Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 338 Women’s Yamen
Li Yuan's sudden suggestion was a plan that Changsun had never even thought of.

Changsun said with some confusion: "Tang Guogong, this is against the rules."

"Princess, I must interrogate you, otherwise the matter will not be able to proceed. If you interrogate, as long as it does not spread out, it will be about the matters in the Prince of Shu's house. If we interrogate, we will have to go to the court. Do you think it is easier, my empress?" Heavy?"

This time, Changsun thought for a while and said, "Okay, but I will find two women to be the intermediaries and we will watch it together. Your guards are not allowed to enter the house. You and the person who took the note can just watch the record."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. As for the women watching, I wonder what your Majesty thinks of my sister?"

Li Tong'an was the prince's Liangxun and the sister of Tang Guogong. She had a noble status. However, because the matter involved the prince's house, the Changsun family also had some concerns.

The Changsun family knew that Li Yuan would not understand the meaning, so she asked Li Tongan to come just to let the prince's master have someone to bear witness.

Changsun responded: "Yes, but I have to ask the women of the clan to come together as witnesses."

Li Yuan also won the battle, so he entered the palace and went to Queen Dugu to invite Nanny Li to take the female family members in the palace to count the maids, maids, and servants of the Shu Palace.

Dong Shenglan refused to be investigated in the yard, but Aunt Li and the Changsun family could not tolerate her. Her charming appearance was only good for the King of Shu. Taking this opportunity, the Changsun family also wanted to punish this ignorant Dong. beauty.

Aunt Li did a thorough investigation in Prince Shu's Mansion and found no murderer or clues. However, she could not find out that many of the servants in the Mansion were greedy for Mo's property.

The main reason is that the Changsun clan overly trusts his subordinates in managing the inner house, and the Prince of Shu's family has a great business. People can't tell if these servants are greedy, so they behave arrogantly. The next investigation found out what happened.

Changsun felt embarrassed for a moment. Although this matter was not a big deal, if Nanny Li found out, she would definitely report it to the Queen. She would inevitably be scolded by the Queen for improper management.

The angry Changsun family came to the middle hall. At this time, Li Yuan and the two officials who recorded the incident were sitting on one side. Next to him was Li Tongan. On the other side were two women from the Changsun family, one of whom was the Princess of Shu. She is a biological sister, and one is a biological sister-in-law. They are both nobles in the capital, and they have paid tribute to each other.

Changsun walked up to the main seat and sat down, then looked at Li Yuan and Li Tongan, and nodded slightly: "Tang Guogong, I have never tried a case before, and I don't know how to review it. Please give me some advice."

Li Yuan seemed to have been prepared. He handed a piece of paper with the procedure written on it to Changsun's hand and said, "Princess, you can interrogate according to the procedure I wrote for you."

After reading the paper, Changsun said: "Bring the people here."

With just these words, everyone looked towards the door, and Dong Shenglan brought her maid up.

This made her feel a little like a yamen official trying a case. She unconsciously thought to herself that it turned out that male officials sitting in the yamen and trying cases were so majestic. There was still no official difference. If the official differences were arranged on both sides, how majestic it would be. .

Reluctantly, Dong Shenglan was brought up and stood in the hall staring at Changsun. She knew that Changsun must have targeted her deliberately.

Changsun continued walking according to the procedure: "Who is in the hall?"

Dong Shenglan saw that Sun asked questions knowingly, and knew that she would deliberately make things difficult next, so she became dissatisfied: "The princess is so forgetful, everyone in her palace has forgotten their names."

"Dong Shenglan, I am investigating a case now. Everything must be done according to the Yamen's procedures. You, a guy who doesn't know etiquette, have to take you to the Yamen and serve you with a board before you are willing to be honest?"

Dong Shenglan was used to being arrogant and contradicted her bluntly: "Princess, please don't scare me. After all, I am also a concubine of the palace. I have committed no crime and made no mistakes. Now I am just cooperating with the investigation and not a criminal. Why should I be treated like a criminal?" "

Changsun was furious at her rebuke, and looked at Li Yuan: "Tang Guogong, what should people on trial do if they contradict the presiding judge?"

"If it's inside the yamen outside, there will be twenty boards."

Changsun flicked his sleeves and said, "Then hit her twenty times."

"Does the princess want to lynch me? Duke Tang is here, and the maid in the palace will also bear witness, so that when the prince comes back, I will have a place to complain."

"You...you..." Changsun became confused as soon as he met Dong Shenglan, completely lacking the grace and aura he had when he stopped Li Yuan before.

If things go on like this, the woman will have to quarrel for several hours before even starting to investigate.

At this time, Changsun's sister-in-law stood up: "How brave Mrs. Dong, how dare you contradict the mistress of the house when so many people are present. How arrogant can you be when no one is around? The palace guard, Aunt Li, is also here, Mammy, you are the one who knows the rules of women best, you say whether to spank me or not."

Aunt Li was watching the fight in Prince Shu's palace from the side, but she didn't expect that such a big ball would be kicked in front of her.

Walking in front of Mr. Dong, he whispered: "This slave is sent by the Queen. I can prove that all the review procedures are in compliance with the rules. But if you don't cooperate, I can only report it truthfully. This matter involves the prince." No one can bear the blame for the assassination of His Highness, the Queen. I hope you will consider it carefully."

Although Dong Shenglan was still unconvinced when these words came out, she had no choice but to cooperate obediently.

Changsun said in an arrogant manner: "Who is this person in the hall?"

Dong Shenglan looked at her arrogant look and said with restraint, "Dong Shenglan, the concubine of the Prince of Shu's palace."

"You are guilty."

As soon as Changsun said this, Dong Shenglan had not opened his mouth to refute. Li Yuan spoke first: "Princess Princess, you jumped through the process too fast. Ask about the situation first. This is only after confirming the suspicion of crime."

"Oh, I misunderstood. When Dong Shenglan was at the eldest princess's birthday banquet, you killed the maid who was accompanying you to serve the banquet?"

"Princess, please don't slander anyone. I have no impression of that maid, and a maid in the eldest princess's mansion had to serve several people that night. Why does it seem to be my own business? It's completely framed and framed. And I have nothing to do with that maid." The maid has no impression either, so you can’t doubt me without any basis just because of this matter.”

No one wanted to be involved with the assassination of the prince, and Dong Shenglan was not a stupid person, so he tried his best to distance himself from this matter.

Changsun seemed to want to push her to death and said: "You have always been arrogant and domineering. It was the day when the eldest princess's maids saw you embarrassing the dead maid, and everyone remembered this."

Speaking of this matter, Mrs. Changsun carefully looked at the information on the paper Li Yuan gave her, for fear of mispronounced a word. "Several of the slaves in the eldest princess's palace have confessed that you once insulted the maid because she accidentally spilled soup on your skirt that night, causing the maid to be unbearably humiliated and kneel down in tears to beg for mercy. Is there such a thing? ?”

Dong Shenglan was not timid and said directly: "It is true, but if the maid did something wrong, she must be taught a lesson. Taking care of the face of the eldest princess, I just whispered a few words of blame. What? Does this prove that I Does it have anything to do with her death? Princess, do you want to spit on others again?"

"You are so sharp-tongued and don't distinguish between superior and inferior. You dare to teach other people's servants in the eldest princess's house. You are slapping the eldest princess in the face. You are a shrew who doesn't know etiquette. You are still shouting here. If you offend the eldest sister, she must not I’ll tear your rotten mouth alive.”

After examining it, it seemed that something was wrong again. Changsun's domineering attitude and Dong Shenglan's unwillingness to be outdone destined the two to never get along.

Li Yuan stood up at this time: "Princess, I will ask you for the specific details. You have always been known as a gentle person, and you are not good at interrogation."

Changsun felt uncomfortable and glared at Dong Shenglan, while her sister next to her looked at her and told her to let Li Yuan ask.

"go ahead."

Li Yuan sat on the side and asked: "Mrs. Dong, after you scolded the maid in the eldest princess's mansion, where did the maid go?"

"I don't know, how can I care about the whereabouts of that little maid?"

"But according to the confessions of other maids in the eldest princess's house, you continued to criticize her after she left, and even said that you wanted to tell the eldest princess to get rid of this maid who you thought was "ignorant of etiquette."

Ms. Dong felt a little guilty: "It's just a few angry words. How can we allow others to say angry words?"

"It's understandable to be angry, but what happened was too coincidental. At this juncture, everything is very sensitive. The maid you blamed was killed and her body was thrown into the lake. The murderer put on her clothes and stabbed her. Your Majesty, the grudge between you and the maid that night was really a coincidence. With your status, how could you deliberately embarrass such a little maid? This is unreasonable."

Seeing Li Yuan say this, Mrs. Dong said: "She is a little maid. She soiled my skirt at the banquet, which made me unable to continue attending the banquet and left early. Is there anything wrong with me losing my temper?"

In fact, Dong's motive for doing this is very simple. She has always liked to attend various celebrity banquets in Daxing City, and she especially likes to show off her beauty. This is the same reason that modern female stars like to buy the kind of showy press releases, so As soon as she arrived, her dress was stained by the maid, which made her dress up so carefully that she couldn't stand out from the crowd. Naturally, she was very annoyed and had to vent her anger on the maid.

Naturally, the maid was not careless, it was arranged by the eldest princess.

The eldest princess knew very well that the Shu King's concubine liked to show off and flaunt herself as the most beautiful woman in the world. She didn't like her, so she simply let her servants dirty her clothes.

In fact, all the slaves in the eldest princess's house made confessions about this matter, but Li Yuan erased it from the confessions, pretending that there was no such thing in the current confessions, and pointed the conflict to Dong.

Li Yuan continued: "What a coincidence, what a coincidence. According to the criminal department's experience in handling cases, all things that are too coincidental are still worthy of scrutiny."

"Do you think I'm the murderer just because of this?"

"Of course not. It's just that you are suspected now. Because of your identity, we cannot torture you. However, until we find new clues, please cooperate with our investigation. For the sake of your innocence, we will hold you alone."

Dong Shenglan was furious: "Detain me, do you really think I am a prisoner? Why should you imprison me without any actual evidence? What is the dignity of the Shu Palace after imprisoning me?"

After hearing this, Changsun's sister whispered a few words in Changsun's ear, and Changsun stopped her: "Tang Guo Gong, just relying on this incident, classified the woman in the house as a suspect. This is not good for the reputation of the house. .”

"Princess, I am not confirmed as a suspect now, but if we interrogate him like this, we will definitely find nothing."

"What does this trial mean? Do you still want to change the trial method and use torture on me?"

Mrs. Dong looked at Li Yuan with cold eyes and said slightly threateningly: "My father is also the governor of a week, and I am the wife of the clan. Do you want to torture me based on this false evidence?"

Li Yuan explained: "Of course I don't dare to use torture, but as the person who has been pointed to by the clues so far in this case, you will definitely have many things to cooperate with our investigation in the future. We can't come to your house to look for you as soon as we encounter something. Well, I also said that I will be detained in solitary confinement. Perhaps the word “detained” is too much, and I should live alone near the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to facilitate investigation.”

"No, people must not be taken away."

Even if the relationship with Dong Shenglan is not harmonious, after all, this is related to the reputation of the entire King of Shu.

Once a woman goes to prison, even if she is not really imprisoned, even if nothing happens, her reputation will be ruined if she cannot stand the public opinion.

According to the King of Shu's fascination with the Dong family, the Changsun family does not think that the King of Shu will be able to drive her out of the Prince of Shu's Mansion if Dong is sent to prison. Then the Prince of Shu's Mansion will be criticized. She, the Princess of Shu, is in Daxing City. Vanity Fair will always be a dwarf.

Li Yuan responded with emotion and reason: "Princess, you know what happened. We really need Dong's cooperation in investigating the case."

"No matter what the reason, you are not allowed to be taken away from the house!"

Changsun's attitude was unusually resolute, and Li Yuan looked troubled: "Princess Princess, this..."

At this time, Li Tong'an stood up and said in a gentle voice: "Sister Zhangsun, don't be angry. My brother has also accepted the emperor's order. Don't think that he is deliberately making things difficult. After all, this matter involves the assassination of our Crown Prince. This is a serious matter. I hope you understand."

"Brother, don't be anxious. Sister Zhangsun has always been considerate, and what she thinks is normal. As a woman, I can best understand her actions."

Give a sweet date to each side to lighten the atmosphere.

Changsun looked at Li Tong'an and walked down with a smile. She held Li Tong'an's hand and said, "Sister Tong'an, I'm not the one who doesn't cooperate with the investigation and deliberately causes trouble. It's just that this is related to the reputation of the Prince of Shu after all. She is still my sister." Be considerate.”

Li Tongan took out his hand and covered Changsun's hand, and still whispered softly: "But sister, everything is important. Face is important, but human life is more important. His Highness the Crown Prince almost died, the East Palace was shaken, and the country was in danger of being lost. "

"Sister, we in the East Palace also have face and anger!"

(End of this chapter)