"The Holy Decree has arrived~~~" A loud voice broke the dead silence in the night, and Yelan Yefan suddenly raised his head at the same moment.

A eunuch dressed in palace clothes walked quickly towards Yelan's study with a bright yellow holy decree in his hand, and the moment he arrived at the study, Yelan suddenly stood up, but his expression was calm.

"The Holy Decree Arrives ~The King of Light Receives the Decree~"

Yelan knelt down and arched her hands, staring straight ahead with her eyes, not flustered.

"Zhao said: My second son, King Yi Yelan, is suspected of instructing the assassin Ye Xiaodao to assassinate him at the birthday banquet, and today he specially ordered the fourth son, King Guang Yelan, to personally interrogate Ye Ji tomorrow, and be sure to confirm the truth of this matter. If this is the case, there is no need to take into account the brotherhood, but to act justly and strictly, and objectively report the facts to me, and I will judge by me. During the arraignment process, King Yi must not be tortured. Chin this~~"

"King Guang Yelan received the decree and will live up to his father's trust. ”

The eunuch handed the holy decree to Ye Lan with both hands, Ye Lan took the holy decree with both hands, got up and handed the holy decree to Ye Fan on the side, took out two taels of silver from his arms and handed it to the eunuch, and said to him lightly, "It's the travel fee." ”

The eunuch took the silver with a smile, and thanked Yelan and said, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness, King Guang, for the reward." ”

Ye Fan walked to Ye Lan's side with the holy decree and glanced at the eunuch, "Are you from your father's palace?"

The eunuch replied respectfully, "Back to His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the slave is the new one who has entered the palace, and the master of the slave is the great eunuch Feng Yi, so the slave can serve by the emperor's side." ”

"Since you are serving by my father's side, you must be working neatly. Ye Fan took out a gold ingot from his bosom and threw it to the eunuch, "Be careful, this reward will be for you." ”

The eunuch was overjoyed, and hurriedly made a big salute to Yefan, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Qi, the slave will not dare to be." Then he stuffed the gold into his arms, looked around, and saw that there was no one around, blocked it with his hand, and whispered to Ye Fan, "His Royal Highness King Qi, the emperor and the commander of the Iron Blood Army are talking about things today, and the servants can listen to it like that." His Majesty said that he wanted to take this opportunity to eradicate the power of the queen's relatives and party in one fell swoop, and the servants felt that His Majesty hoped that His Royal Highness King Guang would convict King Yi. ”

"Don't talk nonsense. Yelan retorted angrily.

"The slave doesn't dare, it's the slave who talks too much. The eunuch bowed in fear, "The will has been delivered, and the slave will return to the palace first." After saying that, he hurriedly retreated.

"Fourth brother, why are you so angry?" After the eunuch left, Ye Fan said puzzled.

"Do you think what the eunuch said is true?" Ye Lan said coldly, "To convey the will, it is not the eunuch Feng Yi who comes personally, but the apprentices beside him, this is because my father is afraid that I will be suspicious." What the eunuch said just now was exactly what my father wanted him to tell me. Confidential events could not have been heard so easily, it was deliberate. ”

Ye Fan couldn't close his mouth in surprise, "Father wants to ...... Get rid of the Night's ......"

"It's not enough to get rid of it, but my father wants to suppress Yeji and suppress the forces of the two princes and one party. ”

Ye Lan said this, and Ye Fan already understood a little. "I remember that Emperor Taixuan's night illness was supported by the power of the queen's relatives, but after ascending the throne, Emperor Taixuan favored Li Guifei, and the queen and her relatives were worried that Li Guifei's son would ascend the throne in the future, so they joined forces with his henchmen to poison Emperor Taixuan, and helped the young son Yeguang to ascend the throne, which was Emperor Zhaoxuan. ”

"My father is worried that history will repeat itself, and now that the Liu family is strong, it may threaten my father's throne. ”

"But my father sent Ye Ji to prison, so he wasn't afraid that Liu's dog would jump off the wall in a hurry?" Ye Fan was puzzled.

"So my father appointed me as the commander of the heart department and ordered me to try the case, but in fact, he pulled me onto this ship and bound me to my father, and if necessary, he could use the heart department and the Iron Blood Army to get rid of the Liu family. Yelan said.

"What should you do, fourth brother?"

Yelan was silent for a long time, and Fang said lightly, "This matter can't be in line with my father's wishes, otherwise I will be used as a scapegoat, and I will be kicked away by my father after using it." ”

Ye Fan's face was worried, "I probably know my father's methods over the years. If that's the case, I'm afraid you'll have to go down to the dungeon, Fourth Brother. ”

Yelan wasn't worried about this, he patted Ye Fan on the shoulder, "Don't meddle in this matter, I have my own way back." ”

"Fourth brother is talking about Xiao Xiang, is he reliable?"

"If Xiao Xiang can't do it, there is still a way, at least his life is worry-free. Yelan's eyes were blazing and very confident.

Ye Fan sighed helplessly, "Fourth brother, take care." ”

"Let's go back to the house first, don't go out tomorrow. Yelan admonished.

Ye Fan nodded, there was a trace of worry in his eyes, he smiled reluctantly, turned around and left the study.

......

"The news has arrived?" Emperor Zhaoning held a pen in his right hand, and was reviewing the chapter, and his eyes did not lift.

"Back to Your Majesty, everything has been done. Eunuch Feng Yi bowed and replied.

"That apprentice of yours is doing a good job, let him serve in front of the palace in the future. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the old slave apprentice. ”

"Do you think Yelan will condemn Ziyou?" Emperor Zhaoning threw aside the approved musicals, raised his eyes and glanced at Feng Yi, who was standing aside, and picked up another copy of the musicals to read.

"The old slave thinks that His Royal Highness the King of Light will. Feng Yi said cautiously, "After all...... After all, His Royal Highness King Yi treated King Guang like this when he was a child, and the two have always been at odds. Now that His Majesty has given King Guang this opportunity, presumably King Guang will not waste it. ”

"I don't think so. Emperor Zhaoning put down the concerto, stood up and paced around the main hall. "I think Yelan will give up this opportunity and even exonerate King Yi. ”

"The king is not like this, he can bend and stretch, judge the situation, endure for a while, and ask for a lifetime. Emperor Zhaoning said slowly, "I think this son is not ordinary, I hope he will not disappoint me tomorrow." ”

"Your Majesty...... Isn't it training His Royal Highness the King of Light?" the eunuch Feng Yi seemed to understand, and looked at Emperor Zhaoning suspiciously.

"Let people immediately report the situation in the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment tomorrow. Emperor Zhaoning said a word, and before Feng Yi could react, he walked towards the outside of the hall.

"The old slave obeyed. Feng Yi hurriedly followed Emperor Zhaoning's footsteps.

......

In the early morning, the white rainbow runs through the sun.

Yelan changed into a bright yellow official uniform—it was the official uniform of the head of the heart department, which was designed by the emperor himself.

"Fourth brother, are you ready?" Ye Fan stood aside with some concern.

"I wasn't prepared. Yelan glanced at Yefan, who was restless, and looked very calm. "Whether it is dead or alive, what the result is, it all depends on how I deal with it in the prison, at night, and with me. ”

......

On the orders of Emperor Zhaoning, the Iron Blood Army personally escorted Yelan to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and the streets were filled with onlookers, but they could not get close to the gate of the Ministry of Punishment.

"Your Highness, on your Majesty's orders, I will wait here, and you will be the only one to enter. Fan Bozhong, the commander of the Iron Blood Army, hurriedly saluted Yelan, and his tone was very cold.

"Is there anyone else inside?"

"Only you and the Second Highness, no one can enter without orders. ”

"Good. Yelan said lightly, and without waiting for Fan Bozhong to react, he stepped into the door of the prison of the Criminal Department.

The prison was full of musty and disgusting stench. Yelan hadn't gone far before she was forced to stop by a disgusting smell, and her stomach was tumbling. He tried to restrain himself, retching a few times, but he didn't let himself throw up. Barely covering his nose with his sleeve, trying to make the air he inhaled less disgusting, Yelan slowly stepped forward again, and a mouse "swished" past his feet, making a "squeak" sound. Yelan frowned - he had never been to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, although he had heard how unbearable the environment in the prison was, but if he hadn't been here today, I am afraid it would be hard to believe that this kind of place could also be used for people.

The place where Yelan was imprisoned was in the innermost part, and it would take a while to walk from the gate to the inner cage, but the more Yelan walked inside, he found that the air was getting cleaner and cleaner, although there was still a smell of dampness in the dungeon, but it was much better than the musty smell he smelled when he just walked into the dungeon.

There were few blood stains on the ground, and the "squeaking" of rats was never heard. Walking to the place where Yeji was being held, the ground was very clean, and there was no trace of blood, only a little floating ash floating on the ground. The air is fresh, not as fresh as outside, but at least it doesn't make people feel uncomfortable.

The place where the night is staying is not like a normal prison for prisoners, it is very clean, as if it is cleaned every day. The bed is covered with a layer of soft cushions, even if there is straw underneath, with this layer of soft cushions, people will feel very comfortable lying on it, and they will not be embarrassed. The quilt is a thick quilt, and although the workmanship is rough, it is warm at night.

Ye Ji sat upright on the bed, neatly dressed, his hair was not unkempt in the slightest, and his whole body was clean, not at all like he had been in a prison for several days. Hearing the footsteps, Ye Ji raised his head, saw that it was Ye Lan, and sneered contemptuously, "It turned out to be you, and the concubine is also worthy of judging this king!"

Yelan ignored him, took the key from his waist, inserted it into the keyhole, and opened the prison door.

When the cell door was opened, he did not get up. Yelan walked up to him in a few steps and coldly threw out a sentence, "The banquet assassination, did you do it." ”

"If you want to take this opportunity to take revenge, you can return to your father now, so as not to waste the king's words!"

"Do you think the Empress can save you? Do you think that the party of relatives behind you can put pressure on the emperor? Or do you think that your father will not dare to do anything to you?" Ye Lan smiled contemptuously, "My father chose me to judge you, and he specially told me not to care about brotherhood, the meaning is already very clear. - Relatives sit big and threaten the imperial power, so the word "kill" is enough. ”

"You think these can intimidate me?" Ye Ji laughed, "The Liu clan behind me is not so easy to eradicate, otherwise why didn't my father take action?"

"But Liu Ji Liu Pinger. Yelan said lightly. "Assassination, a ridiculous reason, but sometimes the big guys do things so abnormally. ”

"What do you mean!" Ye Ji suddenly stared nervously at Ye Lan, and the bruises on his forehead suddenly rose.

"I didn't understand the way here, but I understood everything all the way just now. Yelan lifted the hem of his clothes and sat calmly on the broken chair in the cell, "Such a big game, kill three birds with one stone." ”

"What do you want to say?"

"First of all, Ye Xiaodao stabbed him, then set up the heart department in the court, and then Ye Xiaodao confessed, you are in prison, I was appointed as an arraignator, and finally today's interrogation. ”

"Isn't all this Ye Shu's frame-up!" Ye Ji got up in disbelief.

"I thought so at first, but now..."Yelan frowned slightly, "You won't die, but by the time you get out of prison, the Liu clan will be gone." ”

"Yelan, you make it clear!" Yelan walked over and grabbed Yelan's neck.

"My father won't let me go, he's going to pull a cushion, so I'll go to jail. Yelan faced Yelan's hideous face, but there was no trace of fear, and his face was still so calm and indifferent.

"I will report this confession of Ye Shu's framing to my father, and as for his verdict, that's his business. ”