Who did Du Yancai's death, Chu Li or Chu Heng? Or did both of them get a kick?

For a while, Huo Sijin didn't have a definite answer, but one thing was certain, that is, they would not let go of this opportunity, and they would inevitably take the opportunity to fall into the ground.

Du Yancai's suicide note is just the beginning, and the other party must have the next move.

The facts were as Huo Sijin expected, and the next day, the situation should be serious. Du Yancai's daughter Du Ziyu beat the drum to avenge her father's grievances.

The Dengwen drum was originally set up for all the subjects of Southern Chu, whether it was the princes and ministers, or the common people, as long as they sounded the Dengwen drum, they could go up to the sky to listen to the grievances in front of the emperor. But when the drum is struck, the one who beats the drum shall receive forty strokes of the rod.

The reason why there is such a rule is to let people know that the Dengwen drum is not easy to beat. The forty sticks were beaten, but it was not for show, Nanchu has sounded the Dengwen drum twice in total since the establishment of the Dengwen drum, and the person who beat the Dengwen drum, one was sick in bed for life and became disabled, and the other although he survived and did not fall disabled, he was also seriously ill, and it is said that he was cured after more than a year.

The Dengwen drum, which had not sounded for many years, was now beaten by a weak woman, attracting the attention of countless people for a while.

A young and weak woman risked her body to avenge her father's grievances, and added credibility to the suicide note left by Du Yancai.

The crown prince Chu Zheng has a strong and violent temperament, and his iron and bloody hand has long caused many courtiers to be dissatisfied, and now someone is suing Chu Zheng, and those ministers have written to the emperor when they see the wind and rudder.

The courtiers who wandered around the court naturally did not explicitly say that Chu Zheng was guilty, but one after another, the emperor was written on the ground, and the prince of the East Palace and the prince of a country must not be allowed to let such a scandal spread, and this matter must be investigated clearly, not only to prevent the subjects of the world from chilling, but also to save the face of the prince of the East Palace.

Things have developed to this point, and even if the ministers do not write a book, the emperor will order a thorough investigation of the matter.

In order to prove the prince's innocence and show His Majesty's impartiality, it is better to be a court case and leave a few more important ministers to observe.

There was nothing wrong with the courtier's words, and the emperor allowed it, and ordered the case to be tried in the Jinluan Palace, with Fei Shangshu of the Criminal Department as the chief judge, and officials above the third rank in the court and the central government staying in the palace to observe.

On the Jinluan Palace, Du Ziyu knelt on the ground, her face was pale and her lips were chapped with a cane, and the broken hair on her forehead was affected by sweat, clinging to her skin.

The weak and embarrassed Du Ziyu looked up in Chu Zheng's direction, his eyes were full of hatred, as if he wanted to tear him apart.

Everyone in the Jinluan Palace, including the emperor, saw Du Ziyu's look and demeanor, and couldn't help but be a little more suspicious of the crown prince Chu Zheng. It is impossible for Du Ziyu to have such a big hatred for Chu Zheng for no reason, could it be that Chu Zheng really blamed Du Yancai and passed the blame away?

For Du Ziyu's eyes full of hatred, Chu Zheng still stood straight to the side as if he hadn't seen it, his eyes drooped slightly, and his expression was indifferent.

Du Yancai's transformation from a corrupt criminal to a loyal minister who has been wronged is already surprising, and what Du Ziyu said in front of the emperor really surprised everyone.

Du Ziyu reprimanded Chu Zheng for holding a grudge against Du Yancai, and seeing that he couldn't hide the matter of the Huzhou disaster relief bank, he put all the crimes of corruption on Du Yancai's head, and used the Du family's family as a threat to force Du Yancai to go to Beijing to confess.

As for why Chu Zheng has a grudge against Du Yancai, the reason lies in Du Ziyu. By chance, Chu Zheng looked at Du Ziyu's body, the innocence of his daughter's family is the most important, Du Yan is the one who has read the book of sages, knowing this, he asked Chu Zheng to marry Du Ziyu and be responsible for her. But Chu Zheng was unwilling, and he was afraid that the matter would spread and be detrimental to his reputation, so he had the despicable behavior that followed.

Looking at the girl's body, but not willing to marry, this is a very common thing, and it doesn't seem to cause much trouble. But it is not surprising that this matter fell on Chu Zheng's head.

Chu Zheng has no wives and concubines around him, and there are no palace maids in the room. Chu Zheng doesn't like women, so the emperor once praised him, as the prince of a country, he doesn't indulge in women, which is a good thing.

After Du Ziyu said this, everyone, including the emperor, couldn't help but think of the reason: Chu Zheng was unwilling to be responsible for Du Ziyu in order to maintain his good reputation as not being close to women. As the prince of the East Palace, his utilitarian heart is so heavy, this amount of energy is really worse.

"Prince, is this really the case?"

Anyone can see that the emperor is not in a good mood at the moment. The emperor has always liked Chu Zheng's son, and he always calls him Zheng'er affectionately, but now he is a blunt prince, and he still uses such a serious tone.

Chu Heng, who was standing not far from Chu Zheng, was overjoyed, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were all full of joy. He finally saw the emperor's cold face towards Chu Zheng, God knows how jealous he has been against Chu Zheng in his heart for more than a year!

If it is confirmed that it was indeed Chu Zheng who framed Du Yancai by despicable means, then his position as the prince of the East Palace should change hands. Chu Heng's gaze inadvertently fell on Chu Li, and the smile on the corner of his lips instantly sank.

Among several princes, his father's least favorite is him, even if Chu Zheng is deposed, the position of the prince of the East Palace may not fall on his head, but Chu Li is the eldest of the princes currently alive, and his mother is the Jingbei Marquis Mansion of the hairpin family, and his father also praises him a lot. I am afraid that the position of the crown prince will most likely fall to Chu Li's head.

No way! He must not let Chu Li pick up this big bargain.

Chu Heng immediately took two quick steps forward and said to the emperor: "Father, the son has a proposal. ”

The emperor just asked Chu Zheng, but Chu Zheng didn't answer, but Chu Heng came out first, and the emperor's face was slightly gloomy, "What do you want to say." ”

If the tone of the emperor's speech to Chu Zheng was not good, the tone of his speech to Chu Heng at this moment would be even more displeased.

At this moment, Chu Heng couldn't care about looking at the emperor's expression, and said at the moment: "Father, since the case is a trial, he only listens to the words of one person, and it is biased, and the son thinks that he should be summoned to the main official of Huzhou. ”

The trip to Huzhou was an errand in the East Palace, and the main officials accompanying him were all people from the East Palace, and the first in line was the newly promoted Marquis of Jingbei, and he was also the head of the East Palace, Shi Huo Sijin.

As soon as this remark came out, many ministers seconded it.

"Your Majesty, the five princes are very right, and they will summon the officials who went to Huzhou into the palace and confront them in court, so as to restore the innocence of His Royal Highness the Prince." Cheng Enhou quickly understood what Chu Heng meant, Huo Sijin was a member of the Huo family, the cousin of the third prince Chu Li, if Huo Sijin could be involved, the three princes would inevitably be affected.

Killing two birds with one stone, no better.

Jingbei Hou's face changed slightly in the crowd, although he didn't like Huo Sijin's son, but after all, they were father and son blood relatives, and if something happened to his son, it was impossible for his father not to be implicated.

However, the Marquis of Jingbei couldn't stop it, and could only watch as the chamberlain went to summon Huo Sijin.

Not long after, Huo Sijin also entered the main hall and bowed to the emperor: "Weichen Huo Changjin knocks to see Your Majesty." ”

The emperor rubbed his eyebrows and raised his hand slightly, "Flat." Fei Shangshu, continue. ”

Fei Shangshu of the Criminal Department asked Huo Sijin at this time: "Huo Changshi, do you know that the prince had a dispute with the Du family's daughters in Huzhou?" ”

Hearing this, Huo Sijin quickly raised his eyebrows, Fei Shangshu's words were very vague, did the crown prince Chu Zheng have a dispute with the Du family's daughters?

There is obviously a trap in these words, if it was Huo Sijin, who was only fifteen years old, she might have stepped on the trap accurately, but others didn't know that the fifteen-year-old body lived in a Huo Sijin who had been a prime minister for two years.

Huo Sijin's gaze skimmed over Du Ziyu, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a noble status and disdains disputes with his female dependents. ”

Then he said: "When I was in Huzhou, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince paid a private visit and concealed his true identity, so all the reasons were taken care of by Changjin. However, when Fei Shangshu asked about this, Changjin remembered one thing......"