Yan Li looked at Eunuch Lu: "I heard that the Department of Punishment is going to interrogate the assassin and the prince this morning?"
Eunuch Lu: "Yes, it must be going on now."
Yan Li's frown tightened even more: "Let's go and have a look."
Eunuch Lu guessed what Yan Li was thinking: Rong Changan was interrogated, and Yan Li went to see it, wouldn't it be sad? How could he stand this scene? Yan Li left probably not because of how the case was going, but because he was afraid that Rong Changan would be oppressed by the female officer. In fact, Yan Li doesn't need to worry, Rong Changan is a strong person, how can he let the female officials of the Punishment Division take advantage of him? But this also reflected that Yan Li still cared deeply about Rong Changan.
In order not to let Rong Changan see, Yan Li sat behind the courtroom of the Punishment Division, separated by a bamboo curtain and a Jiangshan Sheji screen.
Standing in the courtroom was not only Rong Changan, but also Zi Yan who was sitting, the maids and eunuchs who were on duty at Fengfei Palace that day, the guards who rounded up the assassins that day, and the representative of Chu Lin.
I only heard the female officer of the Punishment Department say: "Queen Rong, just now we have taken your soft sword to the Queen's Palace of Chu for comparison, and the edge of the sword by the bed is exactly the same as your soft sword. How do you do this?" Explanation?"
Rong Changan raised his chin slightly, his face was tilted, and there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"I do not know how to explain."
Rong Chang'an's non-cooperation made it very difficult for the female officer. They can't punish Rong Changan, can they? Now that Rong Chang'an has not been abolished, even though he has lived in the cold palace, he is still a queen in name, so he cannot easily impose punishment.
The female officer thought for a while: "The queen can't explain, so can I imagine that you took the soft sword to assassinate the queen of Chu that night and took the prince away?"
As soon as the prince was mentioned, Yan Li's heart suffocated with pain.
Eunuch Lu was good at observing words and expressions, and seeing Yan Li's painful face, he poured a cup of tea and said, "Your Majesty, drink some water."
Yan Li waved his hand, indicating that he would not drink.
Rong Chang'an looked at the female officer sitting in the middle hall with cold eyes: "Did you hear me say that?"
Although Rong Changan used to be the general protecting the country, and now he is still the empress, but the Punishment Division is independent of other state agencies and directly obeys the emperor's orders, so no matter how big your position is, how big your pomp is, or how high your title is, the Punishment Department The people in the company are not afraid.
"Queen, I hope you can cooperate well with us. This is the Department of Punishment, not the Yushitai, nor the hall of the Ministry of Punishment. You should understand what the Department of Punishment symbolizes. Let me ask you again, the sword in Queen Chu's room Mouth, is it caused by your soft sword?"
Yan Li picked up the tea bowl and almost slapped it on the table, but he was afraid of being heard by Rong Changan, so he put it down gently, scolding: "This female official, why is she so stupid! How can Changan answer such a question?"
Seeing Yan Li pick up the teacup, Eunuch Lu sweated a little: "Your Majesty, calm down, let's hear what happens next."
Rong Changan: "I don't know."
The female officer has a handsome face and snow-white skin, and at this moment, the red glow is inevitable: "What do you mean you don't know?"
Zi Yan, who was sitting next to her, smiled slyly: "I can hear it, can't the female officer hear it? You can ask the copywriter next to you to write 'The sword edge beside the bed was caused by Queen Rong's soft sword' , This is incredible! Asking so many questions is a waste of time."
It was almost half an hour since he came to the hall of the Punishment Division, and it was the first time that Rong Changan met Zi Yan's eyes.
Zi Yan covered her mouth and smiled: "Queen, am I right?"
Now there is no second soft sword to prove Rong Changan's innocence, Rong Changan has to admit it if he doesn't admit it.
"You can write whatever you want. But I suggest that the female officer comment next to it, explaining that it was Ziyan who said it, not me, Rong Changan. If one day in the future, the truth comes out, it will also prove how insidious Ziyan's intentions are. "
The female officer next to the copywriter hesitated, not knowing whether to write Zi Yan's words or not.
The hostess coughed and coughed twice, and went to the second question: "Let's not talk about the arrow button for now. Is the maid of Fengfei Palace here?"
Then there were two maids kneeling on the ground: "The slaves are the maids of Fengfei Palace."
The female officer asked: "Where were you when the assassin came that day? What did you see later? What marks on the assassin made you think that the assassin was Queen Rong?"
The two maids were very timid, not only because they were embarrassed in front of so many people, but also because they were afraid of offending Rong Changan. They knew that Rong Changan had been to the cold palace once, and was released later. So the two of them shied away, neither of them dared to be the first to speak.
The female officer slapped the table and pointed to one of the maids: "Say it!"
The maid's face turned pale, and her lips trembled: "Then... that day the emperor hosted a banquet for foreign envoys in the Hua'e Building. Later, we carried the prince back to the palace and placed him next to Queen Chu's bed. Then we came out and stood in the courtyard to simmer Huo waited for orders. In the middle of the night, we suddenly heard Empress Chu screaming, and hurriedly looked into the room. But we saw a black figure rushing out of the window, holding the prince in his arms, holding a handful of... A soft sword…”
As she said that, the court lady took a peek at Rong Chang'an, then she retracted and lowered her head.
The female officer raised the soft sword on the case: "You look up, but this soft sword?"
The maid raised her head and looked up: "It was dark at that time, so I couldn't see clearly, but basically... it was basically like this."
The female officer looked at the soft sword again to another court lady: "How about you, take a look?"
Another court lady also looked at it, nodded, and said weakly, "Yes."
The female official then said to Rong Changan: "Queen, you also heard that these two maids thought that the assassin was holding this soft sword that day, what do you say?"
Rong Changan couldn't help sneering twice.
The female officer was embarrassed for a while, and her earlobes were red: "Queen, what are you laughing at?"
Rong Changan said: "Just because the assassin has a soft sword in his hand, do you think that assassin is me? I want to ask the female officer, if someone wants to harm me, he will also use a similar soft sword to assassinate Queen Chu, deliberately Let people see the soft sword, what should we do?"
The female officer was speechless.
Yan Li, who was sitting behind the curtain, also untied his brows, subconsciously picked up the tea bowl, and took a sip of tea.
Zi Yan thought: Let me be here today, you will definitely be ashamed!
"But as far as I know, in the entire palace, you are the only one who uses soft swords. If someone deliberately framed you, can you create a soft sword that is not only the same shape, but also the same thickness? Didn't you hear what the lady said just now? , the edge of the sword left by the bed is exactly the same as the edge of your soft sword, how do you explain this?"
Rong Changan laughed again: "I always say you are very stupid, it really is not bad."
Zi Yan was stunned for a moment, then became angry from embarrassment: "Don't change the topic!"
Rong Changan: "There are no surprises in the world by coincidences. It would be too hasty to conclude that a person is guilty because of a coincidence. I want to ask Concubine Ziyan, are you satisfied with your facial features?"
Zi Yanzhou's crooked eyebrows did not understand why Rong Chang'an asked this question, and pondered for a while: "Of course I am very satisfied with my facial features, so it goes without saying! Empress Rong, you are getting further and further away! "
"Not far, not far!" Rong Chang'an smiled, as if the person being interrogated was Zi Yan, and Rong Chang'an was the one testifying beside him, "Why isn't your nose bigger or smaller? Your mouth No longer wide or narrow? Why don't your eyes protrude or sink?"
Zi Yan huffed: "No matter how small, no matter how short, no matter how wide, isn't it a monster!"
"Hahahaha!" Rong Changan laughed happily, "You're right! There is such a coincidence in the world, it's not a little wider, it's not a little bigger, it's just right. This is enough to show that a coincidence Things are very common around us. It’s like the sword edge beside the Queen Chu’s bed, just because of a coincidence, you say that I am an assassin, you are not stupid or stupid!”