually look for it. He had to choose today, and he rushed to the lake near the palace banquet, which seemed to be to bring the matter to people’s attention ..."

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Ms. Guo, Ms. Tang and the others next to her meaningfully: "Your Majesty was going back to the bedroom before, but he was so young that he was almost hit by Ms. Tang, and then delayed..."

Miss Tang turned pale with shock: "No... I didn't do it on purpose, I... I just tripped over."

However, Qi Huan seemed to be biting her and would not let go: "The ground is flat..."

Miss Tang was frightened and cried: "I was really tripped..."

Just when everyone was climbing wildly because Qi Huan was trying to excuse her cousin, she didn't wait for her to continue attacking Miss Tang. She glanced at the court ladies and eunuchs standing in a row next to her; "That's when Miss Tang is out of date. Intention to surprise!"

As soon as these words came out, the two rows of court ladies and eunuchs all panicked and hurriedly knelt down on the ground.

Seeing this, the eunuch in charge who jumped out to scold the two girls, Tang and Guo, couldn't help accusing: "Miss Qi family, don't want to be presumptuous, relying on her status, and casually accuse servants and other low-class people?"

He didn't say a word, Qi Huan didn't forget him, and the next moment, he turned to him with sharp eyes: "The most suspicious one is clearly you!"

The eunuch in charge was taken aback.

Qi Huan said: "Your Majesty Kuan Renyuan was not prepared to hold the two girls accountable for their recklessness, but you rushed over in a hurry, desperately trying to break the line in front of His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince, wanting to get a mouse, berating and threatening the two girls... ..."

The face of the eunuch in charge was as white as snow, and he kowtowed in panic to excuse himself: "Your Majesty..."

Qi Huan would not give him a chance to speak, so he continued sharply: "You were the one who lured a confession, and while intimidating, forced the two girls to tell the story of someone throwing himself to death by the lake."

"No servant!" The eunuch in charge denied it.

"You have!" Qi Huan quarreled with him in public without hesitation: "Not only that, when His Majesty once again expressed forgiveness for the reckless behavior of the two girls, you even once again violated your duty, and once again, in front of His Majesty and His Royal Highness, Threatened the two girls, continued to force them with words, and finally led them to tell about the dead man by the lake, so as to cause an uproar in the audience, so that His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress had to interrogate and deal with it in public!"

The members of the Yang family and Concubine Wen were silent, and the others looked at Qi Huan's posture, so naturally no one was willing to step into the muddy water, which led to a situation where the whole audience let her play.

The eunuch in charge was tied up by her tongue, and was sweating profusely. He wanted to refute, but felt that under her clear thinking, there was no way to hide. In the end, he could only kowtow and cry for injustice.

Qi Huan's ultimate goal is not him.

Immediately after, he has been let go.

She turned her gaze away again, but this time she aimed at Xu Qiu lying on the ground for no reason.

Xu Qiu faintly felt that there were two sharp eyes looking at Ling Chi himself, so he couldn't help but slightly raised his head to take a look.

"And you!" The moment Qi Huan met her gaze, Qi Huan opened fire again: "You are so wronged. You know that the guards here are heavily guarded, but you broke into the periphery with all your strength. The timing was quite safe and you left before His Majesty. Before, you told him to hear your grievances with his own ears, so that he had to intervene under the watchful eyes of everyone, and continued to make matters worse, and you are also one of the people in the game."

This is an interlocking and meticulous killing scheme. Qi Huan has been waiting for it for a long time, so naturally he won't just ask for one to exonerate Yang Qingyun!
Taking advantage of the situation to fight back, it was not a loss for the torment she had suffered during the months of waiting!

　I have prepared half a book for this game, so everyone has been waiting for a long time, but the wait is not in vain, it is the highlight moment of our Sister Huan's random killing!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)