The time was set back to the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month of May, King Xiang was still holding the coffin and crying, and Du Guifei and King Yu had been led up to the main hall from the east and west directions. When they passed by the outside of the hall, the officials peeked a few times, some with regretful eyes, some were looking forward to watching a good show, and some even hoped that the two of them would not be able to leave Chengyuan Palace in this life.

King Yu and Concubine Du glanced at each other, they were still wearing clothes on weekdays, although they were not gorgeous, but they were obviously incompatible with the surrounding environment, and they did not conform to the etiquette rules of Emperor Liang's funeral.

In a crowd of vegetarians, Du Guifei's mother and son are particularly different. King Yu looked at Emperor Liang's spirit card and scolded King Xiang angrily: "Today is the day of my father's funeral, why don't you notify me in advance?" ”

"Fourth brother, what you said doesn't make sense." King Xiang turned around, and his weeping red eyes and miserable white lips greatly highlighted the image of his filial son. "I obviously ordered the palace people to pass on a message to you, why did you still come to me for a theory? Yuan Zhen! ”

"The old slave is here! The old slave had already sent the chamberlain to inform him three days ago, and today seeing the concubine and His Royal Highness King Yu dressed like this, I think it must be that the chamberlains have not done a good job, and the old slave will be punished! ”

"Father-in-law Chen has worked hard, it is not easy for the chamberlains to be on errands, if they do not do things properly, it is inevitable that they will go back or twice. Today is the day of the emperor's funeral, and it is naturally inappropriate for our mother and son to dress like this. ”

Du Guifei took off her outer cover in front of everyone, leaving only the white lining, and then took off all the golden hairpins, pearls, and steps on her head, and the green silk was fixed with only a hosta. Seeing this, King Yu also learned to take off his coat and face the spiritual position of Emperor Liang with his plain body.

"Your Majesty, the concubine has come to pray with Yun!"

Du Guifei knelt down in front of Emperor Liang's spiritual seat with King Yu, and kowtowed three times in a row, each time with a loud sound, and the foreheads of both of them could be seen flushed.

King Xiang looked at the two of them, looked solemn, raised his voice and said: "The Tai Hospital has completed the inventory of the incense burner found from the Qingzhi Palace, and the incense ash of the incense burner is determined to be musk scale incense. I don't know how the concubine explains this? ”

Du Guifei got up, didn't look at King Xiang, kept staring at Emperor Liang's spiritual position, and said slowly: "The emperor is worried about the world and is related to the government, so it is inevitable that there will be times when he is unwell and has poor sleep. This musk scale incense is the characteristic incense of the hometown of the palace, it has the effect of nourishing the mind, every time the emperor comes to the Qingzhi Palace, he will ask the palace to light the incense. ”

"What a 'recuperation of the mind'! Concubine, since musk is the characteristic incense of your hometown, you won't be unaware of its toxicity! ”

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness King Xiang, what is the toxicity of musk scales? Every time the incense is lit, the palace and the palace people are all present, if it is poisonous, why are the palace and the palace people safe and sound today? ”

"This is to ask the fourth brother of the palace, your good son, concubine!"

King Xiang pointed the finger at King Yu, King Yu raised his head and said bluntly, "My father did die in my arms, but the person who really killed my father knows best!" ”

"That's what the fourth brother said!" King Xiang walked to the palace gate of Chengyuan Palace and said to the hundred officials: "The cook recommended by Qingshan Academy to enter the palace has added a spice called dragon dry to the dim sum made for his father, this spice is produced in the Lower Tang Dynasty, which has chronic toxicity and can make people sleepy and weak. Another property of dragon withering is that once it is mixed with musk scale incense, it will produce extremely strong toxicity, which can kill people in half an hour! ”

"What proof do you have for that?"

"Does the fourth brother want evidence? This palace has never been a person who is a man of false promises, since the fourth brother wants it, then I can show you the diagnosis of the hospital and the confession of the cook! Yuan Zhen! ”

Chen Yuanzhi presented the two pieces of physical evidence to King Yu, even though Du Guifei kept arguing with King Yu's eyes, the purpose was to make him not waste time on these physical evidence. But King Yu was not reconciled, he absolutely did not believe that Master Baishi would do such a thing. really spread out the physical evidence, especially after seeing Fat Kui's confession, King Yu immediately threw the confession to the ground angrily.

"Nonsense! Fat Kui and Shiraishi would never do such a thing! I didn't let them use such shoddy means to murder my father! Old Five, you want to get the throne, and even your father wants to murder you, and you also plan to blame me! ”

"Fourth brother! I will still call you the fourth brother now, all because I still care about the brotherhood between us, if you confess truthfully, then in front of hundreds of officials, I can still keep you and the concubine a whole corpse! ”

"Xiao Yunsheng, you are vicious with your intentions, you spent a lot of energy planning such a big game of chess! Falsely preached the holy decree and secretly ordered me to return to Beijing, just to confirm the fact that I killed my father! ”

"Fourth brother, there are all the human and material evidence, do you still want to deny it? Who gave you the will to return to Beijing, but you found out the people and took out the edict! You are simply colluding with the seventh brother, one is pretending to be an alibi on the front line, and the other is using the opportunity of the royal celebration in the palace to wipe me and the ministers away! Isn't the purpose of your literature and martial arts just to seize the throne? Fourth brother, you pretend to be benevolent, filial and humble on weekdays, but you are a real conspirator in your bones! ”

"The minister has an opinion!"

Liao Zhen stepped forward again at the critical moment, and he raised his head and said: "Today is the big day of the emperor's funeral, how did His Royal Highness King Xiang move the things that Dali Temple should do to Chengyuan Palace?" Isn't that a hub? The case is handed over to the yamen who adjudicated the case, and the facts are fair to the public, and no one can be framed without conclusive evidence. What's more, His Royal Highness King Yu is also a prince, even if there is a mistake, he is not questioned in the palace! ”

"What Lord Liao said is wrong!" Zhang Huaiyuan came out to refute, "The emperor was poisoned, what a big deal!" His Royal Highness King Xiang is the prince entrusted by the emperor to act as the government of the government when he is alive, and he is naturally duty-bound to investigate the truth. Now that the Tai Hospital and Dali Temple have presented the facts, Lord Liao insists on not believing it, what is his intention! ”

"The facts? What are the facts? Based on only those confessions, it can be determined that His Royal Highness King Yu asked the cook to poison the emperor? Just by the incense ash in the incense burner, it can be determined that the concubine Niangniang has been using poisonous incense for the emperor all along? Since it's the chef's confession, why not let the cook confront him in court! ”

"Lord Liao, you just said that today is the day of the emperor's funeral, and Chengyuan Palace is not a place to decide the case, bring the cook up, is it possible to let him defile the emperor's spiritual position? Do you want the emperor to go without peace of mind? ”

Cai Xiang spoke, as the head of a hundred officials, his words had enough weight. Shen Qianji was very satisfied with Cai Quan's delay at this time, this was part of the plan, and he had to wait for the signal he wanted.

Calculating that the time was almost up, Shen Qianji had already looked back at the sky a few times, and finally a loud noise came from the air. Everyone was fascinated by the loud noise, but a few of them had been looking forward to it, and they had to verify the quality of the signal.

After the purple petals bloomed in the air, Shen Qianji's face became extremely gloomy, he looked at King Xiang's face worriedly, but unfortunately he couldn't see it clearly from a distance, but he believed that King Xiang must be disappointed, and even had some hatred.

No, you have to start the project now! Shen Qianji raised his hand and took off his official hat, and the Tai Guizong, who had been riding on horseback, saw his action and immediately ordered someone to wave the corner flag used in the battle.

"Both the palace and Yunqi are willing to cooperate with the investigation of Dali Temple to return the innocence of our mother and son. Since today is the big day of the emperor's funeral, nothing can disturb the auspicious time. Our identity is still there, and we are qualified to support the soul! ”

According to the ancestral system of the Liang Dynasty, all living princes had to participate in the emperor's funeral to show filial piety. According to the identity of the prince, the crown prince is at the front of the coffin, followed by the princes of different ranks. Now King Xiang is still the Prince of Wuzhu, and King Yu has been demoted to the king of the county, so King Xiang is in front and King Yu can only be behind him.

"King Yu's suspicions have not been cleared, and he is not qualified to help the spirit!" Zhang Huaiyuan is resolutely opposed to this.

King Xiang didn't speak, Cai Xiang suggested: "Regarding the matter of King Yu and the concubine, His Royal Highness King Xiang has made it clear, since he has not been completely convicted, then King Yu is still qualified to help the spirit with His Royal Highness King Xiang." The hour is coming, and the funeral is important. ”

"Cai Xiang, what does this mean? The implication is that King Yu is still guilty, but for the sake of the funeral, he didn't continue to pursue it? Liao Zhen was very dissatisfied with Cai Quan's words.

"Alright, stop arguing! Cai Xiang is reasonable, let's let the fourth brother help the spirit together, and then investigate it carefully after his father is buried in the emperor's mausoleum! ”

"Spirit!"

The nine chamberlains slowly lifted the coffin, King Xiang stood at the front of the coffin, King Yu and King Zhuang stepped back one position and stood on the other side of the coffin. The coffin had just walked to the door of Chengyuan Palace, and a shout of killing came from all directions!