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Chapter 69: Return to Beijing by Order

In the court that day, the prefect of Junzhou, Wang Menghai, refused to give up and threatened to report to the Grand Tutor's Mansion to sue Qin Hui for dereliction of duty. Qin Hui was excited when he saw that he was not aware of the current affairs and had to shout sternly:

"Mr. Wang, I came to Junzhou to investigate the case under the will of the emperor. No one has the right to interfere! If you want to sue me for dereliction of duty, even if you go, I have now found out that the young master of the Liu family had an affair with the prince. There was insufficient evidence and it was difficult to convince the public. Even if I arrived at the hall, I was not afraid of confronting the old master in court! I advise you to stop early, so as not to cause any trouble to the master of the grand master!"

Qin Hui's words suppressed Wang Menghai. He was just a fifth-rank prefect. It was not easy to sue the imperial envoy. It was just that this was such a good opportunity to turn things around. I couldn't watch him slip away, and I felt unwilling to accept it for a while.

"Mr. Qin, although these witnesses are not enough to prove that the Liu family's father and son are guilty of treason, it at least means that the Liu family is suspected of treason and cannot let them go like this!"

"This official will report to the emperor, you don't have to worry about it!"

When Wang Menghai saw that Qin Hui was not buying it at all, he had no choice. As the saying goes, "A higher official position and one level will kill people", let alone the imperial envoy is two levels higher than him.

While there was a noise, a yamen runner outside the door came to report: "Report to the imperial envoy, a father-in-law came outside the door and said that he had an imperial edict!"

When Qin Hui heard that the imperial edict had been passed, he quickly set up a formation to disperse the idle people and welcomed the father-in-law who was delivering the eunuch into the lobby. Liu Yixuan and Ling'er looked from afar that the eunuch who came to deliver the eunuch was Eunuch Zhang, the attendant in the Xuande Hall.

Everyone knelt down and Eunuch Zhang read out the imperial edict: "Censor Qin Hui and the officials of the Junzhou Prefecture Hefu obeyed the imperial edict! The Junzhou case implicated the royal relatives and veterans of the dynasty, which were related to the safety of the country. I will try it myself. Now I order Lord Qin to take the young master of the Liu family to the capital and set off immediately, and there must be no mistakes!"

After Qin Hui received the order to thank him, he hurriedly came to ask Eunuch Zhang: "Grandpa, the day before yesterday, the emperor sent me to supervise the case. Why did he have to interrogate himself again now?"

Eunuch Zhang said: "Mr. Qin, you don't know yet? This incident has alarmed the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager was afraid that Princess Yuling and the Prince of the Liu family would suffer grievances in this Junzhou, so she asked the emperor to upload an order and take them back to the capital!"

"Princess Yuling? Why is there another princess coming out?..." Qin Hui was puzzled for a moment, but he saw Eunuch Zhang hurriedly walking towards Liu Yixuan and Ling'er, and Eunuch Zhang hurriedly knelt down to Ling'er.

"See the princess!"

This kneeling sound surprised Qin Hui and the officials of Junzhou. No one expected that the white-faced young man dressed in a man was actually a princess. What he didn't expect was that the Junzhou Prefecture had even locked her in prison. For a moment, the officials of the Hefu were shocked again, afraid that they would cause trouble.

"What, he is actually a princess?" Qin Hui opened his mouth and didn't believe his ears and eyes.

"Yes, she is Princess Yuling, the Queen Mother's favorite! " Eunuch Zhang smiled.

"This, this... this is incredible. I am blind and I don't know that the princess has arrived. I hope the princess will forgive me!" Qin Hui hurriedly knelt down, and the Junzhou prince and the Junzhou officials also hurriedly bowed.

Seeing that she could finally tell her identity, Ling'er felt relieved and said, "I don't blame anyone who doesn't know, Lao Qiansui and Lord Qin, you all get up!"

Xiang Zhonghui and Qin Hui quickly thanked her for being calm. The Junzhou magistrate Wang Menghai was already sweating coldly. He didn't know what to do. He knelt on the ground and couldn't stand up. He was trembling in his heart. "It's over, she turned out to be a princess. I even put her in a prison. If the emperor knew about it, he would have to kill my life!"

Seeing that Wang Menghai couldn't get up, Qin Hui said to him: "Mr. Wang, get up, the princess has made us calm!"

"The lower official is guilty... The lower official is guilty. The lower official did not know that the princess arrived, and mistakenly imprisoned the princess to prison. He deserves to die. I hope the princess will be kind!"

When Ling'er saw Wang Menghai kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, she ignored him for a moment and hurriedly turned around and asked Liu Yixuan: "Brother Xuan, how should this dog official punish him?"

Liu Yixuan was in a very complicated mood at this time. Although Qinzong ordered them to return to Beijing to save these troubles in Junzhou, he felt even more worried. This time he left Beijing privately, and wanted to hide his hearing and go back early, but he didn't want to stay in Junzhou for seven days. In addition to causing this lawsuit, he also brought the princess out privately. If the empress dowager and the emperor knew that he had to be punished for serious crimes, he didn't know how to explain to his parents when he went back, nor how to explain to the empress dowager. What would he do if the empress dowager was angry and did not allow Ling'er to stay in the Liu family again?

"Brother Xuan, what should we do with this prefect Wang?" Ling'er asked again when she saw him in a daze.

"This... Lord Qin is here, so let him deal with it!" Liu Yixuan knew his identity and was still a suspect. He had no right to deal with Wang Menghai.

Qin Hui said: "Don't worry, Princess, when the lower official returns, he will report the affairs of Junzhou to the emperor. How to cut off the severance, and listen to the emperor's will."

Eunuch Zhang said to Liu Yixuan again: "Young Master Liu, you have caused a big disaster this time! That day, Master Zhu reported to the emperor that Liu Xiangguo was suspected of rebellion. The emperor had no choice but to imprison Liu Xiangguo in the Ministry of Justice!"

"What? Then where is my father now? Why does the emperor believe in the old teacher's slander?" Liu Yixuan was worried when he heard that Liu Anguo was imprisoned. It was him who left the capital privately. Why did the emperor punish his father's crime? He had already regretted it, but he heard that his father was also imprisoned and imprisoned, and he was even more upset.

"Young Master, don't worry, the Prime Minister has been exempted from prison today!" Eunuch Zhang said with a smile.

"Oh, Eunuch Zhang, why did the emperor release my father again?"

"Young Master Liu didn't know that the Prime Minister was taken to the prison that day. Lingtang had no choice but to run to the palace for help, and said that the princess was following you to Junzhou. When the queen mother heard that the Prime Minister Liu had been placed in prison, the princess didn't know where to go, she quickly summoned the emperor. The queen mother said to the emperor: 'If Liu Anguo became a rebel minister, then there would be few loyal ministers in the Song Dynasty!' After hearing this, the emperor had no choice but to send an imperial edict to release the Prime Minister Liu back to his mansion, and sent the slave to Junzhou with the imperial edict!"

After hearing this, Qin Hui suddenly realized that with the relationship between the Liu family and the Empress Dowager, how could ordinary people provoke it? Mr. Liu is so close to the princess, and it is inevitable that the two families will marry each other in the future. I think this time, Master Zhu won’t lose a lot of rice, so how can he end up?

The Junzhou County Prince Xiang Zhonghui also came to pay his respects to Ling'er, and smiled at the prince, "That day the princess came to visit my mansion. I just felt that the princess looked familiar, but I couldn't remember where I saw it. Today, the old minister realized that you are the Princess Yuling, who is very beloved by the Supreme Emperor. I was so confused that I couldn't recognize it!"

Ling'er said: "You don't have to be too polite to the prince. Three years ago, the prince went to the palace to meet the saint. At that time, I was also playing in my father's study. I'm afraid that I had seen Ling'er that time?"

"Yes, yes, I remembered it, that time! The princess was dressed in a daughter at that time. I didn't want to dress up as a man today, but I couldn't recognize her for a while!" Xiang Zhonghui said and laughed, and then realized how could the Supreme Emperor give him the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" by this young master of the Liu family learn that the "friend in the palace" mentioned by the Liu family is this Princess Yuling!

The arrival of the princess made Junzhou City lively again. No one cared about rebellion anymore, and they all rushed to the streets to see the princess. Eunuch Zhang came to greet the princess with orders, and had already brought the carriage together. Liu Yixuan asked him to go to the inn to pack his luggage and bring the horses. He was about to go back to Beijing, but suddenly he thought of the picture "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" he had not read yet!

"Eunuch Zhang, I came to Junzhou this time because I wanted to go to the Prince's Mansion to see a painting. I never thought that the painting was not done, so I was arrested by the prefect. Now I am going to go back to the capital. I want to go to the Prince's Mansion to see the painting!" As I said that, I was about to ride a horse to chase the Prince's Prince of Junzhou who had already returned to the mansion.

Eunuch Zhang hurriedly stopped him and said, "Young Master Liu, this imperial edict says that you will return to Beijing immediately and not delay. How can you delay any more?"

Qin Hui also said from the side: "Young Master Liu, you have caused so much trouble for the old prince. Now that you go to the prince's mansion to read the paintings, the old prince may not show it to you? It's better not to delay the time, it's important to go back to the capital to meet the saint!"

After hearing this, Liu Yixuan felt something was right. When Xiang Zhonghui returned to his house just now, he didn't look at Liu Yixuan, nor did he ask him to see paintings. This time he came to Junzhou not only disturbed his "porcelain appreciation conference", but also implicated him in being framed by villains. He felt guilty for a moment. In desperation, Liu Yixuan had to choose to return to Beijing, hoping to have the opportunity to come and apologize to the old prince in the future.

Junzhou is only more than 200 miles away from the capital. After half a day of carriages and horses, they came to Bianliang City. Eunuch Zhang returned to the palace to report his orders, and Qin Hui also returned to the mansion to draft the memorial. The family of the Prime Minister's Mansion had already been waiting at the south gate. It was already late at this time, and I'm afraid that the saint would be able to meet the saint tomorrow. Butler Liu asked the servants in the mansion to escort the princess's carriage and go to the palace, because the empress dowager had issued an imperial decree saying that once the princess returned to the capital, she would immediately return to the palace to meet the empress dowager.

Ling'er also knew that this time it was a disaster. After returning, she didn't know how the empress dowager would scold her. Liu Yixuan felt the same way in her heart, and she didn't know how he would punish him. The two of them were sympathetic and worried that they would not see each other in the future.

"Brother Xuan, I'm going to go back to the palace." Ling'er's eyes were filled with tears, and she was reluctant to leave.

"Ling'er, don't be sad. We will meet again in the future. When I get home and get beaten, I will come to you when the injury is healed!" Liu Yixuan had already made a judgment on his fate in the next few days. He jumped off the horse, walked to the chariot, and held Ling'er's hand tightly.

"Well, I don't know if my mother asked me to meet you again? Brother Xuan, I'm so scared. If we had known we wouldn't have come back, so it would be better to stay in Junzhou!"

Ling'er's stupid words had already touched Liu Yixuan's heart. He swore that if fate gave him a chance, he would definitely be nice to her.

The two of them bid farewell and comforted each other for a few words. Butler Liu protected the carriage and headed towards the palace. Liu Yixuan and his promoted and made money, and several servants headed straight to the prime minister.

As soon as Liu Yixuan came into the mansion, he saw several servants holding lanterns with ropes and wooden sticks waiting at the door.
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