Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 246

The news that tens of thousands of people in the south of the Yangtze River collectively presented blood letters to the capital to sue the imperial court suddenly aroused grievances in the capital.

I don't know if it was inspired by the people in the south of the Yangtze River, but the news of many officials' corruption and the suffering of the people has spread out one after another.Everyone inquired about the news in the palace, just waiting to see how the emperor would deal with it and how to give an explanation to the people.

However, while everyone was anxiously waiting, several common people who came to sue the court suddenly all died strangely.

At that time, Baili Qingcang was discussing with civil and military officials about the Jiangnan Salt Administration, when he heard the news, his eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

Fortunately, he was supported by the head servant at the side. After waking up, he pointed at Baili Jinyi with a trembling finger, paused for a long time, and then suddenly shouted coldly: "Nie Yi!"

Baili Jinyi quickly knelt on the ground: "Father calm down, take care of yourself."

"Now you know that I have to take care of my health. Why didn't you think that I would get angry and hurt you when you did the foolish thing of searching for money?"

Baili Jinyi raised his head, horrified in his heart, they were just discussing what was going on with this matter before, why did his father suddenly involve him in the matter of the Jiangnan Salt Administration?

"Father, my son and minister have been wronged."

Baili Qingcang was full of anger, ignored his rebuttals, and shouted loudly: "Prince, you are the heir apparent of Da'an Kingdom, is it possible that Father lacks your food and clothing? You need to collect money in the south of the Yangtze River? You are really courageous, under the eyes of your father, you dare to do something to kill people?"

Baili Jinyi raised his head, and he had a somewhat similar face to Baili Qingcang with a little panic on his face: "Royal father, I don't know about this matter at all, and I have never done anything to kill people, so please ask father Huang Mingcha."

Baili Qingcang was sitting on the throne, his sharp eyes were full of scrutiny: "You don't know, so that means that the father has slandered you?"

"I don't dare, it's just that other people don't understand me. Father, you should know me. My son helps father handle palace affairs every day. I never dare to slack off in the slightest, because I know the life of the people very well. It’s hard work, how can you do something like search for the people’s fat and anointing? Besides, the Jiangnan Salt Administration has always been controlled by the emperor himself, even if the ministers have the guts, they don’t have the means, please check it out.”

Baili Qingcang's eyes kept changing, and the thoughts in his heart were extremely complicated. The prince is excellent in all aspects, which is indeed a great help for him, especially now that he is in poor health, and he has already planned to hand over government affairs to the prince little by little. Otherwise, he would not deliberately suppress the Zhao family and come to help the prince pave the way. Just when the anger in his eyes subsided slightly, the notification sounded outside.

"Report to the emperor, the queen empress asks to see you."

"Queen?" Baili Qingcang frowned fiercely, "Let her in."

Zhao Huiying did not wear the queen's palace attire, but a plain peony skirt, which made her clear and beautiful face a bit colder and haggard, making her look extraordinarily moving: "The concubine has seen the emperor."

"Queen, what are you doing here?"

"Reporting to the emperor, my concubine heard that you are going to deal with the prince, so I came here specially, and I have a few words I want to say."

Baili Qingcang narrowed his eyes violently, and his anger flashed across: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, do you remember?"

Zhao Huiying's heart moved, but she didn't show it on her face: "The concubine knows it, and she doesn't dare to risk the disgrace of the world and interfere in the government affairs. It's just that the concubine has received a confession here. If I don't report it to the emperor, I'm afraid the prince will bear it." unredressed injustice."

"testimony?"

After Zhao Huiying saluted, the emperor didn't ask her to get up, so she could only take out the testimony at this time and asked the chief servant to submit it: "Yes, this testimony was delivered overnight by the governor of Jiangnan. Evidence of crimes committed by several people in the imperial court."

Baili Qingcang carefully looked at the contents of the confession, even the final signature, and after a long while, he said: "Queen, since this testimony was sent by the Governor of Jiangnan, how could it reach you?" hands?"

If he was still hesitating whether the crown prince was really guilty just now, then the hesitation has become more and more serious now. It is too coincidental that the empress came here with evidence just after the person who sued the imperial court had an accident.

The prince knelt on the ground and clenched his fists fiercely: Does the queen mother think that his crime is not serious enough, and she even came to add fuel to the fire?
Zhao Huiying was dumbfounded, and didn't know how to answer for a while: "This...the concubine didn't know, this confession was sent to the concubine for no reason. The concubine didn't believe that the crown prince would do such a cruel thing, so After seeing the testimony, I immediately sent it to the emperor."

The other courtiers stood on both sides of the hall, looking at the panicked look of the queen, they had doubts in their hearts: The queen has always been the most calm, why did she suddenly panic this time?
Chu Junyi sneered in his heart, and a strange color flashed in his eyes: The queen is preparing to retreat and try to lead the matter to someone secretly framing the prince.After all, accidents happened one after another, and everything was pointed at the prince, which is too much of a coincidence.Once the emperor becomes suspicious, the prince will have a turning point.

Baili Qingcang looked at the paper in his hand, his brows sometimes stretched and sometimes gathered, and he calmed down after a while: "Prince, go back to your own palace and think about it."

Baili Jinyi nodded respectfully, looking at Baili Qingcang with trust in his eyes, without any trace of panic: "Yes, I obey the order."

Zhao Huiying's high hanging heart sank little by little, and the nails dyed red Danko in her sleeves were tightly stuck into her palms, and little blood oozes out: it is really courageous to hit the prince's idea on him!
When Chu Junyi returned to the mansion, Shen Ninghua was eating fruit.Seeing him walking in slowly, he immediately squeezed a grape and threw it over: "What's the matter, something happened in the court?"

Chu Junyi raised his hand to catch the grape, peeled off the skin and handed it to Shen Ninghua's mouth: "Well, it's really as we expected, the prince who the emperor didn't intend to deal with, probably lifted it high and put it down gently."

"It's not surprising, after all, among the several princes of my father, the one who is most suitable to be the crown prince is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Well, the empress is advancing by retreating. On the contrary, it made the emperor suspicious, wondering if someone deliberately framed the prince, and now he is just punishing the prince to think behind closed doors. In a few days, maybe it will be revealed lightly."

Shen Ninghua's jade-like fingertips gently held a bunch of grapes to play with: "Maybe."

"Ok?"

"There are still many princes under the prince. They will miss such a good opportunity? Didn't we investigate a lot of things in our hands and sent them to the spies in the prince's mansions? The ants killed the elephants. The prince's body is always With these people staring at him, although one mouthful by one person cannot hurt the crown prince, but the accumulation will add up, who can say for sure in the end?"

Chu Junyi smiled slightly: "Well, this is a good way, and it saves us trouble."

Shen Ninghua paused for a moment, then suddenly said: "Jun Yi, you said before that you would fight for the throne, so what are your plans?"

Chu Junyi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked up at Shen Ninghua's calm expression, paused for a moment before sighing and said: "If you don't tell me, I almost forgot."

Originally, he always regarded revenge as the most important thing in his life, but now that he has a loved one, he even enjoys the daily chores.

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes: "With the hidden danger of the Xiao family, the powerful enemy of the queen, plus the Zhao family, Lin family, and several princes... we can't live at ease."

Chu Junyi held Shen Ninghua in his arms, and gently placed his palms on her slightly protruding abdomen, his eyes flickered: "Ninghua, don't worry, I understand what you said, people are harmless, and tigers hurt others. In many cases, if you want to control your own destiny, you must control enough power. I must fight for the throne."

Shen Ninghua nodded, and hummed softly. Although revenge is no longer the most important thing, it doesn't mean that this revenge is not revenge. Since the Jiangnan Salt Administration incident broke out, it doesn't hurt to involve more people.As far as she knew, the fifth prince, Baili Jinze, was not very clean either.

The prince was grounded, and the hearts of the people in the court were fluctuating for a while. It was not that the prince did not make mistakes before, but it was the first time that the prince was reprimanded as a sinner, and he was grounded. punish.The memorial was suppressed by Baili Qingcang, and he did not give up. He flickered the officials in the court, and made a vigorous remonstrance in the court. It is said that there was a censor who was so emotional that he smashed his head.

For a while, the prestige of the third and fourth princes among the common people increased, after all, they were doing practical things for the common people.

To Shen Ninghua's expectation, the second prince, Baili Jinchuan, did not move at all, and stayed quietly in his mansion all the time. Even when officials came to ask for an interview, they were blocked. isolated.

The direction of the wind in the court became more and more complicated, and the arrival of a piece of news was like a ladle of cold water poured into the hot oil pan in Kyoto.

Bu Jinglan went to Da'an country again to mourn her deceased grandmother Xiao!

After hearing Hong Ling's report of the news, Shen Ninghua laughed out loud immediately: "Bu Jinglan came to mourn grandma? This is very strange. I heard that sister Linghan can't get out of bed now and needs someone to take care of her every day. This His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince used her body as an excuse to postpone the time to marry her. Now that he has not even married, how can Xiao become his grandmother?"

Hong Ling put the envelope in front of Shen Ninghua: "Yeah, the servant girl was also very curious, and asked specifically. It is said that before the sixth prince left, a simple ceremony was held, and the second lady was made a side concubine."

Shen Ninghua smiled more mockingly, and skipped the topic: "Who else is following Bu Jinglan?"

"The formation is similar to last time, there is not much difference."

"Well, pay attention to the news in this area. I always feel that Bu Jinglan will not come here for nothing. He must have a purpose when he comes."

Da'an and Da Viet had some small frictions on the border, but the general trend was friendly. Bu Jinglan's request to come over again should have some deep meaning.

(End of this chapter)