After Zhang Huaize left the house, he gave a few instructions to his entourage and went straight to the eldest brother Zhang Huaiyan, who also expressed doubts about this matter after hearing about his intention.

Zhang Huaize said: "I have sent someone to the Jing'an Palace to inquire, and I will see later, if this matter is true, we will be able to deal a heavy blow to the concubine and her party, dampen its prestige, and we can also win back a game."

Zhang Huaiyan frowned, and said suspiciously: "Let's not talk about such secrets, no one in the capital knows how he, Jiang Yichen, a prince who has been away all the year round, found out." Even if this is true, why did we let it know? ”

"The eldest brother is suspicious, King Jing'an deliberately let us know?"

"Not bad."

Zhang Huaize thought for a while and said: "I heard Xiao Junyan say just now that King Jing'an has the heart to avenge his red face, but he knows that he is weak and it is difficult to shake the concubine. Even if, as the eldest brother guessed, he deliberately wanted to use us to fight the concubine, at least, our purpose was the same, that is, to deal with the concubine party, if we helped him, then we not only dealt with the concubine Li Wei's generation, but also gave him Jiang Yichen a favor, why not. ”

Zhang Huaiyan listened to his words and felt that it was very reasonable, but he was still a little worried, "The Ma family is not an ordinary family, although they are no longer out of the hall now, but a Confucian family like them has always been respected by the imperial court." The people of the Ma family have always attached great importance to reputation, and if they are not completely sure, they must not act rashly. ”

"I understand what my eldest brother said, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that we must not miss. For the sake of today's plan, we must first find out the truth of this matter before making a decision. ”

Zhang Huaiyan nodded in agreement.

The two talked for a while, and the entourage sent out by Zhang Huaize came back, and he reported that Huang Biao had indeed taken King Jing'an's confidante into the palace last night.

After listening, Zhang Huaiyan looked far-reaching and said, "It seems that I am going to Jing'an Palace."

When the people came to report and said that the prime minister asked to see him, Jiang Yichen was sitting in the living room waiting for him.

After the prime minister came in, Jiang Yichen said with a straight smile: "Prime Minister Zhang, this king has been waiting for a long time."

For Jiang Yichen's honesty, Zhang Huaiyan was a little surprised: "Why, the prince knows that the old minister is coming?"

Jiang Yichen pursed his lips and chuckled: "The prime minister doesn't need to be surprised, this king is self-aware, this little trick can't be hidden from the prime minister at all, it's better to explain it as soon as possible to show the sincerity of this king."

Hearing Jiang Yichen say this, Zhang Huaiyan relaxed his vigilance in his heart, and he was also a lot more comfortable, indeed, Jiang Yichen took the initiative to say his purpose, as if he wanted him to guess his mind.

He laughed and said: "The prince is quick to talk, so the old minister will not hide it, the old minister came this time to ask the prince a few questions."

Jiang Yichen asked with a look of understanding: "The Prime Minister wants to ask this king, how did he know about Zhong Zhen?" Also, since the king knows about this and has evidence, why not reveal it to His Majesty in person? Since you want to take revenge by the hand of the prime minister, why don't you come to the door in person and ask the prime minister to come over by this means? ”

Zhang Huaiyan's thoughts were all said, and he simply said frankly: "Exactly!"

"Then let's talk one by one, why does this king know about Zhong Zhen, speaking of which, this is also a coincidence."

He turned his head and gestured to Chang Rui on the side, Chang Rui stepped forward and said: "Prime Minister Rongyu, three years ago, when I went back to my hometown to visit relatives, I heard my mother say that my aunt was seriously ill, so I went to visit her with my mother. Near my aunt's house, I saw a blind woman sitting in the doorway crying, looking very sad, and in a moment of curiosity, I asked my aunt about it. It just so happened that my aunt had a good relationship with the woman, so the blind woman told my aunt about her sadness. ”

Zhang Huaiyan listened to him carefully.

Chang Rui paused, and then said: "It turns out that the blind woman is a girl from this village, because her family was poor when she was a child, she was sold to a big family in the capital as a maid. After she arrived at the big family, the young lady of the family was very good to her, and the relationship between the master and servant was very good. Who knew that the young lady had a hard life, and her husband had just been married for half a year, and her husband died, and in this way, she was widowed for twenty-seven years. Presumably, the Prime Minister already knows who that woman is at this time? ”

Zhang Huaiyan bowed slightly.

Chang Rui continued: "After that, the prime minister also knew, the emperor felt his loyalty, and set up a chastity archway for her, and for a while, the Ma family was famous, and the people in the capital all took Zhong Zhen as an example to teach the women and women in the family. The turning point of the matter was in the month of Zhong Zhen's death, on that day, Miss Zhong and the maid went to the temple outside the city to offer incense, and on the way back, they happened to meet the yellow label. Although Zhong Zhen is over forty years old, but the charm still exists, Huang Biao covets her beauty, wants to rape her, Miss Zhong resists in every way, and says that she is the emperor's own chaste martyr, helpless, the yellow label is bold, Zhong Zhen will not make a noise, so he ignored her pleading, dragged her into the woods and raped, after Miss Zhong went back, she was ashamed and angry, and soon committed suicide. ”

Zhang Huaiyan was secretly surprised, the people of the Ma family said to the outside world that Zhong Zhen died of hunger strike because she missed her husband too much, but she didn't want the truth of the matter to be like this.

Jiang Yichen seemed to see through his thoughts, and said: "The Ma family is a family with a clear reputation, and there is a chaste archway given by the emperor himself, so naturally they will not shake this ugly thing out and ruin their reputation, so after the incident, they did not seek justice for their daughter-in-law, but chose to conceal the matter, and the culprit Huang Biao naturally got away with it."

Zhang Huaiyan asked, "In that case, why did they allow a maid to spread the word outside?"

Chang Rui replied: "It stands to reason that Miss Zhong's maid knows about this, and in order to keep it secret forever, even if they don't kill people, they will never let her out of the house and give her a chance to tell the truth." But the Ma family was a scholar in the end, so they didn't do anything to kill people, but threatened and intimidated her and didn't let her tell about it. As I said before, the maid and Miss Zhong had a very good relationship, after the death of the master, she cried bitterly for the master every day, sighing that his life was bitter, this crying was more than ten years, and her eyes were blind. The people of the Ma family saw that she was blind and could not do anything, and there were some gods and gods chattering, and they could not threaten them, so they sent her home. ”

Zhang Huaiyan sighed, "I see, we were all deceived by the Ma family back then. ”

Jiang Yichen sighed: "After this king knew the truth of this matter, he was also extremely angry, poor Miss Zhong died unjustly, but this king was in Cangzhou at that time, and he had no power or power, so he couldn't do anything but remember her."

Zhang Huaiyan said: "Then why did the prince come out this time?"

Jiang Yichen said indignantly: "That Huang Biao caught the person that the king likes yesterday, is it tolerable or unbearable, so this king will not let him go no matter what this time, and ask the prime minister to help."

Zhang Huaiyan was suspicious: "Just because of this, the prince is going to be the enemy of the concubine?"

Jiang Yichen understood what Zhang Huaiyan was suspicious of, and he smiled: "This king is not like the prime minister who has the world in his heart, and he is only willing to join hands with my beloved to grow old.

Zhang Huaiyan secretly thought to himself about the truth of his words, although he was a dignified prince, and it was indeed a bit abnormal to be the enemy of the concubine of the dynasty for a woman, but thinking about his personality, it made sense.

Jiang Yichen saw that Zhang Huaiyan still had doubts, and knew that he was afraid of falling into a trap, so he continued: "This king wanted to report this matter to his father in person, but this king was weak, and he was afraid that he would miss a blow and suffer from it. Moreover, this king has just returned to Beijing, if my father knows at this time, I am fighting with the concubine for a woman, what will my father think of me? Although this king has no intention of fighting for power and profit, he also doesn't want to leave a bad impression on his father, don't you say, Prime Minister? ”

"What the prince said is that the prince is in the limelight now, and you must not make people look down on you for a woman."

Jiang Yichen understood that Zhang Huaiyan had dispelled his concerns, and he continued: "So this king wants to join forces with the Prime Minister to deal with Chen Guifei together, and with the help of the Prime Minister, this matter has been twice the result with half the effort." Together with the witnesses in my hands, it was enough to send the yellow label to the guillotine. ”

Zhang Huaiyan thought about it for a while, and then agreed, "Well, since the prince trusts the old minister, the old minister will live up to his trust and give the prince justice!" ”

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

After the two discussed the specific details, Zhang Huaiyan said goodbye and went home to start this matter.

After Zhang Huaiyan left, Jiang Yichen replaced his smile and looked out the window intently, with a sympathetic expression.

Chang Rui saw that the matter had been done, but the prince had no joy, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with the prince?"

"I'm thinking about Miss Zhong, although we told the prime minister that Miss Zhong committed suicide in shame, but you and I both know what the truth is."

After hearing this, Chang Rui couldn't help but sigh heavily, they had something to hide from the prime minister just now, and the matter was far from being so simple.

According to Miss Zhong's maid, two years after her aunt's death, Miss Zhong once asked Mrs. Ma to allow her to return to her parents' home, but Mrs. Ma was afraid that she would remarry after she returned, which would damage the reputation of the Ma family, so she refused.

Later, the young lady asked her to secretly go back to the Zhong Mansion and ask the old lady to come to the door to plead, but the old man said that it was the honor of their Zhong family for the young lady to marry the Ma family, how could she say anything about coming back. Mrs. also said that marrying a chicken and marrying a dog is a dog, so that the young lady can be born in the Ma family to be widowed for her husband.

Seeing that there was no hope of going home, the young lady cried for a few days, and then accepted her fate, this guard is twenty-seven years, and she is a young woman who is twenty-eight years old, and she has become a middle-aged woman.

I thought that I would live like this for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect to meet the beast of the Yellow Label and ruin the reputation of the young lady. After Miss was insulted that day, she returned to Ma's house, and the Ma family not only did not seek justice for Miss, but also strictly forbade her to speak out about the matter.

What's even more hateful is that when Master Ma saw that Miss was not innocent, he felt that she was no longer worthy of living in this world, and ordered her to commit suicide in order to keep her chastity archway and the century-old reputation of the Ma family.

Jiang Yichen couldn't imagine how a woman in the prime of her youth survived those twenty-seven years, and he couldn't imagine how desperate she was at the moment when she was starved to death.

"The Ma family prides itself on being a Confucian master, but it is pedantic, it is not a shame for my Jiang country woman to remarry, but it has become an intolerable thing in them, Miss Zhong was killed, they didn't want to seek justice for her, but for their own selfish desires, they forced her to death, the funny thing is that such a person opened a school and taught everyone, and in the long run, my Jiang country is just a lot of people like them."

"What the prince said is, why didn't the prince let me tell the prime minister the real truth?"

Jiang Yichen smiled bitterly: "Back then, Zhong Zhen's matter could be said to have a far-reaching impact, and it will go down in history in the future, and now we tell the world that Miss Zhong was not a voluntary widow back then, but was forced by others, do you think, will the emperor be willing to see this result?"

"Miss Zhong is now a role model for the women of Jiang Kingdom, if we tell the truth, then everyone's faith will collapse in an instant, and the emperor will definitely not want to see this result."

"Yes, in that case, we can only seek justice for her death, and let her go for the false name of that loyal martyr."