The emperor turned his face on the spot, threw a piece of music on his table on the face of the criminal department Shangshu, and said angrily: "You actually dare to doubt me!" ”

"Don't dare! 、、、"

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department accidentally saw the folds that were thrown on the ground and scattered, and he was very surprised when he saw them, so he immediately picked them up and looked at them carefully, and then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, isn't this the lost twist you just said?" It's exactly what you just said! ”

"What!"

The eunuch beside the emperor immediately took the fold and put it in the emperor's hand, and the emperor opened it and looked at it, and sure enough, it was. But this is not right, it was obviously lost just now, how could it suddenly appear again? Could it be that someone took advantage of his absence in the imperial study to return it? But in this way, although the fold has been found, there is no reason to deal with Princess Ryan!

"Humph! This thief is really cunning! What is the place when the palace comes and goes without a trace? Is it his back garden? Come when you want, go when you want! Come on, give me fifty boards to lead the forbidden army! Set an example! It's really getting more and more lax, and I was actually succeeded by that thief twice! The Emperor said angrily.

Now the ministers below are even more full of complaints about the emperor, what is this called? Could it be that the emperor can let the emperor say anything, and whatever he says is what he says?

The emperor calmed down for a moment and said: "King Ryan is still under house arrest in the palace, this matter should not have been done by him, it is very likely that Princess Ryan sent someone in to assassinate me in order to avenge King Ryan, but he didn't find any trace of me, so he stole the song and left, and returned it after reading it." So the top priority now is to find Princess Ryan and punish her severely! ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department was really not afraid of death, and said: "Your Majesty, do you have any evidence to prove that Princess Shi Ruian did it?" If not, there's no way we can catch her. And the matter of placing King Ryan under house arrest is also very inappropriate, we do not have any evidence to prove that King Ryan collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and the old minister, as the secretary of the criminal department, will not be able to pass the test in the first place, Your Majesty, this matter is still a long-term consideration, let King Ryan go first, right? ”

"Let him go? Let him go, and he will have even more reason to force the palace to rebel! I've locked him up for so long for no reason, won't he be embarrassed? No, you can't let him go! The emperor said stubbornly.

The battle for the succession was too tragic at the beginning, and the emperor lost too many men and horses in the hands of King Ruian, so that the emperor was restricted everywhere in the two years he ascended the throne, and he was afraid to do everything and shrank back.

Just like this criminal department Shangshu, he is embarrassed with the emperor everywhere, he has to pay attention to everything with a proper name and sufficient evidence, and if he is a little sloppy, he will hold on to it, and always let the emperor entangle with him for a long time, and it will take a lot of tongue and resources before he will let go.

The emperor has been dissatisfied with the criminal department secretary for a long time, but he has not found any reason to remove him, this criminal department secretary is very rigorous, and he will never leave a handle for anyone, and it is impossible to grab his pigtails. Moreover, he is an upright person, and his popularity in the court is very high, if the emperor takes him down regardless of right and wrong, the ministers in the court will have to rebel.

Seeing that Shangshu of the Criminal Department remained neutral and no one helped him at the beginning, the emperor turned a blind eye to him, did not embarrass him, and absolutely tried not to bump into his hands if there was something, and tried to find others if he could.

No matter what the emperor did, as long as he let the criminal department Shangshu know, he would always jump out to find faults, so that the emperor had to be cautious and sneaky if he wanted to make a little move, for fear of being caught by the criminal department.

Today, the secretary of the criminal department is going to do something again.

"Your Majesty, please forgive the old minister for talking too much, may I ask Your Majesty, where is the evidence of King Ryan's collaboration with the enemy and betrayal of the country? Can there be correspondence, or physical evidence? Lao Chen has been in charge of the Criminal Department for many years, and he knows that a large amount of evidence is needed to support every case, as long as there is a link where the evidence is insufficient, or there is any problem with the evidence, it is worth scrutinizing, and King Ruian's case may be overturned. If that time comes, won't Your Majesty be even more passive? The criminal department Shangshu said.

The emperor was speechless when asked by the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, if he had evidence, would he still be so gentle, is he still just holding King Ruian? He had already killed King Ryan! It's a pity that he wanted to falsify evidence, but the people under his hand did it several times, but they couldn't satisfy him, they hadn't done such a thing, they had no experience, and the things they made were nondescript, so people knew that it was fake at a glance, so they could only put it aside first.

"Okay, put this matter on hold and talk about it later, and we'll talk about it when we find evidence later! Now let's talk about the thief first, even if it is lost and recovered, it is also deliberately done by someone, no matter who this person is or what the purpose is, I will catch him, ask him what he is for, why he is playing with me like this! The Emperor said angrily.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department sneered, and said: "Your Majesty, just now the old minister watched the fold, and the payment was made by the prefect of Zezhou, I don't know where the prefect of Zezhou learned that King Ruian and the princess rebelled?" How did you see the clues of their rebellion on the battlefield? Isn't he afraid of retaliation from King Ryan and Princess Ryan if he bites at will without evidence? Would he rather die than frame King Ryan and the princess? ”

"I'm talking about thieves, don't worry about him!" Once again, the Emperor could not help but be furious.

"Okay, let's talk about thieves, what kind of thieves are they? I didn't steal so many treasures in the palace, but I stole a twist? And in addition to the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, there is also His Majesty's jade seal, which is much more valuable and important than the fold, why didn't he take it, but only took such a fold? ”

The criminal department Shangshu made up his mind to fight the emperor to the end, he was sure that the emperor would not do anything to him, the criminal department Shangshu was an old minister in the court, the elder of the two dynasties, and he was already a pillar of the court when the first emperor was alive, and without him, many things for the emperor could not be turned around.

Moreover, the emperor was already at a loss, and he couldn't explain every question raised by the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the emperor had no way to deal with him. He can't just find a reason to punish the crime of the criminal department Shangshu, the criminal department Shangshu itself manages the criminal department, and knows every law of the imperial court well, just like he said, as long as there is a link and a chain of evidence that is not perfect, the criminal department Shangshu has a way to overturn the case. The emperor was not sure that he could kill Shangshu of the Criminal Department with one blow, so he couldn't do it easily.

The emperor could not find any excuse to excuse himself, so he had to say: "That's all for today, you go back first!" I need to think about it, and then I will summon you! ”