Looking at the situation in the hall, Zhu Qiming couldn't help but sigh a little. Six years ago, the important ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee must have also had a heated discussion around the strange case of the lamp market, but at that time, their interest was all about the power struggle, how could they have ever thought about the suspiciousness of the case? Unexpectedly, after a lapse of six years, after a big turn, their interest finally returned to the suspicion of the case itself, but the drunkard's intention was not to drink, although their interest originated in the case at this moment, they still had to settle on the power struggle!

The three major dramas of staying in the middle and not sending it, sealing it back, and Fuque are all performed, only the court staff is missing, and the scene is so big, are the foreign officials really sure that by convicting Yu Xining, they will demonize Wang Zhen and eradicate the scourge of the eunuchs in one fell swoop?

By the way, what about Wang Zhen?

A heavyweight is absent from this good show in the Yongsu Palace, it shouldn't be! Zhu Qiming raised his eyes to look at Yang Pu, and when he saw Yang Pu handing over a very meaningful look, Zhu Qiming immediately realized that Wang Zhen had been designed and taken away by important ministers in the court.

It seems that the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government have done their homework, so this good show is really something to watch!

"That's because someone sneaked into the Fengtian Temple and overheard a conversation between the Empress Dowager and King Yuejing!" Xu Gong suddenly raised his tone, stared at Xining and said word by word: "That person is Xining!" ”

Hey! Jiuqing couldn't care about any court rituals anymore, and Qi Qi let out a shock, adding a suspenseful color to the Yongsu Palace.

The emperor was stunned for a long time, and stood up straight, "Xu Gong, you make it clear!" ”

"Obey." Xu Gong withdrew his gaze from Xining's slightly nervous face, "At that time, the first emperor was newly mourned, and the Forbidden City should not have been Zhang Le, but the imperial supervisor deliberately placed the musical instruments in the Fengtian Hall after King Yuejing and King Weigong entered the palace and before entering the Fengtian Palace. It was none other than the eunuch Xining, the Imperial Eunuch, who delivered the message to the Assassins! ”

I saw that the corners of Xining's mouth trembled slightly, barely retaining the remaining calm state on his face. "Your Majesty, Xu Gong is slandering! It was Liu Ji who misplaced the instrument, and after Weichen learned about it, he was worried that His Majesty would blame it, so he went to Fengtian Hall to correct the mistake, and Weichen did not hear the news that Prince Yue would go to the lamp market! ”

Wechen? Yes, it's "Wechen"! In the Ming Dynasty, the internal officials called themselves "ministers" in writing and in front of the emperor, and privately called themselves old slaves or small slaves, as for the word "slave", that was the characteristic of the Qing Dynasty.

Jiuqing shook his head after listening to Xining's words. Hmph, push everything to Liu Ji, who can't see anyone alive or dead, who believes it!

Xu Gong stared at Xining again, "There is a palace maid Meizi of Xianxi Palace to testify!" ”

The emperor Nunu mouthed, and in the voice of the inner servant, Meizi walked into the Yongsu Palace, his eyes shuttled back and forth between Zhu Qiming and Xining, and then stepped forward to salute the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the slave can testify. On the day of the Shangyuan Festival in the first year of orthodoxy, King Yue ······ No, he was still the prince of Yue, the prince of Yue went to the Xianxi Palace to say hello, the queen mother was very happy, and wanted to give the waterfall and jewels to the prince of Yue, but the piano was just borrowed by the royal supervisor, and the slave maid was ordered to go to the royal prison to get the qin, and on the way happened to meet the palm print eunuch Xi Ning Xi Gonggong, Xi Gonggong said that he was just going to Fengtian Temple to do business, and immediately invited the slave and maid to go to Fengtian Temple with him to get the piano, and the slave and maid couldn't stand him to talk badly, so he followed to Fengtian Palace. ”

"The slave maid entered the side hall with the happy father-in-law, and soon heard the queen mother on the side of the main hall mention the lamp market, and the queen mother also said that the prince of Yue should go to the lamp market with the king of Yuejing to relax, oh, it seems that he also talked about the color building······"

"Meizi, don't talk nonsense!" Xining interrupted Meizi's words in a deep voice: "The Sprinkle family didn't hear a word from the Empress Dowager!" ”

"You're lying!" Meizi showed the characteristics of her quick mouth, "At that time, the slave and maid heard it really well, you were next to the slave and maid, and when you heard the voice from the main hall and turned your head and glanced at it, how could you not hear it?" Now you deny it, hum, who believes! ”

Jiuqing's eyes all turned to Xining, no matter how calm Ren Xining was, he couldn't stand Meizi's quick words, and after hesitating, a trace of panic passed through his eyes.

The emperor stared at Xining for a long time, then turned to glare at Meizi, and sat down fiercely, his eyes seemed to float with a trace of smoke from the Qianqing Palace: a year ago, Meizi wantonly revealed the fact that Yanluo was "pregnant", which made him, a young emperor, feel the embarrassment of mistrusting his brother for the first time.

Right now, Meizi's fast words have made him, the son of heaven, face the embarrassment of misbelieving his ministers!

"Stand down!" There was obvious anger in the emperor's tone.

Meizi didn't realize that the emperor was already angry, and when she went out, she didn't forget to turn around and snort at Xining, as if she was despising Xining for being a man in vain.

That's right, Xining seems to have some shortcomings, and he really can't be counted as a man!

Guo Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out of class, "Your Majesty, the minister is puzzled, Xu Gong, as the commander of the right guard of Yulin, is responsible for guarding the Forbidden City, why did he leave his post and go to investigate the old case?" ”

Guo Jin! Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth secretly, and immediately put a long list of questions on the back of Guo Jin's name in his mind.

Over there, Xu Gong said calmly: "Lord Guo, when the lower officials were ordered by the Empress Dowager to investigate the assassination and abduction of Prince Yue, the Empress Dowager has not ordered the lower officials to stop, if Lord Guo does not believe it, you can ask the Empress Dowager for verification." ”

Hearing Guo Jin's questioning, the emperor's tone eased, and after listening to Xu Gong's reply, his face immediately sank again, and he waved his hand at Xu Gong, signaling him to continue.

After Meizi took the treasure qin, Xi Ning ordered his subordinates to pack up the musical instruments, he left the Fengtian Temple alone, went out of the Xuanwu Gate, drove straight to Chang'an Left Street, saw two people in a restaurant, and left the restaurant two minutes later. According to eyewitness accounts, one of the two men resembled the Assassin. ”

There was a dead silence in the hall suddenly, and even the sound of breathing seemed to be taken away by people, only a pair of shining eyes silently told the rapid flow of people's thoughts.

"Xu Gong, you framed the Sprinkle family with false words, what is your intention!" Xining finally broke the silence in the hall, "After six years, how can those people remember it really?" Besides, there are more people in the world who look alike, and according to the appearance of assassins, they will search all over the world, and I am afraid that there will be countless suspects found. That day, the Sprinkle family was in a hurry to go to the restaurant, to see the old man who came from Liaodong from afar, if you don't believe it, you can ask Your Majesty to send the two to come to confront you. ”

I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin! Zhu Qiming swept towards Xining with cold eyes, and said secretly: If you follow Xining's tune, and the two people designated by Xining come from distant Liaodong, then it will have to be delayed until the Year of the Monkey? When Xining eases up and takes care of everything, the daylily is cold!

The Son of Heaven on the throne hurriedly said something intriguing at this time: "Xining, I have already said that as an important minister of the inner court, how can you make friends everywhere?" If you don't change, sooner or later you will be taken advantage of! ”

"Your Majesty reprimanded, and Wechen swore to get rid of this problem."

Xining is so suspicious, how can she explain the past with a light sentence of "making friends everywhere"? Zhu Qiming felt bitter in his heart, there was no way, many times, the Son of Heaven could doubt all the people in the world, but he would never doubt his confidants and favored ministers who had been serving him for many years.

Xu Gong obviously didn't want to give Xining a chance to breathe, so he immediately changed the topic: "Xining, on the sixteenth day of the first month of the first year of orthodoxy, that is, on the day when Prince Yue was taken captive, the Empress Dowager temporarily made a decision to let Prince Yue return to his house overnight. At about the time of Shen Zheng, you left the palace alone and went to the Huitong Pavilion, when the new envoys of Tatar and Warat had already left, and there was only the envoy of Warat resident in my Ming Dynasty, Mahata Heima, you had secretly seen Mahata Heima, that night, Prince Yue was captured by five Warat thieves outside the Forbidden City, Xi Gonggong, you say, is this another coincidence? ”

Xining was slightly shocked, and then gritted his teeth and said: "The Sprinkle family is busy all day long, always walking around in the Forbidden City, after six years, how can the Sprinkle family remember whether they passed by Qingning Palace at that time?" However, the Sprinkle family remembers very clearly, the Sprinkle family went to the Huitong Pavilion to see Mahada Heima, which absolutely has nothing to do with Prince Yue. ”

"Hey, too, Maha has returned to Wara, and now there is no proof of death, so you have to justify yourself." Xu Gong forced Xi Ning to look, "Say, why do you want to see Mahada Heima!" ”

"Sprinkle the ······" Xining only said the word "sprinkle family", and then suddenly stopped.

The emperor was waiting for Xining to answer with expectation, but Xining was speechless, and the young son of heaven couldn't help but grit his teeth and stared at Xining with his eyes.

At this time, Ma Shun hurriedly entered, and said closely: "Your Majesty, the gang outside the noon gate is making a lot of trouble, and if you don't use some means, I'm afraid the scene will get out of control." ”

The anger on the emperor's face became stronger and stronger, he raised his eyes to scan the people in the hall, his eyes fell on Guo Jin, he could not contain his anger, and said in a deep voice: "Guo Qing, you go and persuade them, the palace is forbidden and heavy, and you can't make mistakes!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Over there, Guo Jin followed Ma Shun out of the Yongsu Palace, and here Xu Gong immediately opened his mouth again: "Father-in-law, bizarre things are far more than these. On the eve of the first year of orthodoxy, the Assassins failed to assassinate for the first time, so why didn't they flee the capital in the chaos and sneak around the Forbidden City instead? Do you want to call someone back? Well, the slayer who killed the Assassin with an arrow was undoubtedly the one who waited for the Assassin to reply! Who is the one who destroys the mouth? Interestingly, shortly after the Assassin's death, at least three people saw you running along the palace walls to the Xuanwu Gate. Hi father-in-law, do you want to bring a certificate? ”

Everyone in the hall was shocked, and the eyes that swept towards Xining no longer contained half a point of doubt, as if they had determined that Xining was the one who killed the mouth!

Xining was in a mess, and his expression was slightly panicked, "No, the Sprinkle family never went to the palace wall at all that night. After six years, how can the testimony of those people be believed? ”

"Do you remember this jade pendant?" Xu Gong took out a white jade pendant from his cuffs, raised it in his hand and raised it, "In the tenth year of Xuande, the emperor gave each of the two internal officials a jade pendant, with this jade pendant, no matter when and where, no matter what the emperor is doing, the two internal officials can go straight to the imperial front without notification, this white jade pendant is your father-in-law's." ”

Xu Gong paused and continued: "The palace wall has not changed for many years, and the last time it was refreshed was six years ago, that is, on the third day after Prince Yue was taken captive. Interestingly, the heavy rain in February washed away the ash powder on the palace wall on the east side of the Xuanwu Gate, revealing a small crack, and this jade pendant is in the small slit, which is the brief hiding place on the way to escape from the scene after the mouth was extinguished! ”

The emperor Huo Ran got up, and a thunderous roar overshadowed Xining's head.

"Evil slave!"