The concubine was really wronged, she didn't instruct anyone around her to assassinate the prince. But just in case, the concubine still found the few waiters who had to be used in front of her.

Among several people are Cui Wensheng, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Pharmacy, Pang Bao, who topped Liu Chengban, as well as Wanhe, Liu Tai and others.

"Niangniang, assassinating the master is a big crime of the Nine Clans, and the slaves and maids don't dare to eat the bear's heart and leopard's guts!"

Cui Wensheng swore an oath, claiming that he was absolutely not involved in this matter, and whoever wanted to participate would not die well.

The concubine also believed that they didn't have the guts, so she called her father Zheng Chengxian and younger brother Zheng Guotai again.

"I don't think anyone doubts you, how can you be suspicious of your old man!"

Zheng Chengxian was even more unbearable than his daughter when he first learned the news, and fainted directly on his house, if his son Zheng Guotai hadn't found out in time, maybe the old man would have stretched his legs.

"Didn't you really ask someone to do it?"

The concubine didn't easily believe her father, because in her eyes, this father was not only very unsuccessful, but also liked to cause trouble all day long.

A few days ago, Jinyiwei also sent a secret report to the emperor, saying that Zheng Guozhang organized at home to help the young and strong market scoundrels engage in some kind of red feudal religion, and proclaimed himself the head of the sect, and told the sect that his daughter Guifei was a saint in the sect.

This kind of messy thing has to be put aside by others, and he would have been taken down from prison a long time ago, but Wanli, the son-in-law, is really good to his wife and mother's family, thinking that the old man is a pig killer, and he is used to messing around, so he will let him.

The husband took it as a joke, but the concubine couldn't think the same.

She suspected that it was because her father, who was the head of the sect, listened to someone's instigation and made this big case for a while.

"If you say no, it's not, do you still want your Lao Tzu to swear to the sky!" Zheng Chengxian angrily leaned into the chair, picked up his little grandson and ignored his daughter.

Zheng Guotai shook his head helplessly and said, "Sister, it really wasn't our father who did it." ”

"Who harmed my Zheng family?"

When the concubine saw her father like this, she also believed it, but the more this was the case, the more scared she became.

Zheng Guotai suddenly said: "Sister, why do you keep thinking about our Zheng family, can't this matter be made by him Zhu Changluo himself?" ”

"Huh?"

The concubine was stunned and looked at her younger brother puzzled.

Zheng Guotai snorted: "Zhu Changluo's big fat man looks honest, but he has a heart, he wants to get a bitter trick for your sister, and outsiders really can't suspect him." ”

The concubine was puzzled: "In the early years, Chang Luo and I had a grudge, but your nephew Chang Xun has already been in Luoyang, and his position as the crown prince is as stable as Mount Tai, why should he be unfavorable to me?" ”

"Xun'er is gone, but Xiao'er is not there."

Zheng Guotai looked at the little nephew in his father's hand. To be honest, he also admires his brother-in-law, who is in his fifties and can still make his sister's belly bigger, it seems that the imperial pharmacy has some good things.

"On the long-term theory, how can it not be the turn of Yu'er, what does Chang Luo have to worry about." The concubine didn't believe that Zhu Changluo would have this idea.

Zheng Guotai grinned: "That's what I said, but if the one in the middle palace is not there, my brother-in-law will definitely make my sister the queen, and when the time comes, he Zhu Changluo will not be able to occupy it." ”

Hearing this, the concubine's heart sank, what the younger brother said was not unreasonable, if she Zheng Guifei became Empress Zheng, the legal rationality of the East Palace would not exist.

In front of the judges, the elders have no advantage.

"Knowing people and knowing faces doesn't know their hearts, anyway, this matter is not done by our Zheng family, the advantage of making a big fuss is that he has to go to the East Palace, but our Zheng family, including you, the noble concubine, is stinky." Zheng Chengxian said in a muffled voice.

The concubine was silent.

In the middle of the ring, she said to her father: "These days, you stay at home and don't go out, and don't see guests." After speaking, he said to his father uneasily, "Don't get any red seals of yours, scatter everyone." ”

Zheng Chengxian was not happy when he heard it, and muttered: "I didn't kill people and set fires, why don't you let me get it?" ”

The concubine Niangniang was also angry: "Dad, you really want my Zheng family to never be able to live forever!" ”

Seeing that his daughter was angry, Zheng Chengxian had no choice but to say sullenly: "Okay, according to you, if you don't get it, you won't get it." ”

"Sister, you don't have to worry about it at home, but you're here?" When Zheng Guotai came over, he heard Pang Bao say that his brother-in-law was angry with his sister.

The concubine said slowly: "Your Majesty has asked the law department to conduct a strict trial, and this matter will not be found out in a while... As long as we do the right thing, Your Majesty will make decisions for me. ”

After speaking, I felt that my heart was always unsteady, and I was always looking forward to someone appearing, so I could hold her and say in her ear: "Everything has me." ”

........

Before the seven officials of the Criminal Department were tried, the court was in a lot of trouble.

The officials of the various departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have written to discuss the Donggong attack case, saying everything, which makes the case more and more confusing and chaotic.

The speech officials were disturbed, and the public discussed the matter, so that the attack case was not resolved.

Wanli ordered Zhang Wenda, who was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, to temporarily act in the Criminal Department.

The personnel changes also forced the trial of the seven divisions originally scheduled for the Criminal Department to be postponed to the 27th.

The presiding judge is Hu Shixiang, who has no party or faction, but he knows very well that this case is very important, and it is difficult to guarantee that a big case will not be set off after a thorough investigation, and too many innocent people will be implicated, so he just went through the motions and did not ask deeply.

Hu Shixiang's trial of the case made Wang Zhihuan, who felt that he had found out the truth, very dissatisfied, and he found Zhang Wenda and told Hu Shixiang that he might intend to shield Concubine Zheng.

Hu Shixiang didn't plan to delve into it at all, he didn't even ask Zhang Cha who the eunuch next to the concubine was, nor did he ask which husband he killed in the East Palace. The lower officials saw him several times on the side, but Zhang Cha wanted to say something, but Hu Shixiang scolded him and said that he should not affect the innocent, but Zhang Cha refused to say anything after hearing it. Wang Zhihuan was very dissatisfied.

Zhang Wenda listened thoughtfully: "Hu Shixiang is the Zhejiang Party?" ”

"I'm an official in the same ministry as him, but I don't know if he's a member of the Zhejiang Party," Wang Zhiyu thought for a while, "but this person has nothing to do with me Donglin." ”

"Then change people!"

Zhang Wenda snorted slightly, "Your Majesty instructed me to act in the Criminal Department, and I can decide the candidate for the chief judge." ”

Wang Zhihuan asked: "The Seventh Division has been tried, how will the retrial be decided?" ”

"Thirteen divisions are judged together."

Zhang Wenda rubbed his beard, "I will interrogate the thirteen divisions together to see what the result is, if it is still like that, you will be secretly interrogated again, and then report it directly." ”

This is under the pretext that if the thirteen divisions are still interrogated, they will not be able to form strong evidence against Concubine Zheng, so they will leave aside the thirteen divisions and start anew.

Wang Zhiyu thought that if he could find out the truth of the big case in the East Palace, he would definitely reward him for this work after the crown prince ascended the throne in the future.

At the same time, thousands of miles away in Yizhou, Liaodong, Gonggong Wei met Zheng Zi, the personal maid of the noble concubine Niangniang, who was escorted by Cui Yingyuan.

As soon as he retreated, Zheng Zi walked to his father-in-law's desk and suddenly squatted down, and then seemed to grope for something under him with his hands, not avoiding his father-in-law, and then stood up again and handed a note to his father-in-law along with a jade pendant.