There was a deathly silence in the main hall, and whether it was the palace attendants or the ministers of the court, they all lowered their eyes and did not dare to come out.

Jiang Fengmao slowly walked in under the scrutiny of everyone, stepped forward step by step, his back was very straight, Tian Luowei, who was ordered to investigate the palace maid's fall into the lake, did not dare to step forward, and he didn't know if he should take Jiang Fengmao down on the spot.

"Old minister, see Your Majesty!" Jiang Fengmao's expression was as serious as ever, because he had been stationed on the frontier when he was young, his legs and feet were cold, and his brows were furrowed as if he was enduring the pain.

Tianluo Wei glanced at each other, and they didn't move in place, but they all held the hilt of the knife in their right hands, and looked at Jiang Fengmao vigilantly, beware of Jiang Fengmao's violent murder, after all, this protector has the privilege of holding a sword to go to the palace.

Several civil and military ministers in the main hall looked at each other, and they all focused on Prime Minister Ye Cheng's body.

Prime Minister Ye Cheng looked at his nose and nose, and the old god was there, it seemed that this matter was not angry because of his daughter, and he was very able to calm down.

The current emperor Zhao Duqi called Jiang Fengmao with a smile on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Summoning the Duke of the Protector to come is an important matter to discuss, yesterday was the birthday of the Queen Mother, and there was a murder of the crown prince in the palace. ”

Zhao Duqi looked at Jiang Fengmao, his eyes were meaningful, and he seemed to have other intentions.

"The murderer is really bold! Dare to hurt people under the nose of the Son of Heaven! Jiang Fengmao's face was full of anger, and he immediately stated, "Your Majesty is in the palace, and there is a murderer in the palace who hurts people, and the murderer must be found out as soon as possible and severely punished, so as to protect Your Majesty's safety!" Who did it? ”

"The Lord Protector is reasonable, but how can I, as foreign ministers, participate too much in the inner courtyard of the palace." Ye Chengxiang said lightly.

Jiang Fengmao looked around at everyone present with a pair of tiger eyes, caught a glimpse of Prime Minister Ye's expression, and snorted coldly, "Prime Minister Ye, what do you mean?" Your Majesty is the king of a country, shouldn't such a big thing be punished severely? ”

"The protector doesn't know, yesterday a palace maid died in the imperial garden, the palace maid was pregnant with a dragon son in her belly, and the daughter of the prime minister's family had a quarrel with the palace maid before she died." A minister stepped forward and said.

It means that Prime Minister Ye Cheng did not let the ministers participate in order to keep his daughter.

Jiang Fengmao looked at Prime Minister Ye Cheng and looked at him, the two of them were motionless, one was the head of the ministers in the world, and the other was the protector of the country who was respected by the generals, the two were equal, but one was full of anger and the other was indifferent.

The people present are all important ministers of the court, and if they are outside, they are all powerful figures, but now they are like quails.

"Ahem, Protector, after verification, the palace maid also saw your daughter Jiang Yuanliu before she died, according to Miss Ye, it was Ling Qianjin who rescued the palace maid when she threw herself into the lake." Commander Tianluo Wei said in a low voice.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Fengmao lowered his face and asked in a cold voice.

Commander Tian Luowei's expression was gloomy, "Naturally, Ling Qianjin is summoned, and this case requires Ling Qianjin to cooperate with our investigation." ”

Jiang Fengmao raised his eyes to look at the leader of Tianluowei, as if he was looking at a dead man, the young leader of Tianluowei couldn't help but feel chills down his spine, and the hairs on his body stood up.

"Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, my daughter has always been pure-minded, and saving people is just a matter of convenience, Your Majesty doesn't need a reward, but the investigation is also exempted."

Zhao Duqi knew that Jiang Fengmao was a bastard, and he had always ignored him, the emperor, by virtue of his own merits, Zhao Duqi's eyes flashed slightly, and he felt that Jiang Fengmao's attitude at this time was no different from the past.

Commander Tianluo Wei immediately said: "I found Ling Qianjin's jade pendant on the body of the palace maid Biluo, and the Protector of the Kingdom did not allow Ling Qianjin to cooperate with the investigation, could it be that he was weak-hearted?" ”

"My daughter went into the water to save people, what is strange about the jade falling into the hands of the palace maid!" Jiang Fengmao's face was gloomy, he absolutely couldn't let his daughter be taken away by Tian Luowei for interrogation, it was easy for Tian Luowei to go in but it would be difficult to come out.

Commander Tianluowei's voice was hoarse and sharp, "The Lord Protector is wrong with this!" I have found the certification, the palace maid Biluo was rescued from the lake and then returned to the bedroom, the palace maid in the same room confessed, Biluo looked panicked, and said in horror that someone was going to kill her! ”

"Commander Li, what do you mean by this? My daughter has just been picked up from the countryside, and she can't even recognize people, this is the second time she can enter the palace and have anything to do with the palace maid! It's even worse to harm a palace maid! Jiang Fengmao said coldly.

"It is precisely because I don't know what grievances Ling Qianjin has with the palace maid, so I want to ask Ling Qianjin to cooperate with our investigation, the palace maid is pregnant with His Majesty's blood, can't I bother Ling Qianjin to cooperate with the investigation?" Commander Tianluowei's tone was aggressive.

Jiang Fengmao sneered, "If you want to say that there is a grudge, didn't you say it just now, Prime Minister Ye Cheng's daughter had a quarrel with the palace maid, you should go to Prime Minister Ye Cheng, are you picking soft persimmons?" ”

After speaking, Jiang Fengmao cried to Zhao Duqi with tears, "Your Majesty! Lao Chen is really aggrieved, and finally got his daughter back from the countryside, this child has not received a good upbringing since he was a child, and he doesn't know many big words, and he learned some medical skills from Xiangye Lang, and honestly opened a medical hall in the west of the city, and never grudged with people. ”

Then Jiang Fengmao turned his head and roared angrily: "I don't know who is so ruthless that he actually framed my daughter!" Your Majesty, you have to call the shots for the old ministers. ”

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military ministers in the hall couldn't bear to look at them directly, this protector of the country relied on the old man and sold the old man even more old-fashioned, only Prime Minister Ye raised his head, his face was not good, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a mocking smile.

"Your Majesty, the words of the protector are not rough, I am afraid that someone deliberately framed this matter, the daughter's family is timid, if she goes to Tianluowei, I am afraid that half of her life will be thrown in, if you need the ministers to cooperate with the investigation, you can ask Commander Li to inquire at home." Prime Minister Ye Cheng persuaded in a good voice.

Jiang Fengmao and Ye Chengxiang are both literate and martial, and they speak very vigorously in the court, and other civil and military ministers also feel that this statement is reasonable, how can the two daughters who have not left the cabinet have a grudge with the maidservants in the palace? It is even less likely to harm people's lives.

Tian Luowei has to take off a layer of skin even if a man goes in, and the girls will be scared to death if they go in.

So the civil and military ministers in the hall pleaded one after another, although the investigation of the case was important, but it could not hurt the hearts of the two old ministers.

Zhao Duqi looked coldly at Jiang Fengmao and Ye Chengxiang without saying a word, his gray hair on his sideburns fluttering in the breeze, he smiled and nodded, "What the two Aiqing said is very true. ”

At the end of the discussion, the civil and military ministers left one after another.

Jiang Fengmao was about to walk outside the palace, when Prime Minister Ye saw him, he walked over slowly, stared at Jiang Fengmao, and said in a calm tone: "The wind is up, and I don't know if we old trees can survive it." ”

The voice was as kind as ever, without the slightest fluctuation of emotions.

Jiang Fengmao retracted his steps and looked at the guards next to him, he tidied up the corners of his clothes, and laughed loudly: "I don't know if I can survive it, the old tree will always fall." ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw the complexity in their respective eyes.

Prime Minister Ye smiled slightly, sure enough, they are all people who have experienced the coup d'état of the previous dynasty, how can they not have a keen sense of smell if they can live until now.

On the other side, Zhao Duqi sat firmly on the dragon chair, he looked at the courtiers who were slowly leaving outside the main hall with deep eyes, and suddenly remembered the unanimous voice of the civil and military ministers just now, and his heart trembled suddenly.

"Sure enough......"

Commander Tianluo Wei knelt on the ground and asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, this case must be strictly investigated?" ”

"Naturally, it is necessary to strictly investigate! You personally took people to the Protector's Mansion, something happened to the royal bloodline under my nose, this time it was a little palace maid, next time the target is me! Zhao Duqi's eyes were dangerous.

After the commander of Tianluo Wei left, Zhao Duqi leaned on the dragon chair, beckoned to the old eunuch beside him, and asked in a low voice, "I am Mingjun?" ”

The old eunuch hurriedly said: "Since Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, the four seas have been leveled, and envoys from various countries have come to pay tribute, which is the heyday of the previous dynasty, and there is no such grand occasion, Your Majesty is naturally a Ming monarch." ”

"But this Chinese Wu Heavy Minister, they don't stop dying, they look at the eyes of Jiang Fengmao and Ye Haoqiao, the two old horsemen! I didn't take me seriously at all! Zhao Duqi's pupils dilated.

"I am the king of a country, I am true to my word, and it is my own flesh and blood who die, they are my courtiers, shouldn't they cooperate with the investigation?"

The old eunuch looked at Zhao Duqi's blood-red eyes, and a gloomy coolness rose from his back, and he stood aside tremblingly and didn't dare to talk.

The farthest west of the city, from the Imperial Palace, is the Rejuvenation Hall.

Jiang Yuanliu has already prepared the paint for the tattoo, and since he sketched a different Qinglou with Miaosong, Jiang Yuanliu has not slept well all night.

In her dreams, there were babies waiting to be fed in the nursery, children who were poorly clothed and hungry, and pregnant women who died in childbirth.

Bloody scenes appeared in front of her one after another, the cruelty unique to this era.

"Whew!"

Jiang Yuanliu shuddered when she thought of those scenes in her dream yesterday, when she was in Hulan County, she had Jiang Chengli's protection, although the status of the businessman was not high, but she did not have to worry about food and clothing, and the food was good.

After returning to the capital, she is the identity of the princess of the protector of the country, although the circle of noble girls looks down on her, but she has the best food and clothing, and there are too many women living at the bottom of the Qingqi country.

She thought about changing the status of women, but how difficult it was, and the price of challenging the rules was not something she could afford, so she could only do her best to help more people while preserving herself.

During the reconstruction of the Rejuvenation Hall, the people in the west of the city have contributed bricks and tiles, hoping that the Rejuvenation Hall can be reopened as soon as possible.

Hearing the noisy sound of Wen Long Wenhu directing craftsmen to build houses outside the window, and Xiao Zhou's chatter, Jiang Yuanliu hooked the corners of his mouth and pushed open the window to look outside.