Tang riddles

Li Jinyue strode on the road into the palace with great strides, her military boots clattering on the masonry ground.Behind her, the Jinwu guards escorting her almost had to trot to keep up.Jin Wuwei originally went to the military camp to escort her into the palace for trial, but now it looks like she led the soldiers into the palace.

Before the Jinwu Guards arrived at the barracks, Li Jinyue received an urgent letter stating the matter of Concubine Wu Hui and the arrest of Yang Yuhuan, and then the Jinwu Guards arrived.Li Jinyue's clothes were still yesterday's clothes, so she didn't have time to change, she just handed over her great sword, and left with Jin Wuwei.She was so anxious that she wished she could see Yang Yuhuan right now.She hated herself for leaving her like that last night and ran to the barracks by herself.If she had known that such a thing would happen, she would stay by her side no matter what she said, to ensure that she would not enter the palace.She knew very well that with the girl's early-grown appearance, if she appeared in front of the saint and King Shou, there would be no way out.She almost didn't think about the suspicion of murdering Concubine Wu Hui on her back at all, and her mind was full of Yang Yuhuan's safety.

She had an argument with Yang Yuhuan last night and was pushed out of the room by her.After that, she sat paralyzed by the door for a long time, until the crying in the house gradually disappeared, she slowly got up, left a message, took the horse and went out of the mansion directly, to the Gongyue Army barracks outside the city.She hadn't slept all night, and her heart was full of confusion, not knowing what she was doing.After half a night of sword practice, it was not until the sun rose that she suddenly realized that it was daylight, and then went to the big tent. Just about to wash and change, she received an urgent letter from Xu Jie, and then the Jinwu Guard Here we go.

Hurrying quickly, she finally arrived at the Hall of Yanying.The saint placed the trial office here, and when Li Jinyue stepped into the hall, there were already a large number of people waiting here.She hurriedly looked around, and saw Li Hao, King of Longevity, Xiao Song on the right, Han Xiu on the left, Li Linfu, Minister of the Huangmen, Minggui, Shaoqing of Dali, Yang Shuo, General of the Right Jinwuwei, six princes and important ministers divided into two columns. Line up and stand at the head of the throne.King Shou, Xiao Song, and Li Linfu are on the left, while Han Xiu, Ming Gui, and Yang Shuo are on the right.

In the center of the hall, people kneeled on the ground.Most of them were servants and court ladies. At the front, Li Jinyue saw Shen Sui and Yang Yuhuan kneeling on the ground.Her heart skipped a beat, seeing Shen Sui actually kneeling below, she suddenly felt bad.

She raised her eyes quickly, and glanced at the saint on the dragon bed above. He was dressed in normal clothes, his eyes were bruised, and his expression was gloomy. Seeing Li Jinyue coming in, the brows raised slightly.Gao Lishi, who was standing beside him, was still humble and respectful, and never looked at Li Jinyue.

Li Jinyue lowered her head, retracted her gaze, stepped forward quickly, passed between the servants and maids who were kneeling on the ground, and came to Yang Yuhuan, lifted the hem of her robe, knelt down and kowtowed:

"My minister, Li Jinyue, greet Your Majesty Jin'an." She did not call herself a "son", because on such an occasion, her relationship with the saint was a monarch and a minister, not a father and daughter.

Before waiting for a response from the sage for a long time, she kowtowed to the ground, not daring to get up.The atmosphere in the hall was very oppressive, especially the servants and maids in the rear, who were sweating profusely and could no longer bear it.

Finally the sage spoke up: "Since the state of Jin is here and everyone is here, let's start. Mingqing, you are in charge."

"I obey the order." Ming Gui took a step forward, bowed his hands, and responded.

He then turned to Li Jinyue, bowed again, and asked:

"Dare to ask the princess, did you leave the princess mansion last night?"

Li Jinyue glanced at him, and frowned slightly. It seemed that the patrol Wuhou shop had already reported, and she couldn't hide the order to leave the city last night.There was no need for her to lie, so she replied: "Yes."

"Why did you leave the house late last night?"

Li Jinyue's throat trembled, she swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then replied: "There is an urgent report from the army, go to the barracks to deal with it."

"Is there any urgent military report that was sent to your Gongyue army instead of passing it to the Ministry of War?" Before Ming Gui could speak, Xiao Song continued, "May the princess show it to everyone so that it can be confirmed? .”

"It's not a big deal, but people are making a fuss." Li Jinyue replied perfunctorily, and then asked, "Jinyue doesn't understand why she was questioned when she left the house last night."

"You don't know? Hmph!" Xiao Song snorted coldly, looked at Ming Yu and said, "Ming Shaoqing, you are so close, does the princess have a special fragrance?"

Ming Gui was very embarrassed, and his expression was a little hesitant. First, he was a neutral person and had never stood in line. He didn't want to offend the Princess of Jin; second, Xiao Song's aggressive attitude made him feel very uncomfortable. Official, but not enough to be bossed around by the right minister.

"Gao Lishi, go and search." Probably seeing Ming Gui's embarrassment, the saint spoke up and sent Gao Lishi to Li Jinyue's side to check.

"Princess, this old slave is rude." Gao Lishi saluted first, then slowly came up, covered his nose with his sleeve, and took a sniff.Li Jinyue stiffened her neck, clenched her teeth, and was sniffed. This was the first time she had experienced such humiliation. The anger was already raging back and forth in her chest, and she could only suppress it with all her strength.

After sniffing the scent, Gao Lishi ordered two court ladies to come to Li Jinyue with a tray, took off all the accessories on her body, including some small items in her arms and sleeves, and presented them to the court case.Gao Lishi returned to the saint with a strange expression, and said something briefly with his ear.

Hearing this, the sage's expression became even uglier. He glanced at Li Jinyue's belongings that were brought up, and then noticed a fragrant handkerchief. When he opened it, he saw the phrase "Your birth, I was not born." , I am old when I was born. You hate me for being born late, but I hate you for being born early.”

He suddenly slapped the handkerchief on the case, and asked, "Jin Guo, where did this fragrance come from on your body? But it came from the little lady behind you?"

Li Jinyue never answered.

"Report to Your Majesty..." Shen Sui folded his hands and planned to speak, but he never wanted to be interrupted by the saint, and said:

"Shen Sizhi, don't talk too much, I have a question for you later."

"Answer me!" Li Jinyue's attitude completely annoyed the saint.His daughter has been like this since she was a child. Whenever she has something to do, she just hangs her neck and doesn't speak. She looks rebellious and unruly.

Li Jinyue still refused to answer stubbornly, and the hall suddenly became tense.Li Jinyue raised her head suddenly, and asked loudly:

"I don't know what crime I have committed, and I want to be humiliated!"

"What crime did you commit? Concubine Hui passed away last night, and the house was filled with the unique fragrance of this little lady. Tell me, what crime did you commit? You hid this little lady so deeply, if it wasn't for this little lady who was once His uncle took her to Xiao Xiang's mansion to play once, and Xiao Xiang still remembered her special smell, so I'm afraid no one will be able to find her again." The saint said angrily.

"So what? There are so many fragrances in the world, how can I be sure it is the fragrance of Yuhuan. Yuhuan was in my house last night and never took half a step. She was even more unable to enter the palace. Murdering Concubine Hui is simply absurd!" Li Jinyue said loudly.

Suddenly there was a loud bang, and the saint actually grabbed the jade mountain on the case and smashed it directly in front of Li Jinyue. The jade mountain was smashed to pieces, and the fragments scraped onto Li Jinyue's face, leaving a bloodstain.

Everyone in the hall fell silent immediately, everyone knelt down on the ground, and the sound of chattering teeth could be heard vaguely.The saint gasped heavily, and glared at Li Jinyue furiously.Li Jinyue didn't look at him, but cast her eyes on the ground in front of her, with a stubborn expression on her face.The moment Yushan fell, she subconsciously opened her arms to protect Yang Yuhuan behind her. This scene was even more dazzling in the eyes of the saint.

"You...you rebellious girl..." The saint slowly stood up from behind the case, walked around to the front, and said, "You are filled with righteous indignation, do you really think that I will be so stupid as to suspect a little lady who is nothing? Your mother has always been at odds with Concubine Hui, and when such scandalous things happened later, some people poured dirty water on Concubine Hui, saying that Concubine Hui harmed your mother. After so many years, how much resentment has accumulated in your heart? It's terrifying just thinking about it." He had already come to Li Jinyue's side, and leaned over to look at her, the darkness in his eyes was shocking.

Li Jinyue's eyes were red, her fists were tightly clenched, her nails were embedded in her flesh, her whole body was trembling uncontrollably, anger, humiliation, grief, and chills were intertwined in her heart, it was fine to expose her scars in front of so many people, But she has obviously been directly accused by the sage as the murderer of Concubine Hui.Is it because she has a motive?

"Jinyue didn't enter the palace last night." Li Jinyue almost squeezed out these words through gritted teeth.

"Humph! Yang Shuo!" the saint called out.

"The last general is here." Hearing this, the old general hurriedly stepped out of the queue.

"Did Li Jinyue enter the palace last night?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the general who was in charge of guarding Guangshun Gate last night reported that he had indeed seen Princess Jin enter the palace, and also checked the fish talisman and recorded it in the record."

What? !Li Jinyue was shocked, when did she enter the palace last night, it was framed!But hearing this, Shen Sui closed his eyes, and his heart sank heavily.This is a game, and they have completely fallen for it.

"Li Linfu, tell her what you know." The saint obviously did not intend to just let Li Jinyue go, and said again.

"Observe the decree." Li Linfu stepped forward and said, "The minister was on duty last night (the government office of the Menxia Province, Huangmen Shilang belongs to the Menxia Province, and is the deputy chief of the Menxia Province). When the Jin princess arrived, she hurried into the Guangshun gate and went to the harem."

"Jin State, two witnesses, the same testimony, what do you have to argue about?" The saint asked with narrowed eyes.

"Your Majesty!" Before Li Jinyue could speak, a clear and pleasant voice suddenly sounded from behind Li Jinyue, and then Yang Yuhuan crawled out from behind her, bowed her head and said:

"Your Majesty, in the middle of last night, the princess was with the little girl all the time. She didn't have time to enter the palace to murder Concubine Hui. The little girl can testify!"

Yuhuan?Li Jinyue was shocked, and looked at her anxiously.Why did this girl choose this opportunity to speak, and what she said was so ambiguous, what should I do?In case the sage gets angry at her, she won't be able to keep her at all!

As soon as she finished speaking, the hall once again fell into a situation where needles could be heard.Li Longji looked away from Li Jinyue and looked at her, this little lady, because her status was too humble, he hadn't looked at her carefully since she entered the palace.It's just that she was disturbed by the refreshing fragrance emanating from her body, and when she smelled the fragrance, she thought of the deceased Concubine Hui.

He looked down at Yang Yuhuan who was bowing his head on the ground, and said coldly: "You raise your head and let me see."

Yang Yuhuan got up slowly, with her back slightly straightened, and her head slightly raised, revealing her extremely beautiful face in front of everyone present.That kind of beauty is a kind of perfect and natural beauty, a kind of beauty favored by the heavens, if it is too much, it is too much, if it is too little, it is not enough, but it is her appearance that is hard to find.The softness and flattery emanating from his bones washed away the hostility around Li Longji in an instant.The supreme king, who had already entered middle age, suddenly seemed to have returned to his youth, staring at this humble young girl intently, unable to utter a word for a while.

Li Longji, who is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme and has countless daughters, is already like this, not to mention the birthday king Li Mao who admires and longs to see Yang Yuhuan.Seeing the whole picture of Yang Yuhuan, the young prince's brain suddenly buzzed, all the blood flowed back to his face, and his heart beat like a drum.He tried his best to hide the change in his expression, but his state of mind could not be calmed down for a long time, and finally he could only sigh helplessly. Such a mortal fairy, but in the end he missed him. Moon, not allowed to marry a wife.And this girl was involved in his mother's death. Even after the funeral, I don't know if I can see her again, or if I can fulfill a relationship. It's God's will.

There was a long silence in the hall, and the saint spoke slowly, his tone calmed down strangely:

"Yang Yuhuan, let me ask you, why is the princess staying with you in the middle of the night?"

This question was asked very dangerously, Shen Sui's back was already wet with sweat.Li Jinyue wanted to speak again, but was preempted by Yang Yuhuan again:

"Minnv heard that His Excellency King Shou wanted to see Minnv, and she was very frightened. The princess has been comforting Minnv, so she talked all night long."

"Oh?" The saint seemed to be inexplicably interested, turned his head to look at the blue-faced Li Mao, and asked, "Why are you panicking?"

"Minutes don't dare to say it." Yang Yuhuan bent down and kowtowed again.

"I told you to say it, just say it!" The saint said impatiently.

"Minister, there is a person whom I have admired for a long time, and I swore to myself that I will never marry him in this life." Yang Yuhuan said.She said half of what she said, but anyone could hear that the implication was that King Shou was definitely not the person she admired.

"Who is it?" The saint asked immediately.

Yang Yuhuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised her eyes, looked bravely at the saint and said:

"It's...Your Majesty."

The hall fell into an eerie silence again.Shen Sui glanced at the saint secretly, and saw the weird smile on his face, she didn't dare to look at Li Jinyue again, an indescribable feeling of desolation came from the bottom of her heart.

The author has something to say: Yuhuan is indeed black-bellied, but her black-bellied body is not used to harm people, but to save people.

Everyone must have noticed that the key to this case is the alibi. Of course, it seems stupid to frame Li Jinyue behind the scenes. If Li Jinyue really wanted to kill Concubine Wu Hui, she would not enter the palace herself.But the black hand behind the scenes still chose this stupid way of framing, and there are other reasons.More detailed issues will be described in detail in the next chapter.