Tang Qiao was entering and saluted respectfully. It's just that the man in the iron mask behind him has been standing still.

Xu Chu didn't wait for Liu Deming to reprimand the iron-masked man, turned his head to look at him, his eyes were like torches, and he said without shying away: "His Royal Highness King Su, since you have already come, why do you want to hide your face again?" ”

At this time, her eyes were sharp and cold, and she didn't know how this sentence made everyone present suspicious. Or rather, she didn't care at all.

"When King Lao Su was expelled from the capital, he casually had two sons and one grandson, all of whom died of accidental illness on the way. Among them, including Rong Yurong, the second son of Su Wangfu, who had a private marriage contract with the daughter of the Sun family. ”

"It's just that Rong Gongzi died, and King Lao Su went to Sun's house and gave up his face to let Old Lady Sun raise a young child as a closed disciple. If my guess is correct, then the young child is His Royal Highness. Xu Chu paused word by word, looked at the man in the iron mask coldly and said, "And in the case of the impostor official in Jinzhou City, those fake officials who committed the crime have mentioned Rong Gong many times. Originally, I guessed with the prince that this person should be a powerful person in the capital, but we didn't find any clues. ”

"It wasn't until the Danding faction Qingfengguan and his party discovered the mysterious dark room and the body suspected of being the daughter of the Sun family that the Jinling matter was involved." Xu Chu tugged at the corners of her mouth and wanted to sneer, but she tried for a long time and found that she didn't have the heart to sneer coldly, so she could only keep an expressionless expression.

"What does this have to do with King Su's lineage and Jinling." After a long silence, the emperor asked in a deep voice, but the words seemed to pop out of his teeth, and there was an unwarranted coldness suppressed in it, as if he had frozen human bones inch by inch.

Xu Chu's eyes were heavy, and he pursed his lips and said, "This is going to talk about the affairs of Emperor Chengzong and Empress Gongshun." ”

She said, handed over the medical list and prescription she had obtained from Xu Chengzuo's hand to Liu Deming, and said: "This is what the old lady of the Sun family recorded after diagnosing the pulse of Emperor Chengzong and Empress Gongshun. But later, after his accession to the throne, his body was damaged by mercury and he was unable to have children......"

Xu Chu raised his head slightly, looked at the emperor and said with an awe-inspiring gaze: "In addition, there is also a letter from the Marquis of Xiangyang reprimanding the Empress Gongshun in his hand, which once said that even if the Empress Gongshun is not favored, he should not confuse the royal bloodline by disregarding his identity in order to get pregnant. ”

Therefore, the minister boldly guessed that in fact, whether it was a miscarriage by the queen Gongshun or a later pregnancy, it was actually a fraud. Even the first emperor was not a ...... of the empress."

The people who were already shocked were no longer in their hearts, and the rest were panic and shock. In a trance, in the dead and silent imperial study, it was as terrifying as hell, whether it was the Queen Mother, Mama Song, or the emperor with Lou An, Tang Qiaozheng and others, all of them were as earth-colored, and they couldn't wait to be blind and deaf on the spot.

But Xu Chu didn't care about this, she continued: "This probably explains why there is a secret passage to the British Mansion in the Qing Banquet Hall of Changli Palace. ”

None of you here are stupid, and who wouldn't think about it when it comes to that? Although Changli Palace was later a palace where concubines lived, when Emperor Chengzong first ascended the throne, it was actually where Empress Gongshun lived. Later, after Empress Gongshun left the first emperor, she moved into the newly rested Fengqi Palace.

"You're just guessing, how can the royal bloodline recorded in the royal jade be child's play?" The Queen Mother slapped the table beside her angrily, and looked at Xu Chu murderously, as if she was going to die without a place to bury her in the next moment. "The mourning family misses that you are young, and I don't want to investigate you for slandering the royal family, but if you insist on talking nonsense, then don't blame the mourning family for being ruthless."

Xu Chu proudly looked at the Queen Mother's threatening eyes, and said softly: "The minister is just telling the truth. ”

"Then how do you prove that the secret path was not cultivated by the sinner Liu Wuwu and others? Could it be that just by your words, you can conclude that the secret path was cultivated during the reign of Emperor Chengzong? The Queen Mother sneered, although her face was stiff, she still refused to give in half a step back on the matter of the royal bloodline. After all, if it is true that the first emperor was not born to the empress Gongshun, or even a descendant of the old British Mansion, then it is difficult to say that the first emperor is not immune to blame today.

What's more, now King Su's remnants are still in the imperial city. If this matter is really confirmed by her, then there is no need to think about it, her son and even her, the queen mother, will become a laughing stock. And the king of Su will reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Xiao Qinglang, who had been silent, suddenly heard the Queen Mother mention his mother, and his eyes immediately turned cold. The hand under the wide sleeve was slightly clenched, and even his breathing was a little shorter, and finally he glanced at the Queen Mother and said slowly: "Since the Queen Mother thinks that what Lord Xu said is all nonsense, then why should she be so angry? If what Lord Xu said is false, then the minister and Lord Xu will be guilty together. ”

His tone was careless, and even brought a slight smile, but that look inexplicably made people feel a little cold in their hearts.

Xiao Qinglang got up, straightened the folds on Li Guang's sleeves, looked at the Queen Mother and hooked his lips and said, "What's more, if what Lord Xu said is false, then why should the Queen Mother be so eager to send someone to take her life?" You must know that today's retainers pleaded guilty, and Mama Song promised that her sons would protect Lord Xu thoroughly! ”

His posture was as tall as a green pine, and just by getting up, the Queen Mother subconsciously grabbed her right hand.

If before, there were still people who questioned Xu Chu's various charges about the Queen Mother, then everyone would know it in their hearts at this time. After all, Xiao Qinglang's words naturally deepened the credibility of the various evidences listed by Xu Chu.

Xiao Qinglang squinted his eyes, restrained the endless stinging and sadness in his heart, took a deep breath and said: "Except for the evidence about Erchen's case, the rest are all investigated by Erchen and Master Xu, and all the evidence has been filed in the Three Law Divisions......"

The Queen Mother looked at Xiao Qinglang in disbelief, and said with a shocked expression: "You ......"

Xu Chu pursed his lips and let Xiao Qinglang stand beside him. Although he obviously wanted to restrain his attachment to him, when he stood by his side, the throbbing was still difficult to suppress.

She took a deep breath and continued, "Here is a confession from a prisoner during the reign of the Emperor. He can prove that when the first emperor lent the Dong family to build an annex, he had sent prisoners to build a new dark room in the secret passage. ”

"In addition to Dong Er, there is also the son of Wang Yangming, a palace man who served beside Empress Gongshun back then, which can also prove that the secret passage was built during the reign of Emperor Chengzong. Moreover, he also has evidence in his hand that can prove that the first emperor was not obedient to the empress's son, but was born to the old British duchess Chu Mei. Xu Chu frowned, sighed and said after a while, "In fact, the reason why the British Duke Xiao Heng is involved at this time is because Chu Mei was born as twins back then, and only the first emperor was smuggled into the palace by Wang Yangming, and the other baby was sent to Jinling. After the old king learned the truth, he naturally raised the baby carefully, and continued to instill hatred in him, until the first emperor wanted to choose a companion to read, and then sent the person to the side branch of the old British prince's lineage. Because he wanted the old British duchess, he was naturally chosen by the Empress Gongshun. ”

"If not, how can Queen Gongshun cherish an outsider as much as her own son? In the final analysis, it's just a feeling of guilt for my sister-in-law. ”

In addition, Xuanyang Daoren, that is, Wang Yun, the former commander of Jinlingwei, has also confessed to the crime. and explained the two cases of the so-called Tantra and Jinling Wei's rebellion, in the final analysis, it was all done by King Lao Su behind his back, and the purpose was ...... The first purpose is to hide people's eyes and ears so that Rong Yu can act. The second is to let the British Duke Xiao Heng go out of Beijing to make a plan to kill the first emperor Li Dai Taozhuang. The third reason is probably favoritism. ”

The emperor looked at the confession in his hand, his face was gloomy, and his eyes kept changing and finally fell silent.

The hall was silent, the needle drop could be heard, and the atmosphere was suffocating.

Lou An and Tang Qiaozheng were sticking their heads fiercely at this time, and they didn't know where to put their hands and feet. The two of them stood behind them with bated breath, not daring to make any moves.

The emperor slowly raised his head, looked at Xu Chu, and then moved his gaze to the man in the iron mask, and said in a voice without any fluctuations: "What she said is right?" ”

The Man in the Iron Mask, who had been unresponsive, raised his hand to lift the mask, and sneered with obvious sarcasm on his lips: "What does the emperor think? ”

At the moment when he threw away the mask, the Queen Mother and Lou An made two gasps one after another. Obviously, he was shocked by his appearance.

In fact, even if Xu Chu was sure of what he said before, after all, the man in the iron mask didn't recognize it. Therefore, even if everyone is suspicious, it will not be too much. But now, the appearance of the iron-masked man is very similar to that of King Lao Su, and the most representative of his identity is probably a cinnabar mark under his ear.

Those of you here, such as the Queen Mother and Lou An, who have been immersed in the palace for decades, know very well that the second son of King Su was born with cinnabar, and after being seen by the masters, he said that the cinnabar seal was a symbol of the reincarnation of the saint, which made the holy grandfather extremely happy at this time, and naturally paid more and more attention to the Su Wangfu.

Now, the man in the iron mask has this mark under his ears, how can this not surprise the Queen Mother. In other words, what Xu Chu said is really the truth. The person in front of him is the real King Su, and he is also the second son of King Su Rong who escaped Emperor Chengzong's extermination.

Xu Chu closed his eyes, suppressed the soreness in his heart, looked at Rong Yu and said: "Back then, King Su was in trouble and lived temporarily in the Sun family, and fell in love with Sun Rou, the daughter of the Sun family. But the old lady of the Sun family chased fame, fortune and power, and he first married King Lao Su with a great purpose. ”

In the battle for the heir that year, he not only wanted to be in the same position as the crown prince Emperor Chengzong, but also wanted to catch up with the prince. Therefore, after the defeat of King Lao Su, he removed his concubine Sun Rou from the family tree. Naturally, there was the act of sending his daughter-in-law Sun Ruan Ruan to the Beijing draft. ”

It's just that he didn't know that the British prince Xiao Heng was originally a person taught by the old Su Wang, in order to take revenge on the Sun family, the British prince obviously liked the first concubine, but in the end he also changed his mind and asked to marry the daughter of the Sun family, Sun Ruan Ruan. This is probably also a means to completely tie the Sun family to the ship of King Su. ”

After that, the Liu family of Jinling's official eunuch family was unable to disappear because her daughter had an affair with the British prince Xiao Heng. And the Sun family, which is famous in Jinling, has also completely become the power of King Su. In Jinling, no one can compete with the King of Su. Even King Su and others secretly planned, but no one hindered them. As for Jin Lingwei, it is probably since King Lao Su came to pray for God, and he has become his right-hand man. ”

Xu Chu said, and took out the roster of the Jinling Wei Shangya that Wei Gang brought back from Jinling, "But whenever King Lao Su comes to the door, Wang Yun, who is the commander, is not in the yamen, and it is too much of a coincidence every time." ”

"Everyone should be no stranger to the Jinling royal family, in the Xi Dynasty, the Wang family was the self-proclaimed messenger of the gods, and became the object of the world's pursuit. Even when the Great Zhou Dynasty was just established, the influence of the Wang family in the community was very huge, until the rule of the Great Zhou gradually stabilized, and the rise of Buddhism and Taoism weakened the power of the Wang family until it is no longer sought after. But such a person is a person who knows both witchcraft and alchemy. Therefore, it is not surprising that Wang Yun faked his death and escaped and incarnated as a Xuanyang Daoist. ”

"The minister and the prince have been tracking down the identity of the Xuanyang Daoist, until they discovered the dark room of the Danding faction and found those corpses that looked like living people sacrificing ghosts, and then they guessed that he had something to do with Jinling Tantra. And in Jinling, the only one who can instigate the people to rebel against the imperial court like Tantra is the Wang family. And the Wang family has been silent for a hundred years, how could it suddenly rise up after being weak? The only explanation is that there is someone behind the Wang family, and that person does not want the first emperor to sit on the throne. ”

The minister boldly speculated that the Tantric case was a critical time for the change of power in the Su Wang's lineage. At that time, the old Su King should be dying, and Rong Yuchu, the second son of his only surviving bloodline, took over the remnants of King Su. ”

Xiao Qinglang, who had always been breezy and calm, echoed her and said: "Half a year before Tantra began to fight against the Yamen, King Lao Su died of illness. ”

Xu Chu nodded and said clearly: "Therefore, His Royal Highness Rong Yu, who has newly taken over the power of King Su, has made a grand provocation of the old King Su's plan. ”

At this time, Rong Yu no longer had any cover, and went straight to the nearby chair to sit down. He sneered and said slowly: "Since this king's father has a plan, how can this king make a mistake and push Tantra and Jinlingwei to the front of the people? Could it be that this king is so stupid that he doesn't know that once Tantra and Jinlingwei have trouble, they will definitely be suppressed by the imperial court? ”

Xu Chu was not surprised when she heard this, she chuckled and said, "Because the prince hates Jin Lingwei, or rather, hates Wang Yun...... Therefore, the prince wanted to get rid of Wang Yun by the hand of the imperial court, but he didn't expect that Wang Yun not only escaped, but also appeared in the capital as a Xuanyang Daoist. ”

"Joke, why does this king hate him? Besides, if this king really wanted to let him die, how could he allow him to secretly settle with the first emperor under his nose? ”

Xu Chu shook her head, her heart was already very calm at this time, and she didn't have the turbulent waves when she first discovered the truth. Her gaze was calm and clear, like a pool of cold water without any ripples.

"Because of Sun Rou!" Xu Chu had an indifferent expression on his face, as if he was talking about just an ordinary case, "You and Sun Rou grew up together since childhood, and they have a marriage contract, and they love each other. can be partial, Sun Rou and Wang Yun have a better personal relationship, and there were even rumors outside that Sun Rou, the young lady of the Sun family, and Wang Yun and Wang Yun were commanding the envoy to travel together for life. ”

"I guess you probably asked Sun Rou too, but unfortunately Sun Rou didn't tell you why she was so close to Wang Yun."

Until the end, Sun Rou was expelled from the Sun family, but you watched coldly and made Sun Rou disheartened.

"I don't know if His Royal Highness King Su knew what he would face when Sun Rou was removed from the Sun family. However, I know that an unmarried woman who was kicked out of the house by the Sun family, who can be regarded as a famous family, will inevitably be unable to move an inch in Jinling. ”

This has been the case throughout the ages, even if a man will encounter ridicule when he is in trouble, he can still survive. If a woman is in trouble, she is afraid that in addition to ridicule, there will be more sneaky bullying hidden in the shadows.

Especially Sun Rou, a legendary woman who is known as Jinling Yishu, once there is no one to protect her, the difficulties she will encounter will be catastrophic.

It was Wang Yunnian who sent Sun Rou out of Jinling and let her go to Beijing to join the British Duchess Sun Ruanruan. And at this juncture, Wang Yun had an accident! ”

Xu Chu looked at Rong Yu with a condensed gaze, and continued: "It's a pity, how could you let Sun Rou escape? Therefore, you found Sun Rou again and forced her to stay by your side, neither giving her a name nor giving her hope. ”

"You hate her for turning her back on your relationship with you, but you can't bear the tenderness she gave at the trough. So, even if he could only humiliate her like this, even if he was planning a shocking conspiracy in the capital, he never let her go. ”

"Until the fifty-fifth year of the first emperor, Sun Rou was pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. She was already in the sludge, and she must be reluctant to let her daughter live in the dark in this life, so she begged Wang Yun, who turned into a Xuanyang Daoist, to smuggle her daughter out and send it to Sun Ruan Ruan. ”

"It's a pity that her actions completely angered you, so much so that you begin to suspect that the daughter was born to her and Wang Yun."

"You want to punish her, so let the Xuanyang Dao people use her as a formation for corpse body spells. So less than 100 days after she gave birth to her daughter, she was nailed alive into a coffin. If you want to punish her, you will naturally not make Wang Yun feel better. ”

Xu Chu said, and took the autopsy sheet about Sun Rou from Tang Qiaozheng's hand, "This is what I got from examining Sun Rou's body, Sun Rou's face was frightened, her fingers and abdomen were broken, and there were obvious suffocation features. Therefore, she should be trapped in a secret room or suffocated in a coffin. And the Xuanyang Daoist had already confessed what he had done at that time, and handed over the coffin that suffocated Sun Rou. ”

In addition, the gatekeeper of the Qingfeng Temple of the Danding Sect has also explained that it was the British Gong Xiao Heng who wanted to resurrect Sun Rou. But after the death of the first emperor, Sun Rou's body was not abandoned, but you personally took care of it. And the concubine makeup on Sun Rou's face is also on you. ”

Xu Chu sneered, "As for why Wang Yun has done so much, you still keep his life, in the final analysis, it's just your conspiracy." ”

"As early as the Tantric case, you planned to make the first emperor fall from his horse and hurt the fundamentals. The first emperor was injured and inhumane at all, and this was the opportunity for King Su's line to make trouble again. It's just that at that time, the first emperor already had a crown prince and a second son of the king of Qi, so even if you want to seek the throne because he is inhumane, it is impossible. ”

"Therefore, there is the matter of Xiao Heng, who was trusted by the first emperor, to be diagnosed and treated for him."

Xu Chu slowly took out the list of imperial doctors' diagnosis and treatment that he had obtained from Xiao Qinglang, and the record on it about the damage to the first emperor Yang Peak was very clear. Even, in the end, it has been shown that the first emperor, who should have been seriously injured, has been replaced.

Here, the medical orders of Imperial Physician Sun and Imperial Physician Zhang can show this. In the end, the inhumane Emperor Xian made Concubine Xian pregnant. Xu Chu tapped the paper in his hand and continued, "At that time, the first emperor said that he would be cured after getting the elixir. At the same time, he often asked Mrs. Sun to test the so-called elixir, and according to Mrs. Sun, the smell of blood in the elixir became stronger and stronger, and even the dansha could not hide it. ”

"Guess, this is the reason why there are so many bones in the secret passage. One is to extinguish the mouth, and the other is to alchemy. ”

"And the person who made alchemy for the first emperor was none other than the divine envoy Wang Yun." Xu Chu squinted at Rong Yu and sneered, "It's not that you don't want to get rid of Wang Yun, it's just that before you started, the first emperor had already fished Wang Yun out of Jinling in order to treat his injuries, and gave him a new identity." ”

"So, you don't dare to kill Wang Yun. It is not only a means to worry about the first emperor, but also the value of being reluctant to win the trust of the first emperor because of Wang Yun. ”

Xu Chu exhaled a breath of turbidity, although her words were quite strong, but she did not have the slightest aggressive momentum. She just calmly elaborated and laid out the evidence in her hand one by one.

And this is probably the reason why the Dong family is powerful, because the old lady of the Dong family, who is the waiter of the Ministry of Works, is the person who was responsible for rebuilding the secret passage dark room back then. And the overseer who disappeared at that time, Dong Qingzheng, also died in that conspiracy. ”

Xu Chu put out the next few autopsy sheets in his hand one by one, so that people had no way to question it.

"What's more, the minister and the prince found a skeleton in the secret passage, the skeleton had injuries to the legs, and all the injuries were exactly the same as the injuries that the first emperor had been diagnosed and treated after falling from his horse. Most importantly, the retainer restored his appearance based on the skull of the skeleton. After Xu Chu finished speaking, he solemnly took out a piece of drawing paper from his sleeve and bowed forward, and personally taught the emperor to the emperor, "Please also ask the emperor to take a look." ”

The emperor's eyes were uncertain, and the moment he opened the paper, he was furious, "This is ...... First Emperor! ”