Two hours later, outside the Chengtian Gate, all the civil and military officials above the third grade in Beijing came to the Chengtian Gate, and the princess Changping, who had just arrived in Beijing, also accompanied Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cijiong to the palace wall.

"Colleagues, just a few days ago, Honglu Temple Shaoqing Gao Mengji brought back a person from Nanjing, this person claimed to be the first emperor of the prince, Gao Shaoqing immediately played the court, in order to distinguish the authenticity, these days the court up and down have seen the prince of the people are going to identify, some people say it is true, some people say it is false, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, no, it is really some people who have other intentions, so there will be so many turmoil, I just entered the city of Nanjing, I heard a lot of gossip, if this matter is not resolved, I am afraid that the government and the opposition are restless, Today, the emperor personally came to identify, and King Yong and Princess Taiping testified to distinguish whether the person who came was the crown prince of the first emperor. ”

"General, you said that Princess Changping has arrived in Nanjing, why haven't you heard any news in advance?" At that moment, Ma Shiying also stood up and asked under Cao Bianjiao's hint.

Cao Bianjiao nodded and explained: "Just to prevent some people with other intentions from making a fuss about the princess, the emperor has reunited with the princess, in order to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, the princess is also tireless, she can't take a break, to solve this matter, the person who rescued the princess is not me Cao Bianjiao, but the former university scholar Fang Yuegong and Bo Pingbo Guo Zhenming, no one should suspect that the princess is also fake!" ”

"Naturally don't dare, please ask the general to try it! My colleagues and I also hope to figure this out sooner! Ma Shiying was very cooperative with the performance, obviously questioning, but in fact, she was helping Cao Bianjiao to set up the scene.

"Take the king's wisdom!"

Under the orders of Cao Bianjiao, Jinyi Wei escorted a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy to Chengtianmen, and saw so many officials, the canopy and the dragon banner were lined up, Wang Zhiming was also a little timid, such a big battle, it was not a simple matter of a yamen.

Cao Bianjiao paced forward and scolded, "Kneel! ”

Wang Zhiming didn't know Cao Bianjiao, and when he saw Cao Bianjiao's aggressiveness, he also straightened his chest, and said quite arrogantly: "This palace is the prince of the first emperor, the blood of the royal family, how can I bow down to you, who are you, dare to be so presumptuous, this palace has never been worried about the throne, and I live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes in Suzhou. ”

Hearing Wang Zhiming's words, Cao Bianjiao was even more amused, until now, he is still talking so cleverly, this person must be doing this with the heart of death, otherwise he would not be so pretending, but he didn't worry about anything, so he asked Jinyiwei to hold him down and directly press him to the ground.

"You say that you are the crown prince, then you tell me, when you were in Beijing City, which palace you lived in, your birth date, the birthday of Emperor Sizong, the birthday of Empress Xianxiao Jielie, if you are the prince, you should know!"

"My father was born in December of the 38th year of Wanli, my mother was born in December of the 38th year of Wanli, my mother was born in the second year of the Apocalypse, and the king of the letter was sealed, and my mother was born on March 28 of the same year, when she was in Beijing City, she lived in the Qianqing Palace, is there anything wrong!"

"Not bad!" Cao Bianjiao nodded and continued to ask: "Back then, the thief Gao Yingxiang broke through the central capital Fengyang, do you know what year it was?" ”

"It's... Be... When Chongzhen was eight or nine years old! ”

"Is it eight or nine?" Cao Bianjiao stared at the other party with a murderous face, wanting to see through his heart and make him have nowhere to hide.

"At that time, I was still young, which is also the shame of this dynasty, I don't remember it clearly!"

"Sophistry!" Cao Bianjiao sneered, the more he asked, the more flaws there were.

"Do you know me?"

Cao Bianjiao wanted to continue asking, but at this time, Princess Changping came over and walked in front of Wang Zhiming, Wang Zhiming was stunned all of a sudden, who is this person, he is not the real prince Zhu Cihong, naturally he doesn't know, seeing that this person is about the same age as himself, is it rare to be Zhu Cihong's crown princess, no one has told him before, or a palace maid, he is not easy to judge.

"I'm your imperial sister Zhaoren, it's rare that you don't remember?"

"Remember! Remember! It's just that you are wearing this dress, I can't recognize it, Imperial Sister Zhaoren, I am really your imperial brother! ”

Wang Zhiming opened his mouth, everyone exclaimed, standing in front of him was obviously Princess Changping, but Princess Changping falsely claimed that she was Princess Zhaoren, but the other party did not find out, the ministers in the court knew that Princess Zhaoren was born to Concubine Liu, and was born in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and had been martyred, even if she was alive, she was only six years old, this is something that all the ministers know!

Seeing that the matter was clear, Cao Bianjiao also laughed, looked at the ministers, and said: "Everyone, you already know now, this person is a fake, he doesn't even know who Princess Zhaoren is, and he dares to claim to be the prince, if it is really the prince of the first emperor, how can he not know the princess?" This person pretended to be the prince, swaggered and deceived, and had committed the great crime of exterminating the clan. ”

At this time, Zhu Cijiong also stood up and said to the ministers: "The matter is clear, general, this matter will be handed over to you to deal with with it with full authority, and the case will be finalized as soon as possible and shown to the world!" ”

"Command!" Cao Bianjiao also bowed down and bowed, and then ordered in public: "Come here, put this person in Jinyi Guard's prison, and no one is allowed to approach." ”

"Yes!" At that moment, Jinyiwei also made a move and escorted Wang Zhiming back, and Wang Zhiming, who was pierced by the north, also had a look of despair, when he did this, he had already thought of today, but when it really came, he was still afraid.

"The eunuchs Zhou Mingu and Li Gang conspired to pretend to be the prince in a vain attempt to subvert the court situation, and they were escorted to the edict to await interrogation. Gao Mengji, the young secretary of Honglu Temple, was demoted to act as an example! ”

"General, Shi Kefa, you go and do this matter, and show the world as soon as possible, this person pretending to be my imperial brother is an unforgivable crime, and it must not be forgiven. You Aiqing, you are all ministers of the society, shouldering the heavy responsibility of Zhongxing Daming, in the future when you encounter such a thing, I hope you Aiqing can polish your eyes, don't be blinded by such a small generation, the people in Beijing are in turmoil, as a minister, it is rare that there is no responsibility, reflect on it! ”

A farce, just like that, ended, but it didn't stop there, although Wang Zhiming was pierced in the north, and the document announced was also issued on the same day, but there are still rumors in Beijing, and some people are discussing, this is the current emperor in order to keep the throne, so he refers to the deer as a horse, in fact, it is the real prince, but it is Cao Bianjiao who covers the sky with one hand, which makes it difficult for the prince to recover his true identity.

Cao Bianjiao has also been mentally prepared for a long time, he has long known that this will be the case, things will not be so simple, where did Wang Zhiming come from so boldly, he dared to pretend to be the prince, is it rare not to be afraid of being exposed, he knows that he can't hide his true body and still does this, it is obvious that he has a backhand, so Cao Bianjiao is not surprised at all.