Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 463 House arrest?This is to protect you!

Inside the Chengqian Hall, all civil and military officials stood silently, looking at the second, third, and fourth princes standing in the front, their thoughts were constantly circulating:

These three princes have never been to the early court since the late emperor passed away, and they came here so neatly today that something might happen.Especially the second prince, he was granted the title of virtue by the former emperor, and he is also the emperor's elder brother, with the most detached status.The third prince was imprisoned before, but later, the late emperor passed away and amnesty the world, and the confinement of the third prince was also lifted. Although the emperor did not reward him, he still occupies the title of prince now, and there is the fourth prince behind him My dear brother, no matter how I look at it, I don’t want to be with you.

Shen Ninghua sat on the throne above, and glanced lightly at all the officials in the hall: "Today, the Palace specially invited three princes to discuss the war in the Northwest. Everyone knows that the Northwest is bitterly cold. , and suffered from natural disasters year after year, the emperor sent someone to send news to the palace, saying that there is no food available in the cities in the northwest, and the generals and people live on bark and roots. If you don’t have any, how can you have the strength to fight the enemy?”

As soon as the words fell, the officials below couldn't help discussing. They thought that the conditions in the northwest should be difficult, but they never thought that they would eat tree roots and bark. Isn't this too miserable?
The third prince Baili Jinyu sneered: "Queen, you are too alarmist. Although the conditions in the northwest are difficult, when the father was in power, he ordered the northwest to stockpile grain every year, in order to prevent wars from running out of food and grass. Now How come there is no food at all?"

"Third Prince's question is a good one. I am also very curious. Who has the food hoarded every year? The local officials in the northwest region have much more power than ordinary local officials, and the official warehouse food is completely under their jurisdiction. The emperor sent a message saying that these local officials secretly sold the grain in order to please their superiors, and sent up the silver taels as offerings. It is said that this level of delivery can be sent to the capital."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of many officials changed drastically. Some time ago, the emperor dealt with a large number of old-school officials on charges of corruption and bribery. Now that the country is at war, the situation is even more critical. Beheaded?

The third prince sneered: "Empress, as far as I know, the emperor has only been in the northwest for a few days. Even if some news is found, it will not reach the capital at all. What you said just now is pure speculation without direct evidence."

The queen looked at the third prince, with a hint of sarcasm flashing in her eyes. After experiencing the previous incident, Baili Jinyu still didn't behave at all: "Third prince, before the emperor left, he had already sent someone to investigate, don't you think the emperor Without forethought, you dare to march in person?"

"Hehe, the empress has evidence to prove that the officials in the Northwest sent money to the officials in the capital?"

Shen Ninghua shook her head: "I don't have conclusive evidence."

"There is no evidence, so what are you talking about today?"

"Of course it is to deal with a group of corrupt officials."

The third prince laughed loudly: "Queen, without evidence, you dare to attack court officials? Are you trying to exclude dissidents? Empress, you have only been in charge of the country for a few days, and you have started to eradicate people in the court. The purpose behind it is really chilling..."

The fourth prince also stood up. He had received the news before he came, so he naturally knew that Shen Ninghua was going to attack them, so there was no need to hide it today, just tear up his face. Baili Junyi is not here, a woman, they are not afraid of her:

"Empress Empress, you should have heard about it. Now it is widely rumored that many people are complaining about why the emperor didn't accept the peace terms of the Great Viet Kingdom, otherwise he wouldn't have to suffer from the war. Now you Anxious to eradicate court officials, I can't help but make me and the others suspect whether you have the intention of treason!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall.Many old-school officials began to have their minds floating. Although they were saved by the emperor, but judging by the emperor's methods now, who knows if he will continue to investigate their previous mistakes. Cleaning them up is not a matter of raising your hand.

Shen Ninghua took everyone's floating thoughts into her eyes, and a dark light flashed in her eyes: "Fourth prince, folk rumors are spreading everywhere. Among them, you and the third prince have contributed a lot, and they must have been behind the scenes."

"Queen, you are spouting blood. As a member of the royal family, I naturally want to maintain the majesty of the royal family. How can I spread these words? Do you have any witnesses or physical evidence?"

Shen Ninghua's voice was cold: "If it wasn't for this matter, I wouldn't know that the fourth prince is a thoughtful person. Some time ago, your relative Wang Wu and his family were killed, and the Ning'an family under him was on fire late at night. All of them were burned to death, and there were 26 idlers and other [-] people, all of whom died overnight. These people are the ones you used to spread rumors. It really took a lot of painstaking effort for them to kill and destroy the corpses."

The fourth prince remained motionless, with a look of justice on his face: "Your Majesty, these people have been killed, and this king is also very heartbroken. These days, people have been looking for the murderer, but, Queen, how can you rely on your own guesses to find the murderer?" Just push the matter to this king? What rumors, what about destroying corpses and eradicating traces are simply nonsense, today the empress will definitely give this king an explanation!"

As soon as this remark came out, many people below began to echo: "Yes, please tell the empress the reason to Wei Chen and others, otherwise I won't be able to convince everyone!"

"That's right, you can't convict randomly based on your own guesswork, especially if you have to convict the prince of the court."

"This wind cannot grow, otherwise the country will be in turmoil."

"..."

The faces of the newly promoted officials were not good. They supported Baili Junyi and admired Shen Ninghua's wrist. However, today, the queen made a rash move because she was too anxious. Without evidence, not only could she not convict the Fourth Prince and others, but she would also let He bites back, the situation is not good!Immediately, many people stood up to speak for Shen Ninghua:
"Many lives were involved in this incident, so it should be taken seriously. The empress is just guessing, but you reacted so strongly. Don't you feel guilty?"

"Exactly, if you are upright, you are not afraid of the shadow slanting. If you have done nothing wrong, you don't have to rush to refute."

Zhu Zheng, the representative of the speech officer, suddenly stood up and looked at the third prince and the fourth prince with unkind eyes: "Fourth prince, rumors only stop at the wise, and rumors outside that abolishing the queen can quell the war are simply nonsense. The wolf ambition of the Great Viet Kingdom is clearly Trying every means to humiliate my Da'an country and suppress the morale of my Da'an country. The queen is the mother of a country, how can she abolish the establishment lightly? The fourth prince is aggressive in the court, and even uttered wild words, saying that the queen's mother is suspected of treason, then Do you have evidence? If you talk nonsense without evidence, do you also have the heart of disobedience?

What's more, so many people died in the fourth prince's mansion, the empress should be informed as soon as possible, and let the empress send people from the criminal department to investigate. Although you are a prince now, you have no power to investigate the case. You send someone to investigate them The cause of death, this is an act of ultra vires! "

it is good!The newly-promoted officials secretly shouted hello in their hearts, as expected of the speech officials who can sit in the present from the previous dynasty, this combat power is extraordinary, these words even hit and beat, the face of the Fourth Prince turned black.

The fourth prince turned his head to look at Zhu Zheng, cursing inwardly that he was old and immortal.

Shen Ninghua hooked the corners of her lips unobtrusively, and then looked at Baili Jinjing with mocking eyes: "Fourth Prince, were you too anxious just now, did I say that there is no evidence? Did I say everything? It's all guesswork?"

Baili Jinjing's face darkened, and a bad feeling rose in his heart: "So you have evidence?"

"Yes, yes, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, can you tell me?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, who had always been with the old god, quickly stood up and took out a memorial from his sleeve pocket: "Reporting to the Empress, after questioning, the detained witnesses identified that the murdered person in the Fourth Prince's Mansion was the person who spread the rumors back then. Among them, some people gave silver taels to spread the rumors, and the Tibetan silver has also been recovered."

Baili Jinjing stared at Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice unkindly: "What witness, where did you find the witness?"

"It's not easy to find out the source of the rumors. Fortunately, the empress has been prepared for fear that someone will take advantage of the war to shake the hearts of the people. Therefore, people have been sent to watch the important teahouses and restaurants. After seeing it, it became clear that although those who directly spread the rumors were killed before they had time to catch them, the first batch of people they came into contact with were brought to the Ministry of Punishment for questioning."

"Common people? Let the common people be witnesses?"

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes: "Why, can't the common people be witnesses? Fourth Prince, now there is evidence to prove that the rumors were spread by your people, what else do you have to say?"

"Even if it proves that those people spread rumors, do you have evidence, Queen, that they were instructed by me?"

Seeing his determined expression, Shen Ninghua couldn't help but sneer: "I have no proof."

Baili Jinjing smiled smugly, without evidence, what can he do?

"I don't have any evidence, but many things don't need conclusive evidence. Come and escort the third and fourth princes back to the mansion. Let them recuperate in the mansion these days, and no one is allowed to come and disturb them."

The third prince's face changed: "Queen, are you going to put us under house arrest?"

"How could it be?" Shen Ninghua said in surprise, "I just asked someone to send you back to recuperate, and sent someone to protect your safety by the way, why is it under house arrest?"

"you……"

Shen Ninghua is unwilling to continue arguing with them: "In special times, the lords are very valuable, so we need to send extra people to protect them, come here, and escort the two lords back to the mansion! Oh, wait, there are also Lord Qi and Liu who just spoke. My lord, my lord Chen...they are also important ministers of the country, and they are specially protected during special times, and they will be sent back together!"

(End of this chapter)