Consort Zhanzhao

After Zhao Bijia finished washing, the two quietly entered the imperial study one after the other.

In fact, it didn't take long, Zhao Bijia looked back at the serious Zhan Zhao with a smile in his eyes, and made a mouth shape: You move very fast.

After she finished speaking, she felt that she was too courageous, she didn't even dare to look at Zhan Zhao, she turned her head hastily, and heard Master Bao say: "Those two clothes were made by my wife, Yan Chasan's family is poor, and in the There are no thick clothes for winter in the capital, so my wife made two thick vests for him to wear inside. If your majesty doesn’t believe me, I can take my wife’s sewing work as proof.”

Why didn't Renzong believe it?He hurriedly got up from the dragon chair and helped Bao Zheng with his own hands.

When the Empress Dowager Li was found by Bao Zheng, all the clothes on her body were made by Mrs. Li. Later, when the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, she washed the two clothes well, put them away, and took them out to look at them from time to time. Renzong was also very familiar with this needlework.

"Aiqing, please get up."

The emperor came to help him in person, so Bao Zheng naturally stood up.

"Those two vests are both made of brown bear skin, and the thread inside is..."

Zhao Bijia rolled her eyes for no reason. Although she knew that Bao Zheng was good at investigating cases, but she spoke so carefully and solemnly, it was a little... didn't you see that her father was a little embarrassed?

But Bao Zheng obviously hasn't finished talking, after all, there are still brushes and paper to talk about.

Emperor Renzong listened helplessly to Bao Zheng's explanation of the origins of these utensils that did not match Yan Chasan's poor background, nodded and said, "What Aiqing said is true." He turned his head and glanced at Wu Chengye, " Tell them to remove these things from government affairs."

Wu Chengye hurriedly nodded and went out.

Bao Zheng glanced at Emperor Renzong again, pointed to the broken silver that had been put into the box, and said, "May I let my ministers see this stolen silver?"

Renzong thought for a while, nodded and said, "I'm not afraid of what someone will say in front of me."

Bao Zheng glanced back, and Mr. Gongsun, who is known as a master of everything in Kaifeng Mansion, stepped forward, saluted His Majesty, and squatted beside the box to examine the stolen money.

Zhao Bijia took the teacup on Emperor Renzong's table and handed it to him, "Father, would you like some tea?"

The voice was a little cautiously ingratiating, Renzong couldn't hold back his laughter, took the teacup and put on a straight face on purpose: "It's cold, so why don't you give this to your old father?"

"Get off the fire." Zhao Bijia said.

Renzong glared at her, seeing the radiant face on her face, it was obvious that she was not angry anymore, so he took a sip of tea in relief.

Zhao Bijia breathed a sigh of relief, let alone being a little nervous just now being stared at, her lips are not swollen...

While talking, Mr. Gongsun has already seen something.

On the lid of the box, he picked out a small pile of silver. Mr. Gongsun frowned and said: "The silver is of high standard, and it is all cast by a big shop. I can pick out such a lot after looking at it for a while."

Mr. Gongsun got up and rubbed his legs, said: "The money..." He shook his head, "I'm afraid it's—"

"Fight!" Zhao Bijia suddenly said, attracting everyone's attention.

Renzong glanced at her, and Zhao Bijia spoke quickly, and said: "There was a case in the palace two years ago, a little maid in my mother's palace stole porcelain to buy, but she refused to admit it after she was caught, and smashed it if she said it was true." Yes, later the concubine arranged for two people to put together all the broken porcelain in the palace for half a month, and it was true that something was missing."

Mr. Gongsun's eyes lit up, and the way he looked at Zhao Bijia was a little...strange?

Emperor Renzong had heard about this before, and of course he thought it was a bit funny that Concubine Zhang was so delicate, anyway, it was only two cups, and it was enough to drive the maid out.

However... in the face of this case involving the new top scholar, cheating in the examination, and Bao Zheng, the governor of Kaifeng and the scholar of Longtuge University, no matter how delicate it is, Renzong brought the eunuch over and asked him to concubine Zhang The palace borrowed two maids with good eyesight and diligent hands and feet to go.

Zhao Bijia wanted to understand this, and felt that there were a lot of doubts in this case, but she took a look at Zhan Zhao before speaking this time.

"When did the exam take place? When did the exam questions be decided? I'm afraid it didn't even last for five days? Yan Chasan lived in the Changzhou Guild Hall. Who saw him go out? Who else saw him? Come in? Do you have something in your hand? More than 2000 taels of silver, he looks like a thin scholar, it is not easy to carry a hundred taels in and out at a time, and back and forth ten taels in three to five days Dozens of times, did no one find out?"

Zhao Bijia's face turned red with excitement, Emperor Renzong was stunned, his daughter is... But it is good to master one more skill, after all, she will also be housekeeper in the future, so that no one can fool her.

Bao Zheng took a step forward and hurriedly said: "For the present plan, please ask your Majesty to bring the people in the hall separately, and then send someone to question them one by one to see if there are any loopholes."

Renzong thought for a while, and said: "The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple have been investigating for so many days, but there is no progress..." He frowned, "Bao Zheng! I promise you to investigate this case together."

This is a great benefit, Zhao Bijia glanced at Zhan Zhao, and then went to see Mr. Gongsun, only to see that his beard was raised in excitement.

Zhao Bijia couldn't help feeling proud, and wanted to pat her chest and say, "It's my credit!"

But with so many people, forget it.When are you waiting with Zhan Zhao——

Just thinking about Zhan Zhao, he came over, Zhao Bijia was a little flustered, and took a quick look, it turned out that Emperor Renzong was giving orders to the eunuch, and Bao Zheng and Mr. Gongsun were whispering to each other without knowing what they were talking about. All blocked.

Zhao Bijia took a look at Zhan Zhao, her eyes were bright, and she seemed to say: Hurry up and praise me!Praise me!

Zhan Zhao smiled faintly, "You stole all the limelight."

Zhao Bijia was taken aback for a moment, and heard Zhan Zhao say, "What you said was Mr. Gongsun's words."

what?

"Master Bao learned that Dali Temple had found the stolen money. After discussing it with Mr. Gongsun, they all felt that there might be something wrong with the stolen money. Moreover, people from Kaifeng Mansion have been squatting in front of the Changzhou Guild Hall for several days."

Zhao Bijia couldn't help being a little discouraged, but then she thought about Mr. Bao's investigation and investigation for many years, and Mr. Gongsun who claimed to know everything except having children. Just now Mr. Gongsun was squatting there looking at the money, and he was looking at Mr. Bao. Isn't that expression confident?

"But you still have credit, and the biggest credit is yours." The corners of Zhan Zhao's mouth curled up slightly, but there was no hint of teasing in his voice, it was full of sincerity.

Although I wanted to say, "Don't comfort me." But Zhao Bijia decided not to follow the routine, and asked seriously, "Say it."

"The Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Dali Temple have all focused on Yan Chasan. If the princess hadn't locked him up, how could they have failed and made no progress for several days?"

Zhao Bijia raised her head and smiled at him, relying on the fact that no one was looking, she stretched out her hand and poked the back of his hand, and couldn't help laughing again.

But Emperor Renzong turned around, and Zhao Bijia quickly suppressed her smile, and quietly moved two steps away, sighing in her heart, when will this day be the end.

Maybe it was because seeing that the case was about to be solved, the ministers he liked and the number one scholar hand-picked were all innocent, Renzong was very happy, and said: "I will let them take this thing aside and count it. Aiqing will stay here today." Palace, have dinner with me!"

Unexpectedly, Bao Zheng refused, and said: "There is one more thing I would like to ask His Majesty for help." After Bao Zheng finished speaking, he glanced at Zhan Zhao.

Renzong was in a good mood at the moment, and said: "What's the matter? Aiqing just talk."

"Tanhua Tangjinge is not dead."

The smile on Renzong's face was fixed there all of a sudden.

Bao Zheng said: "That day, the guards of Zhan felt that this was a key witness, and immediately concealed him, but after all, this person had the intention of sending him to death. Although he was saved these days, he never woke up. I want to ask the imperial physician in the palace to have a look."

With a stiff neck, Renzong turned his gaze to Zhan Zhao, who saw Zhan Zhao calmly, saluted very calmly, and said, "Your Majesty, please don't blame me."

"Talent~" Emperor Renzong sighed slightly, and only Zhao Bijia who was standing beside him heard it. Hearing this... Does her father regret letting him be used by Kaifeng Mansion?

Zhao Bijia smiled and thought: Actually, it doesn't matter, we will be a family soon, and the relationship between you two will be much closer than his relationship with Bao Zheng in the future.

"Ai Qing, how about this?" Renzong thought of an idea that could deceive others, "Just say that the Empress Dowager misses Mrs. Li, how about sending an imperial physician to ask her for a safe pulse?"

Bao Zheng's black face also had a smile at the moment, "It's according to His Majesty's will."

Emperor Renzong was also very interested in getting married without telling others. Zhao Bijia even felt that her mother and concubine said that she still had Zhao Xuan's stubborn personality and refused to obey discipline. In fact, this is what the family said.

What happened next was nothing to Zhao Bijia.

Concubine Zhang Guifei sent five capable maids to help count the silver. Almost 3000 taels of silver add up to a box full of large and small. There are thousands of dollars, and they are the same color. It was easy to say at the time, really It's not easy to put your hands together.

Zhao Bijia went to see it once in the evening, and it seemed that she had a clue.

The silver is divided into three parts, the largest part seems to be twisted from a silver ingot, and the one with patterns on it is in the shape of a silver key, and the last part is cut from a silver pancake.

The leading maid saw Zhao Bijia coming in, and said with a smile: "The princess is here." Then she said: "Although there is nothing to achieve this afternoon, but now I have a clue, I think it will be finished in two days."

Zhao Bijia saw that there was water and snacks nearby, and there was a little eunuch outside bringing hot food, so she left in peace.

"Don't work too hard, you should take a rest."

The maids in Concubine Zhang Guifei’s palace wished to praise Zhao Bijia to the sky. Sometimes they served the emperor with more dedication than serving the emperor. At that moment, all the maids raised their heads together to thank, "What the princess said is true, it must be You need to take a rest, otherwise the work under your hands won't be so neat."

Walking all the way back, Yang and An hadn't come back yet, and they didn't know how the case was handled over there.

Zhao Bijia thought of Yan Chasan's stupid look, and thought that if he hadn't sent Yang and An to follow him, he would have suffered a lot.

But Zhao Bijia missed one person in this point: Yang Hean.

Although Yang and An were obedient and not aggressive in front of her, they were merciless in front of outsiders.

Speaking of the interrogation process, he taught Yan Chasan a hard lesson.

For example, when the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Dali Temple brought him out of the prison, the first thing they did was to put him in shackles. The honest boy Yan Chasan naturally had no objection, and immediately stretched out his hand, even showing his neck.

Unexpectedly, Yang He'an sneered, "Is there a conviction?" Before the handyman on the other side could react, Yang He'an said again: "He is now the champion of the new department, and His Majesty did not say that he would take away his fame, but to assist in the investigation of the case." That’s all, you’re going to be in chains?”

"What is the crime of showing the number one scholar of the new division to the public? I don't need our family to remind you."

The head catcher of Dali Temple, who was originally able to act as an uncle at the head of Bianliang City, hurried back to ask for instructions.

Tears welled up in Yan Chasan's eyes. The scene where the wall fell and everyone pushed him was not there. Even the eunuch, who had always been bad in his impression... was a good person.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Yan Cha thanked him sincerely.

Who would have thought that Yang He'an looked at him with contempt, and said coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that you have caused trouble for the princess, our family can't wait to take care of you by ourselves!"

Yan Chasan didn't dare to speak immediately, and silently kept his gratitude in his heart. After all, he ate and drank well in the palace, and on the way to Dali Temple, he still sat in a carriage and passed comfortably.

All the way into the hall, he didn't kneel or suffer torture. Although he was still standing, it was much better than he imagined.

As for Eunuch Yang, who rescued the suffering, he still had a chair in the lobby, where he sat with an eunuch who was said to have come to the palace at the same time. The two father-in-laws would cough when they were frightened or asked some wrong questions.

All in all, this day's interrogation was an eye-opener for Yan Chasan.

When the sun set, the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department still didn't want to release him, but the two father-in-laws stood up. Although their positions were much lower than those of the two officials sitting in the lobby, their overall posture was much more arrogant than them.

"It's time to go back and try again tomorrow."

Yan Chasan clearly saw the appearance of those two people who dared not speak out, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and suddenly felt that this...seemed to be quite enjoyable, and an inexplicable sense of exhilaration swept over his whole body.

Only Yan Chasan, Yang and An were on the carriage back to the palace.

Yan Chasan only felt that the eyes Yang and An were looking at him were not quite right, and after a while he heard Yang and An sigh quietly, "People are a little stupid, but their hearts are not bad."

Yan Chasan didn't know whether to explain that he was not stupid, or to carefully explore the meaning behind the phrase "not bad hearted".

It's just that Yang and An immediately turned cold-faced, "It's the passionate fools like you who can do bad things the most!"

No, no!

Yan Chasan immediately blushed, "I—"

"This is a trap, can't you see it?" Yang He'an's rhetorical question made him suddenly silent, Yan Chasan lowered his head in depression, and sighed: "I caused a lot of trouble for Lord Bao and the princess. "

Yang He'an nodded, "It's not a trouble, it just takes time to go back and forth. You are just a pawn, the weakest link, with soft ears and too hot blood, you will jump off after a few words .”

Yan Chasan wanted to refute, but...it seemed that there was nothing to refute...

Seeing him like this, Yang He'an was a little satisfied, and said, "Did you hear anything from today's interrogation?"

Yan Chasan looked up with a dazed look on his face.

"This is their usual routine, especially when dealing with people like you. You can jump out after only listening to Tan Hua's two or three words in an unknown language. This kind of routine is the most suitable for you."

No matter how you say it, Yan Chasan is a hot-blooded man, otherwise he would not be what he is today. He was very dissatisfied and said: "Could it be possible for him to marry the princess?"

Yang and An smiled, "Do you think he dares to say it?"

Yan Chasan suddenly froze.

"Besides...you heard the name of Zhen Guo Princess from his mouth?"

Yan Chasan recalled carefully, it seems...

"Your Majesty, there is still a princess who is even older."

Yan Chasan was speechless as if struck by lightning.He pulled his hair angrily and sighed.

Looked like a lunatic.

Yang and An quietly moved to the side.

"I'm afraid they will ask you questions these two days, and the princess will not stop you. Remember, they asked a question many times today, and in the end it was you who thought you remembered? Are you sure?" Are you sure it is? This is confusing your memory, and in the end you don't even believe yourself!"

"This is the time to fall into the trap and be unable to get out! After that, they will lead you away!" Yang and An sneered, "This kind of trick is left over from our family's old game."

Yan Chasan woke up with a shake as if he had been struck by lightning.

"Don't worry! Now that I know this, I will definitely not fall into their trap!" Yan Chasan looked at Yang and An Mingming's calm faces, both in their early twenties, "Thank you, Eunuch Yang, I know gone."

Yang and An snorted, "It can still be taught."

Besides Zhao Bijia, she wandered all the way to the Imperial Garden, and saw Concubine Miao Guifei and Ming Yi walking arm in arm.

Seeing her coming, the pair of mother and son had the same smiles on their faces - to be exact, they were laughing.

"Princess Zhen Guo." Concubine Miao Gui let go of Ming Yi's hand and straightened up, "Why is Eunuch Yang missing?"

Ming Yi also laughed, "Maybe I'm in a bad mood, I want to go out for a walk alone."

Zhao Bijia glanced at them, and said with a half-smile, "Have you finished dinner so early? Presumably Father didn't eat with you."

Concubine Miao Guifei's face immediately became ugly.

The emperor was busy with government affairs, and he was the last one to eat in the whole palace. If he went to any palace at night, that one would have to wait until it was almost dark before eating.

Ming Yi hastily changed the topic, "Speaking of which, you still have time to hang around here? The first one was beaten out by the emperor, and the second... has already been imprisoned, and the evidence is solid."

"Tsk tsk." Ming Yi mocked, "Your bright eyes, which are praised by everyone in the palace, are no better than blind people in my opinion. Why do you attract such people?"

Although Yan Chasan's case has turned around, but the matter can't be told to outsiders for the time being, Zhao Bijia looked at Ming Yi with a smile, and didn't refute it, just waited for her to slap herself in the face after the case was overturned.

"Speaking of which, Yan Chasan is still locked up in the palace." Zhao Bijia came up with an idea, "Sister, don't you want to visit him? Since ancient times, it has been difficult to give charcoal in the face of hardship, but the icing on the cake is easy. Maybe it will lead to a beautiful marriage."

"Pooh!"

The mother and daughter reacted exactly the same, Concubine Miao pressed Ming Yi's hand, signaling her not to speak.

"If he is still the number one scholar, that would be considered a good marriage, but now—" Miao Guifei sneered twice, "It is true that he can get away with marrying a princess, but this kind of person is not worthy of my Ming Yi. My Ming Yi deserves the best person in the world."

Zhao Bijia smiled, and said without a smile, "You two have great ambitions. It's just that there is only one champion in three years. Let me calculate, this year, apart from Yan Chasan, the next one is more than forty. You don't want to force him to divorce his wife and remarry, I'm afraid there are several children in the family, although Mingyi's dowry can support him well, it's just that this one who is happy to be a mother..." She made a choice Eyebrow, "Very happy?"

Ming Yi shook off Concubine Miao's hand and rushed in front of Zhao Bijia, "Let me tell you, there are other champions who won't win this year, and last year's champion Chen Shimei is only in her twenties this year, and has never been married!"

Ming Yi said aggressively: "Just watch me marry the number one scholar and be jealous!"

Chen Shimei? !no no no!Zhao Bijia was very surprised, she was not jealous of this person at all!

"Sister, I think you should wait three years until the next champion. After all, you are only seventeen this year, and it is not too late to get married at twenty."

It's just that her experience obviously has other meanings in the eyes of Concubine Miao Gui and Ming Yi.

The eyes of both of them were on the verge of burning with anger.

Zhao Bijia said again: "Can you still delay me? If you can't get married, I will have to suffer along with it. The so-called killing eight hundred enemies and self-defeating one thousand."

"You!" Ming Yi raised his hand and wanted to slap him, but Zhao Bijia dodged slightly to hide.

Immediately, a familiar voice rang in everyone's ears, it was Emperor Renzong's personal eunuch Wu Chengye.

"Princess, empress." He first bowed slightly towards Concubine Miao Gui and Ming Yi as a salute.Afterwards, looking at Zhao Bijia was full of smiles, and she was kind of flattering.

"Your Majesty is waiting for you to go home for dinner."

Zhao Bijia laughed and followed Wu Chengye away.

Concubine Miao's exasperated voice came from behind, "I will announce Chen Shimei to the palace tomorrow!"