Chapter 119: The Prince (Seeking the First Order)
Such major events have happened in Jinling one after another in the past few days, and the emperor's chest is so dull that he can't even eat today's lunch. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The sharp-eyed old man on the side was thinking about how to find a way to let the emperor eat a bite of lunch, and a head sneaked into the main hall at this time.
However, at the moment of half the incense, the old man hurriedly ran back again, different from Fang Cai's calm face, his face was full of panic at the moment, and when he spoke, his voice trembled: "Your Majesty, Qin Zong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, asks to see you." ”
The emperor had never seen him like this, and he was a little surprised at the moment, and bowed his head slightly to signal Qin Zong to admonish.
"Xuan. ”
Qin Zong's footsteps came into the imperial study in the sharp voice of his husband, and his face trembled, obviously there was something big to say.
"Minister...... Qin Zong see Your Majesty. ”
"What's wrong?" the emperor frowned and put down the pen in his hand, a pair of sharp eyes staring at the person in front of him.
Qin Zong swallowed a mouthful of saliva nervously, didn't dare to look up at the person in front of him at all, and said with difficulty: "The Emperor Tomb bombing case, the minister already has some clues. ”
"Say, I listen. ”
Although the emperor's expression was tense, fortunately he was quite calm, and he was very patient at the moment, Qin Zong slowly opened his mouth and said: "The minister found the artillery guard talisman in the emperor's mausoleum. ”
As he spoke, he had reached out and took out the artillery guard talisman from his sleeve, and the old man on the side hurriedly took it and hurriedly handed the talisman to the emperor.
The emperor had just heard that the five words of this artillery guard talisman had trembled suddenly, but he still had some luck mentality, until this artillery guard talisman really appeared in front of him, he couldn't deceive himself.
The artillery guard talisman has always been handed over to the East Palace for safekeeping, and there has never been any problem during this time. He just thought that the prince was doing his best, but he didn't expect that now there would be such a big oolong.
The emperor stretched out his hand and picked up the piece of artillery guard talisman, rubbed his slightly bloated fingers back and forth on the talisman, and paused for a long time before he spoke: "Aiqing came to me with this talisman, what did she want to explain?"
"The minister didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he came to ask the emperor to make a decision. "This matter can be big or small, to say small, someone stole the artillery guard soldier talisman and wanted to frame the blame for the East Palace, to say big, it was the prince who planned the whole thing and had bad intentions.
So Qin Zong didn't dare to say more than half a word, he couldn't get it right, and he couldn't solve the case but implicated himself.
The emperor lowered his eyes and was silent, the emotions in his heart can be described as complicated, not long ago, King Xing committed suicide on this stone step, and now there is such a big event in the East Palace. Either way, he didn't want to see the same day happen again.
The imperial study was so quiet that people didn't dare to breathe, Qin Zong tensed his back, and suddenly heard the sound of the talisman being thrown onto the dragon case with a bang, and couldn't help but raise his heart to his throat, only to hear the emperor slowly speak: "Then have you found out something?"
"The artillery guard soldiers belong to the artillery guard battalion, and the minister is not qualified to search the artillery guard battalion, so ......"
When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help frowning, but the person in front of him pushed it cleanly and threw all the problems to himself.
However, the emperor looked at his weak and timid temperament, but he was a little relieved, he heard earlier that the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Concubine Rong had a lot of private dealings, but this Qin Zong did not bite the prince at the moment, but cowered, which shows that the rumors are not completely true.
Qin Zong always stood straight, waited for a long time, and did not see any response from the emperor, he was not in a hurry, he did not have the courage to do anything to advocate going to search the artillery guard camp, this matter had to be ordered by the emperor himself. After all, once the emperor gives an order, then the East Palace and the crown prince will inevitably be involved in the rumors of devouring people, and it is reasonable to hesitate.
"Your Majesty, Song Jinming, the chief judge of Dali Temple, asked to see him. ”
I don't know when, the old man came out of the imperial study again, and at this moment he stepped forward again and played softly, the emperor turned sideways, changed his sitting position, raised his hand slightly, and the old man had already said in a sharp voice: "Xuan!"
"Minister Song Jinming see the emperor. ”
Song Jinming hurriedly walked into the imperial study, and before he finished speaking, the emperor waved his hand impatiently and said directly: "What do you have to do? The matter of the grass house has passed for several days today, but there is a result?"
"The minister came today to play the case of the thatched hut!" Song Jinming said, straightened his waist, met the emperor's gaze, and continued without any fear, "The minister has already found out that the person who met with the ministers that day was the prince of the East Palace. ”
When Qin Zong on the side heard this, his originally nervous face immediately revealed a little surprise, and his expression could not escape the emperor's eyes.
At first, the emperor only thought that the two of them had made an appointment and accused the prince together, but Qin Zong's first reaction always lingered in his mind and could not be waved away, if the two of them were not agreed, what would it mean?
The emperor didn't dare to think about it, but the countless experiences of his predecessors were telling him that inaction at this moment would inevitably be out of control in the future, he took a deep breath, looked at Song Jinming with a solemn gaze and said, "Can you find out?"
"The minister's investigation is clear, there are human and material evidence, if the emperor doesn't believe it, he can call the prince to confront him in the court, and the minister is fearless. "Song Jinming's temperament is diametrically opposed to Qin Zong's, impulsive and direct, and never cares about the face of others.
As soon as he said this, the atmosphere was undoubtedly pushed in a more complicated direction, the emperor was holding a fire in his heart, but there was nowhere to attack, and he had a dark and calm face at the moment, and said heavily: "Someone! Prince Xuan enters the palace!"
The person who was ordered by the emperor to invite the prince into the palace had not had time to leave the palace, and the queen already knew what had happened to the whole thing, she had always been scheming, but she also knew that the current situation was extremely unfavorable to the East Palace, if she didn't make a decision quickly, she was afraid that the prince would be pulled off the horse by the black hand behind the scenes.
She thought about it, and was stunned to find that there was no one available for the Manchu Dynasty in this matter, and the queen paced back and forth, simply fidgeting. The white light flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of a person, since the whole thing was drawn out by the artillery guards, then if someone could find out this matter clearly, then the prince's grievances would also be cleared.
The Shangshu of the Criminal Department is Rong Guifei's person, so he naturally can't be trusted, and the chief judge of Dali Temple is stubborn and straight, and he can't buy it at all, and he has no use value at all. And King Su, who had just returned to Jinling, had lived in the military camp for many years, and he knew the military camp system best, but if he was asked to investigate, the emperor would definitely not have any doubts.
A flash of firmness flashed in the queen's eyes, and she hurriedly called the palace maid with her, and cautiously ordered: "Hurry up and invite His Royal Highness King Su into the palace!"
"Yes, sis!"
The palace maid was about to leave when she was ordered, but the queen suddenly remembered something, hurriedly stopped her, turned around and was about to go to get the rare thousand-year-old sea coral in the room, but the foot that was lifted out paused again, and finally waved her hand to let the palace maid leave.