There was an undercurrent surging in the Xuanzheng Palace, and after Pei Yu said such a thing, it was even more deadly silent, and many young officials led by He Wuji looked at Pei Yu with sneering eyes, in their opinion, Pei Yu was probably already crazy, so he would say such a thing, but a few old ministers thought of something, and subconsciously looked at Su Shi, seeing him standing in place expressionlessly, meeting their eyes with each other, but they didn't dare to say a word.

Pei Zheng, who was standing on the side, saw that the time had come, so he stood up as he had discussed before, and said with a gentle smile: "This traitor is already stunned, let me ask you, do you have any evidence for detaining such a ridiculous charge on Your Majesty's head?" Who in this court doesn't know that the current Queen Mother has long been meditating and practicing in Anguo Temple, and now you are at the end of your rope, and you should be punished for pulling out your tongue if you say such a rebellious word! ”

"When this king was proud of the spring breeze back then, you were just a waste soaked in the gentle township of the wine pool, and it was not your turn to reprimand this king anyway!" Pei Yu glared at Pei Zheng with disdain, and seeing that the other party didn't seem to take his words to heart, he secretly gritted his teeth, turned to look at Pei Zhao and sneered: "His Royal Highness King Ning's good intentions, you haven't opened your mouth a few times since this king entered the palace, but let others say everything you should say!" I want to see if they would obey you if they knew what you were doing! ”

The corners of Pei Zhao's lips overflowed with a hint of a smile, and the disdain in it made Pei Yu furious, he immediately looked at Su Shi and said loudly: "Su Xiang, now this king will order you to tell the truth to your family, so that they can know who they have been loyal to!" ”

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military subconsciously set their eyes on Su Shi, only to see him tidy up the hem of the official robe, then slowly stood in the middle of the hall, and slowly spoke: "Old minister...... Obey the will of His Royal Highness King Toku! ”

As soon as these words came out, just like throwing a boulder into the already boiling water, which stirred up a thousand waves, He Wuji, Fang Shizhong and others had already known Su Shi's thoughts, so they just sneered on the side, but most of the officials knew that the Su family had already been in cahoots with Pei Yu at this time, and they all looked at each other angrily, and a few young officials with strong blood and strength were even more uncontrollable, and they were about to scold at the moment, if they were not afraid of Pei Zhao's majesty, they were afraid that Su Shi would have been the target of the court a long time ago.

Under the angry gaze of everyone, Su Shi was still the gentle and calm appearance of the past, Pei Zhao glanced at him quietly, and said in a deep voice: "Su Xiangke has thought about it?" ”

Pei Zheng heard the meaning of these words, from beginning to end, Pei Zhao has been breaking his own principles and giving the Su family a way out again and again, and at this time, their hearts are like mirrors, this time, it is really the last chance for the Su family. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Su Shi who was standing at the bottom of the steps, and his heart rose to his throat.

A fleeting hesitation flashed in Su Shi's heart, but it was only for a moment, and the next moment, he said loudly: "The old minister is willing to testify for His Royal Highness King De today, and Your Majesty doesn't need to ask again." ”

He knew that many people in the court were already dissatisfied with him, so before these people opened their mouths to reprimand, he took the lead in opening his mouth, looked into Pei Zhao's eyes and said word by word:

"The daughter of the old minister was favored by the first emperor, and was ordered to enter the palace in the twenty-seventh year of Ming'an, and was canonized as the queen by the first emperor, and everyone here must know about it."

Pei Zhao looked at Su Shi with a smile and did not interrupt him, and the rest of the officials swallowed the words into their stomachs when they saw this, and Su Shi continued:

"In the thirty-second year of Ming'an, the first emperor died, His Majesty ascended the throne as the emperor, and the little girl was naturally named the queen mother. It was after that, His Majesty gradually gave birth to the heart of the tiger and wolf to the current Queen Mother, and made a reluctant thing, and then fabricated the facts, on the surface, the Queen Mother was sent to Anguo Temple, but in fact, the Queen Mother was taken to Lishan, and the identity was fabricated and brought into the palace, and now the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother of the day! ”

These words were so shocking that after finishing speaking, many people in the hall did not react, and Nangong Lie took the lead and shouted: "Bold! The Queen Mother prayed for the blessing of the country in Anguo Temple, the Queen Mother was pregnant with a dragon descendant, your fallacy is not only a great disrespect to Your Majesty, but also an insult to the Queen Mother, the Queen and the future prince, Your Majesty remembers the century-old merits of your Su family, and has been tolerant of you again and again, are you now going to kill yourself? ! ”

"Why Your Majesty is so generous and merciful to my Su family, Your Majesty knows best the twists and turns." Su Shi looked at Pei Zhao meaningfully: "Your Majesty, what did you say, yes or no?" ”

"Su Xiang's words are conclusive, I say yes or no, there is no difference to Su Xiang."

Pei Zhao didn't see any expression on his face, but he clenched the tea cup slightly in his hand, and Tong He, who was standing on the side, found that there was a crack on the white porcelain cup, and hurriedly changed a cup of tea for Pei Zhao, knowing that he was very angry, and he was also a little uneasy in his heart.

Pei Zheng was about to open his mouth to ask Su Shi for a certificate, so as to shatter their plans one by one, but Pei Yu was more anxious than him: "This king has been stationed in Youzhou for more than a year, far away from Tianjing, and it is reasonable for the ministers not to believe what he said, but Su Xiang is the father of the Queen Mother, don't you believe his words either?" ”

"Garrison?" Nangong Lie sneered and said disdainfully: "The garrison you are talking about is to have fun in Youzhou, let your subordinates do evil, and let the magistrates and people of Youzhou Baibai hand over the joint performance to Tianjing City?" ”

Pei Yu's face was slightly embarrassed, and Fang Shizhong also said disdainfully: "Now it is clear who Su Xiang is, you can't believe your words, can you believe the words of your subordinates?" ”

"Lord Fang is right." Su Shi stroked his beard and smiled: "Since this is the case, the old minister will ask you to take a look." ”

He glanced at his eldest son Su Xian behind him, Su Xian hesitated for a moment, or took out two pieces of rice paper from his sleeve, Su Shi said: "You don't know, on the birthday of His Royal Highness Pei Ming, the Queen Mother carved a seal for him, and the name engraved on it was the name of His Royal Highness Thirteen. ”

He ordered Su Xian to shake off the rice paper and continued: "On this first piece of paper, the seal covered is owned by His Highness the Thirteenth, and the "Si Xun Ming" written on the other piece of paper was written by the queen mother in the Chaoyang Palace a few days ago. ”

"Joke!" He Wuji said: "Do you write two words at will in vain to frame Your Majesty with such a ridiculous name?!" I'd like to see who would believe such nonsense! ”

"These two pieces of rice paper were personally handed over to me by His Highness the Thirteenth Highness, as for the whereabouts of this person...... Su Shi's face flashed a trace of unwillingness, and he looked at Pei Zhao with a little provocation: "Your Majesty, can you tell the old minister, where is Zhiyan now?" Did you go down to the Yellow Spring with the Shanggong Shen family and the palace maid Ah Yue that day? ! ”

Pei Zhao said lightly: "Yes." ”

Pei Yu and Su Shi didn't seem to expect Pei Zhao to admit it so readily, the two couldn't help but glance at each other, and Pei Yu said: "You have just heard it, he has already admitted that he killed those three people, as far as this king knows, one of the two palace ladies is a person who has served by the Queen Mother's side, and the other is a distant cousin of the Queen Mother's sister-in-law, think about it, if he is not a thief and is afraid of being discovered, how can he be in a hurry to kill people and kill his mouth?!" ”

"The ninth brother always said that he was far away in Youzhou and not close to the court, and he never thought that he knew so much about the palace ladies in the Daming Palace." Pei Zhao commanded lightly: "Tong He, let's talk about it." ”

Tong He agreed, and then said loudly: "The Shen family of Shanggong violated the palace rules and abused lynching to kill Gong'e Ayue. The old slave just said that there are witnesses in the palace, if His Majesty orders, the old slave will bring the court order and a group of people over, and let His Majesty interrogate! ”

Pei Zhao was noncommittal, but cast his gaze to the bottom of the stairs: "What do you think Aiqing?" ”

Sun Li said: "Your Majesty, what Pei Yu just said is really ridiculous, all of your colleagues here are my great humerus's ministers, how can they be deceived by such nonsense?" Besides, this is the court, and the court orders the affairs of the harem, so it is really not appropriate to step here. According to the old minister, it is better to issue an order to deal with this group of rebellious ministers and thieves as soon as possible, lest they say any crazy words! ”

"Master Sun, don't worry, today's matter of this king, I still want you to add a fire to this king!" Pei Yu sneered and continued: "When the Queen Mother entered the palace, she had to be worshiped by the women every year, but among these many women, there were only one or two noble people who could visit the Queen Mother closely. Leaving aside the wives of several old ministers who have returned to their hometowns, at this time, except for Mrs. Su, only Lord Sun's wife and daughter have seen the appearance of the Queen Mother, among Lord Sun's two daughters, one used to be Jieyu in the harem, and the other ......"

He paused and continued: "This king heard that the second lady of Lord Sun's family was married to Lord He by the Queen Mother, so you might as well invite a few of them to the palace one by one today and listen to what they have to say?!" ”

"Shaft, you don't want to demagoguery here again!" He Wuji sneered: "You obviously inquired a long time ago, my wife accompanied her mother-in-law back to her hometown to visit relatives as early as last month, and they can't enter this hall today, don't you want to say that we got His Majesty's will, deliberately prevaricated and concealed, and didn't dare to confront you?" ”

Hearing that Mrs. Sun was not there, a trace of panic flashed on Pei Yu's face, he turned his head to meet Pei Zhao's cold gaze, his heart sank, and he gave birth to a desperate courage: "It's okay if they are not there, as we all know, Mrs. Langya, who was most valued by my father in the past, is now Concubine Wen is also practicing in Anguo Temple, and now Concubine Wen is waiting outside, why don't you let her come into the palace, and then invite the 'Queen Mother' out to see if they have a sense of joy for the reunion of the old people?" ”

"Presumptuous!"

Pei Zhao's voice was not loud, but it was full of biting cold, the people in the hall knelt down at the time, he stared at Pei Yu scorchingly, the murderous aura in his eyes made Pei Yu also break out in a cold sweat, he knew that he couldn't show weakness at this time, but he still couldn't bear the fear in his heart, lowered his head slightly, and only heard Pei Zhao say coldly:

"How can my queen allow you to come so summoned, you are just talking nonsense, wanting to trap my queen in a place of injustice, if I don't cut you with a thousand knives, it will be difficult to vent the hatred in my heart!"