little fool's child bride

Dali Temple is equivalent to the modern Supreme Court, which is in charge of hearing criminal and prison cases.Together with the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is called the "Three Legal Departments", and they have divisions of labor and mutual restraint.In case of serious and important cases, Bai Yu practiced the system of "joint trial of three divisions", which was jointly tried by Dali Temple Minister, Minister of Criminal Affairs and Yushi Zhongcheng.Xiao Xiao was arrested by the emperor and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so it was necessary for Dali Temple to try whether it was an unjust, false or wrongly decided case, and then hand it over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for review.

Master Song of Dali Temple and Liu Ziming's Taifu used to be senior brothers, so although Liu Ziming only met Master Song a few times, he heard a lot about Master Song from the Taifu and got a general understanding of him. what kind of person.However, although Liu Ziming knew in his heart that Xiao Xiao was framed by others, he always felt uneasy if he didn't go to see Mr. Song, so he went to Dali Temple as soon as he saw Xiao Xiao.

"Master Song has retired and returned to his hometown a long time ago," the Shaoqing of Dali Temple looked at Liu Ziming strangely, "About two or three months ago, the emperor suddenly came to Dali Temple. I don't know what the two said, so Master Song decided to sue the old man." returned home."

Liu Ziming was stunned, he followed his father to court every day, why didn't he know about this kind of thing?After thinking about it carefully, he did not see Mr. Song at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, so it turned out that he had been away for several months.It's just that if it was two or three months ago, could it be the time when I was poisoned and unconscious?

Seeing the newly appointed Minister of Dali Temple, Liu Ziming's heart gradually sank for some reason, and he always felt that there was a problem with what was originally a sure thing.This Master Quan was very indifferent and unkind, and was completely indifferent to Liu Ziming's arrival, and even tactfully wanted Liu Ziming to leave after knowing that Liu Ziming had come for Xiao Xiao's case.

"Your Highness thinks, why is this an official?" Master Quan asked seemingly unintentionally.

Liu Ziming thought about it for a while, and then said to the middle-aged man whose temples had turned white, "Naturally, he was born for the sake of the world."

Liu Ziming thought that even if he answered this way, he would not be wrong even if he was wrong, but Master Quan showed Liu Ziming's first smile since he came here.The corner of his mouth twitched, and then he shook his head at Liu Ziming: "It's to share the emperor's worries."

What do you mean?

Liu Ziming was terrified, and his face could not help revealing his emotions.Seeing that he already understood, Master Quan bowed his hands at Liu Ziming, and then backed away.Liu Ziming stood alone in the courtyard of Dali Temple. He heard the sound of cicadas singing in the wind blowing through the trees, and he felt cold all over his body.

Master Quan's meaning is very clear, this case is probably irreversible.

"This imperial court is like a ship in the water." Concubine Lan Gui gently stroked her belly. "The emperor is the captain who directs the direction, and the ministers are the helmsman. Naturally, the helmsman can have his own ideas, but as a After the captain gives the order, he has to put all his strength in one direction, so that the ship can move fast and steadily."

"It's a pity that my son doesn't understand this truth until now. He follows the emperor to court every day, but he hasn't even learned this emperor's art."

"But his reputation among the people has far surpassed that of the previous prince—"

"So what?" Concubine Lan looked at her elder brother coldly, secretly hating that he was not as capable as Empress Rong's elder brother, but he was still timid and fearful, "Common people don't care who is sitting on the throne above their heads, They are like those weeds, as long as they don't dig up the roots and kill them all, they can always survive. As long as they can survive, they don't care about the affairs of the court at all. Even if Liu Ziming doesn't become emperor in the end, they can still survive. Rebellion is not possible? Besides, the child in my stomach is born, and if I teach it carefully, it will definitely be far better than this Liu Ziming. If the superior is better than the previous one, they will only be grateful to Liu Ziming for going well, just like they did before The evaluation of the previous prince is the same..."

Lan Sifei was noncommittal, but felt horrified seeing Concubine Lan Gui so easily decide the life and death of her child.Since the father of the Lan family returned home due to the defeat in the war, the children who were originally officials in the family have been suppressed and relegated more or less, so they have long lost the style of their father when he was in power.They abandoned their official positions to go into business, and now their business has finally improved a bit, but they were invited into the royal city by Concubine Lan Gui, for the sake of the unborn third prince.

Lan Sifei really couldn't understand, his eldest son was already the future emperor, and she would be the concubine by then, why would he do some unnecessary things?Let alone whether the third prince can live to be the emperor without disease or disaster, even if the third prince becomes the emperor, isn't this younger sister still a concubine?Besides, the tiger's poison does not eat its offspring, so the intention to poison Liu Ziming is too vicious...

How did Xiao Xiao know that a big net was opening to Liu Ziming, and as Chi Yu, he was just a chess piece that was the first to be affected and gave up.At this time, he was still gossiping with the guards in the prison, listening to the guards talking about the legend in the palace——

"You don't know, a very strange thing happened in the palace 12 years ago, so that no one dares to approach that place now," the guard god said mysteriously, matching the dark and humid atmosphere of the dungeon, it was quite Xiao Xiao, who considers himself a big man, couldn't help but get goosebumps all over her body.

"Do you know this West Three Institute? The place where the princesses live. There are five palaces in the West Three Institute, each of which is a large courtyard with three entrances and three exits, but the largest and most luxurious one is not allowed to live in. This is not Because of other things, because there was a shocking case, and the murderer has not been caught until now, and the maid said that she heard the sound of a woman crying."

"Then how dare they live there!" Xiao Xiao felt a little furious thinking that she had been there.

The guard scratched his itchy armpits because he hadn't showered for many days, then shrugged and said, "There's nothing you can do about it. The Chonghua Palace was burned down by a fire ten years ago, and it will take four or five years to rebuild, so Let the princesses live in the three west houses—Lenggong. Anyway, there is only one empress and one concubine in the emperor's harem, and there is no one living in this Lenggong."

"Then who died?"

"It's the eldest princess," the guard said in a low voice. "The eldest princess was originally going to be promised to the Rong family, but who knew that the eldest princess refused to marry after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and then moved to live in the cold palace by herself. The Leng Palace is where the princess lives if she wants? But the emperor didn't care, even the Rong family's marriage proposal was put aside, and only said that the princess was still young and waited for another year. The empress had a long dispute with the emperor. It is said that the emperor is more indulgent to the eldest princess than to himself."

Xiao Xiao has been completely aroused: "And then?"

"Then there was the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet in the second year, and the eldest princess died at night! Her stomach was cut open, her intestines and internal organs were ripped off all over the floor, and blood splattered all over the wall. But her face But with a smile on his face, his eyes stared straight at the east. The princess in the palace died, and the emperor was naturally furious. He demanded that the Ministry of Justice must find the real culprit within a month. However, the final result was that the minister of the Ministry of Justice was demoted. Both the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple demoted a lot of people, but they didn’t find out why.”

"It's too scary..."

"The horror is yet to come!" The guard's voice was lowered, "Because of this incident, the West Third Institute was closed. However, the Chonghua Palace burst into flames, and there was no idle palace in the palace, so the princesses had to Moving into the West Third House, the only room that the eldest princess lived in was sealed. Nothing happened in the first year, but from the second year onwards, some court ladies and eunuchs said that the room where the eldest princess lived Some women were crying, and some people said they had seen the eldest princess. During that time, everyone in the palace was in panic and rumors abounded, the emperor was naturally dissatisfied, so he ordered that anyone who talked nonsense would be dragged to the Meridian Gate to be killed. For some reason, after the emperor got angry, , such weird things are much less, and no one said that they have seen the eldest princess. I guess it is because ghosts are also afraid of the emperor, after all, it is my father."

As a professional in modern physics, Xiao Xiao naturally knows that most of the ghosts and gods in the world can be explained by science. He also firmly believes that the only thing that cannot be explained is that science has not yet developed to that level, so he does not believe in anything. Said by ghosts and gods.But believe it or not, in order to avoid being involved in some weird incidents and die, Xiao Xiao silently hugged the quilt in her arms, and then stopped the guards from continuing to tell any palace legends.However, it has been too long since no one can speak, even if Xiao Xiao is not willing, the guards are still eloquent, wishing to tell Xiao Xiao everything they know:

"Fortunately, my aunt is from Ancheng, otherwise when the plague comes, what will happen if my parents get infected..."

"I heard that the Zuilou in Ancheng is very similar to the Zuixianlou in our Wangcheng. I don't know if the wine there is good..."

"There's also a supermarket! My aunt said it's very convenient, and I don't know when it will come to our royal city..."

Xiao Xiao fell asleep amidst the chatter of the guards. At this time, it was still dark outside, and it was already night.Liu Ziming was still fighting for Xiao Xiao at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, while Liu Kaize found Guiyilou and asked them to deliver the news.

Although Guiyilou only handles assassination business now, after all, his predecessor was in the intelligence business; and intelligence is essential if he wants to successfully assassinate a person, so he also has a complete intelligence channel.Others may not know it, but Liu Kaize, as an old Jianghu, naturally understands it, and knows where to find the special information transmission personnel on the first floor.Ever since he knew that Xiao Xiao was framed and imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he knew that this matter would never be simple, so he planned to send news to Ancheng and get a Wanmin book out.

The book of ten thousand names is a letter signed and written by many common people. It contains the opinions of the common people. After reporting to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it will be presented to the emperor.Xiao Xiao didn't want her imprisoning to implicate the Guozijian, but Liu Kaize knew that as many people as possible should know about his imprisoning, the better, especially the people in Ancheng.