A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 347 Can't argue with a hundred mouths, sell teammates like crazy!

Empress Gu's patience was finally exhausted at this time, and she turned down her face and asked in a deep voice: "Master Ye, what exactly is your intention for bringing poison to the palace?"

Of course, Ye Xunyi couldn't answer this question.

Not to mention that this is still on a state banquet, where the royal family gathers, it is just an ordinary outing, who would carry a highly poisonous poison with a well-behaved housewife?
Said she was born with this hobby?
Said she was using it for self-defense?

Or is she ready to kill someone whenever and wherever possible?

Ye Xunyi bit her lip, but struggled to get up and knelt down. Since she had nothing to say, she simply stopped talking.

Empress Gu looked at Concubine Sheng Xian again.

Concubine Sheng Xian's legs were already weak, and she barely stood up with the help of the maid who served her closely. When she was provoked by this look, she immediately knelt down in panic: "I don't know...she, she hid the poison there. Such a hidden place, the concubines really don't notice anything."

At this time, apart from clearing herself up, of course she would not give Ye Xunyi a nod.

The emperor on the dragon chair remained silent.

Qi Wenyan stepped forward at the right time to break the deadlock: "My niece's jewelry was stolen and then used to frame trouble. This is considered a personal grievance. If we want to pursue it, our own family will naturally think about it afterwards, and we shouldn't bring it to this hall to bother you." Your Majesty, and Ye's hidden traps in the hairpin and poisoned to the palace, it's not up to the minister to investigate the crime. These side details are put aside for the time being, what the minister really wants to talk about today is a few months The case of collaborating with the enemy and treason of King Rui before."

As he spoke, he looked at the box held in the hand of the little Miaozi father-in-law next to him: "This box contains the testimonies and evidence brought out by the three people after they surrendered. Please have a look at it first, Your Majesty."

The previous two incidents are not trivial, but if compared with Yunheng's case of collaborating with the enemy and treason...

It can indeed be put on hold for the time being.

The emperor secretly raised his breath, regained his spirits, nodded and said: "Present."

Qi Wenyan gave the key in advance, just to be on the safe side, Xiao Miaozi opened the box to check after getting the item, and made sure that there were no traps or dangerous things hidden inside, so he dared to take it directly to the hall.

He held the things in front of the emperor and empress with both hands.

Eunuch Li reached out and took out a few old and new booklets that looked like account books, a stack of papers that looked like files, and a half-worn bag of scattered silver, which he held in his hand. After a rough calculation, there should be hundreds of taels.

Qi Wenyan said: "Those account books are the account transactions of Zhong Yu Zhai in the past two years. There are a total of six items related to Ye Shi, the side concubine of Prince Ning's mansion. The relevant records were all folded and marked during the preliminary verification of the evidence. Wei Chen privately thought that this Ye family was really a strange woman. Of the six transactions in such a small shop, the minister has now found out that at least four transactions were involved. Qi Huan's earrings and her hairpin are two of them. ,Then……"

As he said that, he turned to look at the hall below, and Ye Caizhi who was kneeling next to his seat: "Ye Xiangshu is a presumptuous official, and I want to ask you a question."

Poison was found on Ye Xunyi's body. As a father, Ye Caizhi was duty-bound to at least bear the crime of not being strict with his daughter.

He was already angry and hated and at a loss what to do, wishing he could find a hole to get in and make everyone forget about him.

At this moment, Ye Caizhi became the focus of the hall instantly, and the expression on Ye Caizhi's face froze suddenly.

But the emperor never stopped Qi Wenyan.

He could only bite the bullet and respond: "Master Qi, please speak."

Qi Wenyan said: "I heard that your eldest son, Ye Yinan, loves good horses, and even became addicted to horses at one point. I wonder if this is true?"

Ye Xunyi's heart skipped a beat, filled with hatred.

Ye Caizhi felt a sudden heartache, and after a moment of trance, he nodded with difficulty: "Yes!"

His eldest son, Ye Yinan, was once a well-known young talent in the capital. He was expected to be named on the gold list. He was a brilliant horse, especially a good horse. He was also very talented in riding and shooting. He was once a young man in fresh clothes and angry horses.

But last autumn, on the day of his nineteenth birthday, he accidentally fell off a horse, broke a leg, and became disabled.

Not only did he lose hope in his official career, but his temperament also changed drastically.

Later, Yan's eldest brother happened to be relegated, and when he left Beijing, he took Ye Yinan to go out to relax, and he never came back.

A good son, just so useless, and because the Yan family used his natal family's strength in the early years, although Ye Caizhi had several concubine daughters besides Ye Xunhui, his son was either not born or died young. Ye Yinan was his a single seedling.

Now that he is not going well in his official career and life, most importantly he can't listen to the past, Qi Wenyan's words are equivalent to stabbing a knife in his heart.

Then—

Qi Wenyan doesn't have such a boring taste.

He was just doing business, and after getting Ye Caizhi's affirmative reply, he continued: "At the beginning of last year, he got a hard-to-find horse. It was said that it was very rare. Later, when he went hunting with his friends on his birthday in October, he accidentally fell off the horse. The horse fell from its back. It is recorded in Zhong Yuzhai's account books that after the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Mrs. Ye ordered a pair of silver bells in their store. As far as I know, she later bought the pair of silver bells Made an exquisite bell and gave it to Mr. Ye as a birthday present."

When Ye Caizhi heard this, he realized the clear direction in his words, immediately ignored the embarrassment and shame, and stared at him nervously without blinking.

Qi Wenyan said: "Brother Ye's horse suddenly lost control and went berserk during the hunt, and rushed into the mountains. It stands to reason that this kind of thing would not have happened if the horse that was tamed and used as a mount was not greatly frightened and stimulated. Next An official in charge of criminal cases was very curious about such unreasonable things. At that time, he took advantage of Xiu Mu to go to the mountain forest where Mr. Ye's accident happened. As a result, he fell into the rocks near the steep slope. I picked up the pair of silver bells that had been lost and trampled and broken, and later I found someone to check, and found that a large amount of datura pollen and other medicinal powders that can cause people and animals to hallucinate and even lose their normality were found in the bell.”

"What?" Ye Caizhi was shocked, and jumped up regardless of the situation.

Qi Wenyan's eyes also suddenly turned deep, and he pointed out: "The fragments of the pair of bells are still in my house now, and they have just been identified by the guys like Zhong Yuzhai recently. Bought from their shop more than a year ago. Ye Xiang should not blame the officials for standing by and not taking the initiative to raise the matter with the mansion. The main reason is that you only treated the 'accident' as an accident and did not report it. Officer, Er did not privately entrust the officer to find out the unreasonable things for you, the officer is an outsider, and we are neither relatives nor relatives, so if we rush to the door to meddle in other people's affairs, I am afraid that our good intentions will not be reciprocated, and we will be beaten."

As he said that, he glanced at Ye Xunyi again from the corner of his eye, and said meaningfully: "The pair of bells look at the size, and they should be hung on the horse's head for decoration. It is easy to be inhaled. Mandala is produced in the Western Regions, and the powder is also very precious. It is obvious that someone put it in deliberately. If we assume that someone really wanted to kill Mr. Ye... Who would this person be? ?”

Yan's mother and son all regarded Yueye Xunyi as a thorn in their side.

Yan's accident happened, she shouted and said that Ye Xunyi harmed her, but she couldn't produce any evidence;

Ye Xunhui was unlucky, she also cried and complained that it was Ye Xunyi who harmed her, but her words were unfounded;
And after Ye Yinan's accident, he still kept gnashing his teeth, clamoring to kill Ye Xunyi...

But he couldn't explain why, so he came up with real evidence to accuse Ye Xunyi.

If there is only one thing, it can be said to be a coincidence. It is not that Ye Caizhi does not doubt Ye Xunyi when these things happen one after another, but what can he do?
Yan's mother and daughter, as well as Yan's natal family, are his stumbling blocks. He is happy to see them succeed. Although he wants to keep and raise his son, he has already been abolished if he shouldn't be abolished. Based on unfounded evidence, even if he blamed Ye Xunyi and dealt with Ye Xunyi, what good would he gain?

So after the incident happened, he deluded himself into thinking it was his son's nonsense.

He used to be skeptical, but today, someone told him face to face with solid evidence that his son was indeed abandoned by Ye Xunyi...

This feeling is still different.

Ye Caizhi showed a fierce look in an instant, his face was flushed with blood, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

If it wasn't because it was at the state banquet, in front of the emperor, he would immediately rush up and beat Ye Xunyi violently.

And now-

He could only clenched his fists tightly and endured it.

When Ye Xunyi was exposed by Qi Wenyan for an old story, he was indeed annoyed and panicked for a while, but after that, it didn't matter...

Anyway, she didn't need to be attached to Ye Caizhi for a long time, and it didn't matter if the other party knew about it.

and--

She was already charged with the crime of mortal death, so what if she added another brother who framed her brother?

Therefore, she was relieved instead, the corners of her lips even had a sneer like a demonstration, and she didn't even say a word of excuse.

Qi Wenyan only mentioned this matter in passing, mainly to leave time for the emperor to check the testimony and evidence in his box.

He didn't care about Ye Xunyi's attitude.

At this time, he turned back to face the emperor, and continued: "If the 'accident' of Young Master Ye is regarded as the third case, then the evidence involved in the case of King Rui in His Majesty's hands will be regarded as the fourth case."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince couldn't sit still for a long time, got up and left the table and ran to the emperor to see the evidence together.

At this moment, he was holding a piece of paper, with a shocked expression on his face: "This is the drawing on the fourth brother's private seal. If it is reduced to the size of his seal, it should be authentic enough, right?"

The emperor frowned and finished reading the stack of testimonies. At this moment, he took a breath and motioned to Eunuch Li with a sideways glance: "Go and fetch those letters for verification."

"Yes!" Eunuch Li agreed and went in person.

The emperor was not idle, his eyes were heavy, and he swept across the three shopkeepers Lin who were kneeling on the ground one by one with majesty: "Tell me the whole story that you know in detail."

He has never understood how Yun Heng's so-called correspondence with the enemy was forged. Now that Ye Xunyi made it, it is still a little unbelievable for a while.

Shopkeeper Lin and the others were all submissive, breaking out in cold sweat.

In the end, it was Shopkeeper Lin who came forward and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Cao Min and the others were really wronged. They were deceived. We didn't know whose seal it was and what it was carved for. Not to mention... not to mention..."

He stole a glance at Ye Xunyi, who was kneeling motionless, heartbroken: "Miss Ye San is a regular customer of our shop, she suddenly came to the door that day and said that she wanted to engrave a seal, and gave a painted The pattern, let our master just carve it exactly the same. Just... this is an ordinary business, Cao Min and others really don't know what she is going to use it for. It's just because she requires that it must be engraved and Her drawings are exactly the same, and the size requirements are also stuck, so the work of re-engraving is so delicate, it takes a lot of eyesight and handwork, so Cao Min charged her a hundred taels of silver as a reward."

The emperor was not easy to be fooled, he had all the vigilance he should have, and asked again: "Since it's just an ordinary business, why did you abandon the shop and run away?"

Shopkeeper Lin wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and stuttered a little: "Just...Miss Ye San came to pick up the goods and when she settled the money, she gave only scattered money. She was originally the daughter of the Xiangfu. Both of the money were settled with silver bills, but this time they were given scattered money. It’s not that the young one didn’t know that she was married into the palace and became rich... At that time, the more I thought about it, the more something went wrong. We wandered around the market to beg for a living, You have to be wary of how many people there are, otherwise my shop wouldn’t be able to open for so many years. At that time, I faintly felt that something was wrong, so I sent the old master and the clerk to go home and temporarily close the door for two days to see what the wind is... The result Who would have thought that the next night when I wanted to go back to the shop to get something in the dark, I met a few masked gangsters who sneaked into my shop. It was only when I was young that I was sure that something really happened. I hid in the shop across the street. Sheng Lisheng in the dark alley waited for them to leave before going in to tidy up the account books, thinking that in case something bad happened later, he couldn’t die without knowing why, the account books are more or less proof.”

"You said that some gangsters once ransacked your shop?" The emperor was still hesitant, not credulous, "Could it be that you followed up after the fact and saw that they were looking for Mrs. Ye to return to life?"

"That's not true. They are all armed with weapons. The little one, a commoner, has nothing to do, so he dares to follow him to death." Shopkeeper Lin said, "The gangsters never ransacked the shop. Although I lost a few valuable gadgets, who might have stolen them away, but most of the things are still there, and the locked drawers on the counter have not been pried open. I guess the small ones are on the stalls They are here to kill people. And at that time, I didn't dare to suspect... the empress of the palace."

As he spoke, he took a sneak peek at Ye Xunyi, and continued: "It was only later that the whole city was put under martial law, and house-to-house searches were made, saying that His Highness King Rui fled in fear of crime after being accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason. During this period, I secretly sneaked back to the shop to look around a few times, and found that there were people who were unfamiliar with the shop staring at it in turn. I followed them boldly, and found that they entered Ning Wang's mansion through the back door after changing shifts. Later, The wind gradually passed away, and there was another notice saying that His Royal Highness Ning Wang had taken over the task of hunting down the remnants of King Rui... and thinking of the accident just after the delicate guest took away the custom-made seal, you guys have to speculate and doubt no matter how stupid you are. ..."

Shopkeeper Lin said with an even more bitter face: "There are people squatting nearby, and we dare not go back to the shop, thinking about it, because we know that Master Qi, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, is upright and has a good reputation for handling cases. After discussing it personally, I searched for it, thinking...if something serious happens to us, at least we can have a good attitude of surrendering ourselves and get a light sentence."

There is only one thing, which can be called a coincidence, but coincidences happen one after another——

Then I can only blame Ye Xunyi for being self-righteous and revealing too many lies.

Shopkeeper Lin's remarks made him appear to be extremely tactful and vigilant, but...

There are no obvious loopholes in logic.

The emperor's lips were tense, and he was silent for a moment. Instead of continuing to interrogate shopkeeper Lin and the others, he turned to Ye Xunyi: "Mr. Ye, what do you have to say?"

In fact, Ye Xunyi wanted to keep insisting that she didn't know these people, it was Qi Wenyan's uncle and nephew who set up a trap to harm her.

But she is a young lady who doesn't go out of the door, if she doesn't frequent other people's shops, and no one reminds these people later, how could they recognize her so accurately?
When things got to this point, she basically had no choice but to admit it.

Therefore, although she was trembling with anxiety in her heart, she still held back her face and kept silent, just staring down at the ground.

The emperor didn't scold her, and Qi Wenyan was never aggressive, but stepped forward and took out a small package from the corner of the small wooden box.

There are a few pieces of jade of different sizes, the color is acceptable, but it can't be called the best.

Qi Wenyan said: "These are also brought out by Shopkeeper Lin from the shop, and they are said to be the leftover materials after engraving the seal for Mrs. Ye."

The emperor just glanced at it.

He has Yun Heng's real private seal in his hand, but if Ye Xunyi asked someone to engrave it privately and made a fake letter, then these materials and Yun Heng's seal must not be made from the same stone.

So, these things don't make much sense.

However, Qi Wenyan took out two finger-sized seals from his purse, which were ordinary in appearance.

He put the chapters together on the table in front of the empress: "I am afraid that these grassroots are talking nonsense and biting at random, so during the few months when they were guarded, let this master take care of him." The size of the seal engraved for Mrs. Ye was re-engraved twice, and according to him, they are exactly the same. Your Majesty might as well check it out when the evidence letter comes later."

Ye Xunyi has really never seen the battle of court trials. What she has experienced in the past is mostly conspiracies and tricks that cannot be seen. Usually, after the incident, a few parties or a few parties deal with it in private, fighting with each other. After evading and denying it for a while, and finally compromised because of various interests and reasons, it was nothing.

Now, in order to prove that the old master did engrave Yun Heng's seal on her, Qi Wenyan asked him to engrave the exact same one as a reference, to prove that he could indeed engrave it?

Even if she broke the pot again, she couldn't help her eyelids twitching violently.

The prince reached out to grab the seal, but failed to grab the two seals, and the emperor and empress Gu each held one in their hands to observe.

Because the private seal was very small, the people below couldn't see it clearly, and all of them stretched their necks to look around.

The files and evidence of the Yunheng case were collected by the emperor in the imperial study, and after a while, Eunuch Li brought over those letters, together with Yunheng's seal that was detained from Prince Rui's mansion.

The emperor asked someone to fetch thinner paper and ink pads, and Prince Yun Zhan rolled up his sleeves and volunteered, "I'll do it."

He used those two stamps to stamp on the blank paper, and carefully aligned them with the stamps on Yunheng's letter to the enemy, and compared the coincidence bit by bit under the light...

Then, I was shocked.

"It's exactly the same, it really can be faked!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince commented honestly.

Those people in the clan also had good things to do. Everyone didn’t believe in evil, so some people came out eager to check. After comparing, they found that the old master was really skilled.

Someone made a pertinent conclusion: "Master Qi has never participated in the trial of King Rui's case, so it is impossible for him to have seen these letters and seals before, and it is impossible for a master craftsman in an ordinary market shop to engrave exactly the same ones before. It seems that there is really something hidden in King Rui's case if the chapters are reproduced in exact sizes and sizes!"

After saying those words, all the eyes of the hall were focused on Ye Xunyi.

Ye Xunyi was kneeling upright at this moment, with a calm look of resignation to fate, neither humble nor overbearing, and fearless, and he didn't even blink his eyes.

Qi Wenyan explained to the emperor again: "His Royal Highness Rui Wang has a special status. At that time, his case was directly reported to His Majesty by the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. Dali Temple was not ordered to try it, so I don't know all the details. I haven't seen the so-called evidence either. Therefore, after these people stopped the sedan chair and surrendered, the minister did not dare to assert the truth of what they said, so he did not dare to bring them before the emperor to explain the situation. But at the same time, just to be cautious, Temporarily detained them in the mansion and guarded them until today..."

She looked at Ye Xunyi: "I didn't believe their accusations against the Ye family. The daughter of the prime minister's mansion married into the royal family and has a noble status. Such a housewife should be a model of virtuous and virtuous. It is possible to engrave a seal in private, deceive the emperor, and forge a secret letter of collaborating with the enemy and treason to frame the prince of the dynasty. But today, seeing that she is so bold as to openly frame His Highness the Crown Prince at this state banquet... I believe that it is really impossible to be human. Appearance."

He said: "If she can frame the prince in front of His Majesty, then it will not be surprising to plot against King Rui behind His Majesty's back."

The emperor was not overwhelmed by anger, and still calmly said: "If King Rui's private seal comes from this, what about the others? The handwriting may also be imitated, but these from the Dacheng side The seal on the letter..."

He glanced at the old master.

The master kowtowed in fear and fear: "This old man has only engraved this chapter, the others... I really don't know!"

So, the spearhead turned back to Ye Xunyi again.

Ye Xunyi took his time and raised his gaze inch by inch.

She didn't look at the emperor, but met Qi Wenyan's gaze with resentment and coldness, and sneered with her lips curled up: "I admit that Mr. Qi has a meticulous mind, is very good at judging cases, and knows things like a god. You know many of these things." Guess right."

"But what?" Qi Wenyan ignored her provocation, looking more fearless than her.

The smile lines on the corners of Ye Xunyi's lips became more and more obvious.

She raised her eyebrows, and sure enough, the topic changed again: "But there is one thing you guessed wrong. Master Qi is right, I am just a little-known inner house girl, how ambitious can I be? ? Even if I really have any idea, where did I get the ability to see the sky? Well, you have all the evidence, and you want to prove that I asked the master of Zhongyuzhai to re-engrav the seal of King Rui. I admit it But isn’t Your Majesty curious about where the other half’s treason letters come from? I really can’t explain this, because I’m just a weak woman, and I’m also controlled by others, running errands for others.”

As soon as this statement came out, many people realized that something was wrong at the same time.

But Qi Wenyan, Qi Huan, and the empress were all calm, only Concubine Sheng Xian panicked on the spot and screamed: "Are you going to frame me? You vicious woman with a vicious heart, you Who are you going to pour dirty water on for what you did?"

To whom?
Yun Zheng!
Ye Xunyi continued to smile undisguisedly, and raised his eyebrows provocatively at Concubine Sheng Xian, and then he immediately withdrew his expression, bowed his head to the emperor solemnly and said: "The concubine is indeed a heinous crime. There is no sin of redemption, but the concubine is just a weak woman who has no power to restrain the chicken. She is dependent on others and is even more controlled by others. She just obeys orders. The concubine has been poisoned, and the two poisonings every day are in danger, so I have to obey him!"

"You..." Concubine Sheng Xian let out a heart-piercing roar, she stood up recklessly and was about to rush over.

But on this occasion, she also represents the face of the harem and the emperor. Empress Gu would not let her act recklessly, and Mother Jiao immediately led someone forward to stop her.

Qi Huan watched from the side, and didn't intend to stand up and beat the dog in the water.

Because of repeated encounters, she no longer has any hope for the heroine's character. She has no bottom line when it comes to harming others. She only cares about success or failure. At the critical moment of life and death, it is even more routine to pull people's backs and sell teammates frantically.

But now that she is pushing everything to Yunzheng like this, as long as the emperor summons Yunzheng back to Beijing to confront her face to face, will she still listen to her one-sided words?
And sure enough, the prince had already thought of this, and suggested: "It seems that the father still wants to call the second brother back and ask him face to face."

Concubine Sheng Xian was about to go crazy, when she heard the words, she finally calmed down a bit, and quickly said: "Yes, you can't listen to this poisonous woman's one-sided words, Your Majesty, my concubine's life guarantees that Zheng'er will never do such a treasonous thing. "

Now that the matter has come to this point, Ye Xunyi has pleaded guilty on the spot.

If you want absolute fairness and justice, you have to wait for Yun Zheng to come back, listen to what he has to say, and then see if Ye Xunyi is convicted alone, or Yun Zheng is also involved, or even the mastermind.

Yun Heng is his son, and Yun Zheng is also his son, so the emperor is already exhausted physically and mentally after you sing about my appearance.

He squeezed the center of his brows, and was about to speak when someone from outside the hall rushed in staggeringly, and fell to the ground as soon as he entered the door: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Ning is dead!"

(End of this chapter)