It was still in the first month of the year, and all the officials were on holiday.
However, the matter was serious and both empresses agreed, so the court was held as scheduled.
The problem is that although the Second Queen is not a professional criminal investigator, she has been mixed up in the imperial harem so many years ago, and her IQ in solving crimes is above the average level - and they also have the home advantage of Miyagi, so they are still confused. How dare the courtiers dare to do this? Take over easily
Especially now, any palace official who has been close to the emperor during an accident has basically been beaten to death! Even if there are any clues, the clues have been cut off. If this is an ordinary case, the ministers would not mind sharing the worries of the master. After all, the second empress is in charge, they cannot find out, and the ministers cannot be harshly criticized if they make no progress. .
But this is Cha Regicide... A bad thing is to support the futile efforts of the second queen!
So Empress Dowager Gu and Empress Jiang finished their expressions with the euphemisms unique to the royal family: "The Ai family and the empress are now at a loss, but this daring, damned regicide must be found out! Now I'm counting on you all, my dear friends!" "After saying this, there was silence in the court.
Liao Shuyu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, had an expression on his face that he wished he could be killed immediately on Danqi. At this moment, he was extremely regretful that he did not imitate Yuan Wenhong, the Qing of Dali Temple, in claiming that he was ill. No, no, if he had known that there would be such a hot potato today, he would rather imitate the others. Excellent colleagues!
It's just that it's too late to regret it now. When the second empress saw that all the ministers were silent, they all turned their attention to him: "Liao Qing?"
"I'm here!" Liao Shuyu silently swallowed the bitterness in his mouth, held up the jade wat and left the class to reply.
"I leave this matter to you. I don't know how long it will take to find the murderer?" Queen Mother Gu said lightly, and Liao Shuyu knelt down without saying a word: "I am incompetent! This matter is so big that I really dare not bear such an important responsibility alone!"
Your sister!
This is a portrayal of the mood of the civil and military officials at this moment: Seeing that he cannot get through as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, this guy wants to drag everyone into the water? !
However, Queen Mother Gu was still asking: "Then who do you think you want to bear the responsibility with you?"
"I thought..." Liao Shuyu's daily position should belong to the Neutral Party, but in fact he is not very close to Xue Chang, the leader of the Neutral Party. Let's put it this way, this guy is lucky. He has not been forced by any party to make a clear statement since he took office. He had no choice, and he did not join any political party. He had been doing his job honestly until now. He thought that he had great blessings and could survive until the day when he begged for bones without getting into trouble. But he overestimated his blessings. Now, Will he fall into a trap
At this point, he didn't think much about it, so he made up his mind and said, "This matter is of great importance and involves the country. It is appropriate for the ministers to take the lead in presiding over it! The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment of the district really dare not go beyond it!"
Okay, just one sentence dragged Xue Chang, Tang Zimo, and Jiang Tianao all along!
Although he won't get much credit if the truth is found out, if not, there are still these three people in front of him. Neither Queen Mother Gu nor Queen Jiang can "click" all three of them. Taking it out? In this case, it should be safer to have the head on my neck... right...
Liao Shuyu thought with fear - but in order to prevent these three people from being found out and handing him over as a scapegoat, he was not done yet. "Everyone from the Criminal Department must naturally participate, Dali Temple, Imperial Hospital, Military Department..."
After the Ministry of War took office as Minister, he retired and returned to his hometown. Due to the fierce competition for the second queen, a new Minister has not been appointed. Currently, the Ministry of War is under the control of two ministers. One of the ministers, Jiang Tianqi, laughed at his apparent effort to share responsibilities: "Dali Temple is also responsible for solving the case. The murderer's method of assassinating His Majesty was poisoning. Liao Shangshu called Dali It’s okay to leave the temple and hospital alone, but does this matter have anything to do with the Ministry of War now?”
You don’t even know where the murderer came from, so why did you involve our Ministry of War? ! Do you know under what circumstances the Ministry of War can be used? ! Arresting is also the responsibility of your Criminal Department, okay
Unexpectedly, Liao Shuyu said confidently: "If the murderer is a foreigner, wouldn't the Ministry of War be involved?"
"..." Although I know he is talking nonsense, what should I do if the murderer actually gets involved with a foreign race in the end? Jiang Tianqi was defeated by his broad thinking and silently swallowed this breath.
Next, Liao Shuyu used his unconstrained thinking and called out all the people he was rubbing next to, and then he stopped with satisfaction.
Empress Dowager Gu and Empress Jiang looked at each other. They knew Liao Shuyu's thoughts very well. In fact, Empress Dowager Gu just called his name, but she didn't expect him to find out on his own - he must be regarded as a true pillar in the eyes of the second empress. Even though he is a good person, he will not let him remain neutral until now.
Now that Liao Shuyu has mentioned such a huge camp, it seems that he is playing into his own ambitions.
It's just that this guy drags too many people down - sometimes more people don't necessarily mean more power, but they definitely have a loose tongue!
Especially the emperor's life is no longer in danger, but if the investigation goes too far, bad rumors may spread.
So the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed in a low voice for a while and decided to selectively listen to Liao Shuyu's advice: "In that case, let's leave this matter to the three prime ministers. Whoever is needed will be listened to by the three prime ministers!"
"..." Xue Chang and the others did not feel like they were being dragged down like Jiang Tianqi, because as prime ministers, they could not stay out of such a big matter. Their current depressed mood actually came more from the fact that Queen Mother Gu and Queen Jiang actually I didn't think of them until I couldn't find anything... What were you doing earlier? ! If you can’t find out on the first day of the first lunar month, you should leave it to us, okay
Speaking of which, the reason why Queen Mother Gu and Queen Jiang did this was because they were forced by unscrupulous juniors: the Queen Mother’s nephew Gu Yan and the Queen’s nephew Jiang Yadan. Both of them had done things in the harem that were not suitable for public speaking. The Second Empress has dealt with the consequences for them, but those are only the ones that were discovered, not the ones that were not discovered... God knows if there are more exciting ones
What if the murderer is tracked down this time and the second queen is discovered? Kill him, he won't be able to bear it, but he won't kill him, he won't be able to explain it to him!
Therefore, they could only use the excuse that the case occurred within the palace and it was inconvenient for foreign ministers to come in and out, so it was better for them to investigate it themselves.
If it weren't for the fact that it couldn't be found out now, and if it wasn't for the fact that there was a mysterious third party, the Second Empress would never have let her ministers investigate...
Now that it has been decided that the three prime ministers will take the lead, it is necessary to let the officials disperse and then leave them to hold a small meeting: first, to hand over the records they found and suspected; second, to implicitly hint to them and let them investigate the regicide. Or, you should stop worrying about things that shouldn’t be taken care of!
Empress Dowager Gu and Empress Jiang especially warned each other about the secrets in this palace, so don't think you are the only one to catch them! So if you don’t want to waste your efforts, you should just go find the murderer and pretend you didn’t see anything else!
... However, the three prime ministers came together to investigate, but the investigation was not smooth.
In the afternoon of this day, Qiu Yilan was lying on her husband's lap and taking a nap under the rare clear sunshine. Suddenly, she remembered and asked: "You have been called by your grandfather to the study for the past two days to discuss matters. What are they discussing? Your Majesty. How's the investigation going on with the poisoning? I haven't even heard the results of the investigation?"
Jiang Yashuang was reading a miscellaneous note. When she heard this, she put the book aside, smiled and flicked her forehead, and said: "It hasn't been found out yet, where can the results be discussed?"
"Huh? It hasn't been found out yet?" Qiu Yilan sat up in surprise, "It's almost the Lantern Festival, isn't it? This is a major event involving the emperor's assassination, how could there be no results for half a month?! Do we have to wait until the office is opened to continue the investigation? ?”
In such a major and vicious political assassination case, according to the unspoken rules, the speed of solving the case must be as fast as seconds, okay? ! Even if the case cannot be solved for a while, then we should quickly find a scapegoat and announce the closure of the case to show that the Royal Guards are confident and capable of protecting our leadership in Da Rui. The assassination of His Majesty the Emperor this time was just an accident, absolutely. There’s no next time—it’s over and I’ll continue to investigate secretly.
Otherwise, even if the king of a country is assassinated, the murderer cannot be found for ten days and a half, let alone ordinary people? ! This is how the people can rest assured that such a bunch of rubbish are running the country!
Jiang Yashuang helplessly spread her hands: "How can it be so easy to close the case? All the people around His Majesty who were suspected have been beaten to death. The remaining ones are either related to Fourth Aunt or Queen Mother Gu. What do you think? How can we let them take the blame?”
Even if everyone now agrees that the slave did it himself and has nothing to do with the master behind it, given the relationship between the Queen Mother Party and the Queen Party, how can we not worry that the other party will immediately turn their backs and deny the person afterwards, and will not let go of the conclusion of this case
"Liao Shuyu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, previously suggested to the court that it might be the work of foreigners. If the case is decided according to his speculation, it will eliminate the doubts between Fourth Aunt and Queen Mother Gu." Jiang Yashuang sighed, "The problem is, framed It’s easy for foreigners, but fighting like this…”
War is not a child's play - despite Kuang Shihan's plan to provoke a war with the Western Barbarians last winter, he did his homework in advance out of selfishness and political considerations, and he also insisted on controlling the scale of the war!
But if the Western Man or the Northern Hu were framed for assassinating Emperor Darui, the revenge would definitely be a full-scale war!
It's not that Darui can't fight a full-scale war now. The problem is that after fighting a full-scale war... it's hard to say!
And from a political perspective, should we blame the Western Barbarians or the Northern Hu? The Western Barbarians are already fighting, and there is Qiu Jinglan over there, watching eagerly from the darkness. The war is still on a certain scale, which is good. If the scale expands, Kuang Shihan will need to go all out, but Qiu Jinglan takes advantage of it - We must know that when Kuang Shihan stole the military power of the Zhenxi Army, didn't he just take advantage of General Ruan's defeat and the Western Barbarians pressing forward step by step, and Ruan and Qiu Jiu's troops had no time to settle accounts with him
If the frame is framed to Beihu, it means starting a war with two foreign races at the same time, or starting a war on two fronts. Even if Darui is still relatively wealthy, he can't afford to take this risk!
And once a war begins against Beihu, the Zhenbei Army's status will definitely soar, and the Jiang family will have more say! How could Queen Mother Gu be so willing
The Queen Mother's Party is not willing to involve foreign races, and the Queen's Party is actually not willing either.
The Queen Mother Party is afraid that the expansion of the war in the Western Barbarians will give Qiu Jinglan more opportunities. But the Queen's Party is also afraid that after the war in the Western Barbarians intensifies, what should they do if Kuang Shihan is difficult to kill? ! After all, Qiu Jinglan is too young and has never joined the army. It is expected that he will continue to assume Kuang Shihan's responsibilities after cheating Kuang Shihan... The Queen's Party has not fantasized about this yet.
Even if we take a step back, Qiu Jinglan really managed to hold up the scene after killing Kuang Shihan!
But will the Queen Party be happy? Will not! Don't forget, except for Jiang Yashuang, who is currently planning to hand over the Zhenxi Army to his brother-in-law to ensure that he owns the majority of the profits, the general view of the Jiang family is: the Zhenbei Army belongs to us, and the Zhenxi Army belongs to us. It must be ours too!
As for Beihu, the Jiang family didn't agree - the court shouted, "Let's take it easy. If there is a fight, the Zhenbei Army will definitely be the main force. Such a sudden war is still a battle of revenge for the king, and there is nothing prepared there!" With Beihu's fierceness, if you rush to attack the enemy, even if you win, it will definitely be a miserable victory, okay! Doesn't this mean that the Jiang family's strength has been damaged? !
After listening to Jiang Yashuang's explanation, Qiu Yilan sighed: "No wonder!" She frowned again, "But it can't be delayed forever, right? If you don't have an explanation after the Lantern Festival, how can you explain it to the people in the world? !”