First Lady of the Crown Prince

  Chapter 558 confession (one more)

  Xing Shangshu entered the palace to see the emperor.

  The emperor was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study room, and after hearing the report from Wei Gonggong, he was brought in.

   "Weichen, see your majesty."

  Xing Shangshu respectfully saluted.

  The emperor sat behind the desk, put down the memorial that he had read, picked up another one, and asked: "Xing Shangshu suddenly entered the palace, why?"

  Xing Shangshu hesitated for a moment, and said: "Chen...something starts to play."

  The emperor opened the memorial: "Why can't you wait until the early period?"

  Xing Shangshu said in the heart, but if you can wait until the morning, you are afraid that you will be unhappy if you say it in front of the civil and military officials.

  Speaking of which, I just ran into Laojijiu and Yuan Shoufu halfway through. Laojijiu shouldn’t read the contents of the document clearly?

   only glanced at it, it is logically invisible.

  Even if you see it clearly, as a veteran, you will not publicize the matter.

  Thinking about this, Xing Shangshu secretly relieved.

  Xing Shangshu said respectfully, "It's a case, and the Weichen is undecided whether to speak in the court."

  The emperor asked: "What case?"

  Xing Shangshu replied truthfully: "The case of Xianleju."

  "Xianleju?" The emperor frowned, "Is it the most famous brothel in Beijing?"

   "Your Majesty also knows." Xing Shangshu was surprised.

  Don’t blame him for being so surprised. Xianleju’s reputation seems to be great, but after all, it is just a brothel. The imperial city has a distinct class, and it is more difficult to overcome the barriers of class than to climb to the sky.

As long as the emperor is not interested in visiting the brothel, he will not pay attention to it.

   "I've heard it." The emperor said indifferently, "Does a brothel case need to talk about the court?"

  Xing Shangshu looked complicated and said: "This case has a lot of implications and it has something to do with the royal family."

  The emperor said lightly: "Which prince went to the brothel to have an accident?"

  It’s the prince to pay it back, I’m afraid you won’t be so embarrassed in your heart.

  Xing Shangshu understands that today's head is stretched out, and the head is shrunk, and it is also a knife. If you don't say it, you have to say: "The oiran of Xianleju died. It was something that happened on the seventh day of the new year."

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor had the impression that it was the day when the army returned, and it was also the day when he saw Ning'an again.

  What happened to such a good day?

  The emperor frowned.

  At first, Xing Shangshu only thought it was a civilian murder case, and there was no need to alarm His Majesty, so he didn't mention it in the court.

  Xing Shangshu continued: "But after verification, the Weichen accidentally discovered that the oiran of Xianleju was not dead. She died in a suspended animation and found a substitute Jin Chan to escape her shell. Her real purpose is to get close to Doctor Gu in the medical clinic."

  The emperor didn’t have much interest in the matter of a brothel oiran. He only said, "Which doctor Gu from the hospital?"

   "The medical hall next door to Women's School is called Miaoshoutang." Xing Shangshu didn't know the relationship between the emperor and Gu Jiao. In order to attract the emperor's attention, he added, "Doctor Gu is Xiao Liulang's wife."

  Xiao Liulang is the new champion selected by His Majesty, and His Majesty should always look after him a little bit.

  In fact, Gu Jiao is also the daughter of Ding'an Houfu, but Gu Jiao herself has never admitted.

  The emperor’s eyes were a little cold: "What is an oiran in a brothel approaching the doctor in the medical hall?"

  Shangshu from the Criminal Ministry: "Assassination."

   "Assassination..." Little genius doctor? !

  The emperor's expression became suspicious and solemn: "You just said that Xianleju's case is related to the royal family. Could it be... the royal family instructed that oiran to harm Doctor Gu?"

  Xing Shangshu did not answer directly, but took out the confession letter and the case file from the wide sleeves he sewed halfway.

  The emperor brought the confession letter and the dossier, and he recognized that these were Xiao Liulang's handwriting.

  Xiao Liulang concurrently served as the secretary of the Criminal Ministry. In Gu Jiao's words, he was Xing Shangshu's secretary and spokesperson. If he did a good job, he could become the secretary-general of the Criminal Ministry.

  It is normal for him to write the dossier and confession.

  Of course, not all confessions are written by officials of the Criminal Department, and some of them are confessions written by criminals.

  The confession note stated that Bai Kun did not have much literacy, so Xiao Liulang was ordered by the Criminal Department to write for him.

After the emperor finished reading it, he snapped the confession letter on the desk with a snap: "Outrageous! The prisoner who tried!"

  Xing Shangshu simply said to the emperor in order to avoid extra-junctions, "Weichen personally interrogated, and Xiao Liulang temporarily took the place of the handwriting."

  Swordsmen of the Criminal Department are generally appointed by Yamen litigators, but when the litigants are not in the Yamen, they can also be appointed by others by Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

  Xiao Liulang was born in Hanlin, so he doesn't even have the qualifications to be a knife and penman.

  If it is a case tried by others, the emperor is afraid to retry one or two, but Xing Shangshu and Xiao Liulang are both officials that the emperor has brought up with one hand, and the emperor still trusts them.

The emperor didn’t know about Xiao Liulang’s ability to judge the case. If Xiao Liulang was only adjudicated, the emperor would have to doubt whether he was deceived, but Xing Shangshu was a veteran of criminal cases, and he would never let a thief fool him. Up.

  Could it be...really the royal princess did it?

   But this is ridiculous, isn’t it?

   Summoning the current emperor brother, in other words, the young master behind Xianleju is his sister.

  He only has three younger sisters-Ning'an, Xinyang and Huaiqing.

  None of these three seem to be suspicious.

  Ning An doesn’t need to mention, how could she be such a kind and innocent person in association with the forces of the brothel and do something to harm the little genius doctor?

  Huaiqing is an idiot, let alone this ability.

   will never be Xinyang.

  Xinyang is indeed a powerful character. Among so many princesses, there is neither the blessing of the mother, nor the special favor of the father and the emperor, but she has never suffered from anyone.

  She also got the great marriage that the emperor father prepared for her before his death.

  She is indeed a woman with wrists.

  But she has no reason to frame the little genius doctor!

  Xing Shangshu asked boldly: "Your Majesty has eyebrows in his heart?"

  The emperor said angrily: "What are my eyebrows? Are you sure you have been blinded by the murderer?"

  Although the emperor trusted Xing Shangshu's ability, but if he wanted him to doubt his sister, he would rather question that Xing Shangshu's decision was wrong.

  When things have progressed to this point, Xing Shangshu basically has a guess in his mind, but there is no conclusive evidence at the moment.

  Xiao Liulang can tell him that Lu Ma was killed by Gu’s brothers and sisters. This is because the officials inside the Criminal Department are doing the reasoning of the case—providing effective clues to guess the motive behind the crime.

  But he couldn’t tell the emperor like that.

  Just as Xing Shangshu was thinking about how to speak to the emperor, Duke Wei’s voice came from outside the imperial study room.

   "Princess Ning'an, why are you here?"

   "I made some ginseng soup and sent it to Brother Huang, is Brother Huang in it?"

"Uh……"

  Yes is there, but I don’t know the convenience or inconvenience.

   "Ning'an, come in." The emperor said.

  Duke Wei smiled and walked away: "Princess please."

  Princess Ning'an carried the food container in one hand, and slightly lifted the skirt with the other hand, and stepped into the imperial study room.

  Xing Shangshu turned his head and saluted Princess Ning'an.

  "This is..." Princess Ning'an looked at Xing Shangshu in surprise.

  The emperor introduced: "This is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, whose surname is Xing."

   "It turned out to be Lord Xing." Princess Ning'an nodded, "It's rude."

  Xing Shangshu confided in his hands: "Weichen dare not."

  Princess Ning'an said embarrassingly: “It seems that I came at an untimely time. I had known that Brother Emperor was discussing official affairs with the ministers, and I would come back later.”

  The emperor said: "It's okay, it's a case of catching the wind and catching the shadows. You have come, so let's take a look."

  The emperor said, and handed the confession and dossier to Princess Ning'an.

   Princess Ning'an put the food container on the table, took the paperwork and looked at it.

  When she was reading the document, Xing Shangshu was looking at her without a trace.

  Princess Ning'an became more surprised as she watched, and finally saw Liu Mei frowned: "It is actually the royal family who killed Doctor Gu? But why?"

  A trace of doubt passed through Xing Shangshu's heart. Princess Ning'an didn't have the slightest guilty conscience on her face. Did they guess wrong?

  It stands to reason that only the motive of committing the crime is indeed not enough. There must be the timing of the crime and the evidence of the crime, commonly known as personal evidence.

  The emperor hummed: "You also think it's absurd, don't you?"

Ning An suddenly lowered his eyes and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty’s sister has only three people, and among these three, only me and Doctor Gu have the most contact. The horse was killed in the hands of her and Gu Shizi. It seems that I The suspicion is the greatest."

  The emperor's face sank: "Nonsense! How could you do this! From my perspective, it is clear that someone has a bad heart and wants to pour dirty water on the head of the royal family!"

   Princess Ning'an sighed: "But didn't the murderer plead guilty?"

  The emperor said coldly: “It’s not always true that the murderer is lying, or he didn’t lie, but someone pretended to be a royal princess to approach him.”

   Princess Ning An slowly turned her head and looked at Xing Shangshu: "Master Xing thinks that there are these two possibilities?"

  Xing Shangshu opened his mouth, took a weak breath, and said: "Before the truth is revealed, all assumptions are possible."

"By the way, there are two other witnesses mentioned above, one is the Xianleju oiran who died in a suspended animation, and the other is a girl from Xianleju, called..." Princess Ning'an didn't seem to remember the name, she looked at the document. After taking a look, he said, "Ah, Hua Xiyao."

As she said, her gaze fell on Xing Shangshu's face again: "Excuse me, Master Xing, where are these two witnesses now? Can they be allowed to testify? Just based on the words of a killer, it can be concluded that Xianleju has a relationship with the royal family. The collusion is somewhat arbitrary, what does Master Xing think?"

  Princess Ning'an's eyes were very gentle, but for some reason, Xing Shangshu's forehead was a little cold.

  He calmed down and said: "What Princess Ning'an said is extremely true, but these two witnesses are now unable to testify in court."

   "Why?" Princess Ning An asked softly.

  Xing Shangshu said: "Hua Xiyao took the medicine, and it took six or seven days to wake up. Another girl named Mo Qianxue was seriously injured and is undergoing treatment in the hospital. According to Xiao Shuling, her condition is not very good."

  Otherwise, according to the normal process, Mo Qianxue was to be taken back to the criminal ministry’s yamen for detention.

Princess Ning'an sighed thoughtfully: "It's really a coincidence that one is Chinese medicine and the other is injured. Mrs. Xing, they are all important witnesses in this case. You must protect them, don't Let them be silenced, and the truth of this case will never last."

  Xing Shangshu glanced at Princess Ning'an subconsciously.

   Princess Ning'an smiled openly at him.

  Xing Shangshu looked down, frowned, and said, "The princess is very much, the minister... will definitely add more manpower to protect them!"

  ……

  After coming out of the palace, Xing Shangshu went back to the yamen of the criminal ministry.

  Xiao Heng’s duty room was just behind Xing Shangshu’s duty room. Hearing the movement, Xiao Heng put down the pen in his hand and went to Xing Shangshu’s duty room: "My lord."

  Xing Shangshu fell into a chair tiredly, and said to Xiao Heng about the conversation that took place in the Yushufang: "...There is really no flaw. Is it possible that the wrong person is suspected? The murderer is actually Princess Huaiqing or Princess Xinyang?"

  Xiao Heng was not surprised at this development. If the other party didn't even have this means, he wouldn't be able to get to this point.

  He was very thankful that he did not put his chips on the emperor.

  Xiao Heng said: "Not Princess Xinyang."

  Xing Shangshu gave him a weird look: "You know again?"

"I often go to the hospital." Xiao Heng said, "Princess Xinyang contracted a heart disease a few years ago. Only Doctor Gu can cure her disease. Her disease has not yet healed. She is still taking the medicine that Doctor Gu gave her. Doctor Gu will be killed at this time."

  Princess Xinyang suffered from heart disease due to the loss of her beloved son. Xing Shangshu has heard a little bit. At first, he heard that it was to recover from the illness that he would follow the advice of the imperial doctor, stay away from the sad place of Beijing, and go to Fengdu Mountain to recuperate.

  "Princess Huaiqing?" Xing Shangshu shook his head decisively.

  Xiao Heng suddenly said, "Actually, she doesn’t remind the adults, it’s nothing."

  Xing Shangshu puzzled: "What does this mean?"

  Xiao Heng smiled faintly, and said: "My lord, Princess Ning'an is right. You have to send more people to keep the medical clinic and the prison department tight, and don't let people have a chance to kill people."

  (End of this chapter)