General Chen's Mansion, in the study, Chen Zhen was holding a letter in her hand, she looked at it carefully, and read it many times.

Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she picked up the brush on the table and began to write.

When the chapter was written, she glanced at the letter on the table, picked it up, and burned it by the lamp next to her.

Since the last time the distress letter she sent to the county king's mansion was presented as evidence in the court, she has been extremely cautious about the letters.

When all the letters were burned, the handwriting on the piece was almost dry. So she put the letter into her cuff and hurried out of the study.

"Someone, prepare the car."

On the carriage, General Chen held his breath in his heart and couldn't help lowering his brows.

In the imperial study, the empress looked at the county lord weakly, but in the end she relented, "Get up." ”

The county lord's legs were sore and he stood up with difficulty, "Xuan'er, thank you Aunt Empress." ”

At this time, Xiao Kuang walked in, and he was relieved to see that the tables, chairs and benches inside were all intact, and obviously nothing too big had happened.

Xiao Kuang stepped forward and said to the empress sitting on it, "Your Majesty, General Chen Zhen asks to see you." ”

When the empress heard that it was General Chen who asked to see her, she immediately frowned, "Chen Zhen? How dare she come? Let her in. ”

"Yes."

The empress hates the courtiers secretly colluding and forming a party for personal gain, Li Shangshu's big thorn has not been removed yet, and she will never allow new changes to occur. In recent days, she has been secretly investigating the matter of General Chen, but there is no evidence to prove her innocence, which makes her have to doubt the authenticity of this matter.

As soon as General Chen came to the imperial study, he knelt down, "Long live Her Majesty the Empress, long live, long live." ”

The empress now has a headache when she sees General Chen, "Why did General Chen make such a big salute?" Get up. ”

General Chen got up and replied: "After returning to the house, the old minister thought about it for a while and decided to tell Her Majesty the truth of the matter. ”

As soon as the empress heard the "truth", she immediately became curious, could it be that there was something hidden behind this matter? "Tell me about it."

So, General Chen replied according to the pre-thought statement: "Those witnesses in Dali Temple were killed by the county lord, and as for the murder of the border guard, Li Shangshu did it, and these two things have nothing to do with the minister." Her Majesty the Empress, the county lord and Li Shangshu's daughter Li Ruofei have long been secretly colluding, Li Shangshu has always been at odds with me, and deliberately put the blame on the minister's head. ”

When the empress heard Chen Zhen's words, it was obvious that there were many loopholes, so she asked, "However, I heard that Li Ruofei has always been at odds with the county lord, how could they secretly collude?" ”

"Her Majesty doesn't know that the two of them have been friends for a long time. Today, the two of them are still eating together in Yipinlou, and the restaurant guys can testify. ”

……

Since Li Ruofei came out of Yipinlou today, she has been restless, especially when she thinks of the county lord's face that seems to be smiling at her.

At this moment, as soon as she arrived at the house, she asked Xiao Si: "Has my mother ever come back?" ”

"Master Shangshu hasn't returned yet."

Li Ruofei ordered angrily at this moment: "Tell me as soon as my mother returns home." ”

……

In the imperial study, the empress saw the county lord standing aside without saying a word, and she was immediately very angry, "Xuan'er, is this true?" ”

"Auntie, Xuan'er knows that she is wrong. At first, Xuan'er regarded Miss Li as a rival in love, but later Xuan'er found out that she had misunderstood her, since Ziwei married into the county palace, she had nothing to do with Ziwei, she and Xuan'er had similar interests, and they became friends. ”

The empress hates iron and steel, "Do you know that Shangshu Mansion is a big thorn in my heart, and you dare to ......"

Seeing that the empress was full of anger, the county lord immediately admitted his mistake in a low voice, "The empress's aunt is not angry, Xuan'er knows that she is wrong." ”

Seeing that she didn't change her appearance, the empress ignored her anymore and turned her head to look at General Chen, "You go on." ”

Li Ruofei loves weapons, she didn't know where she knew that General Zheng Kai had a good short sword on his ancestors, and she wanted to see the real face. So that night, she sent someone to investigate. Later, when the matter was revealed, she randomly found a few witnesses to frame the minister.

Lord Hu Qi of Dali Temple has always had a means of interrogation, and Li Ruofei was worried that those people would not be able to withstand the interrogation, so he asked the county lord to secretly kill all those people, so that there would be no proof of death. Your Majesty, it is not the minister who probed General Zheng's mansion privately, the minister was wronged. ”

The empress remembered that Hu Qi had indeed told her, saying that the method of killing people was the style of people in the rivers and lakes, and looking at the entire capital, I am afraid that the only one who deals with both black and white is the county king's mansion.

The Empress couldn't help but look at the county lord, "Is what she said true?" But when you entered the palace that day, why did you tell me that Shangshufu did it? "Since you are good friends with Li Ruofei, you shouldn't betray Shangshu Mansion.

Is the county lord exonerating himself by doing this, or is there a fight in the nest?

Faced with the empress's questioning, the county lord explained: "Because Li Ruofei owes Xuan'er three hundred taels of gold and has not repaid it. No matter how good the personal relationship is, the rules of the county king's mansion cannot be broken, otherwise how can Xuan'er walk in black and white. ”

Although this set of rhetoric is ridiculous, it is obviously irrefutable, and the rules of the rivers and lakes have always been so.

"And then?"

The county lord replied with a slightly proud tone, "Since she heard that Xuan'er went to see the empress's aunt, she gave Xuan'er five hundred taels. ”

When the empress heard this, this trick was quite useful, and the county lord was still a little clever, but unfortunately it was just clever.

"General Chen, you go on."

"Yes. That day, the minister went to the edge of the forest to inspect and met Li Shangshu, so he asked her about the minister's eldest daughter back then. ”

"Huh?" The empress's face obviously became unsightly, "General Chen, the case has been closed back then, and Chen Ziluo has been posthumously named the general of Zhenguo. There is no need to mention this again. ”

It seems that this matter is still the queen's backlash, and she can only secretly and slowly investigate it herself.

"Yes, Wechen knows his mistake."

"And then?"

"Later, Li Shangshu was forced by the ministers to be anxious and wanted to kill the ministers, but it happened that the forest guards came to investigate and saw this scene, so she ordered her followers to kill them."

The empress was shocked when she heard this, this is completely different from what Li Shangshu said.

"Tell me, just because of this matter, you can force Li Shangshu to be anxious? But as far as I know, Li Shangshu is not a person who gets angry easily, and what you said doesn't look like Li Shangshu's style? ”

General Chen knew that the empress would definitely ask about this, but fortunately he had been prepared, "Because in the fierce quarrel, the minister said that she was a wolf and had ambitions, intended to rebel, and tried to usurp the throne. And all of this was heard. ”

The empress thought for a moment, and it made sense to say this, after all, these are not things that can be said casually, and if you say anything casually, you may be connected to the nine clans.

After that, the empress could guess the approximate situation, "Later, Xuan'er saved you?" ”

General Chen nodded, "Yes, the county lord was chasing an elk, and he happened to pass by there and saw that Li Shangshu wanted to kill the minister, so he saved the minister." ”

The empress was obviously puzzled by this sentence, didn't Xuan'er have a good relationship with Li Ruofei? How could it be a big deal to ruin her mother?

The county lord wanted to step forward and interject at this moment, but if she took the initiative to say it, it would seem that she and General Chen were cooperating in acting, and according to the caution of the empress's aunt, she would definitely suspect that they were colluding. If the empress is suspicious, I am afraid it will backfire.

At this time, the empress asked the county lord, "Aren't you friends with Li Ruofei?" Why did you save General Chen? ”

In order to make Her Majesty the Empress believe her, the county lord looked frank, "Xuan'er is on good terms with Li Ruofei, but this matter was done by Li Shangshu and has nothing to do with Li Ruofei." Besides, General Chen is Ziwei's father after all, if Xuan'er is not saved, he may be criticized. ”

The county lord answered without leaking, and every sentence was reasonable.

The empress really wanted to beat her dozens of boards when she saw that the county lord looked like she was guilty of her own crimes, "What's the use of being reasonable now?" I was dragged into the water by someone, and I don't know if I was alive or dead. ”

Her Majesty glanced at General Chen, and at this moment the Empress thought that General Chen had a holiday with Li Shangshu, and the county lord just happened to be implicated.

"General Chen, you go down first, and when the matter is clarified, I will give you justice."

Then General Chen took out the piece and presented it, and the piece was written in detail about what happened.

"Yes, Weichen retired."

After General Chen left, the empress continued: "The hundred officials have written to the book, and the Shangshu Mansion has also done its part, I suspect that the matter of encouraging the ministers to write is the work of Li Shangshu's old fox." ”

The county lord took the opportunity to say: "So, Xuan'er is very scared when she thinks about it now, to tell the truth today, she didn't dare to deceive everything, she just wanted to seek the protection of the empress's aunt." This time, I begged my aunt to save Xuan'er. ”

The Empress still does not fully believe General Chen's words, after all, no one knows what happened at the scene of the incident. Faced with the pressure of hundreds of officials outside, the empress is now weak.

Now that this matter has been in a uproar in Kyoto, she must deal with it as soon as possible, and she has to prevent someone with a heart from taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble.

The county lord already has a bad reputation in Kyoto, and when such a thing happens, he must not be able to stay in Kyoto.

The empress saw that the county lord had been standing there obediently and motionless, so she was angry, "What's the use of knowing that you are obedient at this time?" ”

The county lord knew that she was really forced to design this play today, and she was very grateful to the empress's aunt for taking care of her for so many years, in order to let the empress dissipate her anger, even if she took a few hits, it was nothing.

The Empress rubbed her forehead, looking very nerve-wracking. After a while, the empress finally couldn't help but speak, "Xuan'er, now that you can't stay in Kyoto any longer, if I let you leave, are you willing?" ”

The county lord was secretly happy when she saw that the plan had succeeded, but she had to show a reluctant look, and said aggrievedly: "Xuan'er is all arranged by the empress's aunt. ”

The empress sighed, "Since you opened the mansion, I haven't given you a fief yet, so why don't you tell me, where do you want?" ”

The empress's approach was indeed very touching to the county lord, but what she needed now was not these, "Aunt Empress, if you don't succeed, Xuan'er can't let the empress's aunt bear the infamy of favoritism." Xuan'er invited herself to go to the frontier. ”

When the empress heard the county lord say this, she was really taken aback, "The border is bitterly cold, the war is continuous, and you will be the one who will suffer when the time comes, do you have to think about it carefully?" ”

"Well, Xuan'er has thought it through, Xuan'er now just wants to leave Kyoto, stay away from right and wrong, and ask the empress's aunt to fulfill it."

When the empress saw the county lord say this, she just said, "You go back to the house first, and Rong Zhen will think about it carefully." ”

"Yes, Aunt Empress, Xuan'er will retreat first."

The county lord came out of the imperial study, knelt down outside the imperial study, and kowtowed.

She knows the Empress Aunt, and the Empress Aunt is the most inseparable from each other. If she really went to the frontier, the empress aunt would definitely not come to see her off.

Today may be the last time she will see the Empress's aunt.