The next day, in the afternoon.

Zhao Chen carried the thorns in one hand, and did not take the carriage, and swayed all the way to Xie's house, attracting the sideways eyes of passers-by.

When she arrived at the door of Xie's house, she didn't go to hand over the prayer post, but knocked on the door and shouted: "Master Xie, for the good brother, this king has come to take the guilt..."

The doorman couldn't stop him, and when he saw that there were a lot of people coming to see the excitement, he hurriedly invited Zhao Chen in, and closed the door again.

Xie Duan, who had just been on duty, was still wearing an official uniform, and hurriedly walked out of the side corridor when he heard the sound, and when he saw her appearance, he heard the discussion outside the door, and his face suddenly became ugly.

"Are you here to make amends, or are you here to make me laugh and be generous?" Xie Duan asked in a deep scold.

Xie Yizhang poked his head out from behind him, looking like he wanted to say but didn't dare to say it, he just blindly looked at Zhao Chen and signaled Zhao Chen to rein.

Zhao Chen threw the bundle of thorns to Han Feng, and didn't look at Xie Duan, but asked Xie Yizhang, "Where is your father?" ”

"Not yet, haven't come back yet." Xie Yizhang replied in a low voice.

"Alright, don't stare at me here, go inside, I'll explain to you." Zhao Chen said to Xie Duan and stepped into the front hall by himself.

Xie Duan waved his subordinates away, and drove Xie Yizhang away, and then followed in, and sat down with a blue face.

"Prince Wu, yesterday in front of the emperor, the old man didn't help you, nor did he help King Yu, but he saw that His Majesty was moved, and wanted the old man to come forward and promote the marriage..."

He was direct, "The Xiang family is weak in the court, and the King of Yu is willing to marry this kind of family, which is the best for His Majesty, but it is only because of the old man's face that he is so aggressive——"

"Face? Lao Xie, you take your face too seriously. Zhao Chen sneered, "Your Majesty, that's for you to go down the stairs, so that your son's mistakes can be cleared." ”

She looked at Xie Duan coldly, "Your son has done those good things behind your back, you are not clear, our majesty knows it in his heart..."

She gave Xie Shiming a general account of the threat to the Xiang family.

"King Yu is the pillar of the prince's family, and your Xie family is the prince's mother's family, Your Majesty doesn't want you to make an ugly scene, and you don't want King Yu to have a grudge against the Xie family because of family affairs, so he forced you to match in person."

She looked at Xie Duan, whose face was pale, "Your Majesty is protecting the Xie family, and the friendship between the prince and the king of Yu." ”

After Xie Duan was silent, his old face trembled with anger, and he raised his voice to call Xie Shiming back.

"I'm coming to the door today, which can be regarded as Your Majesty's intention, firstly, to take the stigma for King Yu with great fanfare, so that he can continue to have the upper hand in the battle for military power, and force the third child to move..."

"The Xie family is also a lesson to lose face this time." Zhao Chen said lightly, "The next thing is to tell you the inside story, it's okay to be confused usually, but at this juncture, don't hold back the prince." ”

She fiddled with the lid of the cup, "Although Your Majesty protects the Xie family because of the crown prince, you don't have so much patience for those who can't tell the difference between inside and outside, Old Xie, if Your Majesty takes care of your son for you-"

Outside the hall, Xie Shiming, the eldest of the Xie family, was dressed in an imperial official uniform and looked coldly at Zhao Chen in the hall.

"Son!" Xie Duan was angry, and threw it over with a teacup in one hand.

Xie Shiming didn't hide, let the tea mixed with broken porcelain splash wet the hem of the official uniform, and strode into the hall.

"Prince Wu is really a good means!" Xie Shiming said lightly.

Zhao Chen raised his eyes and looked at him, "No one dares to cooperate with Lord Xie, and he is not afraid to teach others to sell cleanly." ”

She didn't find nothing that night in the Xie family's secret vault.

Zhang San stole Xiang Huaiyu's incriminating evidence, but she secretly took another thing.

It was also this thing that made her understand that the evidence of Xiang Huaiyu's guilt was not found out by Xie Shiming, but someone made a deal with Xie Shiming.

In exchange for Xiang Huaiyu's incriminating evidence, in exchange for another case that Xie Shiming, as the imperial historian, pursued.

And the person involved in that case is Gao Lian, the former commander of Suzhou and the current commander-in-chief of Liaodong-

"Father, my son will explain it to you later, you can go back to the room first!" Xie Shiming bowed to Xie.

Xie Duan wanted to say something.

"Lao Xie, the matter has come out, and Your Majesty has no intention of pursuing it, now you just have a plan in your heart." Zhao Chen said softly, "The marriage is handled by the queen, and it can be regarded as the dedication of the Xie family." ”

Xie Duan snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left, obviously to discuss the disposal of Xie Shiming.

The hall was silent again, and neither of the remaining two spoke first, but both thought silently.

"I underestimated Prince Wu." After a long time, Xie Shiming said coldly, "The Xie family's secret vault has been inherited for a hundred years, and it has never been set foot by outsiders, let alone stealing things from the inside silently. ”

He looked at Zhao Chen with a slight scrutiny, and the meaning was extremely obvious.

Zhao Chen was a little distracted, and couldn't help but think of that Zhang San, as easily as if he was going home and opening the door...

"When did you start tracking down Gao Lian?" She didn't mean to explain in the slightest, but asked.

Xie Shiming didn't find much of it.

It's just that Gao Lian is suspected of taking bribes, and he has some collusion with Jia Fu, the mastermind of the fake silver ticket case, which is just the surface.

I'm afraid he still doesn't know what is behind these trivialities-

Seeing that he was silent, Zhao Chen continued: "It shouldn't be Gao Lian who traded with you, he is far away in Liaodong, and he has no chance to contact the fake silver ticket case, where did Xiang Huaiyu's incriminating evidence come from..."

It should be the person behind the high price.

is also the one who really understands that if Gao Lian is involved, it is likely to lead to the strange battle of Chu Wei.

Maybe it's the statue sitting in the dark—

Thinking like this, her voice was a little heavy, "Xie Shiming, who came forward to trade with you?" ”

Xie Shiming looked at her coldly, "You can't help but be too lenient, you have to get involved in the marriage of the Xie and Xiang families, and you have helped in every possible way with the affairs of King Yu, and now you have stolen the things below, and you have come to question them..."

"Prince Wu, the Xie family is not afraid of you because they are avoiding you in every way, and you don't want to worry about anything and provoke you for no reason." He was full of warnings, "In this capital, only those who are safe will live for a long time." ”

Zhao Chen lowered his eyes and smiled, "Master Xie, you don't mention it for personal gain for the time being, Your Majesty doesn't care about it, because he thinks that Xiang Huaiyu was found out by you, and he knows that Xiang Huaiyu's crime is not big..."

"This king is just a well-intentioned advice, you better think about it, whether that person deliberately traded with you, deliberately led the Xie family to fight with the king of Yu, and wanted the prince to lose the right-hand man of the king of Yu..."

"Don't be used as a gun, it's nothing to hurt yourself, if you involve the prince, you are the sinner of the Xie family." She got up slowly and dusted off her clothes, "Xie Shiming, Master Xie, you can do it yourself!" ”

As he spoke, he limped out of Xie's house.

"Keep an eye on him, no matter where he goes or who he sees, he will come back and report it to me!" Before getting into the carriage, Zhao Chen commanded Han Feng in a low voice.

The third person... As she comes, she finally touches the shadow of the other party.

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