Reborn Princess Chasing Her Husband Crematorium

Chapter 17: The emperor’s face was so painful from the slap

In the imperial study room, a loud "bang" sound shook the entire ground three times.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I deserve death for my crime." Everyone in the hall knelt down. Everyone knelt down, unable to face the emperor's anger.

What Emperor Wan Zhen recalled in his mind was the scene of having dinner with his daughter and son-in-law at noon. He spent the whole afternoon reminiscing about this happy moment.

A moment ago, he was thankful that his daughter was growing up and becoming sensible. As long as she did not take human life, he would give her a safe and smooth life in the future.

The next second, before the daughter and son-in-law came home, someone came to him like this.

Who on earth wants to have trouble with his own daughter?
If you can't get along with your own daughter, you can't get along with him, Emperor Wan Zhen.

At this moment, Emperor Wan Zhen's face was sore from the slap.

With a "pang——", Emperor Wan Zhen raised his hand and smashed his usual inkstone into pieces.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I deserve death for my crimes." Everyone continued to accuse.

Emperor Wan Zhen took a deep breath and lowered the blood pressure that was rushing straight to his forehead. With scattered sparks in his eyes, he inspected the group of people in front of him coldly and sharply.

Winter had already entered, and at this time, the entire imperial study room, even though the heater was constantly heating, seemed to have entered an extremely cold place.

Cao Guanping silently gave Emperor Wan Zhen a cup of hot tea.

Emperor Wan Zhen grabbed the tea cup and took a sip into his mouth.

Putting down the tea cup, Emperor Wan Zhen spoke after a while.

"You Jingnan."

You Jingnan was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment of the State of Xi. He was of the second rank. He was over [-] years old and had a pair of sharp eyes, as bright as stars.

"I'm here." You Jingnan straightened up and said.

"Call Zhuo Lingfeng, and you all go to Dali Temple together. I will give you three days to conduct a thorough investigation." Emperor Wan Zhen said in a deep voice.

Zhuo Lingfeng is the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is a second-rank official. He is over fifty years old and has a long beard. He is a well-spoken official representative who pays attention to rules in everything.

"According to the order." You Jingnan stood up straight, saluted Emperor Wan Zhen, and left the imperial study.

After You Jingnan left, Emperor Wan Zhen called everyone to stand down and continue discussing the previous matters.

The main hall of Dali Temple.

Zhuang Guangxu sat in the middle of the hall, with You Jingnan and Zhuo Lingfeng sitting on both sides.

There were government officials standing on both sides.

Shen Qing still sat aside and said nothing.

In the middle of the hall, Shangguan Lan no longer had the strength to cry, and Wu Zuo stood next to Fang Jixiang's body.

The emperor's words immediately led to an informal meeting of the three judges. In this case, Zhuang Guangxu did not hesitate and spoke.

"Who is in the hall?"

"Shangguan Lan, a common man, is the old bustard of Luanxiang Garden." Shangguan Lan kowtowed to everyone in the hall.

"Why sue Princess Shu Ning?" Zhuang Guangxu continued.

"Princess Shu Ning destroyed my Luanxiang Garden and killed me, the number one in the Luanxiang Garden." Shangguan Lan shouted, "Sir, kill me for your life!"

Zhuang Guangxu observed Shangguanlan from head to toe.

This old bustard had been investigated when he was ordered to inspect Luanxiang Garden. He was born in the land of Goulan since he was a child, and later became the male favorite of some dignitaries in the imperial city. Finally, he went to Luanxiang Garden and became the old bustard. There is nothing special about the trajectory of life.

As for how many people he had slept with, Zhuang Guangxu couldn't find out.These are not the key points. The key point is who is the person behind Luanxiang Garden.

In the column of the owner registered in Luanxiangyuan, only his name Shangguan Lan is written. In other words, starting from the store, this line is broken.

The only one who can break through is Shangguan Lan himself.

Zhuang Guangxu narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Tell me what happened truthfully." Zhuang Guangxu said.

"After Shen Qing left Luanxiang Garden that night, Jixiang locked himself in the room and refused to come out. After a long time, I entered the room. I saw Jixiang crying alone inside."

"But no matter how I asked, Jixiang refused to speak. No one knew what Princess Shu Ning and Jixiang did inside that night to scare Jixiang like that."

"Early the next morning, I saw Jixiang leaving from behind Luanxiang Garden. I was worried that something might happen to him, so I followed Jixiang all the way and found that Jixiang had arrived at Princess Shu Ning's mansion. In the afternoon, when Princess Shu Ning came with her people, I thought Jixiang was peaceful. Princess Shu Ning has made peace."

"I greeted her warmly, but unexpectedly, Princess Shu Ning smashed my Luanxiang Garden without saying a word."

"Princess Shu Ning is a princess, and ordinary people are just pariahs. If my Luanxiang Garden is destroyed, it will be destroyed. It's pity that my children have become homeless in a day."

"We have no place to go, so we can only continue to live in Luanxiang Garden. After all, we have lived here for many years. Although the place is smashed, we will not end up on the streets."

"Then another night passed, and Jixiang still didn't come back. I was very worried, so I called others to go look for Jixiang."

At this point, Shangguan Lan's eyes turned red again. He threw himself at Fang Jixiang's body and cried again.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, but I found Ji Xiang's corpse deep in the woods beside the official road from the Imperial City to Jiaozhou. It was still a separated body!"

As he spoke, Shangguan Lan began to cry again.

Zhuang Guangxu looked at Shen Qing: "Your Highness, what do you say?"

Shen Qing stood up, faced the people in the hall, and said word by word: "Fang Jixiang did come to see me, but I asked my servants to give him money and leave."

"Leaving?" Zhuang Guangxu asked.

"Yes, Fang Jixiang said that he did not dare to return to Luanxiang Garden and wanted to follow me. I didn't want to, so I gave him some money and arranged for someone to send him away." Shen Qing said.

"Why didn't Jixiang dare to return to Luanxiang Garden? Luanxiang Garden is his home. Although Jixiang is a little boy, he is a kind man and has never had any grudges with anyone. After Princess Shu Ning left that day, Jixiang's whole person was not right. , I went to the princess mansion again the next morning, and found that the person was already dead, Princess Shu Ning still wants to shirk?!"

Shangguan Lan's eyes were filled with tears, and the more she talked, the more righteousness became apparent in her body, as if Shen Qing was some unforgivable evil.

"Guards of Princess Xuan's Mansion." Zhuang Guangxu continued.

Soon, the guards who sent Fang Jixiang out of the city that day walked in.

The guard bowed to all the adults and knelt on the ground: "My lord, on that day Butler Shen gave the villain ten taels of silver and said he would give the silver to Fang Jixiang and then send him out of the city and let him make his own way. I asked Fang Jixiang where he wanted to go. , Fang Jixiang said he wanted to go to Jiaozhou, so I took him in the direction of Jiaozhou. In order to avoid accidents, we specially chose the official road at that time. "

"When did you separate?" Zhuang Guangxu asked.

"We separated at Haishi (nine o'clock in the evening) yesterday. After I gave the money to Fang Jixiang, I came back." The guard said.

"Then when did you discover Fang Jixiang's body?" Zhuang Guangxu asked Shangguan Lan.

"It's three quarters today (45:[-] in the morning)." Shangguan Lan said, "Sir, the common people did not lie. Almost all of us in Luanxiang Garden were dispatched at that time. It was everyone who saw Jixiang's body together."

"Wu Zuo, what was the time and cause of death of this corpse?" Zhuang Guangxu asked Wu Zuo.

Wuzuo bowed to everyone.

"Died at 45:[-] a.m. ([-]:[-] a.m.). There were no other wounds on the body, and there were no signs of poisoning. Without a head, it is impossible to tell whether he was decapitated first, or whether he was decapitated directly. But according to the wound on the neck, The wound seemed to have been cut with something like an arrow. It is very likely that the deceased died first and then his head was cut off."

(End of this chapter)