Chapter 522: The truth is revealed

After more than a dozen slaps, Zhao Shu's face was already swollen and several of his teeth were knocked off, and he was so painful that he lay on the ground and twitched.

At this point, although he was arrogant, he had to give in. Since he was born, although he was neglected, Zhao Shu never suffered such hardships. Finally, he said vaguely: "I said...I said..."

Chen Ao used his eyes to stop the sanctions and smiled faintly, "Come on, make a record."

A doctor has lifted his pen and dipped it ink and is ready.

"May I have your name?"

"My name is Zhao...Liu Shu."

"Hometown?"

"People from Bianjing."

"Who else at home?"

“…”

"Why not say it?"

“There is a high hall.”

"Why do you pretend to be a prince!"

"I..." Zhao Shu spit out a mouthful of blood weakly, but at this time he became obedient: "Just just have a moment of intention."

"A momentary intention?" Chen Ao sneered: "You are so brave. The nobles of heaven and earth are all figures on the clouds. How noble are they? Today's saints are even more wise and powerful, and they are so handsome. How can you pretend to be the prince he gave birth to?"

After Chen Ao said this, he immediately said to the recorded doctor: "Remember these words well and do not miss a word. It is best to write Chen Ao in front of him and bow to the north, saying:..."

The doctor was ashamed, nodded, and continued to record as Chen Ao ordered.

Chen Ao continued: "Imagine being a prince, this is a rebellion, but I think you can still know your mistakes, just hit the thirty board, come and go out."

The captain, who was like a wolf and a tiger, took Zhao Shu down, and then there was a terrible cry.

Chen Ao happily asked the doctor to take the transcript and check it out. After confirming that there was no mistake, he said: "Report to Zongling Mansion immediately and take this person over at that time. He said that the official arrested a damn guy who pretended to be a clan and just beat him up. What should be done specifically? He also asked Zongling Mansion to make an idea."

The doctor nodded, took a sip of tribute tea with a proud and arrogant look, and sat comfortably in his seat with the fragrance of tea in his mouth. After a while, a captain rushed over and whispered: "Mr. Shen, as you ordered, I found something, please check it out."

As he said that, a piece of fragrant palette was carefully presented. Chen Ao touched the fragrant palette and smiled and said, "It's obvious that it's a royal object, but it's not unexpected."

After saying that, he asked someone to prepare a horse and went straight to the palace. As soon as he entered the palace, Yang Jian came over immediately when he heard the news and said hurriedly: "Chen Ao, did you take the fifth prince?"

Chen Ao nodded at him.

Yang Jian sighed and said, "There is already news in the palace. Now the official family doesn't know. He is suppressed by the miscellaneous family. You should release the person and go to the official family to apologize. This is a serious crime. No matter what, Zhao Shu is also a dragon son and grandson. He will not only beat him in the street, but also be detained. If someone impeaches him, no one will be able to cover him up."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Taishan, I have my own way. You can't explain this to you for a while. Then I'll tell you. On the official side, you must keep your feet on your feet first. I'll go to see the Queen Mother first."

Yang Jian also wanted to persuade Jingde over there, and Jingde came over there. The news from the palace was already very well-known. The news about Chen Ao entering the palace had probably reached many people's ears. Jingde smiled and saluted Yang Jian first, and then said, "Chen Ao, the Queen Mother heard that you have entered the palace, please go there quickly."

Chen Aohe nodded and saluted Yang Jian: "Sir Taishan, the son-in-law is here first."

It's strange that Chen Ao didn't want to call himself a son-in-law in front of Yang Jian, but with someone else present, he called him so smoothly.

Yang Jian sighed and said nothing. He felt that there might be something to do with the empress dowager behind this, so he had to say, "You should do it yourself."

As Jingde entered the harem, the Empress Dowager had already left and left in Jingtai Palace, and only Chen Ao went in.

The empress dowager sat high on the chair. After a few days, she had grown a little older, with gray hair growing on her temples. She forced a few smiles and said, "It is said that you beat the fifth prince?"

Chen Ao confessed: "Reply to the Queen Mother's words, the fifth prince was beaten by a weak minister."

"Why did you hit him?"

Chen Ao looked up, looked at the queen mother, and said aloud: "Because the empress dowager has a clue."

The queen mother said in surprise: "So quickly? Who is it..." She was halfway through her words, and suddenly became alert: "You go out and take a look first, and ask everyone to wait for their orders fifty feet outside the palace. Without the instructions of the Ai family, who dares to get closer and be sentenced to death!"

When it comes to the obscurity in the palace, the empress dowager has become murderous. Chen Aohe nodded, went outside the hall, ordered Jingde, and Jingde nodded, and immediately ordered the palace servants and eunuchs to retreat.

Chen Ao returned to the hall room, found a Jindun and sat down, and slowly said, "This person is the fifth prince Zhao Shu."

The Queen Mother held a cup of teacup in her hand. When she heard Chen Ao's words, the teacup unconsciously slid from her hand, and with a bang, it fell into pieces.

The palace was silent, and the empress dowager sitting behind the curtain did not make any sound. She suddenly said hoarsely: "I don't even want the principles of heaven and ethics, can I do such a scandal? This kind of thing was originally only in unofficial history and interesting news. I, the Song Dynasty, ruled the world with filial piety and righteousness. I didn't expect... Today, this kind of scandal happened, the Ai family..." She sighed: "It's all the fault of the Ai family..."

Chen Ao said: "The Empress Dowager doesn't have to blame herself. If the dragon gives birth to nine sons, there will always be an unconventional person."

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "How can I see it as Zhao Shu?"

Chen Ao said: "At the beginning, the Wei Memorial invited the Empress Dowager to hold a banquet in the harem. Mrs. Chen went and the princes also went. The Wei Memorial made a unique statement and asked the prince and the concubines to order their own dishes. In fact, this is a trap set by the Wei Memorial."

"Well, you keep talking."

"Weichen guessed from the beginning that Mrs. Chen was dignified and generous, and a famous family, would never do such a thing unless... the man was very considerate and caring to her. Besides, Mrs. Chen was pregnant with his child. If someone else had changed to someone else, she would definitely try every means to abort the child for her life. But Mrs. Chen risked the world's efforts to give birth to the child, which was to give birth to her... that one."

The queen mother said angrily: "Prostitute!"

Chen Ao sighed softly and continued, "If the two of them are at this level, there will be clues. So when ordering the dishes, Weichen noticed that the dish ordered by the fifth prince was the colorful pigeon soup, while Mrs. Chen ordered the fish bones. Weichen later found out that this pigeon soup was Mrs. Chen's favorite dish and was very beneficial to pregnant people. As for the fish bones, the taste of the fifth prince is also very good for the fifth prince. At the banquet, most of the concubines and princes eat their own dishes, because everyone ordered the dishes that they were most suitable for their own taste. However, only the fifth prince ate the dishes that Mrs. Chen ordered, and Mrs. Chen ate the dishes that the fifth prince ordered. How dare I ask the Queen Mother, can this be called a mutual understanding of my heart?"

The Empress Dowager's face turned pale: "Thank you for your wit, this prostitute..." She originally wanted to scold her, but as the Empress Dowager, I really didn't know what to use to describe her anger. She stopped halfway through her words.

Chen Ao cleverly assumes that the two of them are having a passionate relationship, and then make a fuss about ordering dishes. If they are really a couple, they will naturally think about each other and they will not think about it. Behind this, there are a pair of eyes that see all this in their eyes, which makes them reveal their strength.

Chen Ao continued: "Weichen discovered the suspiciousness of the fifth prince at the banquet, but there was no evidence. Since the empress dowager had let Weichen go to investigate, Weichen had to take the army and intercept Zhao Shu on the way back to the house. He pretended to be the prince and sent him to the martial arts school to torture, and finally made me find something interesting."

Chen Ao took out the fragrant handkerchief: "The reason why I decided that Zhao Shu must have hidden this thing on him was that I guess that since Zhao Shu entered the palace to meet Mrs. Chen, in order to let Mrs. Chen know his affection, she would definitely carry their token of love with her."

Chen Ao stepped into the curtain, carefully handed the fragrant pila to the Queen Mother's hand, and said, "Please take a look at the Queen Mother."

The queen mother took the fragrant pie, sniffed it gently, and said disgustingly: "Yes, Mrs. Chen likes orchids the most. The fragrance of orchids is indeed the imperial item, and it is the material sent by Duke Chen. The best silk sent from Jiangnan. Seeing that the silk is good, Ai's family made dozens of fragrant pie and sent it to each palace. Look, there are also marks from the palace on it."

Immediately, the Queen Mother put away the fragrant palette and said, "Go and call Jingde in. Ai's family has something to do."

Chen Ao went and called Jingde over, and Jingde came in carefully and bowed: "What are the instructions for the Empress?"

The Empress Dowager said seriously: "Go and go to the palaces and tell them that the veil given to them by the Ai family wanted to take back the checker and ask them to send it."

Jingde didn't dare to say anything, so he immediately responded to his order.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Ao bowed and apologized: "The Empress Dowager, the empress dowager Meng Lang, in order to find the real murderer, he beat the prince in the street. Please forgive me."

The queen mother looked at Chen Ao with appreciation. If Chen Ao had not had such wit and courage, and his loyalty who would rather offend the prince, it would be difficult to find out the truth about this matter, and the officials in the court were not without ability, but they would probably pretend to be confused when it was involved in the inner court and the prince.

The Empress Dowager reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "You did a good job and you will be spared if you apologize. If it was really done by Zhao Shu, this beat would be light."

With the words of the Empress Dowager, Chen Ao was relieved. In the world, the Empress Dowager was the biggest. At that time, not to mention those censors and a small Cai Tao, even if the emperor personally asked the crime, Chen Ao would never be afraid of any connection.

After waiting for half an hour, there was a silence in Jingtai Palace. The Empress Dowager was silent only while playing with the fragrant handkerchief in her hand. Chen Ao couldn't say anything. She sat down and thought for a while. Jingde finally brought a stack of fragrant handkerchiefs, knelt down and saluted, and then said, "Empress, the veils from each palace are brought."

The Queen Mother asked slowly, "Have you received it?"

Jingde heard the Queen Mother's voiceover and immediately said, "It's not all. Mrs. Chen said that the veil was accidentally lost while traveling in the Imperial Garden. The slave was not easy to ask, but just asked a few eunuchs to search for it. I don't know if I can find it."

The Queen Mother said lightly: "You go out, the same thing, everyone is far away. Look at me, those who are close to Jingtai Palace will be killed without mercy!"

Jingde said uneasyly: "I understand." After that, he walked out carefully.

When Jingde walked away, the queen mother suddenly stood up, with a smile on her face, and opened the curtain and walked out, sneering: "Okay, it's great. The prince and his wife have colluded with each other. They don't want etiquette, righteousness, and shame, so don't blame the Ai family for not talking about the feelings of their grandparents and grandchildren. Chen Ao, what should the Ai family do?"

Chen Ao hesitated and said, "The punishment is certain, but this matter must be kept hidden. Once it is spread, the reputation of the Tian family and His Majesty will be completely over."

The Empress Dowager said: "You are right, the Ai family means that too. But how should we punish that pair of adulterers?"

Chen Ao said lightly: "Any crime is placed, and you have to deal with it."

The Empress Dowager sneered: "Mrs. Chen will be dealt with by Ai's family. As for Zhao Shu, you will be dealt with. How to deal with the crime is yours. Let him hang himself."

Chen Ao hesitated for a moment: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. According to the ancestral system of the Song Dynasty, the prince can only be dealt with by the Zongling Mansion. After all, I am a foreign minister. If it is spread, the reputation of the weak minister..."

The empress dowager said with a stern face: "You still have reputation? Who in the world knows the name of Chen Lengzi? Hum..." Her tone slowed down a little: "If you ask Zong Ling Mansion to do it, you can't get around to come up with conclusive evidence. The fewer people know about this kind of scandal, the better. Naturally, you will do it." She stroked her forehead, her face looked even worse, and she said quietly: "You go down and take your lieutenant to get people immediately. The Ai family doesn't know how to tell him."

Chen Ao was told by the empress dowager that you still have a reputation? I really felt cold. It turned out that in the eyes of others, he had such an image. Even the empress dowager who had lived in the deep palace for a long time could not fool him. Chen Ao had to say embarrassedly: "I'm going to leave."

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Chapter completed!