"Erchen ......"

Mu Liancheng choked suddenly, and his heart was half cold, "Erchen didn't." ”

This time, Mu Zun was even more sure that he was just making up a story to frame Concubine Lan, so he sighed in his heart and leaned back to the bedside.

"Prince, you are worried that the third child's ambition will not die, and he will make a comeback in the future, so I want to completely solve this trouble, this mood is understandable, but it is the third child who is against you, don't implicate the innocent."

Imburing the innocent?

As soon as these words came out, the remaining half of Mu Liancheng's heart was also cold.

The people who killed decisively and had countless blood on their hands are now merciful, don't you say ridiculous?

In Mu Liancheng's opinion, what made him angry was that the emperor had no intention of avenging the empress, because Concubine Lan was his favorite concubine.

He and the queen have been married for more than 20 years, and they have been left behind in a few months, is it amorous or thin?

"What my father meant, my sons understood, my father rested, and my sons retired."

Without waiting for Mu Zun to speak, Mu Liancheng had already left the dormitory without looking back.

Of course, Mu Zun saw the ruthlessness in his eyes when he turned around, and a trace of foreboding came to his heart, what did this kid want to do?

The next morning, the emperor, who was in good health, finally convened a court meeting.

The civil and military officials had their own concerns, standing under the bottom with their heads bowed and listening to the emperor's teachings, and they did not dare to make a sound.

At this moment, those ministers who had close contacts with Mu Beituo and who had clearly participated in the rebellion had been sent to prison, and those present either had not participated or had not been traced because of indirect involvement.

But neither the former nor the latter could fulfill their duties as courtiers, because they all gave in to the three princes, so they were all worried about being punished.

Except for two people.

The first is the Song Taifu who scolded Mu Beituo in the palace before.

The other one surprised everyone, that is, Song Yifeng, who did the opposite thing with Song Taifu.

It turned out that Song Yifeng's surrender to the third prince that day, and the later humiliation of the crown prince, were all plays, in order to gain his trust and let the Nanyang army enter the city on the last night, so as to turn things around.

The father and son of the Song family are heroes.

After Mu Zun rewarded Song Taifu and Song Yifeng, he began to calculate the general account.

He glanced at the trembling ministers below, and said slowly: "I don't want to pursue the past anymore, I just hope that you Aiqing will serve the country more wholeheartedly in the future and assist the prince to govern the Yan Kingdom well." ”

"As for some people who secretly followed Mu Beituo's rebellion, if there are repentants who take the initiative to stand up and surrender to me, I can consider leniency, but if I find out, I will only destroy my family and the clan, and I will not forgive!"

The ministers were so frightened that their hearts trembled slightly, and the people who had ghosts in their hearts were even weaker with their hands and feet, and their foreheads were sweating.

However, they knew the emperor's character, and with him, those who threatened the imperial power would die.

The so-called leniency is just a means for him to induce himself to turn himself in, and once he really confesses himself, he will be immediately imprisoned.

If you don't confess, you will spend some money to buy off the ministers of the Criminal Department in private, and everyone will turn a blind eye, and you may be lucky to have a chance to live.

So, after the emperor's coercion and temptation, no one spoke.

"Okay, since you don't want to take the initiative to explain, then I have to find another way." Mu Zun frowned and said angrily, "Come on, bring people up!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the guards escorted several people into the Jinluan Palace.

They were dressed in prison clothes, unkempt, covered in blood, and exuded the smell of blood and stench, and the ministers on both sides of the aisle could not help but cover their mouths and noses, and leaned to the side in disgust.

These people are all important advisers of the third prince, Mu Beituo, and Helan Chi is also among them.

In fact, directly let Mu Beituo recognize people, you can find out all the party henchmen at one time, which saves a lot of trouble, but first, let him come out, Mu Zun is embarrassed, and secondly, Mu Beituo is a hard bone, he was tortured several times yesterday, and he didn't confess a word, so it basically doesn't work to let him recognize people.

Therefore, you can only rely on these few soft bones.

"You all have a good look, and see who is involved in this rebellion, and whoever has the most names will spare him from dying." Mu Zun said loudly, "Of course, you have to come up with evidence, if anyone dares to open their eyes and tell nonsense, I will immediately pull him out and behead him!" ”

This trick is not unclever, and in order to survive, no one will hide it.

There was an instant uproar below.

Those who participated in the rebellion were afraid of being identified, and those who did not participate were afraid of being framed, although the emperor stated that evidence must be presented, but after so many years of being an official in the court, who could not have anything to do with the three princes at all?

It's all too easy to fabricate evidence.

Under the uneasiness of the ministers, several prisoners began to take turns to identify.

Soon, one minister after another was dragged out, and after a round of identification, nearly twenty people were charged.

Most of them did participate in the rebellion, but there were also one or two people who only interacted with Mu Beituo and did not conspire with him to rebel.

Mu Liancheng was worried about killing innocents indiscriminately, so he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, in order to survive, these prisoners will inevitably be suspected of being framed. ”

Mu Zun bowed his head and said, "That's right, I'll leave this matter to you." ”

"Erchen takes orders!"

Mu Liancheng retreated to his original position, and when he turned around, his eyes swept over He Lanchi.

Fang Cai pointed out that the person who identified with the party the most was He Lanchi, but this person indirectly killed his mother, and Ling Chi was not an exaggeration, and he must not be allowed to escape this death.

"Your Majesty, the people identified by the criminal minister are indeed the same party of the third prince, and the criminal minister has the evidence of the crime in his hand, so he hides it in the secret compartment in the study of the criminal minister's mansion, and the emperor can immediately send someone to get it."

Helan Chi said eagerly.

Mu Zun looked down at him and said coldly: "Since I promised to spare whoever has the most names before will not die, naturally I can't break my word, if those people are really the same party of rebellion, I will do what I say, come on, and then go to Helan Mansion to search." ”

The guards took the order and left, and the hall gradually returned to quiet, and the hearts of the ministers also quieted.

"Helan Chi!"

Suddenly, a woman's cry sounded outside the hall, and everyone followed the voice, only to see a woman in a frost-colored dress rushing in.

She was in her early thirties, dusty, furious, and rushed straight towards Helan Chi, like a tiger that eats people.

The ministers were stunned, and they all stared at this woman in a daze, looking at the excitement with curiosity on their faces, and forgot for a moment that this was in the Jinluan Palace, not the vegetable market.

Others didn't know this woman, but He Lanchi and Feng Heng couldn't help but recognize her.

Just hearing the voice, they both froze at the same time.

How did the Lin family come here?

"Helan Chi, you ruthless and unrighteous person, I gave up everything for you, but you hooked up with other women behind my back, you are not human! I'll kill you! ”

Lin scolded while punching and kicking Helan Chi.

Helan Chi instinctively raised his hand to avoid the beating, and took a few steps back one after another, but his feet were unstable and he fell on all fours.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin swooped over, and actually rode on top of him, grabbed his hair, and beat him severely.

Helan Chi's hands and feet were shackled, he was pressed to the ground, he couldn't resist at all, and he was already injured on his body, and after a while, he was beaten to the corner of his mouth bleeding, howling again and again, his embarrassed appearance was simply laughable, and the appearance of the jade tree in the wind on weekdays was gone.

When the ministers saw this chaotic scene, they didn't know what to do.

And Feng Heng was eager to find a crack in the ground at this time, or escape from here immediately, so as not to expose the identity of the Lin family for a while and embarrass him.

"Where did the madman come from? What about the guards? Why don't you come in and drag her out! ”

Mu Zun howled angrily, he thought it was a crazy concubine in the cold palace who slipped out while the guards were not paying attention, and he felt extremely embarrassed, and he was so angry that his brows stood up?

Mu Liancheng stood motionless, but the corners of his lips were slightly upturned, he glanced up at Mu Zun, and sneered in his heart, can't he hold it on his face? The best is yet to come.

The guards seemed to be deaf, and it took half a day to run in and pull Lin away.

"Helan Chi, I'm going to kill you, kill you!" Lin Shi was twisted his hands and forcibly pressed to the ground, but he still glared at He Lanchi fiercely, and kept scolding in his mouth.

The guard hurriedly covered her mouth, and the hall was finally much quieter.

At this time, someone recognized Lin.

"Hey, isn't this an aunt from the Dingguo Mansion? Dingguo Gong, take a look, is this your concubine? ”

It's time to come or come, Feng Heng is full of despair.

The emperor was more and more surprised, how could the concubine of Dingguo Gong come to the palace and run to the Jinluan Palace to make a fuss?

"Dingguo Gong, is this really your concubine?"

Feng Heng stood up tremblingly, thousands of people didn't want to admit it, but they had to admit it.

"Yes, this is the Lin family, who has been sent to the family temple by the minister a few months ago, and I don't know why he is here today."

"Ridiculous! You can't even manage your own women, how can you be a high-ranking official in the court? ”

Feng Heng immediately knelt down and said: "The ministers have no way to discipline them, please ask the emperor to surrender!" ”

Mu Zun was really speechless, couldn't help but stroke his forehead, waved his hand and said: "Take this woman down, hit a hundred boards with a cane, and then let the Duke of Dingguo take it back." ”

Feng Heng secretly pinched a handful of sweat.

At this time, Mu Liancheng stood up.

"Your Majesty, Fang Caichen listened to what the Lin family said, it seems that she has some kind of ulterior relationship with Helan Chi, and I don't know if she is involved in the rebellion, so it's better to ask her questions clearly first, and then it's not too late to deal with it."

The ministers nodded their heads. I think this is polite.

Feng Heng broke out in a cold sweat again, is he going to blow up all his ugliness today?

Since it was involved in the rebellion, Mu Zun had to pay attention to it, so he ordered the guards to let people go.

Unexpectedly, the Lin family was really crazy, and as soon as he was free, he pounced on Helan Chi again, but fortunately, the guards stopped him in time.

Mu Zun was annoyed and helpless.

"Lin! This is the Golden Luan Palace, how can you be presumptuous? Settle down! ”