After the empress gave the order, several guards escorted King Yue down.

Back in the temple, the hall was brightly lit, and compared to the darkness outside, it seemed like two worlds, and the air was filled with the smell of killing and blood. There was blood on the guns of the two princes, dripping on the ground outside the hall, like a delicate plum blossom. His eyes were fixed on the Empress's back, and then he lowered his head and said nothing.

Shangguan Wan was blocked by him just now, but found that his cuffs had been cut open, and blood slid down his sleeves in a curl. When the empress returned to the palace, she only ordered the palace people to take the prince and princess back to their respective palaces, dispose of the corpses of the rebels overnight, and the deputy general imprisoned all the people alive.

Then he withdrew from the crowd, saying that he was tired. Qi Xin and Qi Qing went to wait.

Zheng Yuze led his troops to deal with the problem of the rebels' detention and treatment.

The second prince walked out of the hall, followed by Shangguan Wan.

"Your Highness, your arm is injured, do you need to pass on the Imperial Doctor?"

The second prince turned around and shook his head: "You find some bandages to tie for me, and if there are changes in the palace, you don't have to worry about the imperial doctor anymore." ”

When Shangguan Wan found the bandage, the second prince was sitting on the edge of the steps under the eaves, and had already taken off his helmet, his hair was a little messy, and a strand of hair on his sideburns was also dyed with sweat. Look at his sleeves that are soaked with blood.

Shangguan Wan sat next to him and gently pulled up his cuffs, and a small amount of blood was still oozing out from the shocking knife edge.

"Your Highness, you are in Jizhou, why did you rush back today?"

The second prince looked at Shangguan Wan, who was bandaging herself with her head down, and with her other hand wanted to help her cut the broken hair on her forehead, he heard her question, so he took his hand back. replied in a deep voice: "I received the message you asked Changchun to bring me, and the news I found in my hand, dare to cooperate with the palace to make trouble, Song Lin and Lin never have such courage, it can only be someone who wants to add fuel to the fire and make a hindrance." I'm afraid of you..., I'm worried about the safety of the mother, so I'll come back quickly."

Shangguan Wan knew that Ji Heng must have handed over the incriminating evidence collected by Lin Zhange to the second prince, but she still asked, "Does the second prince still have to go back to the place to investigate the case?" ”

Shangguan Wan bandaged his arm, then straightened up, and the second prince moved his hands and feet, and then stood up, and then replied: "No, Master Ji of the Criminal Department is a competent person, and he actually searched for the evidence of those enclosures, and I don't think there is any need to go to the rest of the states in a big way." ”

The second prince was about to leave, but he looked at the thin girl in front of him again, and said, "You are very smart, you didn't mess up."

Shangguan Wan just saluted and replied: "Thank you for the compliment, thank you for reminding the slave maid, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." Your Highness walks slowly. Tomorrow, I guess you will have to settle this case. ”

The second prince bowed slightly, and left with his helmet.

Looking around the entire courtyard of this Weiyang Palace, the palace people were busy cleaning up the dried blood stains on the courtyard, if it wasn't for him blocking him, I am afraid that he would also become the soul of the king of Yue.

On the second day, in front of the civil and military officials, the king of Yue was escorted to the palace, and a large number of soldiers and horses entered Beijing last night.

When King Yue was escorted to the palace, everyone was shocked, I am afraid that no one could have thought that it was the brother of the first emperor who moved that should not have thoughts.

King Yue was locked up all night, and when he came to the palace, although he didn't have the vigor of last night, he still pointed to the empress in a high place with full of energy: "You demon woman!" ”

The empress hung her head contemptuously and looked at King Yue below, but said lightly: "Today, I will try this case one by one in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, King Yue, you entered the palace last night and wanted to coerce me, are you guilty?" ”

The king of Yue spit out: "What should be mine, I must admit that I am the eighth son of Taizong, and the first emperor is a brother, this world should be my Li Tang, how should it fall into the hands of you, a demon woman surnamed Wu."

The empress was not angry at his abuse, but ordered Cui Shangyi Cui Zhaoxian, who was imprisoned in the secret room, and the little palace maid of the Shang Food Bureau, as well as Cui Zhaoxian's brother Cui Kan, who had been imprisoned last night, into the palace.

How could the little palace maid of the Shangshi Bureau have seen such a battle, she just kept sobbing and kowtowing, and Cui Kan was also critical to saving her life, and she had already told the whole story of how King Yue planned the palace change in her begging for mercy.

Cui Kan's crying snot flowed: "Your Majesty the Empress, Wei Chen, Wei Chen is just a ghost for a while, Wei Chen did the prince's companion in the palace in his early years, and then he got acquainted with King Yue, King Yue has been planning this matter for a long time, he wants to take advantage of the case of Jizhou Thorn History with deep roots, so as to make a sound and include this Chang'an in his bag, Wei Chen, Wei Chen is really deceived by others."

Cui Zhaoxian looked at her brother's embarrassing appearance, and just snorted coldly in the hall: "Wu Yunning, since the matter has been revealed, I have nothing to say, I just hate that I haven't been able to find a chance to kill you personally in the past few years, and I will slaughter my Cui family until today." ”

The empress sneered: "All the Qing family, I also heard it just now, this King Yue colluded with the Cui family, relying on Cui Kan's sister in the palace, so he united Cui Zhaoxian to poison me to give King Yue a chance." It's just that I don't know what to say about this crime, after all, this king of Yue is also the brother of the first emperor, and I am really embarrassed. ”

The ministers looked at each other and shouted on their knees: "The crime of rebellion should be punished."

Cui Kan saw that there was no room for change, so he just sat on the ground.

Seeing this, King Yue only shouted: "You demon woman, this world should be my Li family, this world is my Li family, this world is my Li family, you courtiers, are you so forgetful?" You are all Li Tang's courtiers! Wu Yunning, you demon woman, I should have sworn to dissuade the first emperor from accepting you as a concubine! Wu Yunning, you will have retribution! This world won't be your Wu clan's! ”

King Yue was so excited that his guards kicked him down, and he fell to his knees, but still shouted, "I swear not to kneel this demon woman!" Wu Yunning, you won't be able to die well! ”

The empress ignored the angry scolding of King Yue before his death, but just got up indifferently and spoke: "Everyone, but I heard it, this Li Zhen planned to change the palace, and he was still scolding him in this court. The brothers and sisters of the Cui family were bold and dared to cooperate with the palace people to poison me. I don't know how to judge this case. ”

That Song Lin, as the Zhongshu Ling, stepped forward and said: "Returning to the empress, this crime of rebellion should be punished, Your Majesty should not show mercy to his subordinates because King Yue is the brother of the first emperor." ”

Lin Congye came out to second, and then many ministers began to second.

Shangguan Wan, who was beside the empress, looked at Song Lin and Lin Cong, and just sneered in her heart, these two guys didn't know that they were going to be tried in a while. The second prince and Shangguan Wan glanced at each other, and Shangguan Wan wiped his gaze.

The empress: "Since all the Qing families think so, then they will be escorted to Dali Temple first, the Yue Wang Xiao head to show the public, the Yue prince and his descendants are degraded to concubines, and the generations are not allowed to be officials, Cui Zhaoxian and Cui Kan brothers and sisters will be executed, Cui's family is full of male dependents in exile, and female dependents are official prostitutes." ”

The guards then escorted them out of the temple.

The king of Yue still shouted: "Even if I am sentenced to the punishment of beheading, this world should be Li Tang's!" ”

Cui Zhaoxian stared at the empress directly, and her voice was terrible: "Wu Yunning, when I go underground, I have to ask the first emperor if he really handed over the entire country to you, and your sister Wu Changning, I want to ask if she is the same as me when she loses in your hands." ”

The group was escorted down.

The ministers didn't dare to come out. The empress sat back on the throne and said indifferently: "Second prince, you and Shangshu of the Criminal Department went to Jizhou to investigate the case, and the case has eyebrows." ”

The second prince spoke: "Back to the mother, the case has been clarified, and the human and material evidence are all there."

Then the second prince took out the thick stack of land deeds and field deeds from his sleeves and asked Cao Huanzhi to present them.

The empress flipped over, her expression became more and more solemn, her hand slapped heavily on the table, and the minister fell to her knees.

"Song Lin and Lin Cong, you are in a high position, selling officials? Hoarding? These title deeds are all thanks to you."

The two men just fell to their knees and shivered.

The second prince continued: "Erchen and Chen Shangshu of the Criminal Department and his party went to Jizhou on the road, more than one attack, thanks to the mother Emperor Hongfu Qitian, Erchen survived, arrested a few assassins, and now he is also imprisoned in Dali Temple, taken into custody by Lord Wei, and the confessions are readily available, all of which are obstructed by Lord Song in the Chinese book, and do not want us to get to Jizhou smoothly. ”

Empress: "Why don't you send someone to the palace, and I can send someone to protect you." ”

The second prince bowed and saluted: "Thank you for your concern."

Song Lin knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty spares your life, Weichen doesn't want to hurt the life of His Second Highness!" Weichen just wants His Highness to retreat from the difficulties and no longer go to the troubled waters of Jizhou."

Lin Cong also kowtowed again and again.

The empress waved her hand: "In front of the civil and military officials, now that the human and material evidence is there, it is best for the two of you to explain all this matter clearly." I have been tired for a few days, and this case has caused a miasma of smoke in the entire palace and the court, and now it can be regarded as seeing the light of day. The meritorious ones will be rewarded, and the guilty ones should also be punished heavily, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple jointly closed the case, and how to punish the crime will be punished. ”

Wei Rushi and Chen Lin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came out and said: "Yes"

Shangguan Wan glanced at the second prince and found that the second prince was also looking at her, so she lowered her head again.

Sunlight poured into the temple as if to drive away the darkness.