Jiatong was kicked in the shoulder by Xiao Xu, his body rolled on the ground involuntarily, and when he turned around, he threw himself at Prince Gong's feet with tears in his eyes, and kowtowed again and again.

"Lord, please let Princess Cai call the shots! The slave and maid just told a few words of truth, and the prince did this, obviously with a weak heart! Our princess is so pitiful! At a young age, he ended up like this in his good years, begging the prince to call the shots for the princess! ”

Princess Zhang tightened her brows, glanced at Chu Junlan hesitantly, and then at Prince Gong, and after a little contemplation, she made up her mind: Chu Junlan is a member of the palace, if she becomes the murderer of the Cai family's daughter, won't the entire palace be burdened and suffered? The happiness of her and her children is tied to the palace.

"Lord, the concubine thinks that Jiatong's words are not credible, although Princess Cai's sudden onset of this disease is very pitiful, and I also pity my sister in my heart, but I can't just wronged a good person because of this, although Chu's Suri is tough, she is not a person who will poison people, she has no grievances with Princess Cai, why did she want to kill Princess Cai?"

Prince Gong bowed his head and said: "This is reasonable, they are all a family, and they have no deep hatred, so they will not murder their lives, I think this matter is framed by someone." Chu, you are a doctor, why don't you take a look at Cai's situation first. ”

Chu Junlan nodded hesitantly: "Thank you for your trust, it's just that I'm afraid of rashly inspecting, and the people of the Cai family don't trust what I said, but say that I secretly used my hands and feet to eliminate the evidence, it's better to find a reliable one first, and then order someone to go to the Cai family to inform you, everything in our palace is sitting upright, and if there is a major incident, just follow the normal procedures to solve the problem." ”

Chu Junlan said that the masters and servants of the palace inside and outside the house couldn't stop nodding, and they were not weak-hearted, so they were naturally not afraid to report to the government, and they didn't care about inviting people from the Zongren Mansion to administer justice.

Prince Gong nodded when he heard this, and said, "What you said is that thanks to your reminder, I was anxious, and I didn't even think about it for a while. ”

Prince Gong turned to the outside and ordered: "Come here, immediately send someone to Cai's house to deliver the obituary, and then please go to the prefect's yamen in Huaijing to report the matter, and ask Lord Xu to come with him." ”

Jiatong panicked, turned around and pounced on Princess Cai's body, howling and crying: "Princess, you died unjustly!" ”

Yuwu couldn't help sobbing: "The prince is shielding the murderer and acting unfairly!" The slave and maid are guilty of the crime they committed today, and they must avenge my princess! ”

The two maidservants were young, and they wept with confidence and high pitch, and the crowd gathered outside the courtyard gate heard everything clearly.

A subordinate whispered: "The princess is not like the kind of person who harms people and believes in life." ”

Someone immediately retorted: "Don't forget the temperament of the princess, she refuses to eat at all, in order not to be framed, she would rather take poison herself than find the master of the field!" ”

"It's just like that, and it doesn't prove that the princess will harm people!"

"That's not easy to say, I think Princess Suri Cai is quite hostile to the princess, and Princess Cai had a quarrel with the princess in front of the gate a few days ago."

……

The subordinates have their own opinions, some people feel that Chu Junlan is suspicious, and some people feel that Chu Junlan, as the princess, has no need to murder his mother-in-law to stigmatize himself.

Xiao Xu stopped Chu Junlan's shoulder and said soothingly: "Don't worry, no one wants to put the charge on your head." ”

Chu Junlan nodded: "Naturally, I'm not worried, someone wants to take this opportunity to be unfavorable to the palace, I'm afraid it's a wrong idea." ”

The eyes of the husband and wife fell on Jiatong and Yuwu together, and the voices of the two maids who had been crying immediately weakened a little, and then they cried loudly again.

Chu Junlan frowned and said in Xiao Xu's ear: "I see that these two maidservants have some questions, find an opportunity to ask, and you will definitely gain something." ”

Xiao Xu also nodded in agreement.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the mansion gate, Chu Junlan frowned, and seemed to hear someone slamming the door and shouting loudly.

Prince Gong sank his face and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

A steward from outside immediately rushed in, and said with a panicked face: "Back to the prince, it was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who brought someone here, and the steward Mao was welcoming people outside." ”

Prince Gong sank his face and walked out quickly.

Princess Zhang and the rest of the palace saw that something was wrong, and they also chased after them quickly.

Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu's faces were very solemn, the people of Dali Temple would not be conscientious enough to listen to all directions, where could it be that the palace had just been killed, and they hurried over? There must be someone behind this, and the person who manipulated it is very likely to be the one who harmed Princess Cai.

Xiao Xu took Chu Junlan's hand, wrapped a protective hand around her waist, and slowly caught up with the person in front of him.

Unexpectedly, before he could walk out of the Hanging Flower Gate, Xu Zhishen, the young secretary of Dali Temple, led more than 20 messengers to meet him, and his face was clearly not good.

"Lord Xu, I came to visit late at night, I don't know what business you do?"

Xu Zhi bowed with a deep face: "Prince Gong, I came to visit late at night, it is really a last resort, someone reported to Dali Temple, there is conclusive evidence to prove that the princess of your mansion murdered her mother-in-law, such a rebellious and unfilial person, it is really heinous, this official has to intervene in this matter, and was ordered to come to arrest!" ”

"Lord Xu laughed, the matter in this king's mansion has just happened, and this king has just arranged for someone to report to the prefect's yamen, how can this king's subordinates not go out yet, but the adults have got the news?"

Prince Gong has fought on the battlefield, although he was born with a kind face, and he looks very amiable, but when something really happened, he showed all the momentum of the blood on the battlefield in front of people with a sharp eye.

A civil official like Xu Zhishen is really not an opponent, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back when he was bluffed, and said inwardly: "Don't be embarrassed, the prince is deliberately covering up." ”

"Cover-up?" Prince Gong said sharply, "Have you been interrogated now?" Or did someone give you hard evidence? If a person can be convicted only by touching the skin of his mouth, then what is the law of the king? ”

"Don't blame the lower officials, don't be wrong." Xu Zhi was deeply nervous, claiming that everything had changed, and his attitude was a little less domineering and a little more respectful.

"The prince is a hero who fought for the imperial court, and he is the emperor's own brother, how dare the lower officials snoop on the prince's mansion? How dare you slander the people in the house? ”

Raising his eyes, he glanced at Chu Junlan, who was walking at the end of the palace people, lowered his eyes again and saluted: "Originally, the lower officials didn't want to say more, because they were afraid of destroying the relationship between the emperor and your monarchs and relatives, but now that the matter has come to this, the lower officials have no choice but to open this mouth." ”

"Your Majesty?" Prince Gong was stunned and said, "The emperor has learned about this?" ”

"The lower officials rushed over after listening to the emperor's orders, otherwise where would the lower officials come rashly? No matter how powerful the official is, he doesn't dare to play prestige in front of you, right? ”

Prince Gong looked back in the direction of Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu with a surprised face.

Xiao Xu also frowned tightly, and the hand holding Chu Junlan gradually tightened.

"Impossible, the Chu family has no reason to kill Princess Cai at all, as a princess, she is rich and pregnant, why should she do such a harmful thing to others?"

"Your Excellency!" Jiatong and Yuwu didn't know when they came, so they rushed to the front quickly, fell to their knees with a plop, kowtowed like pounding garlic.

"My lord Mingjian, our princess has had friction with the princess in order to discipline her daughter-in-law, and the princess has a rebellious temperament, and she has always been used to being domineering, and the princess has taught more times, and the princess is naturally not convinced."

"Yes, my lord, the princess had a quarrel with the princess a few days ago, and she was dissatisfied with the princess, and the princess suddenly went crazy and died, it was clearly someone who assassinated, just ask the people around you, who else has this ability, and can go down to this ruthlessness?"

Jiatong and Yuwu grabbed the white, and put the fault on Chu Junlan's head.

Chu Junlan squinted at the two maidservants, and then looked at Xu Zhishen, who bowed his head and was silent, and felt a little more clear in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh lightly, and walked to Prince Gong and curtsied.

"Lord, it seems that this incident is prepared by someone with a heart, just to target our palace and put the murderous hat on my head, but he just chose my flaw to speak."

Prince Gong's face was extremely ugly, looking at Chu Junlan's eyes as if he was looking at a disaster, if it weren't for Chu Junlan in the mansion, where would the other party find a flaw in Chu Junlan?

"You ......"

"Father." Xiao Xu seemed to be afraid that Prince Gong would say something unpleasant, so he immediately stood in front of Chu Junlan and saluted, "My son can be a guarantor for the Chu family, and she will never kill Princess Cai." For the safety of the palace, the Chu family can be said to have done their best, as can be known from the events of some time ago. ”

"Yes, Lord Wang." Princess Zhang couldn't help but come forward to salute, "If you want to think about it, the concubine says something unpleasant, if the Chu family wants to kill someone, with her magical methods, isn't it easy to ask for someone's life without knowing it?" It's not for nothing that people can swallow their breath quietly, why did she bother to let Cai's use that strange and tragic way of death? ”

"Father, mother is right." Xiao Yuncheng and Xiao Yunguang also came forward to testify.

Chu Junlan was a little surprised by Princess Cai's approach, but after thinking about it, he understood.

She is a person from the palace, it doesn't matter who killed the Cai family, as long as it is not done by the people of the palace and does not involve the war in the two mansions, Princess Cai can continue to live a chic life with her children. And once the Cai family is annoyed, the palace will be completely chaotic, and won't Princess Zhang's stable days come to an end?

From this point of view, Princess Zhang is extremely decisive in major matters.

Chu Junlan said: "Lord, what Princess Zhang said is that at this time, it is about the palace, if Dali Temple directly detains the charge on my head, I will not follow it." ”

Xu Zhishen faced Prince Gong and Prince Gong and Princess Gong in a fashionable and able to suppress his emotions, but Chu Junlan dared to stand up and say "no", so he couldn't bear it.

"No? The princess has a big tone, the emperor has already said that you are the murderer of Princess Cai, do you dare not follow? ”