The Adventures of the Crying Princess

The next day, when Minister Jiang was about to re-interrogate the fake Prince Ying, he unexpectedly found that the fellow was knocked to death in the cell.

"Damn it, they are clearly putting the blame on you!" Su Beichen was so anxious that he spoke without thinking. He glanced at Prince Yi and advised, "In my opinion, the person was killed in your territory, and it's a case like that. You should go to the palace and talk to His Majesty."

As soon as he finished speaking, a clerk from the Ministry of Justice came in and reported, "Sir, someone from the palace has come and wants you to come into the palace."

"Got it!" Yuwen Ji straightened his clothes and glared at Su Beichen, "Please ask Lord Su to go to the general's mansion and tell the little girl that I will not go back to tell her stories tonight."

Su Beichen secretly felt that the dog food was eaten a little suddenly. He wanted to ask something else, but the person had already left the yard.

After leaving the Ministry of Justice, he thought that he had nothing to do and did not want to go back home to face his old-fashioned father, so he simply went to the General's Mansion to report the news.

After hearing the whole story, Bai Yimeng looked at Lu Yikuan and said, "Second Senior Brother, His Majesty might want to take action against Prince Yi."

Lu Yikuan concentrated on playing with the teacup and nodded vaguely, "What do you want to do?"

"Collect evidence and present it to His Majesty."

"Well, then what? The Ministry of Justice will not investigate? The Ministry of Justice officials will not investigate? Don't rush when things happen. Let's sit for a while and think about whether we have missed anything."

Lu Yikuan looked nonchalant and took a sip of tea. "You have been to Luoshamen, so I'm afraid you can't hide it. If you don't say it, someone will tell you. You know, this has a different meaning."

"Of course I will say this. You are not allowed to enter the palace for the next few days to recuperate."

Lu Yikuan put down the teacup and interrupted Bai Yimeng, "Yes, if His Majesty already knows about this, then just say so. Prince Yi will not be in big trouble, at most it is just poor supervision, this is a fact, no one can help him.

What you need to do is not to let things get worse, and not to give others an opportunity to take advantage of you. Prince Yi's Mansion has been a bit lax recently, so check it out when you have time."

"Thank you for your guidance, Second Senior Brother. I'm leaving now."

Lu Yikuan sighed and glanced at Su Beichen. Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, he asked, "Master Su, do you have anything else to say?"

"Why are you so powerful?"

"Is that so amazing?" Lu Yikuan didn't want to communicate with him anymore and turned to leave.

Su Beichen stopped him and said, "I think you are very smart, teach me."

"Lord Su, you are too kind. I am just a rough man from the underworld and I am just talking nonsense. Please don't take it seriously." After saying that, he turned and walked away.

……

Inside the Imperial Study Room

Yuwen Ji knelt in the middle. Emperor Chengde threw the memorial to Yuwen Ji, "Read it yourself!"

Yuwen Ji was unsure, so he opened the memorial and saw that, as expected, several imperial censors were impeaching him for his improper conduct, lack of self-discipline, and forming a clique for personal gain.

"Father, your son is wronged."

"I know they are exaggerating, and I know they are doing it on purpose. But can you deny that these are not facts?

"Third brother, you have always been very good at handling things, and I don't ask much about your private affairs. This Qinghua Garden is not a place where a prince can go. Do you understand?"

Yuwen Ji understood everything. The fact that the prince visited a brothel was already known to everyone in the capital. His image was ruined and could not be restored. He had to drag someone into it to make himself appear more noble.

"Your Majesty, Princess Sui'an requests an audience!" The little eunuch's voice entered the imperial study.

"No!" Chengde shouted angrily.

Bai Yimeng had already listened to the conversation between the two people in the palace. She had not seen the impeachment letter, but she could guess the general content. She knelt down and kowtowed to the imperial study, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my death!"

Bai Yimeng's eyes were red, and she knelt quietly. The eunuch stepped forward to comfort her, "Princess Sui'an, please stand up. His Majesty has not punished you. I am worried about you kneeling like this."

"I knelt down on my own initiative. It has nothing to do with my father-in-law."

Seeing Bai Yimeng's appearance, the young eunuch had no choice but to pass the message again.

Emperor Chengde knew that this girl was stubborn, and he was afraid that he would not be able to avoid seeing her. "Forget it, let her in."

Entering the imperial study, Bai Yimeng bowed politely and said, "Your Majesty, your humble servant is here to see you."

"Why are you here to join in the fun?"

"I am not here to join in the fun. I am here to surrender myself." Bai Yimeng lowered her head and recounted, as if reciting a textbook, how she had gone to the Rakshasa Sect and how she had destroyed their hideout.

"Well, what next?" Emperor Chengde didn't hear anything wrong and asked curiously.

"I have seized a booklet from them, which contains information about the targets to be assassinated. Bai Yimeng presents the booklet to me."

After reading it, Emperor Chengde looked at Bai Yimeng and said, "This seems to be different from what Lord Jiang presented a few days ago. He said that you gave it to him.

I ask you which one is true, don't rush to answer, think about the consequences of lying, and then answer. "

Bai Yimeng seemed to be thinking seriously, and raised his head after a while, "Your Majesty, does the princess have the right to impeach?"

"No!" Emperor Chengde shook his head. After thinking for a moment, "But you can try. If the evidence is solid and well-founded, and it is neither nonsense nor fabricated, I may accept it.

If you talk nonsense and make false accusations, you will be punished with a stick, so think about your answer carefully."

Yuwen Ji moved to Bai Yimeng's side and tugged at Bai Yimeng's sleeve, "Kid, your father is in a bad mood today, you'd better not act like a demon."

Bai Yimeng seemed not to have heard Yuwen Ji's words, "This subject wants to impeach the Minister of Justice Jiang Zihan, Lord Jiang."

"Well, go on." Emperor Chengde nodded slightly, took the cushion and walked to Bai Yimeng and sat down.

"Your Majesty, what can you impeach?"

Chengde almost laughed out of anger. Can this be learned and applied immediately? After thinking for a moment, he asked, "What do you want to impeach?"

"He lied? He deceived Your Majesty. Your Majesty, you recognize my handwriting, right? Does the handwriting on the previous book look familiar to you?

In fact, that book was a book I used to practice calligraphy when I was bored. The names on it are all fake except Yuwen Ji. If you don’t believe me, Your Majesty can check it out.”

Emperor Chengde waved his hand, and Eunuch Chen took out the previous booklet for comparison. Indeed, the notes in the two books were very different.

The handwriting reflects the character of the person. When Bai Yimeng took the book, he knew that the person who wrote this word was most likely a sinister villain.

Lord Jiang's calligraphy is free and unrestrained, and it is obvious that it was written by a disobedient person.

Yuwen Ji noticed that Emperor Chengde looked unhappy. He tugged at Bai Yimeng's clothes and was about to say something when Emperor Chengde kicked her. His eyes fell on Bai Yimeng, "Then why is this book in Lord Jiang's hands?"

"I encountered a group of unknown bandits on the way who wanted to steal the book. Fortunately, my Wan'an Valley guards escorted me back.

After I came back, I was still worried, so I made a copy just in case. I crossed out the prince's name to make it clear, mainly because I didn't want to overstep my authority. "

"Well, it's very clear. I have to sort it out myself." Emperor Chengde didn't really not understand. He just felt that this girl came at the wrong time, or even a little deliberately.

"Your Majesty, I will hand the book to you. You can believe it if you want, or destroy it if you don't."

Bai Yimeng looked down at Yuwen Ji and picked up a memorial impeaching him.

It just so happened that it was based on the book that falsely accused Prince Yi of being a philanderer and having no restraint in his words and deeds, so he quietly closed it and put it back where it was.

Emperor Chengde shook his head and said, "It's a bit of a joke to convict a third-rank official based on just one booklet."

"Then why did Your Majesty convict Prince Yi based on just a few nonsense words? Your Majesty, don't you think that what you said was also frivolous? And..."

"How dare you! I have spoiled you. Come here!" Emperor Chengde glared at Eunuch Chen, "Go get a ruler."

Seeing that His Majesty was angry, Eunuch Chen stepped forward and advised, "The little princess is injured, you can't hit her, Your Majesty, calm down."

Emperor Chengde looked around and picked up the ruler, "Lie down on the table! I have spoiled you so much that you even dare to scold me. You are a rebellion."

"Your Majesty, you are unreasonable. You asked me to say it, and you hit me after I said it."

Emperor Mingde used one-third of his strength to strike with a ruler. Bai Yimeng burst into tears in pain. "Your Majesty, please kill me. It hurts!"

"You're talking nonsense again!" Another two Zhenchi hits, causing Bai Yimeng to tremble all over in pain and cry even louder. I'm afraid even the concubines in the harem could hear it.

"Father, the little girl doesn't like pain, please don't hit me." Yuwen Ji couldn't stand this, he climbed up to protect Bai Yimeng, "Don't hit her. She knows she's wrong, father, please don't hit her, you love her the most."

"Pull Prince Yi down and hold him down." Emperor Chengde seemed to realize that it was indeed difficult to control the strength of the ruler. "Little Chen, go get the ruler. I must punish this monkey today."

Emperor Chengde didn't really want to hit Bai Yimeng, nor was he angry because she talked back.

The prince's case was too serious. He knew that Yuwen Ji was innocent, but he could do nothing about it.

Bai Yimeng stood up at this moment, and could only find her to take the blame. Fortunately, she was also involved in this matter, so it was not wronged.

The old emperor saw things clearly and had long figured out that Bai Yimeng was involved in the matter. Beating her was a small punishment for daring to touch the crown prince.