Yanmenchun

Chapter 56

Lin Zicheng stopped in place in shock, and he carefully went through the matter from beginning to end.

Maybe Shen Tuchan knew about it in advance and deliberately lured Princess Jingxin to go, so the killers didn't see Shentu Danlin, maybe Shen Tuchan accidentally ran into the princess and killed the princess on the spur of the moment.

This is a huge discovery, both the Fang Mansion and the Zhenbeihou Mansion will be destroyed.

He hastily asked the guard next to him to write a criminal complaint and ask this person to charge him. He wanted to enter the palace to see the emperor.

The crime was quickly written along his train of thought, and the guard grabbed the prisoner's finger and stamped it.

Lin Zicheng took the accusation in his hand and read it over and over again three times, carefully folded it and stuffed it into his lapel.

Once this incident happened, it would definitely shock the capital. If an unexpected result is found in this kind of case, Jingdu Wei can be regarded as a great achievement, and it will definitely beat Dali Temple in front of the emperor.

However, Lin Zicheng did not meet the emperor smoothly. When he arrived, Concubine Shu was in the imperial study, so he could only wait outside.

Concubine Shu didn't come out all this time. Lin Zicheng waited for nearly an hour before Gao Yongyi came out and told him in person: "Commander, I'm afraid Your Majesty won't be able to see you today, why don't you come back tomorrow?"

Gao Yongyi said this out of good intentions, but Lin Zicheng felt that the important matter should not be delayed. If His Majesty heard the news from elsewhere in advance, it would be their Jingdu Wei who had overlooked it.

When Gao Yong saw that he persisted, he went in without any further persuasion.

Lin Zicheng waited for another half an hour before the emperor summoned him.

When he entered the imperial study, the emperor was not reviewing the papers, but was reading a book. When he saw him coming in, he put down the book and said, "What's the matter? But what's the progress of the case?"

Lin Zicheng knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I caught a prisoner in the suburbs of Beijing yesterday. That prisoner witnessed the whole process of Princess Jingxin being killed."

The emperor gave him an unpredictable look: "Oh?"

"The prisoner made a confession today." Lin Zicheng reached out and touched the crime in his arms, and gently held it on his hands.

Gao Yongyi hurried forward to take it, opened and closed it in his hand, checked it three times and passed it to the person next to him for checking before presenting it to the emperor.

The emperor looked at Lin Zicheng before opening the criminal complaint with some suspicion. He looked at the complaint from the beginning to the end. The more he looked at it, the more he frowned, and finally he slapped the complaint on the case heavily with his backhand, and said angrily: "Okay Be bold!"

Lin Zicheng was frightened and cautious on the surface, but he was a little excited in his heart. The emperor's next sentence must be to let him surround the Zhenbeihou's mansion and interrogate Shentu Danlin and Shentuchan.

Unexpectedly, when he raised his head, the emperor was looking at him coldly, with an indescribable coldness in his eyes, Lin Zicheng was suddenly a little puzzled, and unconsciously clenched his fists.

The emperor looked at him for a while but said, "What are you going to do?"

Lin Zicheng originally thought that Longyan must be furious when the emperor found out, and the Zhenbei Hou Mansion directly seized the title. It is also possible to directly order Shen Tuchan to be executed in anger, after all, there are all witnesses and material evidence at this time.

But when the words came to his lips, he hesitated.

The emperor looked very angry, but the anger didn't seem to be only aimed at the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, it was a bit thunderous, and he was afraid that it would be less rainy to deal with it.

He hesitated for a moment and replied: "At this time, there are all the witnesses and material evidence, so it should be directly arrested and brought to justice, but this matter is so serious, I think we should interrogate the young master and Shen Tuchan first!"

Before the emperor could speak, there was a sound of a teacup being poured from behind the screen, followed by a woman's exclamation, and then quickly returned to calm.

Lin Zicheng quickly lowered his head, as if he didn't hear anything.

Concubine Shu is behind the screen in the imperial study.

The emperor pondered for a moment and said: "Since you said that Shen Tuchan is the murderer and Taihe is my beloved daughter, as a father, I should personally interrogate, you go and bring Shentu Danlin and Shentuchan to see me!"

Lin Zicheng was shocked, what kind of situation is this!
For a moment, he even had a surprised expression on his face.

But the emperor turned his head to Gao Yong as if he didn't see it: "Go and call Feng Yuanan over!"

The emperor's tone at this time was still full of lingering anger, but Lin Zicheng felt that something was wrong.

Why is the emperor so tolerant towards the Zhenbeihoufu? This is not in line with his usual temper, but there is really no problem with this matter. There are all witnesses and material evidences.

The emperor had already spoken, Lin Zicheng was full of doubts and could only hold back.

Seeing that the emperor had no other orders, Gao Yong gestured to Lin Zicheng to go down, and Lin Zicheng had no choice but to leave the imperial study room to summon Shentu Danlin and Shentuchan.

When he left, he couldn't help but glanced at the Youlong screen that had just made a sound.

Just as Lin Zicheng exited the imperial study, Concubine Shu came out from behind the screen gracefully.

She had a little fear on her face, her nails stained with Danko kept pinching the handkerchief in her hand, as if hesitating to speak.

The anger on the emperor's face had faded a lot. Seeing her little gestures, he was a little funny, and he waved his hands and said, "Come here, tell me something, why don't you make this appearance and wait for me to ask you!"

Concubine Shu smiled a little embarrassedly. She was not young, but maybe she had the advantage of her looks, or maybe because she was well maintained, every frown and smile in front of the emperor was pure.

As soon as the emperor's words fell, she said softly: "The harem is not allowed to engage in government affairs. It's presumptuous for the ministers and concubines to just listen to it today. If they talk nonsense again, I'm afraid."

The expression on the emperor's face relaxed, and his voice became much gentler: "It's not counted as government affairs, but you can also be regarded as Taihe's mother and concubine. Why don't you say it, just say it."

In fact, Concubine Shu had already said a lot before Lin Zicheng came in, but the emperor obviously still had doubts.

Concubine Shu stood next to the emperor and said cautiously: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and the capital city is even more of a place of dragons. In the past few years, the situation has been calm, and the Jingdu Guard only manages the capital city. Unlike the Dali Temple Minister, who has more power and has more opportunities to meet your majesty." Well, the Commander may also want to seize this matter and show one or two things in front of His Majesty, but the concubine feels that this method is a little eager for quick success."

Before the emperor could speak, she said again: "The concubine is a woman in the harem, just because she occasionally bumps into Mrs. Feng when meeting His Majesty, and the county lord Huixin occasionally mentions that Mrs. Feng is busy when she comes to sit in the palace. , the number of times the courtiers and concubines meet the commander is less, and I think that when I come to Jingduwei, I can't often meet with His Majesty like Dali Temple."

She didn't say a word about the case, nor did she say which side was wrong. Lin Zicheng didn't have as many chances as Feng Yuanan to face the saint. This is a fact, not to mention Feng Yuanan is a clan relative.

County Lord Huixin has a certain amount of advances and retreats. Yunnan has always been respectful and respectful. The son goes to Beijing every year and is very loyal. Of course, the emperor will take care of County Lord Huixin and his family.

But at this moment, it didn't sound like that. The emperor frowned and didn't speak, but just patted Concubine Shu's hand lightly.

Concubine Shu smiled and picked up the book the emperor had just read and talked about the story in the book.

When Shentuchan and Shentu Danlin arrived, Concubine Shu was still there, as soon as Gao Yong came in to report Feng Yuanan's arrival, Concubine Shu saluted and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is too serious, and this concubine will resign?"

The emperor looked at Gao Yongyi and then at Concubine Shu, and said: "No need, today is the first day of the lunar new year, I will go to the Queen's Palace later, you can stay a little longer, these days are busy with government affairs, I often don't see you."

(End of this chapter)