Chapter 20: Nothing to do

"Presumptuous!" Jin Wuwu suddenly said sharply, while pulling back the folding fan from Fang You's hand.

"Miss Chu, the subordinates of your Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion don't understand the rules, they don't know how to salute when they see this son, they just ignore this son, and they dare to make a move on this son!"

Jin Wuwu first spoke against Liu Mengyan, but Liu Mengyan didn't enter the oil and salt, and went to provoke Chu Jiangliu, but Chu Jiangliu was very old-fashioned at a young age, and finally set his eyes on Fang You, he said so much nonsense, it was nothing more than to find a reason to embarrass Liu Mengyan.

At this time, he finally caught it.

Liu Mengyan didn't want to ignore Jin Wuwu today, so she wanted to part ways with Jin Wuwu in a few words, but Jin Wuwu just didn't want to leave by Liu Mengyan easily, so she wanted to embarrass Liu Mengyan.

"Fang You, make amends to His Royal Highness the Prince." Liu Mengyan said without hesitation, Jin Wuwu is a troublesome and annoying skill.

"Please forgive your sins with His Royal Highness." Fang You was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he also knew his current identity, and he would never be stupid enough not to listen to Liu Mengyan's orders.

"This can't just be the case." Jin Wuwu looked at Liu Mengyan.

"What does the prince want?" Liu Mengyan didn't expect this matter to be easily revealed, Jin Wuwu is good at finding things when he has nothing to do, probably because he has money and power, and he has nothing to do all day, so he always wants to toss something out.

"Miss Chu invites this son to have a good meal, just invite the moon floor here, and the dishes will be ordered by this son." Jin Wuwu's face immediately turned cloudy and turned into a smiling face.

Liu Mengyan felt sorry for her small savings, the Chu family has a rich heritage, it doesn't mean that she Liu Mengyan has a rich heritage, she has to order it casually in the Yueyue Building, this can really eat her. β€œ

"Yes." But even if she will be poor, Liu Mengyan can only agree, not because she is afraid of him Jin Wuwu, but because she is obedient to Jin Wuwu, Jin Wuwu will lose interest in her sooner or later.

"Miss, it's a dereliction of duty on the part of a subordinate." Fang You felt a little guilty when he saw the result become like this, if he hadn't given Jin Wufu a chance, Liu Mengyan wouldn't have to agree to Sanssouci's unreasonable request in order to appease Sanssouci's dissatisfaction.

"Since you admit your mistakes sincerely, I will not punish you severely, and the money spent will be deducted from your future wages." Liu Mengyan immediately said.

Fang You, who would feel guilty for tying Liu Mengyan, felt that he was too naΓ―ve, Liu Mengyan, a villain, was killed by Jin Wuwu.

When he came out of the Invitation Moon Tower, Jin Wuwu looked happy, Liu Mengyan looked flat, and Chu Jiangliu looked at his sister's attendant sympathetically. Even if Fang You was barely paralyzed, his face had already revealed his emotions at this moment.

"It seems that in the future, Miss Chu's follower will have to work for nothing with Miss Chu, and I'm afraid I won't be able to pay it off in a year and a half, right?" Jin Wuwu also had the leisure to tease Liu Mengyan and Fang You.

"This will not be bothered by His Royal Highness the Prince of the World." Liu Mengyan said.

"Your master is so slamming the door, do you want to consider coming to this world, this world has more silver, and the salary given must be more than your master." The smile on Jin Wuwu's face is bad, he is a person who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

"Don't talk about jokes. Let's go back to the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion first. Liu Mengyan just wanted to stay away from Jin Wuwu and eat, Jin Wuwu had no reason to pester them anymore.

"Miss Chu, are you going to wait to marry the Sixth Prince one day?" When Liu Mengyan walked away, Jin Wuwu stood in place and asked.

"Yes." Liu Mengyan replied simply and firmly, but this answer was just for Jin Wuwu.

In the end, whether to marry Jin Wu or not, she actually didn't think much about it.

Jin Wu has always respected her opinions, and she is younger than her, as long as she is willing, she will still live freely after marrying Jin Wu, at most, she will have the name of the Sixth Imperial Princess.

If she has never met the person she wants to marry, and she has to marry someone, the best choice must be Jin Wu.

After leaving the Yueyue Building and returning to the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Mengyan changed into men's clothes and went to the Criminal Department for a walk, and when the day's work was over, it was already evening, and she had more and more things to do, and she basically had to be busy all day and night at this point.

"Sister, do you remember what your aunt said about fasting for seven days in the palace?" After dinner, Chu Jiangliu came to talk to Liu Mengyan.

"Naturally, I remember, at noon, my memory is not so bad that I don't remember it for a while."

"I heard that the third prince broke his vows, got meat, and was said to curse the saint to die, and he has been detained at this time and is about to be sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment." When Chu Jiangliu told Liu Mengyan about this, he was not gloating, but probably sympathizing with the three princes, who had always been gentle and talented.

Hearing this, Liu Mengyan was also surprised, although she knew that Jin Yan had set up a big trap by fasting for seven days, but she didn't expect the victims who fell into the trap to come so quickly.

With the temperament and intelligence of the third prince, he should not be so stupid as to get involved in meat on the first day, I am afraid that in addition to putting forward such an absurd idea, Jin Yan is also playing other tricks behind his back.

This made Liu Mengyan inevitably a little worried about Queen Chu, Queen Chu and Jin Yan's mother and son have always been wrong, although they will not participate in the battle for the throne, but the position of the queen also allows her to have a certain impact on the imperial power, I am afraid that she is also one of the people that Jin Yan's mother and son have to deal with.

"Sister, when you came back from the Criminal Department, didn't you hear anything?" Chu Jiangliu saw that Liu Mengyan didn't answer, and asked again.

When Liu Mengyan came back, it was evening, and it was already completely dark at this time, and a lot of time passed after dinner, and she didn't hear anything when she was in the criminal department.

In this way, when I go to the Criminal Department tomorrow, the atmosphere in the Criminal Department will change.

"Nope. According to this crime, what kind of punishment will the three princes be imposed? Liu Mengyan subconsciously asked Chu Jiangliu.

"Sister, you are the chief of punishment, why do you ask me...... Moreover, the third prince may be innocent, sister, don't let him be wronged. Chu Jiangliu replied.

"You know the third prince very well? Aren't you familiar with the fourth prince, why do you still help the third prince speak. Speaking of the third prince, what Liu Mengyan can recall in her mind is that she is a young man who is always smiling and angry, compared to having a grudge against the second prince, having a marriage contract with the sixth prince, and having a few encounters with the fourth prince, she and the third prince are complete strangers.

"I just feel that the third prince was executed like this, it's a little pitiful...... "After all, Chu Jiangliu has experienced little, and it is inevitable that he can't bear to hear about this kind of thing.

"I, the chief of the criminal department, is just an eight-grade petty official, and the big case involving the current prince, where is my turn to participate, it must be Shangshu of the Criminal Department who will personally investigate. However, Shang Shu is a good official who knows right from wrong, if the third prince is really innocent, Shang Shu will not wronged him. Liu Mengyan still knows a little about her boss.

"The book of the criminal department, this sounds very majestic." Chu Jiangliu sighed.

"The old man surnamed Chu is more powerful than him." Seeing that Chu Jiangliu was going to treat the Shangshu of the Criminal Department as an idol, Liu Mengyan opened her mouth to say one more word. After speaking, he quickened his pace and left Chu Jiangliu behind.

Chu Jiangliu was stunned for a while, and then he came over Liu Mengyan said that it was Chu Shaoyuan, but no, Zuo Xiangna was so powerful that he didn't know a little bit more than the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

The eldest son of the Chu family sighed that the prestige of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was okay, but his ambition should not be set on the position of Shangshu, he had to desperately climb to a position that could be compared with today's Chu Shaoyuan.

On the second day, Liu Mengyan entered the palace as usual and went to the Royal Academy, following the imprisonment of the three princes yesterday, this time she entered the palace and witnessed the eldest prince being escorted out of the palace, accused of being an accomplice of the three princes' rebellion, because he rushed to the old emperor's sickbed to intercede for the three princes.

When the old emperor fell, the palace immediately became panicked, and even today's royal academy was much calmer than before.

Among the several outstanding princes, two of them are in prison, and only the second prince has the trust of the old emperor, and the next person who will suffer is not these people sitting in the royal academy.

Together with several other people, the gazes of the third princess who looked at Jin Yan's sister became a little subtle, but the third princess herself was unaware.

I thought that Queen Chu would also bring their two sisters and brothers over to accompany her to eat vegetarian dishes at noon today, but she didn't send anyone over. The reason is also obvious, Jin Yan's mother and son have sinister intentions, and Queen Chu is only afraid that she will have too much contact with the two of them, and she will also affect them. β€œ

After leaving the palace, Liu Mengyan changed into men's clothes in Zuo Xiangfu, but today she didn't want to go to the criminal department.

imprisoned two excellent princes at the same time, and the current criminal department is really a big trip to troubled waters.

Chu Shaoyuan saw that Liu Mengyan hesitated not to go out, and said: "Since you haven't resigned yet, you should be your chief of punishment, and even if the sky of the criminal department falls, you won't be able to bear it, what do you hesitate to look like here." ”

"Is it too late to resign?" Liu Mengyan looked at her father and asked sincerely.

Chu Shaoyuan has long been accustomed to his daughter's unreliable speech, and has his own way of responding, "Your official was given by the emperor, if you want to resign, go to the emperor to resign." But with your identity, you can't see the emperor. So let's just continue to be the chief of punishment honestly. ”

"A left-hand minister, he can't even remove an eight-rank petty official." Liu Mengyan just said casually, she didn't need Chu Shaoyuan to scare her, and she couldn't do such an irresponsible thing as resigning from the government.

"But Dad, which of these princes do you like?" Liu Mengyan asked curiously.

The current Chu family, on the surface, naturally no prince will help, and will be loyal to the Tiansheng Dynasty alone, but who knows if there will be a time when the Chu family will make a choice in the future, and Chu Shaoyuan's choice will represent the choice of the Chu family.

If any prince can get the support of the Chu family, it is really an advantage, after all, the Chu family currently has the head of the hundred officials in the court, and there is the queen of the mother in the palace, the prince chosen by the Chu family, that is, the prince who the left minister and the queen want to support.

Chu Shaoyuan specially told Liu Mengyan to stay away from people surnamed Jin, which really needs to be taken seriously. Thanks to the dissolution of Liu Mengyan's marriage contract with Jin Yan, the new marriage partner, the sixth prince, is the most unlikely person to become the emperor.

Otherwise, the Chu family will become Jin Yan's backing.

Thinking of this, Liu Mengyan couldn't help but rejoice, thanks to Jin Yan's mother and son, who valued temporary interests, let Li Yuanyuan replace her.

Even before Li Yuanyuan's reputation was ruined, it was not as influential as her Liu Mengyan. Li Yuanyuan can indeed make the Li family lean towards Jin Yan a little, but the marriage of a third lady can't make the Li family fully support Jin Yan. Especially there is a Jin Ruyu, no matter whether Jin Ruyu wants to be the emperor or not, the power of this imperial uncle will not be shaken by the change of imperial power, and it is enough for the Li family to support Jin Ruyu.

"The princes are all dragons and phoenixes among people, no matter which one ascends the throne, it is a blessing for the country." Chu Shaoyuan replied solemnly.

"Since the princes are so good, it is a blessing for the country that they have ascended the throne, so should the current one take advantage of his breath and give way to his son?" Liu Mengyan raised her eyebrows and asked rhetorically.

Chu Shaoyuan's face darkened, "If you say something rebellious again, take care of your mouth." ”

"In front of me, does Dad still want to talk about these false things? The second prince is anxious for quick success, the third prince is too soft-hearted, the eldest prince is impulsive and reckless, the fifth prince is not capable, and the fourth prince is a little eccentric. Liu Mengyan evaluated all the princes in one go, even she could feel it, how could Chu Shaoyuan, an old fritter who was in the officialdom, not know.

"You girl, you are really lawless! Sooner or later, the head will be dropped. Chu Shaoyuan raised his hand and patted the back of Liu Mengyan's head, and the action was the same as that of Queen Chu.

Thinking that she often treated Chu Jiangliu like this, Liu Mengyan estimated whether this was a good reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao.

Liu Mengyan, who left Zuo Xiangfu and came to the Criminal Department as Jiang Xue, got off the carriage at the gate of the Criminal Department.

The guards at the door who would chat with her with a hippie smile when they saw her on weekdays all showed a majestic momentum today, and they looked very difficult to approach.

"Is Cui Shangshu here?" Liu Mengyan asked casually.

"Lord Jiang, except for you today, everyone else came to the Criminal Department early in the morning to stand by." The guards are also familiar with Liu Mengyan, and they can't help but ridicule the youngest and most absent criminal director of the Criminal Department.

"I didn't expect ......," Liu Mengyan sighed as she walked inside.

Naturally, it is not the turn of a group of petty officials to intervene in the case of the two princes, but such a big case falls on the head of the criminal department, no matter who it is, they have to be energetic.

"Jiang Xue, come here." Liu Mengyan had just entered the door of the Criminal Department, and was caught by Cui Cong who was passing by, and Cui Cong beckoned to her and asked her to come over.

"What's the matter with Lord Cui?" How could Liu Mengyan not listen to the words of the boss of the criminal department, so she naturally ran to Cui Cong obediently.

"On weekdays, you inspect the cell, and now the official is going to the cell, so come along." Cui Cong said.

Liu Mengyan vaguely felt that Cui Cong went to the prison cell, except for seeing the eldest prince and the third prince, there was no other possibility at all. If she could, she wouldn't want to go at all.

But in the face of Cui Cong's request, Liu Mengyan didn't dare to say the word "no", and only followed Cui Cong silently.

Among the people who followed Cui Cong, there was also the waiter of the Criminal Department, Liu Mengyan, the little chief of the criminal department, naturally did not have the courage to walk side by side with the waiter of the Criminal Department, so she fell to the end.

In the entire Criminal Department, in addition to Liu Mengyan, the chief of punishment, there are many such petty officials, but it can be seen from all over the criminal department that Cui Shangshu attaches great importance to Lord Jiang Xuejiang, and even brought the chief of punishment when trying the prince.

And whether Cui Shangshu attaches importance to himself as a junior, Liu Mengyan is not clear. She only knew that Old Man Cui always appeared when she especially didn't want to touch him, and she couldn't help but pull her into trouble.

She didn't think about her career when she was the chief of punishment, so she didn't think that she could be promoted if she curried favor with the people above her, and which junior Cui Cong wanted to cultivate was not within the scope of her thinking.

And now, she has followed the two authorities of the Criminal Department to the cell where the third prince is being held, this feeling is really like this......

"Lord Cui, I will feel relieved when I see you, if it is you, I will definitely return my innocence." The third prince, who was imprisoned and still held a book in his hand, was originally sitting cross-legged on the ground, but when he saw someone coming, he stood up.

Looking at the three princes up close for the first time, Liu Mengyan was even more determined in her previous thoughts, she was really an indecisive prince, and she was bookish, it would be good if she was just a literati.

"The lower officials must find out the truth, and they will be wronged by His Highness during this time." Cui Cong saluted the three princes, even if the three princes are now locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department, Cui Cong still respects this prince.

Just like Liu Mengyan said to Chu Jiangliu, Cui Cong is an upright person, and he will not let people be wronged in his criminal department. β€œ

"After all, how can you prove your innocence if you are stained with meat, and you can't spit out all the food you eat and check it out." Liu Mengyan muttered, but it was only in a low voice, and she didn't dare to let the three big people present hear it.

However, the oldest one here is the one with the most intelligent ears, Cui Cong vaguely heard Liu Mengyan's words, so he turned his head to Liu Mengyan with a smile and said, "What did Fang Cai Xiaojiang say?" ”

Hearing that Cui Cong's address to her had changed from "Jiang Xue" to "Xiao Jiang", Liu Mengyan trembled and replied, "Master Cui heard it wrong, I didn't say anything." ”

"Who is this?" The third prince is a little curious about Liu Mengyan's origin, Cui Cong will not bring anyone here casually, this time he brought two people, a criminal squire he naturally recognized, but this young man who seems to be not yet the crown is completely unfamiliar.

"Xia Guan is the chief of the Criminal Department, just an eight-rank petty official, Your Highness doesn't have to care about me." Liu Mengyan didn't want to be noticed by the person surnamed Jin at all, so she deliberately lowered her head and said to the third prince.

"Even if it's just an eight-rank petty official, it's a very important pillar of the country, you don't have to belittle yourself." The three princes are very "empathetic" and authentic.

Liu Mengyan didn't need the empathy of the third prince at all, and when she heard the third prince say this, she just echoed two sentences at will, and never took the initiative to say something that would cause a topic.

"This official has just heard you say a way to prove the innocence of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, why don't you want to say it out loud for us?" Cui Cong did not forget his original purpose because the third prince interjected halfway.

Liu Mengyan had a headache, this Cui Cong didn't know if she really heard it wrong or pretended to hear it wrong, how could she say half a sentence that she had a way to prove her innocence to the third prince.

But Cui Cong said so, she just has no way and has to have a way, doesn't she?