Yongtai twenty-three years, the first day of the year, the Taihe Palace in the routine of the court.

Zhao Chen stood in a row of clan relatives with his eyelids down, dressed in a coiled dragon court dress, with a shining crown, and he looked very good.

It's a pity that the recitals that sounded in the hall from time to time made her drowsy and kept nodding her head.

It wasn't until the father-in-law, who was in charge of supervising Chao's behavior, couldn't stand it anymore and quietly stepped forward and stabbed her a few times, that she barely opened her eyes wider.

"Your Majesty, the earthquake disaster in the state capital has been properly handled, and the total amount of silver has been allocated... Fortunately, the scope of the earthquake area is not large, and there are relatively few households nearby..."The head of the household department bowed down and reported.

Zhao Chen was really in good spirits this time, and he was busy pricking up his ears to listen, after all, the location of this gold mine was related to her money pocket.

“… The second son of Wei Guogong... He even went to donate materials and materials for disaster relief and solve problems for the DPRK and China..."The book of the household department is also transparent, and the credit of Wei Guogong's family is not half of the credit to the Chu Emperor.

After hearing this, Emperor Chu looked at Wei Guogong in surprise.

The old scourge was actually "good", and he was really happy, and he even praised it for a while before stopping.

"Your Majesty is really tormenting the old minister." Wei Guogong hurriedly knelt on the ground, full of shame, "After all, the old minister is the minister of Great Chu, and the state capital is the fief that you have generously given to the old minister, and everything the old minister does is within his share..."

Zhao Chen's eyelids twitched when he listened, and he hurriedly suppressed the twitching corners of his mouth.

Wei Guogong's old ginger is really good for sale!

This refusal to express his words also made Emperor Chu take advantage of it, and the resentment that he had not married a daughter-in-law for Zhao Chen was completely dissipated.

"It is decreed that the state capital will be exempted from taxes for three years from this year..."

"The old minister thanked His Majesty for the grace of Heaven on behalf of the people of Chuzhou." Wei Guogong squeezed out two tears and knocked on the ground.

Zhao Chen couldn't stand it anymore, and while turning his head, he glanced at Zhao Hanqing from afar.

"Your Majesty." Zhao Hanqing, who got the signal, came out of the queue and said: "In the case of the drama involving Prince Wu, the minister and Lord Xia have discovered new clues——"

Xia Mingji, the secretary of the Criminal Department, looked at him with a confused expression, and his lips moved a few times but he chose to listen silently.

It has always been taboo to skip the ranks, but Zhao Hanqing doesn't care.

After all, as the prince of the prince, he is already more valuable than his boss, and his position in the criminal department is only gilded, so it is completely impossible to start the case at this time.

“… All of the above have been found by Lord Xia's secret agents, and I hope Your Majesty will judge! This is also what he discussed with Zhao Chen, after all, Xia Mingji will be used later, and he must always give people some sweetness first.

And—

The sixth prince remembered Meng Yong, who found him last night, and Xia Mingji's small actions that the other party said, so he couldn't hold back his anger and interjected directly.

"Father, regardless of whether Lord Xia's secret agent is reliable or not, these empty words alone are really unconvincing, and the son thinks that this case needs to be verified again."

Before Xia Mingji could figure out who his "secret agent" was, he heard the sixth prince say that he was unreliable, and his heart immediately became angry.

He knew very well in his heart that the six princes were doing tricks, and the reason why he pushed the boat to put Yue Huo in prison was nothing more than the idea of taking the opportunity to sell good things to the six princes.

Who would have thought that His Royal Highness the prince would be so cold, and he wouldn't miss his help at all when things changed slightly!

"His Royal Highness the King of Xiang is wrong in what he said." Zhao Hanqing's face was expressionless, "Lord Xia has served as the secretary of the Criminal Department for more than 30 years, and he has a lot of attainments in criminal names, not to mention that this case involves the prince of the dynasty, how can Lord Xia not know that this person's evidence and material evidence must be convincing?" ”

As he spoke, he took out a stack of things from his sleeve, handed them to the chamberlain, and gestured to Xia Mingji before continuing: "Your Majesty, this is a physical evidence and a confession, and the minister and Lord Xia have verified all of them. ”

Xia Mingji glanced at him vaguely, and then glanced at the six princes who were weak in his eyes, and it was clear which side was windy, and he was silent at the moment to borrow his name.

Emperor Chu took in all this, glanced at the six princes with other intentions, smiled and flipped through the evidence, until they were all scanned, and then asked lightly: "Aiqing's meaning is that this Yue Huo is not a murderer?" ”

Zhao Hanqing looked at Xia Mingji with a silent smile.

The latter couldn't help frowning slightly, and didn't dare to delay and said: "Back to Your Majesty, although Yue Huo has the motive to murder and frame for love, the human and material evidence shows that this person has no possibility of committing the crime, and I hope Your Majesty will make a judgment." ”

"Father, Zhao Shilang also said that after all, this case involves the prince of the current dynasty, and the sons and daughters think that it is better to jointly verify the evidence by the three divisions, so as not to have any untruths." Things were a little different from what they had imagined last night, and the six princes could only retreat and try to drag on for a few days.

But this shameless act of beating a rake made Xia Mingji angry.

Seeing that Zhao Hanqing secretly signaled to him, saying that there would be no problem with the evidence, he brushed his sleeves and said coldly: "His Royal Highness the King of Xiang means that the lower officials forged evidence?" ”

Without waiting for the six princes who reacted to say anything, his expression became even colder: "Xia Guan and Yue Huo don't have any old feelings, and they don't have any grudges, but it's you, if Xia Guan remembers correctly, this Yue Huo has sued you in the Shizi case!" ”

After these words, it can be regarded as a complete tear of the skin.

The sixth prince blushed in annoyance for a moment, and he didn't care about explaining, and said angrily: "Lord Xia, we are discussing the drama case now, what are your intentions in involving this king like this!" ”

"The lower officials are just talking about things." The left and right have reached this point, and Xia Mingji is also out of the way: "Prince Wu hasn't said anything yet, you are so anxious to stir up, I'm afraid that you will think that you are also involved in the case if you don't know!" ”

Zhao Chen, who was watching the play happily, was so unexpectedly famous, and when she saw Emperor Chu and the hundred officials looking at her, she couldn't help but smirk, looking like she had nothing to do with herself.

In this comparison, the actions of the six princes are more deliberate.

At this time, Xie Duan suddenly came out of the ranks: "Your Majesty, the old minister originally thought that the annual court meeting would be better to discuss some state affairs and people's feelings, but since Lord Xia has already mentioned the conversation here, the old minister has no choice but to follow along." ”

"Xie Qing has a performance, although it is clear."

The sixth prince suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, and Xia Mingji couldn't help but be stunned.

Zhao Chen, on the other hand, lowered his head, squinted his eyes, and smiled silently very tastelessly.

"The old minister wants to impeach Zhao Chun, the king of Hunan Province, as a prince, he doesn't think about the right way, not only swaying the department to cheat, but also sending people to intercept and kill officials, falsify evidence of murder, and take the opportunity to frame former Jingzhou students who have grievances with him..."

The evidence that Jiang Hetong obtained was transferred by Zhao Chen, along with Yue Hui's testimony, and sent to Xie Duana in the name of Shuntianfu.

This also made the old imperial history of "catching and biting whom" finally have the direction of firing, and he has been checking for several days.

Coincidentally, he had just finished checking it thoroughly until today.

The sixth prince didn't think about it, he just wanted to delay for a while, and when he went back to Meng Yong to discuss it, the direction of the wind actually turned to him, and he couldn't help but feel a buzz in his head.

The next moment, he hurriedly looked at his father-in-law, Li Shilin, the secretary of Dali Temple, as if he was asking for help.

Li Shilin only wanted to slap him twice at this time, but he also understood the reason that one loss would be lost, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Xiang is the prince after all, and this matter and this matter still have to be discussed carefully." ”

"The prince should also be guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law, I hope Your Majesty will learn from it." Xie Duan was unmoved, he had even admonished the first emperor in his decades of imperial history, how could a small prince be on a par with the court Qingming?

When Emperor Chu saw the scene below, there was still no wave in his eyes, and he only said lightly: "What Xie Qing said is reasonable, as the heir of the emperor, he should examine himself and cultivate more virtues, instead of abusing power to do evil." ”

The face of the sixth prince turned gray in an instant, and he fell to the ground and shouted wronged.

Emperor Chu ignored it, he knew better than anyone else what was going on, and he didn't see it in the father-son relationship when he was enlightened, so he turned a blind eye, but now-

"Send the King of Xiang back to his house, no edict will be issued, this case will be handed over to the Supervision Institute and the Criminal Department for trial, as for Dali Temple..." ”