The turtle is warm, and the sandalwood is fragrant. When the night is quiet and the spring is affectionate, the moon moves and dreams go to the bar. The grass cart palace chariot, the raccoon girl's dream is broken. Yesterday I smiled at half of my makeup, and today others should be ashamed.

"Maybe I think Weichen doesn't know anything! Now that I think about it, the wine of that day was unusual, and I didn't drink less on weekdays, but I never got that drunk, and I was very drunk that day, like a dead pig. Manager Zhao frowned and thought carefully.

"Yan'er, I think you have an idea?"

"Exactly, Your Majesty, the only thing we lack now is the eyewitnesses of the night, if we can find this person, then the truth will come out, and the concubine wants to investigate them one by one now."

The emperor nodded, and then said to Gonggong Zhou and Chief Manager Zhao: "Gonggong Zhou, Chief Manager Zhao, for the sake of the safety of the two of you, I will rest for one night in the side hall outside the Yaoguang Palace tonight. ”

"Thank you for your kindness!"

The emperor walked to the door and whispered a few words to Murong Zifeng, and Murong Zifeng sent a few shrewd and capable people to take Gonggong Zhou and Chief Manager Zhao to the side hall.

"Yan'er, what do you want to do?" The emperor asked Murong Ningyan softly.

"Your Majesty, can you let my brother accompany my concubine? The concubine wanted to go in person. ”

As soon as the emperor heard that Murong Ningyan was going to find evidence in person, and knew that she had always been shrewd and wise, bold and careful, and she was the most suitable person, he immediately shook her hand with both worry and emotion and said, "This, your noble status, is it okay to go to that kind of place?" ”

"What's this? The concubine is to solve the case, not to live there for a long time. ”

"It's good! The queen of hard work! You have to be careful! The emperor affectionately hugged Murong Ningyan into his arms.

After a long time, after the emperor called in Murong Zifeng to explain the situation to him, Murong Zifeng brought a set of forbidden army clothes and handed it to Murong Ningyan, Murong Ningyan took the clothes and went to the inner room, and the emperor told again: "Zifeng, you must protect Yan'er." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Weichen will definitely protect the queen."

After a while, I saw a handsome guard walk out of the room, throw a wink at the emperor, and then follow Murong Zifeng out of the Yaoguang Palace.

The next morning, the joint letter group headed by Chen Mingshu mentioned the matter of establishing the reserve again. The emperor said: "Since this matter is related to the Tang Dynasty, we can't act hastily, please don't be bored." After a few more days, I will give you an explanation. ”

Two days later, the emperor announced in the court: "Regarding the matter of the joint appointment of the princes a few days ago, it is now found that it is detrimental to the reputation of the royal family and is not suitable for discussion in the court. ”

As soon as the emperor's words fell, there was an uproar in the court, and those co-named people looked at each other, and Chen Mingshu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Since this matter involves the blood of the former emperor and the royal family, it was jointly tried by the Zongren Mansion and the Ministry of Rites. In the Zongren Mansion, the emperor and queen sat in the middle, the Zongren Ling and the Lord Shangshuyuan of the Ministry of Rites sat on the left and right, and the left and right Zongzheng, the left and right Zongren, the Fucheng, the hall master, and Chen Mingshu sat in turn.

The emperor opened his mouth and said: "Above the court, Chen Mingshu, the left governor of the Inspectorate, submitted a joint letter, saying that I have no heirs, and I ask King Lining to be the prince." Although I think that I am in the prime of life, and the palace concubines are also at the age of childbearing, and I am not worried about the heirs, I still understand the ministers, and I agree to consider the matter of Prince Ning becoming the prince, but I never thought that in the process of investigation, there are many doubts, and it is related to the reputation of the royal family. The following is an old man by the emperor's side, Zhou Gonggong, presenting the facts at that time. ”

The Zongren Mansion, which was originally silent, suddenly began to whisper like boiling water, only Chen Mingshu was restless from the moment he came in, and the emperor had to remind everyone to be quiet.

At the beginning, the emperor said that he would go to the Zongren Mansion for trial, Chen Mingshu still had a trace of illusions, and when he saw Gonggong Zhou walking in in the Zongren Mansion, he beat a drum in his heart, thinking that this old thing really didn't know the times, and his eyes never left Gonggong Zhou, and wanted to give him a hint when he wanted to give him a chance, but this Gonggong Zhou seemed to shield him, and he didn't even look at him, he was only anxious in his heart, and he didn't know what he would say.

Gonggong Zhou repeated what he said in front of the emperor and queen in Yaoguang Hall the day before yesterday, and when the people present heard that the emperor only regarded Murong Ningshuang as a tool for heating, some people laughed out loud, and when they heard that she was cooking aphrodisiac soup for the emperor, he angrily reprimanded her for being shameless and not abiding by women's morals, and when she learned that she had caused Su Guifei to have a miscarriage, they all shook their heads and shook their heads, scolding her for being vicious, and hearing Chen Mingshu's forehead and neck were full of dense sweat, but he still thought that the emperor had died without proof, and as long as Shuang'er swore to death and did not admit it, they could not bear it.

At this time, the emperor said: "Let the witness Shangfu Bureau Manager Zhao come in!" ”

I saw Mr. Zhao, the manager of the Shangfu Bureau, walk in, glanced at Chen Mingshu, who was sitting on the side, and found that Chen Mingshu was looking at him with surprised eyes, so he quickly withdrew his gaze. Begin to tell some of the things that happened at that time.

The appearance of Manager Zhao made Chen Mingshu very confused, he never thought that Manager Zhao would mention the drunkenness with him at that time, but there was still a trace of luck in his heart, he had never seen anyone go in, as long as he didn't admit it, he couldn't do anything about him and Murong Ningshuang.

However, at this time, a eunuch submitted a letter and read it out, the general content of the letter was that when the emperor was alive, after Murong Guiren was beaten into the Huanyi Bureau, Chen Mingshu, the left governor of the Inspectorate, had repeatedly conspired with his daughter, that is, the mother of Murong Guiren, the princess Chen of Poyang Wangye's Mansion, how to save the woman, and after discussion, he found a man surnamed Chen from Chen's mother's house, and on the night of April 16, while Chen Mingshu was drunk with the head of the Shangfu Bureau, he untied the key on his body, and let the man surnamed Chen go in to have a good relationship with Murong Ningshuang. The man left the Huanyi Bureau before dawn, and the key was returned to Mr. Zhao.

Who wrote this letter? How did he know this? Very few people knew about it at the time, could it be him? At this time, Chen Mingshu regretted it in his heart! I really can't wait to regret my intestines, how can I take all precautions, but there is a mistake in this kid?

"No, no, it's a frame-up, Your Majesty! This is obviously someone deliberately slandering Weichen and the concubine, pouring dirty water on our ancestors and grandchildren, and please ask Your Majesty to investigate! Chen Mingshu's beads of sweat rolled down from his forehead, and he was no longer so calm.

"Chen Aiqing, don't worry, this matter is very important, how can I not find out the truth? Bring the witnesses up! ”

Witness? What other witnesses? Chen Mingshu didn't dare to look at the door, but he still had to look, only to see a plain-clothed woman walk in.

"The sinner, please give your majesty and the queen mother!"

"Who's in the hall? What do you have to say here? ”

"The sinner Wai is bent on reforming, and now exposes a scene of misdeeds that the sinner saw with her own eyes three years ago."

"Merriam-Webster, since it happened three years ago, can you guarantee the authenticity and integrity of the matter?"

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the sinner woman is in front of Your Majesty, and she doesn't dare to tell half a lie!"

"Alright then, state what you've seen word for word."

"It was three years ago on the evening of April 16, the sinner got up several times that night because of her stomach trouble, probably when I was a child, I just came out of the thatched house, only to see a man about seven feet tall walked into Murong Ningshuang's house, the moonlight that night was very bright, shining on the man's face, you can clearly see that there is a mole on the left side of his face. The sinner thought at the time, when will the clothes bureau come in the man, or in the middle of the night, so she kept an eye and eavesdropped quietly for a while, but she didn't expect the sound from inside to scare the sinner half to death, because it was late at night, the women were already asleep, the sinner knew that her grandfather was a big official in the court, and I was the only one at that time, and I was afraid that they would find out and kill my mouth, so I quietly slipped back to my room, and looked through the crack in the door, and the sinner didn't sleep all night, until it was almost dawn, and the man quietly slipped out. ”

"You said you heard the voices inside and scared you half to death, what was it?" Zongren Ling asked.

"This, this, how can this open the mouth of the sinner!" Wei Shi glanced at everyone in the Zongren Mansion with an embarrassed expression.

"Webster, state the facts of the case, Hugh is secretive, and say it bluntly!" Murong Ningyan said softly:

"Yes! When the sinner heard men and women doing things inside, it was very quiet in the middle of the night, and it was very piercing to make such a sound in a place full of women. Webster was so embarrassed when he said this that he had to bow his blushing face.

"Are you the only one who hears this?" The emperor asked.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, in fact, the sinner woman is not the only one who hears it, on the second day, I heard the Huanyi girl living in the room next to Murong Ningshuang quietly discussing this matter, I pretended not to know for fear of being implicated, and did not participate in the discussion. Next, everyone saw that Murong Ningshuang seemed to be a different person, and she seemed so kind and friendly to everyone, so no one gossiped about her behind her back. ”

"If you were asked to identify the two people who were talking about it, would you still be able to identify them?" Zongren Ling asked.

"Can you recognize?"

Zongren Ling beckoned, and brought in two palace maids from outside, Wei Shi didn't wait for questions, and directly nodded that it was them. Zongren Ling asked, "Is the person in the hall the Huanyi girl who lived in the room next to Murong Ningshuang back then?" ”

"The sinner is exactly!" The two replied in unison.

"Say what you heard that night!"

The two of you glanced at each other, and one of the older ones spoke, "That night, both the sinner and she heard a burst of indecent voices coming from Murong Ningshuang's house. ”

"Do you see anyone?"

"No, we didn't dare come out to see it, but it was a long time in that room."

"Webster, if that person were here now, would you recognize him?"

"You should be able to recognize it."

Zongren Ling beckoned again, and four men were brought in from outside, one tall, one short, one fat and one thin, and after the four of them stood still, Zongren Ling said: "Wei, go up and take a look, can there be any people you saw that night?" ”