The matter soon went to the Criminal Department, and the human evidence included Liu Guizhong and many people in Sucheng, and the physical evidence was Xiangxue's corpse, which can be said to be both human and physical evidence, which was very unfavorable to Shen Ling.

But fortunately, no one has pointed out that this matter was done by Shen Ling himself, and at worst, it is only a crime of instigating a servant to kill someone. And it can be said that it is the subordinate slaves who act without proportion and kill people by mistake. At worst, it will not be life-threatening.

The Yan family insisted that Shen Ling did it, and Shen Ling would never admit what he hadn't done. The criminal department called all the young family members to come over and let Ah Zhong identify him, and Ah Zhong said that the man was masked that night, and he was so frightened that he didn't remember the man's eyes at all. said that in addition to the deep memory of the waist card of the Taifu Mansion, nothing else is clear.

For a while, the case was inconclusive, and the two sides were deadlocked.

Even so, the emperor was quite dissatisfied with the Shen family because of this. He also specially called King Chen over and asked his opinion on this matter.

"Fortunately, this king is smart, and he knows that sometimes even if it is the truth, he can't tell it. Otherwise, my father's temperament will only be greater...... "Although King Chen said proudly, he didn't necessarily feel any smugness.

Rong Yunxi knew that King Chen's heart must be uncomfortable at this time.

The emperor asked King Chen what he thought about this matter, if King Chen spoke to the Taifu Mansion and said that this thing could not be done by Shen Ling, and with Shen Ling's character, he could not do such a thing, not only would it not have the effect of helping Shen Ling, but it would harm him.

Therefore, what King Chen said must be unfavorable to Shen Ling.

King Chen leisurely leaned on the chair in the small study, put his legs on the desk, shook his head and said: "This king said to his father, saying that between young people, it is normal for a moment of fighting to be out of proportion." Although Xiao Ling is eighteen years old this year, he has always only known to read sage books in the mansion, and he has not had much experience, and it is estimated that his mind is similar to that of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child......"

"That Yan Yu is usually an extremely arrogant master, but now that the two are arguing over a beauty, Yan Yu must have said a lot of ugly things. Xiao Ling doesn't have any city government, and it is understandable that he was so provoked by him, and he wanted to let people teach him a lesson. But to say that he instructed a servant to kill someone, that would never happen. I also hope that my father can deal with it lightly. ”

Rong Yunxi smiled: "In this way, it is equivalent to condemning my cousin." ”

"So what's the solution? It won't do anyone any good if things continue to make trouble. The father just wanted to settle the matter quickly, and not let the people talk more about the affairs of the emperor's relatives and relatives. As for what is right and wrong, he doesn't care at all. Now even I say that Xiao Ling must have done this thing of sending people to the Yan family to find fault, and my father will have more reasons to make up his mind. I will definitely settle this matter as soon as possible", King Chen said, "In this way, at least this matter will not be implicated in this king." ”

Rong Yunxi nodded, and only this kind of treatment is the safest. The prince's calculation was that King Chen would definitely go to the emperor to argue for Shen Ling, so it would naturally annoy the emperor. The Shen family lost face to the emperor, and the emperor felt that King Chen and the Shen family were of the same mind, so King Chen was in front of the emperor, but he completely lost power.

But King Chen did not blindly intercede for Shen Ling, but just explained the situation on a case-by-case basis, no matter how dissatisfied the emperor was with the Shen family, it would not involve King Chen.

"There is one more thing...... "King Chen said, "Early this morning, the excerpt handed by Dali Siqing said that Qu Fucheng took the initiative to ask for his interrogation...... It seems that the eldest brother has also worked Qufu City. ”

Rong Yunxi's eyebrows tufted...... The prince also worked Qufu City's side? What is it?

Before the emperor ordered Gonggong Zhang of the Pure Dust Division to personally listen to the trial, he accompanied the Dali Siqing to interrogate Qu Fucheng, Qu Fucheng's mouth, but it was as if it was sealed by iron smelting, and it was very strict. What is the reason for suddenly taking the initiative to ask to be arraigned? In addition to confessing, I'm afraid there is no other intention.

But confession......

This confession at this juncture is not only harmless to the prince, but beneficial to it.

What King Chen said, the prince's efforts to Qufu City must lie in this. The crown prince asked Qu Fucheng to take the initiative to confess to him, but the emperor would not believe it. The emperor would think that someone instructed Qu Fucheng to do this, but who is this person? Except for King Chen, there is no one else.

Recently, something happened to the Shen family, and King Chen was worried that the emperor would blame him for this, so he wanted to use the prince's matter to divert the emperor's attention in order to stabilize his position in the court for a while...... It couldn't be more reasonable. Not only the emperor, but even the ministers in the court will definitely think about it this way.

But no one would call King Chen over to ask anything, and King Chen had no chance to tell. can only suffer this dumb loss.

The prince is using the way of biting himself to frame others, which is really clever.

"As long as I am vigilant here, the Shen family's case will not be painful and will not be able to set off any big waves. But with the addition of Qu Fucheng, the result is very different", King Chen spread his hands, but he didn't see how sad he was, as if he was saying a small loss and a small win in a bet, "But this time, this king can only let him calculate, and there is no way to deal with it." ”

Rong Yunxi knew that King Chen didn't care about the small losses and small wins at this time, he had the ability to win before, and now he has the responsibility to lose. So he just smiled casually: "Yes, if we go to find Qu Fucheng, we will fall in love with another way for the prince." On the prince's side, since he has already thought of Qufu City, he must be fully prepared. The first is to directly ask Qu Fucheng to confess and pour dirty water on him when he is dead, and the second is to lead us into the game and directly pour dirty water on us. ”

If King Chen sent someone to find Qu Fucheng, it was very likely that the people who had been squatting on the prince's side for a long time would be arrested. At that time, King Chen just couldn't speak. didn't even have the opportunity to hold back the grievances and suffer losses, and directly confronted the emperor and suffered a loss.

The prince is in the dark, they are in the light, and there is a "bystander Qing" on the side of Dali Temple, King Chen is now doing more and more mistakes, so he can only stand still. Be an honest little daughter-in-law and accept it.

Rong Yunxi felt a pity for King Chen, and felt that King Chen had set up such a big game, and finally let the prince escape, and it was very likely that he would be fishy. But looking at King Chen's current appearance, he doesn't feel depressed.

When talking about his own affairs, he might as much sorrow as when he talked about Shen Ling's affairs.

It can be seen that the subsequent dirty water is also expected by King Chen.

Killing 8,000 enemies and losing 3,000 is also a small victory.

King Chen is very ambitious, but he is also very calm. Rong Yunxi is really more and more curious about him. There is a sense of sitting quietly and watching a good show, looking forward to the development in the future.

Then, it was only two days' work, and even the hustle and bustle of the day was settled.

In the afternoon when the emperor asked King Chen, he called Mrs. Shen into the palace, and I don't know what to say. Anyway, early the next morning, Shen Ling confessed by himself, saying that in order to avenge Xiangxue, he did instruct Jiading to scare Yan Yu, and he didn't want Jiading to miss and kill him by mistake.

and personally brought the family who killed by mistake to the court, and Wei Dongqi pronounced the sentence. Wei Dongqi sentenced Ding Qiuhou to behead and sentenced Shen Ling to one year in prison.

Wei Dongqi's sentence to that family Ding is something that everyone can expect, but the sentence of Shen Ling is indeed a bit unexpected. But it is also a result that the people are willing to see, and it also makes the Yan family speechless.

If it weren't for the emperor's instructions, how could Wei Dongqi dare to sentence Shen Ling so decisively? Shen Ling is the nephew of the imperial concubine, and he is not afraid of offense, he is also the emperor's nephew, and he is imprisoned for one year, how can he, the son-in-law, stand it?

But Wei Dongqi not only convicted him, but also ordered him to be immediately detained. This is really the reincarnation of Bao Gong, when the world is blue! With Wei Dongqi's treacherous nature, even if he converted to Buddhism, it would be impossible to do such a thing.

As soon as Shen Ling's case was concluded, Qu Fucheng was arraigned by Dali Temple. Qu Fucheng insisted that it was the prince who ordered him to do this corrupt thing, and ninety percent of the money he embezzled was given to the prince, and he just kept a little bit for the purpose of paving the way for his official career. Not only that, but also said that the prince had many crimes of eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling on Sanhuai's side. Some of them are very true, and they all sound as if something is happening.

The emperor sent Zhang Zhongquan to listen to him, and when he looked back, these words naturally fell into the ears of the emperor. When a prisoner like Qu Fucheng is arraigned in Dali Temple, the sentence is usually not pronounced immediately, but the record of the arraignment is recorded and handed over to the emperor for his opinion, which will make a ruling.

After Zhang Zhongquan sent the excerpt of Dali Temple, less than an hour, the emperor sentenced Qu Fucheng to death. But he didn't want to make a big deal about it, so he didn't make any special exceptions to Qu Fucheng, and he was still asked by the Autumn Queen.

Early the next morning, the prince went to court.

What the emperor means is that the prince has been quiet for a while, and he knows that he is wrong, and he will definitely strictly guard the servants in the palace in the future.

One turmoil came to an abrupt end because of another. It seems very sudden, but the ministers who are thinking about it in the court understand the stakes. Those ministers who were originally vacillating between the crown prince and King Chen, and didn't know who to choose, didn't dare to express their stance at this time.

Everything seems to have returned to square one, back to the way it was when the prince was not under house arrest. But everything, but still a little different.

The fact that the prince was under house arrest could not have happened as if it had never happened. As long as the crown prince does not sit on the throne for a day, there will always be people who remember the shame of his house arrest, and there will always be people who feel that his position is not guaranteed.

Since the beginning of the dynasty, King Chen has been writing on his desk. Rong Yunxi saw that it was a list with many names written on it. After King Chen wrote all these names, he crossed out some of them with a cinnabar pen......