Lang Zhong ordered Zhou Yan to search the entire North Palace with the palace guards, and finally found a jade medal engraved with the small character of "Jade Book" in Aunt Cui's side hall, as well as letters exchanged with the seal casting workshop.

When Aunt Cui saw these things, her face changed greatly.

Hasn't the jade chapter been returned by the brocade kite? Where did these letters come from?

Aunt Cui was taken to the court by the palace guards.

Gu Huaijin was a little surprised when she saw that it was her, "Auntie, how could it be you?" ”

Aunt Cui stopped and didn't want to go any further, she grabbed his robe and knelt down, "It wasn't the maidservant who did it, Your Highness, you have to believe me!" ”

The person who signed the Fengchang Department took the jade medal that was searched, compared it with the seal on the previous letter paper repeatedly, and after confirming it again and again, Su Bingde replied: "This jade medal is indeed the same as the one on King Qi's letter. ”

He flipped through the letters passed by Aunt Cui and the community, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to go to the market to collect evidence?" ”

"Go." Gu Chengye ordered in a hard voice.

He stared at the evidence, his eyes were heavy, and he turned to pacing in front of Aunt Cui, "You deliberately framed the prince?" ”

"The servant didn't do this, please let Your Majesty know it." Aunt Cui hung her head.

It didn't take long for the palace guard to bring back the shopkeeper of the seal casting workshop, and Zhou Yan pointed to Aunt Cui who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "Is this woman looking for you to cast a seal?" ”

The man circled around Aunt Cui a few times, looked at it again, and then nodded affirmatively, "It's indeed her." ”

"You talk nonsense! I don't even know you! Aunt Cui angrily retorted.

The man snorted coldly and sneered: "Auntie is really a noble person who forgets things, when you came to me with a jade medal, I saw that the small character was 'jade book', and I praised this character for achieving excellent results." You said that it was the name of your master, and he wanted to carve another jade medal to prepare, I was still wondering at the time, even if you want to prepare another jade medal, you should find the original workshop, why come to me? ”

"Ridiculous!" Aunt Cui was so angry that her chest rose and fell, but she couldn't find the words to defend herself, after all, these physical evidence were so complete, and it was surprising that they were complete.

She realized that she might have been framed, "This is all a non-existent thing, who made you make up this to frame me?" ”

The shopkeeper didn't look at her, but knelt down in front of Gu Chengye, "Your Majesty, what the grass people said is true, but if you borrow a hundred courage from the grass people, the grass people will not dare to bully the king!" ”

Gu Chengye held his forehead and thought for a long time, and muttered: "I don't think Huai Jin is so confused, doing this kind of thing of collaborating with the enemy and treason. He has always respected Lu Zhengze, didn't he collude with King Qi to ask for his Uncle Lu's life? ”

He glanced at Aunt Cui coldly, and his voice was cold, "Now that the human and material evidence is complete, drag it down and take it to prison." ”

Xiao Lingheng and Lu Younian glanced at each other, both feeling that Gu Chengye's decision today was too hasty, and they seemed to be defending Gu Huaijin between their words.

"Your Majesty sees that there are still many unusual things in this case, won't Your Majesty investigate it before making a decision?"

"I think this case is very clear." Gu Chengye dismissed his words, "If Gong Xiao feels that there is anything that doesn't make sense, just write it down and submit it." ”

Seeing this, Xiao Lingheng didn't want to say anything more.

Gu Huaijin went back to the North Palace to get his clothes, and then he was about to go to prison, but Cui Jinyuan stopped him.

Apparently, she had already gotten the news that Aunt Cui had been arrested and imprisoned.

"Your Highness, my mother was wronged, that jade chapter maid has been returned, and it is absolutely impossible for it to appear in the side hall again."

Gu Huaijin put down his clothes, turned around and sat down, "You stole the jade seal?" ”

Cui Jinyuan gritted her teeth and decided to tell the truth, "It was stolen by my mother, but I also listened to the orders of others." ”

"Who's the other?" Gu Huaijin stared at her and leaned over with interest.

Cui Jinyuan shook his head, "The servant doesn't know, only his mother is in contact with him on weekdays, and now he wants to blame His Highness for the crime of rebellion." ”

Although these are all expected by Gu Huaijin, she is also sincere. Gu Huaijin patted her shoulder, "Jin Kite, you should have told this king a long time ago." ”

Seeing that he was leaving, Cui Jinyuan suddenly knelt down, "Your Highness, Jinyuan said this to ask you to save your mother." Mother also did these things after listening to the bewitchment of the villains! ”

"Don't worry, as long as she knows how to advance and retreat, and is willing to confess to the people behind the scenes, I will save her."

Gu Huaijin picked up the clothes on the table and draped them on his body, and the outside of the hall was even more exposed, and the clear back quickly disappeared into the night.

At the gate of the prison, Gu Huaijin took off his coat and handed it to the palace people, and went straight to the prison.

Aunt Cui was wearing a prison uniform, curled up in the corner, with an extremely decadent appearance, she heard the movement, and raised her eyelids slightly, "Your Highness is here." ”

Gu Huaijin smiled, "I came today to catch up with my aunt." ”

"All of this was done by His Highness, right?" Aunt Cui snorted, not knowing if she was laughing at her or laughing at her current downfall, "When did Your Highness take precautions against your servant?" ”

She later calmed down and thought about it, how many people could blame her in this huge north palace.

"At first." Gu Huaijin didn't hide it.

Long before Xiao Wangshu reminded him, he was already suspicious. After all, the person who has disappeared for more than ten years, even if he is close to his mother, happens to appear when he wants to investigate the cause of his mother's death, which is too much of a coincidence. The reason why they were brought back to Beigong was just a plan.

The palace man brought a chair, Gu Huaijin dusted off his robe and sat down, "I just want to know, who is the person behind you?" ”

"Who's behind it?" Aunt Cui glanced at him in surprise, and immediately understood something, "Jin Kite told you?" ”

Seeing Gu Huaijin acquiesce, Aunt Cui sighed helplessly: "What the hell is a stupid girl, how can His Highness like her." ”

When the words fell, he was speechless for a long time.

Gu Huaijin felt bored, so he picked up a straw on the ground and played with it in his hand, "In the second year of Qingping, the queen mother bought my aunt on the street, and at that time, you were ordered by the old master to sneak into the Ye family." ”

Gu Huaijin looked at Aunt Cui's unnatural expression and continued: "In the third year of Qingping, the queen mother entered the palace, and in the fifth year of Qingping, you left the palace for a year under the pretext that your mother was seriously ill and needed to be served. That year, you gave birth to Cui Jinkite. ”

Seeing that the ripples on Aunt Cui's face were getting bigger and bigger, a smile gradually appeared on Gu Huaijin's face, "In the fourteenth year of Qingping, the queen mother died, and in the same year, the Yongxiang fire, that fire should not have been put by your old master to extinguish his mouth, otherwise you would not be so loyal to him today." That's what you put it yourself. The matter is over, leaving the palace is the best choice. ”

"It's just that the queen mother treats you so well, you can really do it." The smile on Gu Huaijin's face receded, and he gradually became infected with a yin aura.

"Although Niangniang is not my master, she is gentle and generous, not to mention that she was pregnant at that time, and I didn't have a hand in the end." Aunt Cui said calmly, although she is greedy for life and afraid of death, she will not admit that she does not do things.

"So, my mother's death has nothing to do with Xiao Shuli?"

Aunt Cui lowered her eyes and was silent, she understood that Gu Huaijin already knew everything.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Gu Huaijin smiled instead, "Naturally, it can't get rid of her." ”

"I promised Cui Shicheng that I would save your lives and send your family to a reunion, but the premise is that tomorrow you will truthfully state in front of Your Majesty what your old master made you do, who you harmed, and what sins you have beared."

Gu Huaijin saw that it was almost over, so he got up slowly, and the palace people removed the chair for him and brought a big coat.

"Your Highness has seen him?" Hearing the name of "Cui Shicheng", Aunt Cui couldn't sit still.

Cui Shicheng, the steward of the Xiao Mansion, her husband, Cui Jinyuan's father, the only person she owes in these decades.

"If he hadn't been pinched by the Xiao family, would you listen to Xiao Shuli's words like that? Cui Shicheng resented the Xiao family for treating you and Cui Jinyuan as pawns, causing you to not be able to reunite for decades, don't you have any resentment at all? ”

It is precisely because of this resentment that Cui Shicheng will find Gu Huaijin and become his eyeliner in Xiao Mansion.

"I don't think it's that hard, it's just to tell the truth, and I didn't let you make it up." Gu Huaijin took the coat and tied it casually, as if he was very sure that Aunt Cui would accept his conditions.

Sure enough, there was a struggle on Aunt Cui's face, and finally she nodded, "The servant promised His Highness." ”

Seeing that Gu Huaijin was leaving, Aunt Cui remembered what she had not finished speaking, she immediately stood up, grabbed the cell door and shouted, "I advise Your Highness not to investigate the cause of the death of the late queen anymore." ”

"I'm afraid my aunt is no longer qualified to say this." Gu Huaijin coldly put down this sentence, and the person walked away.

Aunt Cui sat down weakly, stunned.

After a while, footsteps sounded again in the empty prison hallway. The visitor walked up to Aunt Cui and stopped, and slowly took off her hat.

"Auntie, don't come unharmed."

Aunt Cui raised her head and called out in surprise: "It's you?" ”