Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 879 The Case of Minister Pei
After returning to Qianqiu Palace, it was already dawn.

But everyone felt that a thick layer of haze shrouded Qianqiu Palace and everyone's heads.

Although Shang Ruyi was a little flustered, he was not really panicked. After returning to the palace, he still handled some trivial matters as usual. After lunch, he took a nap on the couch with the little Yuanzi in the cradle.

Although, she hardly fell asleep for a moment.

The weather got worse in the afternoon. The howling cold wind carried egg-sized snowballs, which hit the walls and windows heavily. The muffled rumble on the windows seemed to hit the hearts of everyone in the hall. Although the sound was noisy, Shang Ruyi could still clearly hear the footsteps of the busy palace people outside, and that sound also stepped on her heart bit by bit.

In the evening, Shang Ruyi asked Wuxue to go to the Imperial Medical Office to get medicine. Although Su Qinglan had said before that she did not need to take decoction, she had a headache again because of the wind blowing at Mingde Gate today.

After a while, Wuxue came back with the medicine.

As soon as she returned to Shang Ruyi, she immediately said: "Princess, the doors and windows in Liangyi Palace are closed. Your Majesty has not been out since he returned to the palace."

"Besides Your Majesty, who else is inside?"

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lou Liangdi have been accompanying His Majesty."

"Lou Liangdi? Lou Chanyue?"

This name made Shang Ruyi a little surprised. When he visited Tangquan Palace this time, Lou Liangdi suddenly appeared in front of Yu Wenyuan. Although it was because General Lou was responsible for the escort for this trip, why had she already left Tangquan Palace? The palace is back, is she still with the emperor?
Shang Ruyi thought for a while and asked, "Who else went to Liangyi Palace?"

Wo Xue said: "I also saw Eunuch Yu bringing the Minister of Justice into the Liangyi Palace."

"Shang Shu of the Ministry of Justice?"

Shang Ruyi took a deep breath and turned to look at Yu Wenye sitting on the other side. His brows were also wrinkled.

When Yu Wenyuan met with the Minister of Punishment at this time, there was only one possibility, that is, what happened in Tangquan Palace was that someone had violated the law and committed a crime, and he had to hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment. Moreover, it was not only handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, Yu Wenyuan even handed it over to the Ministry of Punishment. He personally summoned the Minister of Punishment into the palace, obviously he had something to explain in person.

Recalling the scene at Mingde Gate in the morning, a cold light flashed in both of their eyes.

But they didn't say anything. Now, they could get too little information. Not only was it difficult to speculate, but they couldn't speculate casually, for fear that their minds would fall into some kind of predicament and trap themselves.

Yu Wenye thought for a while and then said to Wuxue: "Go and wait at Yanming Gate. When you see the Minister of Punishment passing by, invite him to Qianqiu Palace and say that I want to see him."

Wuxue didn't ask any more questions, just answered and went out.

Seeing her leaving without looking back, Shang Ruyi frowned and turned to look at Yu Wenye: "Is this okay? Will father know?"

Yu Wenye said calmly: "There is nothing that happens in the palace that my father doesn't know about."

"..."

"Even if my father doesn't know, my brother will let him know."

"In this case, you still want Wuxue to stop the Minister of Punishment?" "We can't know everything,"

Yu Wenye said, but his eyes were a little darker than before. When Shang Ruyi lowered his head, he realized that the candle that had been burning for a long time was almost burning to the candlestick. The fire engulfed her, and she immediately waved Chang Wan up to replace a candle. Just when the candles were alternating and the entire Qianqiu Palace was almost falling into darkness, Yu Wenye's deep voice came from the darkness -

"A black eye will only make you fall faster."

So, they waited patiently until after dinner and it was completely dark outside, Shang Ruyi finally heard a clear sound of footsteps walking into the Qianqiu Palace. When he looked up, he saw a man with gray hair on his temples. The middle-aged man with piercing eyes followed Wuxue in. It was Yan Shaoxuan, the Minister of Punishment.

This was not the first time she had met Mr. Yan. Before Yu Wenyuan ascended the throne, when Shen Shiyan was imprisoned because of the word "vulgar", she had asked Yan Shaoxuan, who was the minister of punishment at the time, to release Shen Shiyan early. Although there was no oral edict from the emperor or an imperial edict at the time, and the former Minister of Justice had been on sick leave because he was dissatisfied with Prime Minister Yu Wenyuan's monopolization of power, Yan Shaoxuan still resisted the pressure and released Shen Shiyan.

And everyone knows that working for Shang Ruyi despite this pressure at that time was surrendering to the Yuwen family.

Not long after that, Yu Wenyuan was promoted to Dabao, and the former Minister of Punishment, Zheng Shangshu, was immediately reprimanded. Yan Shaoxuan was naturally promoted to Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. Although he did not have much contact with them, he had always had a good personal relationship.

It was also because of this that he took the risk of following Wuxue here tonight.

As soon as he saw him walking into the Qianqiu Palace, Shang Ruyi felt relieved in his heart, but he did not relax completely. He just nodded to him. Yan Shaoxuan hurriedly came forward to salute King Qin and the princess. Yu Wenye also stood up and said, "Excuse me. Lord Shangshu, please make this trip.”

Yan Shaoxuan gave a bitter smile and said directly: "His Royal Highness, if you have anything, just ask. I can't stay here for too long."

In fact, Yu Wenyuan may not have known that Yu Wenye would stop him halfway, but since he didn't send anyone to send him directly back to the Ministry of Punishment, he probably gave it a semi-tacit consent, so he dared to come; but even though it was a semi-tacit consent, from the oral instruction he just received, Based on the words he heard in Liangyi Hall, he also knew that a huge wave was about to arise in the court. Although he had a good personal relationship with Yu Wenye, he instinctively did not want to be involved too deeply.

After all, it was one thing to seek refuge with the Yuwen family, but it was another thing to choose between the prince and the King of Qin.

Hearing what he said, Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi looked at each other and said directly: "Okay, I will get straight to the point. Has Minister Pei been imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi's breath hitched.

What made her heart ache was that the next moment, Yan Shaoxuan nodded solemnly: "Yes!"

This word made the corners of Yu Wenye's eyes twitch slightly, but he did not show too much surprise and continued: "When did it happen?"

"It was early in the morning, but they entered the city through the Golden Light Gate."

No wonder, no one from the Pei family was seen in the holy drive at Mingde Gate.

Yu Wenye asked again: "Where is Mr. Pei?"

Yan Shaoxuan said: "Master Pei has not been sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, but the emperor has ordered Master Pei to return to the palace. From today on, the Pei family cannot take another step out of the palace until the case against Mr. Pei is settled."

"case?!"

These two words made Shang Ruyi even more nervous. She finally couldn't help but speak and whispered: "What happened to Mr. Pei? What case was he arrested for?"