"Your Majesty, that White Lotus traitor is in the East Palace and has become His Highness's companion."

Xiao Jing was out of breath, didn't care that Emperor Hongzhi was resting, and after entering the Qianqing Palace, he went straight to the imperial bed.

Except for His Majesty, no one can control His Royal Highness the Crown Prince,

Although he has sent the factory guard to the East Palace, he will arrest the companion named Wang Ziran.

But if the prince stops it, it will be difficult to do.

Therefore, he came to the Qianqing Palace non-stop to report.

Emperor Hongzhi slept very lightly, and the slightest abnormal noise would wake him up.

His body was stunned for a moment, he sat up in a dream, his eyes rolled slightly, and he asked one after another, "Hiding in the East Palace?" The prince himself hid it? ”

Xiao Jing said the matter without leaking.

He was worried about this face,

The eunuchs in the palace were all supervised by the celebrants.

As the eunuch with the palm print of the celebrant eunuch, the thief was sent to the East Palace, and he didn't know it.

What's more, he is also the factory father of the East Factory, and he is the eyes and ears of His Majesty.

Emperor Hongji took a deep breath,

Although the prince is not deeply involved, even if he is not deeply involved, he can't bring the killer to the palace!

It's not stupid, it's a brain disease!

Today, I must let Wang Ji give Zhu Hou a picture of this son of evil and take a look at his brain.

"It's also good to bring it back to the palace, you can find out the whereabouts of the White Lotus Yu Party, the court has cleared it many times, and it can't be completely destroyed after all."

After all, Zhu Houzhao was born in me, and he can't be too belittled in front of outsiders.

Emperor Hongzhi moved the idea of thoroughly investigating the White Lotus Sect.

He lifted the quilt and got up, changed into a crown robe, and walked briskly towards the East Palace.

"Summoning the cabinet and Jiuqing."

The little eunuch hurriedly went to report, informed the various yamen in the palace, and summoned Jiuqing to the East Palace.

Cabinet Courtyard,

Going to the East Palace must have something to do with the prince, His Majesty taught the prince a lesson, and he has always avoided outsiders.

Liu Jianfu asked: "This time to teach the prince, why do you want to summon Jiuqing?" ”

Little eunuch: "Your Highness made the remnants of the White Lotus a eunuch." ”

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang suddenly realized.

His Majesty asked them to go, and he must have wanted all the ministers to work together to thoroughly investigate Bai Lian's whereabouts.

The white lotus was like a fish thorn, choking on the throat of the imperial court, and if it was not pulled out, it would be uncomfortable. But there is no definite news, and there is no way to start the cleanup.

Looking at it now, Bai Lian's assassination of the prince is a good thing.

"Let's go, I'll go to the East Palace first."

Yan Chengjin received a summons from Emperor Hongzhi and walked towards the East Palace with steady steps.

Wang Shouren guessed well, but he never expected that Zhu Houzhao would dare to make people eunuchs and stay by his side.

When he came to the East Palace, Emperor Hongji was already sitting on the throne of the main hall.

Six ministers stood on either side, and three members of the cabinet did not come.

The brocade guards flanked left and right, capturing a eunuch.

This eunuch had a knot in his throat, apparently not castrated since childhood.

Zhu Houzhao knelt at the feet of Emperor Hongzhi, and the clothes on his body were rotten, like whip marks.

Obviously, His Majesty has already exercised.

"Hasn't the Cabinet come yet?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the BRICS road is slippery, and Duke Liu is old and walks slowly." Xiao Jing whispered.

"It's okay, it's not too late to wait for Liu Gong to come."

The hundred officials were silent, not daring to intercede for Zhu Houzhao.

It has been more than ten days since the prince was attacked.

Li Dongyang and the three Shanshan came late, walked into the main hall, and after saluting Emperor Hongzhi, they stood aside.

The only one who can make His Majesty personally interrogate is Bai Lian.

From the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the white lotus caused a headache for the emperors of all dynasties, like a cell division, and there were many branches, which lasted until the Qing Dynasty.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, every emperor hated the White Lotus.

The most ruthless is Zhu Di, in order to clean up, he killed many people in Shandong.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about teaching Zhu Houzhao a lesson.

He looked at Wang Ziran with burning eyes: "Tell me where the thief leader is, and I can spare your life." ”

When Wang Ziran saw today's son and hundreds of officials, he began to cry bitterly.

He is the only seedling in the family, and before entering Beijing, he never thought of being a eunuch at all.

Before becoming a member of the White Lotus Sect, he had been "fishing" in Poyang Lake.

"The villain's lotus flower has just been carved not long ago, and before entering Beijing, he has always been a lone lake thief, and he has never seen the head of the white lotus thief."

White Lotus has a great reputation in the community, and many people know about it.

Of course, Wang Ziran also knows.

Qin Hong stepped forward and glanced at the lotus flower in Wang Ziran's hand: "Your Majesty, it was indeed carved with a sharp weapon not long before it scabbed.

However, the number of lotus petals is wrong, and the lotus flower of the white lotus should be three-petaled, and it resembles a flame. ”

When he was the governor of Liangguang in Guangdong, he met the people who had captured the white lotus.

The faces of the officials are different.

I'm afraid that this person has been fooled, and he doesn't even know that he is a fake white lotus.

If it is false, it means that someone else wants to murder the prince.

Emperor Hongji began to worry.

"Who sent you?"

"The villain really didn't know, the man said to give five thousand taels, and the villain took it."

The reason why Wang Ziran dared to accept it was because after earning a sum of silver, he could go to sea to be a pirate, and he was not afraid of being pursued by the imperial court.

Yan Chengjin kept his head down.

Zhu Houzhao beat King Ning in Liangxiang, didn't King Ning want to take revenge?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin: "This matter will be investigated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate for me." ”

"Don't dare..."Yan Chengjin spit out three words after thinking about it carefully.

Li Dongyang and the others showed disdain, and you really shirked again.

Emperor Hongzhi had a straight face: "But there is a difficulty?" ”

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, since Wang Shouren told the minister that His Royal Highness brought the thief into the palace, the minister is investigating, but no trace has been found."

No trace is fake, and it is true that it is inconvenient to investigate thoroughly.

It was King Ning who did it.

This is just his speculation, and there is no definite evidence.

Wang Ziran was deceived a few times, and he couldn't ask anything.

Identifying the prince is different from impeaching the minister, and if the rebellion of King Ning fails, it is slandering the royal family and will be killed.

He didn't have enough evidence in his hands at all to bring down King Ning.

After taking this case, I have to give His Majesty an explanation.

Emperor Hongzhi's tone was unquestionable: "Then you will investigate, and I will order the factory guards to assist you." ”

Investigating the White Lotus is not something that a yamen can do.

When a major case is encountered, it is usually jointly investigated and handled by the three legal divisions.

When Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin's badge, he knew the inspection ability of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This son was not sure enough, so he didn't dare to agree.

Yan Chengjin had a dark face, since he let the three yamen linkage, he received the will.

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and motioned for the ministers to retreat, but he remained in the East Palace.

Don't think about it, you know what Your Majesty is going to do next.

Back to the Metropolitan Inspectorate,

Yan Chengjin sat in front of the bookcase, on which Yang Tinghe's file was placed.

"Even the ministers of the Sixth Ministry, Li Dongyang and others don't know the specific movements of Zhu Houzhao.

The only people in the palace who knew Zhu Houzhao's movements were the factory guards and Zhan Shifu.

Zhu Houzhao didn't go to Minglun Hall, and Yang Tinghe knew that he was out of the palace. ”

Therefore, he decided to start with Yang Tinghe.

Zhan Shifu,

Yang Tinghe heard that the imperial history said that Yan Chengjin was looking through his file and was uneasy.

Since receiving a generous gift from King Ning, he has always worried that he will be impeached.

Today, Emperor Hongzhi ordered a hundred officials to investigate thoroughly, and he made him ruthless and clear up the relationship as soon as possible.

If you take the initiative to be honest with Your Majesty, it will be insulting.

With His Majesty's magnanimity, he will not be punished.

He put on his black gauze hat and walked to the Fengtian Temple.

When I walked into the hall, the cabinet and Jiuqing were there.

"Your Majesty, the minister has received the gift of King Ning."

Emperor Hongji opened his mouth slightly.

Yang Tinghe hurriedly added: "King Ning said that he admired the minister's literary talents, and sent five calligraphy and paintings, and a piece of paperweight jade and other things, and the minister has returned them." ”