Abandoned concubine auspicious

Chapter 197 Roll down the steps
Although Emperor Xianchang had no affection for the crown prince, he was his favorite son after all, so he helped the father-in-law's hand to stand up and said, "Let's go."

As soon as the father-in-law beckoned, two servants stepped forward and pulled up the long pendant of Emperor Xianchang from behind. Emperor Xianchang was wearing a feathered flying fairy suit with wide sleeves and when the wind blows, he looks like he is flying However, if there is no wind, it is easy to step on the hem and roll down the steps when walking.

All the servants hugged Emperor Xianchang and went to the main hall.

Entering the main hall, the Ninth Prince Li Jiong had already arrived, and the empress was sitting at the head, with a very bad expression on her face.

Standing below are the third and fourth princes, Princess Bajiu and Mu Qingcheng.

Emperor Xianchang blinked his eyes, but couldn't see clearly, only felt that there were more than a dozen people standing below, filling the empty hall to the brim.

Emperor Xianchang didn't change his clothes, he went directly to the upper seat and sat down.

After everyone saluted, the queen stretched out her hand and caressed the back of Emperor Xianchang's hand, "Your Majesty, why don't you wear more clothes, the autumn dew is cool at night, don't freeze."

Emperor Xianchang's eyes only fell on her lower abdomen, he dodged his hand, avoiding her touch, and said in relief: "Queen, the child in your belly is not naughty, is it?"

The queen's face froze, she stroked her lower abdomen, and said gently, "It's all right, Your Majesty, with your protection, he will be safe and sound."

Emperor Xianchang flicked his hand, and flung the long sleeve out of the sleeve flower, looking a bit ecstatic, looking down, seeing Li Jiongduan standing upright in front of the hall, nodded and said: "Jian'er, since you have found out the truth about the death of the prince, explain the whole story of the case in detail!"

Li Jiong took a step forward and said: "Father, the ins and outs of this case will be investigated by Prince Qin, a doctor of the Ministry of Justice, and his ministers. He will also find out the last clue. Please allow him to go to the palace to state the cause and effect of the case."

Emperor Xianchang frowned, "Wang Ziqin? Is he the eldest son of the Grand Tutor?"

Li Jiong responded, "Yes."

Mu Qingcheng stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I also heard that Wang Ziqin is a man of great wisdom and foolishness. I thought the rumors were untrue, but I didn't expect that the Ninth Prince has the eyes to see real gold."

Wang Ziqin was only a fourth-rank official, and he was not allowed to enter the palace without being summoned. He had been waiting outside, and when he saw the summons, he walked in with his father-in-law bowing his head.

Mu Qingcheng's eyes were sharp, and she saw the little red dot behind Wang Ziqin's ear at a glance, and couldn't help but smile.

He asked the master of Qinggong to put this red dot on while Wang Zhier was admiring the flowers in the garden. She only thought she was bitten by a bug when she put it on, and there was an inconspicuous place behind her ears. How could she detect it? ?
Sure enough, her pussy brother was cowardly and cowardly, how dared to go to the hall to present the case, like many times in the past, she replaced her brother again.

According to the news from the palace, Wang Zhi'er is ill again!Too sick to get out of bed!

The prince came to the hall, neither humble nor overbearing, bowed down to salute the emperor and queen, stood up, and glanced at the people standing in the hall with very indifferent eyes.

Emperor Xianchang said: "Prince Qin, since the Ninth Prince recommended you to me, please tell me carefully how the prince died."

Wang Ziqin saluted again and said, "Yes..."

He fixed his eyes on the empress, stayed on the maidservant Xique beside her for a moment, and said: "Report to the emperor, I have verified through many methods that the death of the crown prince is related to a bowl of tonic soup he drank before his death. Added a flavor of mushroom called Lvlinlang, which is addictive and slightly poisonous, I am willing to ask the emperor to summon Li Dexing, the southern chef who made this soup, to testify."

The emperor stared at the queen coldly, "Is this Nanchu from the queen's palace?"

The queen's face became tense, and she said urgently: "Your Majesty, I don't know anything! This Li Dexing must have hidden evil intentions and colluded with someone to kill my only child."

The emperor said: "Okay, you are pregnant, just because you are calm, you will be surprised and not moving at all. You don't know whether the matter is right or wrong. Why are you nervous?"

The queen clenched her hands and stared straight at Wang Ziqin's face, with a flash of anger in her eyes.

Li Dexing was dragged up to the hall by two servants, and when he saw the emperor, he kowtowed like a green onion, "Your Majesty, that's right, the slave cooked the Shiquan Dabu soup for His Highness the Crown Prince to drink, but His Highness the Crown Prince also did the same for the things added there." I know, drinking that kind of thing is not harmful to the body, so why did the servant become the murderer who killed His Highness the Crown Prince? Your Majesty, the servant himself eats that kind of green mushroom every day. For many years, I haven't seen anything wrong..."

The queen snorted and said: "Your Majesty, Li Dexing has been with this palace for many years and has always done things properly, but Lao Jiu didn't know what is right and what is wrong, broke into Fengyang Palace of this palace, and left after taking the lock. Do you take my concubine mother seriously?"

Both the third prince and the fourth prince looked at Li Jiong with disapproval in their eyes.

Li Jiong stood still, as if he didn't hear him.

Yongyang and Yongzhen shrank aside, not saying a word.

The emperor stretched out his wide sleeves and raised his hands, but the queen shut up unwillingly. He frowned and looked at Li Jiong, "Old Jiu, what do you say?"

Li Jiong half-bent, and answered quietly, "Father, please listen to Wang Ziqin's words, and the truth will be revealed."

The emperor looked at Wang Ziqin, and saw that Wang Ziqin's expression was still and he didn't panic at all. He was somewhat admirable. This son of the Wang family is quite promising.

The emperor said: "Okay, Wang Qing's family, you can tell the following!"

Wang Ziqin said: "The prince drank the soup as usual that night. There was nothing wrong with it, but that night, he was punished by the emperor, and he was whipped three times by the Ninth Prince. faster..."

The fourth prince, Li Mian, stepped forward and said, "My lord, this is testifying that the death of the crown prince is related to the whipping of the ninth younger brother? My lord, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. The ninth younger brother is very strong in martial arts, and he can strike with his own hands." Proper!"

Even so, his words can be punishing, and he directly accused Li Jiong of conspiracy.

Mu Qingcheng also said righteously, "That's right, the Ninth Prince punished the prince by the emperor's will. Are you testifying that the emperor killed the prince himself?"

Mu Qingcheng's status in the imperial palace was detached, and the emperor just snorted when he said such outrageous words, and did not criticize him.

On the contrary, his eyes were gloomy and cold, and he stared at Wang Ziqin closely.

In the hall, the atmosphere became heavy.

However, Wang Ziqin still stood still, his body as thin as a bamboo and straight as before, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, I just narrate the facts without drawing any conclusions, and I don't know about the relationship between the Fourth Prince and Lord Shenhou. , what are you panicking about?"

Hearing this, Li Mian snorted, and his face suddenly turned gloomy.

(End of this chapter)