The emperor's eyes turned to the Qiu family's father and son, and said, "Let's talk about the persecution of concubines by the Xiao Qi family, do Qiu Lao Aiqing and Qiu Aiqing know?" ”

Qiu Ze shook his body and said, "The minister doesn't know, the minister is negligent." ”

Qiu Jili said, "This matter is already known to the minister. Three years ago, Chen's grandmother and second brother sent a letter to Hecheng, saying that Inuzi Zhongshu escaped from the house with a girl, and it was most likely that he went to the Xiangjiang area, so the minister wrote a letter to Lord Ye, who was then the capital of Xiangshan Prefecture, asking him to help find it. A year later, Lord Ye wrote a letter, saying that he had found the child, and he had been adopted by a farmer family and named Xia Ju, and he happened to know him. The minister immediately sent his own soldier Qiu Shang to Xiangshan Mansion to confirm, and after knowing that the child was indeed Qiu Zhongshu, the eldest son of the minister's concubine, the minister secretly sent someone back to Beijing to verify, and learned that the child was frightened a lot in the mansion, and his biological mother also died strangely. The sick grandmother and the second brother of the minister also knew a little about this later. Originally, the minister wanted to take advantage of this time to go home to visit his grandmother and take care of the family affairs, but he didn't expect that the minister suddenly appeared a daughter, and these ugly things were taken to Jingzhao Mansion and brought to the emperor, and the minister was ashamed. ”

After speaking, he kowtowed again.

As soon as Qiu Jili's words were finished, the ministers in the palace finally understood the general situation of the matter, and they were all embarrassed.

Ye Xia's is Qiu Jili's daughter, who dares to joke about this. The two Qi families of the Qiu family were embarrassed, one was pregnant and plotted to rob the concubine's son, the other murdered the concubine and forced him to go thousands of miles, and cooperated to snatch the original dowry of his former daughter-in-law and husband, and these ugly things were actually brought to the Golden Palace.

If Qiu Ze didn't have a brain pump, for the sake of the Queen Mother's face, at least the scandal of Qi's pillow fake pregnancy and seizure would not be made public, but now he is clearly saying it here.

The emperor's face sank even more, and he asked, "Qiu Lao Aiqing, Qiu Aiqing was not there when Yang An An died, and you were in the mansion, how did Qiu Yang die unexpectedly?" ”

Qiu Ze didn't dare to admit this, and hurriedly denied it, "Your Majesty, this minister doesn't dare to admit it." At that time, Chen's mother was afraid that Chen's wife Qi would not take good care of Yang, so she went out of the Buddhist hall and took Yang to live in Zhuangzi. Yang's because he couldn't stand the blow of his daughter's early death, he "

He suddenly thought that someone said that the Yang family personally sent his daughter outside, stopped his mouth, and said, "She really can't think of hanging, whether she died unexpectedly, we have to tell the evidence." ”

Qiu Jili choked up and said, "The minister is incompetent, let his wife die, and his daughter has to escape from the house to survive."

The emperor sighed and said, "This can't be blamed on Qiu Aiqing, you are protecting your family and defending the country outside, but the people in your family are not worried." This matter is thoroughly investigated by Jingzhao Mansion. He added, "Let's talk about the third article, Xia's dowry."

Qiu Jili said, "The minister is ashamed, the Yang family's dowry was indeed misappropriated by the minister's mother and wife, and the minister went back to sort out those finances, and let them make up for the misappropriation, and if they can't make up for it, they will make up for it by their families." If it is confirmed that Ye Xia's family is really the daughter of the minister and the Yang family, the dowry will be handed over to her. If there is a mistake in it, Ye Xia is not the daughter of the minister, and the minister has decided to put the eldest son Qiu Zhong in the name of the Yang family, and the dowry will be handed over to him."

The emperor nodded, and asked Ye Guogong and Ye Fengdao again, "Two Ye Aiqing, do you know the true background of the Xia family?" ”

Ye Guogong came out of the ranks, hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers don't know." After speaking, he wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

Ye Feng said, "The woman is ignorant, she actually dares to break into Jingzhao Mansion, and the minister will definitely teach her a good lesson when she goes back." After a change of tone, he added, "However, if what the Xia clan said is the truth, the minister can't bear to blame her." The biological mother died unexpectedly, she was carried thousands of miles away to save her life, and her younger brother was persecuted and fled again, which is also pitiful. The minister doesn't know the truth, if he knows, he doesn't need a woman to go to Jingzhao Mansion to complain, the minister directly sues the emperor. "The tone is very heroic.

The emperor smiled and asked a question that had nothing to do with these things, "The potato was made by the Xia family?" ”

Ye Feng hugged his fists and said, "Yes." At that time, Chen's friend gave the minister more than a dozen potato, and Changzhao's cousin gave four to the Xia family. Who knew that the Xia family used those four caramos as seeds, and actually planted more than 700 catties of caramot. ”

The emperor nodded frequently and said, "It's a smart and resolute strange woman, who planted a potato, rescued and trained a spirit beast like Xiong Wei, and today bravely entered Jingzhao Mansion for the Yang family and younger brother who are suspected of being mothers. I appreciate it. ”

This is the emperor who set the tone for Xia Li, she is "smart and resolute" and has made contributions to the court. Suing Qiu Fu is not disrespectful, but "women do not let their eyebrows be shaved".

Ye Feng suppressed his joy and hugged his fists, "Thank you for your praise." ”

The emperor pondered for a moment, and then said, "The identity of Ye Xia's family and Qiu Yang's death are two things to be investigated, and several other things are enough to show that Qiu Lao Aiqing is confused, unfilial, and not strict in governing the family." Such a person is not worthy of the great responsibility, and he will be removed from the official position of deputy commander of the second rank and fined for half a year. ”

If it weren't for the queen mother's face, the emperor would have wanted to hand over the title of this fool directly to Qiu Jili to inherit.

Qiu Ze shook into chaff, still kowtowed, and said, "Minister, thank you Lord Longen." ”

The emperor also disposed of Qiu Jili, "Although Qiu Aiqing is not at home, he is also responsible for poor supervision, and he will be punished for half a year." ”

Qiu Jili kowtowed and said, "The minister is guilty, thank the emperor." ”

The emperor snorted lightly, and said, "As for the two women of the big and small Qi clans, they have done such things, they are immoral, and their virtues are bad, and the two Aiqing go home and control them more, and I will also let the queen send someone to reprimand them." If Yang really dies, he will be dealt with. ”

Qiu Ze and Qiu Jili kowtowed to thank him.

The emperor said to Su Hu again, "Su Aiqing will verify Ye Xia's identity and find out the cause of Qiu Yang's death as soon as possible." ”

Su Hu said, "The minister respects the order." He hesitated again, "Qiu Yang has been dead for fifteen years, and I'm afraid the truth is not easy to find out in a short period of time." "The people who should be done have done it, and you can't punish the Qi family, where is it so easy to check. The point is that there is also a queen mother in the middle.

The emperor also knew that it was not easy to find out, or it could not be found out at all. said, "Aiqing tried to check as much as possible." ”

At this time, the emperor and his ministers were already so hungry that their chests were close to their backs, and the emperor said loudly, "Retreat from the dynasty and give food." ”

Every time the dynasty is early, the emperor will give hundreds of officials food. The food is given in the Yinghua Palace, the emperor sits on a high desk, the prince and the first-rank official sit in the door, the second-rank to the fourth-grade and the officials of the Hanlin Academy sit outside the door, and the remaining fifth-grade and below sit in the Danqi. Wen Dong Wu Xi, heavy ranks, praise and kowtow, and take a seat. After eating, the hundred officials kowtowed and withdrew.

Ye Guogong and Ye Feng were summoned by the emperor alone to the Heart Cultivation Hall for questioning, and he still had some doubts about whether the Ye family's father and son really didn't know before.