Flames flickered in the gloomy dungeon, and the prison guards sat together drinking wine.

The life of the prisoner is not easy, he likes to drink two sips when he stays in this dark place all the year round, but in order not to miss things, he has never dared to drink more, and he will not drink spirits, just accompany beans and peanuts and talk a few words.

There was the sound of chains in the cell, and the prisoners who had always been locked in it couldn't sleep at night and turned over.

"Tell me, the pride of the sky, the most expensive prince, is now locked up in a prison cell, isn't it ridiculous?"

"What's the use of honor? in the end, you're not a prisoner!"

"You can be quiet, maybe people will remember it when they go out!"

"Heh, there are a lot of imperial relatives who have entered this prison, but there are few who can get out!"

Several jailers were eating small pieces of food while discussing Ning Wang Yanxiao, who had only been imprisoned in the past two days.

Yan Xiao slept on the broken bed in the cell, but his ears listened to their words word for word, and he closed his eyes tightly, as if he was asleep. It's much better than the other cells in the cell, at least not sleeping in the haystack.

He thought about it for a long time and didn't understand how he fell into the hands of Concubine Shu, his father didn't believe him, and no matter how he explained, it was useless.

The jailer's voice outside became quieter and quieter, and it seemed that he had drunk too much and fell asleep on the table.

One of the jailers suddenly looked up, looked at the other people who were sleeping, got up and walked towards the cell.

It was midnight, and the cells were filled with the sound of sleeping snoring of prisoners.

"His Royal Highness King Ning. ”

The man whispered to Yan Xiao.

Yan Xiao's eyelashes trembled slightly, but he ignored it.

The jailer shouted again: "Your Royal Highness King Ning, it was the queen who asked me to bring the words." ”

The corners of Yan Xiao's eyes suddenly opened, he got up, turned his head to look at the jailer standing outside the prison door, frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and walked over directly.

He asked, "The Queen Mother asked you to bring me a letter?"

The jailer said, "The queen said that it is inconvenient to bring a letter, and if it is not good to be caught, let me give you a message." ”

Yan Xiao thought about it carefully, there was no need to be outside in this prison, King Yu's people would definitely keep an eye on him, if he got any letters or intercepted them, he really couldn't explain it at that time.

He asked, "What did the Queen Mother say?"

"The queen said that this time His Royal Highness fell for the trick of Concubine Shu and King Yu, and the Concubine Shu had long known that the forbidden place in the palace was Jiang Wu, the wife of the general of Zhenbei, who was the emperor the most, so she set a trap for His Royal Highness and the queen to lead troops around, so that the emperor would be suspicious of you. The jailer said.

Yan Xiao was surprised: "How could it be Jiang Wu in the forbidden land?"

The jailer shook his head and said, "The queen was also very angry when she found out, but now Concubine Shu was burned by the fire, although it was only a minor injury, but it pointed to the queen wanting to take revenge on Concubine Shu." ”

Yan Xiao's eyes suddenly froze, and his sharp sword eyebrows wrinkled tightly.

What else does he not understand now?

Concubine Shu deliberately threw out the news to lure them into the bait, so that they mistakenly thought that she wanted to explore the forbidden land again, and when they sent someone to go, they just framed him for wanting to trespass on the forbidden land, even so, the father would not ruthlessly want to let him be imprisoned, so Concubine Shu staged another bitter trick to put away her fox tail, killing two birds with one stone!

But he didn't expect the emperor to put Jiang Yu in the forbidden land, didn't he mean that she had already died in the prison?

It seems that his father has a lot of secrets!

Yan Xiao thought for a moment and asked, "Does the queen mother have a good plan?"

The jailer said: "Niangniang means, still bite the bullet and don't let go, if you admit this crime, you won't be able to turn over, bite yourself and don't know that it's Mrs. Qi inside, even if the emperor is ruthless, he won't be too embarrassed by this, he can only wait for the opportunity in the future." ”

Yan Xiao's brain is confused, he shouldn't have acted on his own after getting the news and fell into the pit of Concubine Shu and King Yu!

He said, "This king knows, you tell your mother to take care." ”

The jailer bowed, turned away, turned a corner, and returned to the table where he had been drinking, and lay down on the table with them.

Not far away, in a cell, a man listened to them all.

This man was covered in stains, the prison clothes on his body looked like he had been worn for a long time, his eyes could not be concealed under the dirty hair, and the chains in his hands were much more seriously injured than those of other prisoners, and he looked up at the moonlight that had spilled in, and his eyes could not hide the desolation.

This world is no longer the world he knew at the beginning.

Shen Yanshu took the queen's edict and went directly to the Yun Mansion, and Qi Yunhao and they had not yet fallen asleep at this time.

Looking at the letter that Shen Yanshu brought back, the three of them were worried.

If the people of the Qi family directly took the letter to Jingzhao Mansion or Dali Temple of the Criminal Department to report the case, this was to ask the emperor, maybe the dog emperor would directly detain the letter and people, and then it would be troublesome to lose the wife and the soldiers.

Now that the queen is grounded and King Ning is in prison, the one who wants to step on it the most at this moment is the Yuwang party, but she doesn't feel at ease to hand over this letter to the Yuwang party.

Yan Qinghan? It's not suitable for him to think about it.

After thinking about all the people in the court, Shen Yanshu opened his mouth and said, "Aunt!"

Shen Yanshu's eyes lit up, she was her mother's sister, and she had something to do with the Qi family, if she took out the queen's edict, with her status as the princess of the county, it would naturally be difficult to send it.

Concubine Shu knew the emperor's thoughts, and she must not dare to blatantly support the thorough investigation of the Qi family, but she urgently needed to step on the queen's foot, so it was inevitable that people would secretly support Princess Zhaojun.

If both Taishi Su and Yushitai can speak for Princess Zhaojun, then the emperor will be helpless even if he is reluctant.

Jiang Wu and Qi Yunhao glanced at each other, this seemed to be the most suitable person at the moment.

Shen Yanshu continued: "But before that, we have to let the people of Chang'an City and this Great Zhou know about this matter, and if there are more voices from the people, we can let the emperor thoroughly investigate this case." ”

What if he covers the sky with one hand? There are some things that he still can't hide.

"This dog emperor is quite concerned about his face. Qi Yunhao snorted coldly, his tone was indescribably disgusted.

If he could, he really wanted to kill this dog emperor directly!

Shen Yanshu is not, but this is not the best time, now that the Great Zhou is in crisis, if there is more turmoil, it is only the people who suffer.

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Shen Yanshu was embroidering a purse in the room of the Dark Fragrance Residence, and when he saw Xi Yan enter the room, the movements in his hands paused.

She looked up, "How?"

"Miss, don't worry, the matter has been done. Xiyan said, "Princess Zhaojun has promised to help, Dong Nie Liang has let the matter spread in various teahouses and restaurants in Chang'an, and now there are many people who know about it, and King Yu has also received the news that Dingxi Hou, Lord Mei Jue and Qiu Qianrong have all said hello, and the witnesses in the hands of His Royal Highness King Ling will let them appear at the right time." ”

Shen Yanshu nodded, pinched the embroidery needle and continued to embroider.

After waiting for so long, it's finally time to take revenge.

"When the dust settles on the case of the Zhenbei Army, the lady and the second young master can return to the General's Mansion. Xiyan sighed.

Shen Yanshu's eyes flashed slightly, and he said: "No, even if the case is overturned, they can't restore their previous identity, I will take my mother to Jiangnan, Chang'an...... Not a quiet place. ”

A trace of disappointment flickered in Xi Yan's eyes, their identity is special, and it is indeed the right choice not to restore their identity, but it is just ......

There was an inexplicable sadness in her heart.

"It's been almost eight years......" Shen Yanshu suddenly muttered.

Xiyan was puzzled: "What eight years?"

Shen Yanshu raised his head and looked at Xi Yan and said, "There is a person who has been in the prison for almost eight years, and he should be released from prison soon." ”

Xiyan thought about it carefully, but still had no clue.

Seeing Xi Yan's puzzled look, Shen Yanshu smiled.

"I'm going to have to wait for winter, so there's no hurry. ”

Shen Yanshu turned his head to look out the window, there were still many things to do in this autumn.

Recently, a lot of rumors have suddenly arisen in Chang'an, all of which say that Qi Yi, the general of Zhenbei University, was framed by the queen and King Ning, but he didn't dare to say it on the table, after all, this is a matter of chasing the wind and shadows, and if it makes a big fuss, he may go to prison.

It's just that there are many private rumors, and some people discuss it, saying that Princess Zhaojun has evidence.

Knowing that this was a taboo, no one in the court dared to say anything, but it was only two days before King Zhaojun took out the edict stamped with the queen's treasure seal in the court, accusing the queen Gu of framing Zhongliang and not being worthy of being a country.

The emperor's face was not good, he had always been at ease with the king of Zhaojun, and it was not unreasonable to think that Jiang Shi, the princess of Zhaojun, was the sister of Jiang Wu.

It's just that this Jiang Wu's front foot has just been robbed, and someone on the back foot wants to turn over the old case of the Zhenbei Army, which really can't help but make him suspicious.

"Your Majesty, this must be a false accusation of a traitor!" Heng Guogong stood up and said angrily.

In order to make Qi Yi believe it, she asked the queen to write an edict and stamp it herself, and prepared another fake edict as evidence. Later, they searched the general mansion of the northern part of the town, but they didn't find the real hand, how could it be in the hands of King Zhaojun now?

Weng Jin stepped forward and said: "The minister thinks that if it is true or false, as long as it is verified." ”

Mei Jue stood up and arched his hand and said: "The minister seconded the proposal, whether it is true or not, you will know it after checking." ”

King Yu coughed lightly and stepped forward and said, "Erchen thinks that this is a major matter related to the reputation of the queen, and it should be thoroughly investigated." ”

The emperor glanced at the people in the court, and what he said one by one was high-sounding, but he couldn't wait that this edict was true, and he couldn't wait to immediately let the queen and King Ning fall and move the affairs of the Zhenbei Army to the table.

He waved his sleeves and said, "Jiao Aiqing, you come forward to verify it." ”

Zhongshu ordered Jiao Ningxiang to step forward, took the edict from the hand of King Zhaojun, and carefully checked it, and after a while, he said: "Back to the emperor, the queen's phoenix seal on this letter is true, and even the handwriting is the queen's own handwriting." ”

As the highest official in charge of edicts and handwriting, he is particularly sensitive to treasure seals and handwriting, and the identification is natural and accurate.