Song Ming didn't dare to delay along the way and let the subordinates drive the carriage quickly to the gate of the city in a blink of an eye, after he made it clear to him, there were little eunuchs who passed the word one after another, Su Mao had already explained this matter, so the little eunuchs below would also look at the eyes, and one by one they walked through most of the palace city in a blink of an eye and spread the news to Su Mao's ears.

At the same time, there was another little eunuch who came to see Su Mao, and he whispered a few words before seeing Su Mao's expression was overjoyed, "It just so happened that I came here, I will go to show Your Majesty!" ”

After saying that, Su Mao hurriedly entered the Palace of Nourishing Heart, Emperor Duan was reviewing the folds, and there were countless official affairs to deal with every year as soon as the year came, in addition to the usual excerpts, there were also excerpts from the surrounding small countries, these things could not be ignored, especially this year, the folds of the Bing Kingdom were very different from previous years, and they should be paid attention to.

Because Emperor Duan had helped them survive the cold disaster before, this time the lord of the Bing Qi Kingdom wrote all the words of thanks in the excerpt, but it is not difficult to see between the lines another layer of his meaning - to reconcile with Emperor Duan.

After all, the territory here is vast and the materials are sufficient, once the relationship between the two sides is repaired, Bing can be regarded as having a stable backer, it is not that there is no such excerpt handed over in the past, and Emperor Duan will also consider it as appropriate, but Bing Dai's excerpt this time is really a little tempting, promising never to send troops, not to mention sending over the most favored princess of King Bing to make peace, and even indicated that he would bring two cities as the princess's dowry, the land is still Bing Dai, but the right to use it belongs to the princess.

In other words, Emperor Duan can send troops inward at will, and no one will be unimpressed by such tempting conditions, but Bing Yi still had the intention of aggression and carve-up a few years ago, why did he suddenly become so deferential?

Is it just because Emperor Duan helped them get through it? Or is it because King Bing really values the abundant materials in Emperor Duan's hands too much?

I'm afraid it's not, just when Emperor Duan was pondering, Su Mao suddenly appeared and whispered beside him.

"Your Majesty, Lord Song of Jingzhao West Mansion asked to see me with a certificate, saying that there has been a new development in Li Kang's case, and he is in a hurry to report to you."

Emperor Duan raised his eyebrows, "He Song Ming really doesn't call me Ansheng at night, let him in," Although Emperor Duan said this, his face was not displeased, but he still had some expectations, after all, Song Ming would not rashly enter the palace late at night unless he had full evidence, and if he could really help Li Kang get rid of suspicion, it would be a good thing for Emperor Duan.

After a while, Song Ming took Chen and Guo Ling to kneel in the center of the hall again, and the scene was exactly the same as that night a few days ago.

"This is ......," Emperor Duan frowned.

Song Ming presented the confession, "Guo Yi's wife's confession is here, she is willing to show His Majesty in person to make up for it," After speaking, Song Ming gave Chen a look, and Chen trembled and said everything he had just said to Song Ming.

Emperor Duan was furious when he heard this, "The bold women dare to collude with officials to frame the officials of the imperial court!" You are guilty! ”

"The women are guilty, please spare your life!"

Song Ming rushed forward and spoke, "Your Majesty, although this matter is serious and bad, but after all, they are a woman, and they don't understand the affairs of the court, not to mention that the two of them are also being used, and it is really difficult for two women to be coerced and tempted by such coercion, it is really difficult to strengthen their minds, and it is already great courage to come to Your Majesty to make a first accusation, and I implore Your Majesty to be lenient." ”

After speaking, Song Ming also knocked his head on the ground, and Emperor Duan was furious, "How can such a thing be forgiven!" He looked at the two trembling women kneeling under His Royal Highness, and there was really no way to completely spread this breath to the two women, Emperor Duan lowered his eyebrows, "The criminal woman Chen was sentenced to exile for her accomplices, and Guo Ling knew that she didn't report it, so that the important ministers of the court were unjustly sentenced to ten years in prison!" ”

"The emperor spares his life, Your Majesty, it's all my fault, and it has nothing to do with Ling'er!" Chen couldn't be scared when she heard this, she knelt forward and begged for mercy, she knocked the ground one by one until the blood was stained, and she refused to stop, seeing that Emperor Duan's face was getting darker and darker, Song Ming stopped directly in front of Chen.

"The minister took the blame for the sinner, thank you for my emperor's kindness!"

After speaking, Su Mao also opened his mouth in time and said outside, "Don't come and drag the sinner down!" ”

Chen was even more crazy when he saw it, and struggled to break forward but was accurately stopped by the guards, "Your Majesty spares your life, it's all ......"

Song Ming grabbed her arm fiercely and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty is already an extrajudicial grace, if you don't want to kill Guo Ling, shut up!" ”

Chen's eyes widened in horror, and he didn't dare to say anything anymore, as soon as he got out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Chen knelt down in front of Song Ming, "Lord Song, I know you are a good person, please save Ling'er, it's not a pity that my life is dead, but Ling'er is still young, she is innocent!" ”

Song Ming hurriedly helped the person up, "You get up quickly, let's go out and talk!" ”

As soon as Song Ming came out of the palace, Emperor Duan was furious, "It's good that Shen Sheng is so bold in framing loyal ministers, but the testimony of the two Chen family is not completely credible, so how can I arrest him." ”

Su Mao glanced at the little eunuch below at the right time, and after a while, he heard a long announcement from outside.

Emperor Duan frowned, "What's the matter tonight, come in!" ”

A little eunuch ran in neatly from the outside, knelt on the ground respectfully and saluted, "The emperor's servant found a sneaky servant at the palace wall, and turned out a lot of rebellious things from him and in the room, and asked His Majesty to deal with it," The little eunuch raised his head after speaking, and it was the person who whispered to Su Mao outside.

Su Mao saw through Emperor Duan's thoughts, and directly stepped forward and said angrily, "Such a dog slave is not brought with him!" ”

Not long after finishing speaking, a half-dead slave who had been beaten by the forbidden army was pulled in from outside, Su Mao checked the items he searched out one by one, and pretended to be shocked when he saw a fold, "Your Majesty, this, this is Lord Li Kang's fold." ”

As he spoke, he handed this thing to Emperor Duan, and Emperor Duan saw that it was indeed Li Kang's handwriting, and the content of the complaint on it turned out to be the opinion of Guo Yi's case, "Li Kang didn't deceive me, he really wrote such a book," Emperor Duan was furious, "The bold slave dared to privately say the excerpt of the imperial court officials, who made you do this!" ”

The little eunuch had already been beaten and had no strength to speak, and Su Mao 'coincidentally' found a secret letter with Shen Sheng among his belongings, "Your Majesty, look ......"

"Okay, he Shen Sheng actually stretched out his hand to the real palace, come on, give this dog slave to death! Put Shen Sheng in prison, and Li Kang was acquitted! ”

Su Mao secretly raised the corners of his mouth and led the order neatly, "Yes, the slave will do it!" ”

Out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, he sent two groups of people to do these things one way, and the other went straight to Yiwang's Mansion.

After Duan Jingyi got the news, he immediately sent people to the Criminal Department to meet Duan Jingqi without stopping, and with a message, "Everything is ready, you can do it." ”

Duan Jingqi was immediately excited, and after a few days of gearing up, he finally waited until this time, even though he sent his cronies out of the mansion, he didn't expect that this team of cronies had indeed infiltrated Li Kang's mansion.

On the other side, Song Ming also returned to King Yi's mansion to restore his life, Chen cried bitterly, and when he saw Duan Jingyi, he couldn't stop kowtowing and begging him to save Guo Ling's life.

Although Tang Meng was angry at their foolish practices of harming others and themselves, Guo Ling was too young, she couldn't bear to secretly help the Chen family say good things, Duan Jingyi saw this, and ordered Song Ming.

"My father only said that she would be imprisoned, so she will be temporarily imprisoned in your Jingzhaoxi Mansion, and when the amnesty is granted at the end of the year, she will also be included in the list."

"And what about my sister-in-law?" Guo Ling cried and begged for mercy, "Please save my sister-in-law, I am willing to be in prison for 20 years than let my sister-in-law suffer from exile, she will definitely not be able to stand dying on the road." ”

Duan Jingyi's face turned dark and kicked away the person at his feet, "You should pay the price for your actions, if it weren't for the princess saying that this king wouldn't even spare you, and dare to come and intercede for her?" ”

Chen was so frightened that he hurriedly protected Guo Ling, but he was already very satisfied in his heart, "It's the sin of the people's women, it's not a pity for the people's women to die, thank you for the life of the prince Rao Ling'er, the great kindness and virtue of the people's women can only be repaid in the next life!" ”

At this time, the secret guard who went to report to Duan Jingqi also returned, nodding at Duan Jingyi from a distance, Duan Jingyi knew in his heart that this matter was not over, and it was time to start the next step.