Li Jinzhong got the emperor's edict, entered the palace overnight, and when he arrived at Yuxiu Palace, he saw that the small courtyard of Yuxiu Palace was surrounded by Yulin troops under Wu Bi, and every sergeant stood solemnly. Li Jinzhong suddenly had an ominous premonition: at a critical moment, the people that the emperor really trusted and relied on were Wu Bi and his Yulin Army, not himself. He didn't look at any of these ordinary forbidden soldiers, it can be seen that Wu Bi has begun to take preventive measures against himself, and now Li Bin's death is very likely to lead to the redistribution of power in the palace, so he must be more careful and deal with it carefully.

Li Jinzhong walked into the main hall of Yuxiu Palace with a nervous mood, only to see that the hall was brightly lit, the emperor and the two concubines were there, except for the palace people and eunuchs in Yuxiu Palace, only Wu Bi stood solemnly beside the emperor in full uniform.

Xie Liangchen and Wu Xiaozhong were kneeling side by side in front of the emperor, looking like they had just received a scolding from the emperor.

Li Jinzhong stabilized his mind, stepped forward quickly, and bowed to the emperor and the two concubines in a dignified manner: "The old minister was edicted to enter the palace to face the saint, and he has seen the emperor and the mother. ”

"Does the Duke of Jin know where this place is?" The Emperor's tone of inquiry was low and calm.

"As we all know, Yuxiu Palace is the bedroom of Concubine Hui, why did the emperor ask knowingly? When the prince of Bin encountered an accident, the old minister was grief-stricken, and he thought that he had a great trust from the saint, and it was inevitable that he would have neglected to overlook, so he asked the emperor to punish him. Li Jinzhong didn't wait for the emperor to be angry, so he confessed that it had passed, but his words clearly revealed a bit of toughness and dissatisfaction.

"Bin'er is only five years old, at a young age, when did he canonize the prince? Jin Guogong made a mistake. The emperor's face was cloudy, "Bin'er was in the palace of the noble concubine and was suddenly beheaded. In the eyes of Jin Guogong, who has such the ability and courage to cover the sky to dare to do this thing that connects the nine clans? ”

"Back to the emperor, a few days ago, the old minister was assassinated on the way back to the house, and this time the prince was killed in the inner garden of the harem, as the old minister expected. Both of these should be the work of the remnants of the Zhang family. ”

"The Duke of Jin was assassinated halfway a day ago, wasn't it at the behest of Concubine Nannei? Why is it said that it was done by the remnants of the Zhang family today? I don't even know how many remnants of the Zhang clan are hidden within the walls of Sanzhang Palace, and I really can't eradicate them endlessly? ”

Li Jinzhong listened to the emperor's words and hid a knife in his words, and he deeply blamed himself for his incompetence, but he did not directly criticize him, and deliberately set up a trap to let himself take the initiative to drill back in, and he was busy cheering up, and explained in detail: "The remnants of the Zhang family grit their teeth and hate them, and they will want to get rid of them and then be happy." There are only the Yang family's old and young and old ministers. Prince Bin was born to Wang Cairen when the emperor lived in the East Palace, Wang Cairen was the maid next to the late princess, in the eyes of the remnants of the Zhang family, Prince Bin was no different from the Yang clan, so he sent people into the palace to kill him; At the behest of the first emperor, when the first emperor was funeral and the Zhang family was in rebellion, it would be unfavorable to the emperor, and he personally led the forbidden army to exterminate the Zhang family. He even formed a grudge with his old subordinates and sworn friends, so he sent people to assassinate him. The first two things. There is a reason for all of them, and please ask the emperor to learn clearly.

Since the old minister was ordered to preside over the affairs of the Jing Palace, he once wanted to practice the method of sitting in the Daming Palace for five or five consecutive years, so as to force the remnants of the Zhang family who were stranded in the palace to have nowhere to hide. It is difficult to really implement, which makes the remnants of the Zhang family repeatedly take risks and do this great rebellious thing when they are still breathing.

Nevertheless, it has been a multi-day inventory. The remnants of the Zhang family are like frightened birds, and it is already difficult to hide in the palace, as evidenced by the fact that five palace people in the Shangyi Bureau were arrested together. If the emperor is willing to take a leave of absence for a while, the old minister will expel the remnants of the Zhang family from the palace wall, capture the real murderer of the prince, and comfort the soul of the prince in the sky. The reason for this, I hope that the emperor will see it. ”

The emperor was upset by Li Jinzhong's left and right. If the assassination of Xia Haitang Hanbing Hall not long ago made him feel angry and depressed, for Li Bin's sudden death in Yuxiu Palace tonight, the emperor not only felt sad for the death of this hard-working child, but also filled his heart with unprecedented fear about his own safety.

The repeated bloody cases in the Daming Palace strongly stimulated the nerves that had been tense since he ascended to the pole. The sorrow, anger, and fear in his heart were intertwined, and it could no longer be relieved by executing a few ordinary court men and eunuchs, and he wanted to show his determination to completely remove the elbows and armpits in a harsher way.

Since Li Jinzhong was unable to take on the responsibility of Jinggong and ensure the peace in the palace, causing such a tragedy to happen in the palace, he should bear the brunt of the heavy responsibility.

However, when Li Jinzhong saw through the trap set by the emperor for him, chattered endlessly and moved out of his previous support for the emperor, and categorized himself and the dead Yang Tang'er and Li Bin as the target of the removal of the remnants of the Zhang family, the emperor couldn't help but hesitate again: he couldn't just kill or severely punish the first powerful minister of the dynasty just because he was ineffective. If that happens, he will not only bear the notoriety of being ungrateful and unrighteous, but more importantly, he will not be able to dismiss Li Jinzhong from his post in one fell swoop without leaving any confidence in the future by relying only on Wu Bi, who returned to Beijing and entered the palace and was in charge of the forbidden army for less than 100 days.

"What Jin Guogong said does have some truth. However, if it is said that the killing of Bin'er and the assassination of the Duke of Jin were both committed by the remnants of the Zhang family, then how can the death of the concubine and Changning's mother and daughter be explained? As the person who presided over the investigation of the case, Lu Guangting is only afraid that he will be unable to escape the blame for this. "Now that it is not time to punish Li Jinzhong, the emperor can only make another plan. Lu Guangting is Li Jinzhong's first cronie, and he is the concubine mother and daughter who he personally led people to death, so it is naturally more suitable to use his blood to pay tribute to the souls of the dead and show the emperor's prestige.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the top priority is to arrest the murderer as soon as possible, rather than to hold anyone in the palace responsible." Seeing that the emperor ignored the killing of his parents and daughters in front of him, and pulled the death of the concubine's mother and daughter for no reason, Li Jinzhong's spine was filled with a chill: Look at the emperor's meaning, it is clear that he wants to use Li Bin's death to kill people in the palace and establish authority! Out of instinctive reaction, he had to open his mouth to draw the focus away from Lu Guangting.

"It's easy for Jin Guogong to say." The emperor was no longer as polite as usual to Li Jinzhong, "Before the Duke of Jin Guo came, I had ordered Xie Liangchen and Wu Xiaozhong to inquire in detail about the upper and lower people of Yuxiu Palace, including Bin'er, a total of four people were killed by the gangsters, but none of them saw the shadow of the murderer. If you say that you will arrest him as soon as possible, but I don't know where Jin Guogong is going to start? (To be continued.) )