Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 533 Who is the culprit?

Things happened continuously in the past few days, the emperor's emotions have been in various turmoil, and yesterday it even reached a climax.

Finally, at night, drinking Su Yue's scented tea specially brought over by Lian Shen to calm down, Liu Qi entered the palace again, bringing a piece of news.

Although Liu Qi said that the news was gossip and unreliable, it still made him toss and turn, and he couldn't sleep all night.

This morning, he was woken up forcefully by Eunuch Ding, and while he was still a little confused, he was jolted by Xiang Han's voice, and stared at him blankly.

Han Pang waited for a while and saw that the emperor did not respond, so he said directly: "My majesty, I have some good news to report to the emperor. Before the late emperor passed away, he was always worried about the son of the late prince. He even ordered to search for the blood of the late prince. The old minister has always kept it in his heart, and after searching for it for so many years, he finally lived up to the entrustment of the late emperor!"

The court was in a daze.

Chen Hanming was also dumbfounded.

Well, others are because Prime Minister Han didn’t ask the emperor what happened, and the chief minister of the cabinet arrested him as soon as he said it, but actually mentioned the blood of the former prince. This is against the rules.

Chen Hanming is because Han Xiang actually said that he was looking for someone according to the late emperor's entrustment!
After thinking about it, Chen Hanming understood.

The former prince was poisoned to death by the late emperor, and so many people died in the destruction of the Eastern Palace. After all these years, the legacy of the Eastern Palace has become the most taboo thing.

Under such circumstances, Prime Minister Han, why are you looking for the son and daughter of the former crown prince?

And the first emperor searched for the former prince's child, it really happened. Not only did he order to find him, but the first emperor also ordered to investigate the fire in the East Palace, saying that there was no conclusion about the former prince. Who killed him? grandchildren?
It was also because of this that the third prince and the fourth prince made a desperate palace change.

It was only because the last one who ascended the throne became the emperor that no one mentioned this anymore.

Unexpectedly, Han Xiang used this as an excuse to bring up the maritime business matter.

In this way, no matter how the emperor treats the sea merchant, from Prime Minister Han's point of view, he is doing his duty as a courtier, and he will not be involved in any conspiracy or Kang Wang at all. Any associations are your own business.

It really is an old fox!
The emperor was also stunned for a while, unconsciously recalling what Liu Qi said last night.

The expression on the face of the emperor who was thinking about something was generally dull, and in the eyes of Han Xiang, he became displeased, and he laughed in his heart, and said with a heavy face: "Your Majesty, the third son of the first prince is still alive, It’s just living among the people, and has been doing business for a living, and the eldest daughter of the former prince was sent out of the capital by someone, and has been hiding her name in Jizhou.”

Sure enough...it was exactly as Liu Qi said...

The emperor's heart skipped a beat, his face still stiff (he didn't know what expression to put on), and he said, "Oh? Where are the two of you now?"

Looking up at the emperor, Prime Minister Han said with a serious expression, "My majesty, the third son of the former crown prince, named Jue after his mother's surname, your majesty, you also made him a third-rank loose official."

"Xie Jue?" The emperor nodded and said, "I know him. Not only did he bring in extravagant merchants, but he also donated money and goods during the flood, and helped many people in Fujian. , Transporting the grain to the capital to stabilize the grain price is really a great contribution to our Song State!"

Both Han Xiang and Chen Hanming were stunned.

This direction is wrong...

Your majesty, that is the son of the former crown prince!

What do you mean by such a compliment?
Before the two could react, the emperor said in surprise, "Han Qing, tell me first, who is Xie Jue?"

Han Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, dare I not hear it!

Hastily said: "Xie Jue is the third son of the crown prince who committed the crime first. When the late emperor ordered the East Palace to be sealed up, he escaped privately, went to the south, and then escaped from Fanwai!"

With this completely different rhetoric from the first one, Master Xu glared at Prime Minister Han.

What do you mean?
The emperor's face showed displeasure, and before the emperor could speak, someone stepped forward and said: "My lord, this person suddenly appeared at this time, I'm afraid there is something wrong with his intentions, and I'm afraid there is something hidden about the matter of the two princes. Please be aware of the emperor!"

The emperor glanced at the man, and recognized him as the left servant of the household department who often talked with Cai Bing, and he snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, I also think this matter is very strange!" Another Cai Bing's henchman also stepped forward and said: "There is another matter. Yesterday, Chang Baicheng, the commander of the imperial guards, suddenly led his troops to arrest Cai Xiangman's mansion. Your Majesty, I am going to court the law. ..."

"You want to ask me, why did you arrest Cai Bing?" The emperor interrupted the man, and without waiting for the man to speak, he said to his back, "Chang Qing, come out and tell these people why we arrested Cai Bing, and why did we arrest Cai Bing?" The matter of the first prince happened to be discussed together!"

Following the emperor's voice, Chang Baicheng came out of the apse with a few guards in military uniform.

This time, all the officials in the room fell silent.

According to the rules of the Song Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards is not allowed to go to the palace for nothing, but once he goes to the palace, it must be a big event!
Chang Baicheng first bowed to the emperor, then turned around and stood under the emperor's steps, facing all the courtiers and said: "On August [-]th, the seventh and eleventh princes were framed by traitors in the back hall of the Yaohua Palace. The eleventh prince died on the spot, and the seventh prince was seriously injured to the point of disability. On August [-]th, a traitor lured the emperor to the queen's palace and assassinated the emperor on the spot. This matter has been ascertained by the official and the Xinggong, and it is actually Cai Bing. Planning and instigation!"

"This, this is impossible!" Hubu Shangshu shouted after the whole room fell silent.

Chang Baicheng looked at him coldly and said, "Did Zheng Shangshu say that the emperor's assassination is impossible? Or is it impossible for Cai Bing to order?"

There is no reason to talk about such a big event as the emperor being assassinated!
Hubu Shangshu said anxiously: "Of course it's impossible for Prime Minister Cai!"

Chang Baicheng took a step back, picked up a dragon robe from the guards behind him, and said, "Look out, everyone, this is what I personally found out from the bedroom of King An Jun. The King An Jun said it himself. The dragon robe was given to him by Cai Bing through one of his concubines, and the concubine Li and the assassin who led the emperor to the Queen's Palace have also confessed that they were ordered by Cai Bing to assassinate the two princes first, and then Assassinate the emperor, and after the matter is completed, the king of Fu'an County will ascend the throne as the emperor."

"Concubine Li?" Hubu Shangshu called: "This is impossible, Concubine Li has six princes herself, how can she help the Prince of An?"

"That's a good question!" Chang Baicheng sneered and said, "I'm also completely puzzled."

With that said, Chang Baicheng took a step back.

A person came out from behind him.

The dark black eunuch uniform, the second-rank eunuch hat, and the gloomy face that is colder than a zombie.

Some who knew said to themselves: Xing Gong is in charge of punishment!

The name of the Xinggong is known to all the people in the front court. If the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of criminal cases of the people of the world, then the Xinggong is specially in charge of criminal cases related to the royal family.

It's just that the general punishment palace is dealing with the affairs of the inner courtyard of the palace. Once called into the former court, it means that the prince's rebellion against the palace and the emperor's assassination and other shocking events.

Moreover, the Xinggong has already found out the results.

Wei Fu saluted the emperor first, and then lowered his eyes and said: "Report to the emperor, this old slave has found out that the assassin who assassinated the emperor was the leader of the group of assassins who assassinated the late emperor 14 years ago. He was rescued by Concubine Li. After escaping the killing in the palace, he was protected by the fourth prince and stayed in the palace as a eunuch. The assassins who claimed to be hired by the former prince were actually hired by the fourth prince through Cai Bing. As the Queen of Anjun, Cai Bing and Princess Anjun were dissatisfied, they found this person, forced them with their true identities, and threatened them with the fact that Concubine Li saved the assassin back then, making them do such a treasonous thing, now Concubine Li and Concubine An The assassin has personally* confessed to sign and pledge, and his subordinates have also provided all the details and inside information and signed and pledged, and all relevant physical evidence has been collected.”

Wei Fu's voice was very flat, without any ups and downs, but every word was extremely clear, and it was clearly transmitted to the ears of everyone above the court.

Not to mention Cai Bing's henchmen, even Chen Hanming and Han Xiang's heart skipped a beat, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on their backs.

Chen Hanming sighed deeply in his heart. It is very wise for King Kang to hand over the matter of the first prince to Han Xiangzhen. If he went out and stabbed him, the emperor who had no doubts about King Kang would doubt King Kang.

The Xinggong is the emperor's confidant. It has been established for a hundred years, and there will be no mistakes. If the Xinggong dares to say this in court, the evidence must be conclusive and the truth is certain.

(The matter of the first prince did not go through the punishment palace, so everyone knows that he was wronged)

But the truth is so, everyone understands that this matter has nothing to do with King Kang!

And it has nothing to do with King Kang, and it has nothing to do with the first prince!

"How, how is it possible! How could Prime Minister Cai do this!" a fourth-rank official shouted in disbelief.

"Then, do you think I'm lying?" The emperor looked at him coldly and said, "You think that my two sons wanted to die on their own, that it was a lie that I was tricked by Concubine Li into the Queen's Palace, and that the eunuch assassinated me." Is it false? Are you saying, I am lying?"

"I dare not!" The man knelt down with a plop.

"Why don't you dare?" The emperor glanced at him, and then slowly looked around at the courtiers, only to feel the anger rising in his chest, and said sharply: "My son is dead, and I almost died too! Now that the evidence is conclusive and there are witnesses and confessions, you can all think that I am lying, so why is Cai Bing afraid to do anything? Why not dare to do anything!"

"The ministers are terrified!" With a thud, all civil and military officials in the court knelt down.

The emperor looked at the black and white head, and said with a sneer, "Are you afraid? Why are you afraid? Han Ming, I only ask you, what do you mean by that!"

With that said, the emperor threw the notebook in his hand in front of Prime Minister Han.

Han Xiang picked up the notebook and looked at it, at first he was still puzzled, isn't this the one that he and Cai Bing agreed to, and was waiting for the emperor's comment?Looking again, the emperor made a note, but he crossed out the red note with a line, and drew a thick red line next to the [-]% mark.

That heart just clicked.

Emperor, have you discovered the problem?
how is this possible?How could the emperor find out?
Before he could figure out how to answer, he heard a dull drum beating in the distance.

That is, the Wrath of Injustice Drum standing outside the Xuanwu Gate.

Don't touch anything other than a shocking case of injustice!

The sound of the drum was so loud that people panicked.

Someone shouted again: "Your Majesty, this must be a troublemaker, my minister..."

"Before the vengeance drum outside the Xuanwu gate is played, the nail board has to be rolled. Mr. He doesn't ask anything, so he thinks it's a troublemaker?" Senior scholar Xu couldn't help saying.

"Chang Baicheng, go and bring me up!" The emperor slapped the handrail and shouted sharply.

(End of this chapter)