Chapter 20: Zheng Wang's Fallacy Case
Every word of Qi Mei made Zheng Wang's heart move, power, status, fame, glory and wealth, originally what the world wanted, not to mention that Zheng Wang's family was poor since he was a child, and he has always been afraid of poverty, and now he learned that his daughter Zheng Jinlian had given birth to a prince for Zhu Youji, so he was naturally unwilling to be buried in the world. Eight?? 1 Chinese Net ???.? 8?1?z??. c?o?m?
Thinking about the power of the Zhang family in the court now, who in this world is not envious, the people of the Zhang family, whether they are close relatives or distant relatives of Zhang Junyu, their official positions are above the fifth grade, and the subjects of the world are all subservient to the children of the Zhang family, and who is not competing with each other. And he, Zheng Wang, is also a relative of the emperor, why is he not known, and why can he only be a hungry mountain villager!
Therefore, Zheng Wang agreed to Qi Mei, and it was necessary to spread this matter among the subjects of the world as soon as possible, plus he was a native of Shuntianfu and lived at the foot of the Son of Heaven, presumably this matter would only be a month, and it would definitely reach Zhu Youji's ears.
Now Zheng Wang said that his daughter Zheng Jinlian had given birth to a prince to Zhu Youji, and others only knew that Zhu Youzhu had only one son, that is, the current prince.
When this matter reached Zhu Youji's ears, it was self-defeating and became a mystery of Zhu Houzhao's life experience.
Zhu Youzhu thought that it was rumored that the crown prince Zhu Houzhao was not the descendant of Empress Zhang in the Middle Palace, and his biological mother was a native of the palace of the Empress Dowager Zhou, named Zheng Jinlian.
This Zheng Jinlian, Zhu Youzhu has a little impression, Zhang Junyu also remembers this person, but when the Empress Dowager Zhou was alive, she often went to Qingning Palace but never saw her, probably since Zheng Jinlian went to bed.
The Empress Dowager Zhou died, and Zhang Junzhu's grounding order has also been withdrawn, but now she and Zhu Youzhu are still silent, and there is no intersection at all.
It's just that this matter is a big problem. Zhu Youzhu didn't want to care about it, but the ministers of the court and the central government all said that this matter should not be underestimated, just like the incident when Zhu Jianyun, the deposed king of Jing, raised troops to force the palace, he insisted on advising Zhu Youzhu to summon the "Zheng Emperor's relatives" in the mouths of the people into the palace to interrogate him personally.
Zhu Youzhu has always been courteous to his subordinates. This time the matter was also quite big, and after this back and forth, he had no choice but to pick a loophole and send Mu Bin to lead the Jinyi guards to "invite" Zheng Wang into the palace.
It's afternoon. Zhu Youzhi just ordered Mu Bin to escort Zheng Wang into the palace, he knew that Zhang Junfang didn't want to pay attention to this matter, but after all, he wanted to talk to her as cordially as before, so he found some reasons to beat Zhang Yu and call Zhang Junyu over.
Zhang Junfang really didn't want to pay attention to this matter, but since Zhu Youzhu summoned her over, she also went.
What's more, this matter also involves her to some extent.
At this time, Zhu Youzhu was sitting on the golden silk nanmu dragon chair, although he was high. But since Zhang Junfang entered the hall, his eyes have always fallen on her.
And Zhang Junyu, her eyes were dim, and she lowered her eyes slightly from beginning to end, until she stopped walking in the middle of the main hall, she raised her eyes slightly and glanced at Zhu Youji.
Zhang Junfang glanced at him lightly, then bowed down again, and said unusually angrily: "Concubine, meet Your Majesty." ”
Zhu Youzhu stared at her. Inadvertently frowning, he paused, and then stiffly said, "Flatten." ”
"Your Majesty," Zhang Junyu still saluted. Then he walked closer to Zhu Youji, and when Zhu Youzhu saw her coming, he raised his hand to the chair on his right hand side and said, "Sit." ”
"Yes," Zhang Junwei replied respectfully, and then walked to sit down.
Wait for Zhang Junyu to sit down. Zhu Youzhu looked at her slightly, but Zhang Junzhu never looked at him, her face was so cold, so Zhu Youzhu didn't dare to approach.
After a long time, Zhu Youzhu returned, and saw from a distance that Mu Bin happened to bring Zheng Wang over, so he calmed down and waited.
Zheng Wang lived for most of his life, and finally saw Tianyan, and when he entered the hall, he was naturally quite apprehensive, he knelt down and said: "Xiaomin knocks to see Your Majesty, Niangniang." ”
Zhu Youzhu looked at him and said indifferently: "You are Zheng Wang?" ”
Zheng Wang's heart was already getting more and more uneasy, but he nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Yes, Xiaomin Zheng Wang." ”
Zhu Youzhu didn't shy away from it, he went straight to the point and asked: "I heard that you are a relative of the emperor, I ask you, which of the emperor's relatives are you?" What is your relationship with the royal family? ”
When Zheng Wang heard this, although he was apprehensive, he was also happy, and he smiled: "Yes, Your Majesty, Zheng Jinlian, Xiaomin's daughter, once gave birth to a prince for you. ”
"Oh," Zhu Youzhu pretended to echo and asked, "Is it the crown prince?" ”
Zheng Wang still didn't hear the meaning of Zhu Youji's words, and he didn't know that this matter had reached Zhu Youji's ears and it had become Zheng Jinlian is the prince's biological mother, he heard Zhu Youzhu say this, he was naturally stunned, and in a moment of confusion, he thought that Zhu Youzhu summoned him into the palace to say that Wei Liansheng was renamed as the prince, so he responded: "Yes, it's the prince." ”
Hearing this, Zhu Youzhu did not rush to answer, but slightly sideways, looked towards Zhang Junqi, and saw that Zhang Junzhu was still expressionless, he always felt empty in his heart, Zhu Youzhu replied, and looked at Zheng Wang, he "poofed" and smiled, and then suddenly reprimanded, saying: "The prince is the queen's descendant, how can it be born to Zheng Jinlian, you are full of nonsense, slandering the queen and the prince, what should you be guilty of!" ”
When Zheng Wang heard Zhu Youji's words, he was stunned again, and he asked rhetorically, "Prince? ”
Zhu Youzhu didn't answer, just looked at Zheng Wang's self-justification, who thought that Zheng Wang waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, Your Majesty, Xiaomin is not talking about the prince, Xiaomin is talking about another prince of Your Majesty." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Junyu was stunned in his heart, but his face was still the same, where did Zhu Youzhu believe it, he joked: "In addition to the crown prince, where are there other princes." ”
"Yes!" Zheng Wang said: "Of course there is! Xiaomin's daughter, Zheng Jinlian, once gave birth to a prince to His Majesty, and she was born on the same day, the same month, and the same year as the crown prince. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Junyu was shocked in his heart, he was born in the same year, month and day as Zhu Houzhao, there is one in the palace, and Wei Liansheng's appearance is very similar to Zhu Youji, is there really a ghost in this matter!
Zhu Youzhi seemed to have a number in his heart when he heard it, but Zhu Houzhao was the eldest son in the end, not to mention that he didn't want to admit the child next to him, so he reprimanded: "Ridiculous! ”
Zheng Wang was reprimanded, and his heart was naturally frightened, he kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, everything Xiaomin said is the truth, Xiaomin has never deceived Your Majesty." I beg Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly and give justice to Xiaomin's daughter. ”
Zhu Youzhi was naturally afraid that Zheng Wang would say something that he shouldn't say in a hurry, so he still reprimanded: "Pull him down and go to Jinyi to guard the prison." Waiting for disposal! ”
"Yes," Mu Bin listened, and then motioned to the two wrestlers in the hall to drag Zheng Wang down, and Zheng Wang kept shouting: "Your Majesty, everything Xiaomin said is true!" Your Majesty! Xiaomin's daughter. really gave birth to a little prince for His Majesty! ”
The only important thing that Qi Mei didn't explain to Zheng Wang yesterday was that she didn't tell him where Zheng Jinlian's child was in the palace and what his name was.
Zhu Youzhi saw that Zheng Wang was gone, but he was still uncertain in his heart, although this matter was a misunderstanding, but now Zhu Houzhao's life experience has set off a wave of fluctuations in the court, Zhu Youzhu is afraid that others will bring up the old things again, so he insists on investigating this matter to the end.
Zheng Wang just left. Zhu Youzhi also instructed Zhang Yu to summon Zheng Jinlian here.
Regarding Zhu Houzhao's life experience, it is not a small trouble in the palace, Zheng Jinlian has naturally heard about it, she has been working for more than ten years, and now this opportunity has finally come.
Now Zheng Jinlian doesn't have to pretend to be crazy and stupid anymore, her mind is very clear!
Zheng Jinlian responded to the summons here, and when she saw Zhu Youzhu and Zhang Junfang, she still knelt on the ground first, and said respectfully: "Slave and maid knock to see Your Majesty, Niangniang." ”
Zhu Youzhu already knew it in his heart. Wei Liansheng is her own child, and this Zheng Jinlian is Wei Liansheng's biological mother, the night of the year. Although the memory is blurred now, it is born after all.
He knew that Zheng Jinlian had indeed given birth to a prince for him, although he was reluctant to admit it openly, but he was also quite polite to this Zheng Jinlian, and he said indifferently: "Get up." ”
Zheng Jinlian responded. Then he stood up, and Zhu Youzhu said again: "Do you know why I summoned you here?" ”
Thinking that Zheng Jinlian had already made sufficient preparations, but now that Zhu Youzhu asked, she naturally took it calmly, and only said: "I know, it is for the life experience of the prince, and for the prince who was born to the slave maid back then." ”
When Zhu Youzhu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said after a long time: "I only have one heir, the prince, and you keep saying that you once gave birth to a prince for me, isn't it a contradiction!" ”
Zheng Jinlian's face was calm, and she replied: "The slave maid was born to His Majesty back then, and he was the crown prince. ”
If there was no Zheng Wang's words, everyone would be shocked when they heard what Zheng Jinlian said, but what Zheng Jinlian said now does not match what Zheng Wang said.
Zhu Youzhu smiled silently and said, "Your father said that you gave birth to a prince for me, not the crown prince, but you said that the prince was born to you, who should I believe?" ”
Zheng Jinlian was really stunned, how could she know that Zheng Wang made a fuss about this matter, let alone know that what Zheng Wang said was that she had given birth to a prince other than Zhu Houzhao to Zhu Youji.
But in Zheng Jinlian's opinion, the prince she gave birth to Zhu Youzhu back then is Zhu Houzhao today!
There is also Zheng Wang, except for the Empress Dowager Zhou and Qi Mei, as well as the Wen Po who has long since died, no one else knows about it at all, but how does Zheng Wang, an outsider, know!
The Wen Po of the year has long since died, and the Empress Dowager Zhou has passed away not long ago, the source of this matter is a few days ago, is it Qi Mei!
I think it's her!
At present, Zhu Youzhu asked, Zheng Jinlian lacked confidence, and paused: "The prince is from a slave and maid, and the slave and maid have witnesses and physical evidence!" ”
"Who is the witness? What is physical evidence? Zhu Youzhu spoke quickly.
Zheng Jinlian said: "The human evidence is Aunt Qi Mei who served by the Empress Dowager's side back then, and the physical evidence is the red mole behind the prince's right ear." ”
Zhang Junzhu listened for a long time, and finally determined that Wei Liansheng was the prince born by Zheng Jinlian for Zhu Youji, she had unintentionally seen the red mole behind his right ear, Zhu Youzhu had not yet spoken, Zhang Junzhu said silently: "The prince's red mole is not behind the right ear, but behind the left ear." ”
When Zheng Jinlian heard this, she was getting more and more confident, and she said in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the prince is indeed a slave, and Aunt Mei can testify to this matter!" ”
Now that she learned that Zheng Jinlian was not for Wei Liansheng, she wanted to pretend to be Zhu Houzhao's biological mother, Zhu Youzhu also put his mind at ease, and said: "Okay, pass on the Mei!" ”
At this point, she suddenly saw Zheng Jinlian standing in the center of the hall, and her beautiful and delicate face did not look stupid at all. After Qi Mei saluted, Zhu Youzhu asked directly: "Qi Mei, Zheng Jinlian said that she is the biological mother of the prince, and you are the witness of the year, how do you explain this matter?" ”
Hearing what Zhu Youzhu said, she was naturally stunned, she had explained the matter to Zheng Wang, but Zheng Jinlian's words completely disrupted all her plans, this is good, this father and daughter contradict each other, no matter how she testifies, she will only be regarded by Zhu Youzhu as an accomplice of one of the father and daughter!
Although Qi Mei wants to support Wei Liansheng as the crown prince, but the current situation is really not conducive to her, she is not a fool, now ensuring her life is the most important, Qi Mei showed a smile and said: "The slave doesn't understand what His Majesty is saying, the prince is from the queen's mother, can this matter be fake?" ”
This Qi Mei refused to admit what happened back then, Zheng Jinlian was naturally panicked, she looked at Qi Mei and called out "Auntie", Qi Mei also looked at her when she heard the call, only to hear Zheng Jinlian say: "This matter, isn't it your ......?"
Zheng Jinlian said that she wanted to stop talking at this point, but Qi Mei took advantage of the situation to ask: "What's wrong with me?" ”
Seeing this situation, Zheng Jinlian no longer bothered to talk to her, she was wrong from the beginning, she shouldn't think that it was Qi Mei who told Zheng Wang about this series of things, and she shouldn't have begged Zhu Youzhu to summon Qi Mei to confront her face to face, Zheng Jinlian looked back at Zhu Youji, and said: "Your Majesty, the prince is indeed from the slave maid, and the slave begs Your Majesty to drop blood to test her relatives to prove the truth of what the slave said!" ”
Although Zhu Youzhu frowned slightly, he also responded: "Okay! ”
Although Zhu Houzhao is not from Zhang Junyu, it is not from Zheng Jinlian, Zheng Jinlian thinks that she is Zhu Houzhao's biological mother, and she is using this to drop blood to test her relatives, she is naturally full of confidence, but she lost in the end.
She is not Zhu Houzhao's biological mother, how can her blood and Zhu Houzhao's blood be combined, this matter has been proven, this time everyone should be executed, but Zhu Youzhu finally remembered that Zheng Jinlian was Wei Liansheng's mother, so he spared her life and only beat her to the Huanyi Bureau, and Zheng Wang, who broadcast rumors in the market, was only sent to Jinyi Guard, Zhu Youzhu originally wanted to release Zheng Wang, but in the end he caused this disaster, he was afraid that Zheng Wang would talk nonsense again in the future, so he never ordered Mu Bin to release him.
As for the culprit, Zheng Wang only confessed to Liu Shan and did not confess to her, and she also escaped death.
The case of Zheng Wang's fallacy in the seventeenth year of Hongzhi was hastily understood.
It's like the case of Tang Yin and Xu Jing bribing Cheng Minzheng Xinke to commit fraud back then, and it seems that the case was closed in a hurry. (To be continued.) )