Go to Kaifeng to be a civil servant

"Absurd! It's simply absurd! What kind of civet cat is replaced by the prince, it's just nonsense, nonsense!"

In the side hall of the backyard of the Nanqing Palace, the emperor Renzong was furious and jumped up, pointing at Mr. Bao who was kneeling in the palace, and shouted loudly: "Bao Zheng, I never thought that you are a dignified member of the third rank of the court, but now you are talking nonsense. Talking nonsense, uttering evil words, what should you do?!"

"Your Majesty!" Master Bao, with sharp eyes and a dark face, knelt straight up, clasped his fists and said solemnly, "everything I said is true, there is absolutely no falsehood! Please learn from me!"

"Absurd! Absurd! Absurd!" Renzong was furious, and with a wave of his dragon sleeve, he swept all the tea bowls on the table beside him to the ground, and shouted, "Come here, drag this crazy Bao Zheng out! "

"Your Majesty, wait a minute!" The Eight Kings and his wife, who were standing with their heads bowed, suddenly knelt down in tears and fell to the ground.

"Father?! Mother and concubine?! Are you also crazy like Bao Zheng!?" Renzong shouted.

Di Niangniang burst into tears, sobbing choked up: "What Mr. Bao said...is true..."

The Eight Kings knelt on the ground, looked up at the Holy Son of Heaven, and burst into tears: "It is true that the emperor was not born to Niang Niangniang, the emperor's biological mother is someone else..."

"You, what did you say, what did you say?!" The emperor suddenly turned pale with shock, his eyes widened, his lips were blue and white, trembling, and it took him a while to say, "Father, mother, what did you just say?!"

The Eight Kings eyes were red, and he said sadly: "What Lord Bao said is absolutely true, the emperor's biological mother is Li Niangniang from Yuchen Palace!"

When Chao Tianzi's figure suddenly trembled, he fell back into his chair with a thud, water glistened in his bright eyes, looked at the kneeling people in the hall, slowly shook his head again, and said incredulously: "You guys are talking nonsense... …nonsense……"

"Long live, it was indeed Chen Lin who smuggled the newly born Wan live out of the palace, and then into the hands of the Eighth Prince.

"Zhen...Zhen..." The emperor still muttered and shook his head with tears in his eyes.

The few people kneeling on the ground saw the emperor's appearance like this, and their hearts were cut like a knife.

Master Bao showed pain on his black face, he opened his mouth a few times, but couldn't bear to make a sound, after a while, he frowned suddenly, raised his head and said: "My Majesty, there is Li Niangniang's golden pill as physical evidence in this case, eight Wang Qiansui, Di Niangniang, Chen Lin, and Eunuch Chen are witnesses, and they have all the witnesses and material evidence—this case still depends on the emperor's ruling!"

"Holy judgment...Holy judgment?!" The emperor slowly rolled his eyes, his sword eyebrows trembling faintly, and said, "How do you want me to be a holy judge..."

Lord Bao lowered his eyes, frowned, and said with difficulty: "Since the Holy Majesty took office, he has always governed the country with benevolence, morality and filial piety. The people of the Song Dynasty all took benevolence and filial piety as the standard, self-disciplined themselves, and regulated their actions. Dare to ask the Holy One, even the common people are like this, the Holy One is the son of the emperor, the king of a country, do you want to abandon benevolence and morality, leave filial piety in the wilderness, shut your own mother out, and suffer? ! And Instead, protect the cruel and kind people with wings and rich clothes?!"

After a long silence, Tianzi Lang Rong moved, his adam's apple rolled up and down, his dragon eyes slowly opened, red as blood, quietly swept around the kneeling crowd, and spoke slowly, but his voice was hoarse and mixed: "Preparing paper and ink... "

When Chen Lin, Eunuch Chen, who was kneeling on the ground heard this, he hurriedly wiped away his tears, got up in a hurry, and brought the four treasures of the study.

Renzong picked up the pen, his pale fingers trembled again and again, and finally he had to hold the wrist of his right hand with his left hand, and then slowly wrote down the imperial edict, sealed the jade seal, raised his eyes and said, "Bao Zheng listened to the decree... I will give you a secret decree now." , the case will be handed over to the Kaifeng government for trial, and all those guilty, from the empress dowager to the ministers of the king and grandson, regardless of their status, will be dealt with strictly according to the law!"

"Bao Zheng takes the edict, long live the emperor!" Master Bao took the imperial edict and kowtowed in thanks.

Renzong stared fixedly at Mr. Bao, without any disturbance in his eyes, he just nodded indifferently, got up and walked towards the gate.

The door panel is opened, and the bright moonlight shines into the hall. It is like white frost, cold snow, and the night wind blows by. The golden dragon robe is dancing, and the whole body looks like an emperor.

The golden ribbons on the temples floated up, and the two streams of golden brilliance were immersed in the night, disappearing and flying away.

"Chen Lin, you stay in Nanqing Palace and assist Bao Zheng in solving the case."

"Yes……"

"Tell all the officials in the main hall of Hou that there is no need to wait, and they all go back."

"Yes--"

"Get up and go back to the palace."

"The emperor got up and went back to the palace—"

There are many people, and Luan drives away.

Everyone in the hall looked at the door silently for a long while before getting up.

Di Niangniang was crying like a tearful person, her body was unstable and her feet were floating.

The Eight Kings hurriedly supported Di Niangniang, and called for someone to escort Di Niangniang back to the house.

Chen Lin's eyes were red, and he wiped his tears and said, "I've been with Wansui for so many years, this is the first time I see Wansui like this, it's heartbreaking."

"It's so embarrassing..." Bawang wiped away his tears and said, "My own mother was murdered by others, and she suffered a great injustice, and the culprit was actually the queen mother who raised me for more than [-] years... Sigh, how embarrassing is it, how embarrassing it is!" ..."

Master Bao sighed and said, "It's just where the law is and where justice is, this case has to be tried..."

The three of them looked at each other and were silent at the same time.

After a while, Master Bao came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Eighth Prince, the most urgent thing is to inform Li Niangniang of the progress of this case!"

"What Master Bao said is true, I will go to greet Li Niangniang right away." The Eighth Prince said with a serious expression.

"No need, Aijia has heard it all..."

Supported by Fan Ronghua, Empress Li walked out of the inner hall slowly, her eyes were covered with red silk, and her face was full of tears.

Fan Ronghua by his side and Zhan Zhao and Jin Qian behind him all had gloomy expressions.

Master Bao took a step forward: "The Empress Dowager is resting in the inner hall, why..."

"It's just a thin wall, how can it block your voice. Besides, Aijia is blind and deaf, so he can hear clearly..." Empress Li sat down with Fan Ronghua's support and said quietly.

After a pause, Empress Li raised her head, her pair of godless and blind eyes fixedly looked in the direction of Mr. Bao and said, "Bao Qing, shouldn't the Ai family seek justice? If the Ai family does not seek justice and does not come to see you, then there is no need To make the emperor's son so difficult, there is no need to..."

"Empress Dowager!" Master Bao stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "Empress Dowager's words are wrong! It's a matter of course for mothers to recognize relatives, what's wrong with it? Besides, in this case, there are palace officials Kou Zhu, Eunuch Yu Zhong sacrificed his life to become benevolent. If the case is not tried, how can he be worthy of their spirit of loyalty in heaven? The actions of Guo Huai and Empress Liu are outrageous. If they are not ordered to obey the law, how can they be worthy of the laws of the Song Dynasty? ! This case is no longer a matter of the Queen Mother alone, but a matter of the world! The Holy Majesty understands this truth, so he ordered this government to strictly examine this case!"

"Bao Qing..." Empress Li slowly closed her eyes, nodded slightly and said, "What Bao Qing said is true, I am sorry for my family..."

The Eighth King looked at the two of them, and suddenly heaved a long sigh and said, "Lord Bao, you made such a risky move at the birthday banquet today, it was really too reckless, aren't you afraid that the king will not recognize the Queen Mother?"

Master Bao smiled slightly when he heard the words, it was the first time he showed a smile this night:

"Bao Zheng has known Qiantui for many years, so he knows what kind of person Qiantui is. The prince is a loyal and kind-hearted person, so how could he not recognize the queen mother?! But if we talk about this plan tonight, if Bao Zheng is not desperate Will not use this trick."

"Oh? How do you say that?" The Eighth Prince was taken aback when he heard the words.

"Your Highness has been invited by the Empress Dowager these few days to stay in the Forbidden Palace?"

"It's true, but it's just that Empress Liu wanted to discuss a birthday banquet with me..." The Eighth King's face suddenly changed, "Master Bao means that Guo Huai and Empress Liu have already expected that Lord Bao will find Ben. The king is a witness, so I deliberately left this king in the harem to trap me?!"

Lord Bao nodded: "I'm afraid that's exactly the case! Bao Zheng is a foreign minister, and he is not allowed to enter the harem without being summoned. Guo Huai and Empress Liu took advantage of this point and set up many obstacles to hinder Bao Zheng, Eunuch Chen and the prince. See you." After a pause, Master Bao said again, "That's why Bao Zheng had to take this risky move, and take advantage of Di Niangniang's birthday to report the case to the Holy Majesty, so as to solve it quickly, so as not to cause complications."

Eight Kings Qiansui glanced at Lord Bao, sighed slightly, and said, "I think Empress Liu and Guo Huai would never have expected that Lord Bao would use such a desperate strategy. Lord Bao is brave and resourceful, and this king admires him."

"My lord, thank you." Lord Bao clasped his fists and said, "It's just that Empress Liu and Guo Huai have already taken action, and this case must be tried quickly, lest the night be full of dreams!"

Bawang nodded, thought for a while, and asked again: "How will Mr. Bao plan to hear this case?"

Mr. Bao's expression turned serious and he said: "Surely arrest Guo Huai and bring him to justice immediately! I will go to court for questioning tomorrow morning!"

The Eighth Prince's expression brightened: "When will Mr. Bao plan to capture Guo Huai?!"

"at this time!"

"at this time?!"

Mr. Bao cupped his hands: "This government has a secret decree, so we must preemptively strike!"

The Eighth Prince frowned and said, "What Master Bao said is true!"

"It's just... Bao Zheng still has a heartless request."

The Eighth Prince was stunned: "Master Bao, please tell me."

"In the past few days, Guo Huai has sent a large number of killers to kill the Queen Mother. The entire Kaifeng Mansion is exhausted, and there may be omissions. For the safety of the Queen Mother, I would like to invite the Queen Mother to rest at the Nanqing Palace tonight. The Nanqing Palace is heavily guarded to prevent assassins. "Secondly, the queen mother, the prince, and Niang Niang can also gossip about family affairs."

As soon as this remark came out, no matter how others reacted, Jin Qian immediately jumped out of his gloomy mood and regenerated, and almost shouted two long live to express his relief: In this way, Fan Ronghua will naturally stay in Nanqing Palace to accompany him, Kaifeng Naturally, the government can get rid of Madam Fan's life-threatening cries, and get rid of the entanglement of a group of assassins along the way. In addition, he flattered the two heavyweights, the Queen Mother and the Eighth King Qiansui.

Tsk tsk, old Bao, in such a painful atmosphere, you still don't forget to show compassion to your subordinates...

With such leadership, what more can a husband ask for?

"Since this is the case, I will do my best to protect the safety of the Queen Mother!" The Eighth Prince said to Queen Li solemnly.

"It's time to thank the Eight Kings..." Li Hou nodded slightly after hearing the words.

"Thousands of Eight Kings have worked hard!" Master Bao also clasped his fists together.

Master Bao nodded, clasped his fists and said: "Queen Mother, Eighth Prince, I will take my leave first!"

"Master Bao, please."

"Bao Qing, be careful in everything!"

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, Eighth Prince!" Lord Bao cupped his hands, raised his eyes, turned to Zhan Zhao and said, "Guard Zhan, immediately follow the palace into the palace and arrest Guo Huai!"

Zhan Zhao immediately stepped forward with his sword in his arms, and said loudly, "Your subordinate obeys!"

After saying that, the two turned around and walked out.

Jin Qian rolled his narrow eyes, and hurriedly followed up.

But Lord Bao's next sentence stopped Jinqian in place.

"Catcher Jin, you stay in Nanqing Palace to protect the Empress Dowager."

Huh?

Jin Qian stared.

I saw that Zhan Zhao also turned his head, fixedly took a look at Jin Qian, and said seriously: "Catcher Jin, be careful in everything!"

"...Subordinates obey..."

Looking at the backs of the two hurriedly going away, Jin Qian wanted to cry without tears:

We would rather pull up the old locust tree than enjoy the "Symphonic Hu" here...

Old Bao, old Bao, you are too unkind...

Cat, cat, you are so dishonest...

However, it has been proved afterwards that Mr. Bao's reputation of justice is definitely not in vain, and Nan Xia Zhan Zhao is definitely not in vain.

That night, Fan Musician, who shared the room with Jin Qian, was uncharacteristically quiet except for a few murmured questions...

"Xiao Jin, it turns out that the emperor also has something unsatisfactory..."

"Well...Of course, the emperor is also human—"

"Xiao Jin, Ronghua thinks that the emperor is not as good as ordinary people. At least the people still know who their own mother is, but today's son has lived for more than 20 years before he realizes that he has misidentified his mother, and even recognized his mother's enemy as his adoptive mother." ..."

"Oh, don't want to be born in the emperor's family, what a pity, such a nice handsome guy, miserable..."

"Rong Hua feels that being able to depend on her mother for more than ten years is really a blessing..."

"Mmm, blessings... blessings..."

"It's a great honor to meet Mr. Bao, Mr. Zhan, Mr. Public Prosecutor, Captain Captain... and you, Xiao Jin..."

"..."

"Little Jin?"

"call……"

"You fell asleep?"

"Snoring..."

"Little Jin?!"

"Hululu... Lulu..."

"You are only young, why are you still snoring in your sleep?"

……

According to Jin Qian's professional summary afterwards, Comrade Fan Ronghua's psychological pressure must have risen to the daily limit that night, causing his sleep level to fall below the limit—in short, he suffered from insomnia...

Thanks to him, Jin Qian had a rare and peaceful sleep, and did not wake up until early the next morning when he was dragged back to Kaifeng mansion.

-

The lobby of Kaifeng Mansion is majestic and dignified. The gold-plated plaque of "Mirror Hanging High" hangs high in the center, and the tiger head plaques "Avoid" and "Su Li" are separated on both sides. The four major lieutenants stand on both sides. Zhaotang is on standby.

Under the hall, the fast-moving yamen guards stood upright, full of energy, and their killing sticks were shining brightly.

It is exactly: a clear mirror clears the righteousness, and the majesty shines on the chest.

Mr. Bao had a dark face, sitting behind the case, looking around, his eyes froze, he raised the gavel and was about to take a picture.

Jin Qian, who was standing by the gate, was like the other yamen servants. When he saw this scene, he immediately lifted his spirits and straightened his body quickly.

But seeing that the gavel was about to fall off the table, he heard a shout from outside the hall, "The Eighth Prince is here—"

Mr. Bao was taken aback, quickly put down the gavel, walked down the hall in two steps and said: "Welcome with me!"

Everyone in the hall hurriedly bowed and knelt down with Mr. Bao and shouted: "The Eighth Prince is a thousand years old!"

The Eighth Prince, wearing a purple gold crown and a blue satin dragon robe, came in a hurry. When he saw Mr. Bao kneeling, he bent down to help him up, and said, "Mr. Bao, there is no need to be polite! Get up!"

Only then did everyone straighten up.

Master Bao asked: "The prince's testimony has already been recorded in this residence, so there is no need for the prince to condescend to come here to testify..."

"Lord Bao..." the Eighth Prince sighed, "Although this is the case, today I feel my heart beating wildly and I can't sit still. Lord Bao, can I let this king follow the trial?"

Lord Bao hurriedly bowed his head and clasped his fists and said, "Bao Zheng is terrified, my lord, please take a seat!"

Someone immediately moved a grand master's chair and placed it on the side of the hall. Lord Bao invited the eight kings and thousand years old to sit down. Then he walked back to the case and took his seat, holding the gavel high——

The yamen servants lifted their spirits again and straightened their backs...

"The emperor is here—" Another loud shout came from outside the door.

Master Bao was startled, he hastily put down the gavel and stood up, walked around the wooden table and said: "Welcome the holy driver with the house!"

Everyone knelt down again.

I saw a bright yellow figure rushing in, followed by a large string of palace eunuchs and eunuchs, accompanied by guards of honor, whooping, so majestic, it was the emperor Renzong who was the current emperor, who was here in person.

"Long live Long live Long live……"

There was another shout.

"Bao Qingping, Eighth Prince Uncle, please get up quickly. Let's all be flat!" Renzong helped Master Bao and Eighth Prince, and hurriedly said.

Master Bao and the Eighth King Qiansui straightened up, looked straight at the Son of Heaven, and asked with doubts on their faces: "My lord, what are you?"

Renzong sighed slightly and said: "Sitting alone in the palace today, I just feel restless, restless in sleep and food, thinking about it, or decide to come to Kaifeng Mansion to hear the trial, Bao Qing, how do you feel?"

Upon hearing the words, Lord Bao hurriedly bowed his hands and clasped his fists and shouted: "My humble minister is terrified, I respectfully invite you, Your Majesty!"

The emperor nodded and walked a few steps to the side of the hall. A eunuch had moved a padded armchair from outside the hall and placed it on the right side of the Eighth Prince's chair, inviting the emperor to sit down.

After the Eighth Prince was seated, Lord Bao clasped his fists to salute the two of them, and then returned to sit in the lobby. He gathered his energy, reached out and picked up the gavel and held it high...

"The Empress Dowager is here—" a loud shout came from outside the hall.

The expressions of the crowd suddenly changed.

Lord Bao frowned, his face froze, he hurriedly got up and went around to the front of the hall, knelt down, and shouted: "Bao Zheng welcomes Fengjia!"

Hurrah, another kneel down.

But all the yamen servants, including Jin Qian, didn't even have the strength to be surprised at this time.

The so-called one hit, and then decline, three exhausted!

tsk...

Could it be that the emperor's family decided to come to Kaifeng Mansion to play?

One at a time, like candied haws, is there any end? !

In a short while, I saw palace maids in brocade skirts filing in, Fuchen eunuchs walking with bows, imperial incense blowing the road, and a hundred masters of ceremonial guards, their style was even more extravagant than that of the emperor Luanjia.Two palace ladies in brocade clothes hurried in with peacock feather fans in their hands, and a person appeared on both sides.

I saw this person, wearing a gold crown carved with pearls and emerald jade, with night pearls and red jade hairpins inserted on it, trembling, dazzling gold, wearing a purple gold dress with hundreds of birds facing the phoenix, exquisitely embroidered, like a living thing; long hair like black satin, occasionally silver The silk flashed, his face was like a powder carving, fine lines were hidden in the corners of his eyes, almond eyes and lips, charming and charming, it is not difficult to see that this person must have been a rare and stunning beauty when he was young.

It's just that between the brows, there is a hint of ruthlessness, and the eyes turn around, which is even more intimidating.

"My son has seen my mother."

"The Eighth Prince, Zhao Defang, has met the Queen Mother!"

"The humble minister Bao Zheng kowtowed to the Empress Dowager for a thousand years!"

"The Empress Dowager is a thousand years old——"

There was a burst of shouts one after another, very lively.

"The emperor doesn't need to be too polite, get up quickly."

Empress Liu took a step forward, grabbed the Son of Heaven's arm and lifted him up, then turned her head and said, "Everyone, get up."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" Everyone cheered and got up again.

"Mother, why did you come to this Kaifeng mansion today?" The emperor helped Empress Liu to sit on a soft chair, and asked with downcast eyes.

"The Ai family just heard that Bao Qing's family is going to try a big case today, so I came here to broaden my horizons—" Liu Hou glanced at Renzong, and said slowly.

"The empress is joking..." The emperor bowed his head and said, "Why do the empress come to hear the trial..."

"Why—" Empress Liu raised her eyebrows, "Could it be that you can come, the emperor, but the Ai family can't?!"

"My son didn't mean that..."

"What does that mean?"

"My son is just..."

"Your Majesty!" Lord Bao stepped forward, clasped his fists and said respectfully, "Since the Empress Dowager has this intention, what's the point of hearing it?"

"Bao Qing..." The emperor turned his head, his clear eyes showed pain, and he was fixedly looking at the black-faced governor in front of him.

Master Bao also looked back fixedly, his eyes did not move.

After a while, the dragon's eyes slowly closed, and when they opened again, there was no trace of emotion.

"Since the queen mother wants to hear the trial, the minister will naturally obey."

Empress Liu raised her eyebrows: "Since that's the case, Bao Qing, let's get promoted!"

"Bao Zheng obeys the order!" Master Bao cupped his hands, turned around and returned to the case, raised the gavel, and snapped it down suddenly, "Ascension!"

All the yamen servants finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly straightened their backs, and opened their voices: "Mighty——"

"Call the defendant, Guo Huai!"

"Talk to Guo Huai—"

Not long after, there was a clatter of shackles and locks outside the hall, and a man in prison clothes was pushed in by two yamen servants.

I saw that this man's hands and feet were chained, his walking was slightly sluggish, his gray hair was loose in a bun, his face was shiny and shiny, his eyes were slanted, his broom eyebrows, bags under his eyes dangling everywhere, his prison clothes were so tight that he could barely Covering the fact that this person is full of fat, it is Guo Huai, Eunuch Guo, who confronted Mr. Bao at the gate of the city a few days ago.

As soon as this person came to the hall, the faces of several heavyweights in the hall changed.

Emperor Renzong and Eight Kings Qiansui stared at Guo Huai, their faces darkened.

Empress Liu's complexion also sank, but a pair of almond eyes glanced at the governor of Kaifeng in the hall, with a murderous look between her eyebrows, and said coldly: "The Ai family still wonders why Mr. Guo disappeared early this morning. It turns out that he was arrested. Master Bao is imprisoned in the Kaifeng government office——Master Bao, why did you arrest the eunuch in charge of the fourth department and eight divisions of the Forbidden Palace to Kaifeng mansion, should you give the Ai family an explanation?"

Lord Bao cupped his hands and said, "I would like to report to the Empress Dowager that Guo Huai is an unjustly wronged defendant, and Bao Zheng will arrest Guo Huai and bring him to justice according to the law."

"Presumptuous! Guo Huai is someone close to the Ai family, you, a little third-rank government official, dare to arrest you if you say so, Bao Zheng, do you still have the queen mother of the Ai family in your eyes?!" Empress Liu raised her almond eyes, shouted sharply.

"Mother, Bao Qing acted according to the will of my son and minister." Emperor Renzong said aside.

"Your Majesty?!" Empress Liu frowned, and said in displeasure, "Your Majesty, don't trust those treacherous villains who talk nonsense. Guo Huai has always been by Ai's side and is loyal. How could he be the defendant in some strange case."

"Mother's queen..." Emperor Renzong raised his eyes, wanting to say nothing.

"Queen Mother, there are all witnesses and physical evidence in this case, and Guo Huai cannot escape responsibility!" Master Bao suddenly raised his voice.

Empress Liu suddenly turned her head, squinted her eyes slightly, snorted coldly and shouted: "It's nonsense! Guo Huai has been with the Ai family for many years, and the Ai family knows that this person is a man, and there is no way that he has anything to do with any strange case! Bao Zheng, have you been kidnapped by the little boy?" People deceived, wronged Guo Huai, right?"

Mr. Bao narrowed his eyes and raised his voice: "Since this is the case, Bao Zheng must try this case clearly. If Eunuch Guo is really wronged, Bao Zheng will naturally return Eunuch Guo's innocence!"

"Bao Zheng, you!" Empress Liu's voice faltered, and she stared fiercely at the black-faced Fu Yin for a long while before gritting her teeth and said, "What Bao Qing said is true! However, since it's a strange case, why didn't the plaintiff be seen, and the trial should be tried first?" Defendant, I’m afraid this is unreasonable, right?”

Master Bao's face was slightly stagnant, and his eyebrows frowned.

The Eighth Prince hurriedly interjected: "Queen Mother, it's not that Lord Bao didn't try the plaintiff, but that the plaintiff is inconvenient to show up here..."

Liu Hou picked up his almond eyes slightly, and said with a sneer, "Master Bao has always said that legal principles are the most important thing, and he respects the law, but now he doesn't even have a plaintiff. How will this case be tried?"

"This..." Eight Kings Qiansui's face darkened.

Emperor Renzong rolled his eyes slightly, sighed and said, "Bao Qing, pass on the plaintiff."

"Bao Zheng obeys the order!" Lord Bao clasped his fists and raised his voice, "Broadcast to the plaintiff!"

"Call the plaintiff—"

After a while, I saw a young man helping an old woman slowly walk into the lobby.

I saw this old woman dressed in commoner clothes, walking slowly, but she was accompanied by a sense of nobility, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, her eyes were definitely dull, blind and dull, but since she entered the hall, she was impartial and fixedly looked at the emperor In the direction of Renzong, the young man beside him has a straight figure and beautiful eyebrows, which is even more eye-catching.

When everyone in the hall saw the two, their expressions changed, each with its own merits.

Eight Kings Qiansui leaned forward and was about to stand up and bow down immediately, but just as he moved, he paused and sat back down again.

Emperor Renzong's figure trembled slightly, his clear eyes fixed on the old woman, unmoving, faintly red.

Liu Hou's almond-shaped eyes narrowed slightly, and he stared fixedly at the old woman. Suddenly, his eyes opened wide, and his hands tightly grasped the handle of the chair, making the wooden chair creak.

Kneeling in the hall, Guo Huai could see the most clearly. His slit eyes burst open suddenly, and his fat body swayed three times, but after a while, he returned to normal color, but the bags under his eyes trembled uncontrollably. Jump.

"Come on, take a seat!" Master Bao raised his voice.

Two yamen servants brought up a grand master's chair and invited the old woman to sit down.

"Bao Zheng!" Empress Liu suddenly shouted, "A country woman came to the lobby to see Aijia, the Emperor, and the Eighth Prince, but she didn't kneel down, and you invited her to sit on the throne. What kind of dignity is that?"

Looking at Empress Liu at this time, her complexion has returned to normal, and her almond eyes are full of murderous intent, showing arrogance again.

"It's rare that the Queen Mother doesn't recognize this person?" Master Bao turned around and asked.

Liu Hou's eyebrows twitched: "How can the Ai family recognize a country woman?"

Master Bao's eyes twitched: "The Empress Dowager is forgetful, and she doesn't even remember her old friend. This person is Li Niangniang from Yuchen Palace, who was a sister to the Empress Dowager and got along day and night!"

"Absurd, Li Niangniang has long been buried in the flames of the cold palace, how can she show up here?! This person must be a fake!"

"Empress Dowager!" Lord Bao raised his voice, "Mistress Li has the golden pills bestowed by the former emperor as proof!"

"Jin Wan can be fake!"

"Then ask the Queen Mother to check!"

Master Bao turned his head, cupped his fists and said, "Madam Li, please borrow the golden pill to have a look!"

Empress Li nodded, took out the golden pill from her arms and handed it out.

One side Zhan Zhao stepped forward, took Jinwan, turned around and sent it to Empress Liu, and spread his palms for Empress Liu to watch.

That Empress Liu seemed to see a ghost, her eyes were wide open, and she couldn't help but retreated.

Zhan Zhao squeezed the golden pill with both hands and turned it, and the golden pill opened, revealing the nine-curved night pearl, shining brightly and dazzlingly.

Seeing that Liu Hou's face twitched suddenly, his figure suddenly leaned forward, and he reached out to grab the golden pill.

But with a flash of red in front of his eyes, Zhan Zhao's figure disappeared, and he took a closer look, and saw that Zhan Zhao had returned to Li Hou's side at some point, and respectfully sent Jin Wan back.

Master Bao continued from the side: "Also Li Niangniang, Eight Kings Qiansui, and Di Niangniang have also recognized each other, so it is true!"

"Nonsense!" Empress Liu straightened up suddenly, glaring at Master Bao and said, "The Eighth Prince has been a guest in the Aijia Palace, so where is the time to recognize something..." At this point, Empress Liu's voice froze suddenly, and she turned her head to look Xiang Eighth Prince twitched the corner of his mouth, "Miss Di..."

With narrowed eyes, Empress Liu leaned back on the seat, turned her head to stare at Mr. Bao and said coldly, "Since that's the case, why didn't Mr. Bao quickly drag this person out and behead him?!"

"Why do you want to cut it?" Master Bao stared back.

Empress Liu raised her eyebrows lightly, and said with a sneer: "Back then, Concubine Li of Yuchen Palace gave birth to a monster, caused chaos in the harem, and was punished to the cold palace. She was not executed, which was a great favor from the previous emperor. But she not only didn't appreciate the emperor's kindness, but instead Escaping from the cold palace without authorization, such a crime of deceiving the king, shouldn't he be killed?"

Master Bao's eyes were staring, burning like electricity, he shot straight at Empress Liu, and said in a deep voice: "If what happened back then was deliberately framed, Li Niangniang was wronged, so what should I do?!"

"What did you say?!" Empress Liu stared and shouted.

Master Bao turned his head abruptly, raised the gavel and clapped it down, and shouted sharply: "Guo Huai, are you guilty?!"

Guo Huai was kneeling in the hall, when he heard Master Bao shouting loudly, he couldn't help shaking all over his body. After a pause, he calmed down, looked up lazily at Master Bao, shook his eyelids and said, "Master Bao , Guo Huai is innocent, what is the crime?"

"Crack!" There was a loud bang from the gavel.

Master Bao stared straight at Guo Huai with sharp eyes, and shouted sharply:

"Guo Huai, you are treacherous and treacherous. You exchanged a raccoon cat for the newborn son of Lady Li of Yuchen Palace, murdered the prince, and slandered the late emperor. After all the pain of being away from home, he murdered the palace official Kou Zhu and murdered him. Such a crime of exterminating ethics and human nature will never be redeemed by death. How dare you claim to be innocent? How dare you claim to be innocent?!"

"Nonsense!" Empress Liu suddenly shouted, "Bao Zheng, you are talking nonsense, you are uttering demonic words! Your majesty, why don't you drag these traitors out and behead them for public display?!"

The emperor looked up at Empress Liu, and said calmly, "Empress Mother, why don't you stay calm and listen to Bao Qing's careful interrogation."

"Your Majesty?!" Empress Liu was shocked, staring straight at Emperor Renzong with disbelief.

I saw the emperor looking forward fixedly, his face was indifferent, and he didn't speak anymore.

"Bao Zheng obeys the order!" Lord Bao clasped his fists, turned his eyes and shouted sharply, "Guo Huai, for such a crime, do you have anything to say?!"

But Guo Huai looked up at Mr. Bao, slit his eyes, and said with a sneer, "Mr. Bao, our family can't even understand half a sentence of what you said!"

Master Bao stared at Guo Huai, and also sneered, "Come on, pass on Chen Lin, Eunuch Chen!"

"Tell Eunuch Chen—"

Not long after, I saw Eunuch Chen hurried into the lobby and bowed down to worship: "Chen Lin kowtows to the emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live for the emperor, thousand live long live for the empress dowager, thousand live long live for the prince!"

"Be flat." Renzong said.

Chen Lin got up, bowed and saluted, "Chen Lin has seen Mr. Bao."

"Eunuch Chen, you don't need to be too polite." Master Bao said slowly, "The government invited Eunuch Chen to come here to inquire about an old case back then, and please tell Eunuch Chen truthfully."

"Master Bao, please ask."

"Please, Eunuch Chen, repeat everything you saw and heard that night when Empress Li of Yuchen Palace gave birth to the civet cat."

"Yes." Chen Lin clasped his fists, took a breath, lost in memory and said slowly, "That night, Chen Lin bought fruit and went back to the palace, and met Kou Zhu, a palace official from Jinhua Palace on the way..."

Chen Lin looked sad, and wept while talking, and when he mentioned the sadness, he cried so hard that he couldn't breathe...

Look at the audience listening to the crowd——

Several people in the Kaifeng Mansion had known about it for a long time, but they still looked sad and indignant at this moment, and the yamen servants beside them all had expressions of impatience.

The Eight Kings Qiansui's face was full of tears, and Emperor Renzong's eyes were closed tightly.

Empress Li was blind, not blinking, but quietly weeping.

Fan Ronghua beside him also had red eyes.

Standing by the door, Jin Qian also had a sore nose.

Liu Hou and Guo Huai's expressions were cloudy and uncertain, especially when Chen Lin mentioned sending the prince to Nanqing Palace, both of them were shocked.

After Chen Lin finished crying and crying, it was already a stick of incense time.

Full silence.

"Crack!" The gavel burst.

"Guo Huai, what else do you have to say?!" Lord Bao shouted.

Guo Huai huddled under the hall in a mass of fat, silent for a while.

"Come here, show him the testimony of the eight kings and thousand years old!"

Zhang Long took the testimony from the case and brought it to Guo Huai.

I saw the fat meat under the hall moved slightly, stretched his head forward, and then retracted to the original place, without a sound.

"Show that testimony to the Ai family..." Empress Liu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said suddenly.

Zhang Long raised his eyes to look at Mr. Bao, only to see Mr. Bao frowned slightly and nodded his head.

Liu Hou reached out to take the testimony and read it carefully. The more he looked back, the colder his almond eyes became, and the paler his face became. When he finished reading, his lips turned blue and his hands trembled, and he couldn't even hold the testimony in his hands. , shaking to the ground.

Suddenly, a stern and long laugh came from Liu Hou's mouth:

"Hahaha...haha...a civet cat for the crown prince...the eighth king and the third son...the crown prince...the emperor...hahaha...people are not as good as heaven...haha..."

Everyone was shocked for a moment, staring at Empress Liu who was laughing wildly.

"Mother Empress..." Renzong's eyes were gloomy, and he slowly raised his arm, wanting to hold Liu Hou's arm, but just as he raised it to mid-air, he slowly put it down again, turned his eyes away, and said nothing.

The Eighth Prince looked back at Empress Liu, heaved a long sigh, shook his head and remained silent.

Jin Qian looked at it inexplicably, and thought:

Did Empress Liu take the wrong medicine or what happened?Just now he looked arrogant and domineering, why did he become like this when he heard Chen Lin say that he would send the crown prince to Nanqing Palace and saw the testimony of the Eighth Prince, as if he had lost his mind?

Master Bao withdrew his testimony, glanced at Empress Liu, and said with a long sigh: "In the dark, there is justice and justice to protect you, and the righteousness of heaven to assist you!"

Ok?

Jin Qian blinked and recalled Liu Hou's crazy words before, and then he realized that he was stunned: ah, we are too familiar with this "civet cat for prince" case, so we naturally thought that all the parties involved also knew about this case in detail.

Now that I think about it carefully, Kou Zhu didn't reveal half of the prince's whereabouts even after his death, so Guo Huai and Liu Hou didn't know where the prince was sent from the beginning to the end, and naturally they didn't know that the prince who was replaced by the civet cat became another Became the third son of the Eighth Prince, and later became the current emperor...

Tsk tsk, after a long time, these two villainous bosses don't know that they raised their biggest enemy, and even put him on the throne...

Alas... If it is true that people are not as good as heaven, it is no wonder that Empress Liu went crazy in the blink of an eye...

Tsk, these Eight Kings and Thousand Years are really hiding something!

Lao Bao is also amazing, this is a blow to the head, and the shot is ruthless!

Master Bao patted the gavel, and shouted: "Guo Huai, what else do you have to say at this time?!"

"Hahaha..." There was only a burst of maniacal laughter coming from the lump of fat huddled under the hall, laughing until the fat lump was almost trembling.

Everyone stared.

Hearing Guo Huai's laughter, Empress Liu gradually stopped laughing wildly, returned to her usual expression, leaned back in her chair leisurely, glanced at Mr. Bao, raised the corners of her eyebrows, and sneered silently.

Seeing Guo Huai laughing and straightening up, looking at Mr. Bao in the hall, his laughter turned into a sneer, and he paused every word: "Mr. Bao, your story is well written! It's really funny!"

Mr. Bao stared sharply, and shouted: "Guo Huai, now that there are all witnesses and physical evidence, how dare you deny it?!"

Guo Huai sneered a few times: "Which witness, what witness?!"

"Chen Lin, Eunuch Chen, and Eight Kings, Qiansui are all witnesses!"

"Then Guo Huai dare to ask Lord Bao, have these two people ever seen Guo Huai replace the crown prince with a civet cat?!