Late at night, the Long Autumn Palace.

The autumn rain became heavier and more rapid, crackling down on the roofs, flowing down the tile ditches and falling from the eaves.

The chill crept into people's clothes and soaked into their bones, shivering with cold and chattering teeth.

Guide General Xu Boyan was tall, with white spots on his temples, holding an umbrella and leading the way to the Changqiu Palace, first went to the main hall in front of the Empress Dowager Yang's spiritual seat to offer condolences and put a few pillars of incense, and then turned his head and went straight to the side hall.

"Minister, knock to see my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Xu Boyan stood up after kneeling and looked around at everyone in the hall, his expression was always calm.

But when he saw Concubine Ling, who was kneeling on the ground and had lost her face with a frightened face, her expression still changed slightly.

When Concubine Ling saw Xu Boyan coming in, she seemed to have found an outlet for her emotions and a warm harbor, and stepped forward and threw herself into Xu Boyan's arms, "Dad, my daughter didn't poison the Queen Mother, and my daughter didn't ......."

Xu Boyan stretched out his big hand and gently stroked his daughter's head, comforting: "Dad is here, don't be afraid..... Dad knows that you don't, Daddy's good daughter was wronged..."

This scene fell in Chen Chao's eyes, and Chen Chao twisted his eyebrows slightly.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Ling, the only member of the second harem of Emperor Yongxing, turned out to be the daughter of the old general Xu Boyan, who held 200,000 Xu Jiajun.

Isn't this a coincidence.....

At the same time, Chen Chao also understood why Emperor Yongxing was in a hurry to convict the concubine of the concubine just now by only finding an unused incense stick from the treasury of the Changqiu Palace, and the testimony of the palace maid in charge of the Changqiu Palace.

Emperor Yongxing wanted to take advantage of Xu Boyan's failure to come, quickly cut through the mess, deal with the matter quickly, and avenge the Empress Dowager Yang.

If Xu Boyan is called to come, this matter is really uncertain.

Xu Boyan held 200,000 Daji border troops, with him in front, protecting Concubine Ling and protecting his daughter.

This revenge may not be avenged.

After comforting Concubine Ling, Xu Boyan looked at the back of Emperor Yongxing and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" The minister's daughter knows best, she will definitely not do such a stupid thing as poisoning the queen mother, and your majesty must not be deceived by the villain. ”

When Xu Boyan spoke, Emperor Yongxing did not turn around from beginning to end, nor did he say a word, so naturally someone spoke for him.

As soon as Xu Boyan's words fell, a slightly sarcastic voice from his uncle Yang Changye came from the hall: "What evidence does Old General Xu have to prove that His Majesty is deceived?" The evidence and testimony are here, the evidence that Concubine Ling poisoned the Queen Mother is conclusive, does the old general want to shield a murderer? ”

After speaking, Yang Changye glared at Concubine Ling viciously, and Concubine Ling trembled in fright, and hurriedly hid behind Xu Boyan, "Daddy....."

Xu Boyan blocked Concubine Ling behind him, faced Yang Changye, and said loudly: "Murderer? Before the matter is clarified, Uncle Guo said carefully! ”

Yang Changye was not afraid at all, and snorted coldly: "The old general really doesn't give up on the Yellow River, His Majesty has already sent someone to investigate, I believe that there will be results soon, and then I will ask the old general to endure the pain and hand over the murderer." ”

Xu Boyan didn't speak again, but wrinkled his brows, his heart was numb.

He never thought that his daughter would be framed and charged with poisoning the Queen Mother.

His daughter she knows best, she has been docile and polite since she was a child, she hides when she sees injuries, and faints when she sees blood, how can she poison the queen mother with evil intentions?

No way!

It's completely impossible!

"Prime Minister!"

Seeing that Xu Boyan ignored him, Yang Changye shifted his gaze to Chen Chao, "Thank you to the Prime Minister for his proposal just now to investigate this matter in detail, otherwise only executing Concubine Ling's murderer will let her accomplices continue to go unpunished." ”

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Chen Chao secretly scolded Yang Changye in his heart, it was really not a thing.

Yang Changye's words seemed to have no other purpose, but which one of the people present was not a human spirit, and as soon as Yang Changye's words came out, it could be regarded as a message to Xu Boyan in disguise:

Prime Minister Chen Chao and I Yang Changye are in the same group!

The two of us are standing in the same boat, and the two of us are bound to arrest all the murderers who poisoned the Queen Mother and bring them to justice.

Sure enough, after Yang Changye finished speaking, Xu Boyan's eyes fell on Chen Chao, and after a few glances, his eyes shifted, and he continued to wait for the results of the detailed investigation of this matter.

In fact, I have long regarded the Chen Dynasty as the opposite party in my heart!

In the side hall, sandalwood is pervasive, and everyone has their own thoughts.

On the one hand, he wanted to put Concubine Ling to death and take revenge, including Yang Changye, Chen Chao and Emperor Yongxing, and on the other hand, he wanted to protect Concubine Ling no matter what, this person was Concubine Ling's father Xu Boyan.

In addition, Murong Yue's thoughts in the hall were a little different from others.

She didn't want to believe that Concubine Ling really did something to poison the Queen Mother, after all, a few days ago, the two of them were visiting Guangming Pool at night, and in the process of playing, she found that Concubine Ling was actually a very kind-hearted woman.

But the evidence is here, and Murong Yue is a little shaken.

She doesn't know who to trust?

The eunuch Sanbao moved very quickly, and his work was also very reliable, it was not unreasonable for the emperor to choose him as the chief eunuch, and after half an hour's effort, Sanbao investigated the matter to the bottom.

"Back to Your Majesty, this case has been investigated, and a few accomplices have been caught in Concubine Ling's Palace." After the Three Treasures finished speaking, they looked at the door of the hall:

"Bring it on!"

A palace maid and a lame old eunuch were brought up, and after they were brought up, they knelt down with a puff, not daring to raise their heads.

Sambo Road:

"Back to Your Majesty, this palace maid's name is Tan Yun, she is the palace maid in charge of Concubine Ling's palace, if the slave maid goes late, she will run away with gold and silver, the slave maid interrogated her just now, she confessed to her crime, and this old eunuch is also an accomplice of Concubine Ling, and she also confesses to the crime!"

"This is a confession, please look at it Your Majesty!"

Sanbao got up and handed the two confessions in his hand to Emperor Yongxing, who didn't even look at it, waved his hand and said, "Let's take a look at it first." ”

When the voice came out, Yang Changye was impatient, took two steps forward and snatched the confessions of the two people in Sanbao's hands, quickly skimmed through them, and then stretched out his hand and pointed at Concubine Ling, who was hiding behind Xu Boyan, and shouted:

"Concubine Ling, the above words are conclusive, what else do you have to say now!"

"And you, General Xu, your daughter does such a thing, I see how long you can protect her!"

As he spoke, Yang Changye handed the confession to Chen Chao.

Chen Chao squinted his eyes.

According to the above, Tan Yun, the palace maid in charge, was ordered by Concubine Ling to lend the reason for the palace purchase, got acquainted with an old Taoist in the rivers and lakes, and obtained a secret recipe from the old Taoist that harmed people invisibly, which was to dry and grind the dead vines into powder and knead them into incense.

After Tan Yun bought the raw materials from outside the palace, he was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so he handed it over to his own people in the palace, and the lame old eunuch made poisonous incense sticks, a total of more than 100 sticks were made before and after, most of which were given to the Empress Dowager Yang with incense sticks to help sleep, as a filial piety gift, and there were still a lot of concubines left in the palace, which were taken together.

As for the old Dao who provided the prescription, due to the urgency of time, and the fact that Lao Dao had already left the capital, there is no trace of him at present.

After Chen Chao understood the incident, he handed the testimony to Xu Boyan.

Xu Boyan stared at Chen Chao for a long time before receiving the testimony, he didn't understand why Chen Chao wanted to unite with Yang Changye to frame his daughter.

Dingding looked at the testimony in his hand, Xu Boyan's hands were trembling slightly, and he heard Yang Changye's contemptuous words: "Old General Xu, you have also read the testimony, and I hope that the old general will cut his love." ”

Xu Boyan lowered his head slightly and looked at his daughter who was like a frightened bird beside him: "Did you do this?" You tell your dad the truth, if you do it, you do it, if you don't do it, you don't do it, if you don't do it, your father will definitely return your innocence. ”

Concubine Ling shook her head vigorously, tears streaming down: "Dad, I was really wronged, I really didn't do it, you believe in your daughter..."