Saying that, Zhong Chuyue took out the book inside and saw that it was an account book.

The account book records in detail the various expenses of the Qinglou, and the monthly account is credited.

And in those letters, there are some sales contracts that match the numbers in the ledger, and the seller's signature and seal are the name of an inn.

And this inn is famous in Chang'an City, which is the current Ash Eater Inn, the former Golden Dragon Inn.

Many people know that this inn was opened by a housekeeper in the Three Emperors' Mansion before the accident, and it was accepted by Li Qingqing after the accident, and now its reputation is even better than before.

The contract for the sale and purchase of this vegetable meat was signed before, which means that it was taken over by the housekeeper of the Three Emperors' Mansion.

The price of vegetables and meat in the contract far exceeds the actual price of vegetables and meat, which is enough to prove that he used the inn to secretly do some unsightly things, which may be related to the fact that Qinglou forced Liang to become a prostitute.

Zhong Chuyue collected the evidence and prepared to return to Chang'an for a thorough investigation.

But these people, she was not at ease, she was afraid of giving the news to the three princesses, so she ordered someone to temporarily send them to the local county jail.

The butler refused, "This evidence is not right!" In such a large ledger, only a few letters match a small part of the numbers in the ledger, not all of them. I'm afraid that's not right, right? ”

"It's not up to you to decide whether it's okay or not, it's me who has the final say! Come! ”

Zhong Chuyue called the officials and ordered another part of the officials to hand over to the local county officials.

The butler's face gradually darkened, and a look of disbelief was written on his face.

Zhong Chuyue reminded him, "I'm just asking you to go to the county government to sit down for the time being." If you refuse, you will be guilty, and you had better weigh it yourself! ”

The corners of the housekeeper's mouth twitched, but he was helpless, and the other protectors had no choice but to compromise.

The officials of the local county government came and brought these people over.

Zhong Chuyue dealt with this side, and hurriedly returned to Chang'an with the people.

In the Chang'an Palace, the singing and dancing have gone at this moment, and the banquet is over.

Many civil and military ministers and family members have left the scene, and the empress and the two imperial husbands on the front side have also left.

The queen lady sat there unsatisfied, until a little eunuch came in from outside and secretly said something to her palace maid, who relayed it to the queen maid, and the queen lady smiled at the corner of her mouth, and then she stood up and left the table slowly with the help of her horse.

The three princesses just looked at it, watching the little eunuch pass the word to the little palace maid, and the little palace maid passed the message to the princess, looking at the corner of the princess's mouth and smiling, she faintly felt uneasy in her heart.

It wasn't until she saw that the crown princess passed by her, and deliberately looked at herself, with a stronger smile on her face, that the third princess was sure that she must have secretly plotted to frame her own business, maybe there was Li Qingqing behind it, otherwise how to explain Li Qingqing's sudden departure?

The Three Emperor Goddesses were in a hurry, and after leaving the palace gate, the carriage had not yet been fully driven, and she couldn't wait to order someone to inquire about the news to see if something big had happened just now.

At this time, Zhong Chuyue had already returned to Chang'an City with the officials and secretly reported the evidence found to Her Majesty the Empress.

When the empress heard this, her face changed greatly, and Gonggong Zhou, who was familiar with the empress's temperament, also saw her so angry for the first time, and couldn't help but feel a little palpitating.

That night, the empress issued a tight order, asking Zhong Chuyue to investigate thoroughly overnight, to the end, if there are not enough manpower, with the assistance of Chang'an Order, the two groups of people take turns to investigate thoroughly, day and night, and this matter must be thoroughly investigated to the end.

For a while, the news that Chang'an City was going to change the sky silently spread in the hearts of several insiders.

The case has reached the point of tracking down the old bustard.

Gongsun Fu had already paid attention to the whereabouts of the old bustard, and the reason why Li Qingqing postponed the matter to report to the empress was to give the old bustard a chance to mess with himself.

Because as far as the evidence in their hands is concerned, the old bustard is suspected of abducting and selling good family members, and she can't escape. If the princess did not intervene in the Qinglou openly, then once the matter is thoroughly investigated, the princess will get rid of the crime, and the old bustard will become a big scapegoat.

So Gongsun Fu was waiting for her evidence, and now he felt that the time was almost over, and it was time to close the net, so he deliberately left a clue for Zhong Chuyue, so that she could find the old bustard naturally.

The old bustard was taken back to the yamen overnight for interrogation, and confessed all the crimes under questioning, and at the same time she also pointed out that the mastermind behind the scenes was the three princesses, and she was the one behind the scenes.

The inn opposite was nominally opened by the housekeeper of the Three Princesses, but in fact, the Three Princesses were guiding behind the scenes, how could a housekeeper have so much money to do this!

……

The news was sent back to the Huangge Palace

When Li Qingqing heard this, she directly squirted out the tea in her mouth, "This old bustard actually bit his mouth on the Third Emperor Sister?" ”

This is a real surprise.

Gongsun Fu was also surprised, "It's really unexpected, I thought she would bite the princess out." It seems that they did something about it very quickly after the incident. ”

Li Qingqing curled her hair with her fingers, thoughtful, "It seems that those fifty military sticks are really not in vain, and they beat my eldest sister smartly." ”

Gongsun Fu also felt this way, so he poured her a cup of tea again, "That's why I said, don't expose your ambitions easily, don't rush for quick success." ”

Li Qingqing nodded with deep understanding and never refuted it again.

The night passed

The night was extraordinarily long for some.

In the Three Emperors' Mansion, Li Qinglan waited all night before waiting for the news, saying that all the people in Tianchi Villa had been arrested and interrogated, and that she had found some evidence of her crimes.

In short, not long after Li Qinglan got the news, Tingwei Yamen sent someone to ask her to come over for questioning.

Li Qinglan's face turned pale, and she vaguely felt that she might not be in danger.

However, she is not in vain these days, she suppressed her expression at the moment and ordered someone to sneak out, "Immediately mobilize the surrounding elite soldiers, as well as the elite soldiers of the coastal counties to come and converge!" ”

"Yes!"

"Wait, let the elite soldiers of the coastal county pretend to be passers-by and enter the city, and all other actions are under my orders!"

"Yes!"

After Li Qinglan finished explaining, she dressed up and went to the Tingwei Yamen decently.

Tingwei Zhong Chuyue asked her a few words.

However, about the Qinglou, it is true that she is not operating in secret, she doesn't know a lot of things, and there is no problem with answering, so she can't ask why.

But when asked about the inn, it's hard to say.

Li Qinglan said, "The inn was opened by my housekeeper, and he did some shady tricks in secret, and I only found out about it afterwards."

I have already explained this matter to His Majesty in person in the main hall. If Tingwei doesn't have new evidence, don't be suspicious, otherwise this king has reason to suspect that you want to frame this king! ”

At the beginning of the main hall, the housekeeper alone carried all the charges off, and Li Qinglan did not have any evidence of direct involvement in the inn, so everyone was fooled.