When Zhou Yuting's carriage appeared on the streets of the capital, it immediately attracted the attention of those happy pedestrians along the way, you must know that today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the vegetarian elements on the carriage are extremely conspicuous and eye-catching.

"Whose carriage is this, how can it be so unlucky to wear a filial piety belt for the big holiday."

"Looking at the number plate, it seems to be from the Zhenguo Mansion, it's strange, I haven't heard of anything white in the Zhenguo Mansion?"

"You don't know yet, it is rumored that the prince of Jinguo died in the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion today."

"What, there's such a thing?"

"I heard about it, and I thought it was a rumor, but now it seems to be true."

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The people on both sides of the street pointed to the carriage and talked in private, once again proving that there were no secrets in the capital, and the news of Li Yuntian's death was confirmed by the people very lightly.

Zhou Yuting sat in the carriage with a frosty mask, her fair cheeks were full of sadness, and there was an indescribable haggard in her expression.

In fact, Zhou Yuting now wants to cry very much in a place where no one is around, but she knows that she can't do that, because she is the mistress of the Zhenguo Mansion, and she must support the façade of the Zhenguo Mansion, if she falls, the Zhenguo Mansion will definitely collapse under such a heavy blow.

The pro-army guarding the south gate of the imperial city had heard the rumor that Li Yuntian died in the fire of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, so when Zhou Yuting's carriage passed through the city gate, they all stood solemnly, and Li Yuntian's prestige in the Ming army was shot with a knife and a shot, which was enough to make the pro-army in the imperial city admire.

Although the imperial court has now blocked Li Yuntian's affairs, the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion caused many pro-soldiers to go to fight the fire, and there were many people and some people deliberately inquired, so Li Yuntian's failure to escape from the prison could not be concealed at all, and now it is almost known to the whole city.

After arriving at the Xi'an Gate, the carriage stopped outside the palace gate, and after the inspection of the chamberlain and the pro-army, Zhou Yuting, who was dressed in a vegetarian body, walked into the Xi'an Gate with a yellow brocade mask wrapped in her hands with both hands.

Because Zhou Yuting often enters the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager Zhang, the pro-army and chamberlain on duty at the palace gate all know her, seeing Zhou Yuting wearing heavy filial piety, she immediately understood what was going on, and whispered in surprise to each other, it seems that the rumors in the palace are true, and the prince of Zhenguo really died in the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion!

On the way to Cining Palace, the pro-soldiers, palace maids and chamberlains along the way were first taken aback when they saw Zhou Yuting's dress, and then they flashed aside and whispered, confirming the rumor that Li Yuntian died in the fire.

Cining Palace.

Empress Hu, Empress Sun and several noble wives accompanied Empress Dowager Zhang to talk, unlike in the past, Empress Dowager Zhang's face was tense and her complexion looked very bad, which made Empress Hu and Empress Sun and others wait carefully.

"Empress Dowager, Lord Yingrui has arrived." A waiter on duty at the door of the store walked in quickly, bowed down and said to Empress Dowager Zhang.

Hearing this, Queen Hu, Queen Sun and others subconsciously looked at the palace gate, as soon as Zhou Yuting arrived at Xi'an Gate, someone came to Cining Palace to spread the word, so they already knew that Zhou Yuting would come.

"Xuan!" Empress Dowager Zhang sighed secretly in her heart, her eyes flashed with a look of helplessness, how could she not know Zhou Yuting's intentions, but Li Yuntian is dead, even if she can give Li Yuntian justice, what is the use?

Subsequently, under the gaze of Empress Hu and Empress Sun and others, the haggard Zhou Yuting slowly walked into the palace, and saw that she was dressed in a vegetarian body, and the people on the scene all sighed and sympathized.

"The Queen Mother, the Duke of Zhenguo died unjustly, and the concubine implored the Empress Dowager to give the Mansion of Zhenguo the decision to thoroughly investigate the case of the musket in the Bafang Warehouse, so that the Duke of Zhenguo can leave innocently." After coming to the Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhou Yuting knelt on the ground with her legs bent, holding the yellow brocade cloth wrapped in objects with both hands, and she could no longer suppress the grief in her heart when she spoke, and tears fell like rain.

The reason why Zhou Yuting asked Empress Dowager Zhang to thoroughly investigate the arquebus case of the Bafang Warehouse, and did not mention the fact that Li Yuntian was buried in the fire of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, is because now Zhou Yuting still doesn't know what happened in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, only knows that there is a eunuch who is the celebrant who went to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion to deliver the decree, and then led the fire to happen, if this is planned by Emperor Xuande, how can Empress Dowager Zhang give her justice?

Therefore, Zhou Yuting retreated and asked Empress Dowager Zhang to take the lead in investigating the arquebus case of the Bafang Warehouse, and returned Li Yuntian to an innocence.

"Girl, come here!" Looking at Zhou Yuting, who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, Empress Dowager Zhang shook her head slightly and beckoned to Zhou Yuting.

To tell the truth, when she learned that Li Yuntian was buried in the fire of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, Empress Dowager Zhang was also shocked by this news, and now she is sending people to find out what happened, and the most important thing is whether this matter is at the behest of Emperor Xuande.

Empress Dowager Zhang knew very well in her heart that Li Yuntian, who was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, could be said to have suffered an unwarranted disaster this time, although she did not agree with Emperor Xuande's approach to Li Yuntian, but after all, Emperor Xuande was the son of the Ming Dynasty and should know what he was doing, so Empress Dowager Zhang did not interfere in Li Yuntian's case.

However, Empress Dowager Zhang never imagined that the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion would be on fire and related to the celebrant supervisor, which made Empress Dowager Zhang very uneasy, after all, Li Yuntian was different from other civil and military ministers of the Ming Dynasty, not only had a lot of influence in the five mansions and six departments, but more importantly, he single-handedly built the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty - Xiaowu Army.

Now that Li Yuntian died in the fire in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, it will inevitably make the hearts of the martial arts hall and the Xiaowu army float, once someone with ulterior motives secretly instigates it, it is guaranteed that he will erect the banner of "Qingjun side" like the Yongle Emperor back then, which is a scene that the Empress Dowager Zhang does not want to see.

Historically, incidents of rebellion in the name of "the Qing monarch's side" abounded, not to mention that the Battle of Jingjing more than 30 years ago was fought under the banner of "the Qing monarch's side, the Yasukuni is difficult."

After Emperor Yongle seized the world that year, he tried his best to suppress the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty and vigorously reduced the power of those vassal kings, which made the vassal kings everywhere complain and dare not speak out, after all, they no longer have the military power to compete with the Yongle Emperor.

Now, Li Yuntian has died inexplicably in the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Palace, and his prestige in the Jiangwutang and Xiaowu Army is unmatched, which will inevitably make the military attaché of the Jiangwutang and the sergeants of the Xiaowu Army indignant and want to avenge Li Yuntian, so it is very easy to be taken advantage of.

The reason why Emperor Xuande wanted to charge Li Yuntian with rebellion was precisely to attack Li Yuntian's prestige in the Jiangwutang and the Xiaowu Army, so as to occupy the height of ethics, as long as it can be proved that Li Yuntian rebelled, then Li Yuntian's tall image in the Jiangwutang and the Xiaowu Army will collapse and become a rebellious minister and thief with bad intentions, and then it will not cause a mutiny between the Jiangwutang and the Xiaowu Army.

It's a pity that Ah Qiu didn't give Emperor Xuande this opportunity, and he didn't hesitate to sacrifice Wang Yu to kill Li Yuntian, and then muddy the Ming Dynasty to profit from it.

"Queen Mother, the loyalty of the Duke of Zhenguo to the Ming Dynasty can be seen day by day, and the concubines will never believe that he will rebel!"

Zhou Yuting got up and came to the Empress Dowager Zhang, knelt at her feet and handed over the thing wrapped in yellow brocade cloth in her hand with tears in her eyes: "This is the imperial object that the emperor rewarded to the Duke of Zhenguo, and the Duke of Zhenguo hung it in the bedroom in order to encourage himself, if the Duke of Zhenguo really did that great rebellion, he would not be qualified to keep this thing anymore." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't know what the "imperial object" in Zhou Yuting's mouth was, so she asked the eunuchs on the side to open the yellow brocade cloth, which was a painting scroll rolled together, and when the eunuchs unfolded the painting scroll, they found that it was a peony picture, the payment time was the first year of Hongxi, the person who signed the money was "Changchun Zhenren", and the place of payment was Ciqing Palace.

When seeing the words "Changchun real person", the Empress Dowager Zhang immediately understood, it turned out that this peony picture was made by Emperor Xuande, Emperor Xuande Yashang Hanmo, especially the work of painting, landscapes, people, animals, flowers and birds, grass and insects are all wonderful, often painted to give important ministers, and "Changchun real person" is Emperor Xuande's self-name.

Moreover, Ciqing Palace is the prince's east palace, and Emperor Xuande lived there for nearly nine months after Emperor Hongxi ascended the throne, and then rushed to Nanjing City to take control.

Coupled with the seal of Emperor Xuande when he was the crown prince on the painting, there is no doubt that this peony picture was made by Emperor Xuande in Ciqing Palace in the first year of Hongxi.

"Queen Mother, this picture has been seen in this palace, it was given to Zhenguo Gong when the emperor was still the prince, and this palace remembers that Zhenguo Gong presented a map with the territory of the world at that time."

Empress Sun was very close to the Queen Mother, and after seeing the peony picture, Liu Mei frowned slightly and felt a little familiar, then thought about it, opened her mouth and said to the Queen Mother Zhang, and pointed out the source of the peony picture in public.

Several powerful ladies present couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, the peony means wealth, and Emperor Xuande gave Li Yuntian this peony picture back then, which obviously had the intention of wooing Li Yuntian, and at the same time, he also admired Li Yuntian very much.

"Girl, the emperor is confused!" How could Empress Dowager Zhang not know Emperor Xuande's intentions back then, thinking that Li Yuntian had risked his life all these years to fight in the south and the north to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty, she couldn't help but sigh and said quietly, I don't know if it was because of feelings or for Zhou Yuting.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Zhang lovingly pulled her into her arms, gently stroked Zhou Yuting's hair, and let Zhou Yuting cry bitterly.

Qianqing Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, the servants have interrogated the people around Wang Yu, and they all said that they don't know about Wang Yu's trip to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion." Emperor Xuande was lying on the bed coughing constantly, several imperial doctors stood by the bedside helplessly, and privately discussed the treatment plan, and Yang Qing, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, walked in quickly and came to the bed to whisper.

As soon as Wang Yu took people to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and ignited the prison into the palace, the angry Emperor Xuande asked Yang Qing to take people to the Si Li Eunuch, arrested all the people related to Wang Yu, and tortured them to extract confessions.

According to the records of the inner court, Wang Yu took leave of absence on the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, saying that he was celebrating the New Year with his nephew who came to the capital, but he led people to attack the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion.

"Ahem, check, we must find out about this matter, I want to see who is so bold that he actually put his hand into the palace and dares to murder the important ministers of the court, it is simply lawless." When Emperor Xuande heard this, he couldn't help but smash his fist on the warm couch, coughed and gave an order.

"Slaves obey!" Yang Qing hurriedly knelt on the ground and said respectfully, his heart was also shocked, he never expected Wang Yu to do such an unbelievable thing, it seems that the inner court is not safe mixed with some people with ulterior motives, and it is time to vigorously rectify it.

"Your Majesty, before the young master died of illness, he wrote a letter to the emperor, is the emperor the emperor?" At this time, an inner attendant walked in from outside the door and handed a piece of music to Jin Ying, who was standing next to the warm bed, and whispered a few words to Jin Ying, and Jin Ying immediately bowed down and said to Emperor Xuande.