I was a princess in ancient times

Although the aristocratic family is in the prison of Dali Temple, the news is still well-informed.

Every three hours, there would be personal guards wearing Jinwu Guard soft armor to bring them water, as if inadvertently telling them what was going on outside in code words that ordinary people could not understand.

In addition, the family has also prepared other sources of news in advance.

The note stuck in the food delivery box, the purse carelessly left behind by the petty official cleaning the toilet, the petty official of Dali Temple who has to go to the prison every two hours to check whether the family is honest...

Rumors of Emperor Yanguang's collusion with the enemy and treason were like sparks falling into an oil field, and it took only half a day to become the most concerned matter of the people of Chang'an.

Because the aristocratic family has released the stupid things that the late emperor did in advance, and made them a pastime for the people after dinner.

Although it is outrageous that collaborating with the enemy and treason happened to the emperor, there have always been rumors among the people that Emperor Yanguang killed his father and seized the throne. In the last years of the Yanguang Dynasty, the Turks and Mohe in the north repeatedly broke through the defense line of the Yu Dynasty, which is even more difficult to dispute.

Being able to kill his father for the throne shows that the late emperor was unfaithful and unfilial.

In the past, Emperor Jianxing Chengxing harvested the harvest, and later Emperor Changping regained his homeland, but Emperor Yanguang in the middle was repeatedly threatened by aliens and lived like a subjugated king.

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The more comparisons are made, the more people feel that the rumors of Emperor Yanguang collaborating with the enemy and treason are not groundless.

After the Great Court Meeting ended, Mo Yao immediately heard new rumors from the Jinwu Guard.

He looked in the direction of the study door, with rare hesitation in his eyes.

The first emperor colluded with the enemy and treason?

He couldn't judge whether this was a malicious person's slander against the late emperor, or someone was using rumors to tell a secret that had been kept in his heart for a long time.

After all, he only needs to carry out the late emperor's order, and doesn't need to think about the reasons for the late emperor's decision.

After a while, the hesitation in Mo Yao's eyes turned into a calmness that seemed to never change.

Your Majesty will be sad when someone says that the late Emperor is not good, so there is no need to tell Your Majesty about it.

When the first emperor was dissatisfied with the rumors and gave him a dream, it would not be too late for him to tell His Majesty the people's comments on the late emperor and his dissatisfaction with the late emperor.

It's a pity that Mo Yao can figure it out, but it doesn't mean that other old people left by the late emperor can also figure it out.

When the sunset was approaching, Bai Qianli and the old minister went to Fengxiang Palace to see Emperor Changping.

At that time, Ji Jingrou and Ji Mingtong were both in Fengxiang Palace, routinely looking at the picture scroll of the unmarried man under the eyes of Emperor Changping.

"Bai Qianli?" The two absent-minded sisters immediately raised their heads when they heard Bai Qianli's name, and said in unison, "Why did she come to see Aye?"

Jing Zhe showed a blank face, "I don't know."

Ji Jingrou coughed lightly, glared at Ji Mingtong who couldn't hide his guilt, and from the corner of his eyes, he secretly looked at Mo Yao who was sitting quietly on the wide chair in the corner, and said as if talking to himself, "Bai Taibao, Su Shilang, Peng Yushi... ...Why haven't I heard that they have a close relationship before, could it be that they came here together because they were doing the same errand for Aye?"

Seeing that Emperor Changping's eyes were full of connivance, Jing Zhe tactfully denied Ji Jingrou's conjecture.

Ji Mingtong silently tightened his fingers under his wide sleeves, and finally lived up to the letter paper he kept in mind before coming to Fengxiang Palace, and answered in time, "Then why did they come to see Aye at the same time?"

There was a long silence in the study.

Ji Jingrou and Ji Mingtong looked at each other, the smile on the corners of their mouths was gradually replaced by embarrassment.

General Mo?

You answered the call!

Emperor Changping took a sip of tea, and looked at his daughters who had fallen into silence with a half-smile.

Ji Mingtong's scalp was numb from the sight of Emperor Changping, he was afraid that Ji Xinxue's rare account to her would be messed up, and he could no longer care about Ji Jingrou's detailed plan, his tone was urgent and high, "I'll go to Yingying to play in the morning, Hearing new rumors among the people, could it be that Bai Qianli and the others came to see Aye for this matter?"

"You mean..." Ji Jingrou covered her mouth in time, biting the bullet to maintain superficial surprise and embarrassment.

Emperor Changping pinched the center of his brows, and suddenly felt his eyes sore and swollen.He simply closed his eyes and rested his mind, turning a blind eye to the eyes of his daughters who hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, Ji Jingrou and Ji Mingtong had no choice but to go to Jingzhe and make many detours before Ji Mingtong told the folk rumors.

The first emperor not only killed his father to seize the throne, but also colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country.

Emperor Changping, who was leaning on the back of the chair and dozing off as if sleepy, opened his eyes suddenly, looked at the enamel ornaments behind Ji Mingtong, "What nonsense?"

Ji Mingtong was overwhelmed by Emperor Changping's aura, and immediately forgot what he was going to say. Thanks to Ji Jingrou, he promptly supplemented Ji Mingtong with solid evidence of folk rumors.

Emperor Changping closed his eyes in pain.

He doesn't understand.

Why did Ji Jingrou anxiously ask Ji Mingtong about the details of the folk rumors just a moment ago.After a while, he looked as usual and was very familiar with the folk rumors.

Mo Yao, who had always remained silent, finally opened his eyes.

Because Emperor Changping was so angry and attacked by folk rumors that he suddenly fainted.

Ji Jingrou and Ji Mingtong were so frightened that tears flowed down their cheeks. Axue didn't tell them that Aye would be stunned, otherwise they...would have to think again.

Although they complained about Ji Xinxue in their hearts, the person they trusted the most was still Ji Xinxue, and immediately begged Mo Yao to send someone to find Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng outside the palace to come to Fengxiang Palace.

Ji Jingrou was reluctant not to anger Ji Xinxue, but she had no such concerns about Bai Qianli, and went to meet Bai Qianli and the courtiers who came with her to greet Emperor Changping outside the gate of Fengxiang Palace, and asked why they came.

Not surprisingly, I got the answer of 'some villain slandered the first emperor'.

Ji Jingrou used sobs to cover up the sneer at the corner of her mouth, and told them that Emperor Changping had already fallen ill due to this incident.He ordered people to take them to the Buddhist hall built by the late emperor when he was there, to copy scriptures and pray for Emperor Changping.

Bai Qianli was so anxious about the folk rumors that he couldn't swallow, of course he didn't want to waste time copying the scriptures and praying for blessings, but in front of the Jin Wuwei, they couldn't help them say 'no' at all.

The next day, Emperor Changping still did not open his eyes.

The imperial doctor said that Emperor Changping was fine, but the anger came too quickly, and his body was exhausted due to exhaustion, so he couldn't wake up for a long time.

The rest of the late emperor's old ministers were afraid that they would be labeled as the late emperor's minions because they had followed orders, and they had done more or less bad things.

They heard that Bai Qianli and others who were the first to enter the palace were ordered to copy the scriptures, and their hearts were so empty that they couldn't touch the ground. They could only ask Ji Xinxue, who was acting in charge of the government, to stop the wiseness of the late emperor from being slandered in time.

It's a pity that Ji Xinxue waited for Emperor Changping in the bedroom of Fengxiang Palace when she was free, and dealt with political affairs in the study of Fengxiang Palace at other times.As long as there is a need to leave Fengxiang Palace, Yu Heng will do it for him, and these people will not be seen at all.

In the past half a day, old ministers began to kneel in front of Fengxiang Palace to ask Ji Xinxue to restore the late emperor's innocence.

Ji Xinxue was too lazy to waste time on these people, neither sent someone to stop them from kneeling in front of Fengxiang Palace, nor did she have the intention of driving them away.I just wrote down their names individually, and gently reminded the officials of Dali Temple that when interrogating the family, don't forget to ask the sinners of the family, whether the people on the list have acted as minions.

Emperor Changping fell into a coma for three days.

After he woke up, he immediately ordered someone who was qualified to attend the Xiaochaohui to summon him.

Although he had recuperated for three days, Emperor Changping's spirit was not as good as before, and he asked feebly, "How about the rumors among the people, can we stop them?"

Ji Xinxue immediately knelt down and kowtowed with guilt.

"Aye, forgive me. My son thought it would be better to avoid it than to block it. He was all about returning the late emperor's innocence, and he was not in a hurry to stop the rumors among the people."

Originally, it was only a rumor that spread in Chang'an, but because of Ji Xinxue's intentional neglect, it has spread throughout Gyeonggi, and even faintly spread to Shannan Road, Guannei Road, and Hedong Road.

The people who knelt outside the gate of Fengxiang Palace and begged Ji Xinxue to restore Emperor Yanguang's innocence in time were all officials of the Yanguang Dynasty.You are not a young man at all, how can you survive for three days and three nights?

He fainted a long time ago and was carried to a spare palace to recuperate.Including Bai Qianli who was still copying the scriptures and praying for blessings, there were a total of five people who were eligible to participate in the small court meeting, and none of them were in front of Emperor Changping's hospital bed at this time, so naturally there was no way to blame Ji Xinxue.

Although other people also think that the first emperor killed his father and seized the throne, collaborating with the enemy and treason are unheard of scandals.But I can understand that Ji Xinxue believed that the first emperor was innocent, so he didn't stop the rumors immediately.

He just plainly said something that His Highness the Fifth Highness didn't think about it, and then made a long speech to persuade Emperor Changping to be relieved.

Emperor Changping was silent for a long while, with a faint look of anger appearing between his brows, "What have you done these three days?"

Ji Xinxue kept kneeling in front of the bed, and said in a low voice, "My son..."

"Your Majesty." Yu Heng, who came in a hurry, knelt beside Ji Xinxue and said non-stop, "Axue misses Your Majesty, and will guard you the rest of the time except for the approval of important political affairs."

"My son knows that His Majesty misses the late Emperor's innocence the most. Although he also wants to guard His Majesty, he can only cruelly hand over the matter of waiting for his illness to A Xue, Bao Ding and others, and go to the prison of Dali Temple to interrogate the family's criminal officials overnight."

The anger between Emperor Changping's brows eased slightly, he raised his hand and patted the shoulders of the two kneeling in front of the bed side by side, "You guys did a good job."

After he woke up, he had listened to Songnian and Jingzhe recount in detail the evidence of the late emperor's murder of his father and seizing the throne, collaborating with the enemy and treason, all of which were inseparably related to the aristocratic family in the prison of Dali Temple.

Interrogating the family is not only the fastest way to prove the late emperor's innocence, it is also very likely the only way.

Emperor Changping looked at Yu Heng with anticipation in his eyes, "What's the result?"

Before Yu Heng could speak, the courtiers had already lowered their heads deeply.

Thanks to the people who spontaneously knelt in front of Fengxiang Palace and begged Ji Xinxue to restore the late emperor's innocence, they had to pay attention to this matter, and they had heard about the interrogation process and results in Dali Temple for a long time.

In addition to being merciful to the Qi family and the Yu family for the time being, the King of Xianglin County interrogated the Cui family, the Chen family, the Kang family, and the Zheng family sternly enough, and even used the method of interrogating them as secret agents and prisoners of war.

But... even if the people under interrogation turned into bloody gourds with loopholes, they still gritted their teeth, claiming that the folk rumors were true, and that all the things they did that did not conform to the laws of the Yu Dynasty were ordered by the late emperor.

Originally, the courtiers thought that the folk rumors about the first emperor were counterattacks from the remnants of the previous dynasty, and were intended to add chaos to Emperor Changping.

However, as Bai Qianli and other senior officials reacted like panic-stricken chickens, Xianglin County King's interrogation of the criminals of the family became more and more clear, and the courtiers had completely believed the rumors.

If the first emperor really didn't do those things, why would Bai Qianli's people panic?

Taking a step back, at least the testimonies of sinners from aristocratic families must not be faked. There is absolutely no need for them to slander the late emperor who has passed away for almost ten years.

Not to mention how cruel the methods of interrogating secret agents and prisoners of war are, even well-trained generals may not be able to bear it, but the flamboyants of the aristocratic family never changed their words even when they were interrogated alive.

With Emperor Changping's respect and admiration for the late emperor, could it be that the aristocratic family disliked them for dying too slowly, so they involved the late emperor for no reason?

So... there is only one possibility.

The first emperor really killed his father and seized the throne, collaborating with the enemy and treason.

The former has been rumored for a long time, and it is not surprising that there is tangible evidence now.

The latter was unbelievable, but the first emperor himself was an unbelievable person, and it was not surprising that unimaginable things happened to him.

Emperor Changping learned of the family's confession in Yu Heng's hesitant narration, so angry that he sat up on his sick body and kicked Yu Heng's chest.

It can be seen how dissatisfied he is with the results of the interrogation.

Fortunately, he is ill, his strength is far less than before, and he is barefoot without shoes.Yu Heng just fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time, at least he didn't suffer any internal injuries or broken ribs.

Emperor Changping had been on the throne for nine years, and he had never done anything to courtiers in public. He was suddenly so annoyed, which surprised the courtiers, but also vaguely felt reasonable.

After all, it is about the late emperor... Sigh.

After relieving his violent breathing, Emperor Changping ordered Ji Jingrou to quell the rumors, and ordered some courtiers to replace Yu Heng to interrogate the sinners of the family again.

Ji Xinxue heard the familiar names coming out of Emperor Changping's mouth, and took the time to blink at Yu Heng, who was drowsy in his arms with black eyes.

This is a list he personally prepared, and everyone on it, without exception, hates the late emperor to the bone.

They hid their hatred very well, otherwise they would not survive the Changping Dynasty.

Because Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng didn't do their job well, they closed their doors in Yuhe Palace to reflect.

It was the first time that Ji Jingrou was ordered to do an errand that he neither wanted nor was able to do.

After asking Ji Xinxue quietly, she lay down in fear, handed over all the problems to the people below, and decided to make what Ji Xinxue called a 'non-stick pan'.

In contrast, the courtiers who were in charge of re-interrogating sinners from the aristocratic family could beat Ji Jingrou by eighteen blocks with a correct attitude.Everyone wished they could live directly in the prison of Dali Temple, as if they didn't need to eat or sleep.

Thanks to the fact that there are hundreds of sinners from the six clans, they are not unable to exhaust their energy.

It's just that the Yu family and the Qi family were in bad luck.

Originally, when Yu Heng interrogated the criminals of the aristocratic family, he would follow human nature and deliberately avoid them or interrogate as few people as possible from these two families.

Therefore, the new chief interrogator found that the elderly gentlemen and ladies who could be interrogated by Cui, Chen, Kang, and Zheng were more or less injured, and there were many interrogation records, but Qi and Yu seemed to be in vain. Paper, immediately regarded Qi and Yu as a breakthrough.

Most of them were oppressed by the former emperor, and they managed to survive to the Changping Dynasty, and their 'forbearance' skills were considered a must.The depression accumulated for decades finally has a way to pour out, and the method is far more ruthless and tricky than Yu Heng.

In just three days, more than a dozen sinners from aristocratic families could not bear the severe punishment and died in prison.

After Yu Heng came back from the martial arts field, he went to wash up before coming to the study to find Ji Xinxue, and asked casually, "What are you looking at?"

Ji Xinxue still stared fixedly at the list in her hand, and said softly, "Qi Yanhe is dead."

"Yeah." Yu Heng's movement of pouring tea paused almost invisibly.

In order to prevent the aristocratic family from showing evidence that he was also collaborating with the enemy and treasonously, when interrogating the sinners of the aristocratic family, he just sat in the Dali Temple and never showed up, nor did he visit anyone specifically.

Now that I think about it, I don't even remember whether the last time I saw Qi Yanhe was at the funeral of the British wife, or at Qi Shisan's wedding ceremony.

Seeing that Yu Heng was not interested in Qi Yanhe's death, Ji Xinxue put the document in the drawer.

Qi Yanhe had many injuries outside of the interrogation.Someone maliciously opened his healed wound, causing bleeding and no one knew about the high fever.

All the men in the same prison are the No. 30 five-generation men of the Qi family.