White Fence Dream

Chapter 184 Accident
Zhang Ze was a little surprised to hear that Princess Jin Yu wanted to see him.

Princess Jin Yu did care about the case of the Queen's family, but she would only go to the palace immediately to exaggerate and gloat over the emperor's misfortune.

Princess Jin Yu is ruthless and vicious.

Zhang Ze watched as Princess Jin Yu walked in, wearing a golden flower crown, a skirt with golden peony patterns, and a bright red cloak.

This dress is already very simple for Princess Jin Yu.

Ever since she said she wanted to reform herself, she was no longer surrounded by handsome young men, but only by a eunuch.

What one gives, one must ask for.

Zhang Ze also saw what Princess Jin Yu wanted, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. She wanted to be like Queen Jiang, but she was not worthy!

He bowed his head and said, "Greetings, Princess."

Princess Jinyu smiled kindly, "No need to be so polite, Zhongcheng."

After entering the room, the eunuch took out a beautifully embroidered cushion from his arms and spread it out, and then Princess Jin Yu sat down.

Zhang Ze followed in and said, "The evidence is irrefutable that Yang was once employed by Empress Jiang, but it is still pending your majesty's consideration, so please forgive me for not being able to tell you the details of the case. Princess can go to the palace to ask your majesty."

Princess Jin Yu repeated, "The evidence is conclusive, but it still needs your majesty's consideration." Looking at Zhang Ze, she smiled and said, "Zhongcheng, there is no way for you to get the evidence to convince your majesty, right? Yang has a special place in your majesty's heart. Your majesty can be said to have grown up in the Yang family."

When the father and son were in harmony, the emperor only liked the crown prince, and the other sons were not in his eyes and were dispensable.

A rift began to develop between father and son, and none of his sons dared to look at him and kept their distance from him, fearing that he would bring them disaster.

Prince Changyang was the youngest prince. He was driven out of the palace to set up his own household before he grew up. Yang had an old relationship with his mother, so she took good care of him out of consideration for their old friend.

Especially after the crown prince was killed, Prince Changyang was so scared that he didn't even dare to return to the palace and had been living in the Yang family. Later, he was banished from the capital, and the Yang family escorted him and accompanied him.

"Your Majesty knows very well what kind of people the Yang family is." Princess Jin Yu said, "And your Majesty also knows what kind of person you are, Zhang Zhongcheng, and how you do things. If it were any other family, it would be fine, and it would not matter to your Majesty, but the Yang family, Zhang Ze, you are relying on unfounded framing, it is not that easy."

It was indeed not easy. Zhang Ze used the last secret report he received from Yu Qingtang about Du's attempt to get close to Empress Jiang and marry Prince Guangping to threaten Du to get close to Yang, saying that Yang was also instructed by Empress Jiang to marry her daughter to Prince Changyang.

However, it was not a problem to deal with Du alone with the evidence provided by the informant, but it was not easy to implicate Yang. The Yang family was indeed different in His Majesty's heart. In the past, His Majesty approved these randomly piled up evidence without even looking at them, but this time, His Majesty looked at them very carefully...

It looked like it would take a long time, which was not a good thing for him.

Even if he replaced Bai Ying's people with his own, he couldn't change the entire imperial city. After all, Yang was the queen. If she really wanted to do something to Bai Ying...
He can't afford the unexpected.

However, what does it mean that Princess Jin Yu came to say this at this moment?
Threaten him?
Impossible, Princess Jin Yu would never speak for Yang.

that……

Zhang Ze looked at Princess Jin Yu and said, "Please give me some advice, Princess."

Princess Jinyu smiled and said, "I can lend a helping hand to the Minister of Justice and make it difficult for Yang to escape the blame, but I have a condition."

She? How could this stupid woman help? Zhang Ze was slightly surprised and asked hesitantly, "What does the princess want?"

Princess Jinyu said, "I want you to clear Mrs. Du's charges, especially those involving the late crown prince. You are not allowed to reveal a single thing."

Zhang Ze was stunned again: "Is the Du family related to the late crown prince?"

Du admitted that she had tried to curry favor with Empress Jiang and seek marriage into the royal family. She also confessed to some unimportant things, such as bullying men and women, seizing land, and slandering court officials. She insisted that she was coerced by Empress Jiang to do these things.

But there was no mention of any involvement with the late crown prince.

Princess Jin Yu actually knew something that he refused to tell her even after he got into her hands.

This stupid princess is really extraordinary now.

Seeing Zhang Ze's surprised look, Princess Jin Yu could not hide her pride: "I said I can help Zhong Cheng. I have sufficient witnesses and evidence to do what Zhong Cheng wants perfectly."

Zhang Ze bowed his head and said, "Thank you very much, Princess, for your help." He raised his head again and said, "I will follow your instructions."

Princess Jin Yu smiled and raised her hand.

Before the eunuch could extend his hand, Zhang Ze stretched out his arm.

Princess Jin Yu smiled even more widely. Although Zhang Ze was not considered a beauty, he was handsome, much better than the men she saw in front of her.

She held Zhang Ze's arm and stood up: "Let's go, I'll go and interrogate Mrs. Du for you."

Zhang Ze took a step back and pulled his arm back with a salute: "Thank you, Princess."

Princess Jin Yu withdrew her hand with some regret and walked out.

"However, since Du has committed so many evil things, why not add one more?" Zhang Ze asked from behind.

Why did Princess Jinyu discard the matter involving the crown prince alone? In other words, why would Princess Jinyu rather give the credit to him in order to erase the former crown prince's affairs?
Princess Jin Yu sighed in front: "It's bad enough that the man beside him is plotting to murder the heir to the throne. His Majesty must be very sad. It's better not to remind him of his brother's tragedy. It's all in the past. He's dead. There's no point in talking about it anymore."

Is that so? Zhang Ze didn't believe her, but the former crown prince had nothing to do with him. He had already made his move, and the queen must not be allowed to stay. This time he only wanted the Yang family to die.

Princess Jin Yu didn't care whether Zhang Ze believed it or not. She did listen to Shangguan Yue's words yesterday, but when she was sitting in the car this morning, she had other thoughts.

If the queen doesn't die this time, she will be in great pain and will not be able to sit in this position.

Bai Ying was a sinner. If she gave birth to a daughter, it would not matter. But even if it was a son, his mother was unworthy and there was no respected queen to raise him, so his reputation would definitely be bad and it was not certain whether he could grow up.

From this point of view, Shangguan Yue is the most important heir of the royal family. When he grows up, he will be the crown prince. However, the former crown prince has been demoted to a commoner. He is not legitimate after all. If he wants to have a place in the court, he cannot do without the support of his aunt.

If the former crown prince's good reputation is restored and he becomes clean and innocent, then what can she still do to him?
Princess Jin Yu walked out and looked at the imperial city in front of her with a smug smile.

……

……

"Princess Jinyu went to see Zhang Ze."

"Will you guarantee the Yang family?"

"The princess is not that kind of person. She just went to watch the fun."

"...The princess went to see His Majesty..." "His Majesty has not been seen for the past two days."

"I will definitely meet the princess. I wonder what she will say?"

"Alas, Yang is so unlucky."

"The Queen has a bad temper, and Yang is a little shallow, but why would she do something that would ruin her future?"

"I don't believe that she is colluding with Queen Jiang. To be frank, Queen Jiang doesn't think highly of Yang."

Sitting in the government office, Zhou Jingyun could hear the discussions outside. Because of the case of Empress Yang murdering the royal heir, the emperor had been extremely sad for the past two days and had stopped attending court. Everyone also put down what they were doing and paid attention to the progress of the case.

But every time I finish talking, I always...

"It's really a sudden disaster."

"This is not a sudden disaster, it's Zhou Jingyun..."

"Well, don't say that, he..."

"What about him? Is he innocent? Who knows? He was with his wife that night. It was his own fault..."

Zhou Jingyun stood up and walked out, and the officials who were gathered in the corridor and talking stopped talking immediately.

"Jingyun." An official forced a smile and greeted him.

But more officials turned their heads away, as if they didn't want to talk to him.

Zhou Jingyun didn't care. He looked calm and looked at the sky. It was sunset and the sunset glow was shining everywhere. He said to the official who greeted him, "I'll go first."

Just as he was about to take a step, someone ran in from outside with the latest news.

"It's all said, it's all said, Mrs. Du has said it all, there are witnesses and evidence, proving that she and Mrs. Yang were arranged by Empress Jiang to marry the princes in order to gain control."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

"Ridiculous, how is this possible!"

"Zhang Ze tortured and extorted confessions and fabricated evidence."

"No, it was Princess Jinyu who went to see Mrs. Du, and persuaded her with both emotion and reason, telling her how difficult it was for Prince Changyang to get to where he is now. Then, Mrs. Du suddenly repented and told her everything that had happened..."

"Your Majesty has already met with Old Master Du. Zhang Ze has taken Old Master Du to retrieve the evidence of the correspondence hidden in the Du family's ancestral home."

"It's actually true?"

"Then Yang is finished."

As these words were spoken, everyone looked at Zhou Jingyun. At this moment, a ray of light fell on him. In addition to his dazzling beauty, there was inexplicably a hint of chilling coldness.

Zhou Jingyun took the cloak handed to him by a clerk, lowered his eyes to look at his hands, his vision filled with red.

……

……

The news also arrived on the ship shrouded in dusk.

"Did Du talk about collusion with Queen Jiang? Didn't she say anything else?" Shangguan Yue was slightly stunned after hearing this and asked again.

The visitor was sent by Shopkeeper Cai. He shook his head and looked a little puzzled: "Shopkeeper Cai said that everything is ready and has been sent to the Princess's Mansion."

Why didn't you mention anything about the late crown prince?
Why did Du admit that he was colluding with Empress Chiang?
There is obviously no collusion...
Didn’t the young master explain it clearly to the princess?
But he didn't ask this question because he could see that the young master didn't look well.

"Maybe, it hasn't arrived yet. Let's talk about Yang's matter first, and then we will investigate the others." He couldn't help but comfort her.

Shangguan Yue slowly shook her head: "No."

Since Du said something fabricated like Yang's, it means that she will not say anything else.

The room was quiet and silent. Shangguan Yue sat inside. She didn't know how long it had been before she was shrouded in twilight, as if she had turned into a stone statue.

Until the door was opened.

"Shangguan Yue."

Bai Li, who had just finished dressing, walked in, knelt down beside him with brisk steps, bringing up a gust of wind.

The wind blew away the twilight, Shangguan Yue looked at the woman in front of him, and his eyes began to move again.

"I just got some bad news." He said, and told Bai Li the news that the visitor had told him. Then he laughed at himself and said, "In fact, I really had hope."

I hope that this aunt who is related to me by blood can also have some blood relationship with me.

but…..
He shook his head, then smiled brilliantly again.

"It's okay. I'm used to it. Nothing in the world can go as planned."

Anyway, it’s not the first time he has encountered this.

Bai Li patted his arm and said, "Don't worry, it's not over yet. Even if one hope is gone, we still have other hopes."

Is there really another hope? Shangguan Yue looked at her. She said we would put our hopes on a few more people. Wasn't that a joke?

"Of course not." Bai Li smiled and pointed at himself, "You can rest assured to have hope in me."

Because she would not let him down, Shangguan Yue smiled, not a dazzling smile, but a gentle smile that spread across her face and eyes, penetrating her skin and spreading into her body.

He pushed himself up and stood up.

"Let's go and welcome the guests."

(End of this chapter)