The reborn woman returns

Chapter 31

"Of course the emperor understands, but now that Princess Dehui hanged herself and the queen mother is mourning endlessly, the emperor's benevolence and filial piety must naturally follow the queen mother's wishes." Wang Shengyi bowed his hands to the sky to show his respect for the emperor.

He said solemnly and earnestly: "Could it be because Princess Dehui is a relative of the emperor..."

Wang Shengyi immediately interrupted the cold words, "Leng Butou's words are wrong. Regardless of whether the emperor or the common people are the subjects of the Qian Kingdom, they should be treated equally. It's just that Princess Dehui is different."

"Why is it different?" asked coldly and puzzled.

"Could it be that Leng Butou forgot that this Princess Dehui has another identity." Wang Shengyi looked up, turned around and walked a few steps to look at the gloomy weather in the sky.After thinking about it coldly, his face turned pale in an instant, and he understood clearly.Wang Shengyi frowned and said slowly: "Princess Dehui is the daughter-in-law of the Mo family. The queen mother and the emperor are certainly sad, but I believe that the emperor and the queen mother are not the ones who hold their own and make random orders. Not only the royal family, but also the Mo family. The three generations of Mo family generals all died in battle and sacrificed their lives for the country. The generals and the people all respect them. If the case is not properly handled and spread to the border town, I am afraid that the Mo family army will If the morale is unstable, the morale of the army will be weakened at the slightest, and the foundation of the country will be shaken at the worst."

"But the victims are all silent about this matter, so how should we continue to investigate?" Leng Jun shook his head helplessly and sighed, there was really no other way. "The thieves only picked young women to attack, and it is expected that these women will not dare to speak out in order to protect their names. Most of them will hang themselves to death, or they will categorically deny that this happened."

"Yes, this is where the thief is clever." Wang Shengyi nodded. "Could it be that this time I met an old woman calling for injustice on the way, I'm afraid this matter will remain silent."

"Then what should we do now." The time limit set by the emperor was very tight, could it be possible to just wait like this.

Wang Shengyi shook his head solemnly, "Unless he shows up to commit crimes again, order the Criminal Department to patrol the capital in shifts to search for suspicious persons."

"Isn't that just scaring the snake away?" asked coldly and suspiciously, the lord said that unless he showed up to commit the crime again, there was no possibility of arresting him, and he also said that the patrol should be strengthened. Isn't this contradictory? What should I do with the imperial decree?

"The case needs to be carried out, and the patrol must not be lax." Wang Shengyi also knew that this was contradictory, but as a court official, how could he expose the common people to the thieves, if there is one less injured person, one less one, and the rest is just doing his best.

Yongning Palace

Outside the bright yellow bed cover, the emperor brought the soup to the empress dowager's lips with a spoon. "Mother, don't be sad anymore. My son has ordered Wang Qing's family to solve the case within half a month. I believe there will be gains."

"Rong Kingdom in the west is about to move at the border. Dehui's death is tied to the Mo family army, so we must be cautious." After drinking the medicine, the Queen Mother waved back the people in the room and said solemnly to Emperor Yongtai. She is no longer the empress dowager who fainted and cried just now, but the lord of the harem, wise and shrewd, calm and self-possessed.

Emperor Yongtai put the medicine bowl aside, "Yes, I understand." The military spirit of the border town is the foundation of the country, so we must be strict, otherwise we will lose everything if we are not careful.

"What's Jiang Yu doing recently?" The queen mother stared at the emperor with wise eyes, and asked in a cold tone. "Those civil servants are still asking for the crown prince's younger brother?"

The corners of Emperor Yongtai's lips were raised slightly, and the domineering aura of the emperor permeated between his brows and eyes, making him appear noble, but his tone was faintly mocking: "That's right, the Minister of Rites was still mentioning this matter again this morning, saying that the ninth younger brother has the spirit of a real dragon. .”

"Hmph!" The queen mother snorted coldly, leaning against the cushion. "None of the generals have expressed their views?"

(End of this chapter)