The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 560 Bravery! (one more)

After Princess Ning An left the courtyard, Xiao Heng completely pushed open the window that could not be seen to be opened even if one didn't look carefully.

He watched her disappearing at the palace gate, and said softly, "Thank you, aunt."

After leaving Renshou Palace, Princess Ning'an did not return to Bixia Palace immediately, but went to the Imperial Study Room.

"Ning'an is here, come and sit down." The emperor put down the memorial in his hand, rested for many days, accumulated a lot of official duties, and rewarded Ning'an and the murder case of Xianleju, which made him really burnt out.

Princess Ning'an came to the emperor's side.

Eunuch Wei moved a small stool and placed it beside the emperor.

Ning An sat down gracefully, looked at the emperor with gentle eyes: "Did I disturb the emperor brother?"

The emperor smiled: "No, sit down, I said you can come over whenever you want, and you will never disturb me."

Princess Ning'an recalled: "I remember that when I was a child, the emperor often said the same thing. The emperor is a prince, and his studies are heavy. Every time I go to see the emperor, the emperor is studying."

The emperor said with emotion: "I am not favored by my father, if I don't try my best to impress my father in terms of knowledge, I am afraid that my father will forget that I have this son."

Princess Ning'an turned her head to look at him with admiration in her eyes: "But the emperor will finally stabilize the throne."

"It's thanks to the empress mother." When mentioning the empress dowager Zhuang, the emperor felt a little more emotional, "I probably don't know what happened to me and the empress during the years you were away."

Although the emperor hated Concubine Jing, he still felt sorry for Ning An. He didn't tell Ning An all the crimes that Concubine Jing had instigated him and Empress Dowager Zhuang, but now that he suddenly mentioned it, he couldn't help but tell Ning An.

"... I have been drugged, separated from my mother, and have done too many things that I have done wrong to my mother. Now that I think about it, my mother helped me to the throne with my own hands, but I treated her like this. She must be very sad in her heart. "

Princess Ning An said softly: "Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, Brother Huang no longer has to blame himself for what happened in the past."

The emperor was ashamed and said: "I have always blamed my mother for controlling the government, but if it weren't for this, I'm afraid this country would have fallen into the hands of Concubine Jing and the remnants of the previous dynasty."

Princess Ning An lowered her head.

The emperor said earnestly: "Ning An, that woman is not worthy of being your mother. You can only have a queen mother in your heart, and the queen mother is the one who really loves and protects you."

Princess Ning An smiled: "Ning An knows that Ning An will honor the queen mother, and Ning An will also honor the emperor's brother."

The emperor smiled gratifiedly.

Princess Ning An's eyes moved, and she said: "By the way, Brother Huang, I just saw Lord Xiao in the mother's harem.

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The emperor thought for a while: "Liulang?"

There are not many outsiders who can enter the Empress Dowager Zhuang's bedroom, and Xiao Liulang is the only one whose surname is Xiao.

Princess Ning An nodded: "Yes, the queen mother called him Liulang. It seems that Mr. Xiao came here for the case of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I didn't hear what he said clearly."

The emperor remembered something, and said with an ah: "There is indeed such a thing. He just came to the imperial study and said that the suspect in Xianleju woke up."

"Are you really awake?" Princess Ning An asked.

"Huh?" The emperor looked at Princess Ning'an strangely.

"This matter is related to the reputation of the royal family, so I'm more concerned about it. Could it be that I overstepped it?"

The emperor smiled: "Why?"

"That's good." Ning An smiled with relief, "I read in the file that she took a drug called seven-day drunk, and it is said that she will be in a coma for seven days."

Speaking of this, the emperor smiled: "With the little genius doctor here, there is nothing difficult about these things."

Princess Ning An looked at the memorial on the table, and asked in a relaxed tone: "Then did she recruit?"

The emperor said: "Still interrogating."

Princess Ning An lightly touched the tip of her nose with a handkerchief: "Brother, do you want someone to take a look?"

The emperor pondered for a moment: "Alright."

Eunuch He was sent by the emperor this time.

Eunuch He never revealed himself in front of Concubine Jing, but the emperor did not shy away from it in front of Princess Ning'an. Apart from the hardships that Princess Ning'an suffered in the frontier fortress, his trust and love were aggravated.

Eunuch He came back quickly, and Princess Ning An was still in the imperial study.

He reported: "Returning to Your Majesty, the suspect named Hua Xiyao has indeed woken up. Xing Shangshu personally interrogated her, but she refused to say anything, neither ate nor drank, and seemed to be going on a hunger strike to die."

"Does Xianleju know that she is awake?"

It was Princess Ning An who asked the question.

She seemed to take the case very seriously.

But considering that she is also the emperor's younger sister and one of the suspects behind the murder, her concern seems reasonable.

If Princess Xinyang were here, I'm afraid she would pay more attention to the progress of the case than her.

Eunuch He thought about this in his heart, and answered her question respectfully: "I know, since the case of Xianleju has become a storm in the city, it is difficult to hide every move of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and there are always people trying to find out something from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Xianleju is no exception, there is also a maid in Xianleju who brought snacks to visit the suspect."

Princess Ning An asked, "What's your name?"

Eunuch He glanced at Princess Ning'an suspiciously, and then saw that there was nothing unusual on the emperor's face. The emperor was so happy that he was used to Princess Ning'an, so Eunuch He couldn't help but give the princess some face.

Eunuch He said: "It seems to be called Linger? Or Linger? Probably such a name."

Ling'er, Hua Xiyao's personal maid.

Princess Ning An asked again: "What did the two of them say?"

He Gonggong said: "This servant is not clear, that servant girl begged to have a few words with Hua Xiyao alone, Shangshu Xing agreed."

...

There is a separate cell at the end of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It is not the same as an ordinary cell. It is more like a separate secret room. Not only is there an extra iron door, but there are also two powerful yamen guards.

Burning braziers were hung on the walls on both sides of the corridor, and the blazing fire light shone on the expressionless face of the yamen servant, adding a bit of majesty and coldness for no reason.

The door of the cell was locked tightly, and everything seemed to be peaceful, but the suspect had already turned upside down in the cell.

Hua Xiyao was tied to a chair and her hands and feet were bound by ropes.

Xiao Heng did not lie.

Hua Xiyao had indeed woken up, and Ling'er's maid from Xianleju had indeed come.

Give Hua Xiyao a bowl of "broken head rice".

Hua Xiyao sneered: "You think that if you bribe a maid to poison me in the name of the young master, I will doubt the young master? Naive!"

Xiao Heng was noncommittal, looked at her and said: "You have no doubts in your young master, I wonder if your young master has the same confidence in you?"

Hua Xiyao laughed so much that her body trembled slightly: "Master Xiao, Xiao Zhuangyuan, I don't know what to call you. Do you really think that the young master will be fooled? You underestimate the young master! You are too arrogant. Big! From the moment you wrote the confession letter with Bai Kun's identity, the young master already knew that you were setting her up again! Because, the young master has no one named Bai Kun under his command! I can only fool the people of the capital, but as long as I don't reveal the young master's identity, you won't be able to convict the young master!"

Xiao Heng's expression didn't change at all because of her words: "Bai Kun is fake, but you, Hua Xiyao, are real."

Hua Xiyao stopped smiling, and said coldly: "So what? I won't plead guilty! I won't confess to the young master either!"

Xiao Heng asked back: "Is it important whether you plead guilty or not? If there is one Bai Kun in this world, there can be another one."

Hua Xiyao frowned: "What do you mean?"

Xiao Heng clicked to the end, brushed off his wide sleeves, pressed the mechanism at hand, and the stone door opened slowly.

He took out a confession letter from his pocket: "Come here, this is Hua Xiyao's confession letter."

Hua Xiyao's expression changed: "You!"

Xiao Heng said indifferently: "It's written by myself."

Hua Xiyao was trembling with anger: "You're here to plant blame again! Can you be a little new, Mr. Xiao? Is this all you have left?"

"It doesn't matter whether the method is old-fashioned or not, as long as it is practical." Xiao Heng handed the confession letter to the yamen servant beside him, "Send it to the palace to His Majesty, and say that Hua Xiyao has pleaded guilty."

Hua Xiyao scolded angrily: "Despicable! Kill me if you have the ability! Otherwise, once His Majesty interrogates me, I will say that you wrote the confession letter!"

"Then make a bet, you won't survive the moment when His Majesty interrogates you..." Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows and looked at her, his eyes became colder, "I am not the murderer."

The yamen servant is Xing Shangshu's confidant, and immediately went to the palace after receiving Xiao Heng's instructions.

The yamen servant did not have a token to enter the palace, and the emperor had to report it before he could be led in with the emperor's consent.

The yamen servant cupped his hands and said: "Two elder brothers, please go and report to Your Majesty. I am here to deliver the confession letter. The prisoner in Xianleju has pleaded guilty!"

This case was a big one, Xiao Heng and Xing Shangshu entered the palace several times, the fool also saw that His Majesty attached great importance to the case.

The imperial guards guarding the city did not dare to neglect, so they hurriedly sent one person to the Imperial Study Room to deliver a pass.

The little eunuch in the imperial study reported to Eunuch Wei again.

Eunuch Wei entered the imperial study with a bow, and reported: "Your Majesty, the prisoner in Xianleju has pleaded guilty."

The emperor was very excited: "Really?"

Eunuch Wei said: "Yes, the people from the Ministry of Punishment brought the confession letter, right at the gate of the palace, saying it was written by Hua Xiyao herself."

Princess Ning An: "It can't be fake, right?"

Eunuch Wei said: "You can't fake it! When the Huakui in Xianleju faked his death, Hua Xiyao went to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs as a suspect to make a record, and there is her handwriting!"

Princess Ning'an's handkerchief was squeezed tightly.

The emperor was very excited: "What are you doing in a daze! Hurry up and announce!"

Eunuch Wei was also very excited, and said with a smile, "Yes! The slave will go in person!"

Princess Ning'an's eyes moved slightly, she put down the half-drinked tea, and said to the emperor: "Since the emperor has something important to do, I will take my leave first."

The emperor patted her hand and said dotingly: "You don't have to avoid it, let's listen to the case together."

Princess Ning An's eyelashes trembled slightly: "This...isn't very good."

The emperor said: "What's wrong? You are my sister, the princess of Zhao Kingdom. Since this case is related to the princess of Zhao Kingdom, you are qualified to hear it. If Xinyang was here, she wouldn't mind if I drove her away." will go."

Xinyang is a person who has means and ambitions written all over her face. If she wants to interfere in government affairs, she will do so. Fortunately, she does not have this ambition. She has interfered in government affairs a few times and found it boring, so she went home and took her son with her.

There is a little distance from the imperial study room to the gate of the palace. Eunuch Wei's footsteps are not fast. If he takes the trail, he will definitely be able to "rob" the confession letter before Eunuch Wei.

Princess Ning An wiped the thin sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, looked at the gradually darkening sky, and said: "At this hour, Xian'er should be looking for me."

"He's not a three-year-old child, so he still wants to find a mother at night?" The emperor didn't like that little remnant from the previous dynasty very much, but for the sake of Princess Ning'an, he still didn't show his dislike for Huangfuxian too much Obviously, "I will go with you to see Xian'er in a while, and take my car, it will be soon!"

In such a cold day, how could he let Ning An go back alone?

Princess Ning'an began to frequently exchange left and right hands to drink water from the cup.

"Are you so thirsty?"

"Somewhat."

After drinking three full cups, Princess Ning An said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I think like..."

Before finishing the word "going to the toilet", Eunuch Wei brought him in with a happy face: "Your Majesty! He has arrived!"

The emperor said seriously: "Come in!"

Eunuch Wei led the yamen servants into the house.

The yamen servant presented the confession with both hands.

Eunuch Wei reached out to take it.

"I'll do it." Princess Ning An stood up, went around the desk and took the letter from the yamen servant.

The capital was still cold in the first month of the month, and two charcoal pots were burned in the imperial study room, one of which was not far from the emperor's side.

When Princess Ning An walked towards the emperor with the confession letter, she suddenly tripped on the sole of her foot, Huarong let out a pale cry, and fell forward!

The confession letter in her hand also flew out, and flew into the brazier impartially!

Between the confession and Princess Ning'an, the emperor would of course choose to keep Ning'an safe. How could he be willing to let Ning'an get injured?

The emperor stood up abruptly, and caught Ning An with his strong right arm.

The moment Ning An was caught, she breathed a long sigh of relief. She leaned into the emperor's arms, gasped slightly, and said guiltily, "I'm sorry, Brother Emperor, I lost the confession."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and smiled at her: "Look!"

Ning An turned his head to look, and was instantly struck by lightning!

I saw that the emperor's left hand accurately grasped the confession letter!

Emperor: Thanks to the fact that I often play leaf cards with my queen, I can draw cards with my left hand!