When Jiang Jingqiao woke up the next day, Zhao Qingzhi was nowhere to be seen by the pillow, and she was in a daze. She had just washed her face under Lan Ke's service when someone from the palace came.
When Jiang Jingqiao heard that the chief eunuch next to the emperor came to the mansion in person, she couldn't help but frowned. After marriage, except for the first day when she was supposed to go to the palace to pay respects, she didn't need to go to court for the other two days. Besides, the questions for the palace examination had already been set. She also made arrangements yesterday, and today her imperial brother shouldn't be looking for her anymore.Now that the chief eunuch came in person, something must have happened, otherwise her imperial brother would not have sent someone to disturb her at this time.
"Lan Ke, bring the court clothes." Jiang Jingqiao said with a serious face.
Lan Ke also guessed that something serious happened, so she didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went to fetch Jiang Jingqiao's python robe.
Jiang Jingqiao got dressed and left the residence without even eating breakfast.
After Lan Ke sent people outside the gate of the mansion, she turned around and entered the garden. Seeing the breakfast prepared by Zhao Qingzhi herself, she hesitated for a while, and approached with a half-lowered look.
"Lan Ke, is Your Highness awake?" Zhao Qingzhi saw Lan Ke, smiled and put the porridge on the stone table, and asked.
Lan Ke heard the words and said: "Go back to the princess, your highness is up, but there are people in the palace, your highness has already entered the palace."
Zhao Qingzhi was taken aback for a moment. It must have been a big deal to be admitted to the palace during the wedding.Deep worry appeared on Zhao Qingzhi's face, and he sat on the stone bench hesitantly, feeling a little distraught.
"Princess, you can have breakfast alone. When His Highness comes back, the maidservant will tell the Princess about preparing breakfast for His Highness." Lan Ke stood aside and bowed his head.
Zhao Qingzhi sighed slightly when he heard the words: "It doesn't matter, who is the one in the palace?"
"Yes...the chief eunuch beside His Majesty." Lan Ke replied truthfully after hesitating for a moment.
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Qingzhi's face became more serious.
"Lan Ke, send reliable people to wait at the gate of the palace immediately, and ask them to bring more money and inquire about the situation in the palace." Zhao Qingzhi said, feeling empty in her heart.
"Yes, my concubine, I will make arrangements now." Lan Ke said and left in a hurry.
As soon as Lan Ke left, Zhao Qingzhi picked up the chopsticks and just picked up the food before putting it in her mouth, then put it down again, she no longer has the slightest appetite.
Seeing this, Xing Jiu stepped forward and whispered: "Princess, Your Highness is His Majesty's own sister after all, and it will be all right, Wangfei should eat as much as possible."
Zhao Qingzhi raised her head and looked at Xing Jiu when she heard the words. Before she knew that the other party belonged to Jiang Jingqiao, she hadn't trusted Xing Jiu like Meng Qing in her heart. It was meant to be left to the showdown between her and Jiang Jingqiao, but right now she pretended not to know.
"Don't eat, go back to the room and change clothes." Zhao Qingzhi stood up.
Xing Jiu followed Zhao Qingzhi in a daze, and asked in a low voice, "Wangfei wants to enter the palace?"
"Well, go to the palace to greet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is well-informed. The Queen Mother will know about things in the previous dynasty faster, and the people from the Palace will be slower to inquire outside the palace. If something happens, you can also beg the Queen Mother to intervene." Zhao Qingzhi said , one calf strode quickly.
After hearing the words, Xing Jiu didn't say any more, and followed Zhao Qingzhi back to the dormitory honestly.After taking the imperial concubine's palace attire, she waited for Zhao Qingzhi to put it on. Just as she was getting dressed and sitting at the dressing table to change her hair accessories, Meng Qing walked in with the sweet-scented osmanthus cake she had bought.
"Princess, I bought the osmanthus cake you asked for." Mengqing said, and put the osmanthus cake on the table, "Does the princess want to eat now?"
Hearing this, Zhao Qingzhi looked at Meng Qing from the mirror and said, "Let's put it there first, I will bring Xing Jiu into the palace later, you stay and watch."
Meng Qing's heart tightened when she heard the words, thinking of the rumors she heard outside, she stepped forward and said, "Princess, is it because of Mr. Song's matter?"
"Huh?" Zhao Qingzhi turned her head to look at Mengqing, "What's the matter?"
"My servant went out and heard that Mr. Song's leg was injured. He seemed to be crippled all his life. Everyone was saying that the princess went to the Song family to see Mr. Song was crippled. She went back crying and begged the eldest princess to withdraw the engagement." Meng Qing replied. road.
Zhao Qingzhi was taken aback, could it be that the Song family and the eldest princess knew about Taoyuan Garden?So Jiang Jingqiao was asked to ask?Then she should go to the palace.
"Have you retreated?" Zhao Qingzhi looked at the makeup left and right in the mirror and asked.
Meng Qing heard the words: "It is rumored that she retired. It is said that the eldest princess went to the Song family to retire in person. I don't know the truth."
Zhao Qingzhi thought about it, if he had retreated, it meant that Song Ziyou hadn't confessed Jiang Jingqiao, and it shouldn't be for this matter.
"Princess, Mama Liu is telling you." At this time, the maid came in to report.
Zhao Qingzhi was taken aback, this mother Liu has always avoided her, how did she get close to her today?
"Show her in." Zhao Qingzhi stood up, walked to the couch in the outer hall, and sat upright.
As soon as Mama Liu came in, she no longer had the posture she had yesterday, and knelt down with a flattering smile on her face: "This old slave pays homage to the princess."
"What's the matter looking for my concubine?" Zhao Qingzhi took a sip of the tea, and just as it entered her lips, her brows slightly retracted. When it came out, I could only endure the salty and bitter taste, swallowed it, and the beautiful face changed slightly.
"The lotus flowers in the garden are really beautiful. This old servant cut two of them specially for the princess to watch." Mama Liu held up the two lotus flowers as she spoke.
Zhao Qingzhi raised her eyes and saw that the lotus flower was really delicate and beautiful, but Mama Liu's attitude was quite different, she was deceiving the Lord in disguise if she asked for a piece of ice yesterday.When Zhao Qingzhi thought about it, a light flashed in her mind, and she remembered the scene of the bathing pool last night. She thought that the maids were talking too much and spread the word to each other. Mother Liu thought that Jiang Jingqiao was interested in her, so she came to sell it.
"If you want to, let's put it down." Zhao Qingzhi put down the teacup, feeling very contemptuous in her heart.
Mother Liu got up with a smile when she heard the words, and handed the lotus to Mengqing.
"Is there anything else?" Zhao Qingzhi asked patiently when she saw Mother Liu standing where she was not planning to leave.
"Back to the princess, the ice in the ice bank has been replenished. Can the princess go to the pavilion in the garden to have a rest today? If the princess is interested, the old slave will ask the servants to prepare two extra pieces to disperse the summer heat in the pavilion." Mama Liu With a smile on the side.
"When I was young, my concubine wanted to enter the palace to accompany the empress dowager, but today it is not necessary, you can retire." Zhao Qingzhi looked directly at Mama Liu. After all, she had been a concubine for more than three years in her previous life, and her expression was no longer angry and arrogant. .
Mother Liu nodded repeatedly when she heard the words: "From now on, if the concubine needs anything, the old slave will resign as soon as she is sent."
After Meng Qing saw Mama Liu leaving again, she said angrily: "Princess, look, this Mama Liu is a powerful one, just after the mansion heard that the prince is kind to the concubine, this Mama Liu started flattering her."
"It's just a clown, don't pay attention to her, you watch carefully in the mansion, I will bring Xing Jiu into the palace, and if I have anything to do, I will go to Lan Ke." Zhao Qingzhi said, gently raising her hand.
Seeing this, Xing Jiu quickly helped Zhao Qingzhi up.
The palace attire was cumbersome and the headgear was also heavy, Zhao Qingzhi walked a little heavier than usual.
Outside the gate of the mansion, a sedan chair had already been arranged, Zhao Qingzhi sat in it, walked five streets to the gate of the palace.
After handing over the sign and waiting for half a stick of incense, someone came out from the palace to announce her entry into the palace. When passing by the Jinluan Hall, Zhao Qingzhi glanced lightly, and outside the hall were all the tributes of the palace examination. At a glance, her elder brother was also there. in.But there was no clue what was going on in the hall. The entire Golden Luan Hall was quiet, but it always felt like the tranquility before the storm.
Inside the Golden Luan Hall, Jiang Jingqiao Hong glared at the woman kneeling in the Golden Luan Hall with glaring eyes. The woman expounded her 'grievance' with rain, and Jiang Jingqiao wanted to kick her up.
"Jing Qiao, is this true?" Emperor Zhengde believed in his sister in his heart, but what the girl said was straightforward. If it was not true, how would a tenant farmer's daughter dare to go to the Golden Temple to slander a dignified prince.
"Fake." Jiang Jingqiao replied angrily.
"His Royal Highness Jing Wang." Huang Jue, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, came out, "This woman has a reason and evidence, and there are witnesses. If His Royal Highness Jing Wang says it is false, do you have evidence to prove it?"
Jiang Jingqiao pursed her lips, obviously very angry, she glanced coldly at Huang Jue, and said coldly, "Where's the evidence for this kind of nonsense?"
Hearing the words, the woman walked two steps on her knees crying, crawled to Jiang Jingqiao's side, pulled the blue python robe inlaid with gold silk, and cried: "Your Highness, the folk girl knows that Your Highness got married yesterday, and the status of the folk girl is humble, so naturally she can't compare with it." As for the new princess, it’s okay for His Highness not to recognize Minnv, but the child in Minnv’s womb is His Highness’s own flesh and blood, can His Highness have the heart to live a hard life with Minnv with his own flesh and blood?”
As soon as this remark came out, Jiang Jingqiao was furious, kicked the woman on the shoulder, and said angrily, "Go away, my lord."
"Ah!" The woman was kicked away by Jiang Jingqiao, and she curled up on the ground and cried.
"Seventeen." Seeing this, King Kang came out, and looked at Jiang Jingqiao with a look of hatred, "She is pregnant with a child, how can you be so cruel?"
Jiang Jingqiao was taken aback when he heard the words, and was shocked when he saw King Kang. Was this planned by King Kang?But tomorrow, she was already going to frame her and tarnish Zhao Ziyou, so why did she arrange for a tenant farmer's daughter to pour dirty water on her today?
Splash dirty water?Jiang Jingqiao had a flash of inspiration. Regardless of whether she recognizes what happened today, the streets and alleys will say that she started chaotically and ended up abandoning her. If she followed Zhao Ziyou's way tomorrow, it would definitely be said that she forced Zhao Ziyou to pave the way in advance to create public opinion for the sake of a situation. , Kang Wang is much more organized and shameful than her.
"I don't know if she's pregnant or not. What's more, this king doesn't know her." Jiang Jingqiao said, looking at Kang Wang, "Fifth brother doesn't believe me?"
King Kang was taken aback, smiled and said, "I still believe in Seventeen, but if this woman tells lies, how would she have the guts to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to sue?"
"Then it depends on who is instigating behind her." Jiang Jingqiao said with a cold face.
Emperor Zhengde squeezed the center of his brows with a headache, and said, "Huang Jue, you said there are witnesses, where are the people?"
Hearing this, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, I am currently being held in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. According to his confession, King Jing once ordered the people in the manor to rob beautiful women, and this tenant farmer's daughter was among them, because he couldn't get used to it." King Jing was arrogant, extravagant, and raped the women, so he ran out of the manor. A man ran away from the manor, which made His Royal Highness Jing Wang feel uneasy, so he went to the manor in person, and used the excuse of dealing with evil anger to kill and arrest the insider. Send the bullied woman home, give money and food, and try to make the other party take the money and shut up."
"You're full of nonsense, the matter of the manor has already been investigated by the Criminal Division. What does this matter mean to me?" Jiang Jingqiao clenched her fists in anger. .
Huang Juewen said: "Those evil slaves are afraid of the prince, and it is possible that they will be punished in the punishment department but plead guilty."
"Is it possible? Huang Jue, as the secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, you should handle the case rigorously. When can something that is possible be put on the king's head casually?" Jiang Jingqiao glared at Huang Jue.
When Huang Jue heard the words, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty made a mistake, His Royal Highness King Jing forgives you!"
"Forgive me?" Jiang Jingqiao sneered, "As the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, you should know what crime it is to slander the prince."
Huang Jue was startled, and secretly glanced at King Kang. Now he has no other way out. Besides, there is no evidence for this kind of thing. As long as the woman and the people in the prison don't destroy the confession, who can say that he made a wrong judgment? ?
Huang Jue calmed down, knelt down on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I have no intention of slandering His Royal Highness King Jing. On the street yesterday, this woman stopped the sedan chair to express her feelings. I was horrified. I went up to the hall to ask for certification, but found nothing inappropriate. place, Your Majesty, please observe clearly."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhengde looked at his own sister: "Jing Qiaozhen is asking you again, is the child in this woman's womb really not yours?"
Jiang Jingqiao suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Brother Mingjian, there is no relationship between this sister and this girl. The emperor should know who this sister is. If it is really my sister, I just need to admit it. It's not the same in the mansion." I can't afford it."
Emperor Zhengde nodded when he heard the words, stood up and went down the dragon steps, looked at the woman curled up on the ground and said: "You have heard what King Jing said, and I will give you one last chance. If you slander King Jing, we will also find out. Your whole family is a serious crime of copying and beheading."
The woman was stunned when she heard the words, and looked at King Kang flutteringly. Seeing the ruthlessness in his eyes, she shivered in fright and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the daughters of the people are telling the truth, please be the master, it's fine if the ministers can't enter Prince Jing's mansion, but This child is of royal blood."
Jiang Jingqiao's anger was already in his throat, and he was so angry that his heart ached. There are still such shameless women these days.
"You don't even look at what you look like. Are you outstanding in talent or appearance? What is there that this king likes?"
The woman cried with two lines of tears: "His Royal Highness said before, I am used to seeing ladies from all over the world, and I like girls from a small family like Minnv."
Jiang Jingqiao was completely dumbfounded when he heard the words, and he froze in place, his ears filled with the whispers of the ministers.
"You're a commoner girl, you really have the guts." Jiang Jingqiao blushed with anger, "Brother Emperor, please send an imperial doctor."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhengde glanced at the chief eunuch beside him, and the chief eunuch hurried out of the Golden Luan Hall.
Jiang Jingqiao took a leisurely look at King Kang, and in front of so many tributes in the palace examination, she showed that she was romantic and loved the new and hated the old. Isn't this tantamount to nakedly stealing the fruits of her Enke?If she framed her and tarnished Zhao Ziyou tomorrow, her prestige in the court would be completely wiped out. Jiang Jingyu's move is really hard to guard against.
Soon, the imperial doctor entered the Golden Luan Hall sweating profusely with the medicine box on his back. After saluting, he knelt down on one knee and took the woman's pulse.
The woman looked at Kang Wang nervously, and Kang Wang nodded to her confidently.
"Return to Your Majesty, this woman is indeed pregnant with Liujia." The imperial doctor replied.
Jiang Jingqiao was not surprised when she heard this, but asked instead: "Can you tell me when she was pregnant?"
The imperial doctor stood up, bowed his head and said, "His Royal Highness Hui Jing, it's been about two months."
As soon as this remark came out, the Golden Luan Palace fell silent. It has only been more than half a month since King Jing exposed the manor. It is not impossible to defile the tenant farmer's daughter before, and the time is very suitable.
Jiang Jingqiao's complexion was a bit ugly.
At this time, the news of the front hall had reached the Longevity Palace.
The Queen Mother and Zhao Qingzhi were too shocked to speak when they heard the words.
The queen mother came back to her senses first, glanced at Zhao Qingzhi, cleared her throat and said, "Jing Qiao was born in Ai's family, although her words and deeds are innocent, she wouldn't do such a lowly thing."
Zhao Qingzhi heard the words and said: "The concubine believes in His Highness, and besides, the concubine was also present on the day when the manor revealed it. The concubine knew very well about that incident. His Highness was framed by someone with a heart."
The queen mother laughed and said: "You can rest assured if you think about Aijia like this. Usually when the enemy comes, what you are afraid of is chaos. If there is no rift between you and Jing Qiao, then it will be as solid as gold. Jing Qiao must be helpless. You Go ahead, let Director Wu lead you there, the imperial guards in the front hall dare not stop you."
Zhao Qingzhi stood up when she heard the sound, and said hesitantly: "I'm afraid that the courtiers and concubines will not be able to completely turn the tide, so I invite the Queen Mother to come in person."
"That's the daughter of the Ai family. It's inconvenient. Besides, the Ai family lives in the palace and defends Jing Qiao. It should be rumored that the Ai family is putting pressure on the emperor. Although you should avoid suspicion, as the person next to you, you can stand up for Jing Qiao." There are also many excuses. Besides, from what you wrote, you are a clear-headed and well-organized child. You have no problem going, you have to believe in yourself, and the future depends on you and Jing Qiao supporting each other." The Queen Mother smiled and took a picture. Patting Zhao Qingzhi's hand, "Don't worry, you can."
Zhao Qingzhi heard the words and said, "Here, the concubine has gone."
After Zhao Qingzhi finished speaking, she turned and walked out, and Director Wu hurriedly followed behind.
Outside the Jinluan Hall, Director Wu stepped forward to negotiate with the guards of the imperial forest. The chief guards took a look at Princess Jing, then lowered their heads and let her go.
The little eunuch hurried into the Jinluan Hall, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Jing is here, please enter the hall."
Jiang Jingqiao was taken aback for a moment, and her heart instantly became tense. Now she was quite indisputable. If Zhao Qingzhi came in and doubted her, how would she bear it?
Emperor Zhengde glanced at his younger sister, and he probably didn't want to let the newly married princess come in, but it's useless to stand still right now, so it's better to listen to what Princess Jing has to say.
"Xuan!!" Emperor Zhengde said, then turned around and went up the dragon steps, and sat on the dragon chair.
The little eunuch hurried to the gate of the Jinluan Hall and shouted: "Prince Xuanjing, the empress, enters the hall!!!!"
The shouts were so loud that the tributes in the palace examination all raised their heads to look up at the Golden Luan Hall. Zhao Ningbo's grip on the pen gradually became stronger. Although he didn't know what happened, it was said that the newly married Prince Jing, followed by her younger sister, was hard to miss. make him worry.
Zhao Qingzhi walked steadily into the hall step by step.
"Princess Jing Zhao's greetings to Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Holy Ann." Zhao Qingzhi Fu saluted.
Jiang Jingqiao glanced at Zhao Qingzhi, then at her daughter who was lying on the ground crying, and suddenly felt dizzy.
Emperor Zhengde said: "Concubine Jing is exempt from the courtesy, important matters are being discussed here, what is the purpose of Princess Jing entering the palace?"
"I came to accompany the Queen Mother in the morning. I heard that there is a woman who is pregnant with King Jing's flesh and blood. The Queen Mother specially sent concubines to settle down." Zhao Qingzhi said unhurriedly.
Jiang Jingqiao got angry when she heard that, she tugged on Zhao Qingzhi's sleeve and said, "What kind of arrangement is there? You don't know anything, so you're just here to make trouble?"
"Oh? Your Highness means that this woman is not pregnant with His Highness's flesh and blood?" Zhao Qingzhi looked at Jiang Jingqiao, seeing her anxious expression, she raised her hand to gently hold Jiang Jingqiao's hand.
Jiang Jingqiao was taken aback for a moment, the temperature in her hands instantly calmed down a little bit of the anger in her heart, and her heart also calmed down a little bit. Seeing Zhao Qingzhi's firm gaze, she couldn't help saying: "Of course, this woman, you I have seen it before, when two tenant farmers' daughters were found out, one of them was her, and you saw it that day, and it was clearly the first time that this prince and her have met."
Hearing this, Zhao Qingzhi turned and lowered her eyes to look at the woman curled up on the ground, and said slowly: "My lady, my concubine was also in the manor at the time, if I remember correctly, you were being bullied by other wealthy businessmen at that time, and His Highness sent a guard Gao to rescue you." You guys, do you still have an impression?"
The woman wiped away her tears when she heard the words, and said: "Princess Wangfei, you remember wrongly, the women of the people were locked in a room alone at that time, and the rest of the wealthy businessmen bullied other women."
"Oh? So, there are rich businessmen who have fun in the manor?" Zhao Qingzhi asked back.
The woman vaguely felt that it was not good, but if she refuted it, wouldn't it mean that the preface was out of line?
"Minnv heard vaguely that it is true." The woman replied.
"Your Majesty." Zhao Qingzhi turned to look at Emperor Zhengde, "Since this woman admits that there were rich merchants in the manor at that time, it means that what Her Majesty King Jing presented to His Majesty is not lying."
Emperor Zhengde nodded upon hearing the words: "Not bad."
"Your Majesty, I still have doubts." Huang Jue stood up, and after getting permission from Emperor Zhengde, he looked at Zhao Qingzhi and said, "Princess Jing, you may not know the whole case when you first came. What was found out was that a servant ran away from the manor, and His Royal Highness King Jing was afraid that the incident would be discovered, so he took the initiative to expose it first, and put all the blame on the servant."
"Oh? Is the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice the roundworm in His Royal Highness Jing's stomach? He actually knows that His Royal Highness Jing is afraid of the incident?" Zhao Qingzhi asked back.
Huang Jue was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Princess Jing, this is not speculation by the lower officials, but the escaped manor servant who personally exposed it."
Zhao Qingzhi looked directly at Huang Jue when she heard the words: "Dare to ask Lord Shangshu, when did this woman go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to report the case?"
"Yesterday afternoon." Huang Jue raised his chin.
"Then, when was the escaped manor servant found?" Zhao Qingzhi continued to ask.
Huang Jue replied: "Since my father confessed that there was a person who escaped alive, the lower officials sent dozens of arrests, searched many places and found it last night."
"My lord, what's the name of that servant?" Zhao Qingzhi attacked frequently, without leaving Huang Jue much time to think.
As soon as this remark came out, Huang Jue was stunned for a moment. He was surprised that a small boudoir woman knew how to ask questions. The name of this servant could definitely be found in the monthly money account book of the manor, so he had to tell the truth.
"He called himself Ah Wu."
The corner of Zhao Qingzhi's mouth raised a slight smile when she heard the words: "It's so strange, this Ah Wu gang and Zhang Guanshi robbed the women of the people, and committed a heinous crime. His Highness sent people to search for more than half a month, but they couldn't find it, but Shang Shu lord found it in less than a day? "
Huang Jue was dumbfounded, stuttering and unable to speak.
When Kang Wang saw that Huang Jue had stopped talking, he cursed secretly in his heart. He only wanted to show Huang Jue's card, but now Huang Jue was confused by a little girl's repeated questions, and she had to play another card. .
King Kang glanced at Wang Tixing with a sullen expression, and Wang Tixing came out and said, "Princess Jing, when the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment asked the officials to check the case, she said that the search for someone was smoother this time. Save your life in the seemingly dangerous prison of the Xunxing Department."
"That's right." Huang Jue instantly sobered up, "I just remembered, this Ah Wu confessed to hiding for too long, worried that His Royal Highness King Jing would find him, so he voluntarily surrendered and let our people find him on purpose."
Hearing this, Jiang Jingqiao looked at Wang Tixing. The scenes of her previous life were replaying in her mind over and over again. She had also had three co-mortems conducted by the Ministry of Punishment and the Department of Tixing, but she still hanged herself and died.
These two bastards made her feel a deep hatred for Zhao Qingzhi, and she has been depressed since then, these two bastards.
Jiang Jingqiao held back his anger, and sarcastically said: "The case that Lord Shangshu personally tried, the memory needs to be reminded by the king who didn't intervene?"
"Chen, I'm old." Huang Jue pretended not to understand, and only talked about his age.
Hearing this, Jiang Jingqiao didn't save face for the Minister of Criminal Affairs, and directly retorted: "The old man should retire and return to his hometown. The imperial court still needs young people who are more efficient in handling affairs."
Huang Jue's face became embarrassed.
"Master Shangshu." Zhao Qingzhi looked at Huang Jue with a smile, "Do you think that an ordinary servant of the manor has the ability to escape the search of Prince Jing's Mansion? It has been more than half a month, and Prince Jing's Mansion has not found the slightest trace of him, which shows that This person is not simple, or the forces behind him are not simple, otherwise, do you think it is easy for a little servant to avoid the eyeliner of Prince Jing's Mansion and prevent people from Prince Jing's Mansion from appearing in front of the criminal police?"
"This..." Huang Jue was speechless when asked, and in all fairness, if he was really a little slave, he couldn't do it at all.
"Princess Jing's words are reasonable." Emperor Zhengde stood up, "This Ah Wu's origin is unknown and his behavior is suspicious. You can't listen to his words, Manager Wu!!!"
Manager Wu stood obediently behind Princess Jing, and immediately knelt down when he heard the words: "The old slave is here."
"You take someone to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and bring that Ah Wu to the palace. I want to inquire in person. I am eager to take the imperial guards. I can't let him escape."
"Here." Director Wu took the order to take three steps back and turned to leave the Golden Luan Hall.
Jiang Jingqiao saw that Huang Jue and the others showed some flaws, so she walked up to the woman and said, "If you tell the truth, this king will survive. If you continue to be obsessed, you should know that you have slandered the king, and the whole family will be executed."
As soon as this remark came out, the woman shivered.
"Your Highness's move may have the intention of intimidating the plaintiff." Huang Jue said.
Jiang Jingqiao was so angry that he snorted coldly and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Zhao Qingzhi stepped forward, squatted down in front of the woman, and asked: "Since you said that the flesh and blood in your belly belonged to King Jing, you must be very familiar with King Jing. There is a birthmark on King Jing, you may tell Where?"
As soon as this remark came out, Jiang Jingqiao looked at Zhao Qingzhi in shock. She had never undressed in front of Zhao Qingzhi since her wedding. How did Zhao Qingzhi know that she had a birthmark?Jiang Jingqiao looked at Zhao Qingzhi's back, speechless for a long time.
The woman was completely panicked when she heard the words, and said unnaturally: "Every time Your Highness gets close, someone has blown the lamp in advance, it's dark, and the girl didn't pay attention."
"Since the lights were blown in advance and it's dark, how can you be sure that you violated your Highness King Jing?" Zhao Qingzhi stood up and asked the woman coldly.
The woman's face turned pale when she was questioned, she collapsed on the ground and said tremblingly: "The person in charge said that it was King Jing, and King Jing came in and claimed to be the king, and there is also the voice of King Jing, yes, the voice cannot deceive people. "
"Wrong, people's voices are changeable, as long as you want to imitate, you can imitate to a certain extent." Zhao Qingzhi said, looking at Emperor Zhengde, "Your Majesty, this woman has never seen Jing Wang's face before. If you want to impersonate, you can do it."
Emperor Zhengde heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Princess Jing's words are true. This woman herself can't tell whether she is King Jing at night. How can you talk about other witnesses? Huang Shangshu, are you being too arbitrary in your decision?"
Huang Jue knelt down quickly when he heard the words, and said nervously: "Your Majesty, this woman stopped the sedan chair and cried out for injustice. I had to believe it at first impression. The daughter of a small tenant farmer would not dare to wrong a prince after eating ambitious leopards. I also broke the law for the sake of the prince." The original intention of common people's crimes will be thoroughly investigated."
"When will I decide the case based on my first impression?" Jiang Jingqiao looked back at Zhao Qingzhi, and Ann sneered while resisting the surge in his heart.
Huang Jue bowed his head and remained silent when he heard the words, but his heart was already exploding, Jiang Jingqiao refuted his son's qualifications for the scientific examination, how could he not hate more?
"Minnv didn't lie, Minnv knew that it was His Royal Highness King Jing." The woman screamed in panic.
Seeing this, Xingjiu leaned into Zhao Qingzhi's ear and said, "Princess, this girl looks like she is not pregnant, but seems to have injected a medicine from the Western Regions from the inside of her arm. Feeling the pulse within three hours is like a happy pulse, but it is extremely harmful to the body, within three months, the seven orifices will bleed to death."
Zhao Qingzhi was startled when she heard the words, the people behind this were getting more and more vicious.
"Your Majesty." Zhao Qingzhi looked at Emperor Zhengde, and said with a blessing: "The servant girl next to my concubine is good at medical skills. Just now she said that this woman seems to have been injected with a strange medicine from the Western Regions on the inside of her arm. If you feel the pulse within three hours, it will look like a happy pulse, but after three months, you will bleed to death from the seven orifices, please allow your majesty to check this girl's arm."
As soon as this remark came out, Kang Wang and the woman were shocked. Kang Wang was shocked that someone could see through this mystery. Bleeding to death from Qiqiao, he was terrified for a while.
"Quite!!!" Emperor Zhengde said and waved his hand, asking the trusted eunuchs to go down and check.
The woman seemed to have lost her struggle and let the eunuch pull her sleeve away. Sure enough, a blood hole the size of a grain of rice was found on the inside of her left arm.
Seeing this, the ministers of the DPRK and China were surprised and whispered to each other.
King Kang glanced at Huang Jue when he saw this, Huang Jue understood, and slapped the woman with trembling hands, one palm after another, with increasing force: "You dare to frame His Royal Highness King Jing."
Jiang Jingqiao stepped forward to stop Huang Jue, raised her eyebrows and said, "Master Shang Shu wants to kill her?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not. I am just angry. My just heart was taken advantage of by others. I was so tired that King Jing's reputation was ruined. It was my negligence. Please punish me, His Highness King Jing." On the ground, he kept kowtowing to Jiang Jingqiao.
Jiang Jingqiao looked at him coldly, not intending to spare Huang Jue at all.
Zhao Qingzhi walked up to the woman, supported her to sit up, and said: "If you don't tell the truth, no one can protect you."
"I'm going to die in three months, I don't want to die, save me, save me." The woman pulled Zhao Qingzhi's sleeve like crazy, "It's all them, they taught me to do this, they took my dad My mother was arrested and threatened me, I have to listen to them."
"Who are they?" Zhao Qingzhi asked softly.
The woman pointed at Huang Jue in a panic, and just as she was about to point at King Kang, King Kang shot a very thin silver needle from his boot and inserted it straight into the sole of the woman's foot. Thick black blood gushed out.
Seeing this, Zhao Qingzhi didn't have time to call out, so Jiang Jingqiao pulled her up and covered her eyes and turned around.
Emperor Zhengde was very angry when he saw that someone had died in the Jinluan Hall, and ordered the imperial doctor to go and check.
"Return to Your Majesty, this woman died suddenly." The imperial doctor replied.
"It was fine at first, why did it suddenly die suddenly?" Emperor Zhengde walked down the dragon steps, "Investigate, let me investigate vigorously, and immediately declare Wuzuo to enter the palace, and investigate on the spot."
As soon as the words fell, Director Wu's voice came from outside the Golden Luan Hall, and then he bumped in and ran in, collapsed on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, this old slave went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to pick someone up, but the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is in flames, Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Emperor Zhengde's previous anger reached its peak, but after the extreme anger, he calmed down. A pair of eyes similar to Jiang Jingqiao's now revealed a gloomy light, and those sharp eyes swept across all the people in the hall. The minister didn't say a word, but the courtiers bowed their heads and shivered.
"Do you understand the ins and outs of this matter, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?" Emperor Zhengde stood on the dragon steps, with one hand behind his back, with a cold face, and the words he said made people tremble.
"Old minister, old minister is terrified."
"Afraid? You don't want to be terrified. It's obvious that someone used your hand to frame King Jing. As a Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, you went to the court without a thorough investigation. You should be terrified. Come here." Emperor Zhengde After all, I saw two imperial guards coming in, "Take off Huang Jue's crown and wear a flower feather, and escort him into Dali Temple. The Qing of Dali Temple and the prime minister will immediately examine Huang Jue severely."
"Minister, follow the order!!!" Dali Temple Minister and Prime Minister both came out.
Emperor Zhengde glanced at a person, and said coldly: "Where is the king's punishment?"
Wang Tixing trembled when he heard the words, and knelt down: "The minister is here."
"In the early stage of the criminal justice department, many murder cases were tried. You have worked hard. I will give you half a month's leave. You don't have to go to the criminal justice department or go to court until the half-month period expires."
Wang Tixing's lips trembled. He knew in his heart why Emperor Zhengde did this. He was the only one who came out to guide Huang Jue in the whole Jinluan Palace just now. The place of burial.
"Minister, thank you for your sympathy, and thank you Lord Long En."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhengde waved his hand to let him step back, and sat back on the dragon chair by himself.
"I have always made it clear in the law that the prince's crime is the same as that of the common people, but if anyone dares to slander the royal family, the laws are not just a piece of paper. I remind all the ministers and workers to use their brains more on weekdays and don't be fooled by others." Even if the arrow rake shoots/hits, it still applauds for others."
All the ministers knelt down one after another after hearing the words: "The ministers will follow His Majesty's instruction, Your Majesty is wise."
Emperor Zhengde lowered his eyes and looked at Princess Jing who was kneeling next to Jiang Jingqiao, and said in a light tone: "Princess Jing, get up, both King Jing and I should thank you deeply for this matter, you are indeed as smart as the queen mother said, Jing Qiao will be taken care of by you from now on, I am very relieved, the next thing is too heavy, don't have dirty eyes, go to the Longevity Palace to accompany the Queen Mother, Jing Qiao has already come, and I will go with Jing Qiao after the palace test is over The Longevity Palace will accompany the Empress Dowager for meals."
"Here, my concubine resigns!" Seeing that Jiang Jingqiao's grievances were cleared, Zhao Qingzhi felt relieved, took a look at Jiang Jingqiao, took three steps back, turned and left.
Jiang Jingqiao looked at Zhao Qingzhi's back, seeing him walking farther and farther, she had doubts in her heart, she couldn't help it, and said: "Brother Emperor, sister-in-law will send her to the gate of the hall, and come back later."
After Jiang Jingqiao finished speaking, he ran out without waiting for Emperor Zhengde's consent.
Emperor Zhengde shook his head helplessly, but thinking about the newlywed Yaner, he didn't stop Jiang Jingqiao from going.
Jiang Jingqiao ran out and called Zhao Qingzhi to stop.
Zhao Qingzhi turned her head back with a smile, looked at Jiang Jingqiao, and said with a smile, "Your Highness is reluctant to part with your concubine?"
"My lord is not in the mood to joke with you right now." Jiang Jingqiao walked up to Zhao Qingzhi, pursing his lips with a very serious expression.
Zhao Qingzhi blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "That is, His Highness came to question the concubine, why do you know that His Highness has a birthmark?"
Jiang Jingqiao didn't expect the other party to say it so bluntly.
"Since you know, then tell the truth." Jiang Jingqiao held his breath, feeling the beating of his little heart.
When Jiang Jingqiao heard that the chief eunuch next to the emperor came to the mansion in person, she couldn't help but frowned. After marriage, except for the first day when she was supposed to go to the palace to pay respects, she didn't need to go to court for the other two days. Besides, the questions for the palace examination had already been set. She also made arrangements yesterday, and today her imperial brother shouldn't be looking for her anymore.Now that the chief eunuch came in person, something must have happened, otherwise her imperial brother would not have sent someone to disturb her at this time.
"Lan Ke, bring the court clothes." Jiang Jingqiao said with a serious face.
Lan Ke also guessed that something serious happened, so she didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went to fetch Jiang Jingqiao's python robe.
Jiang Jingqiao got dressed and left the residence without even eating breakfast.
After Lan Ke sent people outside the gate of the mansion, she turned around and entered the garden. Seeing the breakfast prepared by Zhao Qingzhi herself, she hesitated for a while, and approached with a half-lowered look.
"Lan Ke, is Your Highness awake?" Zhao Qingzhi saw Lan Ke, smiled and put the porridge on the stone table, and asked.
Lan Ke heard the words and said: "Go back to the princess, your highness is up, but there are people in the palace, your highness has already entered the palace."
Zhao Qingzhi was taken aback for a moment. It must have been a big deal to be admitted to the palace during the wedding.Deep worry appeared on Zhao Qingzhi's face, and he sat on the stone bench hesitantly, feeling a little distraught.
"Princess, you can have breakfast alone. When His Highness comes back, the maidservant will tell the Princess about preparing breakfast for His Highness." Lan Ke stood aside and bowed his head.
Zhao Qingzhi sighed slightly when he heard the words: "It doesn't matter, who is the one in the palace?"
"Yes...the chief eunuch beside His Majesty." Lan Ke replied truthfully after hesitating for a moment.
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Qingzhi's face became more serious.
"Lan Ke, send reliable people to wait at the gate of the palace immediately, and ask them to bring more money and inquire about the situation in the palace." Zhao Qingzhi said, feeling empty in her heart.
"Yes, my concubine, I will make arrangements now." Lan Ke said and left in a hurry.
As soon as Lan Ke left, Zhao Qingzhi picked up the chopsticks and just picked up the food before putting it in her mouth, then put it down again, she no longer has the slightest appetite.
Seeing this, Xing Jiu stepped forward and whispered: "Princess, Your Highness is His Majesty's own sister after all, and it will be all right, Wangfei should eat as much as possible."
Zhao Qingzhi raised her head and looked at Xing Jiu when she heard the words. Before she knew that the other party belonged to Jiang Jingqiao, she hadn't trusted Xing Jiu like Meng Qing in her heart. It was meant to be left to the showdown between her and Jiang Jingqiao, but right now she pretended not to know.
"Don't eat, go back to the room and change clothes." Zhao Qingzhi stood up.
Xing Jiu followed Zhao Qingzhi in a daze, and asked in a low voice, "Wangfei wants to enter the palace?"
"Well, go to the palace to greet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is well-informed. The Queen Mother will know about things in the previous dynasty faster, and the people from the Palace will be slower to inquire outside the palace. If something happens, you can also beg the Queen Mother to intervene." Zhao Qingzhi said , one calf strode quickly.
After hearing the words, Xing Jiu didn't say any more, and followed Zhao Qingzhi back to the dormitory honestly.After taking the imperial concubine's palace attire, she waited for Zhao Qingzhi to put it on. Just as she was getting dressed and sitting at the dressing table to change her hair accessories, Meng Qing walked in with the sweet-scented osmanthus cake she had bought.
"Princess, I bought the osmanthus cake you asked for." Mengqing said, and put the osmanthus cake on the table, "Does the princess want to eat now?"
Hearing this, Zhao Qingzhi looked at Meng Qing from the mirror and said, "Let's put it there first, I will bring Xing Jiu into the palace later, you stay and watch."
Meng Qing's heart tightened when she heard the words, thinking of the rumors she heard outside, she stepped forward and said, "Princess, is it because of Mr. Song's matter?"
"Huh?" Zhao Qingzhi turned her head to look at Mengqing, "What's the matter?"
"My servant went out and heard that Mr. Song's leg was injured. He seemed to be crippled all his life. Everyone was saying that the princess went to the Song family to see Mr. Song was crippled. She went back crying and begged the eldest princess to withdraw the engagement." Meng Qing replied. road.
Zhao Qingzhi was taken aback, could it be that the Song family and the eldest princess knew about Taoyuan Garden?So Jiang Jingqiao was asked to ask?Then she should go to the palace.
"Have you retreated?" Zhao Qingzhi looked at the makeup left and right in the mirror and asked.
Meng Qing heard the words: "It is rumored that she retired. It is said that the eldest princess went to the Song family to retire in person. I don't know the truth."
Zhao Qingzhi thought about it, if he had retreated, it meant that Song Ziyou hadn't confessed Jiang Jingqiao, and it shouldn't be for this matter.
"Princess, Mama Liu is telling you." At this time, the maid came in to report.
Zhao Qingzhi was taken aback, this mother Liu has always avoided her, how did she get close to her today?
"Show her in." Zhao Qingzhi stood up, walked to the couch in the outer hall, and sat upright.
As soon as Mama Liu came in, she no longer had the posture she had yesterday, and knelt down with a flattering smile on her face: "This old slave pays homage to the princess."
"What's the matter looking for my concubine?" Zhao Qingzhi took a sip of the tea, and just as it entered her lips, her brows slightly retracted. When it came out, I could only endure the salty and bitter taste, swallowed it, and the beautiful face changed slightly.
"The lotus flowers in the garden are really beautiful. This old servant cut two of them specially for the princess to watch." Mama Liu held up the two lotus flowers as she spoke.
Zhao Qingzhi raised her eyes and saw that the lotus flower was really delicate and beautiful, but Mama Liu's attitude was quite different, she was deceiving the Lord in disguise if she asked for a piece of ice yesterday.When Zhao Qingzhi thought about it, a light flashed in her mind, and she remembered the scene of the bathing pool last night. She thought that the maids were talking too much and spread the word to each other. Mother Liu thought that Jiang Jingqiao was interested in her, so she came to sell it.
"If you want to, let's put it down." Zhao Qingzhi put down the teacup, feeling very contemptuous in her heart.
Mother Liu got up with a smile when she heard the words, and handed the lotus to Mengqing.
"Is there anything else?" Zhao Qingzhi asked patiently when she saw Mother Liu standing where she was not planning to leave.
"Back to the princess, the ice in the ice bank has been replenished. Can the princess go to the pavilion in the garden to have a rest today? If the princess is interested, the old slave will ask the servants to prepare two extra pieces to disperse the summer heat in the pavilion." Mama Liu With a smile on the side.
"When I was young, my concubine wanted to enter the palace to accompany the empress dowager, but today it is not necessary, you can retire." Zhao Qingzhi looked directly at Mama Liu. After all, she had been a concubine for more than three years in her previous life, and her expression was no longer angry and arrogant. .
Mother Liu nodded repeatedly when she heard the words: "From now on, if the concubine needs anything, the old slave will resign as soon as she is sent."
After Meng Qing saw Mama Liu leaving again, she said angrily: "Princess, look, this Mama Liu is a powerful one, just after the mansion heard that the prince is kind to the concubine, this Mama Liu started flattering her."
"It's just a clown, don't pay attention to her, you watch carefully in the mansion, I will bring Xing Jiu into the palace, and if I have anything to do, I will go to Lan Ke." Zhao Qingzhi said, gently raising her hand.
Seeing this, Xing Jiu quickly helped Zhao Qingzhi up.
The palace attire was cumbersome and the headgear was also heavy, Zhao Qingzhi walked a little heavier than usual.
Outside the gate of the mansion, a sedan chair had already been arranged, Zhao Qingzhi sat in it, walked five streets to the gate of the palace.
After handing over the sign and waiting for half a stick of incense, someone came out from the palace to announce her entry into the palace. When passing by the Jinluan Hall, Zhao Qingzhi glanced lightly, and outside the hall were all the tributes of the palace examination. At a glance, her elder brother was also there. in.But there was no clue what was going on in the hall. The entire Golden Luan Hall was quiet, but it always felt like the tranquility before the storm.
Inside the Golden Luan Hall, Jiang Jingqiao Hong glared at the woman kneeling in the Golden Luan Hall with glaring eyes. The woman expounded her 'grievance' with rain, and Jiang Jingqiao wanted to kick her up.
"Jing Qiao, is this true?" Emperor Zhengde believed in his sister in his heart, but what the girl said was straightforward. If it was not true, how would a tenant farmer's daughter dare to go to the Golden Temple to slander a dignified prince.
"Fake." Jiang Jingqiao replied angrily.
"His Royal Highness Jing Wang." Huang Jue, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, came out, "This woman has a reason and evidence, and there are witnesses. If His Royal Highness Jing Wang says it is false, do you have evidence to prove it?"
Jiang Jingqiao pursed her lips, obviously very angry, she glanced coldly at Huang Jue, and said coldly, "Where's the evidence for this kind of nonsense?"
Hearing the words, the woman walked two steps on her knees crying, crawled to Jiang Jingqiao's side, pulled the blue python robe inlaid with gold silk, and cried: "Your Highness, the folk girl knows that Your Highness got married yesterday, and the status of the folk girl is humble, so naturally she can't compare with it." As for the new princess, it’s okay for His Highness not to recognize Minnv, but the child in Minnv’s womb is His Highness’s own flesh and blood, can His Highness have the heart to live a hard life with Minnv with his own flesh and blood?”
As soon as this remark came out, Jiang Jingqiao was furious, kicked the woman on the shoulder, and said angrily, "Go away, my lord."
"Ah!" The woman was kicked away by Jiang Jingqiao, and she curled up on the ground and cried.
"Seventeen." Seeing this, King Kang came out, and looked at Jiang Jingqiao with a look of hatred, "She is pregnant with a child, how can you be so cruel?"
Jiang Jingqiao was taken aback when he heard the words, and was shocked when he saw King Kang. Was this planned by King Kang?But tomorrow, she was already going to frame her and tarnish Zhao Ziyou, so why did she arrange for a tenant farmer's daughter to pour dirty water on her today?
Splash dirty water?Jiang Jingqiao had a flash of inspiration. Regardless of whether she recognizes what happened today, the streets and alleys will say that she started chaotically and ended up abandoning her. If she followed Zhao Ziyou's way tomorrow, it would definitely be said that she forced Zhao Ziyou to pave the way in advance to create public opinion for the sake of a situation. , Kang Wang is much more organized and shameful than her.
"I don't know if she's pregnant or not. What's more, this king doesn't know her." Jiang Jingqiao said, looking at Kang Wang, "Fifth brother doesn't believe me?"
King Kang was taken aback, smiled and said, "I still believe in Seventeen, but if this woman tells lies, how would she have the guts to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to sue?"
"Then it depends on who is instigating behind her." Jiang Jingqiao said with a cold face.
Emperor Zhengde squeezed the center of his brows with a headache, and said, "Huang Jue, you said there are witnesses, where are the people?"
Hearing this, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, I am currently being held in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. According to his confession, King Jing once ordered the people in the manor to rob beautiful women, and this tenant farmer's daughter was among them, because he couldn't get used to it." King Jing was arrogant, extravagant, and raped the women, so he ran out of the manor. A man ran away from the manor, which made His Royal Highness Jing Wang feel uneasy, so he went to the manor in person, and used the excuse of dealing with evil anger to kill and arrest the insider. Send the bullied woman home, give money and food, and try to make the other party take the money and shut up."
"You're full of nonsense, the matter of the manor has already been investigated by the Criminal Division. What does this matter mean to me?" Jiang Jingqiao clenched her fists in anger. .
Huang Juewen said: "Those evil slaves are afraid of the prince, and it is possible that they will be punished in the punishment department but plead guilty."
"Is it possible? Huang Jue, as the secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, you should handle the case rigorously. When can something that is possible be put on the king's head casually?" Jiang Jingqiao glared at Huang Jue.
When Huang Jue heard the words, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty made a mistake, His Royal Highness King Jing forgives you!"
"Forgive me?" Jiang Jingqiao sneered, "As the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, you should know what crime it is to slander the prince."
Huang Jue was startled, and secretly glanced at King Kang. Now he has no other way out. Besides, there is no evidence for this kind of thing. As long as the woman and the people in the prison don't destroy the confession, who can say that he made a wrong judgment? ?
Huang Jue calmed down, knelt down on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I have no intention of slandering His Royal Highness King Jing. On the street yesterday, this woman stopped the sedan chair to express her feelings. I was horrified. I went up to the hall to ask for certification, but found nothing inappropriate. place, Your Majesty, please observe clearly."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhengde looked at his own sister: "Jing Qiaozhen is asking you again, is the child in this woman's womb really not yours?"
Jiang Jingqiao suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Brother Mingjian, there is no relationship between this sister and this girl. The emperor should know who this sister is. If it is really my sister, I just need to admit it. It's not the same in the mansion." I can't afford it."
Emperor Zhengde nodded when he heard the words, stood up and went down the dragon steps, looked at the woman curled up on the ground and said: "You have heard what King Jing said, and I will give you one last chance. If you slander King Jing, we will also find out. Your whole family is a serious crime of copying and beheading."
The woman was stunned when she heard the words, and looked at King Kang flutteringly. Seeing the ruthlessness in his eyes, she shivered in fright and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the daughters of the people are telling the truth, please be the master, it's fine if the ministers can't enter Prince Jing's mansion, but This child is of royal blood."
Jiang Jingqiao's anger was already in his throat, and he was so angry that his heart ached. There are still such shameless women these days.
"You don't even look at what you look like. Are you outstanding in talent or appearance? What is there that this king likes?"
The woman cried with two lines of tears: "His Royal Highness said before, I am used to seeing ladies from all over the world, and I like girls from a small family like Minnv."
Jiang Jingqiao was completely dumbfounded when he heard the words, and he froze in place, his ears filled with the whispers of the ministers.
"You're a commoner girl, you really have the guts." Jiang Jingqiao blushed with anger, "Brother Emperor, please send an imperial doctor."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhengde glanced at the chief eunuch beside him, and the chief eunuch hurried out of the Golden Luan Hall.
Jiang Jingqiao took a leisurely look at King Kang, and in front of so many tributes in the palace examination, she showed that she was romantic and loved the new and hated the old. Isn't this tantamount to nakedly stealing the fruits of her Enke?If she framed her and tarnished Zhao Ziyou tomorrow, her prestige in the court would be completely wiped out. Jiang Jingyu's move is really hard to guard against.
Soon, the imperial doctor entered the Golden Luan Hall sweating profusely with the medicine box on his back. After saluting, he knelt down on one knee and took the woman's pulse.
The woman looked at Kang Wang nervously, and Kang Wang nodded to her confidently.
"Return to Your Majesty, this woman is indeed pregnant with Liujia." The imperial doctor replied.
Jiang Jingqiao was not surprised when she heard this, but asked instead: "Can you tell me when she was pregnant?"
The imperial doctor stood up, bowed his head and said, "His Royal Highness Hui Jing, it's been about two months."
As soon as this remark came out, the Golden Luan Palace fell silent. It has only been more than half a month since King Jing exposed the manor. It is not impossible to defile the tenant farmer's daughter before, and the time is very suitable.
Jiang Jingqiao's complexion was a bit ugly.
At this time, the news of the front hall had reached the Longevity Palace.
The Queen Mother and Zhao Qingzhi were too shocked to speak when they heard the words.
The queen mother came back to her senses first, glanced at Zhao Qingzhi, cleared her throat and said, "Jing Qiao was born in Ai's family, although her words and deeds are innocent, she wouldn't do such a lowly thing."
Zhao Qingzhi heard the words and said: "The concubine believes in His Highness, and besides, the concubine was also present on the day when the manor revealed it. The concubine knew very well about that incident. His Highness was framed by someone with a heart."
The queen mother laughed and said: "You can rest assured if you think about Aijia like this. Usually when the enemy comes, what you are afraid of is chaos. If there is no rift between you and Jing Qiao, then it will be as solid as gold. Jing Qiao must be helpless. You Go ahead, let Director Wu lead you there, the imperial guards in the front hall dare not stop you."
Zhao Qingzhi stood up when she heard the sound, and said hesitantly: "I'm afraid that the courtiers and concubines will not be able to completely turn the tide, so I invite the Queen Mother to come in person."
"That's the daughter of the Ai family. It's inconvenient. Besides, the Ai family lives in the palace and defends Jing Qiao. It should be rumored that the Ai family is putting pressure on the emperor. Although you should avoid suspicion, as the person next to you, you can stand up for Jing Qiao." There are also many excuses. Besides, from what you wrote, you are a clear-headed and well-organized child. You have no problem going, you have to believe in yourself, and the future depends on you and Jing Qiao supporting each other." The Queen Mother smiled and took a picture. Patting Zhao Qingzhi's hand, "Don't worry, you can."
Zhao Qingzhi heard the words and said, "Here, the concubine has gone."
After Zhao Qingzhi finished speaking, she turned and walked out, and Director Wu hurriedly followed behind.
Outside the Jinluan Hall, Director Wu stepped forward to negotiate with the guards of the imperial forest. The chief guards took a look at Princess Jing, then lowered their heads and let her go.
The little eunuch hurried into the Jinluan Hall, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Jing is here, please enter the hall."
Jiang Jingqiao was taken aback for a moment, and her heart instantly became tense. Now she was quite indisputable. If Zhao Qingzhi came in and doubted her, how would she bear it?
Emperor Zhengde glanced at his younger sister, and he probably didn't want to let the newly married princess come in, but it's useless to stand still right now, so it's better to listen to what Princess Jing has to say.
"Xuan!!" Emperor Zhengde said, then turned around and went up the dragon steps, and sat on the dragon chair.
The little eunuch hurried to the gate of the Jinluan Hall and shouted: "Prince Xuanjing, the empress, enters the hall!!!!"
The shouts were so loud that the tributes in the palace examination all raised their heads to look up at the Golden Luan Hall. Zhao Ningbo's grip on the pen gradually became stronger. Although he didn't know what happened, it was said that the newly married Prince Jing, followed by her younger sister, was hard to miss. make him worry.
Zhao Qingzhi walked steadily into the hall step by step.
"Princess Jing Zhao's greetings to Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Holy Ann." Zhao Qingzhi Fu saluted.
Jiang Jingqiao glanced at Zhao Qingzhi, then at her daughter who was lying on the ground crying, and suddenly felt dizzy.
Emperor Zhengde said: "Concubine Jing is exempt from the courtesy, important matters are being discussed here, what is the purpose of Princess Jing entering the palace?"
"I came to accompany the Queen Mother in the morning. I heard that there is a woman who is pregnant with King Jing's flesh and blood. The Queen Mother specially sent concubines to settle down." Zhao Qingzhi said unhurriedly.
Jiang Jingqiao got angry when she heard that, she tugged on Zhao Qingzhi's sleeve and said, "What kind of arrangement is there? You don't know anything, so you're just here to make trouble?"
"Oh? Your Highness means that this woman is not pregnant with His Highness's flesh and blood?" Zhao Qingzhi looked at Jiang Jingqiao, seeing her anxious expression, she raised her hand to gently hold Jiang Jingqiao's hand.
Jiang Jingqiao was taken aback for a moment, the temperature in her hands instantly calmed down a little bit of the anger in her heart, and her heart also calmed down a little bit. Seeing Zhao Qingzhi's firm gaze, she couldn't help saying: "Of course, this woman, you I have seen it before, when two tenant farmers' daughters were found out, one of them was her, and you saw it that day, and it was clearly the first time that this prince and her have met."
Hearing this, Zhao Qingzhi turned and lowered her eyes to look at the woman curled up on the ground, and said slowly: "My lady, my concubine was also in the manor at the time, if I remember correctly, you were being bullied by other wealthy businessmen at that time, and His Highness sent a guard Gao to rescue you." You guys, do you still have an impression?"
The woman wiped away her tears when she heard the words, and said: "Princess Wangfei, you remember wrongly, the women of the people were locked in a room alone at that time, and the rest of the wealthy businessmen bullied other women."
"Oh? So, there are rich businessmen who have fun in the manor?" Zhao Qingzhi asked back.
The woman vaguely felt that it was not good, but if she refuted it, wouldn't it mean that the preface was out of line?
"Minnv heard vaguely that it is true." The woman replied.
"Your Majesty." Zhao Qingzhi turned to look at Emperor Zhengde, "Since this woman admits that there were rich merchants in the manor at that time, it means that what Her Majesty King Jing presented to His Majesty is not lying."
Emperor Zhengde nodded upon hearing the words: "Not bad."
"Your Majesty, I still have doubts." Huang Jue stood up, and after getting permission from Emperor Zhengde, he looked at Zhao Qingzhi and said, "Princess Jing, you may not know the whole case when you first came. What was found out was that a servant ran away from the manor, and His Royal Highness King Jing was afraid that the incident would be discovered, so he took the initiative to expose it first, and put all the blame on the servant."
"Oh? Is the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice the roundworm in His Royal Highness Jing's stomach? He actually knows that His Royal Highness Jing is afraid of the incident?" Zhao Qingzhi asked back.
Huang Jue was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Princess Jing, this is not speculation by the lower officials, but the escaped manor servant who personally exposed it."
Zhao Qingzhi looked directly at Huang Jue when she heard the words: "Dare to ask Lord Shangshu, when did this woman go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to report the case?"
"Yesterday afternoon." Huang Jue raised his chin.
"Then, when was the escaped manor servant found?" Zhao Qingzhi continued to ask.
Huang Jue replied: "Since my father confessed that there was a person who escaped alive, the lower officials sent dozens of arrests, searched many places and found it last night."
"My lord, what's the name of that servant?" Zhao Qingzhi attacked frequently, without leaving Huang Jue much time to think.
As soon as this remark came out, Huang Jue was stunned for a moment. He was surprised that a small boudoir woman knew how to ask questions. The name of this servant could definitely be found in the monthly money account book of the manor, so he had to tell the truth.
"He called himself Ah Wu."
The corner of Zhao Qingzhi's mouth raised a slight smile when she heard the words: "It's so strange, this Ah Wu gang and Zhang Guanshi robbed the women of the people, and committed a heinous crime. His Highness sent people to search for more than half a month, but they couldn't find it, but Shang Shu lord found it in less than a day? "
Huang Jue was dumbfounded, stuttering and unable to speak.
When Kang Wang saw that Huang Jue had stopped talking, he cursed secretly in his heart. He only wanted to show Huang Jue's card, but now Huang Jue was confused by a little girl's repeated questions, and she had to play another card. .
King Kang glanced at Wang Tixing with a sullen expression, and Wang Tixing came out and said, "Princess Jing, when the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment asked the officials to check the case, she said that the search for someone was smoother this time. Save your life in the seemingly dangerous prison of the Xunxing Department."
"That's right." Huang Jue instantly sobered up, "I just remembered, this Ah Wu confessed to hiding for too long, worried that His Royal Highness King Jing would find him, so he voluntarily surrendered and let our people find him on purpose."
Hearing this, Jiang Jingqiao looked at Wang Tixing. The scenes of her previous life were replaying in her mind over and over again. She had also had three co-mortems conducted by the Ministry of Punishment and the Department of Tixing, but she still hanged herself and died.
These two bastards made her feel a deep hatred for Zhao Qingzhi, and she has been depressed since then, these two bastards.
Jiang Jingqiao held back his anger, and sarcastically said: "The case that Lord Shangshu personally tried, the memory needs to be reminded by the king who didn't intervene?"
"Chen, I'm old." Huang Jue pretended not to understand, and only talked about his age.
Hearing this, Jiang Jingqiao didn't save face for the Minister of Criminal Affairs, and directly retorted: "The old man should retire and return to his hometown. The imperial court still needs young people who are more efficient in handling affairs."
Huang Jue's face became embarrassed.
"Master Shangshu." Zhao Qingzhi looked at Huang Jue with a smile, "Do you think that an ordinary servant of the manor has the ability to escape the search of Prince Jing's Mansion? It has been more than half a month, and Prince Jing's Mansion has not found the slightest trace of him, which shows that This person is not simple, or the forces behind him are not simple, otherwise, do you think it is easy for a little servant to avoid the eyeliner of Prince Jing's Mansion and prevent people from Prince Jing's Mansion from appearing in front of the criminal police?"
"This..." Huang Jue was speechless when asked, and in all fairness, if he was really a little slave, he couldn't do it at all.
"Princess Jing's words are reasonable." Emperor Zhengde stood up, "This Ah Wu's origin is unknown and his behavior is suspicious. You can't listen to his words, Manager Wu!!!"
Manager Wu stood obediently behind Princess Jing, and immediately knelt down when he heard the words: "The old slave is here."
"You take someone to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and bring that Ah Wu to the palace. I want to inquire in person. I am eager to take the imperial guards. I can't let him escape."
"Here." Director Wu took the order to take three steps back and turned to leave the Golden Luan Hall.
Jiang Jingqiao saw that Huang Jue and the others showed some flaws, so she walked up to the woman and said, "If you tell the truth, this king will survive. If you continue to be obsessed, you should know that you have slandered the king, and the whole family will be executed."
As soon as this remark came out, the woman shivered.
"Your Highness's move may have the intention of intimidating the plaintiff." Huang Jue said.
Jiang Jingqiao was so angry that he snorted coldly and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Zhao Qingzhi stepped forward, squatted down in front of the woman, and asked: "Since you said that the flesh and blood in your belly belonged to King Jing, you must be very familiar with King Jing. There is a birthmark on King Jing, you may tell Where?"
As soon as this remark came out, Jiang Jingqiao looked at Zhao Qingzhi in shock. She had never undressed in front of Zhao Qingzhi since her wedding. How did Zhao Qingzhi know that she had a birthmark?Jiang Jingqiao looked at Zhao Qingzhi's back, speechless for a long time.
The woman was completely panicked when she heard the words, and said unnaturally: "Every time Your Highness gets close, someone has blown the lamp in advance, it's dark, and the girl didn't pay attention."
"Since the lights were blown in advance and it's dark, how can you be sure that you violated your Highness King Jing?" Zhao Qingzhi stood up and asked the woman coldly.
The woman's face turned pale when she was questioned, she collapsed on the ground and said tremblingly: "The person in charge said that it was King Jing, and King Jing came in and claimed to be the king, and there is also the voice of King Jing, yes, the voice cannot deceive people. "
"Wrong, people's voices are changeable, as long as you want to imitate, you can imitate to a certain extent." Zhao Qingzhi said, looking at Emperor Zhengde, "Your Majesty, this woman has never seen Jing Wang's face before. If you want to impersonate, you can do it."
Emperor Zhengde heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Princess Jing's words are true. This woman herself can't tell whether she is King Jing at night. How can you talk about other witnesses? Huang Shangshu, are you being too arbitrary in your decision?"
Huang Jue knelt down quickly when he heard the words, and said nervously: "Your Majesty, this woman stopped the sedan chair and cried out for injustice. I had to believe it at first impression. The daughter of a small tenant farmer would not dare to wrong a prince after eating ambitious leopards. I also broke the law for the sake of the prince." The original intention of common people's crimes will be thoroughly investigated."
"When will I decide the case based on my first impression?" Jiang Jingqiao looked back at Zhao Qingzhi, and Ann sneered while resisting the surge in his heart.
Huang Jue bowed his head and remained silent when he heard the words, but his heart was already exploding, Jiang Jingqiao refuted his son's qualifications for the scientific examination, how could he not hate more?
"Minnv didn't lie, Minnv knew that it was His Royal Highness King Jing." The woman screamed in panic.
Seeing this, Xingjiu leaned into Zhao Qingzhi's ear and said, "Princess, this girl looks like she is not pregnant, but seems to have injected a medicine from the Western Regions from the inside of her arm. Feeling the pulse within three hours is like a happy pulse, but it is extremely harmful to the body, within three months, the seven orifices will bleed to death."
Zhao Qingzhi was startled when she heard the words, the people behind this were getting more and more vicious.
"Your Majesty." Zhao Qingzhi looked at Emperor Zhengde, and said with a blessing: "The servant girl next to my concubine is good at medical skills. Just now she said that this woman seems to have been injected with a strange medicine from the Western Regions on the inside of her arm. If you feel the pulse within three hours, it will look like a happy pulse, but after three months, you will bleed to death from the seven orifices, please allow your majesty to check this girl's arm."
As soon as this remark came out, Kang Wang and the woman were shocked. Kang Wang was shocked that someone could see through this mystery. Bleeding to death from Qiqiao, he was terrified for a while.
"Quite!!!" Emperor Zhengde said and waved his hand, asking the trusted eunuchs to go down and check.
The woman seemed to have lost her struggle and let the eunuch pull her sleeve away. Sure enough, a blood hole the size of a grain of rice was found on the inside of her left arm.
Seeing this, the ministers of the DPRK and China were surprised and whispered to each other.
King Kang glanced at Huang Jue when he saw this, Huang Jue understood, and slapped the woman with trembling hands, one palm after another, with increasing force: "You dare to frame His Royal Highness King Jing."
Jiang Jingqiao stepped forward to stop Huang Jue, raised her eyebrows and said, "Master Shang Shu wants to kill her?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not. I am just angry. My just heart was taken advantage of by others. I was so tired that King Jing's reputation was ruined. It was my negligence. Please punish me, His Highness King Jing." On the ground, he kept kowtowing to Jiang Jingqiao.
Jiang Jingqiao looked at him coldly, not intending to spare Huang Jue at all.
Zhao Qingzhi walked up to the woman, supported her to sit up, and said: "If you don't tell the truth, no one can protect you."
"I'm going to die in three months, I don't want to die, save me, save me." The woman pulled Zhao Qingzhi's sleeve like crazy, "It's all them, they taught me to do this, they took my dad My mother was arrested and threatened me, I have to listen to them."
"Who are they?" Zhao Qingzhi asked softly.
The woman pointed at Huang Jue in a panic, and just as she was about to point at King Kang, King Kang shot a very thin silver needle from his boot and inserted it straight into the sole of the woman's foot. Thick black blood gushed out.
Seeing this, Zhao Qingzhi didn't have time to call out, so Jiang Jingqiao pulled her up and covered her eyes and turned around.
Emperor Zhengde was very angry when he saw that someone had died in the Jinluan Hall, and ordered the imperial doctor to go and check.
"Return to Your Majesty, this woman died suddenly." The imperial doctor replied.
"It was fine at first, why did it suddenly die suddenly?" Emperor Zhengde walked down the dragon steps, "Investigate, let me investigate vigorously, and immediately declare Wuzuo to enter the palace, and investigate on the spot."
As soon as the words fell, Director Wu's voice came from outside the Golden Luan Hall, and then he bumped in and ran in, collapsed on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, this old slave went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to pick someone up, but the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is in flames, Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Emperor Zhengde's previous anger reached its peak, but after the extreme anger, he calmed down. A pair of eyes similar to Jiang Jingqiao's now revealed a gloomy light, and those sharp eyes swept across all the people in the hall. The minister didn't say a word, but the courtiers bowed their heads and shivered.
"Do you understand the ins and outs of this matter, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?" Emperor Zhengde stood on the dragon steps, with one hand behind his back, with a cold face, and the words he said made people tremble.
"Old minister, old minister is terrified."
"Afraid? You don't want to be terrified. It's obvious that someone used your hand to frame King Jing. As a Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, you went to the court without a thorough investigation. You should be terrified. Come here." Emperor Zhengde After all, I saw two imperial guards coming in, "Take off Huang Jue's crown and wear a flower feather, and escort him into Dali Temple. The Qing of Dali Temple and the prime minister will immediately examine Huang Jue severely."
"Minister, follow the order!!!" Dali Temple Minister and Prime Minister both came out.
Emperor Zhengde glanced at a person, and said coldly: "Where is the king's punishment?"
Wang Tixing trembled when he heard the words, and knelt down: "The minister is here."
"In the early stage of the criminal justice department, many murder cases were tried. You have worked hard. I will give you half a month's leave. You don't have to go to the criminal justice department or go to court until the half-month period expires."
Wang Tixing's lips trembled. He knew in his heart why Emperor Zhengde did this. He was the only one who came out to guide Huang Jue in the whole Jinluan Palace just now. The place of burial.
"Minister, thank you for your sympathy, and thank you Lord Long En."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhengde waved his hand to let him step back, and sat back on the dragon chair by himself.
"I have always made it clear in the law that the prince's crime is the same as that of the common people, but if anyone dares to slander the royal family, the laws are not just a piece of paper. I remind all the ministers and workers to use their brains more on weekdays and don't be fooled by others." Even if the arrow rake shoots/hits, it still applauds for others."
All the ministers knelt down one after another after hearing the words: "The ministers will follow His Majesty's instruction, Your Majesty is wise."
Emperor Zhengde lowered his eyes and looked at Princess Jing who was kneeling next to Jiang Jingqiao, and said in a light tone: "Princess Jing, get up, both King Jing and I should thank you deeply for this matter, you are indeed as smart as the queen mother said, Jing Qiao will be taken care of by you from now on, I am very relieved, the next thing is too heavy, don't have dirty eyes, go to the Longevity Palace to accompany the Queen Mother, Jing Qiao has already come, and I will go with Jing Qiao after the palace test is over The Longevity Palace will accompany the Empress Dowager for meals."
"Here, my concubine resigns!" Seeing that Jiang Jingqiao's grievances were cleared, Zhao Qingzhi felt relieved, took a look at Jiang Jingqiao, took three steps back, turned and left.
Jiang Jingqiao looked at Zhao Qingzhi's back, seeing him walking farther and farther, she had doubts in her heart, she couldn't help it, and said: "Brother Emperor, sister-in-law will send her to the gate of the hall, and come back later."
After Jiang Jingqiao finished speaking, he ran out without waiting for Emperor Zhengde's consent.
Emperor Zhengde shook his head helplessly, but thinking about the newlywed Yaner, he didn't stop Jiang Jingqiao from going.
Jiang Jingqiao ran out and called Zhao Qingzhi to stop.
Zhao Qingzhi turned her head back with a smile, looked at Jiang Jingqiao, and said with a smile, "Your Highness is reluctant to part with your concubine?"
"My lord is not in the mood to joke with you right now." Jiang Jingqiao walked up to Zhao Qingzhi, pursing his lips with a very serious expression.
Zhao Qingzhi blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "That is, His Highness came to question the concubine, why do you know that His Highness has a birthmark?"
Jiang Jingqiao didn't expect the other party to say it so bluntly.
"Since you know, then tell the truth." Jiang Jingqiao held his breath, feeling the beating of his little heart.
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