The Favorite of the Court of Joy

After Zhou Taifu was dragged away, the hall was suddenly quiet.Zhao Minghan glanced at Li Taishi, and then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, do you know if the murderer who murdered this king has been caught?"

"Qi Aiqing, Wen Aiqing, how are things going?"

When the emperor questioned, Lord Qi, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Lord Wen, the Minister of Jingzao, came out, and it was obvious that their expressions were not very good.

"Back to the emperor, after investigation by Wei Chen and others, the poison was brought by one of King Yu's attendants, but he was not present on the day when the poison was poisoned. The man said that he did not poison, but that the poison was stolen. I am incompetent, whoever stole is still under investigation. About those killers, Mr. Wen is in charge of the investigation." Mr. Qi Qi just wanted to take a breath, and threw the question to Mr. Wen.

Mr. Wen was sweating on his forehead, and said: "According to the guards of the palace, the killer's skill is like that of a man from Longquan Villa. The ministers sent someone to investigate, but the owner of the villa denied it, and the clues are broken here. It's written on the booklet."

Zhao Yunxuan was irritable, so he threw the notebook down and threw it in front of him, "Is this the ability of the governor of Jingzao? The owner of the villa denies it, so you won't ask other people in secret? Longquan Villa suddenly disappeared a dozen people Isn't it easy to question something for a top expert? The imperial court raising you is like raising a pig."

Master Wen was reprimanded by the emperor in front of so many people, his face immediately changed like a palette, he knelt down immediately, and begged: "The emperor calms down, the emperor calms down, it is the incompetence of the humble minister, the incompetence of the humble minister. "

"If you know you are incompetent, you should let him go. Somebody will take off his official cap and gown, and drive him out." Zhao Yunxuan had long thought of letting go of this incompetent official with a rich life.Greedy for life and afraid of death, he dared not accept a case brought against the court officials or his son by the common people, and dismissed it, leaving the common people with nowhere to redress their grievances.What the imperial court wants are officials who benefit the people and the country, and who are courageous and resourceful.

"Your Majesty, the matter of the poisoning still wants to be investigated by myself."

After Zhao Minghan finished speaking, Grand Master Li immediately said; "Prince Rui has just recovered, so it's better to stay at home and rest more. The governor of Jingzhao Mansion is not very popular, so he can't find out the truth. Give Prince Rui an explanation." Grand Master Li didn't want Zhao Minghan to intervene in this matter, and through his hands, the inside and outside of the court would definitely be turned upside down.

"Since the grand master cares about me so much, I will wait for the good news quietly." Zhao Minghan said along with the situation, then turned to Zhao Yunxuan and said, "Your Majesty, please be sure to ask someone capable to catch the real culprit for me."

"Don't worry, Uncle Nine Emperors, this traitor is ruthless and lawless. No matter who is behind him, I will definitely handle it according to the law." Zhao Yunxuan looked gratefully at Zhao Minghan.Some time ago, Zhao Yunxuan discovered a capable person, Tan Hualang who was a scientific researcher five years ago, and has been editing and finishing at the Imperial Academy for five years.Because he was born in poverty, has no background, and is even more upright, he is often suppressed and has no place to display his talents.It just so happened that this incompetent official surnamed Wen was dismissed, and the long-forgotten Tanhua Lang was replaced.

The emperor's piercing eyes stared at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, who knew who was involved in this matter.

"What's the rest of the lovers, if you have nothing to do, you can retreat to the court."

"Report to the emperor, I have something to play." Lin Qinghai, the Duke of Wei, came out. "Your Majesty, Prince Rui's life is no longer in danger, the matter of the draft can no longer be declined."

Speaking of this matter was naturally ordered by Taishi Li.But he also has his own selfish intentions. His pro-daughter Lin Peishanhui is a kind-hearted woman with both talent and appearance, and she will definitely be selected. Even if she is just a noble person at the beginning, as long as she wins the favor of the emperor, why don't she have a chance of promotion? If she has another son , you can fight for the crown prince, why bother to bow your knees to Taishi Li for the rest of your life.For the sake of his daughter, and for the future prosperity of the Lin family, the draft is such a great thing, even if Taishi Li doesn't let him mention it, he will mention it himself.

Zhao Yunxuan frowned subconsciously, he didn't want to talk about it.

"Your Majesty, this king thinks what Wei Guogong said is reasonable." Zhao Minghan said.Prime Minister Meng behind him was in a hurry. Who knew that the so-called talent show was just an excuse, and the candidate for the queen had long been destined to be Li Minghui, the daughter of Li Taishi, and Li Guifei.Pity his daughter Meng Wanzi, Zi Doukou Nianhua was brutally murdered by others, even though she knew who it was, there was no evidence and it was not the time to trip him up.

Grand Master Li was suspicious, why did Zhao Minghan suddenly care about this.

Zhao Minghan went on to say: "The harem should choose a woman to take good care of it. You can't let the queen mother work hard for everything. If you work hard, you will age faster. If you want to honor the queen mother, you should let her take care of her early years and enjoy her life." The fun of playing with grandchildren, the old lady likes this."

Taishi Li was so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched, this Zhao Minghan kept saying "old", and insisted on calling his sister old.Her younger sister has just turned forty this year, and she has never touched the spring water with her hands. Coupled with years of meticulous maintenance, she looks close to thirty. Such a beautiful woman makes Zhao Minghan call her an old lady. "Prince Rui, please pay attention to your words, the Empress Dowager is always young, how can I allow you to use the word "old" in my mouth."

Zhao Minghan said contemptuously, "In the folks, anyone whose son marries a wife and becomes a grandmother is called an old lady. Why can't the queen mother be called like that? What's the matter of remaining youth forever? What kind of elixir did the queen mother take?" Is it? If there is really an elixir of life, the emperor should take it, so what is it if the empress dowager swallowed it privately?"

Taishi Li was anxious and remorseful, he knew Zhao Minghan was difficult, why did he insist on saying that. "There is no elixir of life. Women love beauty, even the Empress Dowager would not want to hear the word "old". That's why this old man asked Prince Rui to pay attention to his words."

"Okay, okay, the queen mother is a magnanimous person who doesn't care about this matter." The emperor hurriedly ended the topic, and then said, "Let the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs continue to handle the matter of the draft."

"Your Majesty, this king also has a book to play." Zhao Minghan took out the notebook and handed it to Eunuch An, and then said, "This king will search the Duke of Wei's mansion after he comes down from the court. In addition, before this king came, he had ordered Lin's Take it to the Ministry of Justice."

Duke Wei was taken aback, and said, "Prince Rui, what do you mean, you are going to search my mansion, why do you have it?"

"Why? Just because of your good daughter, you dared to steal something from the king's treasury while the king was asleep. Not only pawned it, but also dared to take it back to her mother's house. What is this not stealing?"

After hearing this, all the officials were whispering.

He knows that the eldest daughter Lin Peiyao will take back a lot of things when she returns home, and he knows that her daughter got more when Zhao Minghan was seriously ill. Come back with something.But how could he admit it at this moment, he argued nervously: "Nonsense... nonsense, although my daughter is not talented, she has also read the Women's Precepts and the Four Books and Five Classics, how can you steal it. Your lord knows that you have always disliked my daughter , She was grounded a while ago, if the prince wants to tell Li Ming, why use the crime of theft to divorce her, and how will the little girl remarry in the future!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Qinghai cried out to the emperor, "Your Majesty, you want to make decisions for this humble minister!"

Taishi Li chimed in and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is related to a woman's reputation, so I really need to investigate it carefully." people.But how did he know that time has changed, not to mention that people are good at disguising and change more.

"Of course this matter needs to be investigated. That's why I asked the emperor to authorize me to search the Duke's Mansion of the State of Wei."

"Prince Rui, people from the Ministry of Punishment will naturally search for such things." Grand Master Li said.

"Of course, we must send people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to go together. I lost so many precious things in my treasury. I can't get them back for a while by myself. Naturally, I need more people to help me get them back. If Grand Master Li is free Why don't you go with this prince, and then help carry the things back." Zhao Minghan's words made others feel even more unbelievable that a little side concubine stole so many things, and it was done when Prince Rui was seriously ill. Well, she was thinking that she would not be able to survive, such a woman is a woman in vain.

Seeing that Lin Qinghai was about to cry again, Zhao Yunxuan interrupted him: "Lin Aiqing, don't be annoyed, since Uncle Nine Emperors is so sure about your daughter's theft, he probably has a lot of evidence; but you said there is no such thing, since You are also sure that your daughter has never stolen, so let Uncle Jiuhuang take people to search, if there is no one, I will naturally give you justice."

"emperor……"

"Don't say anything, it's settled like this." The emperor didn't want him to talk anymore. "Is there anything else? If not, retreat."

The courtiers were all indifferent, Zhao Yunxuan said; "Retreat from the court."

Then, Xiao Anzi yelled in a sharp voice: "Back~~toward~~"

The officials walked out of the hall in an orderly manner, and then whispered about the affairs of the court in small groups.Lin Qinghai dragged Taishi Li to ask for help, while Zhao Minghan immediately went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to find someone to search Duke Wei's mansion.

As for what Zhao Minghan said, someone told Empress Dowager Li in full detail that the maid in charge of facial features was painting her eyebrows. The maid fell to the ground.The palace maid cried and knelt down in panic and begged for mercy. Empress Dowager Li was so angry that she stepped forward and kicked her, saying, "Come here, take this lowly servant girl out and beat her to death."

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Zhao Minghan was extremely fast, and he brought people to Duke Wei's mansion. The men in the mansion panicked, and Mrs. Lin who came to meet him was even more confused. She wanted to entertain Zhao Minghan, a distinguished guest, but Zhao Minghan refused indifferently. up.After Zhao Minghan glanced at her, he became even more annoyed.Because he could tell at a glance that the gold hairpin inlaid with sapphires on Mrs. Lin's head belonged to Prince Rui's mansion, because the sapphires were translucent and were tribute gems from overseas. The Mrs. Lin in front of her, who is not even the wife of the emperor, is not qualified. worn.And that pure gold collar also belongs to the palace.Mrs. Lin is Lin Peiyao's biological mother, who has only recently been rectified.

"Mrs. Lin, the golden hairpin on your head was given to you by your daughter."

Mrs. Lin raised her hand to touch the hairpin, smiled and said, "Yes, yes, she said it was a gift from the prince."

"Hehe~~" Zhao Minghan's laughter made her feel terrified.Zhao Minghan did not ignore the dark green jadeite bracelet on her wrist, which also belonged to the palace.Zhao Minghan said angrily: "This king has never rewarded her with these things. Didn't she tell her that she stole all the things that were given to you?"

Of course Madam Lin knew a little bit, but she thought that Prince Rui's family had a great career and would not find out that these things were missing.She has tried to keep a low profile as much as possible, not daring to wear all the good things on her body.

"Mrs. Lin, do you want to return the things to me, or let me let you get them?"

Mrs. Lin was probably intimidated, and she didn't respond for a long time.

"Okay, since Mrs. Lin doesn't want to hand it over by herself, I have no choice but to ask someone to do it for me."

As soon as Zhao Minghan waved his hand, most of the people rushed into the back house to search. Some guards escorted Mrs. Lin, and then forcibly took off all the things that belonged to the palace on her body.

Mrs. Lin was so scared by this move that she screamed, crying and shouting, and even dragged the guards to beat and scold: "What are you doing, give me back my things, it's my things, my jade bracelet, My golden hairpin!" Mrs. Lin, who couldn't get it back, sat down on the ground and burst into tears.

Zhao Minghan glanced at her contemptuously, and said coldly: "Mrs. Lin, you are wrong, that is my king's property."

At this time, Lin Qinghai also hurried back, thinking to move things elsewhere before Zhao Minghan came, but unfortunately he came a step late.As soon as he arrived, he saw his wife with disheveled hair, sitting on the ground and behaving badly. She didn't look gentle and virtuous in ordinary times. Why make it difficult for a woman to search?"

Zhao Ming coldly snorted, and said: "I have never touched her at all, but I just asked someone to take back the things that belonged to me on her body. She sat on the ground crying like a shrew. She has no manners or quality. No, a concubine is a concubine, even if she is righted, but fortunately, this king has never thought of making Lin Peiyao a concubine."

In a word, he scolded three people, scolding Lin Qinghai for being blind, scolding Mrs. Lin for being a shrew, and scolding Lin Peiyao for not learning well.The couple were so angry that their anger was stuffed in their chests but they couldn't vent it.Lin Qinghai had no choice but to yell at her Mrs. Lin: "You still don't get up, what do you look like, don't be ashamed."

"Grandpa, it was given to my concubine by Peiyao, not stolen." She loved the cloud-shaped golden hairpin inlaid with sapphires very much, and she had only worn it for a few days. I can't bear to part with such a good thing.

Zhao Minghan took out a cloud-shaped gold hairpin inlaid with sapphires, and said to Lin Qinghai: "Mr. Wei, look at this thing. It is marked with the words bestowed by the royal family on it. This thing is only worn by the concubine. Your wife, your daughter Do you have this qualification? This king has never given this thing to Lin Peiyao, why is this thing in your house, where did it come from?" Zhao Minghan spoke louder and louder, scaring the couple.

Immediately afterwards, the people from the Ministry of Punishment and several guards of Zhao Minghan brought three or four boxes to them.

Zhao Minghan opened all the boxes. One box was filled with porcelain, another box was filled with jade, another box was filled with gold and silver jewelry, and the last box was filled with golden gold ingots. The word "rui" was engraved on the bottom of each gold ingot.

Seeing that there were four big boxes in front of his eyes, Lin Qinghai sat down on the chair in a panic, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.And Mrs. Lin saw that the gold and silver treasures in the four big boxes were about to be carried away, her heart was bleeding, and she was in great pain.

Then Lin Qinghai adhered to the principle of "keep the green hills alive without worrying about no firewood", immediately slapped Mrs. Lin loudly, and angrily reprimanded: "Tell me how these things come from?"

Mrs. Lin was stunned. When Lin Peiyao brought these things back, he saw them all. Didn't he know how they came here? "Master, you..."

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