Li Yuan's sudden suggestion was a plan that the eldest grandson had never even thought of.

The eldest grandson said with a little doubt: "Tang Guogong, this is not in accordance with the rules." ”

"Princess Niangniang, the interrogation must be interrogated, otherwise there is no way to continue, as long as the words of your interrogation do not spread out, the matter in the mansion of the King of Shu, if we interrogate, we have to go to the public court yamen, Niangniang, do you think it is more important?"

This time, after thinking for a while, the eldest grandson said: "Okay, but I'll find two women as intermediaries, and watch together, your guards are not allowed to enter the palace, and you and the person who took the record will just watch the record." ”

"Thank you Niangniang, as for the woman who is watching, I wonder what Niangniang thinks of my sister?"

Li Tongan is the prince Liangxun, the younger sister of the prince of Tang Guo, and his status is noble, but because this matter involves the prince's mansion, the eldest grandson also has some scruples.

The eldest grandson knew that Li Yuan would not not understand the Tao, and at this time he said that he would let Li Tongan come, so that the Venerable Master of the Prince's Mansion would have someone to witness.

The eldest grandson responded: "Yes, but I still have to ask the women of the clan to testify." ”

Li Yuan also won, so he went to the palace to invite Queen Dugu to invite Mama Li to take the female dependents in the palace to count the maids and servants of the Shu Palace.

Dong Shenglan refused to be investigated in the courtyard, but Mama Li and the eldest grandson were not used to her, and her delicate appearance was only good to the king of Shu, and the eldest grandson also wanted to punish this Dong beauty who didn't know how to be respectful.

Mama Li made a thorough inventory in the Shu Wang's Mansion, but the murderer and clues were not found, but the subordinates and slaves in the mansion could not find out a lot of money.

The main reason is that the Changsun clan manages the inner house too much to trust his cronies, and the Shu Wangfu has a big business, and the people under these slaves and maids can't see it at all if they are a little greedy for ink, so they behave arrogantly.

The eldest grandson suddenly felt embarrassed for a while, although this matter is not a big deal, but Mama Li found out, and she will definitely report to the queen, and when the time comes, she will inevitably be counted down by the queen, saying that she mismanaged.

The eldest grandson came to the middle hall with anger, and at this time, Li Yuan took the two officials who recorded the matter, sitting on one side, Li Tongan on the side, and on the other side were two women from the eldest grandson, one was the sister of the princess of Shu, and the other was the sister-in-law, both of whom were nobles in Beijing, and they all paid tribute to each other.

After the eldest grandson stepped onto the throne and sat down, he looked at Li Yuan and Li Tong'an, and bowed slightly: "Tang Guogong, I have never tried a case, I don't know how to review it, and I ask Guogong to give me advice." ”

Li Yuan seemed to have been prepared, and handed a piece of paper with the process written on it to the hand of the eldest grandson and said, "Princess, you can just interrogate according to the process I wrote for you." ”

After reading the paper, the eldest grandson said, "Bring someone with you." ”

Just this sentence, everyone looked towards the door, and Dong Shenglan brought her maid up.

This made her feel a little like a yamen official trying a case, and she unconsciously thought to herself, it turned out that it was so majestic for a male official to sit in the yamen to try a case, and there was still no official difference, if the official difference was on both sides, what a majestic manner it was.

Dong Shenglan, who was reluctant, was brought up and stood in the hall staring at the eldest grandson, she knew that the eldest grandson must have deliberately targeted her.

The eldest grandson continued to walk according to the process: "Who is in the hall?" ”

Dong Shenglan saw that the eldest grandson asked knowingly, and knew in her heart that she would definitely deliberately make things difficult next, so she was dissatisfied: "The princess is so forgetful, everyone in her palace has forgotten her name." ”

"Dong Shenglan, the palace is investigating the case now, everything has to follow the process of the yamen, you guy who doesn't know the number of etiquette, don't you have to take you to the yamen to serve the board to be honest?"

Dong Shenglan was arrogant, and bluntly contradicted: "Princess Niangniang, don't scare me, I am also a side concubine of the palace, no crime, no mistakes and omissions, now I am just cooperating with the investigation, not a human offender, why treat me as a human offender?" ”

Being scolded by her like this, the eldest grandson was angry and looked at Li Yuan: "Tang Guogong, what should the person on trial do if he contradicts the chief judge?" ”

"If it's outside the yamen, twenty boards."

The eldest grandson flicked his sleeves: "Then beat her for twenty boards." ”

"Does the princess want to lynch me? Tang Guogong is here, and the grandmother in the palace also testifies, so that when the prince comes back, the concubine will have a place to say bitterness. ”

"You...... You ......" As soon as the eldest grandson touched Dong Shenglan, he was confused, and he didn't have the demeanor and momentum he had when he stopped Li Yuan before.

If nothing goes on like this, the woman will have to quarrel for hours before anything can be investigated.

At this time, the sister-in-law of the eldest grandson stood up: "Bold Dong, now that so many people are present, they still dare to contradict the housewife, and when no one is there, I don't know how arrogant it is?" Mama Li, the discipline in the palace, is also there, Mama, you know the rules of women best, you say that you should not be beaten. ”

Mama Li watched the Shu Wangfu Mansion from the side, but she didn't expect this big ball to be kicked in front of her.

walked in front of the Dong family and whispered: "The slave maid was sent by the queen mother, as evidenced by the side, all the review processes are in accordance with the rules, but if you don't cooperate, I can only report it truthfully, this matter involves the assassination of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the queen mother blames no one who can afford it, and I hope you will think it through yourself." ”

As soon as these words came out, although Dong Shenglan was still unconvinced, she had to cooperate obediently.

The eldest grandson was domineering: "Who is the hall?" ”

Dong Shenglan looked at her arrogant appearance and endured and said, "Dong Shenglan, the concubine of the Shu Palace." ”

"You are convicted."

As soon as the eldest grandson's words came out, Dong Shenglan didn't open her mouth to refute, Li Yuan spoke first: "Princess Niangniang, your process is jumping too fast, ask about the situation first, this is after confirming that there is a suspicion of a crime." ”

"Oh, look at it, Dong Shenglan, when you were at the eldest princess's birthday banquet, you killed the maidservant who accompanied you to serve the banquet?"

"The princess doesn't want to spew blood, I have no impression of that servant, and a servant girl in the eldest princess's mansion had to serve several people that night, how can it seem to be my own thing, it is completely framed, and I have no impression of that handmaiden, so I can't doubt me groundlessly because of this matter."

No one wants to have anything to do with the assassination of the crown prince, and Dong Shenglan is not a stupid person, so she tries her best to get rid of her relationship with this matter.

The eldest grandson seemed to want to press him to death, and said: "You are arrogant and domineering, and it was the maids of the eldest princess who saw that you embarrassed the dead maidservant that day, and everyone remembered it." ”

Speaking of this, the eldest grandson carefully looked at the information on the paper that Li Yuan gave her, for fear of mispronouncing a word.

"Several of the slaves and maidservants of the eldest princess's mansion have confessed that you once insulted the maid that night because the maidservant accidentally spilled the soup on your skirt, causing the maidservant to cry and beg for mercy in the humiliation, but is there such a thing?"

Dong Shenglan was not timid, and said directly: "There is such a thing, but the servant girl has to teach a lesson if she does something wrong, I take care of the face of the eldest princess, and just blame a few words softly, what?" Does that prove that I have something to do with her death? Princess, do you want to spew blood again? ”

"Good and sharp-toothed, regardless of dignity and inferiority, in the eldest princess's mansion, you dare to teach other people's subordinates, you are slapping the eldest princess's face, a fierce woman who doesn't know the etiquette, and she is still shouting here, if she offends the eldest sister, she must not tear your rotten mouth alive."

After trial, this taste is not right again, the domineering attitude of the eldest grandson, and Dong Shenglan's attitude of not wanting to show weakness doomed the two to be unhappy.

Li Yuan stood up at this time: "Princess Niangniang, let me ask the specific details, you have always had a reputation for gentleness, and you are not good at interrogation." ”

The eldest grandson felt uncomfortable and glared at Dong Shenglan, while her sister on the side motioned for her to ask Li Yuan.

"Just ask."

Li Yuan sat on the side and asked, "Dong family, after you scolded the maid of the eldest princess's mansion, where did the maidservant go?" ”

"I don't know, how can I care about the whereabouts of that little maid?"

"But according to the confessions of other maids in the eldest princess's mansion, you continued to scold her after she left, and even said that you would tell the eldest princess to clean up this maid who you think "doesn't know how to be polite". ”

Dong's heart was a little weaker: "It's just a couple of angry words, is it still allowed for people to say angry words." ”

"It's understandable to be angry, it's just that it's too coincidental, at this juncture, everything is very sensitive, the servant girl you blame was killed, thrown in the lake, the murderer changed into her clothes, and assassinated His Royal Highness the Prince, it is indeed too coincidental that you and the servant girl had a grudge that night, how can you deliberately embarrass such a little maidservant girl with such an identity? This does not make sense. ”

Dong saw Li Yuan say this: "She is a little maidservant, at the banquet, soiled my skirt, causing me to be unable to continue to participate in the banquet, and left early, is there anything wrong with me losing my temper?" ”

In fact, Dong's motive for doing this is very simple, she has always liked to participate in various celebrity banquets in Daxing City, especially like to suppress the crowd, just like those modern female stars like to buy that kind of gaudy press is a reason, so she was soiled by the maid as soon as she arrived, causing her to dress up carefully and unable to overwhelm everyone, naturally she was very annoyed, so she had to sprinkle her anger on the servant girl.

The maidservant girl was naturally not careless, the eldest princess arranged it.

The eldest princess knew that the concubine of the King of Shu liked to show her head and advertise herself as the first beauty in the world.

In fact, the slaves and maids in the eldest princess's mansion all confessed to this matter, but Li Yuan erased it from the confession, as if there was no such thing in the current confession, and led the contradiction to the Dong family.

Li Yuan continued: "Coincidental, too coincidental, according to the experience of the Criminal Department, everything that is too coincidental is still worth scrutinizing." ”

"Do you want to identify me as a murderer just because of this little thing?"

"Naturally not, it's just that you are suspicious now, because of your identity, we can't torture you, but before finding new clues, please cooperate with our investigation, and for the sake of your innocence, we will detain you alone."

Dong Shenglan was furious: "Detention, am I really a prisoner?" You don't have any actual evidence, why are you imprisoning me, and what is the face of the Shu Palace? ”

The elder sister of the eldest grandson who heard the words whispered two sentences in the ear of the eldest grandson, and the eldest grandson stopped it: "Tang Guogong, just by virtue of this little thing, the woman in the house is classified as a suspect, which is not good for the reputation of the house." ”

"Princess Niangniang, it's not that she is confirmed to be a suspect now, it's just that if we try it like this, we won't be able to try anything."

"What do you mean by such a trial, you still want to change the trial method, and you want to torture me?"

Dong's eyes looked at Li Yuan with cold eyes and said with a slight threat: "My father is also a one-week assassination, I am the wife of the clan, do you want to torture me just based on this false evidence?" ”

Li Yuan explained: "The minister naturally does not dare to use torture, but as the person who points to the clues of this case so far, you will definitely have a lot of things to cooperate with our investigation in the future, we can't come to the house to look for you once when we encounter something, the minister also said that he will be detained alone, maybe the word detention is too much, he should live alone near the prison of the criminal department to facilitate the investigation." ”

"No, people must not take it away."

Even if he has a bad relationship with Dong Shenglan, this is related to the reputation of the entire King of Shu after all.

Once a woman goes to prison, even if she is not really imprisoned, even if nothing really happens, but she can't bear this crowd, her reputation will be ruined.

According to the Shu King's infatuation with the Dong family, the eldest grandson didn't think that the Dong family had been imprisoned and the King of Shu would be able to drive her out of the Shu Palace, and then the Shu Wangfu would be pointed at, and she, the concubine of the Shu King, would always be a dwarf in the Vanity Fair in Daxing City.

Li Yuanxiao was affectionate and reasonable: "Princess Niangniang, you also know what happened, we really need Dong's cooperation to investigate the case." ”

"No matter what the reason, don't take it out of the house!"

The attitude of the eldest grandson was extremely resolute, and Li Yuan's face was embarrassed: "Princess Niangniang, this ......"

At this time, Li Tongan got up, and said in a soft voice: "Sister eldest grandson, don't be angry, my brother also received the emperor's order, don't think that my brother is deliberately embarrassed, after all, this matter involves the assassination of His Royal Highness the prince of my family, the matter is serious, I hope you understand." ”

"Brother, don't worry, the eldest grandsister has always been empathetic, and what my sister thinks is normal, I am a woman who can understand my sister's approach the most."

Give a sweet date on each side, which can be regarded as easing the atmosphere of the scene.

The eldest grandson looked at Li Tongan and walked down with a smile, held Li Tongan's hand and said: "Sister Tongan, sister is not the one who does not cooperate with the investigation and deliberately makes trouble, but after all, this is related to the reputation of the Shu Palace, and the younger sister is empathetic." ”

Li Tongan pulled out his hand and covered it on the hand of the eldest grandson, and still said softly: "But my sister is serious about everything, face is important, human life is more important, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince almost died, the East Palace was shaken, and the country was in danger." ”

"Sister, our East Palace also has face and anger!"

(End of chapter)