The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1189 Reason

"You, you, you guys, repeat it again with me?!"

After listening to the joint report from the deputy temple chief and the internal guards, Nan Siqing stood up hurriedly with the sound of his clothes hitting the table legs.

The deputy temple official and the inner guard looked at each other, suppressed their emotions and said, "Temple official, Princess Yongping committed suicide in Si Palace."

Nan Si Qing rubbed the throbbing veins on his forehead and tried to calm himself down.

He asked his subordinates hoping for the best: "Her going against the flow has nothing to do with you guys going there, right?!"

"Ah, this..." The deputy temple official and the inner guard nodded with a wry smile, "It happened after I went there."

“!!!” Hearing this, Nan Si Qing seemed to see the memorials impeaching him and the Dali Temple flying towards him like snowflakes.

Sheng Yuan was watching his reaction and couldn't help but feel surprised.

Is it really that stressful?!

The Dali Temple was summoned to take over the case in which the concubine of Prince Zhao and Concubine Cen jointly sued Princess Hong'an. Princess Yongping was involved in the interrogation process, so they went to ask her for cooperation. This was reasonable and appropriate from any perspective. As long as the procedure was correct, no one could cause trouble for the Dali Temple.

  Besides, this case is not only supervised by the Dali Temple, but also involves the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Imperial Guard!

Even if there really was an official who made a mistake in advising the Dali Temple, wouldn't the heads of three departments be held responsible along with him? !

  Why do you have to act like you're about to faint? !

It was not known whether Sheng Yuan's expression was too calm or her gaze was very curious. After Nan Siqing realized that there was someone beside him, he immediately adjusted his mood, cleared his throat twice to cover up his embarrassment, turned around and asked the two in a deep voice: "Tell me in detail what happened."

What on earth is going on?!

  The deputy temple official and the inner guard are still a little confused!

They just followed their superior's orders and went into the palace to invite Princess Yongping to the Dali Temple to cooperate with the inquiry. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen before they even saw the person!

They left the palace in shock and fear, and are still in a daze.

"From beginning to end, you have never seen Princess Yongping?!"

"That's right!" Si Fuzhi sighed, "I and Chen Neiwei went to the palace and reported our purpose. We learned that Princess Yongping had gone to Si Palace with her children early in the morning to visit the two late emperors and Empress Dowager Xiao and Wen. The eunuch in charge went to Lanzheng Hall to ask the queen for permission, and soon sent someone to Si Palace to invite her.

Si Palace is a strategically located place, and no one from outside the palace is allowed to enter without permission, so my subordinates and Chen Neiwei could only wait in the outer garden.

But we waited for more than half an hour, and it was not until the Inner Guards of the Imperial Palace Outer Garden were ordered to enter the palace for investigation that we learned that Princess Yongping had heard of our purpose and had used the poison she carried with her to murder the men and women she had given birth to, under the pretext of toasting the late Empress Dowager, and then she set a fire and committed suicide in Si Palace!"

Nan Siqing heard his teeth chattering. Although he hadn't figured out what was going on, he felt a chill rising from his body: "It turned out to be such a big deal?!"

"That's right! My Lord, you didn't see that soon after Princess Yongping committed the rebellious act, the people from the Military Affairs Camp and the Imperial City Guards came out in full force, holding tokens and entering the inner garden one after another!"

After the deputy temple minister finished speaking, he looked at Chen Neiwei.

Chen Neiwei nodded quickly. Although he was from the Outer City's Inner Guard House and his duties were different from those of the Inner City's Inner Guard House, they were all Inner Guard Houses after all and they interacted with each other. Therefore, it was impossible for him to mistake someone from the Imperial City's Inner Guard House.

"When we two came out, the Minister of Justice and the clan members ordered them to bring people into the palace in a hurry!"

Hearing this, Nan Siqing held his trembling hands and nodded slowly.

My eyes involuntarily drifted towards Sheng Yuan.

  And Sheng Yuan was also stunned by this news!

Princess Yongping set fire?!

Why does this news sound so familiar?!

The Dali Temple had just sent people to the palace to ask her questions, but right after that she wiped out her own group. This, this, this... this is unbelievable!

Nan Siqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw her face full of shock. But just as he was about to speak, he seemed to suddenly remember something and hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Quick, quick, quick! Go and take good care of Princess Hong'an! Don't let anything happen to her!"