Twelve years ago, the case of the death of King Rong An and his concubine in battle, the case of Lingshan weaving four years ago, the case of ink corruption in the household department that Ye Chang discovered in the past ten years, and now the case of the secret channel of the royal agency. These cases seem to be connected by a thread.
Concubine Yue, Duke An, Marquis Jingyang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Prince Pingjun's Mansion were involved, and now there is Shen Rang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households.
Shen Rang was born in the Shen family. He was the eldest son of the Shen family. He was very talented. He was appreciated by the emperor and served as the secretary of the household department. Back then, he made good friends with King Rong An, Uncle Guo, Su Che and others, and he was also a gentleman and an open-minded person.
Because when the Shen family was in the reign of the late emperor, the son of the second wife of the Shen family was favored by the emperor's elder sister, Princess Ruiyue. Therefore, the second wife of the Shen family has dominated the head of the Shen family since then, and the title of Marquis of Jingyang has also fallen. On the son of the eldest princess Ruiyue.
However, Shen Rang did not fight or snatch it, and gave way to the title of Marquis of Jingyang, which should have belonged to him. Under the appreciation of the emperor, he became the Minister of the Household Department, and relied on his talent and ability to occupy the court.
Su Fengnuan didn't know much about Shen Rang, but in Su Che's sporadic narration, she had a general understanding of Shen Rang and the Shen family back then. Shen Rang's only son died, Shen Rang couldn't afford to go back to the west, and his wife followed him to Jiuquan. The line of Shen's family has been cut off since then.
The second room of the Shen family, headed by the ancestor Princess Ruiyue, is from the lineage of the Jinghou Mansion, and has since become the ruler of the Shen family.
Around the time when Shen Rang died, he didn't expect his self-writing and these things to reappear in the sky, Jingyanghou's mansion had already been ransacked by all the families. Ye Chang was the first to crack the case of Concubine Yue, Duke An and Marquis Jing. Although his self-written letter was of little use after the house of Marquis Jing was executed, the house deeds and the share of the deeds left behind Dossiers are very useful.
At least it shows that these cases are all cases involving one person.
The person who turned the clouds and rain behind his back, planned every step of the way, and plotted extremely deeply.
After Su Che finished talking about some things about Shen Rang back then, he asked Su Fengnuan, "What should I do with these things? Should I present them to the emperor, or should you handle them?"
Su Fengnuan put away his things and said to him, "Father is determined to resign, so don't get involved in these matters, and leave it to me to deal with. Anyway, the emperor also said yesterday, let me check with Ye Chang and Xu Yunchu. case."
Su Che said, "The second prince's leg is seriously injured?"
Su Fengnuan nodded, "It's very heavy. If he hadn't met me, his leg would have been useless. Doctor Meng of the Imperial Hospital may not be able to keep his leg."
Su Che said, "This matter is also strange. At first, I thought that the second prince would be supported by someone behind him, but now he is seriously injured. Listening to what you said, if Ye Chang hadn't rescued him, his life would have died? It seems The person has nothing to do with him?"
Su Fengnuan said, "It's hard to say, according to Ye Chang, Lin Zhixiao doesn't know who is helping and supporting him behind the scenes."
Su Che was puzzled, "Isn't it just one person?"
Su Fengnuan put away the brocade box, "If it's a person, it doesn't matter whether Lin Zhixiao lives or dies. It can be seen that Lin Zhixiao is also used by him. If it's not a person, it can be seen that he is fighting for the throne for that chair. Humanly speaking, it would be better if he died."
Su Che said, "I really didn't expect that for so many years, the hands that have been hiding in the dark of the government and the public are so deep."
Su Fengnuan said, "Since ancient times, evil has prevailed over good, no matter who it is, it will be exposed sooner or later."
Su Che nodded.
Su Fengnuan stood up and said to the two of them, "Ye Chang went to the government offices of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment early this morning to find these things. Since the things are here, he naturally found nothing. I will go to him and take the things give him."
Mrs. Su said, "Then you go, be careful."
Su Fengnuan smiled and said, "Mom, now that I have recovered my martial arts, I am afraid that others will not trouble me. If they trouble me, can I still be as useless as when I was robbed by Lin Zhixiao years ago?"
Su Che heard the words, "Since you told the emperor that you never recovered your martial arts, even if you are in trouble, how can you reveal it?"
Su Fengnuan said, "It can't be revealed, but there are other ways to control the enemy. At least self-protection is no problem."
Su Che said, "That's true."
Mrs. Su slapped her forehead, "You have been ill for too long, and now you still look so weak. I forgot for a moment that you have recovered your martial arts. Since Xiaoshang was looking for this, you should go quickly."
Su Fengnuan nodded and left the main courtyard.
As soon as she walked to the door, Koizumi hurried to the Su residence in a carriage. He jumped out of the carriage, saw Su Fengnuan, and immediately greeted Su Fengnuan and said, "Miss Su, it just so happens that I met you here. The emperor invites you to enter the palace for a while." trip."
Su Fengnuan looked at him and asked, "Can father-in-law tell the emperor why he announced me to enter the palace?"
Koizumi whispered, "The emperor has something to ask you for. At the same time, I would like you to see the second prince and change his dressing. In the early morning, imperial physician Meng was announced to enter the palace, but after examining the second prince's injury, imperial physician Meng not only did it."
Su Feng said warmly, "Is the emperor in a hurry to find me?"
Koizumi nodded repeatedly, "It's urgent."
Su Feng said warmly, "Okay, I will follow you into the palace."
Koizumi hurried into the carriage again.
Su Fengnuan followed Koizumi to the palace. On the way, he met the carriage of Prince Jin's mansion. King Jin poked his head out and asked Koizumi, "Where did you go, father-in-law?"
Koizumi hurriedly stopped the car and bowed to King Jin, "Go back to your lord, it is the emperor's order to invite Miss Su into the palace."
King Jin said "Oh?", "Miss Su has suffered a catastrophe, how is she recovering? Are you able to go out and walk freely?"
Su Fengnuan opened the curtain at this time, and said with a smile, "Since the cold poison broke out in the secret room and let out some icy air, I feel a lot lighter in body, thank you for your concern."
Seeing that she looked good, King Jin smiled and said, "Okay, you are in good health, that kid Ye Chang is lucky."
Su Feng asked with a warm smile, "Where are you going?"
King Jin said, "Yesterday I heard that the second prince was seriously injured, and I want to go to the palace to visit him today."
Su Fengnuan smiled and said, "That's just right, we will enter the palace together. The emperor also ordered me to see him for a doctor and change his medicine."
King Jin nodded, "Let's go together."
Su Fengnuan lowered the curtain, and the two carriages went to the palace together.
Arriving at the palace, after getting off the carriage at the gate of the palace, there was a soft sedan parked there, Koizumi looked at Su Fengnuan and said, "Miss Su, the emperor is afraid that you will be tired, so I let you go in in a soft sedan." He said to the King of Jin, "Your Majesty, do you want the servant to also order someone to bring a soft sedan chair?"
King Jin shook his head, "My king's body is quite strong, I don't need this, Miss Su sit down."
Su Fengnuan nodded and got on the soft sedan chair.
Koizumi led the way, the bearer carried Su Fengnuan, and King Jin walked aside, and they entered the palace together.
When they came to the fork in the road, the sedan chair was carried to the warm pavilion next to the imperial study according to Koizumi's instructions. King Jin saw it and immediately asked, "Miss Su, is she going to see the emperor?"
Koizumi quickly said, "Yesterday, the emperor was in a very bad mood because something happened to the second prince. He didn't have time to inquire about the second prince's injury. Today, he probably wanted to ask first." After finishing speaking, he asked, "My lord, you also go together Have you seen the emperor?"
King Jin said, "I will visit the second prince first, and then I will visit the emperor later."
Koizumi nodded.
King Jin turned to the palace where Lin Zhixiao lived.
When Su Fengnuan heard that King Jin didn't follow, she opened the curtain and looked back. Seeing King Jin walking quickly towards the palace where Lin Zhixiao lived, she looked away and lowered the curtain.
When the sedan chair came to Nuan Pavilion, the bearer stopped, and Su Fengnuan slowly got off the soft sedan chair.
Koizumi went to report first, "Your Majesty, Miss Su is here."
The emperor ordered in a deep voice, "Please come in."
Koizumi quickly responded, opened the curtain, and invited Su Fengnuan in.
When Su Fengnuan stepped into the threshold, he saw the emperor sitting alone in the warm pavilion with a piece of paper in his hand. Seeing Su Fengnuan coming, he waved to her, "Su girl, come here and take a look at this."
Su Fengnuan stepped forward, reached out to take the document in the emperor's hand, and saw that it was a secret report. She glanced at it roughly, and the secret report mentioned that Mr. Feng from the Fengyang Bodyguard Bureau had secretly gone to the East Territory. She Frowning, he asked, "Is this a secret report from Qingwuwei?"
The emperor nodded, "It was just sent back by Qingwuwei."
Su Fengnuan said, "Fengyang was ordered by the emperor earlier to go to the east to thoroughly investigate the king of Xiangjun. If the Fengyang bodyguards really colluded with the king of Xiangjun, my third brother would have been in danger in the east. It has been stable for so long. There must be a reason for Mr. Feng to go to the East."
The emperor said, "The secret report mentioned that the Fengyang Bodyguard Bureau escorted a batch of weapons, which are being transported to the east, right after Mr. Feng. The weapons are the clever crossbow arrows. Naturally, this is the reason."
Su Fengnuan thought about it but didn't speak.
The emperor said, "Earlier, the King of Xiang County used the fiefdom of Zijing county lord to build an arsenal and manufacture weapons privately. But later, we found out that the weapons in the arsenal had already been removed. The Fengyang Escort Bureau was in charge of the seventy-two lines from north to south. How could it be possible to hide a large amount of weapons from the Eastern Border to Yanbei because of their business dealings? Hmph, in my opinion, the Fengyang Security Bureau is not clean."
Su Fengnuan thought for a moment, and said, "I have known Mr. Feng for a long time, and I have also known Fengyang for five years. The reason why Fengyang's bodyguard bureau has survived for generations is that it has never been involved in the troubles of the country, otherwise it would have been a long time ago." It is not allowed to be listed as the first emperor." After finishing the sentence, he said, "Don't worry, I will send someone to investigate this matter immediately after I leave the palace."