Yu Yu seemed to have finally calmed down. He stared at Shen Haiyao, and did not answer whether he agreed or disagreed. He said, "You want to get rid of a prince? With all due respect, you are just wishful thinking."
Shen Haiyao: "You don't care if I'm whimsical or not, I can rescue Yu Hong who has half a foot in the Palace of the King of Hell, and it's not that difficult to get rid of Yu Chen."
"After all, he is my elder brother, and I will not attack him."
"..." Shen Haiyao was speechless, "Okay, you don't need to do it, you cooperate with me, okay?"
After that, he didn't give Yuchen any time to answer, he said a few names by himself, and asked: "Then, among these few people, who is Yuchen's person? In other words, in the past few days, Yuchen has Who are you secretly sending messages to?"
Yu Jue paused, and replied unwillingly, "It's Shi Zhong."
That day, among the baskets of mandarins sent by Mrs. Cai, there was a note to Shi Zhong.
I didn't write any important content, just said that what I need will continue, so don't contact me recently.
"The things you need will continue..." Shen Haiyao repeated, "What does Shi Zhong need? How does he usually behave? Has he ever had a double heart for you?"
Yu Yu seemed to be very tired of this question, he waved his hand and said, "He is a deputy general under me, and he has never had a double heart. But..."
Yu Yu looked distressed, "He is very skilled in martial arts, and he has his own way of thinking when marching and fighting. But he, he...he is lustful. I just fined half a year's salary for prostitution at the beginning of this year, and he was suspended for half a month. Just recovered."
Shen Haiyao immediately grasped the point, "What has he been doing during the six months since he was fined?"
Yu Yu shook his head, "I don't know about that."
According to what Yu Yu said, this Shi Zhong has some abilities, and his position in the army is not low. It is indeed possible that he was the one who proposed to rob prison in his previous life; He would think that this is a wrong thing worthy of punishment, because it is normal to feel resentment towards Yu Yu and switch to the new owner.But would Shi Zhong really obey Yu Chen's order to do such a big thing as robbing prison just because of this?
After thinking about it, Shen Haiyao said: "I suggest you check this Shi Zhong carefully, and dig out more about what he has been doing for the past six months. According to what you said, he was fined for half a year, and he had no income during the six months. The thing that Chen said was continued for him is very likely to be silver. Look hard, maybe you can find some clues."
"Besides, I suggest you look up other things about Shi Zhong, besides prostitutes, does he have any other bad hobbies." Shen Haiyao couldn't speak too clearly, after all, he couldn't tell everything about his previous life. Yu Yu could only vaguely remind him to be careful of Shi Zhong, "He may be a little bit dissatisfied with you, so be careful of him."
Yujie was silent for a long time, not sure if he listened or not.
Shen Haiyao said again: "There is one more thing - I guess you don't like to hear this, but I still have to say - your father is very afraid of the military power in your hands. If it is not necessary during this time, Don't go back to Yunnan, let alone mobilize troops."
These words touched Yu Yu deeply, he sighed deeply, and slammed his right hand heavily on the desk.
"How could I not know that my father is afraid of me..." Yu Yu said to himself, "But now, besides me, who else can take over these more than [-] generals?"
That's right, Shen Haiyao thought to himself, isn't their kind of emperor's house like this?Mutual suspicion, mutual suspicion, what is family affection and love?Not all tools are available.The most is the ruthless emperor's family, really right.
Shen Haiyao calculated the days in his heart, and said to Yu Yu: "You should investigate Shi Zhong's affairs as soon as possible. When entering the palace—”
He stretched out his index finger and pointed to the sky, "The sky is about to change."
After leaving Yuju's mansion, Shen Haiyao shook his head with a smile, thinking, it turned out that the person Yuchen buried in Yuju's mansion was Shi Zhong.
This person's name is also really interesting, he is neither loyal nor consistent from beginning to end.
After walking a few steps, he saw those people who were sneaking after him again.
He shook his sleeves and said lazily: "You guys have been following me for so many days, are you tired?"
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of those people looking at me and you awkwardly, but they didn't dare to come out, so he continued, "Go back and tell your Twelfth Highness that I have stayed in Yuyu's mansion for a whole day today." afternoon."
He crossed his arms and looked at those people, imagining Yuchen's furious expression, and felt very proud.
Yujie didn't know if he really listened to what Shen Haiyao said, or the fact that Shi Zhong had a secret relationship with the Twelfth Prince finally made him vigilant. Checked out the details.
"...But the clues are cut off here," Yu Yu frowned slightly, with a serious tone, "The person is dead, so there is no way to investigate."
"Indeed, this line is actually very obvious. The end point of the road is still Yuchen, but as you said, this Master Song has been dead for so long, even if he was really killed by someone, I'm afraid there will be nothing to detect. "Shen Haiyao thought for a while, and then said, "Since we can't find out the result, let's think about the reason again. Shi Zhong is such a big man, but he has no salary for half a year, so it stands to reason that he will not be reduced to the point where he needs to borrow money from Yuchen Right? Does he need money urgently? Like building a house for his son to marry, or—"
Shen Haiyao suddenly thought of a word that people in modern society use to describe gangsters: eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, smoking, everything.
He snapped his fingers, "I don't believe that a person who can go to prostitutes is a good person. Most likely he has other disgusting hobbies. I need money urgently... Look in the direction of smoking or gambling."
Yu Yu nodded, "Okay."
He looked a little uncomfortable, and said hesitantly: "To be honest, I really didn't expect that Shi Zhong would...he has followed me for many years, and I didn't know he was such a person."
"There are too many things you don't know. Don't say that Shi Zhong is just a subordinate of yours for many years. Some 'husband and wife' who share the same bed may not necessarily understand each other." Shen Haiyao pointed out, "Time It's running out, and I can't delay any longer. Yuyu, Shi Zhong's matter, I must give me a result tomorrow night at the latest."
The Queen's side has already checked the situation of the Yan people. They have agreed to inform the emperor about the poisoning of the eighth prince early tomorrow morning.
As for Yu Chen, first the eighth prince did not die as he wished, which made his many years of planning come to nothing; then, the helper who had been hiding for a long time was dug out before he could use it.Now that Yuhong's situation has improved, Shen Haiyao will never let the situation where Yujie was framed in his previous life happen again.Yuchen has prepared and planned for so many years, but now, he has pushed himself into the most unfavorable situation.
The person who had been quietly waiting for the fruits of victory suddenly found himself the biggest loser in the game.Shen Haiyao reckoned that Yuchen had gone mad enough these days, and it was about time to cheer up and fight back.
We must take advantage of the present to expose everything at once, without giving him the slightest room to breathe!
Early the next morning, Shen Haiyao made a final confirmation of the preparations he had made.
"Is Xihua under control?"
Chu He said: "It's under control. The eighth prince found an excuse before, saying that the sedative medicine she prepared was the most effective, so he recruited her into the palace. Now she is basically under house arrest with the queen."
"Okay. Is the pattern confirmed?"
"It's confirmed. The relevant evidence has been prepared. Now we are waiting for the emperor to go to court and tell him the truth."
"Okay. Tell me when it's almost over, so that I can take Yuyu there and add fire to you."
After the morning court, just as Yu Jie walked out of the palace gate, she saw Ajin's maid, Suisui, standing outside the palace gate anxiously.
Yuji said goodbye politely to the ministers who were with him, took two quick steps, and asked, "Sui Sui? Why are you here?"
Sui Sui said: "Our family's family son sent me here, he asked me to ask you, are you ready?"
"Get ready, I sent my confidants to guard those people."
Sui Sui stomped anxiously, "Hurry up and get rid of the people! The prince called me over to tell you not to guard those people! Let them do what they should do!"
Yu Jie was puzzled, but the gate of the palace was not a place to talk after all, so he didn't want to ask more questions, so he just nodded and said "Understood", and then hurried back to the mansion.
Although I don't know what the man's plan is, but he is... inexplicably believable.Yu Jie thought to himself, when Ah Jin came back, if he was really unscathed, he should sincerely apologize and thank that person.
According to Sui Sui's instructions, Yu Jie withdrew the government soldiers who were secretly monitoring those people, and according to the previous agreement, took the things that should be brought, and entered the palace in the evening.
He had already been crowned prince a few years ago, and his father allowed him to enter the palace to pay respects to the queen and noble concubine at any time, but he was always in Yunnan, so he rarely had such an opportunity.
Unexpectedly, this entry into the palace was to bring down Yuchen.
To be honest, even now, Yu Yu still doesn't understand what his twelfth brother did. He doesn't understand why Yu Chen would reach out to his subordinates when he never intervened in the war.He didn't know why the person who replaced Ah Jin had such great malice towards Yu Chen, but...
If it's really about Ah Jin, then he...
No matter what it is, he always has to do it.
In the evening, when it was supposed to be meal time, a group of people stood densely in Zhenghe Hall.
The starling who has not yet fully recovered, the empress and concubine, the empresses in the harem, Ah Jin, his father, the little doctor, and Nie Hai, the commander of the imperial army...
Yujie's eyes swept over these people one by one, and everyone's expressions were full of thoughts and seriousness—except for the person who replaced Ah Jin, who was playing with his fingers with his head down—finally, Yujie's eyes fixed on Twelve Emperors. brother face.
The man's expression was neither happy nor sad, he was very calm at first glance, but the bruises in front of his eyes were very obvious.
Yu Jie looked away, and bowed to the emperor sitting above him, "Father Emperor."
His father looked very tired, with deep furrows between his brows. He propped his forehead with his right hand, as if he could not lift his head under the weight of the hair crown on his head.
With a hoarse voice, he asked, "Yuju, what's the matter with you, why do you want to tell me right now?"
Yu Jie turned her head and glanced at A Jin out of the corner of her eye.
The matter has come to this point, he can't back down now.After hiding for so many years, after all, he still couldn't escape the situation of brothers fighting for reserves.
Yu Yu bowed again, his voice was loud and clear, and every word he uttered hit people's hearts directly.
"Father, my son has a deputy general named Shi Zhong. The day before yesterday, my son found a large number of bank accounts from Shi Zhong's mansion. After checking, I learned that it should be the confiscated money when Mr. Song, the previous official, ransacked the house. Mr. Song and Mr. Song When his son was imprisoned for embezzling disaster relief money, the minister was still in Yunnan, so he didn't know the whole story. I heard that Master Song's case was handled by Brother Twelve himself. Today, the minister wants to ask, this should have been filled into the national treasury The stolen money, why are you still wandering outside?"
After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked straight at Yu Chen, "Brother Huang, Shi Zhong has stolen money here, but does anyone else have it?"
The stolen silver that should have been confiscated was circulated in the market, and the two princes of the current dynasty were also involved. This is no small matter.
The emperor sighed heavily, and slammed the hand on the dragon table in front of him with his forehead.With trembling hands, he rummaged through the row of memorials, picked out a few and threw them on the ground.
"This is the booklet written by Yuchen that the stolen money has been collected, and this is the booklet from the Ministry of Households—" It happened a long time ago, and the emperor still remembers it clearly, "Yuchen, Yuchen, I only thought of you and The Ministry of Officials came close, but I didn’t expect that your hand had already reached the Ministry of Households! When the Ministry of Officials Song Shangshu ransacked the house, how much money did you hide?! Tell me honestly!”
From the time Yujue said Shi Zhong's name, Yuchen knew that he couldn't escape today's incident.
In the past few days, he has been thinking repeatedly about when and which link went wrong.
A few years ago, he accidentally discovered Xihua, and his side face, which was [-]% similar to Ah Jin, helped her enter Yuhong's residence smoothly.Xihua is careful and smart, and they have only contacted three times over the years—the first time was when they met for the first time, the second time was to send her to see Yuhong, and the third time Xihua informed him that Yuhong was dying.
Yuchen is sure that no one knows that Xihua is his own, and it is impossible for her to expose it.
He secretly planted some people. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, he didn't have many contacts on weekdays. Even in order to avoid exposure, he chose many intermediaries who knew everything about him to run relationships for him.Where is the eternal interest between the prince and the minister?What can hold them is nothing more than power and money.In order to maintain these "underground" relationships, Yu Chen has indeed spent a lot of money in the past few years, and he has tampered with the collection of stolen money, which is really helpless.
After thinking about it, Yu Chen felt that the problem was Shi Zhong - after all, Shi Zhong was the only person whose relationship he developed recently.Shi Zhong, apart from his kung fu, can be said to have no redeeming qualities. People without brains are easy to deceive and reveal their secrets.
It's only because Yu Chen was too anxious, and happened to meet Shi Zhong bumping into his hand, that's why he simply accepted him, otherwise, for such a fool, Yu Chen really looked down on him.
He was sure that the matter was revealed from Shi Zhong, and because he was frightened to death by the list thrown by A Jin earlier, he simply imposed all the responsibilities on Shi Zhong, and found the middleman who had contacted Shi Zhong overnight to make a statement.
In addition to these, he naturally made other preparations.
Although the situation this time is far beyond his control, it is by no means a dead end. As for whether he can turn around...
Yu Chen clenched his fists, listening to Yu Yu's words, while quickly thinking about countermeasures in his heart.
"Tell me the truth!"
Hearing this, Yu Chen immediately knelt down in the middle of the hall and said loudly: "Your minister is wronged!"
His expression was urgent, but his words were clear and earnest, "Father, the Emperor! The former Lord Song of the Ministry of Officials had a close relationship with his sons and officials. No one in the government and the public knew about it? Lord Song and his son embezzled the relief funds, causing the people in the disaster-stricken area to live in dire straits. , Hungry and dying all over the place, I will impeach him as soon as I know about it, there is absolutely no partiality! If I want to get rid of these stolen money, why bother to impeach Mr. Song?"
He lowered his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "After Mr. Song's accident, what is the situation of my son and minister, father...don't you know? If I only think about myself in everything, how can I be reduced to this..."
He knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily, and said, "Father, since the stolen money was copied from Shi Zhong's house, why didn't you summon him to ask him directly? My son has never liked you, but Father... ..."
Yu Chen seemed to be at a loss for words, he closed his eyes forcefully, bent down, and pressed his forehead to the ground again.When he raised his head again, two lines of tears had already flowed down his cheeks, "It's really sad for the emperor to speculate about his son like this!"
After all, he is also his own son, and besides, in the past years, he was indeed neglected.The emperor is old, and for an old man of this age, he can't see any child showing such a sad look.He waved his hand wearily, and said in a low voice, "Yuyu, call your lieutenant general."
"Yes, Royal Father." Yu Yu replied.
When stepping back to the side, Yu Jie looked at the fake Ah Jin, who was still playing with his clothes with his head down, only to see that he had wrapped his cuffs a few times, and then watched the sleeves unravel by themselves, and so on, he wrapped himself Coax very happy.
Yuyu shook his head helplessly, and stood quietly aside, waiting for Shi Zhong to be summoned.
No one in the Zhenghe hall spoke, and the atmosphere was eerily quiet.
Yuchen knew very well that although his father didn't like playing power tricks, he did feel somewhat guilty towards him in his heart.Because of this bit of guilt, he has a chance to stand up.
It's just... Yu Chen was still kneeling on the ground, and his father didn't intend to tell him to get up.Forget it, let's treat it as a sellout.
At this moment, Yu Chen saw that new friend of A Jin stepping forward.
"Your Majesty, I have to wait for Shi Zhong to come anyway, then—" the man's voice was clear and crisp, and a commoner didn't feel nervous when he saw the current Holy Majesty. Your Highness, please tell us about the condition of the Eighth Prince."
Under the robe that no one saw, Yu Chen tightened his fingers.He stared at the man coldly, thinking about how to get rid of him without anyone noticing.
He retracted his gaze without a trace, and lowered his eyelids to hide the murderous look in his eyes.
This person can't stay anymore, Yu Chen thought, originally he thought he was A Jin's friend and wanted to keep him for a few more days, but now it seems...
"Your Highness, you and the Eighth Prince are deeply brothers, and you must be very worried about his illness." Chu He said softly, "Fortunately, the Eighth Prince has God's care, and it is finally safe. It's just that he is too sick after all. After a long time, no matter how good your health is, you can't stand such a waste. I discussed with the imperial physician and prescribed some medicines for His Highness Eighth to help him recover as soon as possible. Some of the medicines are common in Yunnan. Could you help me, Your Highness? How many of these medicines did you get?"
After finishing speaking, he took out a few pages of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Yujie.
After taking it, Yu Yu unfolded it, looked at it, and asked in a suspicious tone: "Are you sure there is nothing wrong with this medicine? Although I don't know medical skills, there are some medicinal materials on this paper. As far as I know..."
He read a few herbs and said, "I heard from the local people in Yunnan that these plants are poisonous, and they specifically told us not to touch them indiscriminately."
Yu Chen raised his head abruptly, the shock in his eyes could not be concealed!
Xihua exposed...
His heart was beating wildly, and his back was wet with cold sweat in just a moment.The sound in the ear became blurred, and it seemed that there were countless bugs buzzing.
He barely supported his knees on the ground, and many thoughts quickly flashed through his mind.
Later, he heard Chu He say: "Oh, Your Highness, I'm sorry, I took the wrong one, it should be this one."
He shook his sleeves, took out another piece of paper and handed it to Yu Yu, explaining: "The one I just showed to His Highness is the poison that the Eighth Prince has been poisoned over the years."
"Poisoned?!" Amid the extreme fright and anger, Yu Jue even changed his voice. He didn't care that he was in the Palace of Zhenghe, his father, and almost roared, "Who dares to poison myna?!"
The queen who had been quiet for a long time finally spoke.She has always been gentle, even at this time, the words she uttered are still as gentle as water, but no matter how gentle the words are, in the ears of the instigator, there is only harshness left.
"Yuchen, what do you want to say about Yuhong's poisoning?"
As soon as the queen finished speaking, a very low and suppressed cough came from Yuhong's side.
"Yes, brother twelve did it?" Yu Yu couldn't believe it, he staggered back a few steps, his lips parted a few times, but he couldn't say a word.
The emperor did not speak, the empress did not speak, and even Chu He stood quietly where he was, without saying anything more.
Yuyu's mind went blank, although he knew that Yuchen had not been close to their brothers since childhood, but he never imagined that he would do something to poison his siblings.
"...Is there any evidence?" He seemed to be asking Chu He, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
At this time, Ah Jin, who was always like an outsider and had never been involved in any topic, chuckled lightly, and said, "The empress's eloquence speaks well, will she wrong a prince?"
It's not loud, but everyone can hear clearly.
"Yuchen," after a long silence, the emperor opened his mouth, his voice hoarse like sandpaper, rough and dry, "Yuchen, if you, if you know your mistakes and are willing to correct them, I can, I can spare your life. "
The tears that Yu Chen had squeezed out had dried up, not even a trace of tears left.He raised his head expressionlessly, and said word by word: "I don't recognize what I haven't done."
After finishing speaking, he looked at the queen, "Empress, I know that you were very dissatisfied with my son because I was competitive and wanted to compete with the Eighth Emperor Brother in everything. But now, now this There is no longer any place for me in the imperial court, Empress, why bother to kill all my sons and ministers?"
"Okay, since you are so stubborn—" the queen waved her hand to call for the maid beside her, "go and bring that girl."
Ever since she heard that Yuhong had been seriously ill these years because of poisoning, the queen had been holding back her anger, and she had to swallow her anger for the time being just to find out the truth.Now that she can finally reveal the true face of the culprit, she will show no mercy.
"This matter starts a few years ago." The queen said slowly, "Back then, Yuhong met a medical girl named Xihua outside the palace. Yuhong took a fancy to her medical skills and brought her back to Beijing. Who knows—this Xihua has the intention of harming others, secretly put a variety of chronic poisons in Yuhong's food, and pretended to treat Yuhong when he was seriously ill, deceiving us for so many years! "
Will Xihua confess him?
No, her father and brother are still in her hands.If she shoulders this matter by herself, only she will die; if she confesses herself, none of their family will survive.
Will the queen track down her mother clan?
What if it is tracked down?I have already told Xihua how to end up if things come to light.
Don't panic.Yu Chen repeatedly reminded himself that he must remain calm and not lose his temper.
As long as Xihua refuses to admit it, what evidence do they have?
Xihua was in the Queen's Palace, and there was a prior arrangement, but he was brought into Zhenghe Hall in a short while.
No matter how clever she was, she couldn't bear the torment and fear in her heart when she saw such a scene. As soon as she entered the palace, her legs gave way and she fell to the ground. In the end, several maids dragged her in.
Her eyes were filled with tears, her forehead pressed tightly to the ground, and she couldn't say a word.
When no one noticed, Nie Hai, the commander of the Forbidden Army, quietly left Zhenghe Hall.At the same time, Shen Haiyao took a few steps back and left.
He trotted a few steps, and called softly: "Commander Nie, stop!"
Nie Hai looked back and asked, "Shizi Yin, what are your orders?"
Shen Haiyao motioned for him to come over, and the two whispered a few words.
"That's the shape, do you remember?"
Nie Hai: "Remember, I will pay attention, son."
Shen Haiyao nodded with a smile, "That thing is very small, it may be a hidden compartment after opening. Just remember, the direction to unlock the lock is to turn left three times first, and then press the points in sequence according to the points I just mentioned. Now, this will open it."
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Shen Haiyao: "You don't care if I'm whimsical or not, I can rescue Yu Hong who has half a foot in the Palace of the King of Hell, and it's not that difficult to get rid of Yu Chen."
"After all, he is my elder brother, and I will not attack him."
"..." Shen Haiyao was speechless, "Okay, you don't need to do it, you cooperate with me, okay?"
After that, he didn't give Yuchen any time to answer, he said a few names by himself, and asked: "Then, among these few people, who is Yuchen's person? In other words, in the past few days, Yuchen has Who are you secretly sending messages to?"
Yu Jue paused, and replied unwillingly, "It's Shi Zhong."
That day, among the baskets of mandarins sent by Mrs. Cai, there was a note to Shi Zhong.
I didn't write any important content, just said that what I need will continue, so don't contact me recently.
"The things you need will continue..." Shen Haiyao repeated, "What does Shi Zhong need? How does he usually behave? Has he ever had a double heart for you?"
Yu Yu seemed to be very tired of this question, he waved his hand and said, "He is a deputy general under me, and he has never had a double heart. But..."
Yu Yu looked distressed, "He is very skilled in martial arts, and he has his own way of thinking when marching and fighting. But he, he...he is lustful. I just fined half a year's salary for prostitution at the beginning of this year, and he was suspended for half a month. Just recovered."
Shen Haiyao immediately grasped the point, "What has he been doing during the six months since he was fined?"
Yu Yu shook his head, "I don't know about that."
According to what Yu Yu said, this Shi Zhong has some abilities, and his position in the army is not low. It is indeed possible that he was the one who proposed to rob prison in his previous life; He would think that this is a wrong thing worthy of punishment, because it is normal to feel resentment towards Yu Yu and switch to the new owner.But would Shi Zhong really obey Yu Chen's order to do such a big thing as robbing prison just because of this?
After thinking about it, Shen Haiyao said: "I suggest you check this Shi Zhong carefully, and dig out more about what he has been doing for the past six months. According to what you said, he was fined for half a year, and he had no income during the six months. The thing that Chen said was continued for him is very likely to be silver. Look hard, maybe you can find some clues."
"Besides, I suggest you look up other things about Shi Zhong, besides prostitutes, does he have any other bad hobbies." Shen Haiyao couldn't speak too clearly, after all, he couldn't tell everything about his previous life. Yu Yu could only vaguely remind him to be careful of Shi Zhong, "He may be a little bit dissatisfied with you, so be careful of him."
Yujie was silent for a long time, not sure if he listened or not.
Shen Haiyao said again: "There is one more thing - I guess you don't like to hear this, but I still have to say - your father is very afraid of the military power in your hands. If it is not necessary during this time, Don't go back to Yunnan, let alone mobilize troops."
These words touched Yu Yu deeply, he sighed deeply, and slammed his right hand heavily on the desk.
"How could I not know that my father is afraid of me..." Yu Yu said to himself, "But now, besides me, who else can take over these more than [-] generals?"
That's right, Shen Haiyao thought to himself, isn't their kind of emperor's house like this?Mutual suspicion, mutual suspicion, what is family affection and love?Not all tools are available.The most is the ruthless emperor's family, really right.
Shen Haiyao calculated the days in his heart, and said to Yu Yu: "You should investigate Shi Zhong's affairs as soon as possible. When entering the palace—”
He stretched out his index finger and pointed to the sky, "The sky is about to change."
After leaving Yuju's mansion, Shen Haiyao shook his head with a smile, thinking, it turned out that the person Yuchen buried in Yuju's mansion was Shi Zhong.
This person's name is also really interesting, he is neither loyal nor consistent from beginning to end.
After walking a few steps, he saw those people who were sneaking after him again.
He shook his sleeves and said lazily: "You guys have been following me for so many days, are you tired?"
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of those people looking at me and you awkwardly, but they didn't dare to come out, so he continued, "Go back and tell your Twelfth Highness that I have stayed in Yuyu's mansion for a whole day today." afternoon."
He crossed his arms and looked at those people, imagining Yuchen's furious expression, and felt very proud.
Yujie didn't know if he really listened to what Shen Haiyao said, or the fact that Shi Zhong had a secret relationship with the Twelfth Prince finally made him vigilant. Checked out the details.
"...But the clues are cut off here," Yu Yu frowned slightly, with a serious tone, "The person is dead, so there is no way to investigate."
"Indeed, this line is actually very obvious. The end point of the road is still Yuchen, but as you said, this Master Song has been dead for so long, even if he was really killed by someone, I'm afraid there will be nothing to detect. "Shen Haiyao thought for a while, and then said, "Since we can't find out the result, let's think about the reason again. Shi Zhong is such a big man, but he has no salary for half a year, so it stands to reason that he will not be reduced to the point where he needs to borrow money from Yuchen Right? Does he need money urgently? Like building a house for his son to marry, or—"
Shen Haiyao suddenly thought of a word that people in modern society use to describe gangsters: eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, smoking, everything.
He snapped his fingers, "I don't believe that a person who can go to prostitutes is a good person. Most likely he has other disgusting hobbies. I need money urgently... Look in the direction of smoking or gambling."
Yu Yu nodded, "Okay."
He looked a little uncomfortable, and said hesitantly: "To be honest, I really didn't expect that Shi Zhong would...he has followed me for many years, and I didn't know he was such a person."
"There are too many things you don't know. Don't say that Shi Zhong is just a subordinate of yours for many years. Some 'husband and wife' who share the same bed may not necessarily understand each other." Shen Haiyao pointed out, "Time It's running out, and I can't delay any longer. Yuyu, Shi Zhong's matter, I must give me a result tomorrow night at the latest."
The Queen's side has already checked the situation of the Yan people. They have agreed to inform the emperor about the poisoning of the eighth prince early tomorrow morning.
As for Yu Chen, first the eighth prince did not die as he wished, which made his many years of planning come to nothing; then, the helper who had been hiding for a long time was dug out before he could use it.Now that Yuhong's situation has improved, Shen Haiyao will never let the situation where Yujie was framed in his previous life happen again.Yuchen has prepared and planned for so many years, but now, he has pushed himself into the most unfavorable situation.
The person who had been quietly waiting for the fruits of victory suddenly found himself the biggest loser in the game.Shen Haiyao reckoned that Yuchen had gone mad enough these days, and it was about time to cheer up and fight back.
We must take advantage of the present to expose everything at once, without giving him the slightest room to breathe!
Early the next morning, Shen Haiyao made a final confirmation of the preparations he had made.
"Is Xihua under control?"
Chu He said: "It's under control. The eighth prince found an excuse before, saying that the sedative medicine she prepared was the most effective, so he recruited her into the palace. Now she is basically under house arrest with the queen."
"Okay. Is the pattern confirmed?"
"It's confirmed. The relevant evidence has been prepared. Now we are waiting for the emperor to go to court and tell him the truth."
"Okay. Tell me when it's almost over, so that I can take Yuyu there and add fire to you."
After the morning court, just as Yu Jie walked out of the palace gate, she saw Ajin's maid, Suisui, standing outside the palace gate anxiously.
Yuji said goodbye politely to the ministers who were with him, took two quick steps, and asked, "Sui Sui? Why are you here?"
Sui Sui said: "Our family's family son sent me here, he asked me to ask you, are you ready?"
"Get ready, I sent my confidants to guard those people."
Sui Sui stomped anxiously, "Hurry up and get rid of the people! The prince called me over to tell you not to guard those people! Let them do what they should do!"
Yu Jie was puzzled, but the gate of the palace was not a place to talk after all, so he didn't want to ask more questions, so he just nodded and said "Understood", and then hurried back to the mansion.
Although I don't know what the man's plan is, but he is... inexplicably believable.Yu Jie thought to himself, when Ah Jin came back, if he was really unscathed, he should sincerely apologize and thank that person.
According to Sui Sui's instructions, Yu Jie withdrew the government soldiers who were secretly monitoring those people, and according to the previous agreement, took the things that should be brought, and entered the palace in the evening.
He had already been crowned prince a few years ago, and his father allowed him to enter the palace to pay respects to the queen and noble concubine at any time, but he was always in Yunnan, so he rarely had such an opportunity.
Unexpectedly, this entry into the palace was to bring down Yuchen.
To be honest, even now, Yu Yu still doesn't understand what his twelfth brother did. He doesn't understand why Yu Chen would reach out to his subordinates when he never intervened in the war.He didn't know why the person who replaced Ah Jin had such great malice towards Yu Chen, but...
If it's really about Ah Jin, then he...
No matter what it is, he always has to do it.
In the evening, when it was supposed to be meal time, a group of people stood densely in Zhenghe Hall.
The starling who has not yet fully recovered, the empress and concubine, the empresses in the harem, Ah Jin, his father, the little doctor, and Nie Hai, the commander of the imperial army...
Yujie's eyes swept over these people one by one, and everyone's expressions were full of thoughts and seriousness—except for the person who replaced Ah Jin, who was playing with his fingers with his head down—finally, Yujie's eyes fixed on Twelve Emperors. brother face.
The man's expression was neither happy nor sad, he was very calm at first glance, but the bruises in front of his eyes were very obvious.
Yu Jie looked away, and bowed to the emperor sitting above him, "Father Emperor."
His father looked very tired, with deep furrows between his brows. He propped his forehead with his right hand, as if he could not lift his head under the weight of the hair crown on his head.
With a hoarse voice, he asked, "Yuju, what's the matter with you, why do you want to tell me right now?"
Yu Jie turned her head and glanced at A Jin out of the corner of her eye.
The matter has come to this point, he can't back down now.After hiding for so many years, after all, he still couldn't escape the situation of brothers fighting for reserves.
Yu Yu bowed again, his voice was loud and clear, and every word he uttered hit people's hearts directly.
"Father, my son has a deputy general named Shi Zhong. The day before yesterday, my son found a large number of bank accounts from Shi Zhong's mansion. After checking, I learned that it should be the confiscated money when Mr. Song, the previous official, ransacked the house. Mr. Song and Mr. Song When his son was imprisoned for embezzling disaster relief money, the minister was still in Yunnan, so he didn't know the whole story. I heard that Master Song's case was handled by Brother Twelve himself. Today, the minister wants to ask, this should have been filled into the national treasury The stolen money, why are you still wandering outside?"
After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked straight at Yu Chen, "Brother Huang, Shi Zhong has stolen money here, but does anyone else have it?"
The stolen silver that should have been confiscated was circulated in the market, and the two princes of the current dynasty were also involved. This is no small matter.
The emperor sighed heavily, and slammed the hand on the dragon table in front of him with his forehead.With trembling hands, he rummaged through the row of memorials, picked out a few and threw them on the ground.
"This is the booklet written by Yuchen that the stolen money has been collected, and this is the booklet from the Ministry of Households—" It happened a long time ago, and the emperor still remembers it clearly, "Yuchen, Yuchen, I only thought of you and The Ministry of Officials came close, but I didn’t expect that your hand had already reached the Ministry of Households! When the Ministry of Officials Song Shangshu ransacked the house, how much money did you hide?! Tell me honestly!”
From the time Yujue said Shi Zhong's name, Yuchen knew that he couldn't escape today's incident.
In the past few days, he has been thinking repeatedly about when and which link went wrong.
A few years ago, he accidentally discovered Xihua, and his side face, which was [-]% similar to Ah Jin, helped her enter Yuhong's residence smoothly.Xihua is careful and smart, and they have only contacted three times over the years—the first time was when they met for the first time, the second time was to send her to see Yuhong, and the third time Xihua informed him that Yuhong was dying.
Yuchen is sure that no one knows that Xihua is his own, and it is impossible for her to expose it.
He secretly planted some people. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, he didn't have many contacts on weekdays. Even in order to avoid exposure, he chose many intermediaries who knew everything about him to run relationships for him.Where is the eternal interest between the prince and the minister?What can hold them is nothing more than power and money.In order to maintain these "underground" relationships, Yu Chen has indeed spent a lot of money in the past few years, and he has tampered with the collection of stolen money, which is really helpless.
After thinking about it, Yu Chen felt that the problem was Shi Zhong - after all, Shi Zhong was the only person whose relationship he developed recently.Shi Zhong, apart from his kung fu, can be said to have no redeeming qualities. People without brains are easy to deceive and reveal their secrets.
It's only because Yu Chen was too anxious, and happened to meet Shi Zhong bumping into his hand, that's why he simply accepted him, otherwise, for such a fool, Yu Chen really looked down on him.
He was sure that the matter was revealed from Shi Zhong, and because he was frightened to death by the list thrown by A Jin earlier, he simply imposed all the responsibilities on Shi Zhong, and found the middleman who had contacted Shi Zhong overnight to make a statement.
In addition to these, he naturally made other preparations.
Although the situation this time is far beyond his control, it is by no means a dead end. As for whether he can turn around...
Yu Chen clenched his fists, listening to Yu Yu's words, while quickly thinking about countermeasures in his heart.
"Tell me the truth!"
Hearing this, Yu Chen immediately knelt down in the middle of the hall and said loudly: "Your minister is wronged!"
His expression was urgent, but his words were clear and earnest, "Father, the Emperor! The former Lord Song of the Ministry of Officials had a close relationship with his sons and officials. No one in the government and the public knew about it? Lord Song and his son embezzled the relief funds, causing the people in the disaster-stricken area to live in dire straits. , Hungry and dying all over the place, I will impeach him as soon as I know about it, there is absolutely no partiality! If I want to get rid of these stolen money, why bother to impeach Mr. Song?"
He lowered his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "After Mr. Song's accident, what is the situation of my son and minister, father...don't you know? If I only think about myself in everything, how can I be reduced to this..."
He knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily, and said, "Father, since the stolen money was copied from Shi Zhong's house, why didn't you summon him to ask him directly? My son has never liked you, but Father... ..."
Yu Chen seemed to be at a loss for words, he closed his eyes forcefully, bent down, and pressed his forehead to the ground again.When he raised his head again, two lines of tears had already flowed down his cheeks, "It's really sad for the emperor to speculate about his son like this!"
After all, he is also his own son, and besides, in the past years, he was indeed neglected.The emperor is old, and for an old man of this age, he can't see any child showing such a sad look.He waved his hand wearily, and said in a low voice, "Yuyu, call your lieutenant general."
"Yes, Royal Father." Yu Yu replied.
When stepping back to the side, Yu Jie looked at the fake Ah Jin, who was still playing with his clothes with his head down, only to see that he had wrapped his cuffs a few times, and then watched the sleeves unravel by themselves, and so on, he wrapped himself Coax very happy.
Yuyu shook his head helplessly, and stood quietly aside, waiting for Shi Zhong to be summoned.
No one in the Zhenghe hall spoke, and the atmosphere was eerily quiet.
Yuchen knew very well that although his father didn't like playing power tricks, he did feel somewhat guilty towards him in his heart.Because of this bit of guilt, he has a chance to stand up.
It's just... Yu Chen was still kneeling on the ground, and his father didn't intend to tell him to get up.Forget it, let's treat it as a sellout.
At this moment, Yu Chen saw that new friend of A Jin stepping forward.
"Your Majesty, I have to wait for Shi Zhong to come anyway, then—" the man's voice was clear and crisp, and a commoner didn't feel nervous when he saw the current Holy Majesty. Your Highness, please tell us about the condition of the Eighth Prince."
Under the robe that no one saw, Yu Chen tightened his fingers.He stared at the man coldly, thinking about how to get rid of him without anyone noticing.
He retracted his gaze without a trace, and lowered his eyelids to hide the murderous look in his eyes.
This person can't stay anymore, Yu Chen thought, originally he thought he was A Jin's friend and wanted to keep him for a few more days, but now it seems...
"Your Highness, you and the Eighth Prince are deeply brothers, and you must be very worried about his illness." Chu He said softly, "Fortunately, the Eighth Prince has God's care, and it is finally safe. It's just that he is too sick after all. After a long time, no matter how good your health is, you can't stand such a waste. I discussed with the imperial physician and prescribed some medicines for His Highness Eighth to help him recover as soon as possible. Some of the medicines are common in Yunnan. Could you help me, Your Highness? How many of these medicines did you get?"
After finishing speaking, he took out a few pages of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Yujie.
After taking it, Yu Yu unfolded it, looked at it, and asked in a suspicious tone: "Are you sure there is nothing wrong with this medicine? Although I don't know medical skills, there are some medicinal materials on this paper. As far as I know..."
He read a few herbs and said, "I heard from the local people in Yunnan that these plants are poisonous, and they specifically told us not to touch them indiscriminately."
Yu Chen raised his head abruptly, the shock in his eyes could not be concealed!
Xihua exposed...
His heart was beating wildly, and his back was wet with cold sweat in just a moment.The sound in the ear became blurred, and it seemed that there were countless bugs buzzing.
He barely supported his knees on the ground, and many thoughts quickly flashed through his mind.
Later, he heard Chu He say: "Oh, Your Highness, I'm sorry, I took the wrong one, it should be this one."
He shook his sleeves, took out another piece of paper and handed it to Yu Yu, explaining: "The one I just showed to His Highness is the poison that the Eighth Prince has been poisoned over the years."
"Poisoned?!" Amid the extreme fright and anger, Yu Jue even changed his voice. He didn't care that he was in the Palace of Zhenghe, his father, and almost roared, "Who dares to poison myna?!"
The queen who had been quiet for a long time finally spoke.She has always been gentle, even at this time, the words she uttered are still as gentle as water, but no matter how gentle the words are, in the ears of the instigator, there is only harshness left.
"Yuchen, what do you want to say about Yuhong's poisoning?"
As soon as the queen finished speaking, a very low and suppressed cough came from Yuhong's side.
"Yes, brother twelve did it?" Yu Yu couldn't believe it, he staggered back a few steps, his lips parted a few times, but he couldn't say a word.
The emperor did not speak, the empress did not speak, and even Chu He stood quietly where he was, without saying anything more.
Yuyu's mind went blank, although he knew that Yuchen had not been close to their brothers since childhood, but he never imagined that he would do something to poison his siblings.
"...Is there any evidence?" He seemed to be asking Chu He, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
At this time, Ah Jin, who was always like an outsider and had never been involved in any topic, chuckled lightly, and said, "The empress's eloquence speaks well, will she wrong a prince?"
It's not loud, but everyone can hear clearly.
"Yuchen," after a long silence, the emperor opened his mouth, his voice hoarse like sandpaper, rough and dry, "Yuchen, if you, if you know your mistakes and are willing to correct them, I can, I can spare your life. "
The tears that Yu Chen had squeezed out had dried up, not even a trace of tears left.He raised his head expressionlessly, and said word by word: "I don't recognize what I haven't done."
After finishing speaking, he looked at the queen, "Empress, I know that you were very dissatisfied with my son because I was competitive and wanted to compete with the Eighth Emperor Brother in everything. But now, now this There is no longer any place for me in the imperial court, Empress, why bother to kill all my sons and ministers?"
"Okay, since you are so stubborn—" the queen waved her hand to call for the maid beside her, "go and bring that girl."
Ever since she heard that Yuhong had been seriously ill these years because of poisoning, the queen had been holding back her anger, and she had to swallow her anger for the time being just to find out the truth.Now that she can finally reveal the true face of the culprit, she will show no mercy.
"This matter starts a few years ago." The queen said slowly, "Back then, Yuhong met a medical girl named Xihua outside the palace. Yuhong took a fancy to her medical skills and brought her back to Beijing. Who knows—this Xihua has the intention of harming others, secretly put a variety of chronic poisons in Yuhong's food, and pretended to treat Yuhong when he was seriously ill, deceiving us for so many years! "
Will Xihua confess him?
No, her father and brother are still in her hands.If she shoulders this matter by herself, only she will die; if she confesses herself, none of their family will survive.
Will the queen track down her mother clan?
What if it is tracked down?I have already told Xihua how to end up if things come to light.
Don't panic.Yu Chen repeatedly reminded himself that he must remain calm and not lose his temper.
As long as Xihua refuses to admit it, what evidence do they have?
Xihua was in the Queen's Palace, and there was a prior arrangement, but he was brought into Zhenghe Hall in a short while.
No matter how clever she was, she couldn't bear the torment and fear in her heart when she saw such a scene. As soon as she entered the palace, her legs gave way and she fell to the ground. In the end, several maids dragged her in.
Her eyes were filled with tears, her forehead pressed tightly to the ground, and she couldn't say a word.
When no one noticed, Nie Hai, the commander of the Forbidden Army, quietly left Zhenghe Hall.At the same time, Shen Haiyao took a few steps back and left.
He trotted a few steps, and called softly: "Commander Nie, stop!"
Nie Hai looked back and asked, "Shizi Yin, what are your orders?"
Shen Haiyao motioned for him to come over, and the two whispered a few words.
"That's the shape, do you remember?"
Nie Hai: "Remember, I will pay attention, son."
Shen Haiyao nodded with a smile, "That thing is very small, it may be a hidden compartment after opening. Just remember, the direction to unlock the lock is to turn left three times first, and then press the points in sequence according to the points I just mentioned. Now, this will open it."
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