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Guan Shaoweng was disturbed by the sudden change, sitting in the sedan chair going to the palace, thinking about it all the time, he realized that the woman who committed suicide by throwing herself into the pool the night before yesterday was Xiao Youhan.

The night before, that woman had already been buried in the back mountain by his servant. Before he entered the palace, he specially told the people in the mansion that when others asked, they would only say that she was a maid with dirty hands and feet, and they must not tell the truth.

"Isn't that a folk girl? Since she has such a status, why didn't she mention it that day?" Guan Shaoweng faintly felt that this matter was a bit tricky, but he was upset and couldn't figure it out, so he had to put it aside for now.

After entering the palace, he went straight to Gongzheng Palace. When the eunuch went in to communicate, he thought repeatedly that he must clear the charge. Xiao Jianlian is now a living god in the hearts of Zhao Guo people. If he arouses public outrage, he may not be able to save Gongci's life!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty invites you in!"

Guan Shaoweng didn't see the arrogance of the past, instead he nodded to Zhou Zao worriedly, and walked into the hall.

In addition to Xue Jing, there were several officials in the hall, besides Zhang Jian and Ye Ke, the two chief officials of Yushitai and the newly appointed Taiwei Ouyang.

Guan Shaoweng paused for a moment, then stepped forward: "My minister kowtows to the emperor!"

Xue Jing's face was kind, and no anger could be seen: "Prime Minister, you came just in time, we are discussing about the ceremony."

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoweng immediately said: "Your Majesty, my son must have been wronged! I implore the Emperor to make decisions for my son!"

The hall was very quiet.

It was eerily quiet.

Guan Shaoweng was disturbed by the quiet environment.

After a while, Xue Jing said, "Prime Minister, I heard that an unknown maid died in your house two days ago..."

Guan Shaoweng said: "It is true that there was a servant girl in Weichen's family who committed suicide because of stealing, but it was definitely not Xiao Youhan! Your Majesty's lesson!" As long as he insisted that the maid was not Xiao Youhan, the emperor would not listen to one-sided words and convict Guan Li .

Ye Ke said sarcastically: "You Quite really treats human life like nothing!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoweng immediately knelt down to show his innocence: "Your Majesty has learned from you, I dare not lie a single word!"

Xue Jing smiled and said, "Don't you dare lie a word?"

Xue Jing motioned to Zhang Jian, Zhang Jian nodded and lowered his eyebrows, and said to the door: "Bring me up!"

After a while, the guards came up with a man in a servant's uniform.

When Guan Shaoweng saw it, he was startled, isn't this person Guan Li's attendant!

"I'm asking you the truth, do you recognize this!" Zhang Jian took out a hairpin.

The servant said tremblingly: "Returning to Mr. Zuoxiang, this is the slave's jade hairpin."

Zhang Jian said: "Your jade hairpin? Then let me ask you again, why does your family member with an annual salary of less than ten taels have a jade hairpin worth a hundred taels? Could it be that your hands and feet were not clean, and you stole it for money?"

Zhang Jian's voice was calm, and he spoke at a leisurely pace, but the servant was sweating all over: "No! My lord has learned from you, but this slave will never dare. This jade hairpin was given to me by my young master!"

Zhang Jian asked: "Your young master rewarded you? Let me tell you the truth. This is the suet jade hairpin from Feiyuxuan. It is worth a hundred taels. This is the only one. The queen bought it for her sister. You Why did the young master come here?"

When the servant heard this, his face turned pale with fright.Not only him, Guan Shaoweng was also surprised.

"Not telling the truth!"

The servant was so frightened that he told the truth: "The slave said that the young master took a fancy to that woman and tied her back to the mansion to take her as a housekeeper. The woman was so fierce that she couldn't resist, so she jumped into the pool and committed suicide. , this jade hairpin belongs to her, and the servant went into the water to catch her, but the servant also couldn't figure out why she drowned shortly after going down!"

Yu Shicheng said: "It seems that as Zhang Xiang said, that woman is Xiao Youhan, and now the evidence is solid..."

"Not necessarily!" Guan Shaoweng said.

Yu Shicheng snorted coldly: "The truth is clear, where might it come from? Could it be that Guan Xiang wanted to cover up his son!"

Guan Shaoweng said: "The law is merciless, how can the truth be covered up? There are so many doubts and insufficient evidence. I don't even ask if the woman is Xiao Youhan. Right now, we should check her body first to confirm her identity!"

"Do you still need to confirm? The lower official wants to ask, does the right minister know about this incident in the prime minister's residence?" Ye Ke asked, he had just been promoted to the Minister of Rites, and his momentum was different from usual.

Guan Shaoweng ignored his presumptuous questioning, and said: "How do you know the truth? The next day someone came to report that there was a servant girl in the mansion who threw herself into the pool. Only then did I find out the truth. A servant girl died. Is it true that the truth still exists?" Go and inquire in person! According to the facts, this matter is very strange. Now that the words are convincing, it may not be convincing to convict my son hastily based on the confession of a servant! I hope the emperor will learn from me!"

With this jade hairpin as a token, Guan Shaoweng was obviously sophistry, and Yu Shicheng was about to speak, when suddenly, Xue Jing, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

"What the prime minister said is reasonable, first find out the identity of the woman, then postpone the trial..."

Guan Shaoweng was overjoyed, and heard Zhang Jian say: "Your Majesty, this matter concerns the emperor's relatives, and also has something to do with Guan Li, the right minister's son. I'm afraid the people will suspect that the right minister is protecting his son."

Xue Jingting said: "Well, Prime Minister, I have wronged you to stay in the palace for a few days until Jing Zhaoyin finds out the truth, do you have any objections?"

Jing Zhaoyin is an official of the Right Party, so Guan Shaoweng would not be worried if he entrusted this matter to him, so he agreed to stay in the palace.

At night, Guan Shaoweng was thinking about this matter in the room, and he really couldn't figure it out.

He thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what happened during the day today. It turned out that he suspected that Xue Jing wanted to use this to kill Guan Li and suppress himself, but Xue Jing adopted his suggestion and handed over the case to Jingzhao Yin is in charge.

Xue Jing... What exactly do you want to do?

He called his cronies into the house, closed the doors and windows, "You find a way to inform King Cheng..."

Did Xue Jing think that there was nothing he could do if he was locked in the palace?He has many contacts and eyeliners in the palace, so it is easy to spread a message and do things.

In the military camp outside Kyoto, spies came to report.

"Your Highness! The right minister sent someone to report that the deployment of the central capital has been completed. The guards in the four corners of the southeast, northwest, and four corners have been replaced by ours. It would be a shock to the snake. Please make preparations in three days, Your Highness, and Chen Shi will lead the elite troops into the city. Then there will be Some of our people will open the door to welcome them, and after entering the city, join the prison guard Xiao Tong and directly kill the palace!"

"Okay!" Cheng Wang was ecstatic, "Right now the most powerful right guard among the twelve guards is not in the palace, and the prison guards and the left and right guards are used by the prime minister. This king is bound to win the throne!"

The spy had great insight: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"

King Cheng was very satisfied, and the spies said, "Your Majesty, the number of merchants traveling to and from the gate of the city seems to have increased recently. Do you need to pay attention?"

King Cheng didn't take it seriously: "It's just a group of merchants. It's a busy time in the city. It's normal for there to be an endless stream of merchants from other places. Don't make a fuss. You should hurry up and let the elite soldiers of the front battalion prepare to enter the city with the king in three days. Battalion soldiers guarded outside the city gate, entered the city in batches, and surrounded the palace!"