After the morning court on December 23, the emperor Shui Ruoyang summoned the prince and Li Wenzheng, the servant of the Ministry of punishment, in the Chengde hall.

Li Wenzheng said: "Your Majesty, the case of the Ningguo Mansion has almost been verified. The incest between Qin Keqing and Jia Zhen, in addition to the witnesses of the servants under the custody of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, is also the testimony of Qin Keqing's girl Baozhu. Qin Keqing's other close girl Ruizhu had no intention When she found out about Jia Zhen and Qin Keqing, she was afraid of Jia Zhen's revenge, so after Qin Keqing committed suicide, she also committed suicide; Jia Zhen buried Qin Keqing generously, and the expense was paid by Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion. It’s not because of the concubine Xiande’s sending the letter, the officials haven’t verified it yet; during the National Filial Piety period when the empress dowager passed away, Jia Zhen’s stepwife Youshi lied about the childbirth, Jia Lian of the Rongguo Mansion secretly married the second wife, and Jia Lian’s main wife sent people to the capital. The procuratorate told Jia Lian that when Jia Zhen took the imperial court to conquer the west, during the national filial piety period, she gathered at home to drink and gamble. All these have been verified, and I dare not be arbitrary, so I ask the emperor and the prince to express it."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang hurriedly asked: "The relationship between Qin Keqing and Jia Zhen is only unclear, but Qin Keqing's husband doesn't know? Is that Qin Keqing willing or forced?"

Li Wenzheng said: "Your Majesty, Qin Keqing should be forced. Because the girl Baozhu who has become a monk confirmed that Qin Keqing had been depressed for a few months before her death, and she didn't even want to go out of the yard. The last time Qin Keqing fell ill, Jia Zhen let the servant After giving a note, Qin Keqing angrily tore it to pieces. Before that, Jia Zhen asked her son Jia Rong to go to the Jingxi military camp and tried not to let him stay at home."

Shui Ruoyang listened, pondered for a while, and asked the prince again: "Ze'er, how did you check the Rongguo Mansion?"

Prince Shuize hurriedly said: "Father, just as Master Li said, for Qin Keqing's funeral, the Rongguo Mansion paid at least 3 taels of silver. Before that, Xiao Xiazi from Fengzao Palace, the virtuous concubine, went to Rongguo Mansion. Send some pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and a letter from the concubine Xiande. A few hours later, the head wife of the Rongguo Mansion took the money and went to the Ningguo Mansion. Jia Lian, the eldest son of Jia She, the hereditary family of the Rongguo Mansion, and his wife, Wang Xifeng, were in the mantou nunnery. I asked Yun Guang to put pressure on Li Shoubei in Chang'an Mansion to withdraw his marriage, and he took Jia Lian's name card to find Yun Guang. Later, he went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue her husband Jia Lian. This Wang Xifeng used the name of Wang Ziteng, because At that time, the chief judge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was once a subordinate and student of Wang Ziteng; Jia She took the stone nerd's ancient fan by accident because he first found Jia Yucun, Yin Jiayu in the capital; The daughter’s throwing into the well was indeed caused by Jia Baoyu’s incident in Mrs. Jia Zheng’s house, which caused the girl to be thrown into the well, but whether it was caused by Jia Baoyu’s molestation or attempted rape has not yet been verified.”

Shui Ruoyang hurriedly asked: "Did the two girls in Jia's mansion who died by throwing themselves into the well into the lake report to the officials?"

The prince hurriedly said: "I didn't report to the officials, but many people have seen Yan Hong's corpse. My son found a few servants released by the Rongguo Mansion, and they all confirmed that Yan Hong's hands were covered with bruises. It is said that the day before Yanhong's death, many people heard Yanhong was locked in the room and was tortured crying, the voice was very shrill and terrible. Yanhong was tortured to death and buried, even his father never knew about it. Yanhong may have committed suicide. It is not known that her mother hanged herself on the night she was carried into the Rongguo Mansion."

Shui Ruoyang said: "Is there any important witness for these things in the Rongguo Mansion?"

Prince Shuize hurriedly said: "Yes, one is Jia Lian's confidant Lai Wang'er, who was sent by Jia Lian's royal family Wang Xifeng to kill Zhang Hua. He was originally sent by Jia She to kill the stone nerd. Because he didn’t go there, Jia She sent two other servants who lived with him to go. This Lai Wang’er now lives in the alley on the west side of Ningrong Street. The other witness is Jin Chuan’er’s mother Bai Lao Daughter-in-law. Participated in helping to move many boxes from Jiangnan Zhen's family to Rongguo Mansion, and also participated in the salvage of Yan Hong's body. Because these two people have now redeemed themselves, they dare to tell these inside stories about Jia's mansion."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang slapped the table hard, and said angrily, "There is no good man in Jia's house."

After Shui Ruoyang finished speaking, he looked at Li Wenzheng and said, "Lord Li, according to the laws of our celestial dynasty, what should we do with Jia Zhen and his son?"

Li Wenzheng said: "According to the laws of our dynasty, Jia Zhen, as the patriarch of the Jia family, the hereditary third-rank general Wei Lie of the Ningguo mansion, and his father and son are both court officials. The laws of the imperial court, incest disregarding human life, corrupting people's morals, corrupting the government, and affecting the mutiny of the Kurdish soldiers, burning food and grass, and at worst, they were executed by gangs, and at worst, their homes were ransacked and exiled."

Shui Ruoyang thought for a while and said: "Master Li, Jia Zhenzu has saved the Taizu, and he has something to do with Concubine Xiande and Princess Lin. Let's deal with it according to the Jiangnan Zhen family's method. Ma Shang's father has already used the family property To make up for all the losses in the grain depot, Ma Shang was demoted to the military camp and was demoted to Liaodong for a year to guard the border; Xie Kun was demoted to Lingnan Liupin Congzhi; In the second year, the other nephews were released from prison after six months, but they were not allowed to take part in civil or military examinations for three years."

After hearing this, Li Wenzheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is benevolent, that minister will write the official verdict when he returns."

Shui Ruoyang nodded and said: "New Year is coming soon, Mr. Li, this is not urgent for now, the official document will be issued on the sixth day of the new year, and after the Lantern Festival, it is enough for these criminals to leave the capital and go to the garrison! Cases related to the Rongguo Mansion will be dealt with after the year. Say it again!"

After hearing Li Wenzheng's natural promise, he was about to withdraw when Shui Ruoyang said, "Master Li, Li Tai is doing very well in Nanhai, and you gave birth to a good son. I promise Li Tai to return to the capital in the second half of next year to report on his duties and reunite with your family. He is also my My son-in-law, I want to see him too!"

After hearing this, Li Wenzheng quickly kowtowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Tai'er is young, so he should share your worries!"

Shui Ruoyang said: "Master Li is good at teaching his children, your son makes my son look up to him, and your daughter makes my daughter like her."

Li Wenzheng hurriedly said: "The emperor praised it absurdly. The little girl Wen'er said that although Princess Yiyi is a golden branch and a jade leaf, she has a great demeanor, talent, temperament and everything, so many things my little girl can't learn."

Shui Ruoyang said with a smile: "I heard from Yiyi that your daughter is already engaged to Feng's residence, and it was Princess Lin who set the match. It seems that we are getting closer."

Li Wenzheng said: "Your Majesty said this, and my ministers are terrified. When Princess Lin was in Yangzhou, she often played with the little girl, so they are more familiar."

Shui Ruoyang sighed: "Master Li can teach his children like Master Li in both civil and military affairs. Why should I worry that there will be no rising stars! Master Li, you go down first, and you can play at any time if you have something to do!"

After Li Wenzheng left, Shui Ruoyang asked the prince again: "Ze'er, I asked you to send someone to Prince Zhongshun's mansion to spread the word, will your Uncle Zhongshun's family enter the palace tomorrow?"

Shui Ze said: "Father, my son sent someone to pass on the message, Uncle Zhongshun said that he is not feeling well, but he will let Aunt Wang bring his younger son, Tandi, to the banquet."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang sighed for a long while and said: "It doesn't matter if he doesn't come, he always says that when he is asked to enter the palace for a banquet every year. I know what he is thinking. You can go down too, Rongguo Mansion matters, let's wait for a while. Slow down, I have my own opinion."

Seeing Shuize's leaving figure, Shui Ruo'an, the loyal king, appeared in front of Shui Ruoyang.

"Father, you always say that I am very smart, but I feel that Father doesn't like me."

"Father, why can't my ministers enter the Chengde Palace? Why can the elder brother of the prince go?"

"Father, the three imperial brothers all have bloody horses, why don't the sons have one? If the father likes the sons, if the brothers have them, the sons should also have them!"

"Father, my son thinks my father is partial, why does the elder brother of the crown prince live in such a big East Palace, and my son lives in such a small courtyard."

"Father, there are only sons and elder brothers in the palace now. The elder brother has grown up, and sons are young. The ancients praised Kong Rong as a good story, but sons have never seen what the elder brother gave sons. .”

"Brother Prince, if you become the emperor, will you treat your ministers the same as you treat the elder brother and the third brother?"

"Your Majesty, the Yizhong Prince's Mansion of the eldest brother is now [-] mu more than that of the younger brother, and the third brother also has [-] mu more than the younger brother. The father wants the emperor to treat the younger brother well. Why did the emperor divide What about waiting so long?"

Shui Ruoyang thought of this, and said to Dai Quan: "Dai Quan, do you think my son of the loyal king is really sick or fake? Why bother!"

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