"Your Royal Highness, the emperor's posthumous affairs cannot be delayed any longer, and the country cannot be left without an owner for a day, Xiliang and Xia Tang on the southeast front are still eyeing each other."

"Cai Xiang is reasonable!" King Xiang was very happy that he could help him build the steps in public, after all, Cai Quan was the only one who had status, weight, and could speak in the court.

King Xiang stood in the Lintoe Hall and said to the hundred officials: "Yesterday, Dali Temple has submitted the confessions of Zhou Xunliang and others, and rebellion is a big crime of the Nine Clans, so the palace has begun to let the Criminal Department review." However, all the ministers are here, and this palace still intends to let everyone listen to what is written in the confession. ”

Shen Qianji knew that it was time for him to play, he bowed in line, and then took out his confession and began to read it aloud in front of hundreds of officials:

The criminal minister Zhou Xunliang, who was originally the commander of the former prince's army, should have been beheaded a few years ago for being involved in the case of embezzlement of ink and stone, but the former prince and the king of Ling secretly helped each other, and escaped death with a similar person Li Daitao. After that, the criminal ministers buried their names incognito and wandered in the market until the death of the former prince, and the king of Ling pierced the criminal ministers to discuss major matters. The criminal minister returned to the helm of the peace army, that is, he stepped into the situation of no return, not only death, from which there may be a glimmer of life, the king of Ling promised to be a general, and the criminal minister launched a palace rebellion on the fourth day of the fourth day of the fourth month of April.

The criminal knew that it would be difficult to escape the verdict, but he did not intend to bring his infamy into the loess, and what he said was true.

The confession is not long, and it is clear enough to reveal the two cases before and after Zhou Xunliang to the world. After Shen Qianji finished reading aloud, many courtiers had begun to whisper, and this confession clearly told the world that the mastermind behind Zhou Xunliang's rebellion was King Ling, and now King Ling has cut himself.

"His Royal Highness King Xiang!" Liao Zhen made a list of admonitions: "Since the palace change has been revealed to the world, then His Royal Highness King Yu is innocent, and please return His Royal Highness King Yu to his innocence!" ”

"Lord Liao is worthy of being my fourth brother's beneficiary arm, and he always thinks about protecting my fourth brother. But there is more than one confession, and then there is the confession of the cook of Castle Peak Academy, which involves my fourth brother. ”

Shen Qianji took out another confession again and began to read it, in order to show the different identities of Zhou Xunliang and Fat Kui, the words of this confession were much simpler.

Xu Kui, a prisoner, was originally a cook in Qingshan Academy, and was recommended by King Yu to enter the imperial dining room to make dim sum for the emperor full-time. King Yu paid tribute to a batch of spices called dragon wither, saying that they were produced in a foreign land and could have the effect of Titian, and instructed people to add them every time they made dim sum. People are grateful for the grace of King Yu's recommendation, and obey all the arrangements of King Yu, and try their best to avoid everyone when adding spices, and have no way of knowing the true effect of spices.

At this time, the whispers of the courtiers turned into a mouth-to-ear, everyone knew what this confession meant, but Liao Zhen absolutely did not accept it, and naturally he was also the one who took the lead in opposing it.

"Your Highness, this confession was said by Xu Kui himself?"

"Since Lord Liao has suspicions, then Lord Shen might as well show the confession to Lord Liao!"

Liao Zhen took Shen Qianji's confession, he looked directly at the signature and drawing, the handwriting was very similar to Fat Kui's, and the signature was not counted. In Liao Zhen's impression, Fat Kui has no knowledge, but at least he is literate, and he can write his name and surname.

Liao Zhen had nothing to say for a while, Shen Qianji motioned to the chief physician of the Tai Hospital to come on, he also took out a piece of rice paper, and said to the hundred officials: "We found the ingredients of dragon wither in the dim sum made by the prisoners, according to our multiple investigations, dragon withered from the Tang Dynasty, with slow-release toxicity, after taking a large amount and after a long time, dizziness and weakness will appear, and it has surprising addiction, once it is contaminated, it is difficult to get rid of, and I think about the extraordinary experience brought by dragon wither." At a certain time, the poisoned person can no longer be saved, and his whole body is exhausted and he dies! ”

"This explains why my father has never forgotten the dim sum made by the chef since he ate it, and he wants to eat it every day, as evidenced by this in the imperial dining room."

As a rare imperial official of the last court, he understood that it was time for him to speak, and he said respectfully: "In the days after the celebration, the emperor asked Xu Kui to make dim sum every day, and as for other food, he no longer had an appetite, and he took it back as it was." ”

"Back to Your Highness, Weichen still has something to play!"

"Imperial Doctor, if there is anything, you can explain it clearly in front of hundreds of officials, and there is no need to have any taboos!"

"Yes! Although dragon dry is a poison, it is chronic after all and takes a certain amount of time. According to the emperor's food list record provided by the imperial dining room, the emperor will not die in just ten months! ”

"Doctor, what do you mean by that? Why can't Hongu understand something? Didn't my father be harmed by the dragon? ”

"Long Ku is naturally the culprit! However, there is another poison that induces the sudden onset of the emperor's toxicity! The Imperial Physician looked at King Xiang and looked a little embarrassed, and after receiving King Xiang's reprimand, the Imperial Physician continued, "That's the musk scales!" ”

"This sounds like a kind of incense, why does this name sound familiar?"

When King Xiang was meditating, Chen Yuanzhi reminded in time: "Your Highness, this kind of incense is Du Guifei's favorite, and every time the emperor goes to Qingzhi Palace, he will light it." ”

"What? Do you remember clearly? You can't talk nonsense, if you have wronged Du Guifei, you are the only one who asks! ”

"Your Royal Highness, the old slave has been on an errand in the palace for more than 20 years, the pattern of every palace and the preferences of every lady, the old slave has it in mind, and the old slave will never dare to say anything!"

Seeing that the fire is about to burn on Du Guifei's head, once Du Guifei is involved, it will be difficult for King Yu to clear his suspicion. Liao Zhen is anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and he must stop this senseless random bite.

"Your Highness!"

"I know that Lord Liao must be defending my fourth brother again! Fourth Brother must be very happy to have such a loyal minister as you. I guess Lord Liao must also insist that Du Guifei is not such a person, in fact, the palace also believes in Du Guifei, she has been in the palace for so many years, she has always adhered to her duty, and almost does not participate in the harem battle. The palace thinks that if you want to prove Du Guifei's innocence, you can only ask the concubine to speak herself. ”

"Your Highness, you only need to take some of the incense burners used by the noble concubine, and Wei Chen can determine whether it is the musk scale incense that stimulates the poison of the dragon wither."

In order to prove the innocence of the concubine, this palace also thinks so. Chen Yuanzhen! ”

"The old slave is here!"

"Immediately go to Qingzhi Palace to get some incense burners and come back to the Tai Hospital for careful examination. But be careful not to disturb the concubine! ”

"The old slave obeys!"

King Xiang's resolute and resolute behavior made Liao Zhen a little overwhelmed, he originally wanted to prove the innocence of Qingshan Academy and protect Fat Kui, but before he could exonerate Fat Kui, the case was involved with Du Guifei again, once he wanted to keep King Yu, Liao Zhen could only give up Fat Kui for the time being. After a series of actions, Liao Zhen fought the basis of reason, but he didn't earn anything.

All this is in the eyes of Xiao Moyan and Jiang Weizhen, the two of them understand that Liao Zhen is upright, but he is also impulsive, and now he has put himself in a position opposed to hundreds of officials, if Liao Zhen blindly defends Fat Kui, Du Guifei and King Yu, he will sooner or later implicate himself.

But Xiao Moyan and Jiang Weizhen are bystanders after all, and the official ranks of the two of them are too low to speak in the court, even if they speak, they have no weight, and the two of them have always looked at them coldly, but their brains have not been idle for a moment. The two secretly exchanged glances, and the current situation could only be a move.

"Your Highness!" Cai Quan spoke: "If you dare to poison the emperor, you must not be spared, and the old minister thinks that he must find out who is behind the scenes, and a mere cook does not have the courage and the need to poison the current emperor." ”

"That's what Cai Xiang said! Xia Guan also thinks so, and Xia Guan thinks that the master behind this has a relationship with King Ling, King Ling rebelled, but that person poisoned in the dark, isn't the two already joining forces? Now that the King of Ling is ambushed, there are still people in the dark, if he can't take advantage of this time to correct the law, I'm afraid that it will also be a threat to His Highness! ”

Zhang Huaiyuan's words began to lead the topic to the throne, although he said it very vaguely, there was no shortage of shrewd people among the ministers of Ke, and soon someone heard the sound of the strings.

With Zhang Huaiyuan's foreshadowing, Cai Yan was excited, he finally waited for the opportunity to express himself, so he hurriedly came out and admonished: "Now that Tang and Xiliang are pressing forward step by step, the emperor has died and suddenly did not leave an edict of succession, Daliang cannot be left without an owner for a day, and the matter of the emperor's burial in the emperor's mausoleum should not be delayed any longer." Weichen dared to suggest that His Royal Highness King Xiang could succeed to the throne and revive the majesty of my beam! ”