At the beginning of the morning, the side door of the noon gate slowly opened, and the old eunuch walked to the door and said loudly: "Go to court!"

The noise immediately stopped, and the civil and military officials entered the side door in an orderly manner, with the civil officials on the left and the military attache on the right.

After entering the noon gate, the fourth grade or above enters the hall, the fourth grade or less is at the entrance of the hall, and the sixth grade or less is in the square.

The ministers entered the main hall and waited for a quarter of an hour, but Emperor Yuan Jing was late.

Clusters of eyes fell on the king of a country, trying to get a glimpse of the clues in his eyes and expressions.

None of them failed, Emperor Yuan Jing reigned for thirty-seven years, his scheming was deep, his experience was rich, and there were very few people in the temple who could wrestle with him.

It was also Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu.

This court meeting is no different from the past, and the monarchs and ministers play as usual.

"Your Majesty, tens of thousands of people in Chuzhou froze to death in the middle of winter, and the political envoy has run out of money and food in order to help the victims. I beg Your Majesty to draw up a decree and allocate funds from the Ministry of Households......"

"The treasury is empty, and for disaster relief, you can raise do......nations from the local squires," Yuan Jingdi replied.

"Your Majesty, the northern barbarians have repeatedly violated the border, and after the beginning of spring, the border conflict has become more and more intense, and we have to guard against it. ”

"Your Majesty, the king of Zhenbei ignored the barbarians who plundered the border and defended the border city without sending a single soldier, resulting in the displacement of the border people and heavy casualties. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Yuan Jing looked at Wei Yuan, and there was no angry voice: "Wei Aiqing, what is the situation of the northern barbarians." ”

Wei Yuan frowned and said, "At the end of last year, it snowed heavily in the north for several months, and countless livestock froze to death. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly remembered that there was such a thing, and frowned: "What about the follow-up? The barbarians invaded the border in the south, why didn't the people receive the news in advance?"

"It's the minister's negligence. Wei Yuan said.

In fact, he took back the shadow in the north and transferred to the northeast.

Emperor Yuan Jing said lightly: "The northern barbarians invaded south, and Wei Yuan was negligent and removed from the post of imperial history of the left capital. A fine of one year. ”

The hall was quiet for a while, and dense question marks drifted through the minds of the ministers.

Although the watchman has the duty of spying on intelligence, it is an incidental business. Moreover, the northern barbarians invaded south, and the king of Zhenbei could not defend it, and he would not fight, even if he knew in advance that the barbarians were going to invade the border pass, what was the point?

Why can't this pot be thrown on Wei Yuan's head, right?

However, it was rare for Emperor Yuan Jing to turn his artillery fire on Wei Yuan, and although he was confused, the civil officials immediately seized the opportunity to attack Wei Yuan and shouted at the wisdom of the sage.

An imperial historian came out and emphasized: "Your Majesty, the king of Zhenbei sat back and watched the people suffer from the disaster of the army, and was indifferent, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

Emperor Yuan Jing's response was just four words: "I know." ”

Yushi was unwilling to retreat.

The court meeting gradually came to an end, and after dealing with the government affairs that had been squeezed during this time, and the ministers stopped playing, Emperor Yuan Jing raised his index finger and tapped lightly on the table.

The old eunuch in a python robe came out of the ranks and looked around at the ministers.

Here it comes...... The hearts of the princes in the palace moved.

Although it was surprising to remove Wei Yuan from the position of Imperial History of Zuodu, Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly convened a court meeting, definitely not because of this "trivial matter".

The old eunuch unfolded the edict in his hand and said loudly: "I have found out the whole story of Concubine Fu, and the queen Shangguan instructed the palace maid Huang Xiaorou to kill Concubine Fu and frame the prince........

"After all kinds of questioning, Shangguan's family confessed to his crimes, and the queen was out of order, unworthy of virtue, and could not inherit the mandate of heaven. The seal ribbon on it retreated to Changchun Palace. ”

Changchun Palace is the Cold Palace.

Inside and outside the hall, there was a dead silence.

From the first product and the three dukes, down to the ministers outside the palace, everyone who heard the content of the edict was all stunned.

In the silence, a deep voice sounded:

"Your Majesty, this is not possible. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing squinted his eyes and looked at the green clothes that came out of the queue expressionlessly.

Wei Yuan's temples were white, and his eyes were precipitated with the vicissitudes of the years, and he looked directly at Emperor Yuan Jing.

I don't know how long it took, Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing came out at the same time, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the case of Concubine Fu has not been tried by the three divisions, and it cannot be easily concluded. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing said word by word: "This is my family matter. ”

The new secretary of the Ministry of Rites rushed out, made a gesture, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the abolition is also a national event, and you can't be hasty. I also ask Your Majesty to hand over the case of Concubine Fu to the three divisions for review and then make a decision. ”

Although the edict said that the empress had confessed her guilt. But the matter after the abolition is very important, and the princes will not agree to the abolition of Emperor Yuanjing under the premise of not knowing the situation.

"Yes!"

.........

Early in the morning, Xu Xinnian finished washing up and went to the back hall to enjoy breakfast, and saw Xu Lingyin in a small skirt sitting on the steps outside the hall from a distance, puffing out her cheeks angrily.

The little figure looked lonely and pitiful.

"Lingyin, why are you sitting here?" asked Xu Xinnian.

Xu Lingyin glanced up and ignored it.

"Second brother asked you. Xu Xinnian frowned.

"My mother kicked me out and beat me. Xu Lingyin complained, "Can the second brother help me scold my mother." ”

Xu Xinnian shook his head.

Xiao Douding had such an expression on his face, wrinkled his nose and said, "It would be good if the eldest brother was at home, the eldest brother likes to bully his mother the most." ”

Xu Xinnian entered the hall, sat in a familiar position, waited for Lu'e to serve him a bowl of porridge, and said while eating: "Mother, Lingyin made you angry again?"

"No, your eldest brother me off. Auntie said coldly.

"Big brother hasn't come back....."

The aunt sneered: "This is your eldest brother's ability, if you are not there, you can still be angry with me half to death." ”

Xu Xinnian glanced at his sister and father who were drinking porridge with their heads bowed, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xu Lingyue whispered: "Lingyin eats steamed buns today, eats a mouthful and spits a mouthful, saying that this way you won't be hungry, and you can eat it all your life." ”

“...... Taught by the eldest brother?" the corners of Xu Xinnian's mouth twitched.

Xu Lingyue nodded.

Second Uncle Xu added: "After Lingyin vomited, I felt a pity, and I wanted to pick it up and eat it, but I was beaten by your mother. ”

Xu New Year: ......

He looked down under the table, only to find that he had vomited some chewed bun dregs.

"Big brother didn't come home today. Xu Lingyue said depressedly.

Xu Erlang and Xu Pingzhi tacitly said: "It must be in the Teaching Workshop Division." ”

.........

Xu Qi'an woke up in the wing room in the backyard of the yamen, the huge courtyard was quiet, and only one old official was leaning over and sweeping the floor in the courtyard.

"This quilt hasn't been washed for a long time, it smells weird, and the public dormitory is garbage. ”

He lifted the quilt in disgust, got out of bed with vain steps, pushed open the window, and let the sun shine in.

This is the public dormitory of the watchman yamen, for the overtime officials and watchmen to rest. Except for the golden gong, which has an exclusive room, the rest of the rooms are shared.

The sanitary condition is not good, and it is not known how many people's children and grandchildren are buried in the thick quilt.

Thanks to Si Tianjian's elixir and his own strong physique, the penetrating wound on his left shoulder had already scabbed over, and it would heal in two more days.

However, the energy of heaven and earth has not yet recovered, and the exhaustion is like a leaf and seven thorns, and the body has been hollowed out.

Xu Qi'an poured a cup of tea and rinsed his mouth, went to the courtyard to fetch a bucket of cold and clear well water, washed his face, and went to Chunfeng Hall.

"Whew, comfortable ......"

After eating the meal sent by the officials, Xu Qi'an touched his bulging lower abdomen, and lay down on Li Yuchun's chair contentedly, with his feet on the desk.

Only then did he have time to think about last night's assassination.

"Usually I leave the palace on time at the beginning of Shen Shi, but yesterday I left the palace after the end of the day because of the list of people who entered and exited the imperial pharmacy.

"It's not surprising that the Assassins who ambushed me knew my route home, I take that route every day, but how did they time it so accurately?

"The watchmen often watched from the rooftops, so it was impossible for the three assassins to lie on the rooftops and wait for me all the time, otherwise they would have been discovered by the night watchmen.

"Obviously, they know when I left the palace....... It is very likely that the main messenger behind the scenes is someone from the palace, otherwise it would be impossible to explain this.

"Is it the Queen? I just found out a clue against her yesterday, and she turned around and sent someone to assassinate me....... Don't you want me to look it up again?

"If it was really the queen who did it, then Huaiqing and I would have to divorce. ”

Xu Qi'an pinched his eyebrows.

At this time, a black-clothed official entered the Chunfeng Hall and saw Xu Qi'an in the hall, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "I went to the backyard to look for Lord Xu just now, but I didn't find anyone, and I thought you had left the yamen." ”

Xu Qi'an still put his legs on the table, half-squinting, "I won't go into the palace to investigate the case today, and I'll talk about it when I recover from my injuries." ”

The official nodded and said, "Gong Wei is looking for you, you should go to Haoqi Building first." ”

Ha, it seems that Wei Yuan knew about the assassination yesterday, and he must have been dumbfounded by my record...... Xu Qi'an put down his legs and got up from the chair, "Lead the way." ”

With the officials coming to Haoqi Building, the seventh floor of the familiar road, I didn't expect that in addition to Wei Yuan in the tea room, there were two guests who didn't make him think of you.

Huaiqing, the eldest princess who is as elegant and noble as a snow lotus, and the handsome and introverted son of Emperor Yuanjing, the fourth prince.

As Huaiqing's younger brother, the facial features of the fourth prince are not similar to his sister, but they are a little similar to Emperor Yuan Jing.

Huaiqing is somewhat similar to the queen, but the temperament of the mother and daughter is too different, and the slightest similarity is invisible.

The faces of the three of them were extremely ugly, Wei Yuan held the teacup in his hand, bowed his head and said nothing, as if he didn't notice Xu Qi'an's arrival. When the fourth prince heard this, he bowed slightly towards him.

Huaiqing also didn't look at Xu Qi'an, frowning and groaning.

"Wei Gong. Xu Qi'an clenched his fists.

Only then did Wei Yuan raise his head, point to the position beside Huaiqing, and said gently, "Sit down." ”

Xu Qi'an took a seat.

"Assassinated last night?" Wei Yuan pushed the teapot to Xu Qi'an and motioned for him to pour the tea himself.

Just after being full of wine and food, Xu Qi'an poured a cup of tea, but did not drink it, nodded and said: "The main messenger behind the scenes is related to the case of Concubine Fu, and he is in the palace." ”

"You suspect it's the Queen?"

Wei Yuan's words were too straightforward, Xu Qi'an didn't know how to answer for a while, and glanced at Huaiqing cautiously.

Huaiqing still didn't look at him, and he looked worried.

The eldest princess looks like a woman facing a divorce agreement....... Xu Qi'an muttered in his heart.

"Today, His Majesty proposed to abolish the queen at the court meeting, and the reason is that the real culprit behind the Fu Concubine case is the queen. Wei Yuan said.

“？？？”

Xu Qi'an looked at him in a daze, and the first thought that came to his mind: How long have I been asleep?

How did I wake up, and I felt a little like I was wrong, as if I had slept for a century.

The Fu Fei case was investigated by him, and every step and every clue was scrutinized and explored by him. He wasn't sure that the queen was the murderer, why did Emperor Yuan Jing?

Did he think he was Conan or Di Renjie?

But then, Princess Huaiqing's words made Xu Qi'an stunned again.

The Queen Mother admitted. ”

What are you?

Xu Qi'an waved his hand, "I'm sorry, I want to calm down......."

He thought for a long time, and said tentatively: "Your Majesty wants to abolish the queen, the reason is that the real culprit behind the Fu Concubine case is the queen, and the queen really admits it?"

The Fourth Prince nodded.

"Could it be forced?" Xu Qi'an guessed.

"No, it won't. Wei Yuan shook his head, looked at him with vicissitudes of life, and said in a deep voice:

"The Fu Fei case was investigated by you personally, and no one knows any clues and details better than you. Think about it again, is there anything suspicious or unreasonable in it? Today, the two highnesses came to the yamen, in addition to discussing with me about the matter after the abolition, they also have the intention of asking for your help.

"Your Majesty hasn't taken back your gold medal yet, you need time to confirm this matter, and you still have time to investigate this case. ”

Huaiqing and the fourth prince looked at Xu Qi'an at the same time.

The fourth prince bowed his hand: "I'm tired of Lord Xu." ”

Xu Qi'an ignored him and turned his gaze to Huaiqing.

Her Royal Highness, the princess, who was as simple and elegant as a lotus flower, looked at him carefully with eyes like autumn water, "How is the injury?"

She didn't propose the matter, but cared about Xu Qi'an's injury.

For the sake of your sincere confession, there will be no divorce....... Xu Qi'an said "um", "Princess Xie cares, and there is no hindrance in her humble position." ”

After a pause, he continued: "In the Fu Concubine case, the queen does have sufficient motives and reasons to frame the prince. And according to the clues I found out yesterday, the real culprit behind the scenes does point to the queen. ”

The fourth prince interrupted excitedly: "Impossible, the queen mother will not do such a thing." ”

"Your Highness, don't worry, I'm not done yet. Xu Qi'an looked at Huaiqing and asked, "What evidence does Your Majesty have?"

Huaiqing shook his head: "No, it was the queen mother who admitted it herself." ”

Xu Qi'an frowned: "This is strange, if Your Majesty has no evidence, why should the queen admit it? Since the queen has admitted it, why did she send someone to assassinate me?"

There's a paradox.

The fourth prince sighed and said, "It's because I don't know that I came to you." Lord Xu, you have repeatedly solved strange cases, if there is anyone in the capital who can find out the truth in a short time and return the innocence of the queen mother, then you are the only person. ”

Xu Qi'an drank the first sip of tea after taking a seat, and said slowly: "When I first took over the case, I felt that the Fu Concubine case was only two possibilities: First, the prince was indeed drunk and had sex and killed Concubine Fu.

"Second, someone framed the prince and plotted to seize the position of the East Palace.

"After inspecting Concubine Fu's Qingfeng Palace, I can conclude that the crown prince was indeed wronged. Then this case belongs to the second possibility, someone wants to frame the prince.

Following this line of thought, all kinds of clues point to the queen. Frankly told the two Highnesses that just now, I was also suspicious of the Empress, suspecting that she had sent assassins to assassinate me.

"But when I learned that the queen admitted that she was the real culprit behind the scenes, I suddenly became suspicious of the case. Then the purpose of the queen mother's main messenger is not as simple as framing the prince, it is to kill two birds with one stone.

"But I have a question, the queen lives in a simple place, and the fourth prince is not the crown prince, why does the main messenger behind the scenes point the finger at the queen, what is the picture? It can't be the position of the lord of the harem. ”

There is an emperor who has been abstinent for more than ten years, does the throne of the lord of the harem make sense?

Wei Yuan put down the teacup and sighed: "First of all, whether the fourth prince is the crown prince or not, he is the eldest son of His Majesty. Secondly, the main messenger behind the scenes is coming at me. ”

"???" Xu Qi'an looked at him blankly.

Wei Yuan was silent for a moment and explained: "The Wei family and the Shangguan family are world friends, and the queen has the surname Shangguan. ”

In this way, that is to say, Wei Yuan and the empress are political allies and belong to the empress's "relatives....... No wonder Princess Huaiqing is half of Wei Yuan's apprentice....... So Concubine Fu's case, on the surface, is to frame the prince, but it is actually aimed at Wei Yuan?

Wei Yuan undoubtedly belonged to the Four Princes' Party...... A concubine case dealt with the princelings and the four princes at the same time, which is amazing...... Xu Qi'an was secretly speechless.

"At today's court meeting, my father dismissed the Duke of Wei from the position of imperial history. Princess Huaiqing said.

Hey, that's not reasonable....... Even if the mastermind behind the scenes wants to weaken Wei Yuan by bringing down the queen, it is only right to damage Wei Yuan's "allies" and weaken his power in disguise.

As soon as the empress had an accident, Emperor Yuan Jing immediately dismissed Wei Yuan's important identity, as if Emperor Yuan Jing was the mastermind behind the scenes...... Wait a minute, let's say the queen is behind the framing of the crown prince, and the intention is to support the four princes to become the crown prince.

After Emperor Yuan Jing learned about this, he immediately weakened and beat Wei Yuan...... What does this mean?

It shows that Emperor Yuan Jing was very jealous of Wei Yuan.

Xu Qi'an suddenly understood why Emperor Yuan Jing chose the prince from the palace as the crown prince, instead of the four princes from the queen.

The queen and Wei Yuan are political allies, if the fourth prince is appointed as the crown prince, and it is me, I will not be able to sleep well.

Retracting his divergent thoughts, Xu Qi'an put his mind on the case and re-sorted out the Fu Concubine case in his heart.

As Xu Qi'an fell into thought, the tea room fell silent, only the sound of the four people's gentle breathing.

After drinking from Concubine Chen, the prince met Huang Xiaorou on the way back and was invited to Concubine Fu's Qingfeng Palace...... The prince did have a crooked mind about this father's woman at that time.

Then Concubine Fu fell to her death, and the prince became a suspect and was imprisoned in Dali Temple.

"I found out that Concubine Fu was killed, and after the prince was framed, the next day, Huang Xiaorou's body was found in the Crab Pavilion..... What a coincidence, what a coincidence.

"No wonder I felt something was wrong at the time, Huang Xiaorou was killed instead of committing suicide, so why did the perpetrator choose Crab Pavilion?

"If you kill someone, it's better to bury it secretly than to throw the body in the well. Taking a step back, there are dozens, or even hundreds, of the deep palace inner garden, and Ishii chooses a densely populated and easy-to-find crab pavilion.

"This is deliberate, deliberately allowing us to discover Huang Xiaorou's connection with the queen.

"My initial guess was wrong? Huang Xiaorou is not the murderer who killed Concubine Fu, she is just a prop, let's lock the object of suspicion to the queen's prop?

"No, it was indeed Huang Xiaorou who tricked the prince into going to Qingfeng Palace, the prince would lie, but the guards around him would not lie. It's too easy to identify. Moreover, to be able to arrange the scene, secretly destroy the guardrail, and know the habits of Concubine Fu, and know that she wants to be in love with her fake husband, all of this must be a personal palace maid.

"If the queen didn't do all this, why would she admit it?

"What is the queen afraid of? This must be related to this case, and the main three people involved in the case are Concubine Fu, the crown prince and the palace maid Huang Xiaorou.

"And among the three, the only one who has a connection with the queen is Huang Xiaorou......"

Huang Xiaorou?!

All kinds of chaotic thoughts and speculations flashed in his heart, and Xu Qi'an combined the clues he got to deliberate on the case step by step.

Thinking of this, Xu Qi'an suddenly woke up to something, and took out a dull yellow silk cloth from his arms.

It is embroidered with a red and gorgeous lotus flower, as well as a line of words: Yuanjing 31st Spring.

Princess Huaiqing stared at the yellow silk cloth and said, "This is on the palace maid Huang Xiaorou." ”

"Yes!" Xu Qi'an nodded, looked around at the three of them, and finally fell on Huaiqing, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, we only know that the queen saved Huang Xiaorou, but there are two doubts, I don't know if you have noticed it." ”

Huaiqing shook his head.

"First, why did the queen save Huang Xiaorou?"

"The queen mother has always been kind-hearted, and it is not surprising that in order to save a palace maid, it is not surprising that she spends a panacea. Huaiqing said.

The queen may be a good person, but that's not the point........ Xu Qi'an shook his head and said, "Then why does the queen pay attention to a palace maid?

"The palace asked the queen mother, but the queen mother didn't say. Huaiqing frowned.

"Second, why did the palace maid Huang Xiaorou commit suicide?" Xu Qi'an pointed to the yellow silk cloth and said in a deep voice: "The answer is here." ”

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