After lunch, Lu Ze and Tu Sheng came to the side courtyard where she grew up.
All the weeds and debris in the courtyard are gone. The maids and maids have added several new ones. They are filled with precious flowers, plants and jade carving crafts. The rooms are also very expensive. There are various masterpieces hanging on the wall.
In such a short time, these precious things could not have been newly purchased from outside, they could only be skinned in other yards.
Tu Sheng gave Lu Ze a few gestures, "The pearl hairpins belong to the eldest sister."
Lu Ze smiled and gave Tu Sheng a few actions, "Then your eldest sister will probably be very angry when she sees it back in the room."
The two walked around, Lu Ze asked Tu Shangshu and the others to leave, and Tu Sheng took him to formally meet his mother-in-law.
Tu Sheng's mother, Sun Yuxin, was lying on the bed, coughing constantly, a little sick, but her spirit was much better than when Tu Sheng was married.
When Sun Yuxin saw Lu Ze, she hurriedly saluted, and Lu Ze held her.
Tu Sheng held Sun Yuxin's cold hand, tears streaming down her face, Sun Yuxin touched her forehead, "Why are you crying? Isn't mother better? You and the prince secretly stuffed mother so much money, mother now With you as a backer, the people in the manor dare not do anything."
Tu Sheng nodded obediently and gestured: "Mother, are you willing to come with me? Let's leave Tu's house."
Sun Yuxin was silent, her eyes gradually dimmed, "Forget it, mother has lived here all her life, it's good to see that you are doing well. You are now the direct daughter, not Aunt Sun's daughter, you know? The prince loves you, you Don't be self-willed, be a good wife, help the prince well, and don't make the prince embarrassed for his mother."
"Mother, don't be embarrassed, anyway, the crown prince's crazy name has gone out, you go with us, so Sheng Sheng can rest assured." Lu Ze persuaded: "Let me tell you the truth, you stay here is equal to Leaving a hostage for the Tu family, as long as I care about Shengsheng for a day, the Tu family can use you to threaten Shengsheng, restrain me, follow us, be good to you and us."
mother!
Tu Sheng held Sun Yuxin's hand even tighter, and she looked at her begging, "Please."
Sun Yuxin was silent again, and after a while, she nodded in agreement.
The two mothers and daughters hugged and whispered together, and Lu Ze had no choice but to go outside.
Just as he was sitting outside drinking tea, Tu Pingjun put on the lake green long dress that the two had first met and came over, she said quietly: "You are like a rock, and your concubine is like a pampa reed. Transfer. The experiment is still there in the past, can the prince still remember?"
Lu Ze: "I swore too many things, I don't remember them."
Tu Pingyun, who had prepared various countermeasures, couldn't get up in one breath and held back.
"but… "
Lu Ze looked at Tu Pingjun indifferently, "Grass like pumice reed can be broken with a pair of scissors, and rock like a rock can be broken with a hammer. You can believe this, and your IQ should not be high."
"His Royal Highness!" Tu Pingjun quickly came to Lu Ze, "I have nothing to do with the fourth prince, he was deliberately approaching me to provoke me."
Lu Ze: "I don't care."
"His Royal Highness, I know you're angry with me, but I'm innocent." Tu Pingyun said, tears brewing in his eyes, Chu Chu was pitiful but stubborn not to let the tears fall.
did not expect-
"Sanshui."
Lu Ze's name broke her.
Lu Ze said coldly: "Don't treat people as fools. You can't pretend to be sincere. Besides, you are not as good-looking as you are, your body is not as good as yours, your character is not as gentle, and this prince is stupid. Will give up Shengsheng to choose you."
"His Royal Highness!"
Tu Pingyun is angry, she is also a woman, which woman would be happy to be so stabbed
Tu Pingjun said angrily: "His Royal Highness, you are so powerful today, you can insult me arbitrarily, but don't forget the feng shui turns. In the future, if you don't have this power, I will be welcome."
After speaking, Tu Pingyun left.
The walk was windy and furious.
She silently swore in her heart that when the crown prince was abolished and the sixth prince came to power, she would personally go to Lu Ze and humiliate him.
A bum, a lunatic, how dare you despise her
She is someone who knows the future.
Originally, she was still pitying the prince, thinking that the past life was a husband and wife after all, and in the future, she would give him some help when he was about to die, so that he could save his life.
Now it seems that it is not necessary!
That day, Lu Ze and Tu Sheng stayed for one night. The next day, Tu Shangshu was caught by his wife and three daughters and complained as soon as he came back.
He listened in a daze for a long time, and finally understood.
The servants brought by the prince were moving things, saying that the prince concubine used the things that were not used to the prince's mansion to move all the things in her yard.
How can that be done!
That's the baby in their room!
Especially Tu Pingyun, many things in Tu Sheng's room were moved directly from her room, and they were almost emptied.
Do you know how much work it took her to collect those hairpin flowers
"My painting!"
The real work of Tang Sanchang!
Tu Shangshu hurried over, two-thirds of the house had been evacuated.
He felt a pain in his heart, stopped the person who moved the things, and said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, the Crown Princess is not used to the things in the Prince's Mansion, you can take a little and go, you don't need to move it all."
Lu Ze looked at him innocently, "Tu Shangshu, the Crown Princess is a direct daughter, and she is squeamish. Prince Ben can't help but rely on her, otherwise what if Shengsheng won't let Prince Ben go to bed tonight?"
Lu Ze stretched out his hand and pulled Tu Shangshu away, "Move it quickly, do you want to help yourself without looking at Tu Shangshu?"
Tu Shangshu watched helplessly as he carefully collected Tang Sanchang's original works in such a box, his eyes darkened and he fainted.
When he woke up, the prince and the princess had already left.
Even a single piece of grass in the side courtyard was taken away by Lu Papi.
Tu Shangshu finally recovered, and almost lost his breath again.
At this time, Mrs. Tu said, "Grandpa, Aunt Sun is gone."
Tu Shangshu looked at Madam Tu suspiciously.
Mrs. Tu continued: "The prince has been moving, and everyone is so worried about their belongings that they don't pay attention. When I think about it, there is no one in the side courtyard."
Tu Shangshu vomited blood.
People and money lost.
Even if he went to the prince to ask for someone now, it would be okay if the prince didn't admit him.
Moreover, the prince married a direct daughter, what does it have to do with Aunt Sun
He thought that even if the prince asked for someone, he would be informed as usual, so he could find an excuse to perfunctory, as long as he didn't tear his face, the prince would not be able to take anyone away.
Unexpectedly, the prince is such a mess!
Lu Ze's peeling, Tu Shangshu has been ill until Empress Dowager Minzhao's birthday banquet.
At the birthday banquet, the emperor hypocritically reprimanded Lu Ze, and told him to do things well in the future, for fear that this kid would explode again, so he didn't mention the matter of the crown princess for the time being.
Concubine Qi was very enthusiastic and took the Queen Mother Min Zhao, who was seriously ill and could not work hard, for several laps. The Queen Mother Min Zhao, who did not let her rest, was almost out of breath.
Back then, the first child she was pregnant with was deliberately made to kneel by the Queen Mother Min Zhao.
She has hated it to this day. This is also the reason why Empress Dowager Min Zhao closed the palace gate after being rejected by the current emperor. Now that she has a chance, Concubine Qi feels that she is sorry for not torturing her hard.
Empress Dowager Min Zhao was also suffering from rheumatism and arthritis, so Concubine Qi had to drag her around.
Concubine Xian stayed quiet as always, and would never say the wrong thing if she didn't speak.
The sixth prince stayed with Concubine Xian quietly, and the mother and son were still the same from the outside.
Near the end of the banquet, Tu Pingyun slowly approached the fourth prince, and she bowed to the fourth prince gently, "Is the fourth prince okay?"
"not good."
Tu Pingjun asked worriedly, "But what's the trouble?"
The fourth prince looked at her calmly, "There is someone blocking the way in front of you."
Tu Pingyun frowned, and laughed at himself when he was hurt, "Does the Fourth Highness feel that Yunyun is no longer favored by the prince and has no value for use?"
The fourth prince said honestly, "Yes."
Tu Pingjun raised his head abruptly, the man in front of him with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, tall and straight, and the man in the previous life overlapped again.
In the previous life, she assisted him to bring down the prince, and she asked him the same, and he also said, yes, he was just using her.
She thought that as long as she was reborn, it would be different.
"What about feelings?" The unwillingness and resentment of the two generations before and after were intertwined, and Tu Pingyun asked sharply, "Can't you feel my heart for you at all? Even if you lie to me?"
"I can't feel it."
The fourth prince said with extreme indifference: "Now I lie to you to waste time."
"Why?" Tu Pingyun asked hysterically, "What's wrong with me? Why can't you see me?"
In the past life too, she questioned him that she had paid so much, didn't he have the slightest touch
He said, no, your wishful thinking is your business, and it has nothing to do with me. Your help is valuable to me, but not very valuable.
Tu Pingyun really broke down. Everything she did was wrong. Whether it was sincere or fake, she could not get a little love from this man.
"Why?" She cried and asked, "Why can't I compare to Meng Qing? How can I compare to Tu Sheng? Why don't you all love me?"
The fourth prince sighed, "It's too tiring to be with you, you are too selfish, and you are too calculating."
"Who am I calculating for?"
"Is it for me?" The fourth prince asked indifferently.
Tu Pingjun couldn't answer, after all, she couldn't tell what happened in her previous life.
"Have the prince and I ever done anything wrong to you before this? You deliberately entangled me and the prince. Isn't that just a trick to divide the beauty? Everywhere, you also count on the sincerity of others. You are too greedy."
After the Fourth Prince finished speaking, he turned and left.
That's because you were sorry for me in the past life!
Tu Pingyun shouted in his heart.
The day after the birthday banquet ended, in the courtroom, the Minister of Officials impeached Kangle Gong for corruption and bribery, selling officials and rank, and submitted evidence.
The emperor was furious, and immediately decided to hand over the matter to Lu Ze to deal with.
This Duke of Kangle is a man of the fourth prince, and he must protect the fourth prince if he wants to judge.
The fight between the prince and the fourth prince will inevitably weaken the power of the Chen family and the Qi family in the court.
That's what the father-in-law came up with.
The sixth prince knew very well and was happy to watch the play. When he saw Lu Ze come out of the palace with his brows furrowed, the sullen mood that the sixth prince had been suppressed by Lu Ze these days was swept away, and he felt extremely comfortable. .
The fourth prince's exploratory gaze moved back and forth between the sixth prince and the emperor. The mother and concubine's birthday banquet ended yesterday, and the father still followed the monthly example of staying in the palace of the concubine. Today, the father handed over his people to the crown prince, It means intriguing.
However, Lu Ze took over the case very calmly. After coming out of the palace, he went to Duke Anguo, Chen's family, and borrowed Chen Yong and three thousand elite soldiers.
Then he went directly to the Ministry of Punishment and started the interrogation.
In the prison cell of the Ministry of Punishment, a square table was filled with roast chicken, roast duck, peanuts, rice and wine.
Lu Ze was very happy to eat.
Chen Yong's temple jumped twice, "His Royal Highness, it's not good for you to do this?"
"What's wrong? If you are happy, you will be able to interrogate prisoners better. Ayong, stop standing, sit down and eat a piece."
Duke Kang Le, who was imprisoned beside him, was also speechless, "His Royal Highness, are you on trial or not?"
"This prince is not in a hurry for a chief judge, what are you in a hurry?" Lu Ze tore a chicken leg and threw it to Duke Kang Le, "Would you like to eat a piece?"
"That's a good feeling."
Lu Ze threw the key to Duke Kang Le, and as soon as the cell door opened, Duke Kang Le sat down in front of Lu Ze, "His Royal Highness, don't expect a few dishes and a good wine to bribe the lower officials."
"Don't worry, let's eat and drink enough first, don't hold grudges when we beat you later, just do it as a routine."
"The subordinate obeys the order."
After he finished speaking, Duke Kangle started eating happily, but he was thinking that he had heard that His Royal Highness was crazy, but I didn't expect it, it was really crazy, it seems that this one will definitely go out.
The little general Chen Yong on the side: "..."
This is not the same as he imagined interrogating prisoners.
As soon as the wine was drunk, he drank it until the middle of the night, when Duke Kang Le fell drunk.
Lu Ze shook his head, took out a prepared forged confession and Indonesia, and covered it with Kangle's finger.
Chen Yong, who has always been upright and upright, held Lu Ze's hand, "His Royal Highness, is this not good?"
"Who is the prince?"
"you."
"What did your grandfather say when you went out?"
"Grandpa said to listen to you."
"let go."
Chen Yong let go of his hand and turned his back, not wanting to see this dirty scene.
After the ten fingers were stamped, it was almost dark.
In the middle of the night, it is estimated that not many people are awake.
The dark guards who were monitoring the two of them around here have been cleaned up after such a long time.
Lu Ze took the confession and put his hand on Chen Yong's shoulder, "Go, brother will take you to search the house."
Having said that, Lu Ze took Chen Yong out of the Punishment Department. While the moon was dark and the wind was high and everyone was asleep, Lu Ze asked Chen Yong to lead his troops to surround the Ministry of Industry Minister's Mansion of the Fourth Prince's Party.
The Minister of Industry hurriedly put on his coat and came out, "His Royal Highness, what is the meaning of this?"
Lu Ze took out his confession, "You are on the list of corruption and bribery given by Kangle Gong. You have happened."
"Nonsense, when did the old man embezzle? He he he, this is slander."
"Whether it's slander, you'll know after a search!"
"His Royal Highness, you don't have the emperor's oracle, how can you..."
"Go away!" Lu Ze pushed the Minister of Engineering and led the soldiers into the house, "Search!"
"You dare!" The Minister of Industry was anxious.
Lu Ze ignored him and continued, "Smashed the wall, overturned the ground, and split the bed."
It didn't take long for good news to spread.
"Report! A large sum of money was found in the wall."
"Report! Famous calligraphy and paintings were dug underground."
"Report! A corrupt ledger was found in the bed."
The Minister of Industry's legs softened and he knelt down, "His Royal Highness, spare your life!"
Lu Ze left more than a dozen people to guard the office of the Minister of Industry, allowed in and not allowed out, and then went to the next house.
The next one is awesome.
people of the emperor.
The state of Lu.
The old rule is to be surrounded first, and no one is allowed to go out to report the letter, followed by a demolition and a large amount of money.
Then there is the residence of the fourth prince's minister of the household, and the emperor's minister of officials.
The confidant of the Sixth Prince, the Minister of Rites.
Chen Yong took Lu Ze aside, "Prince, this family has no stolen money."
Lu Ze snorted and instructed the soldiers on the side to divide a part of the stolen silver from other houses and record it in the name of the Minister of Rites.
Chen Yong: "..."
This courtroom is too dark, it is still easy to lead troops to fight.
An upright boy like him is not suitable for this dark officialdom.
That night, forty homes were raided vigorously. Remain
In the end, Lu Ze and Chen Yong had to fight in four ways at the same time.
Soon it will be dawn.
The emperor looked at the court, and the court hall was half empty, and none of the six ministers were there.
people!
Lu Ze was excited to have two boxes of evidence brought up, "Father, the emperor, the son and the minister lived up to expectations, and the trial of Kangle Gong's case went very smoothly. He captured more than 40 officials of Kangle's party, including the Minister of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment. The Book of Ministers, the Book of Officials, and the others, all the money obtained from confiscating homes is in the accounts."
Forty people!
Except for the Tu family, all the six official books were copied!
The entire hall is empty, empty!
The remaining half of the court, civil and military, who had not been raided, were stunned.
The fourth prince and the sixth prince were struck by lightning.
The emperor's whole person was shaking with anger, "You you you..."
"Father doesn't need to praise the son, this is what the son should do." Lu Ze grinned, very simple and honest, showing two rows of big white teeth, which made people angry.
"His Royal Highness, do you have any evidence?" The sixth prince panicked.
"The evidence is convincing, and each family has copied millions of stolen silver." Lu Zetan said frankly, "Not only that, but thirty-six of them have found the ledger."
puff-
The sixth prince covered his heart, and the smell of blood oozes from his mouth.
The emperor angrily pointed at Lu Ze, "Damn, who gave you the guts to copy the homes of more than 40 ministers?"
You have raided the homes of more than 40 ministers, and half of the courtroom is empty. Who will do the office? !
"Father, the evidence is conclusive." Lu Ze put his hand on his heart, and a red heart turned to the sun, "I am the prince, the prince of the people in this world, we must put the people first, these corrupt officials are all moths and must be Strictly handle it!"
puff-
The emperor vomited blood, and Fu Donghai hurriedly supported the emperor and called the imperial doctor.
After a good meeting, the meeting ended.
These more than 40 ministers are all the people of the sixth prince, the emperor, and the fourth prince.
The rest are not Lu Ze's people are Xiao Xiami.
The layout that has been in operation for many years is gone.
The sixth prince was too seriously injured and left weakly. Lu Ze came to the fourth prince, patted his shoulder lightly, and turned to stone.
Ugh…
Too young to be hit too little.
Then slowly get used to it.
Lu Ze slowly returned to the Prince's Mansion and slept with Tu Sheng in his arms.
He had been busy all night, but he was exhausted and had to make up for it.
The fourth prince came to the prison cell of the Punishment Department in a rage, and summoned Duke Kang Le, "Who told you to make a false confession in front of the prince?"
Well now, if you hurt the enemy a thousand, you will lose a thousand, and you will die together.
Kangle just woke up and hiccupped, "What confession?"
The fourth prince was stunned for a moment, "The prince has a statement sealed by you, and on it is written a list of more than 40 officials who have embezzled and accepted bribes."
"How is that possible?" Duke Kang Le said dumbfoundedly: "I didn't say anything, and the prince didn't judge anything, so he invited me to drink, and then I fell asleep."
Fourth Prince: Shameless, shameless!
Kangle said in a loud voice: "Besides, Fourth Highness, although we are big and rude, can we be stupid enough to provide more than 40 people to come out? Even if we provide more than 40 people to come out, as the saying goes, the law does not blame the public, and the emperor does not. Do it."
The corner of the fourth prince's mouth twitched, "Last night, the prince personally led people to raid the homes of more than 40 officials, and this morning, in front of all the people in the capital, boxes of silver were carried out box by box."
"… "
Duke Kang Le was silent for a long time, "Fourth Highness, are you kidding me, or is the prince crazy?"
The fourth prince rolled his eyes and left silently.
He needs silence.
In the palace, the imperial physician prescribed several medicines for the emperor to remove liver fire, which were extremely bitter. The emperor drank three bowls, but his heart fire could not go down.
"This bad boy, bad boy!"
The emperor was lying on the dragon couch, his heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney were hurting, and there was no one left. Who would assist him and who would do the work
Is he going to be a bare emperor
"Father, the most important thing now is how to solve this matter?" The sixth prince asked blankly.
The emperor suppressed his anger, and his temples jumped suddenly, "You go and let the minister go first, burn the evidence, and treat it as nothing."
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the dark guard who was put back by Lu Ze came back, and replied: "Your Majesty, the deeds of the prince's bloodbath on corrupt officials overnight have spread to the people, and everyone praised them, and everyone is waiting for your result. "
In this way, who will let these corrupt officials go, the people's hearts will be unstable!
"puff-"
The emperor vomited blood again and passed out.
The imperial doctor was in a hurry again.
It was pierced that day, so I had to bite the bullet and make it up.
There are more than 40 officials with evidence. When will they be tried one by one
Moreover, the Minister of Punishment and the four servants below the Minister have all seized their homes. Who will judge
Lu Ze can never use it again.
Let him go on the trial again, and all the civil and military affairs of the dynasty will let him be arrested, and the country will be defeated by him.
In the end, the emperor had no choice but to order the sixth prince and the fourth prince to join the trial.
This time, the sixth prince was completely pushed to the bright side.
When the two people tried, they did not give in, you competed for it.
The point is, Lu Ze's evidence is really solid. There is money, and there are ledgers. The ledgers are closely related to each other.
There's really nothing wrong with it.
As of now, there is really no turning back.
The silver of the snowflakes was not moved overnight after the house was raided, but was moved the next day in front of all the people.
The people are watching, who can show favoritism
In the end, the number of people in the court was reduced by half, so Enke was opened early and began to take office.
The emperor was even busier. No one was in charge. All the details had to be corrected by himself. The memorials were piled up like snowflakes in the imperial study.
The emperor was already old, and after such a toss, he became even more ill.
Concubine Qi was very happy that the emperor didn't go to the harem. Every day in the palace, he ate melon seeds and watched dramas, and then went to find something about Concubine Xian, and let her embroider flowers for a while, and copy Buddhist scriptures for a while, and have a lot of fun. almost.
Doesn't this concubine Xian like to pretend to be arrogant and indisputable? Then don't complain, just bear with it.
Concubine Xian looked at the embroidery that Concubine Qi sent every day, ten fingers were swollen, and she was so angry that she made several of Concubine Qi's villains to poke every day.