In the main hall of the East Palace, outside the screen, Bai Xue was reporting on the source of the poison, and inside the screen, Yan Mo helped Lan Xue sort out her clothes.

"Come in." After Bai Xue finished reporting, Yan Mo shouted softly.

After Bai Xue entered the screen in response, she fed Lan Xue a decoction with Yan Mo.

Three adult men stand outside the screen, neatly standing in a row, all of them are stunning, the sunlight outside the large round window falls into the room, dotting the hem of their clothes, and the dust particles are shining in the sun, setting off the beauty of the three men...

After Yan Mo and Bai Xue came out, the prince looked straight and asked, "Is Lan Xue awake?" ”

"Not yet." Yan Mo shook his head and said.

The prince took a breath and said to Bai Xue: "Check Du's father-in-law's bedroom, take good care of him, and escape from him to prevent Concubine Yu from coming to kill him." ”

"Yes." The snow bowed his head.

Prince: "As for the parrot... Give it to Lu Qi to investigate secretly. After that, even if Lan Xue woke up, she had to pretend that she was deeply poisoned and continued to ask the imperial doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Bai Xue said smoothly.

Seeing that the matter was over, Qi Ming looked at the color and said: "The time has passed, my father should go down to the court, and Sui Lan's case has progressed." This time, it is not appropriate for the imperial brother to come forward, and the younger brother came to take away Ji Gongzi and meet his father together. ”

“... That being the case, when the matter is over for a while, it is better to stay in the East Palace... The prince looked at Lan Xue, who was not healthy enough... He really wanted to find a good excuse to let Yan Mo stay a little longer... But now it's helpless... He looked at Yan Mo and frowned slightly...

Qi Ming followed the prince's gaze and also looked at Yan Mo...

Yan Mo looked at the two of them and was stunned for a moment... After that, she turned her head leisurely and looked at Ji Shenwen!

"Huh?" Ji Shenwen felt that there seemed to be a red flower in the air that had reached him with the sound of drumming!!

"Huh!" Yan Mo chuckled, "The evidence is complete, I will send you out of the palace safely today!" Anyway, you are also the princess's flower gentleman, when the matter is over, let's go to Xing'e Palace to say goodbye~"

Ji Shenwen smiled into an embarrassed eyebrow: "It seems that there is no right to refuse..."

Outside the gate of the East Palace, Lu Jiu and Qi Yun finally waited for the masters.

When the group of people walked away, Bai Xue said more respectfully: "Master, do you need someone to accompany you around the palace?" ”

"Why did you call the master..."The prince was slightly surprised, reached out and touched Bai Xue's head, and said, "The palace is fine, take good care of Lan Xue." ”

"Your Highness?" Bai Xue reacted, this call was full of surprise, "Your Highness! He grabbed the prince's arm and shouted.

"Snow?" The prince was a little surprised by the enthusiasm of the other party!

Bai Xue wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "It's a rude... Your Highness is safe, my sister is safe, and people are happy! ”

The fragrance of the courtyard dances, the stamens are fragrant, the bright sunshine dispels the haze of the morning, and blooms to the fullest...

At the transfer table, the officials who had just left the court began to hand over the documents and work, and Li Zhan, a member of the Ministry of Rites, came to receive the task, and when he got his work documents and was about to leave, Yuan Shangshu stopped him.

"Lord Shangshu." Li Zhan saluted.

"Your Majesty is very fond of this festival, and Lord Li of the banner of the household department can be more attentive." Yuan Shangshu stuffed Li Zhan with a delicate wooden box, and said softly, "This is the jade porcelain cup of Jindecheng, which is rare in ten years." ”

Li Zhan's facial features instantly unfolded, and he smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials know~"

The sun rises, the clouds are thin, and the eaves of the imperial city are dancing and twinkling against the sun...

After half a burnt incense, Qi Ming led the group to the outside of the Qinzheng Palace: "Ji Gongzi and Qi are waiting for him, Lu Jiu, you take the duck and meet the king and the princess together." ”

"Yes." Ji Shenwen and Qi Guards said in unison.

Yan Mo took the scroll from the hand of the Qi guard, and stepped on the steps with Qi Ming, followed by Lu Jiu...

In the hall, the emperor was checking the recital, and Gonggong Liu was attendant.

As soon as Qi Ming stepped into the hall and was about to salute, he saw Yuan Shangshu, who had arrived first, standing in front of the desk with his chest bowed, he put on his usual light smile, and led Yan Mo to step forward and said respectfully: "The son of the emperor sees the emperor." ”

"Daughter-in-law see father."

Lu Jiu couldn't enter the hall by grabbing the duck, so he could only kneel outside the door.

"Wechen see the prince and princess." Yuan Shangshu turned around and saluted, his face was easy-going with a hint of cunning.

Qi Ming bowed his head to show his salute in return, and turned to the emperor respectfully and said: "The son has something to do, and he wants to talk to his father alone." ”

Yuan Shangshu: "Enlighten the saint, Weichen also has important things to do." ”

"The Prime Minister asks to see—" At the same time, the father-in-law's loud voice came from outside the hall.

The emperor put down his hand and said majestically: "Xuan." ”

As soon as the prime minister stepped on the last stone staircase, he saw Lu Jiu grabbing a duck with his mouth tied, and he was slightly surprised, and then stepped into the hall.

"Your Majesty, the old minister." The prime minister saluted.

Emperor: "You're all here, I'm afraid you're doing the same thing?" ”

The prime minister is holding the music in his sleeve, ready to play...

"Your Majesty, Weichen has found out the real culprit of the case of the palace maid who transferred the case." Yuan Shangshu took the lead.

"Yuan Aiqing, listen, you and the prime minister were robbed last night?" The Emperor asked unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty Xie cares, there are not too many valuable things in the Weichen Mansion." Yuan Shangshu said respectfully, "The thief just stole a few calligraphy and paintings. At this point, his eyes turned slightly, looking at the picture scroll behind Yan Mo.

"Thank you, Your Majesty is concerned." The prime minister said, "The old minister just lost a little property, and it doesn't matter..."

Yuan Shangshu: "I don't know how much the complementary adults have lost?" ”

Prime Minister: "A hundred taels of silver and a few master's handicrafts." ”

Yuan Shangshu: "According to Weichen, I'm afraid it was done recklessly!" ”

Yan Mo said, I was really hit by you! Wrong! Somebody isn't! She glanced at Qi Ming.

Yuan Shangshu: "Your Majesty, the rebellion of the displaced people that broke out some time ago must still be a remnant of the party, and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, we must strengthen public security in Gyeonggi!" ”

"Father, the courtiers and daughters-in-law have recovered the stolen goods." Yan Mo stepped forward and made a gesture.

"Oh?" The Emperor curled the corners of his mouth with interest, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Qi Ming.

Yan Mo took out a bag and a stack of silver tickets from his cloud sleeve and handed them to the prime minister, "My lord, take an inventory and see if it's right?" ”

The prime minister took the goods, counted them, and said respectfully to Yan Yan: "Thank you princess for your righteousness, these are the stolen property in the old minister's mansion." ”

Then Yan Mo took down the scroll on his back, unfolded a part and said to Yuan Shangshu: "But Yuan Darao's calligraphy and painting? ”

Yuan Shangshu glanced at the scroll and said, "I didn't expect the princess to be able to recover the stolen things so quickly!" ”

"In fact, it was not only the Shangshu Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion that were robbed last night, but also the king's palace." Qi Ming smiled at Yuan Shangshu.

Yuan Shangshu: "Dare to ask if the Yi'an Mansion had any losses yesterday?" ”

Qi Ming deepened his smile and said: "Lord Shangshu, don't worry, the thief was repelled by the princess as soon as he entered the palace, and the stolen things fell in the courtyard of the palace, which is a pity that the thief ran away." ”

Yuan Shangshu: "The prince and the princess are flirtatious, but the thieves can still escape?" ”

"It's just poor, and you don't need this king and princess to work so hard." Qi Ming smiled and bent his eyes.

"Lord Yuan?" Yan Mo threw the picture scroll!

The scroll swished out of itself, landing on the carved marble in the hall with one end and the other still holding Yan Mo's hand

Yuan Shangshu observed for a while and said, "It is indeed a thing in the Weichen Mansion, and I ask the princess to return it." ”

"There's no hurry." Yan Mo pulled the corners of his mouth, and then asked Gonggong Liu, "Is there a glass mirror?" ”

Waiting for Gonggong Liu to find the glass mirror, Yan Mo said to the emperor: "Please move my father." ”

The emperor got up cooperatively and came to the side of the scroll, Yan Mo took the tool and showed it to the emperor: "Father, the courtiers and daughters-in-law found spider silk in this scroll, and the palace maid Sui Lan died of spider venom, and this scroll belongs to Yuan Shangshu." ”

"Hahaha~" Yuan Shangshu chuckled, "How could the princess judge that it was spider silk, maybe it was silk." ”

Yan Mo: "There is a difference between silk and spider silk, silk is viscous, there is usually only one kind of silk thread, and there are many types of silk threads of spider silk, looking at the shape and structure of these silk threads, it is obviously spider silk." Not only that, but the spider silk here has been verified by me and contains toxicity, and the duck in Lu Jiu's hand is the experimental object. ”

Lu Jiu, who was outside the hall, responded by exposing the duck's infected legs to the people in the hall.

Yan Mo: "The daughter-in-law found a film bag containing poisonous juice in Sui Lan's room, and it was her own poisonous juice that poisoned Sui Lan. And this poisonous juice was originally used by Sui Lan to poison Ji Gongzi, and that day Ji Gongzi received a note and asked him to go to the transfer desk to meet with the Prime Minister, and the agent identified that the note was not the Prime Minister's note. When he arrived at the transfer table, Sui Lan appeared at the right time, and wanted to throw out the poison film bag, but he didn't want to poison himself, the film bag was very easy to break, and he must be frightened when he carried this thing, so Sui Lan 'committed suicide'. But she lives in the palace all the year round, where did she get the poisonous juice? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the daughter-in-law, inspected the palace and did not find a place to raise spiders, but found spider silk on the stolen things of Yuan Darao, and there was also a valuable jade bracelet on Sui Lan's body, which was probably the reward given to her by the mastermind behind the scenes. Father, Ji Gongzi is outside the palace, but he can be announced to question. ”

"Xuanji Shenwen." The emperor made a public announcement to Liu Gong.

"Xuanji Gongzi is here—" Gonggong Liu shouted loudly.

Ji Shenwen's eyebrows and eyes were kind, and he was able to be present, and he knelt on the ground with a wave of his robe and saluted: "The grass people see Your Majesty, see the prince, the princess, and all the adults." ”

Emperor: "Get up and talk back, the situation at the time of the incident." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Ji Shenwen got up, the situation at the time of the curtain was very similar to Yan Mo, and he concealed his martial arts skills, "Sui Lan seemed to want to deliver objects to the grass people, but the grass people just subconsciously avoided it, and saw that she was suddenly poisoned and fell to the ground..."

Yan Mo said to the emperor: "Father, Sui Lan poisoned Ji Gongzi, Lord Yuan can't get out of it!" ”

"The princess doesn't want to spew blood." Yuan Shangshu said very calmly, "Don't you forget, the item was stolen, and the thief had enough time to do something on it, maybe last night's theft was deliberately arranged, and he wanted to frame Weichen." Furthermore, does the princess have evidence to prove that Weichen has had contact with Sui Lan? Sui Lan is dead, there is no proof of death, and the princess is asked to be cautious. Then he chuckled helplessly and said, "Again, why did Weichen target a common person, not to mention that Weichen also investigated the matter, and found out that the murderer was Master Li Zhanli, a member of the Ministry of Rites. He faced the emperor and said respectfully, "Please ask Your Majesty to interrogate Lord Li." ”

After receiving the emperor's signal, Gonggong Liu opened his voice again: "Master Li Zhan, a member of the Xuanli Department, is a member of the Ministry of Rites—"

While everyone was waiting, Yan Mo seemed to think of something, took out the jade bracelet on his waist, whispered a few words to Gonggong Liu, and said, "Father-in-law of Annoying Labor will take it personally." ”

Gonggong Liu looked at the emperor, and when he saw that His Majesty agreed, he said indifferently: "The old slave takes the order." ”

After about half a pillar of incense, Gonggong Liu came back with a tray containing the jade bracelet that belonged to Sui Lan.

After a while, Master Li hurried to the Qinzheng Hall from the transfer table: "Your Majesty, the lower officials. ”

"Li Zhan, are you guilty?" The Emperor's tone was slightly lazy.

Li Zhan looked stunned, and hurriedly lay on the ground: "Xiaguan... I don't know..."

Yuan Shangshu: "The evidence is conclusive, Lord Li..."

"Master Li!" Yan Mo snatched the words, took the jade bracelet and asked Li Zhan, "Do you recognize this thing?" ”

Li Zhan raised his head and looked: "This is..."

"This is the jade bracelet that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found from the tribute." Yan Mo looked at Liu Gonggong and said, "That's the jade bracelet on Sui Lan's body." She put the two jade bracelets together, compared the textures, and finally found the joint, "Their textures can be matched, obviously from the same piece of jade." Lord Li, can you explain why the tribute appears on the palace maid? ”

"Does this still work? Naturally, it was the reward he gave to Suilan. Yuan Shangshu said calmly, "As far as Wei Chen knows, Lord Xiangfu has evidence that Lord Li has privately withheld tribute. ”

When Li Zhan heard this, he was even more confused, and he didn't know where to justify...

Emperor: "Complementary, can there be such a thing?" ”

"Wechen is here today because of this." The prime minister handed over the evidence, and Gonggong Liu took it and presented it to the emperor.

After the emperor saw it, he threw it and threw it in front of Li Zhan!

Li Zhan picked it up and looked at it, it had the time and address written on it, as well as his name, as well as what he had done, and the confession of the envoy of Nanjiao State...

"Lord Xiangfu..."Li Zhan dodged his eyes, "It's been so long... The records are old, and the envoys are far away in the south... No one is facing off! Mo not... Aren't you cheating?! He joked.

Qi Ming: "The tribute jade bracelet appeared on the palace maid, you can't escape the responsibility of losing control, do you want to have one more crime of bullying the king?" ”

Li Zhan, who was already sweating like rain, trembled when he heard this, and shouted: "Your Majesty is gracious!" The jade bracelet is indeed a private buckle of the lower officials... Your Majesty... The lower official is guilty! The lower official is guilty!! ”

"Do you have an impression of this jade bracelet that is privately buckled?" Yan Mo asked, pointing to Sui Lan's jade bracelet.

Li Zhan looked at the jade bracelet and thought for a while: "This jade bracelet... Xia Guan remembered to give it away...", he turned his head to look at Yuan Shangshu, "I gave it to Yuan Shangshu..."

Yuan Xiao smiled: "Your Majesty, look, he has started to bite Weichen again." ”

"No, no, it's just for you, Lord Yuan!" Li Zhan affirmed!

Prime Minister: "Your Majesty, the old minister remembers that a year ago, Master Li wanted to be transferred to the household department, and he looked for Yuan Shangshu at that time. ”

"That's right! Yeah! Therefore, Xia Guan selected jade bracelets and other things at that time and gave them to Yuan Shangshu! Li Zhan said kindly.

"Lord Xiangfu, words are unpredictable, this official did not transfer Lord Li to the household department, so naturally he did not accept any bribes." Yuan Shangshu still said lightly, "Your Majesty, you have also seen it, Lord Li's words are repeated, and he bites indiscriminately, I can't believe that!" ”

Li Zhan refused: "Lord Yuan! You are also the one who has received bribes from the lower officials! How can you fall into the well!! ”

"Tell the truth!" Yuan Shangshu shouted, "Lord Xiangfu has evidence of your crime of withholding tribute, and you hold a grudge, so you instructed Sui Lan to poison Ji Gongzi!" ”

"No, it's not! It was only at this moment that Xia Guan realized that Lord Xiangfu had evidence of mercy..."Li Zhan shouted, "Your Majesty! Weichen did withhold the tribute privately, but he did not instruct the killing! Absolutely nothing! Your Majesty is aware of it!! ”

"Your Majesty, this matter really needs to be further investigated." Zai, who was suffering from not getting evidence of Yuan Shangshu's bribery, pleaded with the emperor.

"Yes! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty is discerning!! Li Zhan shouted and bowed, smashing the ground with a bang!! He kept straightening up and waving his sleeves in a big salute!!

The Emperor just watched quietly.

Just as Master Li saluted again, a wooden box fell out of the swinging cuffs!! The lid of the box detached, and a huge spider crawled out!!

"Look! It's a spider!! Yuan Shangshu exclaimed!

Everyone was shocked!! Dodge!! Gonggong Liu hurriedly protected the emperor!!

"No... No! It's not a lower official! Li Zhan said in horror, "This is the jade porcelain cup that Yuan Shangshu gave to the lower officials at the transfer table today!" How did you become a spider..."

"Tell the word!" Yuan Shangshu dodged Li Zhan and shouted, "How could this official give you a gift from a five-grade official!" Here's the key evidence! I still want to deny it!! ”

"Quick! Kill it! The Emperor said in disgust!!

Yan Mo threw his internal force to intercept the spider, and the venom slipped out, emitting a fishy smell!!

Everyone covered their noses!!

"Pull it out! Kill and decide!! The emperor pointed at Li Zhan and said!

"Your Majesty————"