Sure enough, the empress lowered her face and said sharply: "It's really the opposite!" No matter what the compelling reason, you ruined the second half of two people's lives, and you are at fault! I also heard about the incident of the Xitang that day, and the prince actually helped you to do nonsense, and you will be punished! ”

When Chu Zhiyue heard it, she was happy, and she pulled Bei Xuanyin into the water, but she took revenge.

She smiled softly and said, "Does the emperor want to abolish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and then abolish Jun Yao?" The emperor killed his relatives in righteousness, if this is the case, Jun Yao will be convinced. ”

The empress frowned, when did she say that she was going to abolish Bei Xuanyin? She narrowed her eyes, Bei Xuanyin couldn't be wasted.

But just now she said that Bei Xuanyin would also be punished, and Chu Zhiyue distorted her meaning, the white cat is Bei Xuanyin's, Bei Xuanyin naturally can't get rid of it, and now if Chu Zhiyue is abolished, then she will end up in the name of favoritism.

Pingyang Hou and Tong Chengxiang also knew the meaning, originally the empress just wanted to gently punish Bei Xuanyin, but she didn't expect to be saved by Chu Zhiyue's words to keep her position as the county lord.

As important ministers, they naturally knew that the crown prince of Bei Xuanyin could not be abolished.

"Jun Yao......" The empress directly called Chu Zhiyue's title, "You really have grown up, Huiping really gave birth to a good daughter!" ”

Chu Zhiyue smiled even more, with Bei Xuanyin as a shield for herself, she was naturally not afraid that the empress would abolish herself today.

She pretended not to understand and said, "Thank you for the emperor's compliment." Jun Yao is even more glad to be born in the county lord's mansion, because my mother left me a lot of things, as the emperor just said, Jun Yao will definitely contribute to Beiling. ”

"Your Majesty, Xiao'er's right hand ......" Prime Minister Tong spoke again.

The empress waved her hand and said, "Jun Yao, tell me what the reason is, if you are reasonable, I will naturally not pursue it." ”

What Chu Zhiyue said just now, she understood a little, Chu Zhiyue was given a fief, she can't cut Chu Zhiyue's power now, but she can't let Chu Zhiyue have a different heart for herself, the county lord's mansion is very popular with the people, the people are water, water can carry a boat and overturn a boat, of course she doesn't want her throne to sit unsteadily.

"That day, Jun Yao went to the Pingyang Hou Mansion to get back her dowry, it was the dowry that her mother prepared for Jun Yao, Jun Yao wanted to get it back, but Qin Qian'er made the first move and wanted to forcibly seize the dowry, but fortunately, the white cat of His Royal Highness the Prince had spirituality, so she saved Jun Yao." Chu Zhiyue said unhurriedly, "And Junyao took back the dowry, on the way back, Tong Zhuojing wanted to snatch the dowry and transport it back to the Pingyang Hou Mansion, Junyao naturally didn't want to, Tong Zhuojing shot first, and then the people present also spoke for Junyao, Tong Zhuojing shot at the people, and Junyao had no choice but to hurt Tong Zhuojing." ”

She explained slowly, and finally looked at Pingyang Hou, and continued: "Tong Zhuojing is friendly with the prince of Pingyang, Jun Yao speculates that it was the prince of Pingyang who asked Tong Zhuojing to go and grab the dowry, and moreover, Tong Zhuojing wants to kill the people on the street, he is the one who has no law!" As long as the emperor orders to find out, you will know whether what Jun Yao said is true, if Jun Yao has half a lie, Jun Yao will not die well! ”

"Your Majesty, it's not like this...... Prime Minister Tong hurriedly said, "How could Xiao'er do such a thing, he has always been kind-hearted, and he still wants to enter the court as an official and benefit the people......"

"Shut up!" The empress shouted angrily, "Prime Minister! Are you really blind and don't know your youngest son's character?! ”

Everyone was shocked, the emperor was angry, and the wind and clouds changed color.

Chu Zhiyue rolled her eyes without showing a trace, this empress turned her face too quickly.

"Mother, who you off?" Outside the cool hall, a person walked in, he was shaking a folding fan in his hand, his steps were clear, he walked to Chu Zhiyue's side and stopped, "Huh? Why don't you comb your hair in a bun? Could it be that this hairstyle has become popular in Beijing recently? ”

As soon as the man said this, everyone's attention was on Chu Zhiyue's braids.

The braid hung over her right shoulder to her waist, tied with a little red cloth at the end, and tied in a beautiful knot.

Yuxiu, who was standing next to the empress, smiled and said, "Second prince, as soon as you came in, you noticed the braids of the county lord of Junyao, and the slave maid also felt that the county lord's face was extremely beautiful with braids. ”

Chu Zhiyue's heart moved, it turned out that he was the second prince Bei Yichen, the biological son of the empress, who had been guarding the border before, and he didn't even return to Beijing to watch the ceremony of the canonization of the little county lord.

This is the first time the two have met, and after listening to Yuxiu's words, Bei Yichen glanced at Chu Zhiyue again and said, "It turns out that you are the daughter of the county lord of Huiping, do you remember, I hugged you when I was a child." ”

The corners of Chu Zhiyue's mouth twitched slightly, and she saw the jade folding fan in his hand, which happened to have a landscape map painted on it.

"I don't remember." Chu Zhiyue turned her head away and stopped looking at him.

The empress also smiled and said: "I remember, Chen'er was only four years old at that time, and when she saw Xiao Yue'er, she clamored to hug her, but Huiping had no choice but to let Chen'er hug her, and almost dropped Xiao Yue'er." ”

"Mother Emperor, Erchen just returned to Beijing and entered the palace today, and I saw you angry, what happened?" Bei Yichen pulled the topic back, he looked at Prime Minister Tong, with a wicked smile on his face, "Erchen seems to have heard the mother emperor talk about Prime Minister Tong's son." ”

Chu Zhiyue stood there quietly, this second prince entered the palace today, and the little county lord met him when he was a child, and there was no other intersection when he grew up, and he didn't know if Bei Yichen was helping him or what.

In short, the present is the same as ever.

When the empress heard Bei Yichen talk about this matter again, she looked angry again, and looked at Prime Minister Tong, "Prime Minister, what do you have to say?" ”

"The minister is wronged! Although Xiao'er is domineering on weekdays, he will not hurt the people, and the county lord of Junyao will slander Xiao'er in order to exonerate himself. Prime Minister Tong said hurriedly.

The empress snorted coldly and said, "Then you just said that what Xiao Yue'er said just now was false?" ”

Bei Yichen interjected at this time and said: "Mother Emperor, I also heard a little about it when I returned to Beijing, and this matter involves Prime Minister Tong and the county lord, so I will hand it over to Dali Temple to find out, who is right and who is wrong, and I will soon see the truth." ”

Prime Minister Tong immediately broke out in a cold sweat, Dali Temple Qing is known for being fair and strict, once the case reaches Dali Temple, it will definitely come to fruition.

He originally wanted the empress to punish Chu Zhiyue here, but now the empress is not only facing Chu Zhiyue, but even Bei Yichen has proposed to let Dali Temple find out, then he has no way out!

The empress hesitated a little and said, "Chen'er, Dali Temple specializes in dealing with big cases, this little thing is ......."

"This is a trivial matter, one is the prime minister, the other is the hereditary county lord, the mother emperor should be fair and strict, let the Dali Temple find out about this matter, and then make a punishment, so that the ministers will be convinced. The mother queen does not make a judgment based on the one-sided words of the two, and this matter reaches the ears of the people, and she will also say that the mother queen is good and does not favor any party. Bei Yichen said.

The empress smiled and said, "Good! Chen'er is right, this matter will be handled by Dali Temple, Yuxiu, you go to pass the order, I will give Dali Temple three days. ”

Yuxiu answered and sent someone to pass the order.

Prime Minister Tong felt that his feet were weak, which was good, so he moved a stone and hit his own feet.

Pingyang Hou and Tong Cheng glanced at each other, they both felt that it was not good, the empress suddenly turned to protect Chu Zhiyue, and Bei Yichen, who returned to the palace today, ostensibly asked the empress to make a fair judgment, but it seemed that he was also secretly helping Chu Zhiyue.

Unexpectedly, Chu Zhiyue said lightly at this time: "Your Majesty, can Jun Yao ask for something?" ”

"What's the matter?" The Empress smiled, "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"Pingyang Hou snatched the dowry with Jun Yao's father a few days ago, and Jun Yao also wanted to ask Pingyang Hou for justice." Chu Zhiyue said.

Pingyang Hou's face changed, he turned his head to look at Chu Zhiyue, and said sharply: "Your Majesty, Qin Qian'er is the sister of the county lord of Junyao, and she has already verbally said that she will give Qin Qian'er the dowry and let her marry in glory, but I didn't expect the county lord of Junyao to regret it!" ”

"Xiao Yue'er, what do you say about this?" The empress was also surprised.

"Of course not, Qin Qian'er snatched the prince of Pingyang away, and Jun Yao was not so generous and offered the dowry with both hands." Chu Zhiyue said, "That is the dowry prepared by Jun Yao's mother, even if Jun Yao wants to prepare a dowry for Qin Qian'er, she will not transfer the dowry prepared by her mother to her." ”

"That's it." Bei Yichen said, "Mother Emperor, have you forgotten? At that time, how many good things did the county lord of Huiping go to collect, and how could the county lord of Junyao pass it on to others, it was a great disrespect to the county lord of Huiping. And who doesn't know that those dowries are priceless, and it is hard to guarantee that Pingyang Hou and Qin Qian'er are bent on swallowing those dowries. ”

Because Bei Yichen helped Chu Zhiyue speak, Pingyang Hou's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "The minister doesn't have this kind of thought, please ask the emperor to see!" It was just what Qin Yuan and Aunt Lu said, and the minister also believed it, thinking that it was really the dowry given to Qin Qian'er by the lord of Junyao. ”

Pingyang Hou knew that he couldn't deal with Chu Zhiyue today, although he was unwilling, he would definitely protect himself first and push Qin Yuan and Aunt Lu out.

Chu Zhiyue smiled and said, "It turns out that Pingyang Hou was deceived by the two of them, and Jun Yao also felt strange, how could Pingyang Hou treat Jun Yao like this?" ”

Pingyang Hou nodded hurriedly and smiled gently, "That's naturally true, Ben Hou grew up watching the county lord, and he has long regarded the county lord of Junyao as half a daughter." ”

Chu Zhiyue gave him a step, and he naturally went down, after all, now that Qin Yuan and Aunt Lu were put out, he would be much safer, and if the empress blamed him, he would not be greatly implicated.

Bei Yichen looked at Pingyang Hou and thought for a while, "I remember before...... Right! The prince of Pingyang had a marriage contract with the lord of Junyao, but he didn't expect that the last person to marry out was another person. ”

The empress also lowered her face and slapped her palm on the small table.

"Pingyang Hou! What's going on?! The person who has a marriage contract with the prince is Xiao Yue'er, why did she finally become Qin Qian'er and marry into the Pingyang Marquis Mansion?! There was also a dowry snatching scene! ”