The majestic sister-in-law of the Red Chamber

Situ Meng's eyes quickly swept across the faces of many ministers. He keenly discovered that when he mentioned the word "Nanfu", many of them changed their expressions drastically. Qiang didn't appear particularly panicked, but Situ Meng still saw fear and terror in their eyes.

Because he did not personally participate in the search of Sun Ronghai's mansion, so Situ Meng at the moment does not know what is going on in the Nan mansion, why it has caused so many ministers to panic, but now he has no chance to ask Lin Tian in detail , so he could only stare at Sun Ronghai.

"Master Sun, since you insist on being stubborn, I have no choice but to tell you clearly that your Nanfu has been thoroughly searched by my people. The account books, letters, and those people you hid in the secret room of the study All the antique calligraphy, paintings and rare treasures obtained through bribery have been found!"

Situ Meng saw that Sun Ronghai was still gritting his teeth, so he continued: "There are more than a dozen concubines and beauties you raised there, do you want someone to bring them all here, and correct you in the palace?"

"No, no need!" Before Sun Ronghai could speak, Situ Yong had already interjected to stop him: "Fifth brother, your evidence is very complete, I believe the emperor will give Mr. Sun a fair verdict! It's just that it's not too early today, and the emperor needs time to inquire about the case in detail, and there is no rush to decide the case, and people can be taken to the prison first, what do you think?"

"En?" Situ Meng looked at Situ Yong differently, wondering why he suddenly jumped out to help him speak at this moment, and even sacrificed Sun Ronghai who had been standing by his side directly.

"Prince An's words are justified. This trial and decision will definitely not be completed in one day. Since Prince Zhongshun has collected such comprehensive evidence, it is expected that the trial will be completed quickly regardless of whether the case is handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice or Dali Temple. Your lord I'm not in a hurry to do it this day." A minister echoed.

"Yes, the evidence of Prince Zhongshun is indeed comprehensive. I suggest that Duke Qi and Taifu Sun should be taken into custody immediately to prevent them from absconding in fear of crime!" Another minister jumped out impatiently.

"My majesty, what the prince said to the two lords is very reasonable, and this humble minister agrees!"

"Weichen also agrees to temporarily take Duke Qi and Taifu Sun into custody, and then proceed to trial slowly! After all, what Prince Zhongshun raised is a felony, and they must be interrogated carefully!"

"Back to the emperor, what the adults said is reasonable! This kind of thing really can't be rushed, but I feel that just handing it over to the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple will not be able to convince the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the people. Moreover, the two After all, a position is a high position and weight, and I suggest that the three divisions be judged!" Another minister also expressed his opinion.

"The humble minister agrees!"

"The humble minister agrees!"

All of a sudden, the entire Jinluan Hall was noisy like a vegetable market. Except for the dispute over where it should be handed over for trial, no one objected to the arrest of Qi Guogong and Sun Ronghai. What's even more amazing is that no one It is impolite to mention that Situ Meng copied the mansions of two court officials in a row without any written orders or imperial edicts.

Even Situ Yong, who was the first to raise this matter before, died down, as if those questions just now were not what he said.

Such an abnormal situation made Situ Meng a little puzzled for a while, so he could only turn his attention to the emperor sitting on the high imperial chair.

"Okay!" The emperor said a word, and everyone quickly closed their mouths and listened.

"Let's come here first for today's court meeting! All the lovers should think about it when they go back. We are discussing the specific situation tomorrow morning! Come here, take this Sun Ronghai into the prison first!" The emperor ordered lightly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the old minister is wronged! The old minister is wronged!" At such a time, Sun Ronghai still shouted unwillingly.

However, the people present only had a strong dislike for him, especially many ministers who had been to Nanfu and were dragged into the water by him, they all looked at him with hooks in their eyes, and many of them even used their eyes to secretly communicate with each other some.

Tonight will be a sleepless night for many people in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty.

After retreating from the imperial court, Situ Meng hurried to find Lin Tian in the side hall next door, and then took her to the emperor's imperial study.

"Xiaotian, what's going on in Nanfu?" Situ Meng asked curiously.

"There! It's a high-end private club created by Sun Ronghai, or an extremely high-end brothel!" Lin Tian explained in a low voice.

"What? Brothel? What's going on?" Situ Meng was a little confused.

"Hehe..." Lin Tian smiled, and explained to him in detail, the two of them walked while talking, and arrived at the imperial study room after a while.

"See the emperor!" The two first saluted Situ Qing respectfully, but before they knelt down, Situ Qing called him directly.

"Okay, it's getting late. I think you two didn't sleep last night. I'm afraid you haven't had time to eat until now! Hurry up and sit down, let's chat slowly when we are full!"

The emperor had a familiar smile on his face. If you didn't look at the shining dragon robe on his body, he would be no different from the familiar elder brother.

Although time can change many things, there are also many feelings that will only become stronger as time changes.

Lin Tian and Situ Meng are not polite people either, they are also very familiar with Situ Qing, they are not like those ministers or concubines in the harem who are cautious in front of him, and dare not speak too much when eating.

The two of them, who had been hungry for a whole day, didn't even care about table manners. They slid a mouthful of rice, vegetables, and meat into their mouths, and even the little eunuch who was in charge of serving dishes was kicked out by them. Go aside.

Seeing them gobbling up and eating deliciously, the emperor unknowingly ate a lot more than usual, and even took a few mouthfuls of meat dishes that he didn't eat much in the past. The chief executive was astonished.

After they were full with wine and food, the three of them sat down in the imperial study, and the two boxes of account books, letters and other evidence were all placed in front of the emperor.

Situ Meng first told the emperor the details of their search of Duke Qi's mansion last night, and then Lin Tian carefully explained how they searched Sun Ronghai's mansion today, and how he discovered that Nanfu, including the subsequent raid on Nanfu. told about it.

After the emperor listened, he pondered for a while, then took the account books and letters in the two boxes, and quickly browsed through them. During the period, he would ask Lin Tian or Situ Meng a question from time to time when he encountered a problem that he didn't understand. .

"Xiaotian, how did that old guy come up with such a Nanfu? Don't ordinary people take bribes and spend them directly in their own mansion? Why did he think that he deliberately created such a mansion for storage? Really It's... there's no way to describe it!" Situ Meng didn't know how to express it.

"What's the matter? For an old guy like him who can stand for less than three dynasties, you really think he is a vegetarian! After the accident of the former prince, the Supreme Emperor didn't want to touch him, but there was no clear evidence, so he had to confiscate him. The power in his hands! Didn't you see that even at the end of today, he still didn't plead guilty?" The emperor said indifferently:

"For such an old guy, it's good to be superficial! If it's not Miss Lin but someone else who went to Sun's house to search today, I'm afraid nothing will be found. The final result is that he, Sun Ronghai, is upright and honest. All problems are framed by someone!"

"That's right, Xiao Tiantian is the smartest!" Situ Meng was overjoyed when he heard Lin Tian's praise, even more excited than the emperor directly praised him.

The emperor looked at these two people kissing me without any scruples in front of him, and was a little depressed for a while, but he still looked at Lin Tian and continued to ask: "Do you have a deep understanding of the Nanfu matter? Really? Did you tell that woman that Situ Yong has won nearly one-third of the ministers of the court to support him?"

"I don't know much about this!" Lin Tian shook his head lightly, and said, "Because time was tight at the time, I didn't have time to listen to her in detail, so I just asked people to temporarily lock them up separately, and then let Death The people in the team will go to the trial slowly, and the result should be out by now! I asked Xiao Chengzi to run around just now, and it is estimated that the new statement will be delivered in a while."

"En, that's good!" The emperor flicked through the materials, but slowly frowned.

"Brother Huang, did you find something wrong? Is there still a problem?" Situ Meng approached the emperor curiously, and asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing, it's just that I really didn't expect this incident to be so involved! Especially this Sun Ronghai, since the crown prince failed to force the palace, the Supreme Emperor has greatly reduced the power in his hands, but why he still Can help Situ Yong win over so many ministers?

This is really unreasonable!Under normal circumstances, for an old official like him who has lost power and is getting older, other officials or aristocrats of aristocratic families have no time to hide from him, so why would they rush to get together with him?This doesn't make sense! "The emperor muttered silently, and the voice of Xiao Chengzi begging to see came from outside.

"Let him in!" The emperor ordered lightly to the chief executive at the side.

Sure enough, Xiao Chengzi brought the rest of the interrogated confessions from the Duke of Qi's mansion, as well as the latest information obtained from the interrogation of those people in the Nan mansion.

After the three of them quickly read these confessions, they finally understood the mystery, but it turned out that after the crown prince failed, Sun Ronghai had already been secretly bribed and bought by Nan'an County King.

After that, he became the eyeliner and nail of the king of Nan'an County in the court. Even though the Supreme Emperor deprived him of many rights, he had to retain his position as the first-rank prince and Taifu for various reasons, which made him still able to participate in the competition. The court meeting, and by virtue of his status as the elder of the three dynasties, he helped the king of Nan'an County to make profits in the court.

To get close to and fully support Situ Yong, and to help him win the support of more court officials, this whole plan was all accepted by the king of Nan'an County. Although some of these recruited officials were reluctant at the beginning, but later But they were slowly corroded by them because of various interests and temptations, and became one of them.