The princess is soft!The sick villain is crazy

After a brief daze, Emperor Yong finally laughed.

Li Mingji has been standing still, probably has bigger plans.

Isn't it a bigger plan?
He knew that the young man in front of him was not a meek lamb, but a lone wolf, so he raised him beside Shu Yao, letting Shu Yao tame him and use him.

Who knew that Shu Yao herself became this lamb waiting to be slaughtered, coveted by hungry wolves all the time.

"Li Mingji, you are fine."

He said "very good" several times in a row. Compared with an emperor, at this moment, he is more like an old father with complicated emotions.

"Do you know what kind of person is worthy of my beauty?"

"I know that my status is low, and it is difficult to match up with the princess," Li Mingji said calmly, "But according to what I see, Your Majesty does not need to find a powerful husband for the princess."

Today Xie Hong and Zheng Lian are the best examples.

Xie Hong's younger sister is the current Empress Dowager, and Zheng Lian's granddaughter is the Crown Princess. Which one of them is not a relative of Emperor Yong?Then, they all regarded themselves as the elders of Emperor Yong, and would not listen to any disobedient words, even if Emperor Yong was the emperor.

If the one who marries Shu Yao is a powerful minister.Did they get close to Shu Yao for her sake, or for the favor behind her?
This is the reason why after Xie Yanzhou, Emperor Yong did not make a marriage proposal for Shu Yao even though there were many people asking for marriage.

He would rather Shu Yao not marry for the rest of his life than push her into the den of wolves.

As for choosing a husband-in-law from a poor family for her, Princess Yongning had suffered a loss once, and Emperor Yong did not dare to take the risk.

Seeing that Emperor Yong was silent, Li Mingji smiled lightly, and said: "Mingji swears to the sky, the princess is the love of Mingji's life. No matter when, Mingji will never disappoint the princess."

Emperor Yong still didn't speak.

He knew that Li Mingji's words were sincere and nothing he said was a lie.However, people's hearts are changeable. The promises made at the age of 20 may not be able to regain their original intentions at the age of 30 or 40.

Li Mingji naturally didn't think that Emperor Yong would let go easily. He calmly stated his latest discovery recently: "There is a network of secret passages under the imperial city. Today, the minister and the princess left the princess through the secret passage. The government, His Majesty already knows this."

Emperor Yong hummed lightly.

There are secret passages under the imperial city, and Emperor Yong knew about it.However, this secret passage has been abandoned for a long time, little known, and the road conditions are complicated, if you are not careful, you will lose your way, and Emperor Yong did not dare to take the risk easily.

"A few days ago, Changping Hou Shizi plotted against the princess, and the princess accidentally found a secret passage. In order to save the princess, I also stepped into the secret passage, and found a road leading to the abandoned courtyard of the princess' mansion. Underneath, a human skeleton is piled up."

"By comparing the directory of the original Marquis Mansion, I found a maidservant who lived in Liluoyuan and died in the mansion for no reason. The other two maidservants who lived with her in Liluoyuan left the mansion one after another due to illness. The courtyard was thus abandoned. Without exception, they all served the eldest princess. I suspect that this skeleton belongs to one of them."

Why was the maidservant of the eldest princess thrown in the dark?Unless she stumbled upon some ulterior secret and brought about a fatal disaster... Unless, the eldest princess didn't die of illness.

With a "bang", Emperor Yong slammed his hand heavily on the cases, his eyes were burning with anger, "Li Mingji, I ordered you to investigate this matter, and you must give me an explanation!"

Li Mingji knelt down: "Yes."

"you……"

Emperor Yong stared at him blankly, and after a long time, slowly lowered his raised finger, "Once this matter is found out, I will marry you to the princess."

It is still unknown whether we can investigate and understand what happened 16 years ago.A marriage can also be divorced, such a promise is nothing.

What's more, looking at the present, Li Mingji is indeed Shu Yao's best choice.

His status is low, and he is loyal enough to ask for anything.

This time, Li Mingji saluted Emperor Yong sincerely: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

……

On the second day, the gate of Qionglin Garden finally opened.

The princes and ladies who hadn't slept well all night yawned and got into their own sedan chairs.After leaving the sight of the officers and soldiers, they discussed in a low voice: "What happened to Qionglin Garden yesterday? Why are there so many soldiers here?"

"Who is so bold to assassinate His Majesty?"

"I heard that the Zheng family and the Lu family were all taken away..."

"These soldiers are even more fierce than yesterday. Seeing this, Miss Ben is frightened, and I don't know where they came from..."

"Yellow Dragon Banner, could it be the Yellow Dragon Army? The Second Prince is back?"

It wasn't long before they had their answer.

The powerful officials headed by Xie Hong led their troops to rebel, Xie Hong and Kou Xiao were executed on the spot, Zheng Lian and Lu Ye were arrested, Xie's, Kou's, Zheng's and Lu's families were imprisoned one after another.

More than a dozen officials died in order to protect Emperor Yong, and they were buried generously according to law. Xie Yanzhou made meritorious deeds in escorting him, and he was spared the death penalty and demoted to the common people.The rest will be dealt with separately after the joint trial of the three divisions.

Emperor Yong ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, and if any problems were found, they would be taken away immediately.Within a few days, most of the court officials had gone.Some people couldn't bear the pressure, and first broke down their psychological defenses, saying that they were ill and dared not go to court.Everyone in the aristocratic family is in danger, all banquets are cancelled, and they dare not go out of the gate, lest officers and soldiers will suddenly find themselves on their heads.

Now those who handle the case are not the officials from the aristocratic family, but the Huanglong army brought back by the second prince, and the officials newly appointed by Emperor Yong. Those who refused to cooperate, regardless of their official positions, were punished on the spot, and the blood flowed along the steps of the mansion gate, soaking the streets and alleys in front of the gate, and could not disperse for a long time.Especially that Lord Dalang of the Lu family, who had his tongue pulled out and tendons in his hands and feet cut off when he became an envoy.

This can be called the first strange case in the beginning of the year. In other words, Emperor Yong reigned for more than [-] years. Except for the flood nine years ago, there was nothing as tragic as this case.

The court is turbulent, and the harem is also not peaceful.

Emperor Yong issued a decree to abolish the position of Empress Dou Yunzhi, and concubine Shen Wanjun was promoted to Concubine Shen, in charge of Fengyin.

As early as when the imperial examination case was exposed, there were rumors that Emperor Yong was abolished, but there was no news from the palace at that time, and everyone guessed that the storm had passed.Who knew that Xie Hong and Zheng Lian would do such a thing again, completely angering Emperor Yong.

The Dou family has lost the position of queen, how long can the crown prince's position in the East Palace be held?It coincides with the second prince Wei Shen returning to the capital, if His Majesty wants to abolish the prince, the other choice is this one.

"Amitabha."

In Yanshou Palace, the Empress Dowager knelt in front of the Buddhist altar and offered three sticks of incense devoutly.Shu Yao and Princess Jiayi, one on the left and one on the right, helped her up.

Today is the day when the juniors pay their respects routinely.Shu Yao, Princess Jiayi, Wei Shen, and even the youngest second princess, Wei Shu, were all there, but the prince who usually obeyed the palace rules the most did not appear.