Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 556

As soon as he got off the carriage, Xia Zijin saw a group of civil and military officials kneeling at the door, seeing their righteous look, he smiled angrily, walked to the front, and glanced at the prime minister and others one by one , "What are you doing kneeling here one by one?"

From Ming Shengdi's serious illness to his death, whenever he went to court, Xia Zijin sat in the first position at the bottom and handled political affairs on his behalf. Originally, the prime minister was waiting for her to make mistakes so that he could find an excuse to drive her out of this position.

But for so many days, Xia Zijin has never made a mistake. Coupled with her status as the emperor's daughter, Ming Shengdi once said that she would temporarily review the memorials when she was seriously ill. Such an honor made the prime minister feel helpless .

But what they don't know is that Xia Zijin still hides the imperial decree made by Ming Shengdi in Xia Zijin's sleeve, which is also her biggest trump card.Therefore, whoever sits on the throne has no influence on her.It's just that there are constant battles in the court, and she is now single and weak, so she uses her talents to deal with it in order to delay time, and wait for Rongyu to lead troops to the capital.

Half a month ago, Ming Shengdi was seriously ill, and Rong Yu had sent a letter to Rong Wang and his wife, but Rong Wang was always cautious, and the woman proclaimed the emperor, which was really frightening. Allowing Xia Zijin to accompany the king and let her take care of the illness, King Rong was moved and let go, and agreed to Rongyu's proposal in the letter.

As for the financial resources, she is not worried, the Shen family is the most wealthy in the world, she handed over the money she earned in the early years to Shen Li to run the business together, and now the accumulated dividends are long enough for her to squander.As for Huang Chenyan, even if she didn't say anything, if Marquis Jingwu was smart, he would naturally know how to form a team.

The only thing to worry about is King Lin.Lin Wang hid so deeply, and now the details have not been found out. If Xia Qin died like this, it would make him less opponents, so sometimes deliberately leaving loopholes may not be a bad thing.

Xia Zijin's eyes fell on the deputy commander of the Yulin Army with a slightly pained face, and he couldn't help frowning when he saw a faint pained expression appearing between his brows.

The prime minister didn't intend to hide this matter from Xia Zijin, what's more, he deceived and hoped to drag this matter on Xia Zijin.The sinister look flashed across the prime minister's eyes, he took a deep breath, his expression showed no clues, "Emperor Dowager, the old minister was in the mansion yesterday, and the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army came to see him, saying that it was Concubine Lian who poisoned the late emperor, and even more It’s to cover people’s eyes and ears, and to torture them violently. The old minister came here just to ask the concubine to come out and ask for clarification.”

"Presumptuous!" Xia Zijin's brows showed a stern look, "Concubine Lian has a noble status, because of the words of such a villain, you will see her as soon as you see her, but you have never taken the concubine seriously."

The prime minister was not afraid, and took a deep breath, "The old minister didn't believe it at first, but they all had scars on their bodies, most of which were old wounds, and their bodies were even poisoned, so the veteran had to believe."

Xia Zijin now understood why the deputy commander of the Yulin Army looked pale, but he didn't expect them to be so willing to spend their money. Such a bitter plan made people believe it even more.Xia Zijin turned her head to look at the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army, "You are saying that Concubine Lian murdered the late emperor. Apart from the scars all over her body, do you have any other evidence?"

After returning yesterday, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army followed the prime minister's order and ordered the servants in the mansion to beat him up severely with a whip. New wounds fake old wounds.

But at this moment when Xia Zijin asked him this question, he couldn't help being startled. It was the prime minister next to him who looked at him with warning eyes. The Commander discussed this matter with the maid who was serving Concubine Lian, and even saw the maid handing over a purse to the Commander, this matter was heard by his subordinates together with his subordinates, there is absolutely no falsehood."

If a person said that it might be a false accusation, the Prime Minister also understood this truth, and he actually tied up the family members of the small team he usually led and threatened them to do the same thing as the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army. choose.

Xia Zijin looked at them all with pale complexions and impetuous breath, took a deep breath, but admired the prime minister's ruthless methods, "So that's the case, since you said that the commander of the Imperial Forest Army took bribes, then he must be able to search Something happened?"

"Yes... yes..." The deputy commander of the Yulin Army couldn't help dripping sweat from his forehead, and he spoke boldly.

Xia Zijin sneered, "Since that's the case, I'm here to see if what you're saying is true. Somebody, go and search the residence of the commander of the Imperial Forest Army. If you find anything, bring it up immediately."

The guard standing behind her responded immediately, and walked towards the residence of the commander of the Imperial Forest Army with a cold expression.

Half an hour later, the commander of the imperial forest army was escorted to Xia Zijin, and brought along with him, along with a red lacquered wooden box and a box containing letters.

Xia Zijin's face immediately became ugly, and Lin Wang, who was kneeling at the gate of the palace with everyone, frowned as he watched Xia Zijin turn over the envelopes, feeling a sudden sense of uneasiness in his heart.Then, he saw Xia Zijin looking at him maliciously.

Lin Wang's heart was pounding, and he felt his mouth was dry.Xia Zijin raised the corners of her lips, and her smiling face sank for a moment, and she threw the letter at King Lin, "King Lin, can you explain what these letters are about?"

Xia Zijin had already thought of a countermeasure before sending troops to search the residence of the commander of the Imperial Forest Army. Since Lin Runyu made the decision privately without telling Lin Wang, he must not dare to confront his father for the time being. He is a bit arrogant these days. This lesson, she is really upset, why not just tell King Lin about it.

Lin Wang looked at the writing on the envelope, his pupils suddenly constricted, the Prime Minister also opened the envelope with a gloomy face, looked closely, trembling with anger.It was Lin Wang who reacted quickly, squeezed the letter tightly, and said in a hateful voice: "You son of a bitch!"

"Prince Lin, this princess really underestimated you. The prince used to be very respectful to Xia Qin, but he never thought that he would secretly contact the commander of the Royal Forest Army and even order him to attack Xia Qin secretly. It's really... "

Xia Zijin sighed, his words full of sarcasm.Lin Wangyuan's livid face became even more ugly.Regarding this matter, he didn't know anything about it, and he looked at the commander of the imperial forest army with murderous intent. No wonder he tried everything he could to make the commander of the imperial forest army work for him.Originally, he thought it was because the commander of the imperial forest army was too loyal to Xia Qin, but he didn't expect that his rebellious son would take the lead.

What does he want to do!Endless anger rose from the bottom of Lin Wang's heart.Xia Zijin chuckled, "Leave these things aside, but you, you said he took bribes from Concubine Lian, but although there are many treasures in this box, there are no palace items, but most of them are men's accessories. How do you explain it? Could it be that you want to change your mind, but it is actually Shizi Lin who taught him to obey Concubine Lian."

The deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army's face turned pale in an instant, his lips trembled, and he was unable to utter a single word.The prime minister gave him a look of resentment, he had clearly asked someone to sneak into the mansion of the commander of the Imperial Forest Army yesterday and put away his things, but he did not expect to find them.

But his ultimate goal is to get Xia Qin out of prison, so the muddier the water, the better.The prime minister pondered for a while before making up his mind, raised his hand, and bowed, "Emperor Dowager, even though that's the case, but how to explain the injuries on their bodies, they were not the ones who hit them themselves. According to the old minister, Concubine Lian is the same. If you are suspected, you should be taken to prison and released after the matter is clear."

"Bastard!" Xia Zijin was furious, and his eyes scratched his face like a knife, "It's really a great skill for the prime minister to imprison the concubine in a few words."

While talking, Xia Zijin also couldn't help being puzzled. According to common sense, the eunuch should have arrived by now, but it's really strange that he hasn't arrived for so long.Just as he was thinking, he saw someone close to the prime minister approaching him and whispered a few words, the prime minister immediately showed a complacent look on his face, and looked at Xia Zijin threateningly.

Xia Zijin's heart was ringing with alarms, and just as he was about to speak, he saw the chief eunuch with a pale face, who was long in coming.The prime minister took the opportunity to say, "Emperor Dowager, the old minister still has a witness. The Empress Dowager might as well ask about the truth of the matter."

After the prime minister finished speaking, his finger fell on the eunuch, "My father-in-law is always by the late emperor's side, and he must be the one who knows the truth the most."

The chief eunuch was pointed out by his name and surname, so he could only stand up with a bitter face, struggling very much.Xia Zijin seemed to have a big hole in her heart, and a huge vortex kept turning, as if it wanted to suck her whole body in.

Subconsciously, she spoke first, wanting to interrupt the eunuch's words, "Prime Minister, father-in-law has already said before that it was Xia Qin who murdered Emperor Father, do you want him to say it again?"

"Eunuch, are you still not ready to tell the truth?" The prime minister ignored Xia Zijin's words and called the eunuch directly.

The eunuch trembled, and gave Xia Zijin a slightly apologetic look.This glance made Xia Zijin's heart beat wildly, and the panic spread to her limbs. She never thought that the eunuch would rebel.

"What the old slave said before is not false." Xia Zijin was taken aback by what the eunuch spit out, and the pride on the prime minister's face froze for a moment, his expression distorted, as if he wanted to pounce on him immediately and bite him to death, "but Maybe not true either."

The eunuch paused for a moment, and then said the next words in detail, "That day when the old slave heard the movement and went in, the emperor already... had the prince's dagger in his chest, so the old slave thought that the prince had assassinated him. emperor."

"That is to say, you didn't see the prince make a move?" Although the prime minister was annoyed at him temporarily repenting, what he said was always beneficial to Xia Qin, so he immediately asked the bottom line.

The eunuch nodded, "That's true, but this matter..."

Before he could finish speaking, the prime minister interrupted him and turned to look at Xia Zijin, "Emperor Dowager, since there were only the Crown Prince and Concubine Lian in the room that day, only she knew what happened that day. The situation is lost, and perhaps the wrong judgment is not necessarily."

(End of this chapter)