"Son-in-law, see father." The fourth prince came in from outside the door with a wide sleeved robe, with a faint smile on his face, obviously not caring about being blocked out of the door for so long.

Seeing him like this, the emperor's face softened slightly, shook the medicinal food in his hand, and said casually: "Get up." ”

"Thank you, Father."

As soon as Chen Ke heard the emperor's tone, he knew that he would not toss the four princes, so he handed another bowl of medicinal food to the four princes and said, "Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, please use it, go to the cold." ”

Needless to say, the four princes also understood, took the bowl and respectfully saluted the emperor, "Thank you for your father's love, or my father feels sorry for his sons." ”

Regardless of whether the friendship is true or not, the face of the four princes shows a respectful and respectful expression.

Seeing this, the emperor snorted lightly, drank all the medicinal food, took the silk silk handed over by Chen Ke and wiped his mouth, and then opened his mouth: "I know that I feel sorry for you and I still find trouble every day, can't you and the prince stop letting me live a comfortable life for a few days." ”

How well did the four princes know the emperor, his words and deeds, the tone of his speech, the casual movements and the subtle expressions on his face, the four princes have studied it thoroughly, and he saw that although the emperor said this, his tone was light and without any pressure, he knew that the emperor was just complaining, and he just followed this topic to bring up the purpose of his coming today.

The fourth prince put down the bowl that had been drunk, and bent down to the emperor to confess, "Father and the emperor are angry, isn't the son playing with the prince brother, it's all because of the Ruan family's case, and the son also wants to end it as soon as possible to avoid the conflict with the prince brother, and he will enter the palace as soon as possible." ”

As soon as the emperor heard that the Ruan family's case had an eyebrow, he was interested, but the question in his heart was still there, and he frowned and opened his mouth to ask: "Why did you suddenly remember to investigate the Ruan family's case seven years ago, this is not clear that you can't get along with the prince, are you playing so much!" ”

The fourth prince was not in a hurry, showing a little embarrassment on his face, and explained: "Father and Emperor Mingcha, Erchen did not have this plan, but that day I heard that the current Shaofu Supervisor Zhu brought out a few corpses in the mansion, and after a check, I found out that the corpses carried out from Zhu's Mansion within a year are unknown, and the reason is because of his son's tyrannical nature. They mentioned a few words about Ruan Xingtian back then, saying that when he was in office, he was upright and honest, and he sighed that the case seven years ago, his father also knew that his son had been curious since he was a child, and knew that Cao Kang, who reported Ruan Xingtian at that time, was serving in the court, and he couldn't help but check, who knew that he would find out something terrible when he checked it. Erchen thought that the Ruan family's case was very important, and it was dozens of lives, and since Erchen knew about it, he couldn't ignore it, so he was willing to take the risk of disapproval and had a dispute with the prince's brother, hoping that his father would be clear. ”

The emperor's face looked better when he heard this, and he had also heard about the lying corpse in the current Shaofu Supervisor Zhu Chi's mansion, and he believed what the four princes said, but these few points were enough, because these few points were enough to prove that it was an accident for the four princes to investigate the case of the Ruan family back then, not deliberately. This deserves the emperor's impartial treatment.

"So, when you entered the palace today, there has been a new development in this case."

Seeing that the emperor's tone had returned to his usual appearance, the fourth prince quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and his words became more and more respectful: "Yes, after more than a month of investigation, Erchen has already investigated the matter, and he came today to report to his father." ”

The emperor also knew that the four princes must have made some new discoveries, and he also had doubts about the case of the Ruan family at that time. After all, this case was too strange, there was no news before, and suddenly he was arrested by the prince overnight, and it was reported by Ruan Xingtian's cronies, although it seemed reasonable, but I always felt that something was wrong. This case was handled too hastily, and the Ruan family's fear of crime was too coincidental.

just thought that the prince had no grievances with the Ruan family and could not frame the Ruan family, plus the Ruan family was dead at that time, and it was useless to investigate further, so he let the prince file a case. It's just that I didn't expect it to be turned out by the four princes after seven years.

"I heard that you surrounded the Ruan's cemetery for several days for this case, and almost dug up people's graves. Then you can tell me what progress has been made. At this time, the fifth family took advantage of the fire to buy the land at a very low price, but kindly found a place for the Ruan family to bury, and then started construction in the original Ruan Mansion. It is now the first tea house in the capital, Qingluo Village.

"Erchen also had to do it as a last resort, so it was not in vain." The fourth prince showed a wry smile and took out a confession from his bosom and handed it over.

"Father, please see, this is the confession of Cao Kang, who was deceived by his son's ministers."

Chen Ke took it and respectfully handed it to the emperor.

The emperor opened it carelessly, his face became more and more ugly after his gaze touched it, and finally he threw the confession on the ground.

"Ridiculous!"

The fourth prince hurriedly knelt down and said respectfully: "Father is angry, and the son of the son also feels unbelievable when he hears it for the first time, so he must investigate this matter, father please see this, this is the confession of another personal attendant who followed Ruan Xingtian back then, and the son of the minister tossed for many days to find him, he heard that the son of the minister was investigating the case of the Ruan family, and he said everything he knew without saying a word." As he said, after the completion of that batch of weapons, the prince did see Ruan Xingtian in private, and the two did break up in the end. What followed was this incident, the whole process did not take more than three days, even if the son did not want to believe it, he could not believe it! Please ask my father to take a look. ”

Chen Ke stepped forward to take the confession and carefully handed it to the emperor. Although the emperor was angry, he still opened the confession to read. As the fourth prince said, even the time when the prince met Ruan Xingtian in private and how long he talked about it was clearly written. When connected with Cao Kang's confession, people can always guess something.

The emperor's hand holding the confession was trembling, and his face was blue. It's just that I don't know if the prince dared to act so boldly seven years ago, or why the fourth prince of Qi didn't reveal this matter relentlessly.

Seeing that the emperor didn't speak, the fourth prince's face was already bad, so he quickly kowtowed, stared at the emperor with a shimmering gaze, and said suddenly: "Please take care of your father, this matter is indeed a big deal, but if the father emperor doesn't want to deal with his sons, he has nothing to say, after all, the people of the Ruan family are dead, and the Nan'an army is still there, and now I think about it, it's not a big deal." It's the sons who are narrow-minded. ”

As soon as the emperor heard this, he slapped it on the table, what is it called no big deal?! He didn't care about the lives of dozens of people in the Ruan family, but the Nan'an Army! Nan'an Jun didn't even dare to move him seven years ago, why did the prince have it?!

Thinking of this, the emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he held back his anger and said coldly: "The prince is here." ”