Ye Ningxiang looked at Wei Xun in surprise, as if asking how you have evidence. Wei Xun smiled at her, then stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has evidence to prove that Chunxue died at the hands of Concubine Lin and Concubine Yu. ”

Mu Jingyuan, who was still very anxious a moment ago, was first surprised when he heard Wei Xun suddenly say such a thing, and then he actually had some reproach, and said, "Since Lord Wei has evidence, why don't you just say it?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that this case involved the royal family, if the main culprit could remorse and turn himself in in court, the emperor would have the opportunity to punish them lightly, and now they are unrepentant, and Wei Xun has no choice but to act according to the law. ”

"Lord Wei cares about the royal family, I am very pleased, let's say, what evidence do you have?"

"Xia Yun, the important person in this case, is waiting outside the palace at the moment, waiting for the emperor to summon her. ”

Hearing the words Xia Yun, Concubine Lin's slightly red cheeks, which were originally very calm, turned pale all of a sudden, and she looked at her brother Lin Chang with almost desperate eyes, and then the whole person seemed to have lost support and softened.

Lin Chang looked at Concubine Lin's sudden reaction, and also realized that this person who was about to step into the Zhanghua Hall was probably their amulet, although he was still unconvinced on his face, but finally closed his eyes.

"Slave Xia Yun visits the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

"You're Xia Yun?"

"Yes, the slave maid is Concubine Lin's personal maidservant Xia Yun. Sister Chunxue died at the hands of the slave. ”

Ye Ningxiang thought that this witness should open her mouth to testify against someone, but she didn't expect that the first thing she did was to confess the crime, such an abnormal behavior made Ye Ningxiang very puzzled, if it wasn't for the interrogation of the court, Ye Ningxiang probably couldn't help but ask Why do you want to admit this crime of losing your head.

Xia Yun suddenly cried bitterly, and continued with a whimper: "The slave maid only poisoned Chunxue after listening to the orders of Concubine Lin and Concubine Yu. ”

"You, you dog minion, what nonsense are you talking about here!" Concubine Lin said angrily, and then cried and begged the emperor: "Your Majesty, this palace has been concentrating on the Buddha in this deep palace for decades, but today it is slandered by this villain, Your Majesty, you have to be the master of this palace!" Then, she kowtowed to Mu Jingyuan several times.

In the end, he can be regarded as his elder, and there are so many officials watching, Mu Jingyuan, who has always been domineering and outward, was so distressed that he didn't know what to do for a while. Just when he was in great danger, Xia Yun opened his mouth again, but at this time, her emotions suddenly calmed down.

"Your Majesty, that day Chunxue was killed because she accidentally heard Concubine Lin and Concubine Yu discussing the matter of selling official beards, and was accidentally discovered by them. And the slave maid has been with Concubine Lin for six years, and she can be regarded as a participant in Concubine Lin's sale of official beards. ”

"What did you say?"

"The officials are in charge of the promotion of officials, but the opportunity for promotion is always up to the ministry to who not to give it to the minister, some officials in order to be able to be promoted smoothly on the line of the emperor's concubine, for the concubine to pay a large amount of tribute to the concubine, and then in the palace concubine will want to promote the officials to pass on to the ministry, the ministry is afraid that these concubines will say bad things about themselves to the emperor, so everything will act according to the concubine's requirements. ”

Hearing this, Mu Jingyuan was so angry that his eyes seemed to turn green, and his cheeks were red with anger. The Queen Mother, who was sitting on the side, also became a little unnatural when she heard Xia Yun's words, her expression was serious as if she was thoughtful, and in order to cover up this unnaturalness, she deliberately picked up the teacup next to her and pretended to drink tea very elegantly.

"Not long after I entered the palace to serve Concubine Lin, the concubine saw that I was silent and silent, and I was also more clever, so she regarded me as the line of contact between her and the officials and officials. Because I have been in the same league with her, it will not do me the slightest benefit to shake out these ugly things, it is because of so many years that the concubine will trust me like this. ”

Hearing this, Concubine Lin was already paralyzed, and she knelt on the ground without support, as if she was stupid.

"Concubine Lin, what else do you have to say?"

Hearing Mu Jingyuan's question about her, Concubine Lin suddenly came back to her senses, crawled to Mu Jingyuan's side on her knees, and begged: "Your Majesty, this palace has been convicted, and I hope that the emperor will spare my life in the face of His Royal Highness the Seventh Brother King Jing!"

At the same time, Concubine Yu also cried: "Your Majesty, the concubine has never participated in the sale of official titles, and the concubine also learned from her aunt that day that her aunt was secretly doing such a troubled thing, and at that time the concubine also tried to comfort her aunt, who expected that the aunt not only did not appreciate the affection, but threatened the concubine with this, saying that if the concubine informed the emperor of this matter, the emperor would definitely regard the concubine as an accomplice and would not forgive the concubine." ”

"Concubine Yu, you cold-blooded and ruthless white-eyed wolf!" Concubine Lin said with a sad look at Concubine Yu.

"Now that the truth has come out, then"

Before Mu Jingyuan finished speaking, Concubine Lin preemptively interjected: "Your Majesty, I am not the only one involved in the harem of selling officials, and "

Also without waiting for Concubine Lin to finish speaking, the Queen Mother interjected: "Your Majesty, although the truth of the matter has been revealed, there are many people involved in this case, and the identity of the perpetrator is too special to make a judgment easily, it is better to escort the people involved to Dali Temple first, and it is not too late to convict after careful discussion!"

This Concubine Lin is King Jing's biological mother, and this King Jing is one of the few princes who does not stand on the opposite side of him, and it is indeed a little difficult to explain to him the charges of his mother when he was sentenced immediately, so Mu Jingyuan nodded and said: "What the Queen Mother said is that someone will come and put Concubine Lin, Concubine Yu, Lin Chang and the official Shangshu into the prison together, and announce the sentence on a later date." ”

After these people were escorted down, Mu Jingyuan didn't have the heart to listen to the government, and immediately issued an edict announcing his withdrawal from the court.

Although it made Chunxue suffer from snow, Ye Ningxiang's heart was still very unsteady, and she always felt that all this seemed to be too smooth, as if someone had already arranged a way for her to go in.

"Ning Xiang, do you think that all this is too smooth, and it doesn't seem to be true?"

"Brother Wei also feels like this?"

Wei Xun shook his head and said: "Ning Xiang is too worried, this Xia Yun regards Chunxue as a good sister, and was forced to poison Chunxue, and since then, he has felt guilty every day and has not been at peace, so he secretly ran to Dali Temple to surrender to me yesterday under the pretext of visiting relatives." ”

"If that's the case, so good. ”

It was late at night, Xiao Qingyu sat leisurely at the coffee table, making tea for Gao Fei, who was also sitting at the coffee table.

"Childe, just now a fire broke out in Dali Temple, and Miss Xia Yun has already been buried in the fire. ”

Xiao Qingyu blew the hot air from the hot tea, and his face was calm without a trace of ups and downs.

"Xia Yun, it can be regarded as the deepest card I have hidden in the palace, and it is worth it to use her life to destroy the power of King Jing and the officials. Ordered to go down, give her family a sum of compensation, and then escort her family back to Rui safely. ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey. ”

At this moment, Lan Ju, who had always been quiet and uninhabited, suddenly broke into a man in black wearing a mask, who did not break in through the door, but flew in through the window.

Gao Fei reacted quickly, quickly blocked in front of Xiao Qingyu, and drew his long sword to prepare for a decisive battle with the assassin. However, Gao Fei's move was immediately stopped by Xiao Qingyu. Xiao Qingyu removed the sword in Gao Fei's hand and said calmly, "Your Excellency is a member of the Shadow Guard?"

"Yu Gongzi really has good eyesight. I came here on the orders of my master to bring a message to Yu Gongzi. ”

"Oh, knight, please. ”

"My master said that if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, and I hope that Yu Gongzi will do it himself. He also said that you should protect a person, and if something happens to that person, he will personally take your life. ”

After saying this, the man jumped out of the window like a ghost and left the orchid house.

Hearing this, Xiao Qingyu actually laughed wildly, it was the kind of laugh that Gao Fei had never heard, it was a very terrifying laugh, and after a while, Gao Fei tentatively interrupted Xiao Qingyu and said, "Childe, you ......"

Xiao Qingyu stopped laughing, his dark eyes flashed with murderous intent, "Mu Xize, Mu Xize, I didn't expect you to love the country and the beauty, you will lose this duel!"

The black-clothed masked assassin ran out of Yipinju and ran into the Fuheng Chamber of Commerce, and then broke into an extremely luxurious room, he lit the candle next to the table very skillfully, and then calmly took off the mask on his head, it turned out that this person was Mu Xize's henchman Gu Liancheng.

However, he did not rest, but hurriedly changed his clothes, and then rode a fast horse towards Qingming Mountain.

In the middle of the night, Ye Ningxiang was woken up by her subordinates of the inspection department, and the first words of the subordinates were that the prison of Dali Temple was on fire, and all the main criminals involved in the Chunxue case were burned alive.

Ye Ningxiang was shocked, put on her shoes, and rode a fast horse towards Dali Temple. When Ye Ningxiang rushed to the prison of Dali Temple, the fire in the prison had been extinguished, and there were several prisoners in prison uniforms lying outside, and these people were more or less wounded.

At this time, Ye Ningxiang finally saw a familiar face, Wei Xun's hair was messy, his originally handsome face had become black because of the smoke, and it was even difficult to recognize his appearance, and his official robe was also burned by the fire and broke several big holes, and the whole person looked embarrassed.

Seeing Ye Ningxiang coming, Wei Xun said worriedly: "Ningxiang, this is not the place you should come, go back quickly!"

"Brother Wei, how are you, are you injured?"

Wei Xun smiled, turned around, and said, "No, except for the clothes that were burned, there was indeed no injury on the body, don't believe it!"

Then, Wei Xun caressed Ye Ningxiang's shoulder with concern and said: "Ningxiang, you better go back quickly, the prison is on fire for no reason, the emperor is already furious, if I accidentally hurt you, the emperor will not have to take my life!"

Under Wei Xun's persuasion, Ye Ningxiang reluctantly returned to the inspection department.

In the middle of the night, the candles in Guan Ju Palace had been extinguished, and it was dim, but the Queen Mother, who should have been asleep, was standing alone in front of the window at this time, looking out of the window, as if thinking about something. After a long time, she finally smiled contentedly.

She began to sell her official position seven years ago, making money is secondary, and the most important thing is that she wants to network more loyal people to her and cultivate her own power through this method. Fortunately, she succeeded, Mu Jingyuan became the emperor as she wished, and she also sat firmly on the throne of the queen mother.

Now she has no worries, because all those who know the secret of her betrayal of the official lord have been brutally murdered by her. Only in this way can she continue to be stable in the position of the queen mother, and Mu Jingyuan, the emperor, can be smooth.

"The Queen Mother was really ruthless, and she killed all the people involved in the betrayal of the official lord in an instant. ”

I don't know when there was an extra person behind the Queen Mother, this person was dressed in black, almost blending in with the night, but the tone of his voice did not show much respect for the Queen Mother.