Han Jian went up the stairs to the gate of the Zhengying Palace, and there were guards to check his identity. After Han Jian revealed his identity, the guards did not dare to stop him, and Han Jian was able to enter the palace gate.

Although the Zhengying Hall is the place where the empress faces the ministers on weekdays, it is not magnificent. There were not many courtiers, about one or two dozen people, all of whom were dressed as civil servants, and they were separated on both sides. When Han Jian came in, the courtiers all turned to look at him, and the atmosphere of the entire court seemed to be very loose, and there was no sense of solemnity.

The Empress sat in the chair behind the table in front of her, her eyes on the doorway. Seeing Han Jian coming in, the empress didn't say much, as if she had been waiting for him for a long time.

"See Your Majesty." Han Jian went to the court and bowed.

"Get up and speak." The empress said in a very stern voice, "This time I summoned you to inquire about the injury of the captain of the guard station yesterday, and I heard that you were also present at the time?" ”

Han Jian arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister was indeed present, but the scene was complicated, and the minister did not see with his own eyes who injured Captain Feng. ”

"Hmm." The Empress nodded slightly, noncommittal.

Han Jian told the general situation at that time, and it was basically what he witnessed, including the escape of the female actor. What he said was an objective description, without personal emotion or speculation.

"Is the king of the east saying that Feng Duwei robbed the people's daughters first?" As soon as Han Jian's words fell, a minister next to him asked in a questioning tone.

Han Jian glanced at the man, an old minister in his fifties and sixties, he didn't recognize it, but he saw that the official uniform on his body was a purple robe, and his official position was not small.

Han Jian shook his head with a smile and said, "Feng Duwei grabbed the woman at that time, and said that he was arresting the rebel assassin, as for whether it was or not, I don't know, I'm afraid I have to ask Feng Duwei himself before I know." ”

"How can the king of the east shirk his responsibility like this?" A minister in his forties next to him spoke in a tough tone, "The captain of the guard station was beaten, and the king of the east was also present, is it just in time, or is there something else?" Why does the king of the east have to give an explanation, right? ”

Han Jian sneered: "Explain what? Confess that I sent someone to wound Captain Feng? ”

The minister said proudly: "So, the king of the east has admitted it?" ”

Han Jian said: "What do you want me to admit?" With so many people in full view, it was a group of people who didn't know where they came from and injured him, and this can also be relied on on me? ”

The minister had already heard that Han Jian was talking crazy at the palace banquet before, and he was talking about his deceased father like crazy, and after a while, he played a stringless piano and a famous scholar was discredited. This time it was the first time he had fought against Han Jian, and he had a feeling that he couldn't do anything about Han Jian.

"Shut up!" The empress suddenly reprimanded sternly.

The minister wanted to entangle with Han Jian, but when he heard this, he could only salute the empress respectfully, and did not dare to say more.

The empress looked at Han Jian and said, "This time I summoned the East King to come, because you guessed that the East King might have something to do with this matter, and now that the East King has explained that this matter has nothing to do with him, what else do you want to do?" Do you have to make a case into chaos before you give up? ”

The other ministers were originally very casual, and when they saw the majesty of the empress, they didn't dare to squeak.

"King Dong, you go down first, and you don't need to pay attention to this matter until the matter is clarified." The Empress added.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Han Jian heard that the empress's words meant to protect his shortcomings, and at the same time, he seemed to be hinting at something.

After all, Han Jian is a vassal king, so there is no need to participate in the discussion of court affairs. After saying that Feng Qing was beaten, he could leave. Out of the Zhengying Palace, Han Jian felt that he was not in a good mood, and it was nothing to take a trip to the palace, mainly because the attitude of those ministers seemed to have a grudge against him.

"Why don't you see Old Man Gu and Old Man Cui?"

Han Jian thought about it, he hadn't seen these two old enemies in the court before.

Although Cui Mingli is soft-spoken, it is normal that he is not in the court. But Gu Weipan is the chief minister of the Shangting Department after all, and it is a little unreasonable for him not to be on this occasion.

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Han Jian went out of the palace gate and went directly to Qingxu Yashe. At this time, Sima Yi did not come out, only Yang Xi was sitting alone and waiting for him.

"Brother Han, are you okay?" When Yang Xi saw Han Jian, he stepped forward and asked with concern.

"I happened to be there last night, and I happened to be there, so I routinely went to explain what could happen." Han Jian said casually.

"Maybe someone made my sister unhappy. Recently, my sister has not been in a good mood, and she didn't say anything when she asked her, but just listened to those little eunuchs talk about it, saying that the ministers often gave her sister problems. ”

Yang Xi was an unintentional sentence, but it made Han Jian notice some signs.

Han Jian didn't quite understand at first, why in front of the empress in the court, some ministers dared to attack him, the king of the east. Now it seems that these people are unscrupulous, they should be unscrupulous, and the queen's tough attitude at that time also shows that the empress is also a little impatient with such things.

"Have you heard of anyone behind Feng Qing?" Han Jian sat down on the old seat and asked Yang Xi.

Yang Xi thought for a moment and said, "Feng Qing? I don't know very well, I never ask about the guard, this matter should be done by the chaotic party, does Brother Han suspect that he is being sought revenge by the enemy? ”

Han Jian didn't say much, and soon Sima Yi and the guard Zhang Xing came over and summarized the results of the investigation.

"The young man's expectations are not bad, the surname Feng is really non-party and non-factional, he has no relatives in the capital, and it is said that even his wife's room was left in his hometown and not brought over." Sima excused himself.

Han Jian thought to himself, this is still a "naked official".

"Did you check who he offended on weekdays?" Han Jian continued to ask.

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, he is a captain of the guard station, and he is very low-key on weekdays. It's just that...... Today, there is some rumor in the city out of nowhere, saying that he ......"

Sima Yu said, glanced at Yang Xi, and stopped talking.

"What do you say about him? Why don't you go on? Han Jian frowned.

"This is the ...... It can't be said that it is disrespectful...... "Sima excused it."

One thing to the point of "great disrespect", what kind of rumor can it be? Han Jian guessed that the matter should be related to the empress.

"Does it mean that this surnamed Feng has any special relationship with His Majesty?" Han Jian said with a sinking face.

Sima Yu was surprised: "Young boy, can you guess this?" Or are you ...... What did you hear about too? ”

Han Jian sighed and didn't elaborate, only Yang Xi next to him kept asking what was going on. Sima Yi smiled, he knew what was secretive in this matter, because it was rumored that Feng Qing was the empress's concubine, and Feng Qing's killing this time had another meaning.

Han Jian hadn't heard of this rumor, but he guessed it.

Mainly because he knew that the empress's mother, Lin, was born in a humble background, was born as a palace maid, and was favored by the former emperor who was the crown prince at the time, and gave birth to the empress. The Lin family is thin, and has never heard of any "distant relatives" of the empress, and the relationship between Feng Qing and the empress is likely to be false, and the most important thing is the relationship between men and women.

The empress lived deep in the palace and was still alone with her sister-in-law for a long time, which inevitably caused the outside world to have a lot of criticism about her, especially the current Wei Dynasty and the Qi Dynasty were opposed to the north and south, there were external enemies outside, and there were chaotic parties and hostile forces of the North King and the West King. They were eager to deduct some basins for the empress to disgrace the empress's prestige, in fact, the rumors that Feng Qing had a relationship with the empress could not withstand scrutiny, but such rumors began to spread in Luoyang City the day after Feng Qing's death.

The people behind it, how vicious are their intentions?