Yanmenchun

Chapter 196

The Palace of Qinzheng is not very far from here, and Daoist Yudi came very quickly.

The emperor wanted to order Rongxi to open the box several times, but was dissuaded by the queen and Yu Wenji, and he was still afraid that it would be bad luck.

After worshiping the emperor, Master Yudi went to the box and muttered something. Shen Tuchan was the only one who knew what was in the box, and she just thought it was funny.

Master Yudi went up to open the box and followed her to untie the brocade, and then unlocked the golden lock with a click, and everyone in the hall held their breath.

Master Yudi gently lifted the cover.

She glanced into the box, and took two steps back in astonishment. The lid of the box fell back with a heavy sound as she let go of her hand. Only Uncle Qin and a county king who sat not far from the box saw it. clearly.

Master Yudi plopped on the ground and begged for mercy: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Her appearance aroused the curiosity of the emperor and empress even more, the emperor got off the throne and walked towards the box.

Rong Xi didn't care about anything else, and stepped forward to open the box in a simple and rude manner.

The Doumu Yuanjun jade carving full of bright red cracks was exposed to everyone's sight.

"what!"

The princess of Xuanping County believed in these things very much. Seeing this scene, she let out a short scream and backed away in a loss of composure. She folded her hands together and kept chanting scriptures, begging Yuanjun not to be blamed.

The emperor's face was extremely ugly, it turned into foie gras color almost instantly, he stared fiercely at the bloody and cracked jade carving and said, "Duke Cheng's mansion is so courageous!"

When the emperor was furious, millions of corpses lay dead, and the relatives of the emperor at the banquet knelt down one after another, shouting in unison: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

Shen Tuchan also knelt down, and the queen stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, someone must have tampered with it!"

Yu Wenji also clasped his fists and said anxiously: "Father, someone must have framed Cheng Guogong's mansion!"

The emperor couldn't hear it at all. He stared at the jade carving and looked at Rongxi angrily: "Duke Xuancheng has an audience! Immediately! Immediately!"

He almost yelled this sentence, showing how angry he was, then turned to look at the real person Yudi and said, "Is there bad luck? What's the explanation?"

The real Yudi hurriedly fell on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the real dragon emperor, must not be disturbed by bad luck. Waiting for the poor Taoist to recite the scriptures, praying for the understanding of Yuan Jun and praying for His Majesty."

The emperor didn't speak, but raised his head to look at Rong Xi and said, "Is this what you see when you disassemble the gold mud?"

Rong Xi was so frightened that he knelt down, even if Yu Wenji's gaze was terrifying, he did not dare to hide it: "Return to Your Majesty, that's how the gold clay was dismantled, just now in the side hall, the servant saw the gold clay dismantled with his own eyes!"

The emperor seemed to laugh angrily, and kicked the lid of the box shut. The relatives in the room did not dare to say a word, but the emperor said angrily: "Check! Let's see who is so bold! Let's see if it is successful!" The Duke's Mansion is dead, or someone maliciously framed it!"

When Cheng Guogong arrived, the banquet was still over. He didn't know what happened, but the eunuch next to the emperor summoned him seriously and said that there was something wrong with the birthday gift he gave him.

Everyone at the banquet had already got up and sat down. The emperor sat on the throne and looked at Cheng Guogong to greet him coldly. He didn't ask him to get up after asking, and said coldly: "Rongxi, show it to him!"

Rong Xi hurriedly opened the box that had been closed just now, Cheng Guogong looked inside hesitantly, then fell to the ground in horror.

His teeth almost started to chatter, and he knelt on the ground crying and begging: "Your Majesty knows, how dare I dare to disrespect Your Majesty like this, there must be a villain murdering him!"

The emperor gritted his teeth and said: "The gold mud is dismantled in full view, whoever dares to do it in the palace, the problem will only be in your Chengguo mansion! Send Dali Temple to me for investigation! Surround the Chengguo mansion, no one can come in and out! "

This matter cannot be left lightly, King Rui said softly: "Your Majesty, why don't you move the jade carving to another place first, and ask the immortal master to do it, so as not to offend Your Majesty."

The emperor's attention has returned to the fine blood-colored cracks. If the investigation is unclear, or if the culprit cannot be found, then the emperor has lost his morality. Otherwise, how could the jade carvings that were put into boxes in the Duke's Mansion of Chengguo get to the palace? Are there any cracks?Besides, there was blood in the crack.

The emperor looked deeply at Cheng Guogong's scarred face. Before hunting, he had just married the second lady of Cheng Guogong's mansion because Cheng Guogong intervened in the royal affairs. On the hunting ground, Cheng Guogong escorted him Not only did he not receive a reward, but he also got reprimanded by him, so he may not be free from resentment.

Cheng Guogong knelt on the ground and shouted for grievances. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. He couldn't figure out who could play tricks in the palace. He slightly raised his head to look at Yuwenji, but before he could stop his gaze, he saw a dark green female official Shen Tuchan in a round neck robe and a golden crown on her head was standing behind Princess Taian and looking at him. He tried hard to see a flaw in this woman's face, but Shen Tuchan's face was calm, and she just glanced at him and then looked away.

During this interval, the emperor pointed at Duke Cheng and said to the guards outside: "Detain Duke Cheng!"

The guards outside the door rushed up like wolves and tigers, and Cheng Guogong was stunned on the ground. He never expected that he would face prison in the end when he celebrated the emperor's birthday.

Seeing this, Yu Wenji stopped pleading for mercy. For the current plan, finding out the truth is the most important thing.

When the banquet was over, Princess Tai'an and Shen Tuchan accompanied the queen on one side, and Yudi and Yu Wenji accompanied the emperor away. The queen saw the emperor's background disappearing and said: "The night is just right, so the princess doesn't need to accompany you." I'm gone, I'm going to walk on my own, you can do what you want."

The queen left after speaking, and the eunuchs and maids followed in an orderly manner.

Princess Tai'an and Shen Tuchan looked at each other and said: "Let's go to the Imperial Garden for a walk, and wait for His Highness to return to the residence together."

Shen Tuchan bowed her head and said yes.

The night is like water, and the fragrance of autumn chrysanthemums in the imperial garden hits in bursts, mixed with a little scent of tuberose.

There were too many people in the palace, neither of them said much, after a while Princess Taian spoke first: "Do you think Cheng Guogui is innocent?"

Shen Tuchan smiled and looked at Princess Tai'an and said, "Your Majesty, do you think what His Majesty needs is the innocence of Duke Cheng's Mansion?"

The emperor didn't care about these things at all, Cheng Guogong's mansion made him lose face, no matter what the outcome of the matter, it was inevitable to confiscate the family and exile.

Princess Tai'an looked at Ye Lixiang's dark shadow under the moonlight, which was flourishing to the extreme and was on the verge of decay, and said: "Your Majesty will not kill him."

Shen Tuchan smiled and said nothing, the two walked out of the inner palace along the garden, and stopped at the stream separating the inner and outer palaces.

They heard Yu Wenji's voice.

Yuwen didn't know who to say a word to, his voice was not loud, and he sneered slightly: "Ants must die."

Princess Tai'an and Shen Tuchan looked at each other, neither of them spoke, as Yu Wenji's footsteps got closer, Princess Tai'an smiled and said to Shen Tuchan: "It's time, Your Highness should come out soon ?”

Shen Tuchan smiled.

Hearing this voice, Yu Wenji quickened his pace and walked in from the hidden palace wall: "It's done, let's go back."

(End of this chapter)