"Heng'er, are you sure that this matter is just a good servant girl in Xun'er's mansion who has taken a blind eye, so she is talking nonsense outside and stirring up rumors about this incident?"

The Chenghua Hall is bright and bright, the stove is smoking, Emperor Zhou is sitting on the dragon couch in a dragon thorn gold regular clothes, and in front of him stands Gao Heng and Cheng Jinzhi, who have not been seen for a long time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Recalling the unpleasant memories when he entered the palace for the first time before, Cheng Jinzhi was reluctant to enter the palace to face the saint.

But after all, this rumor involves the royal face, as the central figure who was hacked the most, if she can't give Emperor Zhou a reasonable explanation in person, not only can she not completely eliminate the doubts in Emperor Zhou's heart, but even she herself will feel like she has a thorn in her heart, and she can't feel comfortable thinking about it.

So I had to pretend to come to Emperor Zhou, help Gao Heng when he needed it, and answer Emperor Zhou's questions when he asked.

But I don't know if it's because she has lingering palpitations about the last time she met the saint, or because the king of a country in front of her doesn't trust her, she always feels that Emperor Zhou's eyes look at her with a bit of weirdness, and she feels uncomfortable, but she can only stand in place with a respectful face, and she doesn't even dare to make a superfluous movement.

"Back to my father, it is true. The matter was verified by the sons, together with Jin Zhi and the six brothers, and the maid who committed the crime had also admitted it herself, and if the father was in doubt, he could be summoned for interrogation at any time. ”

Gao Heng obviously held a jade pot in his hand to testify to the prince's confession, and if it was directly submitted, it would be the most favorable ironclad evidence.

In the case that Emperor Zhou had heard some rumors about the crown prince, the reason why he, as a party concerned, did not mention anything about the prince in front of Emperor Zhou, in fact, was to make Emperor Zhou think that he did not have the heart to attack the prince.

On the contrary, the crown prince has been pressing step by step, trapping many times, and he has always been just a victim who has repeatedly endured.

"But this rumor is menacing, how can a small maid in the palace alone let you have such ability overnight and let this matter spread throughout the capital?"

As soon as Gao Heng's words came out, Emperor Zhou's eyes turned slightly sharp, and he unexpectedly questioned, and then approached Gao Heng and slightly accentuated his tone.

"Heng'er, do you still have something to hide from me?"

"Erchen didn't dare. ”

Gao Heng bowed his head, his face was silent, and Cheng Jinzhi beside him glanced sideways at him, knowing that it was his turn to appear, and just wanted to speak, but he had already attracted the attention of Emperor Zhou.

"Jin Zhi, I heard that you arrested the servant girl who committed the crime?"

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly. ”

Cheng Jinzhi pretended to raise his head calmly, and saw that Emperor Zhou's expression was calm and his eyes were unwavering, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

And kept telling himself that the person sitting opposite him was just an old man, anyway, he was sitting upright, and he didn't do anything bad, so why should he be so nervous and afraid?

"Are all the facts as Heng'er said?"

Cheng Jinzhi's eyelashes moved slightly, and he said unhurriedly: "Then does Your Majesty want to hear the truth, or do you want to listen to lies?"

"Presumptuous, do you dare to deceive me?"

Emperor Zhou's eyes lit up, although he raised the volume in a timely manner, but he didn't sound angry, on the contrary, there was a hint of anger from the elders for the juniors.

"The courtiers don't dare. ”

Cheng Jinzhi hurriedly tightened his face and lowered his head, and secretly glanced at the pale-faced Emperor Zhou with the corner of his eye, and then continued: "It's just that Your Majesty can agree before asking the courtiers this question, no matter what the courtiers say, don't blame Your Highness." ”

"You girl is very good at talking about conditions. A smile flashed across Emperor Zhou's lips, and then he glanced at Gao Heng, who was solemn, with the tail of his eyes, "From this point of view, Heng'er did hide something from me." ”

"This is the confession made by the servant girl who committed the crime, fortunately the courtiers secretly carried it with her, and asked Your Majesty to look at it. ”

Cheng Jinzhi said that he took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and moved forward a few steps, presented it with both hands, and the eunuch on the side hurriedly took it from her hand when he saw this, and then handed it to Emperor Zhou.

Emperor Zhou opened the paper scroll and stared at it seriously, but when he looked at it, he gradually frowned, the expression on his face became more and more ugly, and finally slapped the paper heavily on the sitting.

Even though he had some rumors and doubts about the prince before, after all, it was all hearsay and there was no real evidence.

But when he saw the words and sentences of the confession made by the jade pot clearly presented in front of him, and thought of the queen's behavior of fanning the flames of this rumor in his ears, Emperor Zhou's heart still irrepressibly ignited a burst of anger.

Since the last time he privately mobilized the city defense army to make trouble in the Marquis of An's Mansion, the prince has been meditating in the East Palace for the past few days, and he has behaved well, which is making Emperor Zhou feel relieved and want to exempt him from punishment as soon as possible.

Now he learned that the prince was just pretending to be in front of people, but in fact, he disregarded the royal face and did these small actions behind his back, which made him angry and disappointed.

As a result, I feel even more that although Gao Heng deliberately concealed it, compared to the prince who hurt people with secret arrows, he already understands the righteousness and is much more tolerant and open-minded.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness doesn't want to see Your Majesty angry about this, so you didn't submit this confession, please don't be angry, take care of the dragon's body. Otherwise, the courtiers will definitely be punished by His Highness when they go back. ”

Seeing that Emperor Zhou thoughtfully closed his eyes slightly and did not speak, his chest rose and fell, as if he was trying his best to calm his anger.

Cheng Jinzhi was afraid that he would be angry with him for reporting his beloved baby son, so he hurriedly bowed down and showed a look of self-blame, and glanced at Gao Heng with some resentment in the corner of his eyes, complaining that he shouldn't let himself be this bird.

"Don't worry, since you are willing to tell me the truth, I also promise that you will not punish Heng'er. It's just this once, not for example. ”

After being silent for a long time, Emperor Zhou slowly opened his eyes and said in a stern tone. Seeing Cheng Jinzhi pretending to be exaggerated and flattening his mouth and bitter face, the anger in his heart couldn't help but dissipate a little, and his face turned slightly pale.

"But the day before yesterday, when the rumors were spreading, all the fingers were pointed at you, but Heng'er didn't want to prove your innocence to me many times as soon as possible, showing that you are perfect in his heart, and he is reluctant to punish you, right?"

"Huh?"

Cheng Jinzhi's face was hot when he heard this, and he looked at Emperor Zhou's meaningful and slightly ridiculous eyes, don't turn his head to look at Gao Heng beside him, and saw that he was indifferent, pretending to be disapproving, and couldn't help but purse his lips and smile.

At the same time, he also secretly sighed in his heart, the emperor in front of him, who has always felt majestic and solemn, used to have time to gossip.

However, just as Cheng Jinzhi was relaxing, thinking that he would be able to end this relatively smooth face soon, he saw a eunuch who was passing the word suddenly and quickly walked into the inner hall.

At the same time, the news that she least wanted to hear suddenly came to her ears.

"Your Majesty, the queen mother is asking to see you outside the palace. ”