Chasing King

Yan Sikong stayed up all night and went to yamen early the next day.

Recently, the Ministry of official affairs has sorted out the list of officials who participated in the grand plan of Beijing inspection according to their grades. They are collecting their achievements over the years, and they also have to work out the contents of listing and reviewing. They are very busy every day.

Yan Sikong has been busy with official business all morning, but his heart has been tied to the crown prince case, and his colleagues in the Yamen are also discussing this matter. After all, it is a matter of national importance.

A doctor in the Ministry of official asked Yan Sikong, "master Yan, as a servant of the crown prince, what news do you have now?"

Yan Sikong coughed softly: "the prince and the empress are wronged. I believe your majesty will be able to see things clearly."

This is the same as not saying, the doctor did not give up: "you run to wenyuange every two days, is to find the first auxiliary adult?"

Yan Sikong said with a faint smile: "I was worried about the prince and empress, so I asked the teacher about it, but everything was still decided by the Supreme Court and the third division of justice."

When they saw that Yan Si's teeth were tight, they could not ask anything, so they gave up.

Yan Si hollow thought, it seems that his every move is really concerned, after less to Wenyuan Pavilion.

In spite of anxiety, Yan Sikong didn't run to Yan Zilian that day. Zaochaoshang still quarreled about the prince and huifei, but he didn't get the result. He estimated the time. If Wan Yang had secretly told the Empress Dowager about it, the Empress Dowager would have to wait until after zaochao, so there was no other way except to wait.

After waiting for a day, the next morning, the minister continued to admonish him. Emperor Zhaowu suddenly relaxed his words and said that there was no solid evidence for the prince's offering ceremony to the emperor when he was sacrificing to the mausoleum in the northern suburbs. She wanted to release Chen Kuai. However, in the case of Princess Hui's ordering the assassin to assassinate the second prince, the assassin's confession was evidence. We should continue to hear the case strictly and make sure to find out the truth.

This is obviously oppressed by the empress dowager, but even the Empress Dowager can't intervene in the justice when there is an assassin's testimony in the case of empress huifei, especially when the emperor doesn't want her to intervene.

When Yan Sikong went to Yan Zilian late at night, he learned that the crown prince had been put back to the east palace. Although the crown prince is safe for the time being, her worries have not been relieved. Princess Hui, as the crown prince's mother, is in prison at this time, which is harmful to the crown prince's reputation. Once she is found guilty, she will definitely implicate the crown prince.

Yan Sikong asked, "the teacher said last time that he would have a secret talk with Mr. Tingwei about this case, but what happened?"

Yan Zilian nodded: "it is impossible to usurp the confession in the joint trial of the three law departments. The assassin refused to change his words no matter whether he was forced by punishment or lured by profit. I guess his family is in the hands of Xie Zhongren, who is determined to die. In fact, in addition to his confession and his assassination after huifei left, SANFA could not find out the connection between the case and huifei. Lord Meng said that if he handled the case normally and the evidence was insufficient, he would not convict huifei. But the people in dufa court were against him everywhere. The most important thing was that it was the big crime of the Hougong assassinating the prince and killing the nine nationalities. If he could not find out the reason behind the case, he would not be punished We can't escape the blame. If the empress is innocent, who is guilty? This cannot be explained to the emperor. "

"We should go to the assassin's place of origin and find more evidence."

"This man is from the northwest. He may belong to the Datong generation. If his majesty had given him enough time, Mr. Meng would have gone to check, but the time limit would be too late." Yan Zilian touched his beard. "Now it's your majesty who wants to convict the empress. Who dares to retract a confession?"

Yan Sikong narrowed his eyes: "I'm afraid that's the only way to kill the assassin."

"If you kill the assassin, there is no proof of death, but you will be killed by Xie Zhongren. It is not known what kind of storm will be set off at that time."

"If you don't kill him, it's hard for the lady to get away. If you kill him, there may be a way out."

Yan Zilian stroked his beard and thought, and suddenly sighed: "it's not him who should die now."

Yan Si was shocked in his hollow heart. If others heard this, it would be like cursing the person who framed huifei. But how clever he was, he immediately recognized the words in Yan Zilian's words.

It's true that it's not the assassin who's going to be killed sooner or later. But killing him now is the best way. There's no way to deal with it. One person's death can make Chen Kai really get through this crisis - that's Princess Hui.

If Princess Hui dies, she can be said to be innocent by death, and Emperor Zhaowu is not easy to pursue. Besides, she is reasonable in her feelings. She can't abolish the crown prince at this moment, otherwise she will be criticized by people all over the world.

But Yan Sikong naturally pretended to be a fool. I believe Yan Zilian would not want him to hear what he said. He just said fiercely: "yes, that eunuch has done a lot of evil. God has no eyes, but he still won't accept him!"

Yan Zilian was noncommittal and said, "I'll discuss it with Mr. Tingwei. You go to the Palace tomorrow and go to appease the prince first."

"Students understand."

On the way back, Yan Sikong felt more and more heavy.

He knew that Yan Zilian would not go to murder huifei, but when he visited huifei that day, he saw that her spirit was extremely frightened. The bullying and repression she had suffered in the palace for many years made her despair. If the torture was aggravated, and he knew that Chen had been released, and he was dragging down her son, he would probably end up on her own.Yan Zilian saw it, Meng duo saw it, and now even he understood it, but they would neither tell Chen Bi nor stop her. Her life would be a good place to die if she could get the throne.

But there was a dull air in his chest, which blocked his sleep and food.

Chen Kai's age is not much different from when he saw Yuanmao killed unjustly. He had to face the cruelty of life early, but he had no choice.

That day, Princess Hui was in a panic, but she was firm when she mentioned Chen Kai. Her eyes reminded him of her two mothers, who had blurred their faces in their own memory, but the care given to him made him dare not forget all his life. Although the woman was weak, she was strong as a mother. Princess Hui was sad and miserable all her life. She was afraid that she would not be lucky to see her son come to the world. She was really a poor man.

Yan Sikong closed his eyes and breathed a sigh. He felt guilty for Chen, but he told himself that it couldn't change anything.

When a person is too weak, nothing can be protected, only to make themselves strong, the supreme power.

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the next morning, Yan Sikong goes to the palace to visit Chen, who anxiously asks about huifei. Yan tries to comfort her, but does not reveal much. He repeatedly dissuaded Chen, and did not ask emperor Zhaowu, for fear of self defeating.

When Yan Sikong returns to the mansion, he finds three copper plates stacked on his desk. This is the code she Zhun gave him to show that he has returned to Beijing. After thinking about it, he wrote a letter asking she Zhun to train some assassins for him. If one day, when it's really a last resort, he can only risk killing the second prince to protect Chen's crown prince.

After writing the letter, he asked Ali to go out late at night and sent it to she Zhun.

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the investigation deadline given by Emperor Zhaowu is getting closer and closer. SANFA Department has found out the assassin's origin. The assassin came from Datong mansion and entered the city three days before the assassination. Even his Inn and all the people who talked about it have been put forward for trial. It is found out that the assassin once met a mysterious man in the inn, but the clue here is interrupted, and they can't find the God Secret man.

The assassin can't be investigated. Naturally, it should be investigated from Princess Hui. The interrogation should be punished as usual. Yan Sikong doesn't dare to think about how the weak woman will be punished. At the moment, Chen Bi's heart is fried in oil pan.

So within two days, Yan Sikong heard that Chen Kai had gone to Emperor Zhaowu in spite of dissuasion, and was blown out. Yan Sikong thought about it, but he didn't enter the palace. He was afraid that he went in and out of the east palace too often during this period, which led to Emperor Zhaowu's dissatisfaction with him.

Because of this case, the court has been in chaos for more than half a month. Because of mengduo's delay in deciding the case, Emperor Zhaowu also expressed his dissatisfaction with sanfasi in the early court. The situation has become increasingly tense.

At this time, shocking news came from the prison - Princess Hui hanged herself. She wrote a big "injustice" on the wall with her blood and hanged in the dark cage.