But Zhang Hua approached him step by step with the gold medal order arrow, and he didn't dare to stop them, so he had to let them in.

After entering the house, Xiao Shunzi went to the study to look for it, while Zhang Hua took people to look for it in other places.

Before leaving, Gongliang Rongruo specially explained to Xiao Shunzi that the study is an important place for correspondence, so you must search carefully.

Xiao Shunzi searched around the room and found nothing unusual, until she found the letters hidden in several scrolls in the amphora celadon vase. He took out these letters and said to the king of letters: "My lord, it is so sad that your majesty has such a thing to do such a thing! ”

He had never seen those letters before, and he turned to his personal guard and asked, "You put them?" ”

The guard shook his head again and again, "No, my lord! My subordinates haven't seen those letters! ”

The study was an important place, and he had never let anyone come into contact with him except for him, his personal guards, and a few cronies, so who would have put it? But he didn't have time to think about it, he only knew that those letters were extremely unfavorable to him, so he said: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, what are written on those letters?" ”

"This is written with evidence of collusion between you and the Heshe people, and after you saw that Mrs. Li was relieved of the siege of the Phoenix Tower, you were unwilling, and secretly let people kill him and kidnap Guangjing, so that everyone thought that Guangjing killed Mrs. Li. The prince is really ruthless, Mrs. Li has also taught the prince, and the prince can't bear to kill Mrs. Li! ”

When King Xin heard this, his eyes were about to burst into flames, and he said angrily: "This must be someone slandering this king!" This king has been framed! ”

"So, these are also framed?" Zhang Hua walked out with a few scimitars in his hands, and the scimitars were the weapons used by the Hesher people. "These are all I found from a firewood room in the backyard of the prince, prince, how do you explain this?"

At this moment, all the evidence pointed to him, and King Xin was really speechless.

Just as several people were confronting each other, suddenly another person said, "Lord Qiqi, this wall is empty!" There was a painting hanging on this wall, but because Xiao Shunzi found the letter in the calligraphy and painting, the other soldiers also took off the rest of the scroll, intending to see if there were any articles in it, and accidentally discovered this secret.

Zhang Hua walked over and knocked on the wall, and sure enough, it was empty. Zhang Hua searched for a long time and didn't find the mechanism, so he said to King Xin: "Please also ask the prince to open the mechanism!" ”

King Shin didn't expect his secret to be discovered by others, his hands clenched into fists fiercely, and his palms were full of sweat. Although he heard Zhang Hua's words, he was unmoved.

Zhang Hua saw that he was inactive, so he stretched out his fists and struck the wall, and the wall fell with ashes, but the wall only had a small crack.

At this time, the guard who followed King Xin said to Zhang Hua: "My lord, the little one knows where that mechanism is!" With that, he walked to the back of the long case, and on the armrest on the left side of the chair, he turned the python's head. Then, with a bang, the whole wall turned over.

At this time, everyone knew why Zhang Hua couldn't open the wall, it turned out that the entire wall was a mechanism.

King Shin looked at the man, his eyes were scarlet, "You, you actually betrayed me!" ”

In the palace, in addition to his cronies, it was this personal guard who made him look at him the most, but he didn't expect that in five years, he still betrayed him.

"I didn't! The prince must not say that, if it weren't for your collusion with the assassins of Heshe, how could such a thing have happened? ”

"I didn't!" King Shin shouted again, but the evidence was conclusive, and no one paid any attention to his words. Angry, he suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the guard's neck, "Say, who told you to frame me?" Who is behind you? ”

The guard rolled his eyes a little when he pinched him, and it was difficult to breathe, but he still denied it: "No, no one instructed him!" It's all your own fault! ”

"Okay, since you don't tell the truth, then I'll kill you!" As he spoke, the strength in his hand increased.

Seeing this, Zhang Hua was afraid that he would really die, so he hurriedly stepped forward and hit King Xin with a boxer, and King Xin was in pain, so he let go of his hand.

At this time, the Praetorian Guards who were surrounding him hurriedly stepped forward to surround King Xin, for fear that something would happen to him again!

Xiao Shunzi walked up to the guard and asked, "Are you alright?" ”

The guard looked at King Shin with fear in his eyes, he had just thought that he was really dead. After hearing Xiao Shunzi talking to him, he quickly shook his head and replied, "It's okay!" ”

"It's okay! Did the King of Faith tell you about this trap? ”

"It's not! The king never said this to me. This is when I saw the chair fixed to the ground when I was cleaning yesterday, and I was curious for a moment to know the location of the mechanism. ”

"Okay, since that's the case, let's go into the palace with our family!"

When Xiao Shunzi put all the letters and evidence in front of Gongliang Rongruo, Gongliang Rongruo's face had become very ugly, he looked at King Xin, and said bitterly: "You are my most respected eldest brother, but I didn't expect that you actually colluded with Hesher's assassins, mutilated his brother, killed Mrs. Li, and blamed Guangjing, you really make me feel so cold!" ”

King Xin argued: "I don't, these are all people who have wronged me!" ”

Gongliang Rongruo put those letters on the imperial case in front of him, "Wronged you? So what do you say? And in the house in the south of the city, how do those people explain? They are all dead soldiers with strong martial arts, let me ask you big brother, what are you doing with those dead soldiers? ”

Gongliang Wudang was completely wilted now, he didn't expect that those things in the South Mansion were also discovered by Gongliang Rongruo, and now, he was completely finished, and all things were revealed by him.

Thinking of this, he simply stopped hiding, and said to Gongliang Rongruo: "That's right, those dead soldiers were raised by me!" I'm not reconciled! Why? I am the eldest son of my father, and I have been both civil and military since I was a child, and I must do my best in everything. I just thought that one day I could solve my father's problems! But my father passed the throne to you, the second son, how can I be willing? After so many years of grudges, he said them all in one go.

Gongliang Rongruo looked at him, his eyes were full of gloom, "I know that when I was canonized as the prince of the East Palace, you were very dissatisfied with me. But after I ascended the throne, I didn't care about this, but still canonized you as a first-class prince, and still enjoyed the benefits of a second-class prince. Just because you are my most respected big brother! But that's how you reciprocated me! Gongliang Wudang, good, you are very good! ”

Gongliang Wudang looked at him and said coldly: "Gongliang Rongruo, don't pretend anymore, I already knew that you would not let me go." It's just a pity that a dignified Emperor Song has to rely on Qinglou to obtain information! I don't know what it would be like to be known by those ministers and people! ”

"No, you don't want to talk nonsense here!"

King Shin had expected him to say this, so he continued: "Whether you admit it or not, it is true! It's a pity that those people from Hesher suddenly came out and ruined your good deeds! ”

Gongliang said angrily: "Until now, you are still stubborn!" It really hurts me! ”

"Put away your hypocritical face! I've never seen the word "sincerity" in you, including your mother, Empress Dowager Wan. You mother and son are all the same, wearing masks! ”

Hearing that Gongliang Wudang even scolded his own mother, the haze in his eyes became even heavier, and he said: "Before my father died, I told me to treat you brothers well, but eldest brother, you are really disappointed by me!" If I don't kill you, it's really hard to calm the hearts of the people in the world! ”

"You've wanted to kill me for a long time, and you've been thinking about it for more than a day or two! It's not just me, it's the other brothers too! ”

"I don't, I've never had such a mind!"

"Your Majesty, King Xin colluded with the people of Heshe to assassinate the princes, raise the dead, and repeatedly contradict Your Majesty, and his crime should be punished! I hope Your Majesty will make a decision soon! Zhang Hua, who had been standing aside, said.

Gongliang Rongruo didn't know what to do for a while, he knew that Zhang Hua meant to let him kill King Xin and never suffer in the future.

Just as he was hesitating, the voice of the inner eunuch sounded outside, "King Mu and King Ning have arrived!" ”

After the voice fell, Gongliang Yanqing and Gongliang stopped talking. After they saw Gongliang Rongruo, they came up one after another and asked, "Your Majesty, I heard that you raided the Xinwang Mansion, what is going on?" ”

Gongliang Rongruo put the letters on the royal case and said to the two of them, "Look at them! ”

This matter was originally a conspiracy between Gongliang Yanqing and Gongliang Yuzhi, but after seeing those letters at this moment, he just glanced at them in a hurry.

Gongliang Yanqing asked in surprise: "Your Majesty is saying that it is the eldest brother who colluded with the assassins of Heshe Kingdom, assassinated us, and killed Taifu Li to blame Guangjing?" ”

Zhang Hua said on the side: "King Xin not only colluded with the assassins of the Heshe Kingdom, but also secretly contacted the people of the Wu Kingdom to raise the dead. ”

After hearing this, King Xin argued loudly: "It is true that I have secretly contacted the people of the Wu Kingdom, but I have not colluded with the assassins of the Heshe Kingdom, and that matter has nothing to do with me!" ”

Gongliang Yuzhi looked at King Xin, and said with some heartache: "I didn't expect the eldest brother to be such a person!" ”

Gongliang Wudang fell to the ground, looked at Gongliang Yuzhi and Gongliang Yanqing, and smiled miserably: "You are all too stupid, do you think these things are true?" These are just a good show that Gongliang Rongruo and Zhang Hua jointly performed in order to frame me! He's just trying to kill me, including you, and you'll soon follow in my footsteps! I'll be waiting for you there! Ha ha! By the time he said that, he was already a little crazy!

Gongliang looked at him and said, "I believe that the eldest brother can't wait for that day!" After that, he had already knelt down and said to Gongliang Rongruo: "Your Majesty, although the eldest brother deserves death, after all, he is also a brother who grew up together. I beg Your Majesty to be merciful and spare the life of the eldest brother! ”

Gongliang Yanqing also knelt down and said to Gongliang Rongruo: "Your Majesty, the younger brother also implores Your Majesty to let go of the eldest brother!" I believe that the eldest brother will repent in the future! ”

Gongliang Wudang didn't expect that they were interceding for him, he sighed and said, "That's it, do you think he will let me go in this way?" ”

Gongliang Rongruo really doesn't know what to do at this moment, from a private point of view, he really doesn't want Gongliang Wudang to live, he is alive, not only to contact Heshe and Wu Guo, but also to raise the dead, his ambition is too great. But if he is killed, the image of Renjun that he has worked so hard to build will be destroyed again.

Therefore, he first ordered someone to escort Gongliang Wudang out, and when he saw the two people who were still kneeling on the ground and did not get up, he asked Xiao Shunzi on the side, "Xiao Shunzi, what do you say?" ”

After Xiao Shunzi glanced at Gongliang Rongruo, he lowered his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, the slave is soft-spoken, and he doesn't dare to speak in vain!" ”

"If I tell you to say it, you can say it, there is no scruples!"

Xiao Shunzi replied: "Although the crime of believing in the king is unforgivable, he is His Majesty's sibling after all, if His Majesty can be extrajudicial and gracious, I believe that the people of the world will definitely praise Your Majesty!" ”

After hearing this, Gongliang Rongruo sank to death for a long time before he said slowly: "Since this is the case, then spare him the death penalty, but the death penalty can be avoided, and this living crime cannot be escaped!" You should know that in the future, he will definitely not be able to come back to this Kaifeng City! ”

Hearing Gongliang Rongruo say this, Gongliang Yuzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, which proves that Gongliang Wudang's life was saved, yes, he said to Gongliang Rongruo: "Brother understands that I think the eldest brother will be grateful for His Majesty's kindness!" ”

After hearing this, Gongliang Rongruo sighed and said with a light smile: "Are you grateful? Look at the big brother like that, is he a grateful person? ”

Gongliang Yanqing said at this time: "As long as you are worthy of your heart, I believe you will not care about anyone's eyes!" ”

"Okay, a good sentence worthy of my heart!" Gongliang Rongruo echoed the case.

Three days later, the capital posted an imperial list, and King Xin colluded with the assassins of Heshe to assassinate the kings and kill Li Taifu. It should have been a capital crime, but in fact, the eldest son of the first emperor was thought of, and he was sent to the frontier to do hard labor. And all the men in his house were sent to the Youting to work as coolies, and all the female dependents were sent to the official music workshop.

After that, the sensational assassination case of the kings came to an end.

And Phoenix Tower also changed to an old bustard, named Mei'er, under her leadership, Phoenix Tower's business is like a day.

A month later, news came from the frontier that King Shin had drowned. The message was delivered very slowly, and by the time the public word was known, another month had passed. Gongliang Yuzhi was also drunk alone on the night he learned the news.

Because he knew that the eldest brother had excellent water nature, it was impossible for him to drown, and the only explanation was that Gongliang Rong wanted his life.

It was also from this time that Gongliang Yuzhi knew that Gongliang Rongruo had no intention of letting go of Gongliang Wudang at all. The reason why he didn't kill Gongliang Wudang that day was entirely to maintain his image as a benevolent monarch.

It's a pity that he has only really met this fourth brother for more than 20 years.

However, the death of King Xin did not cause much turmoil in the capital, but the marriage of a noble girl in the capital, which caused heated discussions among everyone.

The emperor's concubine selection activity was huge, and the Changrong County Lord of Pingyang Palace also went to participate in the concubine selection, but he was not left behind. It is said that the Queen Mother wants to marry her personally!

Two months later, it was already September, and the Empress Dowager Wan occasionally felt cold, so Gongliang Rongruo went to Ningshou Palace to visit the Empress Dowager Wan in person.

After personally serving the Empress Dowager Wan and drinking the medicine, he handed the plum in Ruoqiu's hand to the Empress Dowager Wan to take it.

After taking the medicine, Empress Dowager Wan's spirit was a little better, and Gongliang Rongruo said: "Queen Mother, my son has something I want to ask my mother. ”

"What's the matter, if you want to ask, let's ask!"

"That's the case, didn't Erchen send someone to the Xia Kingdom before? I got in touch with a person from Wan Junwei, and I heard that person say that An Muxi, the former leader of Wan Junwei, has a lot of respect for Ye Xuemei, not so much respect as awe! Queen Mother, do you think, is there any other reason for the person who can make An Muxi awe-inspiring besides martial arts? ”

Empress Dowager Wan thought for a while, and replied: "In terms of martial arts, Ye Xuemei is definitely not An Muxi's opponent, so it means that it is a resource!" ”

When Gongliang Rongruo heard this, he immediately denied it: "This is impossible, Erchen has personally met her, she just has an empty appearance!" There is no resourcefulness at all! ”

Empress Dowager Wan shook her head with a light smile and said, "Don't be careless, then Ye Xuemei may have deliberately pretended to be in front of you?" ”

Gongliang Rongruo was still puzzled, and he said, "Why do you pretend to be in front of your sons? The only one who can avenge her is her son! ”

Empress Dowager Wan said, "Thinking about it, Ye Xuemei must be afraid that you, like Murong Yu, will abandon her as a chess piece after the great cause is about to be completed, so she deliberately pretended to be in front of you." However, you're not the only one she can rely on! ”

Gongliang frowned and said, "If it's not a son, who else will there be?" Could it be the fifth brother? Impossible! Although it is said that the fifth brother has a military defense camp in his hands, if there is no will of his sons, he will not even be able to transfer a single soldier. ”

Empress Dowager Wan replied with a smile: "Don't forget, how Murong Yu got up in the first place." He was just a very unfavored prince at the beginning, and he had nothing in his hands. As a result, he didn't become the emperor of the Xia Kingdom? ”

When Gongliang Rongruo heard this, he immediately said angrily: "I didn't expect this woman to dare to deceive me!" Xiao Shunzi, quickly order someone to go to King Rong's Mansion to arrest that woman! ”

Empress Dowager Wan stopped at this moment: "No! What are you going to say about arresting her at this time? Debunking her lies to her face? But in that case, she may not be willing to use us sincerely! ”

Gongliang Rongruo frowned tightly and said, "Queen Mother, what should I do?" ”

Empress Dowager Wan stretched out her hand and rubbed her eyebrows, she was still sick, and after saying so many words, she was naturally a little tired, "The mourning family has a better way, don't worry!" Just wait! ”

The ninth day of September is the annual Chung Yeung Festival, on this day, according to the custom, it is customary to plant dogwoods, eat Chongyang cakes, and drink chrysanthemum wine to pray for disaster relief.

Rong Xiang was busy early in the morning, inserted dogwood next to each gate and courtyard in the east courtyard, and went to the kitchen to make Chongyang cake in person. This chongyang cake has nine layers, and at a glance, it looks like a pagoda. There are also two lambs on it, which means named Chongyang (sheep).

After Rong Xiang finished the chongyang cake, she returned to the east courtyard with the basket, and saw Ye Xuemei and a woman walking out, and the woman was Ruoqiu beside the Queen Mother.

After Rong Xiang curtsied at Ye Xuemei and Ruoqiu, she said, "Good girl, good aunt!" ”

After Ye Xuemei motioned for Rong Xiang to get up, Rong Xiang looked at Ruoqiu in surprise and said, "Why did my aunt suddenly have time to find the girl?" ”

Ruoqiu replied with a smile: "Isn't this the Queen Mother's concern!" It's the Double Ninth Festival again, so let me invite the girl into the palace! ”

Ye Xuemei also replied with a smile: "Thank you so much for the Queen Mother's love!"

"In fact, the queen mother has been thinking about the princess, and she has long wanted to call the princess into the palace, but unfortunately a few days ago, a palace maid forgot to close the window, causing the queen mother to blow a cold wind all night, and the next day she was infected with a cold!"

"The Queen Mother is sick? Okay now? Ye Xuemei asked.

"It's already good, that's why I asked the slave maid to pick up the princess into the palace!"

"Rong Xiang, carry the freshly made chongyang cake, let's go to the palace!" Ye Xuemei commanded.

Rong Xiang followed Ye Xuemei's instructions, put on the Chongyang cake, and went to Ningshou Palace with Ruoqiu. In Ningshou Palace, after seeing Ye Xuemei arrive, Empress Dowager Wan said with a smile: "Miss Ye is here!" Then come and sit down! ”

Ye Xuemei was about to sit down according to what the Empress Dowager Wan said, when she saw a polite man sitting next to the Empress Dowager Wan. After the man saw Ye Xuemei, his eyes showed a look of surprise, and he arched his hand at her and said: "In Xia Wandelin, I have heard for a long time that Miss Ye has a stunning appearance, and when I see it today, it is really so!" ”

Ye Xuemei also saluted him in return, and said, "Childe praised it!" ”

"Where, where! To be able to meet the girl is a blessing in the next three lives! As he spoke, his eyes kept staring at Ye Xuemei's face.

After seeing this scene, Empress Dowager Wan smiled and said: "Wan Delin is the nephew of the mourning family, he has been an official in Jiangning a few years ago, and in recent days, the mourning family has transferred him back to the capital, and now he is the right attendant in the criminal department!" ”

After listening to Empress Dowager Wan's words, Ye Xuemei suppressed the sneer in her heart. After King Xin's accident, Yu Xiyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was impeached, saying that he colluded with King Xin, accepted bribes, and was eventually exiled. Then, there was only one left left in the Criminal Department. Empress Dowager Wan transferred Wan Delin back from Jiangning to be the right attendant at this moment, and this purpose is obvious. Wan's really knows how to drill cracks, and he won't let go of a vacancy, I'm afraid there will be no one who is not Wan's in this Manchu Dynasty!

Ye Xuemei bowed slightly to Wan Delin, "It turned out to be Wan Shilang, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Wan Delin hurriedly said: "The girl is serious! ”

After a few people sat down and talked again, Ye Xuemei said to Rong Xiang: "Go and take out the Chongyang cake and let the Queen Mother and Wan Shilang taste it!" ”

Rong Xiang took out the Chongyang cake according to the instructions, Ruoqiu took a small piece with chopsticks and put it into the mouth of the Empress Dowager Wan and tasted it, and the Empress Dowager Wan kept praising and said: "I really didn't expect Rong Xiang to have such a skill!" Ruoqiu, you go and get two purses of gold thread and give them to Rong Xiang. ”