Chapter 220: The Child

The collection of evidence in the Chunfu fraud case is going very well, although this case is related to the crown prince of Dahe, but Yan Liu did not bear the pressure from all sides when the case was decided, and the emperor gave him absolute power to investigate the case, and his power was able to knock the successor to the throne into the abyss.

It took more than ten years to establish the integrity that had collapsed on the afternoon of the day he received the case, Yan Xinglu after returning from the Rui Wangfu became very motivated, and even Lu Yi'an Liu Zhen occasionally discussed some important matters with him, it turned out that the depressed Yan Xinglu used the change to refresh the image of the son in his father's heart, but Yan Liu, who had been handling cases for many years, felt that his change was a little strange.

He has always known his son's ability, as long as he wants to do it, he will not do it worse than his father, but Yan Xinglu never does it, he is like a boat standing still on the water, and he will only row it when his father pushes it, and now he has finally grown up and knows that the mission of the boat is to run to the other side, but Yan Liu is not much relieved, because he understands his son.

For this reason, there were two conversations between father and son, and the result of the conversation was that the son, who had always been obedient, knocked him speechless.

Are you really old? Holding the heavy piece of shocking wood, Yan Liu, who was dressed in a bright red official uniform, looked at the blue sky outside the lobby that was frozen in the eaves, and did not shoot this piece of shocking wood for a long time.

He has been a maverick since he was a child, and others will study and take the imperial examination as a way out, but he only has a soft spot for those books that record the criminal officers to solve the case, and then his life is as tired and wonderful as he thought and wanted when he was a child. But today, for the sake of his son, he had to abandon the law of the highest status in his heart, and the struggle in his heart has never subsided.

Today is the day when the Chunfu fraud case is decided.

He felt that there were thousands of iron nails in the seat under his buttocks, the official hat on his head seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and the shocking wood in his hand was as hot as a flame.

As the first case of fraud in the imperial examination since the founding of the People's Republic of Dahe in the past 100 years, the ministers who were listening in the lobby of the Criminal Department today included representatives from various departments and ministries, the Cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry.

"Your Excellency!" Zhu Ge, who was sitting at the table, looked at Yan Liu's stunned expression and called in a low voice.

"Oh......" As soon as Yan Liu lowered his head, the two straight mountains on the official hat on his head shook, and the gold threads on the edge shook brightly. The old man was rude. ”

Zhu Ge glanced at the startling wood in Yan Liu's hand and signaled that he could open the case.

Yan Liu's index finger against the Jingtang wood rubbed lightly twice, gritted his teeth and picked up the hot Jingtang wood.

The shocking wood made of ebony touched the table made of camphor wood, and a loud sound made the officials who were talking to each other sat up straight. Because the case involved a wide range of people, this case was only attended by the senior members of the three grades, and there was no noise from the people outside.

The candidates involved in the case were brought up, because of the large number of people, more than 50 candidates crowded the space between the two sides of the officials, Yan Liu was a little named, and one person stood up, and then his confession was passed on to the minister who was observing, and after repeating it, it took two hours for more than 50 people to confess it, and the case began to enter the next process.

This case was tried for a day, a whole day, from the time of trial to the time of the trial, and since the sun went down, the lights of the criminal department have not been extinguished.

Because only the ministers above the third rank allowed by the emperor to observe, because this time it was Jinyiwei who was guarding the progress of this case, although the case lasted for a day, but no one could find out what was happening in the closed criminal department.

This night, the Criminal Department touched the hearts of countless people and brought the owners of those luxurious mansions in the capital into a sleepless night.

In the palace, the emperor listened to the news from the book, his bloodshot eyes moistened sourly, and the pen in his hand did not fall for a long time.

Although the Luoxia Palace and the splendid palace are in one wall, they are the existence of two worlds, because the concubines of the first emperor have long died, and the emperor has reigned for many years and has not beaten the harem people into the cold palace, and the concubine Chang, who can only live alone in a small room in the huge cold palace, has become the only woman living here, Rao Su closed the case and put back her three personal maids, two of whom were withdrawn, and only one person entered the dilapidated cold palace with her, knowing that it is now his prince who is going through the most difficult and dangerous hurdles in his life. On this day, the concubines knelt in the dilapidated Buddhist hall in the cold palace and prayed from sunrise to sunset, from sunset to moonlight.

In the palace of King Chao, the red lantern illuminated the mansion brightly, and Ning Chaoge drank two pots of tea in the palace, although no news came back, but the news from his room continued.

In Shen's mansion, Shen Ke was lying on the bed with Lu Xiangxue in his arms, waiting for his person to knock on the door.

In King Rui's Mansion, Ning Zhiyuan was lying on the bed, his eyes kept staring at the screen, and the eyes behind the screen looked at the crane on the screen, as if he saw the white clothes and black hair on the bed between black and white.

The sound sounded again and again, reminding the people who had not slept at this time that time was passing.

The closed door of the criminal department was opened by Jinyiwei when he was in Yin, and the ministers who had been listening for a day and a night crossed the threshold in an orderly manner, and they were tired and heavy, and they didn't want to speak.

Yan Liu, who had already closed the case, put the testimony in the case file bag, straightened his official hat and crossed the threshold.

Zhu Ge and the two brocade guards finally crossed this threshold and locked the door of the criminal department.

Jin Yiwei was left here to guard, the more than 50 candidates were escorted to the prison, and the officials involved in the case were convicted and sent to prison, and the prince was not spared.

How to judge the prince, the emperor has already instructed, although Yan Liu is the chief judge, but this case can be reviewed, it is completely to see the emperor's intentions.

In those shady houses in the capital, the long-awaited masters have received the results of the case one after another.

Chengyuan Mansion, which had been lit up all night, failed to welcome its owner back after the case was closed, and Lao Su, who had just sat in the position of housekeeper for only three or four days, waited all night in the Criminal Department, and the sedan chair carrying people could only be carried back empty.

The sky in the capital is about to change.

Su Wang Ning Chengyou's strength is just a flash in the pan, but the crown prince is a person who has been seen as the future king of Dahe since he was born, and now, this person is no longer worthy of sitting in this position, and the piece of the pie belonging to the prince will be divided by swarming, crazy plundering and fighting, which will only make the court turbulent.

But even the prince's party did not dare to be dissatisfied with the trial of the criminal department, this matter touched the arrogance and integrity of the literati, even if they had the heart to support the prince, they did not dare to stand on the opposite side of the emperor and the scholars of the world.

Finally waited for a news that was not much different from his conjecture, Ning Zhiyuan, who had been thinking about it all night with his eyes open on the bed, finally became sleepy, but now is not the time for him to sleep, the prince is in prison, since he has been transferred to the Zongren Mansion for detention and discipline, but the prince's power is still there, he must be ahead of Ning Chaoge.

Hearing the shouts outside the house, he cocked up neatly, grabbed the coat on the hanger, and tiptoed out of the bedroom. "What do the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate say?"

He didn't sleep all night, Qin Huai didn't sleep all night, when Yan Liu was interrogating the prince, Qin Huai had just returned from running around in the imperial historian's house in the Imperial Procuratorate.

"Leng Qingjian and several other old ministers still insist on resigning!"

"These old guys, hang the integrity on the edge every day, at this time I want to resign to thank the world's soldiers, who will admit it, how long has Leng Qingjian been competent to serve as the right governor of the imperial history, and the daughter-in-law has finally become a mother-in-law after many years, where is the reason for resigning and returning to his hometown, although his father advocates the same rule of civil and military, but the civil and military generals have always been incompatible with their appearance, who else can he help me at this time! I'll write a letter, and you'll go on another run! ”

Leng Qingjian and others are the backbone of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, if they leave, the status of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will inevitably plummet, this is not the situation he wants to see.

"Yes!"

"And ......"

"Lord Wang! Rajah! ”

The voice of the housekeeper outside the house sounded, and the high-pitched and loud voice was particularly harsh and refreshing in the calm night, thinking about the person sleeping in the bedroom, Ning Zhiyuan's hand pinching his chin was put down.

"Go ask what's going on."

"Yes!" Qin Huai left in a hurry, but in an instant, he ran back.

"Lord Wang! The third lady is ............ outside"

The tip of the pen that fell on the paper in Ning Zhiyuan's hand spread out on the paper, and the ink adsorbed in the pen instantly stained the letterhead: "Where did the third lady come from!" How could she be outside the house? ”

Hasn't Ziyue been heard from for a while? How did you run back at this time?

The butler said............ Purple............ Purple Moon ............ ............ with a big belly" Qin Huai's suspicious gaze swept across Ning Zhiyuan's face and landed on the thick ink rendered paper.

The pen on the paper was broken by Ning Zhiyuan before Qin Huai's words fell.

The third lady, who used to be King Rui, returned to King Rui's Mansion late at night with a big belly, this plot will naturally only make people think that the child in Ziyue's belly is Ning Zhiyuan. It was Ning Zhiyuan's henchman Qin Huai, who also thought so at the moment.

At the beginning, Ning Zhiyuan designed to use Ziyue to force Mr. Du to leave Rui Wang's Mansion, but the truth about why Mr. Du and Ziyue left the mansion did not spread, and the hero was sad to pass the beauty pass, not to mention that it was a woman who had already entered Rui Wang's Mansion.

"How did she come back, go check it out immediately, bring people to the backyard for me, don't alarm the princess!"

Only he knows Ziyue's identity, why she disappeared and why she appeared with a big belly, this is a conspiracy! It seems that he is one step later than Ning Chaoge!

The clenched fist wanted to vent the resentment in his heart, but when he thought of the sleeping man, the exposed fist of the green tendons still let go.

This basin of sewage poured head-on, he couldn't avoid it no matter how he wanted to.

The security of Liudong Street has always been good, whether it is day or night, there are people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division patrolling here, after the night ban, here is also a patrol team constantly, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is so cautious, naturally because the residents living here are very important, Liudong Street is a Rui Wangfu, it will occupy most of the street, on the side of the Rui Wangfu, of course, the fish and shrimp can not live, can build a mansion on the side of the palace, must be people with some status in the capital.

However, when I entered Liudong Street, which was forbidden at night, a strange woman came tonight.

The patrol team stepped forward to inquire, and the people who were told about Rui Wang's Mansion saw that she had a big belly, so they could only let her go to Rui Wang's Mansion.

Haoyue is like a plate, the purple moon face in purple clothes has plumped a lot in a few months, under the exquisite makeup, the two blushes will make her more and more gorgeous in gorgeous clothes, the black hair is half a plate and half draped, the black hair is like a waterfall flowing down, falling straight on the buttocks, she is steadily tending, her legs are lazily dragging and her hands are on the bulging abdomen, slowly stroking while walking.

Looking at the Rui Wang's Mansion that was getting closer and closer, the corners of his mouth with a coquettish smile were full of banter, and the butler who had already learned of Ziyue's return in the mouth of the patrol leader stopped outside the Rui Wang's Mansion, anxiously waiting for someone from the mansion.

"Purple Moon girl, you can't go in!"

The butler's arms were outstretched, and his legs seemed to be tied to the stone bricks.

"I'm the third lady of King Rui's Mansion, why can't I go in?" Ziyue smiled coquettishly.

"Miss Purple Moon, please respect yourself, the Rui Wangfu has nothing to do with you!" The housekeeper held his head high with righteousness, thinking that he was so heroic this time, the princess must be impressed with herself!

"Why doesn't it matter? Even if I have nothing to do with the prince, do I, a child in the womb, still have nothing to do with his father? Ziyue stroked her lower abdomen and looked at the housekeeper with a smile.

The housekeeper's heart was confused, but when he thought of the person who was now in charge of the Rui Wang's Mansion, he suddenly found strength in his heart: "It's been two months since you left the Rui Wang's Mansion, who knows who this kid is!" If you want to conceive a child, look for the prince, where is there such a good thing! ”

Ziyue laughed and said, "Butler, can't you see it? Two months pregnant, will there be a belly as big as mine? ”

The housekeeper was speechless, glanced anxiously behind him, and saw Qin Huai, who was hurrying not far behind, he simply remained silent.

It's complicated! Qin Huai, who knew Ning Zhiyuan's affection for Du Yiyi, knew that this was a scourge as soon as he heard the name Ziyue, when Ziyue entered the mansion for only three days, the subordinates of the Ruiwang Mansion almost didn't fight because of her, and now she is back and brought a child, this time the atmosphere has finally eased a little, and it must be that it is going to be stiff again.

"Qin Huai, you can see it just right!" When Qin Huai stepped out of the mansion gate, the housekeeper turned around and stepped on the stone steps in front of the mansion gate and came to his side.

"The prince already knows, you go to the mansion first, don't alarm the subordinates and the princess!"

Qin Huai waved his hand down the steps and stopped in front of Ziyue, who was about to move forward, how dare the housekeeper come to the muddy water, and immediately ran into the mansion.

"Purple Moon girl, the prince is invited!" Glancing at the lower abdomen protected by Ziyue's hands, Qin Huai exhaled helplessly, in his eyes, of course, he knew that this was not a joke made by Ziyue in order to return to the Rui Wangfu.

On Chinese New Year's Eve last year, Ziyue completed her mission in the Rui King's Mansion and left, and two months later, tonight, she came here with her new mission, and unlike the previous time, this time, she held more initiative.

It doesn't matter who the child in her womb is, the important thing is that after tonight, everyone will know that she is Ning Zhiyuan.

Compared to Ning Cheng, Ning Chaoge is even more dangerous, and his basin of sewage, no matter how Ning Zhiyuan dodges, at least half of it will be poured on him.

Received two good news one after another night, Ning Chaoge, who was not sleepy, came to the backyard again, the wedding was less than five days away, the backyard was already full of red silk, full of festive red in the wind, welcoming the biggest victor in this melee into the pavilion, the maid immediately presented his favorite Tieguanyin, and consciously retreated behind the pillars.

The night breeze is very cool, the bright moon is very bright, in the backyard, Ning Zhiyuan, who has not slept at a glance, frowned, he and Ning Chaoge teamed up to set up a bureau for the prince, but Ning Chaoge set up a bureau for him behind his back, the prince is already only one short of a holy decree that has been abolished, and what about him? Perhaps there will be another insurmountable gap between him and Du Yiyi.

"Lord Wang, the people have brought it!" Qin Huai clenched his fists and bowed, letting Ziyue behind him step forward, while he stood aside and guarded.

"Ziyue has seen the prince!" Because of her big belly, Ziyue just made a leg.

Ning Zhiyuan looked at the bulging lower abdomen under his hands, and his constricted brows wrinkled into mountains and rivers.

"Ziyue, this king told you never to appear in front of this king again, and now you run back, is it to show this wild seed to this king?"

Ning Zhiyuan shook his sleeves, not angry.

"Doesn't the prince want to see our children?" Ziyue pursed her lips and smiled, charming and moving.

"You say it's the king's child, it's the king's child? You're at least three months pregnant! Did this king know you more than three months ago? With a cold snort, Ning Zhiyuan pretended to be disgusted.

Ziyue lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "Did the prince forget the night you and I spent more than three months ago so quickly?" The prince forgot, Ziyue didn't dare to forget! ”

Catching a glimpse of the tears in Ziyue's eyes, Ning Zhiyuan no longer had the patience to act in this play with her.

"Ziyue, do you still want to play such a trick with this king? Your intentions, this king will know at a glance, if you are smart, you will leave before this king is angry. ”

Two tears fell from the tearful eyes, and more and more tears fell, that is, tears fell, and the purple moon was also moving. "How can the prince be so ruthless, this is the flesh and blood of the prince! Although Ziyue is at fault, how innocent the child in her womb is! ”

"You should know the methods of this king, and if you talk nonsense here, don't blame this king for turning his face!"

"The prince can not care about the child in Ziyue's womb, the princess can't not care, prince, this is your own flesh and blood! I still remember that night, you and I intertwined all night of spring supper, you and I were as tender as water, why did you treat me like this today? ”

Ziyue cried, standing beside Ning Zhiyuan, who was angry, like a little daughter-in-law who had been wronged.

"Qin Huai! Send her to me ......"

"Enough!"

After the trees not far from the three of them, Du Yiyi walked out with a blank face, and Ning Zhiyuan, who turned around, was stunned for a moment, and immediately panicked, how could he explain this situation!