Chapter 663: Investigation of the case
Gonggong Fu is a celebrity around the emperor, and he can be said to be the most trusted by the emperor in the palace.
Pushing the basin on Grandpa Fu, it was eating the gall of the bear's heart and leopard, but after the steward of the imperial dining room recruited Grandpa Fu, he bit his tongue and committed suicide.
Fu Gonggong was so angry that he couldn't find someone to retaliate.
And such a confession is just to drag Gonggong Fu out as a shield.
The steward of the imperial dining room died, and before he died, he confessed to Gonggong Fu, and if the case continues to be investigated, it must be investigated from Gonggong Fu, and Queen Zhao is not afraid that Concubine Li will urge her to investigate the case quickly.
If you want to investigate the case quickly, you will inevitably have to be tortured, does Li Guifei dare to force her to punish Gonggong Fu?
To borrow a few guts from her, she didn't dare.
If Concubine Li urges again, she can completely push the phoenix seal, you have great ability, you can check.
This is a hot potato, Concubine Li Guifei is not easy to take over, and she can't use what the emperor said to force Queen Zhao to hand over the phoenix seal, and the case will hang there at that time.
Hanging and hanging, and finally it will end without a problem.
However, Empress Zhao didn't expect that the emperor had already known about the collusion between the Zhao family and the queen mother, and this trick led to the east, forcing Li Guifei to retreat, and also let the emperor see the wolf ambitions of the Zhao family and the queen mother, and even the people around him dared to do it, and it would be his turn as the emperor one day.
In all dynasties, are there still fewer emperors who died because of the throne?
Why is the emperor suspicious by nature, because the dragon chair he sits on is really likeable, and too many people want to replace it!
The pillow people, sons, and courtiers are countless, and they can't be prevented.
Gonggong Fu knelt down and admitted his mistake, he should not have accepted a bribe from the imperial dining room, but he only accepted 20,000 taels, and he did not have the greed to instruct the steward of the imperial dining room.
The emperor looked at him kneeling on the ground, waved his hand and said, "Get up, usually you are greedy for a little money, but I don't know, I turned a blind eye, I didn't expect to be targeted, and I became a black pot." ”
The emperor expressed his trust in Gonggong Fu in public, and Empress Zhao's heart skipped a beat.
The emperor believed in Father-in-law Fu, and Concubine Li Guifei climbed up the pole, she said, "That is, the steward of the imperial dining room obviously wants to pull a cushion, and the queen actually believes it, look at the frightened father-in-law Fu, don't forget, after the accident in the imperial dining room, the emperor sent Father-in-law Fu to the imperial dining room to check, if it is really Gonggong Fu who instructed the imperial dining room to be greedy for ink, he can say that someone is making trouble and covering up this matter, how can he let the emperor know and let you come to check the imperial dining room?"
Hindsight!
Empress Zhao's face was cold.
Because of the emperor's trust, Li Guifei helped to say good things, Fu Gonggong was in tears, feeling that his life was not in vain, he kowtowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, you trust the slave, and the slave is grateful, but since the steward of the imperial dining room has bitten the slave, the servant has indeed received the filial piety of the steward of the imperial dining room, and he should cooperate with the queen to investigate the case, and the slave will be investigated. ”
Gonggong Fu kowtowed to the emperor heavily, and the sound of his head hitting the ground made the queen's heart skip several beats.
Things were completely different from what she expected.
Father-in-law Fu has served the emperor for decades, is the emperor's most trusted person, and has never left for almost a day......
As soon as he thought so, the emperor said, "The queen will find out the truth as soon as possible and return the innocence of her father-in-law." ”
Looking at Empress Zhao's face, which was more ugly than eating, Li Guifei's cheeks cramped with a smile, and she added fuel to the fire and said, "The queen wants to return the innocence of Father-in-law Fu as soon as possible, and the emperor is still waiting for Father-in-law Fu to serve." ”
What can Empress Zhao do, she can only nod and say, "The concubine must find out the truth as soon as possible and return the innocence of the father-in-law." ”
After leaving the imperial study, after a battle with their eyes, Empress Zhao and Concubine Li parted ways.
Looking at the back of Empress Zhao, the palace maid said, "The queen seems to be going to Yongning Palace." ”
Concubine Li Guifei was in a bright mood, and it was so interesting to watch the daily life of the enemy die.
Empress Zhao didn't hesitate to go to the Queen Mother to discuss, and the Queen Mother already knew that the steward of the imperial dining room would bite her father-in-law, so she slapped the table angrily and scolded, "Can you be a little more stupid?!"
It's not good for her to find someone to be a substitute for the dead ghost, find Father-in-law!
Empress Zhao was aggrieved, "Who in this palace doesn't know that the steward of the imperial dining room is your person, and the concubines and Concubine Li Guifei don't dare to ask, who in this palace still has the guts, and the steward of the imperial dining room has only been filial piety to Grandpa Fu, an outsider." ”
If you want to blame, you can only blame the Queen Mother and the Yongguo Mansion for being too powerful, and no one dares to provoke them, but the emperor handed over the case to her for investigation.
can't involve the Queen Mother and Yongguo Gong, so you can only let Fu Gonggong get involved, who knows that the result is completely different from what she thought.
The Queen Mother was angry, but Queen Zhao's words, she also knew that they were not fake, she said, "I think the emperor is either afraid that the Yongguo Mansion and the Zhao family will join forces, or he suspects that the Zhao family and the Yongguo Mansion have joined forces, and forced you to come to investigate the mourning family with the matter of the imperial dining room, so as to create suspicions." ”
Empress Zhao also vaguely guessed that the emperor was sowing discord and wanted to force the Zhao family and the Yongguo Mansion to tear their faces.
It's just that they did not leak, how did the emperor find out?
"So what now?" asked Empress Zhao.
Her mind was in a mess right now, and she didn't know what to do.
Isn't the Queen Mother smart, she always does things wrong, she wants to see if she has any good ideas!
The queen mother's face was gloomy, and she thought that the 600,000 taels of silver she got from the old princess could plug the hole in the imperial dining room, but now it seems that she can't keep a few ribs.
It's just that the Queen Mother here didn't think about how to break this rib and which ones, and something happened in Jingzhou over there.
As soon as the secretary of the criminal department arrived in Jingzhou, before he could stay, someone sent a burden to the secretary of the criminal department.
In the baggage was a book of accounts and testimony.
I thought that the account books and testimony were destroyed, and this case would have to be investigated for a period of time, and it was even possible that nothing could be found, but I didn't expect that there would be a backup of the account books and testimony, and this case was much easier to investigate than he thought.
Afraid that something would happen to him, he was left and right away from the secret guards of the palace, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department opened a court to inquire about the case, and sent the families of those dead officials for questioning, but at first none of them confessed, even if they were beaten by the board, they gritted their teeth and did not let go, and even accused the Shangshu of the Criminal Department of being beaten into a trick.
With the account book in hand, and the secret guard of the old prince secretly helping each other, are you afraid that you can't help the Mo family?
As soon as they were at a loss, several people came to beat the drum of injustice, accusing the squire of robbing their ancestral treasures, and begging the secretary of the criminal department to call the shots for them.
As it happens, those things are on the books.
The Shangshu of the Criminal Department touched the melon and called the squire, but everyone who had seen the treasures was called to ask about the case, those important people died, but their families were still there, and there were always people who saw rare treasures, and then they found out to the Mo family.
Shangshu of the Criminal Department sent people to search the Mo family, but unfortunately, they were not found.
The Mo family threatened to tell the old princess to sue the criminal department for a crime of slander, and the criminal department was afraid that he would hold a banquet in the largest restaurant in Jingzhou and compensate the Mo family.
The second master of the Mo family went to the banquet. [.]