"And, sister, you know what. The palace maid found a cloak in Lin Yayin's residence, on which was written in blood with a large letter. ”

"What? Like? Wu Yuyan was a little surprised.

"Yes, it's Xinjieyu's Xin! Now it is rumored in the palace that Xinjieyu killed Chen Jing and used her sister as a substitute for the dead ghost. ”

Different from Zhou Yunqing's excitement, Wu Yuyan felt that there was something unusual and strange in this matter. Why did Lin Yayin die as soon as she entered the Floating Cloud Palace, it seemed that someone was deliberately manipulating. And that cloak, why was it so coincidentally found that it was just written in the letter?

"Sister Zhou, there is still something to do in this palace, you can go back first." Wu Yuyan wanted to go and see Lin Yaxin, so she asked Zhou Yunqing to step down. It's just that she didn't notice that Zhou Yunqing's expression instantly became gloomy, and the moment she raised her head, it changed back to normal.

"Then my sister will go back first." After speaking, he smiled and saluted.

After Zhou Yunqing left, Wu Yuyan took people to Yuquan Palace. When she arrived, Wang Jinyun was also there.

After a simple greeting, Wu Yuyan asked Lin Yaxin directly.

"I heard Zhou Cairen say that Imperial Girl Lin is dead? I wonder what my sister thinks? ”

"Sister don't worry, no matter whether she lives or dies, she can only die now, and she can't have any effect on us. Why, then, should we care about a dead man? Lin Yaxin said lightly.

"I'm just worried about my sister, that cloak, people outside rumored that my sister was the real murderer, so I ......" Wu Yuyan was very worried about Lin Yaxin, after all, she had spoken for herself, and she was also in her camp, if something happened to her, I am afraid that she would also become a target.

"It's okay, there are too many things in the palace out of nothing." Lin Yaxin was also thinking about this, but she hadn't been able to think of a good solution yet.

"So what should we do now?" Wu Yuyan asked.

"Respond to all changes with the same, since someone has made a move, then there will be a new situation soon. You can't just spread rumors to slander me. ”

"Yes, now that this rumor has come out, there are not a few eyes in the palace staring at Xin'er. The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light, and whatever they do now is easy for them to think that they are weak-minded. It's better to do nothing and see the tricks. Wang Jinyun also agreed with Lin Yaxin's opinion.

Since there was no reaction from the Yuquan Palace, the rumors in the palace became more and more excessive.

Similar to the waves of the harem, the former dynasty was also in a state of unrest at this time.

A few days ago, Liu Shiyuan reported that General Zhaohui was collaborating with the enemy, and Li Yiqian handed over the matter to the people of the Criminal Department to investigate. Today, the people in the criminal department have results.

"Your Majesty, after verification by the Criminal Department, General Zhaohui did not collaborate with the enemy."

"Hmph, if you say that, General Ben has framed Wu Yan!" Before Li Yiqian could speak, Liu Shiyuan stood up and scolded Yang Ling.

"The minister is just talking about things, and he doesn't mean to target the general, and I hope the general will forgive me." Yang Ling didn't care much about Liu Shiyuan's words.

"I don't know what evidence you have to prove Wu Yan's innocence, you must know that I saw General Zhaohui's correspondence with the enemy with my own eyes that day!" Li Yiqian didn't care about Liu Shiyuan's rudeness, but asked Yang Ling for evidence.

After comparison, the minister found that in General Zhaohui's handwriting, all those involving the word 'Yi' were replaced by the word "Yi", presumably in order to avoid the emperor's name. In the letter submitted by Vice Admiral Zhang, there was no such treatment. Yang Ling told the results of the investigation.

"How do you know he didn't mean it?" Liu Shiyuan expressed dissatisfaction with this statement.

"The minister thinks that a person can disguise for a while, but not for a lifetime. What's more, the handwriting was written by General Zhaohui casually, and there was no need for him to disguise anything, so it could only prove that this was caused by General Zhaohui's habits. Yang Ling said unhurriedly.

"This is just your speculation, what other evidence?" Li Yiqian then asked.

After discovering this difference, the minister took a few pages from each letter and the notebook and sent them to several different calligraphers for identification, and they believed that although the letters imitated very similarly, there were still differences in the handling of details for some characters. So, these things are the work of two people. ”

"How do you explain the seal on the letter, it is the private seal of General Zhaohui, how can others get it? It can't be fake! Liu Shiyuan saw that Wu Yan was about to be whitewashed, so he naturally refused to let him go so easily.

"The seal on it has been identified as the private seal of General Zhaohui. Danchen asked General Zhaohui about the fact that he had been drunk in the palace a few years ago, and woke up in the middle of the night to find that the seal on his body was missing, but the next day he appeared on the desk. He had a heart for this, and secretly reported the matter to the emperor at that time, daring to ask the emperor if he had such a thing? After Yang Ling finished speaking, he looked at Li Yiqian.

"It is true."

"As far as the minister knows, General Zhaohui and the eldest princess Zhiqin returned to Beijing a year ago, and the deputy generals around them also came back with him and lived in the general's mansion. And the minister investigated, and the day when the general said he was drunk, it was Vice General Zhang who helped him back to the room. Moreover, the deputy general who lived with Vice General Zhang also said that Vice General Zhang did not go back to sleep that night and did not go back until breakfast time on the second day. It can be seen from this that it is very likely that the person who took the seal while the general was drunk that day was Vice General Zhang. ”

"Where is Vice General Zhang now?" Li Yiqian asked.

"Although the emperor ordered General Zhaohui to be sent to the heavenly prison that day, the people in the palace were not restricted, and they must still be in General Zhaohui's mansion."

"Xiao Muzi, you take a team of guards to pass the decree, let Vice General Zhang enter the palace immediately, and if you resist, kill them on the spot." There was no trace of ups and downs in Li Yiqian's order, but anyone could hear the killing intent contained in it.

"Yes."

It wasn't until Mu Xiu left for a long time that the ministers in the palace reacted.

An Guogong Zhao Jing was the first to stand up.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that Vice General Zhang had brought it to report General Zhaohui, and the general had been speaking for Vice General Zhang in this matter, I don't know if he had anything to do with it."

"You talk nonsense! How could General Ben do such a treasonous thing! ”

As soon as Liu Shiyuan saw An Guogong stand up, he knew that something was wrong, you know, they are old rivals, not to mention that the concubine and Concubine De are also in a situation in the palace, who doesn't want to let their daughter do it? Naturally, he spared no effort to make the other party unlucky.

"Why don't you explain my question first, the general?"

An Guogong started with military merits, and finally had to be crowned the Duke of Guo, so naturally he would not be afraid of Liu Shiyuan.

"You...... Your Majesty, the minister is absolutely loyal to you and Huaguo! It's just that that day that Vice Admiral Zhang said that General Zhaohui wanted to present it to the emperor through the minister, and the minister had the courage to take him into the palace, but other than that, the minister didn't know anything! The ministers were all because they believed in the words of Deputy General Zhang, and they were angry that General Zhaohui collaborated with the enemy to target him like this! Please also ask the emperor to check clearly! Liu Shiyuan did not argue with Zhao Jing at this time, and only expressed loyalty to Li Yiqian.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should be dismissed from his position as a general and investigate this matter thoroughly!"

The two most powerful generals in the DPRK and China competed, and the officials under their respective banners spoke for their own people. As a result, the morning dynasty of this day became a quarrel between the two factions, of course, there were some people who did not participate in it, and only watched the excitement from the side.

Li Yiqian saw that the hour was almost there, so he shouted to stop.

Not long after, Mu Xiu walked in quickly.

"Your Majesty, the servants went to General Zhaohui's Mansion and didn't see Vice General Zhang. After asking the people in the mansion, I learned that Vice General Zhang had not returned to the general's mansion since General Zhaohui was taken into custody that day. Everyone hid only when he had no face to see, and the slave found this in the baggage that Vice General Zhang brought back from the border pass. ”

As he spoke, Mu Xiu took out a ring with some strange patterns engraved on it.

"Bring it up."

Li Yiqian took the ring, and suddenly, his heart was shocked. This is the pattern of the Arashi country, which he had seen on the clothes of the Arashi envoy group in his previous life.

It's Languo again! It turns out that their hands are already so long at this time?

At first, when Wu Yan told him about this, he just wanted to take the opportunity to find out the spies in the army, but he didn't expect that it was people from Lan Guo who mixed into the army. It seems that the inside of the military department is not so clean.

"Go show the General." Li Yiqian motioned to Mu Xiu to give the ring to Liu Shiyuan.

Liu Shiyuan looked at it for a while, and suddenly said loudly, "Lan Guo! This...... Your Majesty, I don't know! ”

"If it weren't for the careful attention of the people in the Criminal Department, I'm afraid that General Zhaohui would have fallen to the ground, and the general would want to cover it without knowing a word?" Zhao Jing looked at the faces of Li Yiqian and Liu Shiyuan, and when he heard the word Lan Guo, he instantly understood the origin of this deputy general. Get involved with Lan Guo, and see how Liu Shiyuan escapes responsibility this time!

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty! The minister didn't argue about loyalty and treachery, and he didn't see that this was the enemy's countermeasure, and he almost killed General Zhaohui, and begged the emperor to punish him! Liu Shiyuan knew that defending at this time would only make Li Yiqian even more angry, so he simply admitted the sin of not distinguishing between right and wrong.

"These days have been hard for the eldest princess, and she is afraid every day, and she has to be pointed at by others."

The prime minister's seemingly casual sentence pointed out the other victim of this case, the eldest princess Zhiqin, you must know that everything involves the clan, it can be big or small. The slightest carelessness can lead to a lot of unnecessary disputes.

"According to the minister's opinion, the general must be severely punished in order to serve the public, Your Majesty." Zhao Jingsheng bit Liu Shiyuan and didn't let go, and when his words fell, some people who followed him echoed him.

Others were joined by officials related to their families and clans.

"The general fought for the country and fought for half his life, how could he be severely punished for this?"

At this time, Liu Shiyuan confessed that this crime could no longer be justified, and the people who followed him struggled to refute those who wanted to condemn him.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although the general has been fighting for the country for half his life, General Zhaohui is not loyal to the country! General Zhaohui and the eldest princess are stationed at the border all the year round, so that we can have a stable life. At that time, the general only thought about putting General Zhaohui in prison, why didn't he care about his merits, but only thought about pushing him to the place of death? Now that the truth is revealed, if the emperor does not deal with the general, then how can the officers and soldiers in the army not be chilled! The prime minister was unusually low-key, and he clearly "went to war" with Liu Shiyuan.

"Your Majesty, the eldest princess is asking to see you outside the palace." While everyone was arguing, Wen Lin came in to report.

"Oh?"

"Your Majesty, when I went to General Zhaohui's Mansion before, the eldest princess asked the slave what happened, and the slave told her, presumably for this matter." Mu Xiu said in a low voice.

"Then let her in, after all, this matter also has something to do with my aunt."