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Chapter 118(1/2)

After Concubine Yu's health recovered slightly, Chen Mingzhong, the minister of Dali Temple, immediately invited the person to assist in the trial of the assassin case.

After meeting the assassin, Concubine Yu, who had never met the Jiang family, could not recognize anyone.

As Chen Mingzhong expected, whether in this deep palace or the undercurrents in the court, those who can be active in front of people are small shrimps that can be discarded at any time, and real big fish are silent.

However, there must be a reason why this assassin took such a great risk to assassinate someone.

Chen Mingzhong thought about it, then asked carefully: "Who did Concubine Yu have had a chaotic life with or had learned about something that caused this disaster?"

"I used to be a little stronger in life and work, and there are more people who have had a gap." Noting that Chen Mingzhong frowned, Concubine Yu turned around and said, "However, the small spears and shields between women are not worth taking the risk of taking my life. I have been thinking about it. The only thing that can cause death in the near future is probably the only thing that can cause death."

"Hmm?" Chen Mingzhong's expression was dim and unclear, "What do you say about Concubine Yu?"

Concubine Yu lowered her head and said in a deep voice for a while: "Because I know who has placed a sachet in Mrs. Gu's Changle Palace that wants to murder her dragon fetus."

"Who is it?"

Listening to Chen Mingzhong's slightly excited voice, Concubine Yu looked up at him and spoke very slowly: "If I say that it is Princess Mingshao, is Lord Chen trustworthy?"

Chen Mingzhong looked at her again, his cold and sharp eyes were as if ink was poured on, dark, "Pretty Yu, please be careful."

Concubine Yu looked at her, raised her lips slightly, and smiled, "It seems that Lord Chen doesn't trust me."

"I dare not."

"It is indeed my palace that I have lost my dragon fetus. I deserve to be punished by death, but the long-planned sachet..." Concubine Yu remembered what Gu Xizhao asked someone to pass it to her, and then considered it again, "If it were to be related to me, I would probably have a charge of not reporting it. As for why the princess had such a bad intention, Lord Chen should have seen further than me when standing in the court."

This sentence is meaningful.

Chen Mingzhong lowered his head and fell silent.

After a few words, Concubine Yu was not panicked. Since Gu Xizhao and Cai Jun could hand over the assassin case to the person in front of him, it can be seen that he was trustworthy.

"This is all about this. As for more information, a woman who has lived in the deep palace for a long time is probably unaware of it. Of course, if Lord Chen still has something to ask, I will naturally know everything."

Chen Mingzhong came back to his senses and bowed quickly and said, "Concubine Yu doesn't blame me for disturbing your rest, and I'm so grateful."

Concubine Yu waved her hand, "You are polite, Lord Chen."

Chen Mingzhong said a few polite words, thought about it in his mind, and couldn't think of anything else to ask, so he also took his leave.

Chen Mingzhong was not afraid of the powerful, but he could still work as a minister of the Dali Temple. It was not because he was strong in the backstage, but because he always acted cautiously. He did not stand in the camp like the Minister of Personnel, but unlike the Minister of Personnel, he did not play with power. Therefore, whether it was Zhao Jin in the past or Cai Jun now, he was very at ease with his affairs. When this matter was involved, there was no need to worry that the court officials secretly thought it was the leisurely mouth that the little emperor could not tolerate.

In order not to make Chen Mingzhong feel too concerned and handed over the assassin case to him, Cai Jun's faction did not reveal any slightest remarks to him, but instead became a melon-eating crowd that was not concerned about his own affairs.

Therefore, the news about Concubine Yu was undoubtedly a thunder for him. After his subordinates tried their best to find out that the so-called eldest son of the Jiang family had another hidden story, he directly reported to Zhao Sansi and tried the case of the assassin publicly in front of Zhao Sansi and all officials.

Fortunately, Chen Mingzhong is a person who is not afraid of rumors. By the time all kinds of interrogations and investigations are interchanged, and the day when the hidden conspiracies and tricks are clear, it is already the end of February, with occasional bright spring.

On the day of trial, Concubine Yu and Princess Mingshao, who had been confined, were invited.

Princess Mingshao was a woman who was instigated by others in the past. She had a higher ambition for her son, but she didn't panic until her right-hand assistant was gone. In the past two months, she couldn't sleep or eat. When she saw someone in the hall, her body became weak and she couldn't help but feel weak. In a dilemma, she subconsciously searched for her backing.

Chen Mingzhong's eyes that were like an eagle falcon were paying attention to her secretly. Seeing her eyes paused on Jiang Chong, the Minister of Rites, for a moment, it was not surprising that he had already known it.

After all the people who were being tried were seated, Chen Mingzhong began to formally hear the case. Before hearing the case, he first interrogated the Jiang family father and son who were detained but did not receive any harsh treatment in front of everyone.

"Mr. Jiang, today, in front of all civil and military officials, the officials will ask you again, who is kneeling in the hall?"

"Although this person is similar to my son, I still say the same thing. I don't know this person." Jiang Chong calmly raised his eyes and looked at Chen Mingzhong. Finally, his eyes suddenly fell on Zhao Sansi who was watching from a high position. "Your Majesty, I have been in the court for many years. Although I have made some great achievements, I think I have done my best and have no limit in my life. This time, the disaster came, just because this thief is somewhat similar to my Jiang family, Lord Chen detained the minister and his son without hesitation."

As Jiang Chong said, although he had never achieved amazing results in the eyes of others, he had never made a mistake. Now he was speaking with a certain tone, and his tone was unintentionally sad. Not to mention other people who thought he was unlucky, even Zhao Sansi felt a little sad when he listened.

Her lips moved, and as soon as she was about to speak, Cai Jun, who was on the lower head, coughed, and Zhao Sansi immediately sat down and honestly, "I am a person who believes in words. Since Chen Aiqing's affairs are left to Chen Aiqing, how can he judge? I don't care about this process, I only care about the result."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Mingzhong immediately answered, "Mr. Jiang must not complain to the emperor. If this matter is really nothing to do with Lord. Jiang, then the officials will be responsible for apologizing."

After saying that, he no longer had room for Jiang Chong to speak. He spoke again, and someone brought an old couple with him.

As soon as the person came up, Jiang Chong panicked.

The old couple didn't dare to see him at all, so they knelt down at him as soon as they came up, "Master, I have no choice..."

Chen Mingzhong woke up the Mu school, "This is above the case hall, not to reminisce about the old master and servant you have met again after a long time. Today, the emperor is here. What is the relationship between these three people in the hall? You must tell it honestly, and you must not make a false statement."

The old couple trembled and hurriedly kowtowed to Zhao Sansi's direction. After a while, the old woman looked up tremblingly at the assassin, and looked shocked. After a closer look, when she saw a small red mole on the man's eyebrows, tears suddenly fell, "Second Young Master, I haven't seen you for many years. You have grown so old now. If you weren't like the eldest Young Master, you would..."

"Where did the crazy woman come from? I know you?" The assassin raised his eyes, and his cold eyes showed a bit of inhumane indifference.

"Second Young Master, I am Ma Ma Liu. You brothers had a little appetite back then, so the master hired two nurses, but you brothers only like to drink Lao Nu..." In order to prove that she was not telling a lie, the old woman turned to look at Jiang Ming again. When she got to the same cold eyes of the father and son of the Jiang family, she suddenly remembered her situation and closed her mouth again.

Everyone present actually knew this situation and the scene.

Chen Mingzhong photographed Xingmu again and looked straight at the old woman, "The eldest young master you mentioned is the eldest young master of the Jiang family?"

The old woman hesitated for a moment, lowered her head, and her voice trembled, "Yes..."

Chen Mingzhong interrupted her sternly, "You are lying, the second young master of the Jiang family is obviously Jiang Ming from the guard office."

The old woman was shocked and quickly retorted: "No, when the wife gave birth to their brothers, the old woman was also present, but their brothers were twins, and it was exactly the same when she was born. The old woman looked for a long time and told her that the second young master had a red mole between her eyebrows."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mingzhong winked at the guard below, and the guard standing beside the assassin pinched the man's chin and looked at him carefully, then replied to Chen Mingzhong, "Sir, there is indeed a red mole in this person's eyebrows."

Chen Mingzhong nodded and looked at Jiang Chong, "Mr. Jiang, what else do you have to say? Not only did you fabricate the birth of your two sons, but you also changed their identities. What is the purpose? Hum?"

He was more powerful than the next, and in the last sentence, he even asked loudly, and his voice was even more thunderous.

Jiang Chong moved his lips and still made the final struggle, "How can you believe this old woman's one-sided words?"

Chen Mingzhong looked at him, "Mr. Jiang will not cry until he enters the coffin."

As he said that, he clapped his hands and immediately someone brought in an old man about forty years old.

As soon as he saw this old man, Jiang Chong looked depressed, his legs weakened and he knelt down.

The bystanders still had some unknown reasons. Chen Mingzhong was not in a hurry. He still tried the case according to the rules. After asking about the identity of the visitor, he asked the key point, "Did you send the second young master of the Jiang family to Huai'an back then?"

The groom also trembled and hesitated and opened his mouth, "Yes."

"Why should I send the second young master of the Jiang family to Huai'an?"

The groom shook his head, "The grass people don't know."

"Do you know that the crime of deceiving the monarch will cause a loss of your head?"

"Caomin really doesn't know that Huai'an is a long journey. At first, Caomin didn't know that the young master was the second young master of the Jiang family. It was only after spending time together that he accidentally learned from others."

Chen Mingzhong just scared him. Seeing that he was not lying, he no longer made things difficult for him. He asked someone to pull him over and then turned his attention to Princess Mingshao who pretended to be calm. "Princess... or should you call me a concubine, and I have anything to say about the Jiang family sending the second young master to Huai'an?"

"I don't know anything." Princess Mingshao retorted without hesitation, "What does Lord Chen mean? I am the princess born in Dajin. Even if I marry to Huai'an, I am still the noble princess of Huai'an. There are so many people serving me. Even if Lord Jiang can't help but send his own flesh and blood to Huai'an, will I have to know..."

Chen Mingzhong lowered his eyes and listened to her finishing words, sneering in his heart. With this brain, he actually wanted to be brave.

Princess Mingshao is now as panicked as an ant on a hot pan. Until now, she realized that although someone has been secretly sending her messages, the only things she can rely on and really contact with are the ministers in Huai'an, in this palace, the only ones she can rely on and the only ones she has ever contacted is in the Jiang family.

However, now the Jiang family is obviously unable to protect themselves.

How could she calm down? Seeing that no one in the hall spoke, she thought she was right in rebuttal, and hurried to look at Zhao Sansi, "Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for Mingshao. Lord Chen's words are obviously trying to harm me..."

Although Zhao Sansi has little knowledge and is unwilling to be far-sighted, she is not stupid. If you contact these things in the hall with the vague guesses in the past, she doesn't understand anything she doesn't understand.

Looking at Princess Mingshao who was crying and having the nerve to complain to her, she almost subconsciously frowned, disgusted, "I advise the emperor to be kind and be honest in life."

"What does the emperor mean?" Princess Mingshao's heart chilled in Zhao Sansi's words. She glanced at the silent courtiers, and cried like a tantrum. "Mingshao knows that I have lived in the palace for a long time, and the food and clothing are provided by the emperor. I must think that I am a married daughter and I am tired of it. If so, the emperor just said clearly that I will take Yu'er back to Huaian today..."

"Princess please calm down and never take his anger on the emperor. As we all know, the emperor is the most kind person and has never treated the princess and the little prince harshly." Chen Mingzhong accepted her coldly and did not bother her, and directly asked someone to invite the little Huai'an King in.

The little Huai'an king looked at so many people and shrank, looking scared, looking around timidly. When he saw Princess Mingshao, he immediately ran over, "Mother..."

At this moment, the little Huai'an King was the lifeblood of Princess Mingshao. When he saw someone coming, he didn't care about etiquette and reached out and carried the person into his arms to comfort him.

Chen Mingzhong invited people over, not to see the deep love between mother and son, so he immediately knocked on Xingmu, "Little Prince, I invite you here today because I want to ask you to recognize someone."

"Mr. Chen, Yu'er is still so young, why are you so worried..."

Chen Mingzhong was unmoved and spoke again, "Little Prince, tell me truthfully, tell the emperor and the ministers present, do you know this person kneeling in the hall?"

After all, the little Huai'an King was still a child and was protected by him on weekdays. Princess Mingshao did not tell him too much. She was killed by someone now, and she was panicked and at a loss. But looking at his mother's red eyes, his young and fragile heart also had a sense of courage to protect his mother.

He held Princess Mingshao's hand with his backhand, pursed his lips to help Princess Mingshao wipe her tears, "Mother is not afraid."

When Princess Mingshao heard this, she burst into tears. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't say it.

Little Huai'an Wang Tianzhen, who still doesn't understand the disputes in the world, mustered up the courage to look at Chen Mingzhong, looked at him, then looked at the kneeling assassin, stared at the person for a few seconds, and said in surprise: "Sister Yu..." Then he said in confusion: "Why do you look like this..."

"What else can the princess say?"

Princess Mingshao hugged Xiao Huaian King tightly. After a long time, she swept around the bystanders who were silent, looked at the depressed Jiang family, and finally closed her eyes and knelt down with Zhao Sansi, the Little Huaian Dynasty.

However, the trial of this case is not the end, but just the beginning, the beginning of the assassin case.

With these previous loves, coupled with the evidence on the spot by Concubine Yu, Princess Mingshao colluded with the court officials and attempted to murder the imperial heir, which was a foregone conclusion.

In the face of weakness, Princess Mingshao has to admit her, "I am jealous of Mrs. Gu's current status, and she is jealous and has evil intentions. It's not right for me... It doesn't matter how the emperor punishes me, I just want... I just want the emperor to think about a trace of blood and family affection. My youngest son is innocent, so I'll spare Yu'er..."

"Give me aside Yu'er?" After understanding Princess Mingshao's evil intentions and ambitions, Zhao Sansi was furious and stood up and pointed at her, "When the emperor sister had a bad intention to harm my prince, why didn't he think about blood and family affection? Ask yourself, I have beaten you back to the palace and rise up for more than half a year. You probably don't think about my kindness to you, what about Mrs. Gu? That day he advised me to leave the harem to you. She, the future queen, isn't trusting and generous enough? And what did you do to her? You have to kill the child in her belly and kill her..."

"Sister, you are so cruel."

Zhao Sansi asked louder and louder. In the face of facts, Princess Mingshao had no way to argue, "Emperor, Mingshao is wrong, he deserves to die, but Yu'er... just thinks Mingshao begged the emperor."

Zhao Sansi glanced at her, looked at Cai Jun, saw him shook his head, pressed his words to his mouth, shook his sleeves, and pulled away.

The people present hurriedly knelt down and gave him a greeting.
To be continued...
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