"Queen Mother......" Nie Xingyi knew that Queen Helian was going to "abandon the car to protect the handsome", but this trick was so cruel, at least he couldn't bear it: "Jincheng just got pregnant with a child...... Or...... Let's think about it again? ”

"If this matter is delayed for one more day, the greater the trouble. Can you guarantee that the Jinghou Mansion will not play on the topic? Can you guarantee that Ming Chenyuan's kid has no tricks? Queen Helian sighed again and again: "It was Ming Xiang who had no way to teach his son and planted it in the hands of his adopted son, what does he have to complain about?" ”

Nie Xingyi still stood still, hesitating: "This is a big crime that is full of beheadings, for us...... The losses are also too great. ”

"Don't worry! Brightness has its own measure. After so many years, what storms has he not experienced? Moreover, your father has to take into account the situation in the court, and he will not easily copy the Ming Xiang. Queen Helian looked out of the hall from afar, and only then did she show a little sadness and guilt: "I just think that in this matter, I can't live up to Jincheng." ”

*****

Early the next morning, Ming Xiang went to visit Ming Chongyuan in Dali Temple Prison. Now the crime has not yet been decided, the prisoner is the horse of the dynasty, the person who visits the prison is the prime minister of the dynasty, and the Dali Temple is not easy to stop strongly, so he turned a blind eye and let the Ming Xiang go in to visit.

In order to avoid the collusion between the father and son, Dali Temple also sent people to guard it. Unexpectedly, Ming Xiang only comforted Ming Chongyuan for a few words, and told him to cooperate with the investigation with peace of mind, without mentioning a word else.

Three days later, the trial of the case began, and all the evidence directly pointed out that Chongyuan was the mastermind behind the assassination of Nie Xingji. Surprisingly, Ming Chongyuan didn't even have a word of defense, and in the face of all kinds of criminal evidence, he happily confessed in court.

Dali Temple asked him about the motive of the assassination, and he only said that he had a personal grudge with Jinghou, and he held a grudge for a while, so he saw the opportunity for the latter to go to Chu to quell the chaos and sent someone to assassinate him.

He said a few personal grievances with Nie Xingji, and all of them seemed to be true and false, which made people suspicious. Now that Nie Xingji is unconscious, no one can verify the truth of his words, so Dali Temple had no choice but to record the trial process and present it to King Yan along with the charges and confessions.

After King Yan saw it, he was silent for a moment and said three meanings:

1. After all, Ming Chongyuan is a concubine in the court, and he wants to give dignity, order him to reconcile with Princess Jincheng, and give him wine to commit suicide;

Second, the Ming Prime Minister has worked hard for half his life, and has contributed to the court, and now the merits and demerits are offset, and the crimes of the nine clans are no longer investigated, but the godson has no way, so he is ordered to resign from the old man on his own;

3. The Lord of Ming Chenyuan is not conducive to paying tribute to the assassination of Hou, canceling his marriage to Princess Zecheng, stripping him of the title of his concubine, and disposing of it later.

Three sentences, three meanings, ended a family's glorious future.

On the night of the news, Mrs. Helian was greatly stimulated, and she was already ill, so she fell unconscious in grief. Five days later, on the night that Ming Chongyuan committed suicide with alcohol in prison, Mrs. Helian also died.

In just a few days, everything went from trial to conclusion.

King Yan wanted it to end soon, because he didn't want the situation to expand and insult the royal family's reputation; The queen and the crown prince also wanted to end it quickly, lest the night be long and dreamy, and add more variables; Dali Temple hopes to end it soon, so as to keep the black yarn on the head and no longer be afraid of embarrassment.

In short, this seems to be the best ending, the truth is clear, and the real murderer is brought to justice. It's just that the Ming Mansion, the former hairpin family, and the Gongqing clan have fallen.

Because of the crime, the Ming Mansion did not even dare to organize a funeral for Ming Chongyuan, but only set up a mourning hall for Mrs. Helian.

Ming Danshu was allowed to go back to her home for the funeral and send her mother on her last journey. Plain white clothes, sideburns hairpins, she stepped into the mourning hall with pear blossoms and rain, but she was greeted by a slap from her father.

A "snap" slapped on her left cheek, almost knocking Ming Danshu to the ground. She staggered to her back against the door, clutching her hot cheeks, not daring to make a sound. She couldn't figure out why the Ming Mansion ended up like this? She couldn't believe that the queen and the crown prince were so ruthless and offered her brother as a scapegoat.

And she, a weak woman, plays a role in this? Whose help? She was completely confused.

Only Mingxiang pointed at her angrily: "It's all because of you!" We have all been deceived by Jinghou! ”

Although Ming Danshu felt uncomfortable and blamed herself, she didn't know what Ming Xiang meant, and couldn't help but reply: "Now that Jinghou's life and death are uncertain, how can you blame him?" Blame it...... We're too greedy. ”

"yes, we're too greedy." Ming Xiang wiped a handful of old tears: "In the month of the prince's wedding, when I went to the palace with your mother, what did you ask your mother to tell me?" ”

Ming Danshu was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect her father to suddenly mention this matter, and she was even more confused: "What do you say...... What is the meaning? ”

Ming Xiang shook his head and looked at the tablet of Lady Helian above the mourning hall: "Your mother came back to tell me that day, Jinghou wants us to help him. It is undeniable that I was a little tempted to listen to the promise of the marquis at that time. I wanted to ask him for a secret talk, but who expected that he was ordered to go to Chu to quell the chaos, and the queen sent me that task again......"

When Ming Xiang said this, he turned to look at Ming Danshu, his body was already shaky: "Before the situation is clear, I don't want to offend Jinghou, so I asked your eldest brother to send a reliable person to Chudi to pretend to assassinate Jinghou, release water to Jinghou, and take the opportunity to talk to him again." ”

"You mean ......" Ming Danshu understood a little: "It turns out that the first assassination failed, and you deliberately showed mercy?" ”

"That's right. I've only ever asked your brother to do that. Ming Xiang recalled all kinds of past affairs and regretted it a lot: "I thought at the time, Jinghou has risen to prominence in the past two years, and can promote your second brother, if he really has the life of the Son of Heaven and can allow the Ming family to be full of glory, why don't I help?" After so many years of working hard for Helian Biyue and the crown prince, I have been aggrieved enough! ”

Hearing this, Ming Danshu suddenly asked: "Then why was Jinghou attacked again?" And who poisoned him? ”

"Maybe it's his own play, maybe it's because he offended too many people, maybe it's really Chu Min waiting for an opportunity to take revenge." Ming Xiang waved his hand weakly: "In short, when your eldest brother sent someone to assassinate him, he made it very clear that he would not really want his life, just make a show, and Jinghou also agreed." ”

"In that case, how could the eldest brother send someone to the Jinghou Mansion to assassinate again? How did Ming Chenyuan find out that the assassin was the eldest brother? Ming Danshu subconsciously asked, but as soon as she asked, she suddenly realized something, and her eyes widened in disbelief, looking at Ming Xiang and asking silently.

Looking at his daughter's frightened face, Ming Xiang nodded bitterly: "Your eldest brother has never sent anyone to the Jinghou Mansion at all. In this incident, someone blamed your eldest brother, but it was most likely ...... Respectful and pretentious. ”

"Then why doesn't the big brother defend himself?" Ming Danshu still refused to believe it: "Since it wasn't the eldest brother who did it, why did he confess?" ”

Can he not confess? If you don't admit your guilt, it will inevitably involve us releasing water to Jinghou, and after that, it will be found out that we have had contact with Jinghou in private......" The more Ming Xiang spoke, the more his face became like ashes: "Daughter, with Helian Biyue's heart, can she still tolerate us?" When the time comes, the Ming clan will only die even worse! ”

"This ...... At ......this moment, Ming Danshu's mind was in chaos, and some thoughts flashed through her heart: "What about Ming Chenyuan?" He just watched his eldest brother go to prison? ”

This remark also hit the sore spot of Ming Xiang, and he finally laughed sadly: "So the king is right, I really have no way to teach my son." Your second brother would rather help outsiders than give up your eldest brother! ”

"Think about it, if your second brother doesn't know anything about it, he will think that this matter is very important, and in order to avoid being beheaded all over the house, he will definitely cover your eldest brother." Ming Xiang laughed out loud "hehe", laughing and crying at the same time: "But he didn't hesitate to confess your eldest brother!" What does this mean? It shows that he has no fear! It shows that someone supports him and can keep him from dying! ”

"No, no! No, it won't! Ming Danshu shook her head desperately, and she didn't even know that the hairpin flower on her sideburns had fallen: "Respect him...... He promised me that as long as we were willing to help him, he would ...... Allow me to be in the back seat! ”

"Do you still dare to be delusional even now? If I'm right, it's a game from start to finish! Ming Xiang stomped heavily on the floor tile with his right foot and smacked hard: "Nie Xingji didn't want us to help him at all, and he didn't want to make you the queen at all!" From beginning to end, his plan was to get rid of our Ming clan! Get rid of the prince's right-hand man! ”

"No, father, you lied to me!" Ming Danshu roared loudly, knelt down with weak legs, leaned against the wall and cried: "No, he won't......"

However, despite what she said, Ming Danshu also knew in her heart that what her father said might be the truth.

If his father had discussed cooperation with Nie Xingji, and had given Nie Xingji water during the assassination, then Nie Xingji would definitely know that it was not the Ming clan who poisoned him. Then how could he let Ming Chenyuan bite his eldest brother back? How did you let the eldest brother carry the black cauldron? With Ming Chenyuan's courage and position, if it weren't for Nie Xingji's secret instructions, he would not have been able to blame the eldest brother at all!

Regardless of whether Nie Xingji's poisoning is true or not, the biggest possibility of this matter is that Nie Xingji saw Ming's greed and set up a complicated situation. first pretended to talk about cooperation with the Ming family, and then went to Chu to quell the chaos, and framed the Ming family as the main messenger of the assassination. He calculated that his father did not dare to reveal the inside story of the assassination to the queen, and he calculated that his father would suffer this hardship and bear this black cauldron!

Therefore, from beginning to end, Nie Xingji never thought of asking for Ming's help; From beginning to end, I never thought of making her the queen! Everything is just a cover for his separating scheme!

She helped him so stupidly, and even indirectly killed her eldest brother and her mother!

"Ahh Ming Danshu shouted out heartbreakingly, fell on the ground and cried bitterly: "No, you lie to me!" He wouldn't do that to me! ”

Ming Xiang saw his daughter so sad, and he was also full of tears: "It's too late to say anything now, I just blame me for being too greedy, the prince is not satisfied, and he still wants to be the ruler of the country." Nie Xingji just took a fancy to our ambitions, so he turned back. ”

He slowly looked around the mourning hall and smiled sadly: "I can't imagine that I know someone who has a beautiful life, and when he is old, he will not be able to protect his old age." The official position was lost, the wife died, the son-in-law was convicted, and the concubine was centrifuged...... This home is really scattered! How did I get to this point! ”

Ming Xiang cried and laughed and mocked himself, but his legs were also weak, and he couldn't get up when he sat on the ground. The father and daughter wept bitterly in the mourning hall, both of them were full of remorse.

Greed is the root of all desires and all evils. Some people want more because of greed, but end up losing everything they have.

Ming Danshu raised her eyes to look at her father, and suddenly had this deep experience.

The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, and the world is full of mantis and cicadas.