A Thousand Hills

Chapter 319

Don't say that Emperor Mu Yuan was angry.

Li Xiang also knew something was wrong, and even the crown prince asked him, "How do you kill so many people?"

Li Que had a bitter look on his face, "Your Highness has known me for many years. Your Highness has always known me as a human being. I have lived for most of my life. How can I be like a handsome minister. I just ordered the Ministry of Punishment to conduct a quick trial. I am afraid that these bastards will be punished." Instigated by others, they intentionally caused cruel punishments and prisons to frame the old officials." Li Xiang was also an old fox who spent most of his life in the imperial capital, and he understood after a little thought, with an indescribable bitterness in his mouth, he said, "Your Highness Think about it, even if I lose my mind, I can't kill all the descendants of Jingjiang at this moment. At this age, I still need a reputation." Although these words are empty words, they are true.A literati cherishes his name, Li Xiang has always regarded the cabinet chief as his life goal, and the cabinet is always in and out. Although his character is open to question, his desire for face is stronger than that of the world.Now back in the imperial capital, the trial of the Marquis of Nan'an being poisoned in such a hurry, one is that in order to rectify the name of the East Palace, the crown prince has never done anything to kill the Marquis of Nan'an by poisoning; The meaning of the three fires in office.

In the end, with Li Xiang's old way, he didn't burn these three fires well, and if he was not careful, he took advantage of the loopholes and burned himself.

After all, Li Xiang is the crown prince's confidant, and the crown prince thought that he was so anxious to hear the case for his own sake, so he couldn't help sighing, "Too careless."

"Where in this world do you accidentally kill so many people? Your Highness, think about it. Who else in the world has the ability to use these methods in the Ministry of Punishment?" , can bite you without making a fuss.

The prince changed color slightly, "Could it be the third brother?"

Li Xiangdao, "The third prince has always been tactful, this time the three divisions will be interrogated, the third prince should only have a name."

The prince's face sank completely, and he gritted his teeth along with Li Xiang, "That old bastard Xie Tao!"

Xie Tao, thank you Shangshu.

Speaking of which, this is also a strange person in the imperial capital.

Originally, all ministers must enter the cabinet.

In the end, Xie Shangshu was the exception.

Xie Shangshu had been Minister of the Ministry of Punishments for many years before Emperor Mu Yuan allowed him to join the cabinet.Everyone didn't say it with their mouths, but they would say it in their hearts, this Xie family is definitely not up to His Majesty's wishes.But, Emperor Mu Yuan is so strange, it is good to treat Concubine Xie in the palace, Concubine Xie was quite favored when she was young.Later, Princess Yi'an was pointed out to Xie Bai. In short, it cannot be said that Emperor Mu Yuan hated Xie's family.However, Xie Shangshu was indeed the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment for eight years before he was able to enter the cabinet as a prime minister.It's just that I don't know what Emperor Mu Yuan thought, the ministers of other ministries were changed from time to time, and this old thing alone stayed in the Ministry of punishment for 20 years.

If anyone has the ability to create such a large prison under Li Xiang's nose, it must be Xie Tao!
"Usually, Xie's family was just a fool on the wall, hesitating between the third child and the fifth child. Now that the fifth child has made some military exploits, the Xie family can throw the third child away. What a good grandfather!" The prince hated him so much that he almost crushed his silver teeth.

Li Xiang remained silent, if it wasn't for the fact that he had to explain this matter, he would not be the one to express hatred outside his mouth.In the officialdom, victory is victory, and defeat is defeat.Li Xiang was not easy to get along with, and said, "Fortunately, there is no room for redemption."

The prince is also quite politically literate, and he brushed off his sleeves and said, "What Li Xiang said is that even the emperor, I am afraid that he would not like to raise those little bastards in Jingjiang. Originally, it doesn't matter if ten or eight die, Just save one or two to make a big face." The prince and Emperor Mu Yuan's father and son have been together for many years, and it's not that they don't know what Emperor Mu Yuan wants.How many people died in Jingjiang's rebellion, the civil servants and military generals of the court.Those aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River were wiped out because they refused to surrender to Jingjiang. Not to mention others, there was no one in Uncle Zhongyong's family.Su Xiang's hometown in Wandi, Su's family, also suffered heavy losses, and those who escaped were only some descendants who were secretly hidden by the servants.How can these people not hate the descendants of Jingjiang!Emperor Mu Yuan was able to allow the third division to interrogate the descendants of Jingjiang, so he was not prepared to show mercy to them.It's just that the Ministry of Punishment was pushed, and this matter was done too quickly, and there are only a few descendants of Jingjiang left...Emperor Mu Yuan, for the sake of reputation, will be annoyed.

The prince said softly, "Don't worry Li Xiang, I will always accompany the imperial court, and I will speak a fair word for the third division."

Li Xiang thanked His Highness the Crown Prince in advance, and there was an unconcealable chill in his old eyes that drooped and drooped.

The judgment of the prince and Li relative to the sacred heart was not wrong. Emperor Mu Yuan was annoyed, not because they killed the descendants of Jingjiang, but because they killed them in a short period of time. This matter made Emperor Mu Yuan lose face.

You know, Jingjiang City is a letter of surrender.

At the beginning, the imperial court offered very generous surrender conditions to the Jingjiang ministers of the Jingjiang royal family, and these people were willing to surrender.Today, less than half a year has passed since the end of the battle of Jingjiang, and there are only five descendants of Jingjiang, so what do Jingjiang's descendants think?

Even the history books have to be added. Needless to say, as long as the number of deaths of Jingjiang descendants is written, the reputation of Emperor Mu Yuan as a benevolent monarch will be questioned.Hey, people always cherish their reputation. Li Xiang, who is inseparable from this matter, is afraid of bearing the reputation of a handsome minister, not to mention the emperor Mu Yuan, the old emperor, who cherishes feathers more than Li Xiang.

When Emperor Mu Yuan was annoyed, it wasn't the prince and Li Xiang who were frightened, but the third prince who had been in charge of the punishment department for many years was the first to bear the brunt.The third prince Zong was exquisite and tactful, and decided to stand by and watch the case, but he had been in charge of the Criminal Department for many years, and the three divisions could not avoid the third prince in the joint trial, so Emperor Mu Yuan ordered the third prince to assume the name of the presiding judge.

As soon as this happened, the third prince was immediately dumbfounded.

You know, even if the Marquis of Nan'an went through the Jiangnan battle, he did not take refuge in the fifth prince, but it was equivalent to taking refuge in the fifth prince.After all, the daughter and son-in-law of the Marquis of Nan'an - the Fourth Prince's concubine and the Fourth Prince's are the staunch supporters of the Fifth Prince's couple.The rift between Marquis of Nan'an and Donggong is well known throughout the court.Because, many people suspect that if there was no dispute between the crown prince and the Marquis of Nan'an back then, and Jingjiang rebelled, the army in the south of the Yangtze River would undoubtedly belong to the Marquis of Nan'an.As a result, the crown prince and the Marquis of Nan'an turned against each other. When Jingjiang rebelled, not only half of the south of the Yangtze River fell, but the Marquis of Nan'an was killed by poison. The manpower, bearing the name of banditry, finally made another military exploit under the Fifth Prince, and Fang returned to the court with the victorious army.

This grudge is getting bigger.

If it were said that it was not the crown prince who poisoned the Marquis of Nan'an back then, no one would believe it except for those with mental problems.

Because this is not a question of evidence, it is obviously a question of logic.At the beginning, Nan'an Hou was under house arrest by the prince, and King Jingjiang suddenly rebelled, and Nan'an Hou was suspected by the prince to have evidence of rebellion. When running away, it is a kind of logic to take Nan'an Hou to run together, and then bring Nan'an Hou back to the imperial capital to accept justice.There is also a kind of logic. At the beginning, even Wu Guogong died in the army. It can be seen that the military situation was urgent at that time. Under such an urgent military situation, it is not easy to take away the traitors.

Now, what the Ministry of Punishment wants to prove is that it was King Jingjiang who poisoned Marquis Nan'an back then.

This kind of logic is very tortuous and incomprehensible. The most incomprehensible thing is that if King Jingjiang didn't know that the Marquis of Nan'an was under house arrest by the prince, even if he sent an assassin to assassinate the Marquis of Nan'an, he would not be troubled to kill him. this way.Like Earl Jiang killing Zhao Yang, he was killed with one sword!If King Jingjiang knew that Marquis Nan'an was under house arrest by the crown prince, and King Jingjiang did nothing, and let the crown prince take Marquis Nan'an away, Marquis Nan'an might not be able to get a good result.Of course, these two possibilities are based on the loyalty of the Marquis of Nan'an to the imperial court. If the Marquis of Nan'an betrayed the imperial court as the prince said, then King Jingjiang sent his men not to kill the Marquis of Nan'an, but to save the Marquis of Nan'an. Marquis of Nan'an.

Therefore, poisoning itself has logical problems.

Of course, some people would say that just like the death of Prince Jingjiang, he was poisoned secretly.

Then, there is another problem here. The prince put Nan'an Hou under house arrest, and the people who provided food for Nan'an Hou must be the prince's people.In this way, the crown prince still has nothing to do with the poisoning of the Marquis of Nan'an.

Some people will say that the crown prince doesn't know that the medicine was put in the food and drink.If the prince didn't know, then, for the Marquis of Nan'an who was under house arrest at that time, the prince would have been negligent.

How to clear up such suspicion?
What Li Xiang wanted to do was to let Jingnan take the blame for the poisoning of the Marquis of Nan'an from beginning to end.

However, you must know that the Marquis of Nan'an is not just a dog or a cat in the court, he is the cousin of His Majesty's direct relative, a hereditary first-rank Marquis granted by the imperial court.You don't need to try this case, according to Nan Anhou's temperament, it will probably protect the face of the East Palace for His Majesty.However, if you start a trial, you can't prevaricate Nan'an Hou with nonsense, if so, it's better not to have a trial.

Also, since it is a joint trial by the three divisions, it cannot just be decided by the Ministry of Punishment.You, Li Xiang, are the official second-rank Shangshu. Of course, Dali Siqing is the third-rank official, two ranks lower than Shang, but Yushitai Zuodu Yushi is the same as the second-rank official.Even though everyone is speculating that the emperor intends to whitewash the crown prince, you, Li Xiang, have to produce an ironclad proof, otherwise, you, Li Xiangneng, are shameless for whitewashing the East Palace, and we want it.

Therefore, Yushitai and Dali Temple turned a blind eye to concentrating Jingjiang's descendants in the Criminal Ministry for interrogation. What they wanted in the end was a logical testimony.It's just that Zong Dali Temple and Yushitai didn't expect such a black hand from your Ministry of punishment!Even if you don't want to be shameless, you can't implicate everyone!

Therefore, as soon as this happened, everyone scolded Li Xiang!

This old bastard dragged us all into the water!

The third prince's heart skipped a beat when he heard about this, knowing that something was wrong, he quickly summoned the chief historian of the mansion to discuss it.The chief historian of the Third Prince's Mansion said, "Your Highness's honor as a prince is the interrogation of the case. His Highness can't go to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to stare at him. Forgive Li Shangshu for not daring to push this matter to His Highness. Your Highness will go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice now." Call out the interrogation case, and after sorting it out, go to the palace and report to His Majesty whether it is true or not."

The third prince is as innocent as a glass bead, isn't it because the case involves a dispute between the prince and the fifth prince?Although neither of them said anything to him, one was concerned with the crown prince's reputation, and the other was concerned with the fact that Marquis Nan'an was poisoned, and Marquis Nan'an belonged to the Fifth Prince.The third prince wanted to stand on the dry shore, but unexpectedly it was so difficult. Hearing what the chief historian said, the third prince sighed, "This is the only way to do it today. This is Li Xiang, too. It really doesn't matter." The third prince would not think it was his grandfather. As soon as Li Xiang came to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he was very majestic. It was Li Xiang's proposal to start the trial. Even the interrogation process and the manpower for the interrogation were all arranged by Li Xiang.There is another thing here, so what, isn't Su Buyu the new Minister of Criminal Affairs? Because Su Buyu's background is strong enough, Li Xiang is also planning to transfer risks, and he really wants Su Buyu to participate in the interrogation plan. .Su Buyu has nothing to say, even if he agrees, but Su Buyu has a problem, he can't see blood, so when he interrogates, he just brings up the person, asks him carefully, and makes a record of what he answered Then stop.Of course, Su Buyu is a rigorous person, it's really not easy for you to fool him, and he doesn't ask casually, he comes and goes, he really asked him a lot of Jingjiang's secrets, but this has nothing to do with the case of clearing the prince !Li Xiang couldn't bear Su Buyu's fretting, so he simply interrupted his interrogation process and asked professionals to interrogate him instead.Therefore, it is impossible for Li Xiang to implicate Su Buyu in the matter of punishment and prison.

Don't look at the third prince who is standing on the dry shore, he is very clear about what's going on here, and he can't help complaining to the chief historian after reading this, saying, "You said Li Xiang is not as good as Su Buyu at his age. secure."

The Chief Historian smiled and said, "Who is Prime Minister Su? How could he give Aizi the reputation of excessive punishment and prison." The Chief Historian believed that Su Buyu was instructed by Prime Minister Su.

But in fact, Su Buyu really didn't receive his father's advice. If his father had given his advice, based on his father's uprightness, he would have spoken out to stop Li Xiang when he knew that Li Xiang was punished too much.Su Buyu didn't say anything, and he didn't stop him. In a certain way, his elegant and procrastinated interrogation process caused Li Xiang's dissatisfaction to a large extent. thing.

There is even another reason for this matter. The descendants of Jingjiang have not received good care since they were escorted to the imperial capital, and Emperor Mu Yuan brought them back to the Taimiao for sacrifice.These people are also princes and grandsons in Jingjiang, and it would be good if they barely survived until the first day of the trial.Then there are severe punishments, some of which are excessive punishments, and some commit suicide in prison.

Of course, Su Buyu also hinted that Xiang Li was dissatisfied with his elegant interrogation in front of the official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. From foreign officials to governors, at his level, Su Buyu's hints are no longer words, or he will be kicked out. A long sigh during the interrogation, or the disappointment when losing the interrogation mission, those who took over Su Buyu's mission would naturally think more.What's more, he was also instructed by the Xie family.

Su Buyu didn't feel guilty because of this, did King Jingjiang feel guilty when he killed his relatives?More than fifty members of his family's clan died!Isn't that human life!Even if the descendants of Jingjiang don't die today, His Majesty will not leave a root of trouble!
Of course, dying in the Ministry of Punishment was a miserable death.He didn't see how the members of his clan died, but how had he ever seen King Jingjiang's face before!

What Su Buyu wanted to say was, "Miss. Li was really too hasty. I just asked how Jingjiang used separatism to harm Hou Qingyu of Nan'an. As a result, halfway through my question, Li Xiang refused to ask me to interrogate. In fact, the It is also a good thing for the East Palace if this matter is cleared." Su Buyu believed that this matter should continue to be interrogated.It is certain that the crown prince has made mistakes in the matter of Jiangnan. No one has made mistakes in his life. Moreover, this matter can be completely worked out. Wu Guogong was tricked by Jingjiang and misunderstood the Marquis of Nan'an, which led to the prince's negligence. , the crown prince's top small tank can also save the crown prince's face to the greatest extent.Otherwise, even if there is no explanation now, which one is stupid in the court, even in the future, the history will be clear, and it will be recorded.Instead of making people guess, why not take the opportunity to clarify the matter.

It was Su Buyu who said this to his father.

Su Xiangping said flatly, "The East Palace is not something you can discuss lightly!" and blocked Su Buyu's mouth.

When the third prince came to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to try the files, Su Buyu handed over all the files he interrogated to the third prince, and said with concern, "Your Highness is a merciful person, and I told you not to be wronged when you are in prison. People. Even if there is a fault, it is also the fault of the ministers."

The third prince was full of affection for Su Buyu.

When Li Xiang rushed over, he heard Su Buyu's emotional sentence "Your Highness is a merciful person", he was really chilled, and he had to agree, "The old minister will enter the palace with His Highness, and he will definitely be with His Majesty." Make it clear." Thinking that the third son of Su really deserves to be the son of old man Su, this naughty boy!The third prince's so-called standing on the dry bank compared to Su Buyu's clean face and being a good person is really far from the realm!With such a servant under his command, Li Xiang is full of a sense of crisis in life.

Leaving aside Li Xiang's sense of life crisis, the fact that Li Xiang can rush over to help sort out the files shows that Li Xiang's mind is not disturbed. In fact, Li Xiang has a countermeasure.Under the supervision of Li Xiang and the third prince, the Ministry of Criminal Justice sorted out the files of the interrogation extremely efficiently. Li Xiang then checked with the third prince and Su Buyu. This incident is too heinous, and the official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is grateful for Nan'an Hou Zhongzhen but was poisoned by Jingjiang. He accidentally killed some people by mistake. Don't worry, Your Highness, all veterans will take care of it." After speaking, Li Xiang laid out the memorial and wrote as Fei, after writing a memorial, he will bring Su Buyu and the third prince into the palace to explain the matter.As for asking for guilt, Li Xiang said very bachelorly, "Jingjiang is my general, we will interrogate the criminal, and I don't know what crime is there!"

Thus, the third prince and Su Buyu had a new understanding of Li Xiang's shameless realm.

The old fox has a thick face.

Su Buyu and Li Xiang got the honor of the third prince, and they all sat in the spacious carriage of the third prince.The third prince is an elegant person. Needless to say, his carriage is clean and comfortable, with an elegant aesthetic.For example, there is a peach blossom in the white jade bottle in the car.

At this time, none of the three had the pleasure of admiring the flowers.

Su Buyu still had to ask Li Xiang for advice, "Your Majesty will definitely ask Jingjiang how he poisoned the Marquis of Nan'an. How about Master Shangshu to give you some pointers."

Su Buyu, who gave Li Xiang a sense of crisis in his life, is indeed a person who can speak. To say that a person can speak is not necessarily because of his eloquence, but because of Su Buyu's demeanor and emotion when he speaks. The respect for Shangfeng and the vision to pave the way for Shangfeng.After all, the third prince didn't know how Li Xiang made up the charges. Since the three of them saw it, they must know it well.Li Xiang was used to being a high-ranking official, and when no one asked for advice, he had to brace his hair and tell the story of "King Jingjiang poisoned the Marquis of Nan'an" that only he knew about.Hearing Su Buyu's words, Li Xiang didn't hold back, and said, "This is also just out of the trial yesterday, and I haven't had time to talk to you about it, and I won't have time to report it to His Highness in the future."

His Royal Highness the Third Prince and Su Buyu both said: We understand, it is thanks to your boss for having this talent!
Li Xiangbian, the third prince and Su Buyu narrated a thrilling story about the Jingjiang rebellion and the murder of our general.

The story unfolds like this:
Li Xiangsu had a dignified appearance and a dignified expression. He knelt down before the emperor and said in a solemn voice, "At the beginning, the Qiu family in the harem offered Jingjiang a plan to separate things. The third son of Jingjiang pretended to be kind and went to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in person. At night, the third son of Jingjiang had a secret discussion with his confidants, and mentioned the matter of his relationship with the Marquis of Nan'an. This was the beginning of the divorce plan. Here are the forged letters between the Marquis of Nan'an. At that time, this woman reported the matter to the Duke of Wu. The Duke of Wu mistrusted Jingjiang's divorce plan, misled His Highness the Crown Prince, and wronged the Marquis of Nan'an. This matter was interrogated by Su Shilang."

Besides, Li Xiang is also an old-fashioned character, he is not stupid at all, Su Buyu is still complaining with his chief assistant father, so Su Xiang will use it.

Emperor Mu Yuan nodded slightly, and Li Xiang continued to report, "After that, Jingjiang saw that we had really caught the trick and put the Marquis of Nan'an under house arrest. At this time, everyone may be wondering, since Jingjiang knew about this, why did he want to punish the Marquis of Nan'an?" Let's do it. As long as His Royal Highness escorts the Prince of Nan'an back to the imperial capital, we will lose our opportunity after some interrogation. Or, Jingjiang is confident that the army is invincible. In the chaos of war, it is enough to wipe out His Royal Highness and the Marquis of Nan'an. Why do we need to send again? The killer poisoned the Marquis of Nan'an? Because of this question, the veteran finally got the answer after a half-month secret trial. First, there were 20 soldiers in Jiangnan at that time. At that time, Jiangnan was full of elite soldiers. To put it bluntly, it is impossible for Jingjiang to kill my 20 elite soldiers. The soldiers will swear to the death to defend His Royal Highness, as long as His Royal Highness is around, nothing will happen to Marquis Nan'an. Jingjiang has been afraid of Marquis Nan'an for a long time, and he is afraid that I will learn about him. Divorce poisonous tricks, and then the Marquis of Nan'an leads the army, of course he must be killed first and then quickly! Second, Jingjiang suffers from the relationship between His Majesty and the prince's father and son, and the teacher came from an unknown person. He killed Nan'an Marquis and put it on the prince's head. Arguing, it made His Majesty even more dissatisfied with the crown prince."

Li Xiang is so vicious that he bluntly said "Jingjiang suffers from the relationship between His Majesty and the prince's father and son...which makes His Majesty feel dissatisfied with the prince." Therefore, Emperor Mu Yuan said, "I am not so stupid that I would doubt my future." Aiko."

Emperor Mu Yuan was willing to open his mouth, and Li Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and listened to Emperor Mu Yuan, "I still don't understand how Jingjiang poisoned Nan'an."

Emperor Mu Yuan gave the meaning of "believe" in the previous remarks, and Li Xiang became more confident in the latter remarks, saying, "At the beginning, although His Royal Highness put Nan'anhou under house arrest, it was out of public will. Nan'anhou should eat and drink, and everyone It came out of the prince's meal, even before the Marquis of Nan'an had tasted it himself. There is something strange here, if the old minister hadn't personally interrogated it, he would never know the inside story. The old minister only knew this morning that the Marquis of Nan'an was poisoned to death. It was exactly the same method as Jingjiang's prince was poisoned and killed back then!" As he said that, he burst into tears and cried loudly, "What a wolf in Jingjiang, who separated my father and son, monarch and minister, and poisoned the generals in our army. The old minister knows this The matter is so angry that everyone in the Ministry of Criminal Justice has their eyes shattered, wishing to eat the flesh and blood of the traitor! If your Majesty thinks that the old minister made a mistake in interrogating the traitor, the veteran would rather make the same mistake again and again!"

Su Buyu once said with emotion to Xie Moru in the future, "After listening to Li Xiang's answer before the imperial court, in my 40 years of life, I have made a new breakthrough in my understanding of life, the world and life. .”

The fifth prince relayed this incident to Xie Moru. After hearing it, Xie Moru could only say, "Old but not old, you are called a thief!" What an old thief!

The fifth prince also had to say, "Li Xiang has identified the pulse of the father." Even the fifth prince knew that Li Xiang's fault was not in killing people, but in killing people in a short time... ...The fifth prince still said, "Li Xiang's methods are indeed a bit cruel." The descendants of Jingjiang can't keep too many, but according to the fifth prince's intention, they should choose one or two honest ones to stay. torii.Moreover, it's not good for people to die so violently in the Ministry of Punishment. What do the officials who asked Jingjiang to surrender think?Some of them were appeased by Emperor Mu Yuan and stayed in the court as officials.It is best to die one this year, two next year, and three the year after... Anyway, this kind of slow death is more decent.Looking at Li Xianggan's matter, even the princess Jingjiang and Mu Qi outside were able to kill themselves in fright, it was too much.The fifth prince didn't want to think too much about the Jingjiang matter, so he said to his wife, "Do you think what Li Xiang said is true or false?"

Xie Moru said, "Five points are true and five points are false. It is true that the Crown Prince fell into Jingjiang's divorce plan. Fortunately, Wu Guogong died, and the matter was blamed on Wu Guogong. As for the matter of the killing, only the crown prince and King Jingjiang knew each other."

The Fifth Prince sighed inwardly, a little disappointed.

Xie Moru said, "I didn't expect to be able to bring down Li Xiang, Your Highness don't have to be disappointed."

The fifth prince said, "You don't know that Li Xiang's singing and writing skills are excellent. I originally thought that my father would not go into this matter deeply. Li Xiang also has a crime of excessive punishment. I don't want to give Li Xiang a description of his performance." , it seems that he is full of loyal and loyal ministers, so that people can't even say a word 'no'."

"It's actually easy to know His Majesty's mind." Xie Moru asked, "Could it be that Your Highness thinks that His Majesty has no dissatisfaction with Li Xiang's matter?"

The fifth prince pondered for a moment, and said, "Father only fined the salaries of those judges in the end, how can he increase the punishment for Li Xiang?"

"Your Majesty's thoughts are not so simple." Xie Moru looked at the peach blossoms outside the window and asked, "Is the Fengyi Palace about to be completed?
"The elder brother rushed to urge the progress of the project, and I heard from the fourth brother that it will be in these days."

Xie Moru turned his head to look at the Fifth Prince, "The First Prince must have known about this."

"Big brother knows about this, and he will be the first to report to the emperor."

"This is the timing."

"What time?"

"The time to become a queen." Xie Moru's eyes were burning, "Last year, His Majesty mentioned the matter of setting up a queen. Now that the Fengyi Palace has been repaired, the First Prince will definitely bring up this matter again. It's not that the First Prince doesn't have long history staff, they will definitely be there Recently, we will bring up the post-establishment matter again!"

The fifth prince couldn't help but feel tense, Xie Moru said, "If your majesty is satisfied with this case, the concubine mother may only be a royal concubine. If your majesty is dissatisfied with this case, he will establish a queen!"

The fifth prince's heart suddenly hung in the air.

Almost everyone believed that the case of Marquis Nan'an being poisoned was a dispute between the East Palace and the Fifth Prince. Of course, there was nothing wrong with thinking this way.The Fifth Prince's family really hoped to give the Marquis of Nan'an an explanation from this case.The crown prince believed that Li Xiang's excessive punishment was the Xie family's intention to smear Li Xiangqing's reputation. Is there any Xie family's action? Anyway, there is no evidence of the Xie family's action. Even Su Buyu chose to clean up himself.Li Xiang suffers from this embarrassing situation, but fortunately, he is very thick-skinned, eloquent, sophisticated, and defiant in every sentence. As a result, he was not punished in any way. This is Li Xiang's excellence.

Li Xiang's ability to overthrow clouds and rain made him a big winner in the "Nan'an Marquis poisoning case", and at the same time, he whitewashed the prince.

However, almost everyone did not expect what happened next.

On March [-]th of the year, the Fengyi Palace was renovated, and a minister in the court brought up the issue of the empress again under the suggestion of the eldest prince. Emperor Mu Yuan nodded his head and glanced at the faces of the people who were happy or worried or calm or serious , raised her voice a little, and said steadily, "Since the Queen's reign, the phoenix position in the middle palace has been vacant for more than ten years. Now the concubine Su of Shuren Palace, Suyong Demao, gentle and courteous, has the quality of Huirou, soft and bright." Yude has the beauty of peace and righteousness...can be registered as the lord of the Six Palaces."

With this edict, Manchao was shocked.

But Xie Moru was at ease, and the reason for promoting the prisoner was not to discredit Prime Minister Li, the honor of the five princes and princes, the real power of the vassal, is it worth embarrassing for a minister?This matter was originally intended to make Emperor Mu Yuan dissatisfied with the impatience of the East Palace.Emperor Mu Yuan is such a man who cherishes his name. If Li Xiang thinks that he can be fooled by a few cunning words, he will look down on Emperor Mu Yuan, the king of the country.

It is indeed a good time, and there is nothing better than an immediate opportunity.

(End of this chapter)