Although Jian Yiyu is also the cousin of Emperor Duanhua, the two sides have never gotten along much since childhood.

At the meeting of seizing the prince, even though Jian Yiyu did not clearly stand on the side of opposing Emperor Duanhua, the eldest princess of Changxing, who was still in the army, could also be divided into the camp of Emperor Duanhua's political enemies.

So Emperor Duanhua heard a few days ago that his concubine had an accident with a child who was still in swaddling clothes, although he was unexpected, he didn't have much grief - he was more worried about the reaction of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom.

Now that he heard that Jian Yiyu himself was gone, Emperor Duanhua was really taken aback: if it was just Jian Yiyou who died of his concubine and son, even if the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom was dissatisfied, she would not be too sad.

After all, the eldest princess has long had grandchildren, not to mention that the eldest princess has never liked Shen Qimo's mother and son very much.

The problem is that the eldest princess has always attached great importance to her own children......

Emperor Duanhua's mind was racing, and he couldn't help but think of what his aunt would do if she received bad news?

He couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?" ”

If it weren't for the fact that Jian Xubai had just proved that he had nothing to do with King Qing, and the cousin's feelings couldn't bear the second suspicion in a short period of time, the emperor would almost have to ask directly if this matter was done by the third room of the Jian family.

"The minister received this news halfway through." Jian sighed in vain, this is not acting, he will definitely not be grieved by Jian Yiyu's death, but he is a little uncomfortable in his heart.

After all, no matter how bad the relationship between the two brothers is, they are related by blood in the end.

What's more, even if it is for the sake of his biological mother, the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, it is impossible for him to be easy now.

"So I don't know much about it: I only know that the third brother of the minister died a terrible death and was tortured before his death—the third brother was found under a waterfall in the mountains outside Liaozhou City after he disappeared for many days. The local yamen sent people to see the top of the waterfall, and even sent people to dive underwater, but they found nothing! ”

He paused and said in a deep voice, "The old man of the local yamen said that the person who tortured the third brother must be an expert, and he can even be said to be a master of this way...... Third brother he ...... He was tortured for at least a few days before he was killed! ”

When Emperor Duanhua heard this, his face gradually became difficult to look at: he really had no feelings for Jian Yiyou, but in the end, he was his cousin, and he was treated like this, did he look good on the face of the emperor? !

"A thorough investigation is for sure." The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "But the officials of Liaozhou in recent years have not heard of anything outstanding!" Therefore, in order to find out the truth as soon as possible, I thought it would be better to send the Qin messenger there! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Jian Xubai hesitated, "There is one more thing: the reason why the minister's father sent someone to catch up with the minister to inform him of this matter is mainly because he is worried about ...... The minister's current second aunt ......"

Emperor Duanhua's eyebrows flashed with a touch of helplessness, Jian Xubai said this, obviously hoping that he would help him solve the problem of informing the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom of the news of Jian Yiyou's death, but although he was the emperor, he also felt that this matter was very difficult, okay?

But just after wronging his cousin for having an affair with his mother-in-law, Emperor Duanhua was thinking about how to compensate Jian Xubai, so he couldn't refuse, so he could only stubbornly say: "The imperial grandmother is old, don't let her old man worry about this matter!" I will send someone to talk to the queen mother, and see if it is convenient for the queen mother to invite my aunt into the palace! After all, we are all juniors, and with the queen mother by our side, we can help enlighten my aunt a few words. ”

A moment later, Empress Dowager Su received the emperor's request in the Huiyi Palace, and couldn't help frowning slightly: "Jian Yiyu's family is gone?" ”

The eldest princess of Changxing was also taken aback when she heard this: "The family is gone?" Who did it? ”

The eldest princess said so, but subconsciously glanced at the direction of the Yanguo Mansion, and her suspicion was self-evident.

"It won't be the three rooms of the Jane family." But the Queen Mother shook her head and said in a dumb voice, "The Jin Kingdom is still here, they won't do it - not to mention that even if they do it, they won't torture Jian Yiyu openly, this will only anger the Jin Kingdom, most of the time, it is an accident, and there is no proof of death!" ”

"It's just that apart from the third room of the Jian family, what do other people do to kill Jian Yiyu?" The eldest princess of Changxing said strangely, "If you want to torture him like that, I remember that he shouldn't have such an enemy, right?" ”

The Queen Mother sighed when she heard this, and looked at her deeply: "So the mourning family is very worried!" Although you and Jian Yi are still reconciled and divorced, they were husband and wife before! This time, not only was Jian Yi tortured to death, but even the child of the Shen family and the two of them was gone! The mourning family is really afraid that the incident of Cuihua Mountain last year will repeat - this fire will burn on you! ”

Princess Changxing's face turned pale: "But I reconciled with him last year!" ”

"But you and Jian Yi still can't stand you, at least that's what most people think." The Queen Mother's face was gloomy, and she said, "What's more, you will return to the palace after leaving, serve the mourning family, and keep filial piety for the first emperor, although the Queen Mother is very sorry for you, and has ordered someone to find the next concubine for you, just wait for you to be filial piety and give marriage - but after all, you are alone!" Looking at Jian Yiyu, after reconciling with you, he is still the eldest princess's beloved son, sitting on a beautiful concubine, holding his beloved son, and he is really at ease! In terms of identity, you are the eldest princess of the golden branches and jade leaves, the only daughter of the first emperor and the mourning family! Can people not suspect that you can't swallow this breath? ”

Moreover, "After King Su goes out, the biological flesh and blood of the mourning family is only in front of you." The idea of passing Ah Xuan to the third room of the Jian family was also mentioned by the mourning family to the emperor! At that time, some people may suspect that the mourning family did this precisely to transfer Jian Yiyou out of the imperial capital, so that there would be a chance to assassinate him to be angry for you! ”

Empress Dowager Su said in a cold voice, "After all, although the mourning family and you are just a woman, deep in the palace. But your foreign Su family, with a deep background, is it difficult to send some good hands to chase after Liaozhou and take care of Jian Yiyou's family? ”

"From the smallpox incident in Cuihua Mountain last year, it is enough to see the emperor's vigilance and killing intent towards us!"

"At that time, King Liang didn't have any evidence - if it weren't for the fact that the first emperor hired Nie Wuying as a concubine for King Su before his death, Jin Guo felt sorry for his daughter and came forward to stop this matter, and King Su ...... Not only him, but even the Su family, what will be the result, you think for yourself! ”

"Queen Mother, then now the imperial brother asked you to invite the imperial aunt of the Jin Kingdom into the palace and tell you about this matter-this intention?" The originally pale face of the eldest princess of Changxing became more and more bloodless, "Could it be?" ”

Empress Dowager Su pondered for a while and said: "The emperor is not scheming, it is estimated that this time he should just be afraid that the Jin Kingdom will not be able to stand the bad news, and he is afraid that the Empress Dowager is too old and will not be able to do so, so he handed over this mission to the mourning family." ”

The question is, "Liaozhou is not close to the emperor, even if the investigation in Liaozhou goes well, don't think about the results in ten days and half a month!" In the past ten days and half a month, there will be changes: even if the emperor himself doesn't think about it, he can't stand the people under him from giving him ideas, such as King Liang! ”

"So, the sooner this matter is resolved, the better?" The eldest princess of Changxing was a little uneasy, "But, what should I do?" ”

Empress Dowager Su waved her hand, a little tired: "You go to invite Jin Guo first!" You have to think about it! ”

——When the news of Jian Yiyu's death was turbulent in the palace, Liaozhou.

Inside the yamen, Zheng Keji, the assassin, looked at the proclamation sent by the people below with a solemn expression, and after a long time, he said to the master: "This matter ......."

"It's so clean." The master took the notice and hurriedly read it, and his face was ugly, "For now, we can only give this result to the Jian family!" ”

"But I'm afraid the Jian family won't accept it!" Zheng Keji sighed, "The eldest princess, how could she be tortured to death by a lone kidnapper, and even let a gang of ruffians wipe out the family?" ”

After Jian Yiyou's body was sent back to the city that day, the Jian family could be said to be excited, in order to calm the anger of the public, and in order to give an explanation to the eldest princess and other nobles, Zheng Keji personally led people to carry out a thorough investigation overnight - the officials of the entire Liaozhou were mobilized, and the progress can also be described as overwhelming.

It was only because this progress was so smooth that the murderer was caught quickly, which made Zheng Keji feel that something was wrong: it was really such a murderer to catch, why did the government almost turn over the inside and outside of Liaozhou City in the days when Jian Yiyu disappeared, but no one was found?

As Emperor Duanhua thought, Zheng Keji was not a very capable official, and he could only be said to be qualified. He also has no backing, purely relying on the title of the gold list, starting from the release of the county order, and doing it all the way down-to-earth.

In this era when parents are really like parents and have to manage everything, although Zheng Keji's talent is mediocre, he can be regarded as experienced from the grassroots level.

So even if the whole process now, whether it is from the volume, human evidence, or physical evidence, it is all a drop of water and a tight fit, and even the master who specializes in criminal names can't find any flaws, he still instinctively feels that there is something inside.

"Even if the Jian family doesn't accept it, it's impossible for us to do anything else." The master also sighed and explained to the owner, "First of all, the evidence is conclusive, to be honest, this third son of Jian has nothing to do with us, let's investigate this case thoroughly, mainly for the public, not for the private!" In this case, if you can explain it in court, why bother making extraneous branches? ”

His voice lowered, "The most important thing is that the third prince of Jian said that he was from Liaozhou, but in fact, he was born and raised in the imperial capital!" Do you know if he offended the nobles in the imperial capital and suffered this misfortune? In short, now that the people behind the scenes have done things without revealing flaws, so that we can have an explanation, why do we have to toss? When the time comes, if you offend someone who shouldn't be offended, then ......"

These words persuaded Zheng Keji, although he wanted to be promoted, he was not so dizzy that he planned to rashly step into the muddy water of the imperial capital!

After all, the real murderer behind the scenes even dared to destroy the eldest princess's beloved son, not to mention that he had no backing?

"I don't know what kind of trouble the Jian family will do?" Although Zheng Keji made up his mind, he remembered that when the Jian clan saw Jian Yiyu's corpse, Jian Liwu and the others roared, he still had a headache, and said, "But I hope they don't slander this official too much in Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom!" ”

"Why should you worry about that?" When the master heard this, his eyes rolled, and he whispered, "The student has sent someone to touch the situation in the past two days, and it is said that the second and third rooms of the Jian family have always been indifferent. The one who was rude to the adults in public that day was the owner of the Jian family's big house - but although this Master Jian was awarded the title of Zhongsan Doctor because of his father's funeral, he was just a false title! However, the Jian family has three rooms, and the future of the father and son should not be underestimated! Then the heir who went to the third room was still the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom! As long as those two don't make a gap with the adults, how can they hinder the adults just based on Master Jane's one-sided words? ”

Zheng Keji was a little moved, but said again: "The father and son of the third room of the Jian family are all real nobles, but the lintel is also high!" If it weren't for the Jian clan before, the official wouldn't have been able to come to visit. What's more, Jian Yiyou is their flesh and blood relatives after all, even if they don't care about Jian Yiyou's death in their hearts, they may not be willing to give this official a good face on the scene! ”

The two were thinking about themselves, but someone from outside came to report: "News from the imperial capital!" His Majesty was furious when he heard of the death of the third son of Jian, and he sent a messenger to set off immediately, and he will arrive in Liaozhou in the near future to thoroughly investigate the case of the third son of Jian's family and the family! ”

Zheng Keji and the master glanced at each other, they were overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know which Lord Qincha is?" ”