In the depths of the plum garden, Xiao Su cleared up, and the Praetorian Guards surrounded the place within a radius of five miles, so that no one could trespass without permission.

In front of the emperor and Concubine Jin, the eyes of the palace maid who suddenly jumped out were red with blood flowing on her forehead, shaking her thin body, and her fingers were Rongruo, lest others not believe her, and shouted loudly in an extraordinarily tough tone: "The slave maid is sure that the slave maid has seen this Rong girl meet the man in black outside the Lushui Palace and whisper." ”

Concubine Yi's eyes rolled around, and her two fingers twisted the silk silk to half-cover her lips: "Which palace are you from, can you be sure that you can see it, there is no half a lie?" ”

"Slaves don't dare to lie." The palace maid was prostrate on the ground, very frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "Slave maid...... The slave maid is the second-class palace maid who is often in the palace, because the black cat that Qian Chang is in is gone, the slave and maid have been looking for it near the Lushui Palace, and when passing through the small bamboo forest, she saw the laurel beside Miss Rong guarding outside, and the slave and maid were curious and took a detour to see, but I didn't expect ......"

Speaking of this, the palace maid's body couldn't withstand the spasms and tremble, she timidly glanced in the direction of Mu Beichen and Rong Ruo, and said, "...... Unexpectedly, I saw Miss Rong and the man in black leaning together affectionately, the slave knew that this Miss Rong was the fiancée of King Jing, and the slave and maid were very scared when they encountered that kind of thing, so they found a path and ran away......"

The eyes of the others rotated between Rong Ruo and the man in black, many of them maliciously speculated and disdainful, and even gloated over Mu Beichen for finding such a lonely woman who couldn't bear to be lonely, such as Duanwang.

The prince rubbed a red mark drawn on his fingernails on his neck, but he felt that Rong Ruo was not like the kind of person who went to Qin and Twilight, and besides, unless she was blind and let Mu Beichen not specifically hook up with a man in black who came from nowhere, after thinking about it, maybe Mu Beichen's personality was too cold, and it was rumored that he didn't like women, if Rong Ruo couldn't bear to be lonely, there would be.

Rong Ruo looked at the palace man with some amusement, she recognized it, the palace maid did meet her on the way to find the cat, and it was no wonder that she could make up such a seemingly impeccable statement.

Yuegui also remembered that at that time, the two little palace maids who were often in the palace were looking for cats, and they accidentally bumped into Miss Rong, and a palace maid ran out after her, talking about Xiuxin's death, so that Miss Rong and her went to Chuxiu Palace.

The palace maid in front of them was the last one to run out at that time, but they didn't care much about it, so they didn't have a deep impression of this palace maid.

Concubine Jin glanced at Rong Ruo deeply, her phoenix eyes were calm and fierce, which was not something ordinary people could bear, she turned to Chao Zhen, her elbows supported the armrests, and her body leaned forward slightly, "Lord Chao, the origin of this man in black, have you found out just now?" ”

In fact, for Concubine Jin and the emperor, it was not so much that Zheng Jiaren's death brought them more visual impact, but that the man in black was more disturbing and angry.

Since the previous case of Wang Xue and the Ye family finally led to the Beidi spies in the forbidden army, the emperor has asked Mu Beichen to clear the forbidden army, but how much time has passed, and someone in the palace actually broke in, and the forbidden army didn't notice it, so they let people come and go in the palace at will!

Chao Zhen broke out in a cold sweat from his back, and stepped forward and said: "The minister is incompetent, I can't be sure of the origin of this person, but it's ......."

As a Dali Siqing, Chao Zhen has always been vigorous and resolute in handling cases, although he is young, his methods are old and spicy, and he often goes off the rails, which causes many officials to be dissatisfied in private, but he is very loved by the people, just because he once disposed of a four-grade Beijing official's concubine in front of everyone, and there is also a nephew of the Hou Mansion, everyone says that he is an iron-faced king who judges cases like a god and is not afraid of the powerful.

Rong Ruo seems to see that this Dali temple secretary who met for the first time has a white face and beard, his eyes are clear, and he has a literati temperament in his bones, with two sleeves and a chic way to tread the waves.

However, now Lord Chao is not chic, he is still hesitant, and his face is sad.

"But what?" The emperor snorted, his words were quite impatient, and the dragon's face was angry, with the majesty of the Son of Heaven.

Chao Zhen put his hands in front of him, lowered his eyes and said: "The minister found a seal on him, I don't know if he stole it for the time being, Rong Chen will inquire again." ”

Chao Zhen spoke, and he definitely did not leave room for himself, and the investigation of the case paid attention to the complete evidence, the confession was undoubted, and all kinds of small details were compared, but whenever there was the slightest problem in the middle, it was not easy to draw conclusions.

"Bring it in." The emperor's eyebrows were gathered into a small mountain, and his eyes looked at Chao Zhen with heavy eyes, Chao Zhen didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly took out something and handed it to Liu Kai, who came forward.

Liu Kai glanced at it, his body was excited, he was busy gathering his mind, bowed his head and walked quickly to the emperor's side, dragging the things in his hands to the emperor at a glance, the emperor 'snapped', and slapped the armrest with his palm. 61

"Bold, is this a rebellion!" The emperor scolded angrily and shouted: "Pass the decree and let the Yan family father and son come to see me immediately." ”

Concubine Jin was curious that the emperor had become more and more self-cultivated in recent years, and without saying a word, he had already exuded the emperor's aura to the fullest, why couldn't she hold back and suddenly became angry, she turned half of her body, and at this look, her phoenix eyes trembled, her fingers wearing armor slowly closed, and her lips pursed into a line, but she didn't say anything.

When Liu Kai assigned Shang Yu to hurry with a group of guards to deliver the message, the man in black was lifted up and thrown in front of the emperor, the emperor pointed at the man in black, his slightly cloudy eyes burned with anger, and said coldly: "Ask now, I want to know, who gave them the courage to pretend to be a ghost in front of me." ”

Chao Zhen made a salute, knowing that this matter was going to be a big mess and it would not end well, so he hated why he wanted to participate in this banquet, look at the old man of the criminal department, he was sick at home early, saying that the previous case had damaged the emperor's wisdom, and he really felt guilty in his heart, and asked for daily self-reflection at home, without face. In this regard, Chao Zhen only had a smile in his heart, Who doesn't know that Ling Zhucang will sneak away at home and listen to the song, and he will live a comfortable life, and sure enough, he is still too young.

The mask of the man in black had been removed, and Rong Ruo saw a young face, at most in his twenties, although he was unconscious, his face still had an unyielding expression.

"Lord Chao, you woke people up first, otherwise how would you ask the case." Concubine Lin tightened the emerald brocade and feather satin cloak on her body, even if she was holding the stove in her hand, she was still cold and cold all over her body in the empty plum garden, "This kind of pickled thing can happen in the palace, in the final analysis, the imperial concubine is too friendly on weekdays, which makes people rampant." ”

Concubine Yi's beautiful eyes were lowered, a sneer flashed in her eyes, her red lips hooked up a proper arc, and when she looked up again, she looked innocent again, with a little panic, and said with a flat mouth: "Your Majesty, the little palace maid is talking nonsense, and it is clear that she saw Rong Ruo hooking up with the man in black, how can it be said that it is related to the Jingwang Mansion, and the concubine feels that Qian Changzai has been a little wronged before, and she can't instruct the maid below to point out that she is talking nonsense, and I don't know whose mouth she is talking about." ”

Concubine Lin had a sneer on half of her face: "Why doesn't it matter, didn't Lord Chao say it just now, this black thief is a member of the Yan family, who in the capital doesn't know that Prince Jing and the major general of the Yan family are close, isn't it that the relationship is so good, even the sweetheart can be shared." The palace now suspects that it is not a thief who has broken into the palace who has hooked up with Rong Ruo, but the master of the Yan family! ”

"Concubine Lin, how can you break things without a basis." Concubine Yi's eyes blinked, and tears rolled in them, "Emperor Shengming, you want to be the master of your concubines, Concubine Lin has wronged her concubines and King Jing." ”

Concubine Jin smoothed the cuffs that were rolled up by the wind, her phoenix eyes lifted, and she looked at Rong Ruo, her eyes were smooth with suspicion, Zheng Jiaren's death, the appearance of the man in black, all related to Rong Ruo, if she did it, Concubine Jin felt stupid, but in the final analysis, what are the benefits of doing this? Concubine Jin couldn't think of it, so she preferred that this was a game, a game against the Jing Wangfu and the Yan family, and Rong Ruo was just a chess piece that played a key role.

The Emperor twisted his fingers over the wrench on his thumb and scolded, "Shut up all of them." ”

Concubine Lin bit her lip, snorted unwillingly, turned sideways, Concubine Yi picked up the silk silk and gently wiped the corners of her eyes, when she lowered her head, her brain spun rapidly, if the dead people in the plum garden were Rong Ruo hooked up with the man in black, it would be fine, but it must not involve the Jingwang Mansion and the Yan family.

Then, Chao Zhen asked all the relevant palace people-

"Miss Zheng followed Duan Wang Ye into the palace, but later when Miss Zheng passed by Fangqu Courtyard, she asked the puddle on the ground to stain her clothes, so she went to the Hanxi Hall next to her to change her clothes......

"The slave maid heard that Miss Rong had an unpleasant quarrel with Miss Zheng when she first entered the palace, and Miss Zheng didn't know Miss Rong's identity, so she asked the maid next to her to ...... her mouth."

"Because it is not the plum blossom season, no one has come to the plum garden during this time, although the gate is open, but the slave has been guarding the door, and no one has entered the garden."

"Screams? It seems that there is, but the slave didn't hear it clearly, thinking that it was a little girl running around and playing. ”

"Slaves and maids are also always in the palace...... Yes, the slave maid has met Miss Rong, but she has never seen the ...... man in black.

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In the process of Chao Zhen's questioning, Rong Ruo roughly understood what happened:

Zheng Huai'an was hit by the Liu family, it stands to reason that it is good to enjoy the shade with his back against the big tree, but the wind and rain in the city are rumoring that Duanwang and Liu Xiangfu are marrying, and the Zheng family is very uneasy. Therefore, the Zheng family couldn't refer to the palace of the king, and saw that the Zheng family was going to lose, so this time Zheng Jiaren begged the king to enter the palace to find an opportunity, if he could find a young talent with the right family background to form a good relationship, it would also give the precarious Zheng family a chance to live.

The problem is, Zheng Jiaren entered the palace when she entered the palace, how to change her clothes to the plum garden, and she was strangled to death inexplicably.