Jade of Rebirth

One day later, in order to welcome the envoy of Tiansi, Emperor Zhang Wu ordered the Ministry of Rites to hold a banquet in Qinyuan.

Qinyuan is a royal garden, and now the banquet is held in a garden by the lake. The garden is quite large, with tables and chairs arranged in order in the middle of the geese, surrounded by woody flowers that bloom in four seasons.Although it's spring now, it's noon and the sun is shining brightly, so a slightly light-transmitting felt cloth is stretched in the middle, which is cool without blocking the light.

When Yuan Heng and Yu Li arrived, many officials and family members also arrived. They were long overdue. Of course, the latest one was Emperor Zhang Wu:

"Your Majesty is coming..."

"See Your Majesty!"

Wearing a black wide-sleeved dragon robe, Emperor Zhang Wu strode inside, walked to the top dragon seat and sat down, glanced at everyone through the crown, and then said majesticly: "Everyone is flat."

When Yuli got up, he took a look at Emperor Zhang Wu. Today, Emperor Zhang Wu wore a black wide-sleeved dragon robe, which is a more solemn court dress among dragon robes. He also wore the crown that he usually doesn't wear. In front of the Tiansi people, a powerful and inviolable majesty was established.

When everyone was seated, they heard the waiter sing: "Please invite the distinguished guests of the Heavenly Sacrifice..."

As soon as the words fell, the fifth prince Feng Feiyuan was seen walking in the road paved with bluestones, wearing a light yellow court robe, followed by two ministers, with a tall figure and steady steps.

This day, Tiansi Kingdom is good at witchcraft, believes in witchcraft, and looks different from Daqi, and implements a closed country policy, so it has not been in contact with Daqi in the east for hundreds of years. Occasionally, there are goods from Tiansi Kingdom. They were all secretly transported out of it by Daqi people, such as the very precious tears of the goddess, which were all made with great effort.Tiansi has many exotic crops and special products, but he is unwilling to sell them to Daqi, so Daqi is also troubled by this matter. Today, the country of Si takes the initiative to open trade, and Daqi is naturally very welcome.

The fifth prince, Feng Feiyuan, had already met the civil and military officials in the early court last time, but this time he met, he was still praised by the civil and military officials. The main reason was that he was exquisite in appearance, and had an extraordinarily refined temperament. He is polite and courteous, so he is very popular among civil and military officials.

Emperor Zhang Wu also liked this noble but humble young man very much, and he was willing to do business with Tiansi Kingdom, so he was very polite to him, and his words were very thoughtful.

The two were talking harmoniously between the host and the guest, when suddenly King Jing stood up and said to Emperor Zhang Wu solemnly: "Father, I have something important to report."

Emperor Zhang Wu was talking about his excitement, and he was a little unhappy when he was interrupted, but seeing King Jing's serious expression, he was not easy to get angry, so he said: "What's the matter?"

Feng Feiyuan on the side smiled quietly and looked at him.

King Jing came out, bowed to Emperor Zhang Wu, and said: "The abbot recently entertained the envoys of the Tiansi Kingdom, and was responsible for negotiating trade with the Tiansi Kingdom. However, the day before, the minister received a message that someone I want to sell the secrets about my great prayer to the Heavenly Priest, so as to win over the Heavenly Priest and make a profit from it..."

As soon as his words fell, all the civil and military officials below were in an uproar and looked at him one after another.

Feng Feiyuan didn't speak, but Emperor Zhang Wu frowned, looking at King Jing coldly: "Is there any evidence for this?"

"Yes." King Jing said, took out a secret letter in his sleeve, and handed it to Emperor Zhang Wu, and said, "Father, this was handed over to my son by the Fifth Prince himself. Someone wants to make a profit from him." , and the fifth prince disdains to do such a dirty deal, so he handed it over to his son."

There was a lot of discussion among the people below, King Jing had a sullen face, but there was a sense of complacency in his eyes.

I saw that Emperor Zhang Wu took the secret letter, opened it and looked at it carefully, then pinched the secret letter in his hand very angrily, looked angrily at Yuan Heng who was sitting facing west, and said angrily: "Old Jiu, Please explain to me, what is going on?!"

Yuan Heng seemed surprised, stood up abruptly, and blurted out: "My son didn't..."

The civil and military ministers were all very surprised. After all, Yuan Heng had always been excellent, and he was also liked by Emperor Zhang Wu. He didn't seem like someone who would do such a thing.

Emperor Zhang Wu glared and said: "Go and see for yourself, if it wasn't you, why is this secret letter written by you and the seal also yours?!"

Yu Li hurriedly stood up, saluted Emperor Zhang Wu, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Father, as everyone knows, handwriting can be imitated, just like me, I imitated your handwriting in the calligraphy competition last time, and the people present It is said that they are similar, but the handwriting is not an ironclad proof."

"If the handwriting is not conclusive evidence, what about the seal?" King Jing turned around, with a sinister smile on his lips, and murderous intent in his long sword-browed eyes, "How can you fake a seal? Privately engraving a seal is a capital offense!"

King Ning stood up, bowed to the emperor, frowned and said: "Father, Xiao Jiu has always been upright, it is impossible to do such a thing, please Your Majesty be aware!"

The other princes looked at me and I looked at you, but they all looked like they were watching from the sidelines.But the civil and military officials below all looked at their superiors in surprise, wanting to watch the situation quietly.

Only the crown prince Yuanchen sat on the seat, his beautiful eyes glanced slightly, and he said in a gentle voice: "Since King Jing has evidence, don't rush to excuse him."

Yuan Heng had already collected his expression at this time, and followed him out of the queue, stepped forward and said: "Father, can this secret letter be read by my son?"

"Go and see!" Emperor Zhang Wu threw the secret letter on the ground.

Seeing this, Yu Li quickly stepped forward to pick it up, and handed it to Yuan Heng.

Yuan Heng glanced at him tenderly, then looked down at the secret letter in his hand, he frowned tightly, looked carefully for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "Father, the seal on this secret letter is not mine. seal!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was taken aback, especially Emperor Zhang Wu and King Jing. King Jing was taken aback, and blurted out:

"how is this possible?"

Yuan Heng smiled slightly: "Third brother, what do you mean by 'how is it possible'? Could it be that you are sure that this seal belongs to me? Or do you just want to see me condemned?"

King Jing also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and his expression was unnatural for a moment, but in the end he smiled calmly and calmly: "Why? The third brother naturally hopes that you are innocent..." He said 'clean and innocent' four times When writing the words, he deliberately emphasized the tone, as if he was very unwilling.

Emperor Zhang Wu, who was at the top, looked puzzled and asked, "How can you be sure that this seal is not yours?"

Yuan Heng heard the words, and hurriedly presented the secret letter to the emperor, saying: "Father, the emperor told me that the word '印' on the 'Zhao Wang Seal' of my son was deliberately elongated, and there was a small hole broken in the middle of the vertical line." If you don’t believe me, you can compare it yourself.” Then, he took off the gold seal on his waist and presented it to Emperor Zhang Wu.

King Jing lowered his head slowly when he heard the words, the previous self-satisfaction no longer existed.

Emperor Zhang Wu took the gold seal, and his servant quickly sent a piece of plain white paper. Emperor Zhang Wu pressed hard on it, and a bright red seal landed in the center of the plain paper.

Everyone held their breath and looked at Emperor Zhang Wu's expression.