"Father-in-law Lu ......" Xia Jinse immediately stepped forward.

Gonggong Lu's face changed, he looked left and right, and hurriedly walked over and lowered his voice: "The princess entered the palace for the affairs of the Ninth Prince, right?" Now the emperor is discussing this matter with the Marquis of Xiaoyao and the Duke of Nanguo, and the princess wants to see the emperor, but she is afraid that she will have to wait. ”

Xia Jinse immediately said: "Okay, I'll wait!" ”

Father-in-law Lu also had a bad face, and took Xia Jinse to the side corridor to wait, so that no one would see her standing in the courtyard.

I don't know how long it took, Nanguo Gong Xiaoyao Hou came out, but Lu Gonggong hadn't come over to spread the word, Xia Jinse was so anxious that he could only wait patiently.

After waiting for more than two hours, there were three batches of courtiers who came out of the imperial study, all of them looked dignified, and waited until after noon, when Xia Jinse stood with sore feet and weak legs, and Gonggong Lu came over and said: "Princess, everyone is gone, the emperor is now alone inside, and the princess can go in." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Lu."

Xia Jinse just wanted to take a step, but she almost fell down after taking a step, but fortunately, Gonggong Lu supported her beside her: "Princess, be careful." ”

Squeezing out a smile, Xia Jinse smiled reluctantly, and then stabilized his mind and slowed down his pace and walked in.

In the imperial study, there was only Emperor Yuanqing alone.

He watched Xia Jinse come in, his face was pale, silent, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

Xia Jinse seemed to see the original serious and impatient Emperor Yuanqing again, she took a step forward, and after saluting, she took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, I am here for Lan Beichen, may I ask why the emperor wants Lan Beichen to go to prison?!" ”

After a long time, Emperor Yuanqing wiped his face with a headache, and his voice was a little hoarse: "You know about the robbery of the tax silver, right?" ”

"Yes, does the emperor suspect that Lan Beichen did it?" Xia Jinse asked rhetorically.

"It's not suspicion, it's conclusive evidence!"

Emperor Yuanqing's face was gloomy, and he said word by word: "I don't want to believe it!" But now all the evidence is in front of me, and there is no room for me not to believe it. But for the sake of brotherhood and trust for many years, I only sent someone to investigate, and did not force him. You're here just in time, and you'll see for yourself, and you'll tell me what's going on! ”

With a flick of his hand, he brushed the newspaper on the side of the imperial case to the ground, Xia Jinse hurriedly picked it up and looked through it, only to see that there was a detailed case written on it.

The team escorting the tax silver was sent by the second prince from Xishan Province and transported to the capital. There were more than 30 people escorting the tax silver along the way, a total of 10 boxes, each box containing 500,000 taels of tax silver. Along the way, it was kept secret, and no one knew that it was tax silver, and from March 15, the news was reported to the imperial court at the same time.

The day before yesterday, the team escorting the tax silver arrived a hundred miles away from the capital, but encountered a team sent by the imperial court to escort them along the way.

The team leader who came claimed to be the person of the Nine Princes Lan Beichen, and said that the Nine Princes were ordered by the emperor and were worried that there would be problems with so much tax silver, so they escorted them along the way on the eve of entering Beijing. The people of the second prince didn't think much about it, but they still confirmed the identity of the other party, and the person who came claimed to be called Mo Yan, holding the jade pendant of the token of the Nine Princes, and the person who escorted the tax silver checked that it was indeed the jade pendant of the Nine Princes, so I believed it.

Who knew that the two sides walked to the outskirts of Beijing twenty miles, but when they rested, they were drugged by the other party in the drinking water, and the people sent by the second prince to escort the tax silver were all poisoned, and only one person did not drink water at that time, so he escaped.

This person pretended to be dead, and was stabbed in the vest by the other party. This man named Mo Yan led his men to rob the tax money and disappeared. The man who was lucky enough to survive passed out and was found by a passing villager and reported the crime......

Xia Jinse's hands were shaking when he saw it, it turned out to be like this!

No wonder Lan Beichen will go to prison, such evidence is too unfavorable for him. Silent words, tokens and jade pendants...... Each piece pointed directly at her and Lan Beichen. If it weren't for Emperor Yuanqing's suspicions about this case, and he didn't believe that Lan Beichen did it, I was afraid that there would be a forbidden army surrounding the Jin Wangfu yesterday, and even she would be arrested together, right?

"You get it, right?" Emperor Yuanqing's hoarse voice sounded, and he held a piece of jade pendant in his hand: "This is physical evidence!" ”

Xia Jinse looked up and saw Emperor Yuanqing holding a jade pendant in his hand, a dragon and phoenix pattern, so familiar, she almost blurted out, isn't this the one she lost before?

"This jade pendant was given to Lao Jiu by me five years ago, and it is the only one in the world, I can recognize it!"

Emperor Yuanqing gritted his teeth when he said, obviously he didn't believe it either, but the evidence was in front of him, but he had to believe it, "You say, why is Lao Jiu's personal jade pendant in the hands of the person who escaped by luck?" And the person called Mo Yan, isn't that the dragon guard I gave you? Xia Jinse, how do you make me believe you! ”

The suppressed voice was exhausting, obviously from yesterday to now, Emperor Yuanqing has not slept well, and he is exhausted.

This happened, and it was related to Lan Beichen, who he trusted and relied on the most, and if it was Xia Jinse, he would also be anxious and suspicious.

"Your Majesty, this jade pendant is indeed Lan Beichen's, but before I got married, he gave it to me as a dowry."

No matter how panicked she was, Xia Jinse also had to explain, she tried her best to be calm and said briefly: "I sometimes wear this jade pendant, but I lost it for no reason not long ago, I just dropped it somewhere at home, and I didn't care, but I never expected it to be stolen by someone and used to frame me and Lan Beichen!" ”

Emperor Yuanqing said sharply: "You say it's lost, it's lost?" Why don't you report such an important thing if it's lost? Now that it's lost, I will only think that you lied to clear Lan Beichen's name! ”

When Xia Jinse heard this, his heart sank: "Could it be that the emperor doesn't believe in Lan Beichen either?" It's not that he has no money, so why did he send someone to rob the five million? And also the people who sent me? Silence is to protect me, he is always by my side, how can he do such a thing? ”

"Lan Beichen has no money? The entire Baizhen Building has his shares, and Lan Beichen and I made a ...... not long ago He made a lot of money, and he was not short of money at all! The emperor trusts Lan Beichen and entrusts him with all government affairs, why did he rob the tax silver? ”

"Didn't the emperor think about it?"

Emperor Yuanqing was silent for a long time before he said, "If it weren't for that, do you think you would still be able to stand here?" I just don't believe it, that's why I want to find out the truth, if he didn't do it, where did the money go? Who did this to you? ”

With incomparably resolute eyes, Xia Jinse immediately said: "Your Majesty, I will help Lan Beichen find out the truth, but can the emperor let me see Lan Beichen?" ”

After a pause, Emperor Yuanqing said: "It's not that I won't let you see him, what I said is still light." Now the courtiers all say that Lao Jiugong is high and shocks the lord, controls the government, intends to rebel, and hijacks the tax and silver is his preparation for raising military salaries. If someone hadn't been lucky enough to live, this matter would have become a headless case, and there was no way to investigate it, and now that I have locked him up in prison, he also cooperated, which was also a proof to the ministers, indicating that he had no intention of rebelling. ”

This group of people, I'm afraid that they have been afraid of Lan Beichen for many years, and now with the opportunity, how can they not fall into the ground?

But Xia Jinse still begged: "Your Majesty, I am a woman, and it is impossible to rob the prison, I just want to see Lan Beichen and know that he is safe and sound." Your Majesty, you can't agree to this? ”

Emperor Yuanqing looked at Xia Jinse for a long time, and finally said, "Okay, even for the sake of you who saved me." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xia Jinse's heart was relieved.

Soon, Han Yang, the commander of the forbidden army, took Xia Jinse all the way to the Criminal Department.

Compared to the prison of the Criminal Department, it is much deeper than that of Jingzhao Mansion. Most of the people detained here are officials and criminals, as well as death row prisoners who have committed serious crimes and capital crimes, and who have been escorted to Beijing from all over the world.

As soon as he saw Han Yang coming with Xia Jinse, the warden of the prison of the Criminal Department came in person.

"Lord Han." When the warden saw Xia Jinse, he was stunned for a moment, but he still said, "I've seen the Nine Princesses." ”

Han Yang said: "The emperor asked the Nine Princesses to come and see the Nine Princesses, you can take the princess in." ”

The warden hurriedly said, "Yes, Ninth Princess, please come with the contemptible people." ”

didn't dare to slack off at all, even if Lan Beichen was imprisoned, he was not tortured in any way, and no one even came to interrogate him from beginning to end. He had never seen this kind of case before, and as a small warden, he didn't dare to think about it, and he listened to whatever was said.

Walking forward with Xia Jinse, the warden opened one cell door after another, and there were heavy guards along the way.

Xia Jinse's heart sank, it was worthy of being a place where the Criminal Department held felons, with such strict guards, he didn't want to rob the prison at all.

The prisons on both sides were dark and old, some were empty, and there was only one straw in one place. Some were holding people, unkempt, huddled in corners, as if they had been held for years.

When some people heard the voice, they immediately threw themselves at the door of the cell and shouted for injustice. The sound of chains and shouts spread like a chain reaction, and the whole prison seemed to wake up from sleep, and it was as terrifying as hell.

The warden didn't seem to hear about it, and only took Xia Jinse all the way forward. It wasn't until one of the deepest prisons that I stopped.

It was a separate cell, and there were two guards at the door, and when they saw the warden appear, they immediately stood up: "My lord! ”

The warden asked the two of them to retreat for the time being, and said to Xia Jinse: "It's only a quarter of an hour, if the Ninth Princess has anything to say, she will say it as soon as possible, and the contemptible people will wait outside." ”

Soon, the warden left with two jailers.

In the prison, Lan Beichen was dressed in court clothes and sat cross-legged on a simple bed.

As soon as Xia Jinse saw him, even if he was safe and sound, even no different from usual, he almost cried when he saw his face yesterday, and rushed over and grabbed the prison door: "Lan Beichen!" Blue Beichen! ”

"Jinse, I knew you would come." Lan Beichen was not in a hurry, nor was he worried, but smiled.

After lifting the hem of his clothes neatly, he stood up unhurriedly, fortunately there was no chain or anything in his hand, walked to the prison door, raised his lips and said, "Look at what you are worried about, am I fine?" ”

"You still said that they were all in prison, and you said that they were fine!" Xia Jinse really didn't know what to say if he was angry, "Do you know what's going on?" I told the emperor that I would definitely find out the truth. ”

"You're so smart, it's up to you for your husband this time, Jinse."

Lan Beichen touched her face and said with a faint smile: "You go back and check Mo Yan's traces in the past few days, as well as your jade pendant, I remember you said that you lost it a long time ago, think about where you have been, where you may have lost it, who picked it up or stole it." If you need manpower, let Shattered Star Cold Ink send someone to investigate. ”

"Also, pay attention to Lin Kangnian and Lan Hongzhuo, who is about to come back!"