Royal daughter-in-law

Chapter 610 The Best of Both Worlds (1)
It was just now that he had finally left the palace, at least he had to live in peace for a few days.

Pearl also nodded hastily when she heard that: "Qingxue is right, empress, think twice, besides, the Ministry of Criminal Justice is not a good place to dismiss, even if empress goes, she may not buy your account, on the contrary, she will be punished by others." Make irresponsible remarks."

The third master is still in the palace, and he doesn't know when he will return. If he doesn't return for a few days, how can cousin wait?

Yun Wanqin put on her cloak: "Go and prepare the carriage."

Under the night, the majestic Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment looks even colder.

A carriage stopped at the gate of the yamen, waiting for the servants of the palace to pass the message.

After a while, the door opened, and accompanied by several mighty yamen servants, Tan Langzhong, who was on duty at night, wore an official robe, came out from inside, facing the carriage, and clasped his hands together with his subordinates: "Princess Qin arrived at a starry night, and the officials are not welcome. "

Although his tone sounded respectful, when he raised his eyelids, it implied a bit of contempt and coldness.

Several people secretly glanced at each other, knowing that Princess Qin's visit was related to the criminal who had just been admitted.

The young master of the Xu family is Princess Qin's brother-in-law, and he must have come to open the back door.

Over the years, officials of the Criminal Ministry have encountered too many such things, and it is not unusual.

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment are the people in charge of prisons, and all of them are naturally seasoned and ruthless due to their work experience. They are less tactful than officials in other departments, and they can't help being tactful.

Emperor Daxuan always emphasized the strictness and fairness of the law. In order to prevent the officials in the case from bending the law for personal gain and dealing with injustice, the law clearly stated that if officials involved in the legal department such as the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate engage in favoritism, the crime will be added to the second grade. , In this way, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment are walking on eggshells and dare not act recklessly.

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are too many nobles, and there are many people with higher status than Princess Qin who come to the Yamen to intercede. sinner.

Considering that the current regent is the husband-in-law of the woman in front of him, Tan Langzhong and the others had a slightly better attitude, at least they didn't turn her away.

From the car window, the woman's response sounded like a maidservant's voice in place of the master's, without embellishment, she said bluntly: "My lord, my mother is here for the young master of the Xu family."

Several officials had heard about the reputation of Princess Qin, but they had only heard about it, and had never seen the true face of Mount Lu.

During the Yanyang Rebellion, she went along with the army and mixed with the victims. How could such a ignorant woman be a virtuous lady? She must be arrogant, domineering, and a bitch.

The few people held their breath, guessing again and again in their minds, imagining the person in the car as an overbearing and unreasonable lady with three heads and six arms, a bloody mouth, and a big mouth.

If Princess Qin uttered something that violated the law, Tan Langzhong had already made an excuse, and now he was waiting in full force, and when the servant girl finished speaking, he sneered, it was really arrogant, and he was going to catch someone?

He straightened up, his nose twitched, and he said vigilantly: "The criminal has finished the first trial, and he is temporarily sent to prison. He will wait for the official verdict tomorrow. There is no order from the superior. The subordinate dare not ignore the law and release him. The princess, please go back first." !"

In the night wind, the curtains of the carriage swayed gently with the wind. Under the moonlight, a jade hand stretched out to support the carriage, bent down, stepped on the pedals, and got off the carriage.

Tan Langzhong's pupils tightened, and he saw a pretty maid helping the woman in the cloak to stand firm.

The woman wears a light shirt and light make-up, wears a veiled hat, covering her hair, only her red face and cheeks are exposed. Under the silver moonlight, she is as white as jade, radiant and beautiful, with a delicate and beautiful appearance.

After walking a few steps, she clasped her hands at her waist and saluted: "Who said he was going to be released? I just want to say a few words to the prisoner, Mr. Lau Tan."

The voice was neither humble nor overbearing, calm and polite, like a gust of breeze blowing in the restless night, gently blowing against the face, extinguishing the fire in people's hearts.

Tan Langzhong stopped breathing suddenly, and the people around him were also stunned for a while. This is the one who ran with the army at night and got along with the victims of the disaster. It is closely related to the pacification of the civil strife...that Princess Qin?

"It's really Qin Wangfei?" An official was a little bit disbelieving.

Chu Xia took out the token of entering and exiting the palace, and showed it to everyone.

"It seems to be really..." Several people saw clearly and started to rustle.

Chu Xia asked: "What doubts do the adults have?"

Tan Langzhong clasped his hands: "It's not that we are suspicious, it's just that we didn't expect Princess Qin to be like this."

"What does that look like?" Chu Xia asked with a smile.

Several officials looked at each other, and one of them said: "I think that even if it is not three-headed and six-armed, it should be a tall man, the kind that makes people tremble at the first sight, so that they can be mixed into the army and suppress those disaster victims. Party..."

Tan Langzhong turned his head and scolded, stopped his subordinates from making offensive words, coughed twice after confirming his identity, shook his sleeves, and responded to Wang Hao's words just now: "If Wang Hao has something to say to the prisoner, tell me, and I will help Wang Hao convey it." That's it." This time the tone was much more gentle, but he still refused decisively.

Chu Xia's face tightened, he really didn't know good and bad, he condescended and turned his nose on the face, he couldn't even say a few words, he didn't commit any heinous crime, it was nothing more than seeing that the princess was easy to talk, and deliberately put on his official authority.

Tan Langzhong used "human offender" instead of a suspect, which means that the charges have been determined and there is really no delay.Yun Wanqin said calmly: "Xu Muzhen is my cousin. He has always been a good citizen and has never committed any crime. Today, such a big incident happened. As a relative, he should know what happened to him, and he can't just be confused outside like this." I was confused and anxious. My uncle is old. Just now the people in the Jingzhao Yamen refused to let him see him. He couldn’t bear the blow. For outsider favors, please ask Tan Langzhong to give me some thin noodles."

Tan Langzhong snorted: "The cause and effect is that the young master of the Xu family went to the flower boat to buy some fun, and while he was having fun with the old bustard, the old bustard probably didn't serve Xu Shao well, and Xu Shao was angered, probably because of drinking, and then With some money in the family, he acted recklessly and killed the victim with a knife. Princess, are you satisfied now?"

"What's your attitude?" Chu Xia was annoyed, and raised her hand to point.

An officer chimed in: "Let's settle the case and leave it to the yamen. The criminal's relatives will go back and wait for the letter. If there is anything to ask, don't we have to ask you in the yamen because we still don't know the name."

When Tan Langzhong saw his subordinates helping him, he became more confident, and nodded solemnly, indicating that this was exactly the case.

Yun Wanqin was not angry: "I naturally believe in Yamen's ability to handle affairs, but Tan Langzhong just relayed the situation, and used two words of 'I'm afraid' in one sentence, Yamen can't trust himself, so how can I trust that?"

Tan Langzhong's face twitched. After all, he was an old man from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. In front of several subordinates, he was taken advantage of by someone outside the officialdom. He became angry from embarrassment, "Anyway, there is no order from the superior, and the subordinate officials do not have this authority! Please go back! I really want to If you want to see, you might as well go directly to our Shangshu! If Shangshu Ye issued an order to let the subordinate officials open the door for the concubine, then the subordinate officials would have nothing to say, even if they asked the concubine to take away the criminals, the subordinate officials would not method!"

(End of this chapter)