Erjo wrapped the hundred sons and hundred grandsons in the colorful flower purse and a red gold carved lotus bracelet into his arms, braved the wind and snow to the palace gate, if he could exchange it before the pawnshop closed, Ming'er could bring the silver in early in the morning, and did not delay the masters to use it.

The guards at the gate of the palace seem to have changed.

Erjo often goes in and out of the palace, and he is familiar with many guards, so these two are a little familiar today.

reported his name as usual, saying that the Internal Affairs Office went out to buy some things, and he saw that he could go out, and he didn't want to guard it: "It's the end of the year, and the boss will explain that he will be searched and inspected, so as not to make mistakes." ”

With that, the guards began to search their bodies.

The contents of Nijo's arms were quickly searched.

Put it in the past, say hello, and the guard symbolically touched Nijo's sleeve and passed, and the search was extremely strict that even Nijo's hair was touched.

Soon, Nijo was taken to the Criminal Division.

Changle Palace.

Meng Yuzhu sat in front of the bronze mirror, waited by the cashew nuts to loosen the bun, and took off the red gold hairpins in the hair one by one.

Tian Lingyue was supported by Mangosteen, obediently came behind Meng Yuzhu, and waited for Meng Yuzhu to comb her hair.

Seeing that Tian Lingyue looked good, Meng Yuzhu understood: "It's done?" ”

"That eunuch has been pressed to the Penal Division. The purse and bracelet on his body were found by the guards. Fortunately, the mother sent someone to greet the guards. ”

In a place like the Penal Division, the living have to peel off the skin when they enter, and the dead have to sit up and talk when they enter.

I heard that the number of torture instruments in it is not the same for a day.

What water prisons, sticking officials, cat punishments. Few people can withstand the beating.

The second article was imprisoned in the Prudent Criminal Division, and it is estimated that there will be more than one luck.

"If you can't do it tonight, that eunuch will recruit everything that should be recruited and what should not be recruited, and when the time comes, Shi Jing and Du Zhiyan will steal and sell the items in the palace, and the emperor will have to make a good decision."

Yongfu Temple.

Mama Zhao entered the room with freshly boiled jasmine rice soup and four side dishes.

Sour cabbage, sour radish, shredded kelp, shredded jellyfish, with fine rice soup is the best.

Du only said that before he had finished drinking a bowl of fine rice soup, he saw Shi Jing coming back from outside.

Shi Jing had already heard the news of Ertiao's arrest, and she didn't know anyone from the Shen Criminal Division, so she could only come back to discuss with Du Zhiyan.

"Isn't it fatal that Nijo was caught in that place?" Shi Jing was worried: "It's just that he handed over the letter, will he be arrested and tortured by the Criminal Division?" Is the law of the state of Chen so heavy? Du only said, you are literate, you can talk about it. ”

Chen Guo's law, Du Zhiyan didn't know much.

If it was just a letter, the Criminal Division would not be too embarrassed.

Shi Jing tugged at his handkerchief: "I heard that the guards found a purse and a gold bracelet from Nijo's arms, so I suspect him of stealing items from the palace and selling them." But I've never asked him to hand over these things, is it possible that Nijo still helps the lady of the other palace? But I've been wrapping him up for two or two a month, running errands for me, is he still taking private work? ”

"What if it's not for private work?" Du Zhiyan put down the fine porcelain bowl.

"Not a private job? How could he have those things. ”

What Du Zhiyan is most worried about is that someone stuffed things into Ertiao and then framed Shi Jing.

In order to avoid Shi Jing's worries, Du Zhiyan did not express her worries.

Because of the matter of Erjo, the atmosphere of Jingren Palace's invitation was particularly solemn.

Meng Yuzhu combed her flying bun, inserted a phoenix Yu Fei's hairpin, wore a pair of dark yellow pearl earrings, and wore a new embroidered Baizi Ruyi open dress made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a pair of green and green bracelets took advantage of her wrists to be a lot white and tender, and the sheath of the hand stove was also brocade and silver, delicate and rich.

Presumably Meng Yuzhu slept very well last night, her face was like a peach blossom, and she was painted with pink rouge, and she was several years younger.

Tian Lingyue sat down next to Meng Yuzhu, although the clothes she wore were not as expensive as Meng Yuzhu, but they were also made of good Su embroidery.

The queen already knew about the matter of the second article.

Everyone is waiting for the queen's instructions.

The queen was not in a hurry and made some chrysanthemum tea for everyone to drink.

The queen is a small expert in planting chrysanthemums, and the chrysanthemums in Jingren Palace have always been constant, so chrysanthemum tea can also be drunk from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

It was the same on this day.

The queen calmly drank the tea and asked, "How does it taste?" ”

The concubines are trapped in the palace, bored for a long time, especially after the snow, they are more and more lazy to go out, and there are few entertainment projects, even the opera troupe in Nanfu has not performed song and dance performances for more than a month.

Who knew that the queen didn't pick melons at all, but talked about tea, and sure enough, it was the queen mother who didn't open which pot.

Meng Yuzhu is not so good, she didn't look at the chrysanthemum tea, and asked the queen directly: "The queen mother naturally knows about the eunuch." What is the queen going to do with it? ”

"The affairs of the eunuchs are not under the control of the palace." The queen touched a piece of fruit.

Meng Yuzhu.

Wei Guiren sat under the queen and helped explain: "That eunuch has violated the palace rules, and has been handed over to the Shen Criminal Division according to the law, and the Shen Criminal Division will give the masters an answer after the trial. ”

Meng Yuzhu smiled coldly, and clearly didn't put Wei Zhaoning in his eyes: "Wei Guiren has lived in Jingren Palace for a while, and he has really benefited, and his words are clever, but when will the Shen Criminal Division give a reply?" ”

"It depends on whether the eunuch is willing to confess honestly."

Tian Lingyue put down the chrysanthemum tea and knelt down: "Queen Mother." ”

The queen took a look, isn't this Tian Lingyue who just died of her father, I remember that she was crying a few days ago, and now her complexion is so good, her lips are red and her teeth are white.

"Tian promised, do you have something?"

"Queen Mother, about the eunuch who secretly delivered things out of the palace, I don't know whether to say a few words or not."

"Then don't talk about it, so it's a mystery." Shi Jing muttered.

The concubine chuckled quietly.

Tian Lingyue silently bit the corner of her mouth.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

"The queen mother, the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace add up, there are hundreds of them, and it is not good to keep them even, although the palace rules are strict, you can't prevent someone from taking risks, just for a sharp word. That eunuch dared to steal things from the palace, I thought, there are only two possibilities. ”

"Which two are possible?"

"One, he stole it and sold it himself. However, there are several things in each palace, and the master of each palace is not only one person to serve, there are many people, and it is not easy to steal things privately, just like Niangniang, what things are in your palace, which are usually registered in the account books, and generally not less, and you can see it if you are less, so it is not easy for the eunuchs to steal by themselves. Second, those things were given to him by others. ”

The queen blinked: "Someone gave it to him?" Why? Is it a reward? ”

The queen is used to rewarding people, and she has nothing to do during the New Year's holidays to give some rewards to the people below, and when the tea is brewed well, the queen is happy to split her head and cover her face and reward a hanging of money to go out. The word reward, the queen cooked.

"If it is rewarded by the palace, it will generally be recorded, in a certain year and month, who rewarded what. If it is rewarded by the master, the eunuch does not need to panic, he just needs to say when he got it, and he will not be detained by the Prudential Punishment Division, so these things are not rewards, but someone entrusted the eunuch to take them out. ”

Tian Lingyue's inference has some truth.

"What are you entrusting him to take it out for?"

"Whether you sell it or give it away, then you have to ask the person who entrusted it." Tian Lingyue knelt there, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of her mouth: "I just don't know which one is the person who entrusted him." ”

Shi Jing couldn't sit still.

Tian Lingyue went around in a big circle, and she almost lost the name of Shi Jing.

Shi Jing looked a little aggrieved.

She has always been above board, and she won't hide it, so she immediately knelt down and told her how she knew Erjo, how she let Nijo be her errand boy, and what she usually mainly delivered, but Shi Jing swore to the sky that he really didn't let Nijo pass on any purses and bracelets.

Tian Lingyue smiled: "If the oath works, what is the use of using the law, will the gods and Buddhas in the hall come out to identify you?" ”

"Tian promised, don't talk about gods and Buddhas, a few scriptures and books in Jingren Palace, this palace has just opened the light, don't violate the taboo of this palace." The queen was reluctant.

Tian Lingyue's face flushed.

The concubines couldn't help but talk.

Some people say that the Shen Criminal Division beats people and picks out the painful places, and the skin and flesh are not injured after the beating, but the bones may be broken, and they can only be disabled in the future.

Some said that after a night of torture, they couldn't pry open the eunuch's mouth, and the Prudent Criminal Division had the means, I don't know if the eunuch could stand it.

Du Zhiyan decided to go to the Criminal Division.

The servant girl papaya took a bag of silver and took care of the guards, and it was not difficult to see the two sides.

Nijo was tortured and lay alone in a dark and damp cell in the far east.

The people of the Criminal Division were ruthless, and Nijo was beaten so that he was covered in blood and his face was swollen.

Seeing that Du Zhiyan was coming, Nijo climbed up, holding the wooden door with both hands and still unable to stand.

"What the hell is going on? Where did those things come from? Du asked in a low voice.

Nijo held the wooden door and told Du Zhiyan about the events of that day.

"Don't worry, master, even if they kill the minions, the minions will not give up the masters." Erjo is very loyal, Shi Jing gives him two taels of silver a month, which is considered an employment relationship, I didn't expect him to be so righteous, I would rather carry everything by myself than involve the masters.

Du Zhiyan had already guessed who did the game.

In addition to Tian Lingyue and Meng Yuzhu, who else will there be.

Back in the Yongfu Palace, Papaya untied the pink palace maid's dress and sat on the kang: "Sure enough, someone framed us, when I first entered the palace, my father told me that people's hearts are sinister, and they can't hurt people with bad intentions, but they can't be defenseless, now that I think about it, my father is right, it's too late for me to understand." ”

The person who accompanied Du only said that he went to the Shen Criminal Division, of course, was not papaya, but worried about the history of Erjo.

Du only said that he was afraid that she would show her stuffing, so he asked her to follow behind her and not make a sound.

When he returned to the Yongfu Palace, Shi Jing couldn't hold back: "Although Nijo didn't confess, the Shen Criminal Division will bend into a move, what if Nijo is beaten to death when the time comes?" ”

"Who died?" Gao Rang came with a whisk in his arms: "Little Master Shi, who is angry with you again?" ”

Shi Jing's heart was like a cat scratching, so he didn't have the time to deal with Gao Rang.

Gao Rang called Shi Jing: "Come with me, Master Shi." ”

Shi Jing looked up at the sky.

The snow stopped.

The sky is clear.

The sun that has not been seen for many days has also come out of the clouds, like a red fluttering egg yolk hanging on the top of the temple, the warm sun in winter is not as warm as in summer, but the light is there, clear and clear, making people inexplicably more hopeful.

"If it had been in the past, when the high prince announced that I was going to bed, I might have been elated, but now I am not in the mood at all." Shi Jing hung his face.

"Little Master Shi wants to do good things, who said that you should go to bed."

"Where are I going with you?"

"Taihe Palace."

"What are you going to do in Taihe Palace?"

"The emperor has something to summon you, let's go, don't let the emperor wait."

Shi Jing's footsteps were heavy, like hanging two stones, and his mood at this time was not like going to see the emperor, like being sent to the deserted Ningguta to guard the spirit, and every step weighed a thousand pounds.

Before entering the palace, I heard the emperor's reading sound from the Taihe Palace.

I don't know what the emperor reads, it's catchy anyway.

After a while, Shi Yu's voice came out of the hall: "The emperor's knowledge has grown again, and now with my talent, I can't teach the emperor." ”

"Don't be modest, teacher, I still have a lot to learn."

"The emperor is now participating in the scientific examination, even if he does not win the top prize, he is still among the top three, the emperor is still young and motivated, and the minister is already old."

"The teacher is old, and he is also my teacher."

In the Taihe Palace, it was rumored that the emperor and Shi Yu's business blew each other.

Shi Jing entered the hall, only standing at the corner of the hall, looking at her father's back from afar, and felt a lot more steady, at least her father was the emperor, and the emperor would not be mad about Erjo.

"Today, I summoned Master Shi into the Taihe Palace, the Taihe Palace is close to the Yongfu Palace, so call Shi Jing and let your father and daughter get together." The emperor beckoned Shi Jing to step forward.

Shi Jing has something on his mind, so he is a little absent-minded, and a little frightened, not to mention that this is Taihe Palace, who dares to make a mistake here.

So this time the father and daughter got together, Shi Jing just looked at his father and greeted each other a few words.

Shi Yu knew about the arrest of Ertiao, and looking at this situation, the emperor should also know.

Shi Yu bowed down and said: "If the little girl does something wrong, the emperor can only send it down, don't show mercy to his subordinates because the minister is the emperor." As soon as the opening of the law is opened, it is difficult to close it again. ”

"Then I, listen to the teacher."

"Don't show favoritism, Fang is the king, the emperor is like this, the minister is very pleased."

Shi Jing felt that this was not right, and his father was a little ruthless in his speech.

Out of Taihe Palace, Shi Jing and Shi Yu walked in the snow one after the other.

When Shi Jing was a child, every time he went out with his father when it snowed, he always liked to walk in his father's footprints.

Not this time.

She just walked behind worriedly.

Shi Yu turned around and said gently: "This little thing can't stand it?" ”

"Father's ......"

"I know, before you came, the emperor summoned the people from the Shen Criminal Division, and I heard them say that the second article did not confess anything."

"But ......"

"Jing'er, Dad told you that the way of heaven is clear, and wait and see."