Ma Shizhan's words are no different from setting off another huge wave. Baiguan has always respected Ma Shizhan, a great Confucian in the world. After hearing his words, some people will inevitably say that he is too defensive. If you want to speak up to defend Luo Ming, you are really foolish.His face flushed red with anger, and he gave Luo Ming a hard look.

Luo Ming stood up and slowly walked to the seat. Everyone present fell silent and stared at him.

Luo Ming strolled like a leisurely stroll, came to the center of the venue, facing the high platform, he first bowed his hands to the adults sitting on the left and right, and said loudly: "Luo Ming is not talented, he is 21 years old, he is naughty even though he is young. , I have also read the sage books roughly for a few years. I was enlightened at the age of six. I studied under Mr. Ma. Wrong, I lost the face of the teacher. Luo Ming thinks he has no talent and no virtue, but he is definitely not the shameless person who blindly kisses villains, people with lofty ideals, and behaves absurdly as the people of the world say."

Luo Ming took a step forward, turned to Qing Emperor Luo Ping and knelt down to salute, his words sonorous, "Father, today's gathering of all officials is a great opportunity. Please ask my son to ask Zhao Jieyu a few words to make things clearer." , Don’t listen to one-sided words, and frame your ministers as shameless villains who have no regard for human relations.”

Luo Ming was already a little choked up and aggrieved in his words at this time: "My son lost his mother when he was eight years old, and he was terrified and crying every day. It was my father who took me every step of the way, so my son gradually got better. There are so many things, too many to enumerate. I feel deeply in my heart and never forget it. My father treated me so generously, how could Luo Ming do such an animal thing as being rude to my concubine. Please learn from my father! My son and minister are wronged! My son can't afford this Heaven's sin, please allow me, Father!"

After Luo Ming finished speaking, he covered his face with the sleeve of his robe, his chest heaved and heaved, and he looked like he was holding back tears and trying his best to endure.It really almost shocked the jaws of all the adults present.

This, this is the ignorant, irritable former prince?

What he said just now, although he was modest and reasonable, was like a soft knife, bringing out several facts.Among them, it not only shows that the father-son relationship between Luo Ming and Emperor Tianqing is so strong that it is impossible to destroy the relationship between father and son for a woman who can't beat eight poles; it also shows that Luo Ming is not like the rumors. , is a goddam kid who doesn't understand anything.He, the prince, is also a man of insight who has learned rituals since childhood and has read poetry and books.Coupled with the fact that Luo Ming's voice is so eloquent, the imposing seven-foot man was so squeezed that he wanted to cry and didn't dare to cry, and he couldn't explain why he was justified.

There was a murmur during the banquet, and a small crack appeared on the surface of the ironclad mountain just now.

Luo Ping even shed tears. It turned out that the child still remembered these things, and his kindness to his son in the past was not in vain.Luo Ping continued to say: "Ming'er, get up quickly, just ask if you have any questions! I will leave this woman to you!"

Luo Ming agreed, bowed again, and then stood up.

The Fourth Prince Luo Zheng asked anxiously: "What else do you ask? There are all witnesses, do you still want to deny it?"

The queen patted the back of Luo Zheng's hand comfortingly, telling him not to move rashly.Then with a serious tone, he said coldly to Emperor Tianqing: "The emperor is too soft-hearted, there is something wrong with such a thing? Is there any woman who would use her innocence to frame others?"

Luo Ming saluted the queen, "My minister is innocent, so why talk about denying it. There are many things about Zhao Jieyu that I still can't figure out. Today, since all the parties involved are gathered together, it can be considered that the three heads are facing each other in front of everyone. My lord, there is just a judgment. The queen mother forbids the sons to ask her, is there really something hidden in it?"

The queen was furious: "When will I not allow you to ask her? How can there be any secrets in this?"

Luo Ming smiled faintly, "Thank you, Queen Mother!"

Luo Ming's attitude was respectful, and he yelled affectionately at the empress one after another. No matter how bored the empress was, she had no choice but to grasp the reason behind his words, and she couldn't lose her face in public, so she turned her face and said that she was not allowed to ask.I could only forced a smile, and sarcastically said: "The Second Prince has such a thick skin, you have to open up such an embarrassing matter and ask carefully, you are not afraid of being ugly!"

Luo Ming ignored the maliciousness in the Queen's words, and gave another salute before turning around and walking towards the place where Zhao Jieyu was kneeling.

Zhao Jieyu and Xiaoting were very close, with a distance of three steps, there was only a space between them for one person to walk through.

Luo Ming walked up to the two of them, without saying a word, first looked up and down at the clothes of the two of them.

Zhao Jieyu was wearing a scorpion-colored trousers, and a smock made of piled gauze was draped on the outside. She fell into the water again just now, and she was struggling to rescue her. See the snow-white and plump breasts.The sideburns on her head were also loose, and the ponytail became nondescript, and a few strands of hair were wetly stuck to the side of her face, but it did not damage her charm, but added a little more chic style.The hairpins and ornaments on her head and hands are also complete, it is difficult to toss about like that, these jewelry are not missing, there is a red gold hairpin on her head, a colorful phoenix embedded in it, and a longan-sized dragon eye in the mouth of the colorful phoenix. The beads are smooth and round; there are a pair of emerald jade bracelets on the wrists, and Kodan painted with impatiens on the slender, white and tender fingers.

Turning around to look at Xiaoting again, the same clothes are neat, with white face and red lips, it is obvious that it has been well groomed before it came out.On her wrist was a jade bracelet full of water. Luo Ming took a closer look, and it turned out to be the best ice seed.

Luo Ming didn't ask any questions, just stared at the two women, and there was another whisper around, "What is the second prince trying to do?"

"Who knows, if you become angry from embarrassment, you might even kill someone to silence you!"

"No, I must have been confused..."

"..."

After Luo Ming looked at it for a long time, he asked, "Your name is Xiaoting?"

Shocked, Xiaoting replied, "Yes... yes!"

Luo Ming glanced at her again, a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, with slender features on an oval face, not outstanding, only a little watery, but from the expression she said just now, it can be seen that, It's a restless one.

Luo Ming had more confidence in his heart, and asked softly: "Xiaoting, how are you doing in the cold palace?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words. Could it be that the second prince is mad with anger?At such a moment of life and death, he didn't say hurry up and ask about the case, but instead asked Xiaoting such an innocuous question as if he was talking about it.

Xiaoting obviously didn't expect that she was wary of Luo Ming, and she was waiting for his beatings, scolding and questioning, but she didn't expect that Luo Ming's words were gentle, and she asked such cold and hot words. After thinking about it, he replied: "It's okay..."

Luo Ming nodded, "I think it's okay. Look at the clothes you and Zhao Jieyu are wearing. There is no shortage of gold and silver, and there is a lot of silk. You speak very energetically. Obviously, your diet is also good."

Luo Ming smiled, "I didn't know that life in the Leng Gong was so carefree. You and Zhao Jieyu lived in the Leng Palace for more than half a year, and your spirits are better than when you lived in Jinping Courtyard!"

Everyone gasped when they heard the words, and the queen's expression changed drastically.

Lenggong, as the name suggests, is a place abandoned by the imperial palace, where degraded concubines live. Once you enter Lenggong, it means that you will never see the light of day, and the prosperity of the harem has nothing to do with you.There will be no fixed support, and there will be no high or low grades, and there should not be any court ladies following in to serve...

Luo Ming reminded everyone, yes, the situation in the cold palace can be imagined, all the poor harem concubines live there, they have lost their original status and respect, and no longer enjoy the salary that they should have in the original rank , In the harem, a cannibal place that is used to stepping on the low and flattering the high, how did two women with no money and no power live so glamorously during the past half a year.

Unless...unless someone provided them with enough supplies and money, who would be the one who provided them?Is it kindness to pity them, or is there an ulterior motive?

As soon as Xiaoting said something wrong, she wanted to go back on her word, but Luo Ming stopped her and asked again: "Xiaoting, let me ask you. Is there someone guarding the cold palace?"

Xiao Ting nodded vigorously, "Of course there are guards. There is an old eunuch and four young eunuchs."

Luo Ming nodded and waved his hand downward.

Yan Junyu was dressed in eunuch attire, with his head lowered all the way, carrying a man up in his hands like a dead dog, and when he came up to Luo Ming, he threw the man in his hand to the ground, causing the man to howl when he fell.

Yan Junyu took advantage of the time to salute Luo Ming, and whispered: "The person sent by the queen has escaped!"

Luo Ming said to himself, "It's a pity." Originally, he wanted to have a spoonful of stew, but it seems that today he can't hold the queen's handle.Quietly asked: "Did that person be saved?"

Yan Junyu glared at him, "Am I so useless? It's fine if you can't catch the killer, but you can't even save people?"

Luo Ming laughed quickly: "Okay, okay, your martial arts skills are superb, number one in the world, let's get over the matter at hand first, and I'll treat you to a drink when I go back!"

Yan Junyu curled his lips in disdain, "It's not that easy to deal with!"

Luo Ming smiled and begged for mercy, and Yan Junyu stepped aside and stood obediently.

The one who was carried up by Yan Junyu was an old eunuch, over 50 years old, reeking of alcohol, he was carried by Yan Junyu along the way, jumped up and down, climbed over the wall, vomited with alcohol all the way.Enduring his nausea, Yan Junyu scolded Luo Ming until he came to the imperial garden, threw the old eunuch into the lake and soaked it before bringing him here.

The old eunuch was startled and terrified, the alcohol had gone down long ago, he just came out of the cold water, sneezed several times, saluted Luo Ping, then knelt quietly, waiting for Luo Ming to ask questions.

Luo Ming asked: "Are you the eunuch in charge of the cold palace?"

The old eunuch felt desolate. He was in charge of the cold palace and was relegated to the cold palace to wait to die. He stayed in the cold palace for more than ten years, half dead, unable to get any oil and water, and he was already full of anger.

"The old slave is the chief eunuch of the Leng Palace, surnamed Cui."

"Director Cui!"

"Don't dare!"

Luo Ming smiled politely: "I invited Director Cui here today, I have something to ask you!"

"Second Prince, please feel free to ask."

"Is there someone guarding the cold palace on weekdays? Is the palace gate locked?"

"Back to the second prince, there are only old slaves and little eunuchs in the Leng Palace. The Leng Palace is large, and the old slaves and others can't take care of them. As for the gate of the palace, it is locked. The gate of the Leng Palace is never opened, all year round. They are all locked. You also know that most of the ladies in there are not conscious, if someone escapes and surprises the holy driver, the old servant will not be blamed!"

"Oh, then look over there, that Zhao Jieyu is from the cold palace?"

The old eunuch tilted his body, took a closer look, and was deliberately taken aback, "Oh, that's not true. This Zhao Jieyu was demoted to the cold palace during the Chongyang Festival last year! What? Why did you come here? This, this... the old slave will be sentenced to death, capital punishment!"

Old slick!Want to clear things up when things come to an end?It's not that easy.

Luo Ming snorted coldly, his face darkened, "Boss Cui is good at playing double reeds. I heard from the little eunuch who brought you here just now that you got drunk with the four little eunuchs in the cold palace today. When he brought you here , you're so drunk that you're talking nonsense! What a coincidence! You don't get drunk early and late, but you want to get drunk at the moment when Zhao Jieyu is running away without permission?"

Eunuch Cui trembled in fright, and he didn't dare to hide anymore, he said urgently: "When Zhao Jieyu ran out, this old slave really doesn't know. Today's Huachao meeting, the wine was given by the palace, it is said that the palace has a share The eunuch in charge of the House of Internal Affairs personally sent someone to bring it over. The old slave was grateful to the long live Long En, so he drank a few more glasses. The rest, the old slave really doesn't know, I don't know..."

"Let me ask you again. How is Zhao Jieyu doing in the cold palace?"

Eunuch Cui thought for a while, then turned his head and saw Yan Junyu, thinking that he would be dead if he said it or not, he might as well fight.Gritting her teeth, she simply said the truth: "Zhao Jieyu has been taken care of by a special person since she entered the cold palace, and she is given monthly expenses every month as usual. We are not allowed to ask more questions."

Luo Ming asked: "Who is that person you are talking about?"

Eunuch Cui glanced at him, then pursed his lips upwards, "It's the chief steward of the Queen's Palace, Sun Changfu, the chief steward of Likun Palace!"

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