Qin Chaoyu was taken away from the Marquis Mansion, and the wedding banquet in the Marquis Manor didn't end until late at night. Early the next morning, Qin Wan, Qin Shu, his wife, Qin Yan and Qin Ye entered the palace together to meet the Holy Majesty and accept the banquet.
When Qin Chaoyu entered the palace, the momentum of the Hou's Mansion became stronger than before. At the gate of the palace, the guards were even more attentive to Qin Shu and his wife. Today the palace banquet was held in the Chonghua Hall, and only the royal family and everyone in the Hou's Mansion were present. .
Qin Wan entered the palace and first went to Shoukang Palace to meet the Queen Mother.
The Empress Dowager knew that Qin Wan was going to enter the palace, so she had been waiting for a long time. When Qin Wan arrived, she smiled and said, "Your sister has become a princess, and you have to be more diligent when you go to and from the palace..."
Qin Wan smiled wryly in her heart, the queen mother probably didn't know that Qin Chaoyu didn't like her as a younger sister in her heart.
Qin Wan didn't want to say more, and said, "Why hasn't Yue Ning come yet?"
The queen mother sighed, "I'm afraid she won't come today, and she hasn't entered the palace for several days. I heard that she has been at Yanze's place?"
Qin Wan nodded, "Yes, she is very concerned about Prince Yanze, but don't worry, Prince Yanze's eye disease will recover. He has seen some results recently, and I believe he will know how long it will take before he can see the light again. "
The queen mother was overjoyed when she heard the words, "Hey, that's really great. It's a pity for that child Yanze. He lost his mother since he was a child, and this happened again later. Yue Ning told you everything about that year, right? "
Qin Wan nodded, "It's all said..."
The queen mother smiled wryly, "Yue Ning looks like she doesn't show anything, but she feels a lot of guilt in her heart."
Qin Wan hurriedly comforted, "Don't worry, it will be fine."
The Empress Dowager patted Qin Wan's hand and called Yan Sui, ready to drive to Chonghua Palace.
When Yan Sui came over, he saw Qin Wan here, so he couldn't help but walked up to Qin Wan and grabbed Qin Wan's sleeve. Seeing this, the queen mother couldn't help saying, "Look, he is very close to you, you can take him with you. .”
The Empress Dowager led the people in front, and Qin Wan pulled Yan Sui behind. The Chonghua Palace was in the harem, and it would not take long to get there after leaving the Shoukang Palace. Just halfway there, he saw Yan Chi and Yan Li walking together Come, it seems that I am going to Shoukang Palace to meet the Queen Mother.
Seeing the Queen Mother on the way, Yan Li smiled, "Greetings to the Imperial Grandmother, Seventh Brother and I hurry up, it's still too late..."
The Empress Dowager sat on the sedan chair and said with a smile, "Go directly to the Chonghua Hall, why did you two come so late?"
Yan Li yawned, "Seventh Brother is busy with the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, I stayed up half the night last night..."
The Empress Dowager looked at Yan Chi and said, "Have you found out about the military rations in the Northwest?"
Yan Chi shook his head, "Not yet, the emperor has sent imperial envoys to the Northwest Road, there is no news yet, I'm afraid it won't be so soon."
The queen mother nodded, "You can't be careless about the military rations..."
Yan Chi glanced at Qin Wan, and when his eyes met, Qin Wan could clearly see a few strands of blood in Yan Chi's eyes. It was obvious that Yan Chi hadn't rested well in the past two days. Yan Chi didn't go to the Hou Mansion yesterday, but After attending the banquet in the palace, Qin Wan hadn't seen him for many days. Seeing him like this, Qin Wan knew that the matter in the northwest must be difficult to resolve.
The group headed towards the Chonghua Hall. When they reached the outside of the hall, Qin Wan saw Qin Chaoyu inside the hall at a glance. Qin Chaoyu was wearing a gorgeous water-red palace attire, standing beside Yan Che with a smile on his face. Serene and solemn, Qin Chaoyu had a dignified and graceful smile on his face. Standing together, the two were a perfect match.
Qin Shu, his wife, Qin Yan, and Qin Ye had also arrived long ago. As soon as the queen mother arrived, everyone came forward to salute. The queen mother waved her hand and asked Qin Chaoyu to come forward. On the morning, the emperor and empress had arrived long ago, and the queen mother smiled and said, "The prince is really lucky to have such a beautiful and beautiful princess."
The corners of Yan Che's lips were curved, the arc was extremely small, and disappeared in a flash.
Qin Chaoyu said, "It is Chaoyu who is blessed to be able to marry His Highness the Crown Prince as his wife."
The Empress Dowager patted Qin Chaoyu's arm gently, and Qin Chaoyu stepped back after he was seated.
King Cheng stood aside and watched this scene with a smile. When everyone was seated, the queen said, "Che'er and Chao Yu got married, and my heart is relieved. The so-called getting married and establishing a family requires self-cultivation and a family first, so that you can practice better." As for government affairs, Chao Yu is very proficient, so I can rest assured that the internal affairs of the Eastern Palace will be entrusted to her."
The emperor also said, "Che'er is married, so he should pay more attention to political affairs in the future."
Yan Che quickly responded, his face still solemn, and he didn't change his temper just because of the wedding.
The emperor ordered a banquet, and soon the palace was filled with the fragrance of delicious food and wine. The queen mother inevitably looked at Yan Chi and Yan Li and said, "After the wedding of King Cheng next month, you two should also consider it. I'm treating a disease, so don't be in a hurry, you two are not allowed to be lazy."
Yan Chi and Yan Li are both in their early twenties, and it is time to get married. Yan Chi said nothing, and Yan Li acted coquettishly for fun. Although Qin Shu and his wife became the emperor's in-laws, they did not dare to take Great, the palace banquet ended so peacefully and beautifully. When the palace banquet was over, Qin Shu followed the emperor to the Chongzheng Hall, and the Hu family took Qin Yan and Qin Ye to the East Palace.
When leaving the Chonghua Hall, King Cheng paused, ordered the servants behind him and Yan Che to present gifts, and said with a smile, "Xiang'er was also very concerned about the prince's wedding yesterday. This gift was given to the princess by Xiang'er." prepare."
I don't know what's in the gift box, but Qin Chaoyu's face changed slightly when he said this.
Although Qin Xiang is her cousin, she is now Cheng Wang's concubine. How dare a concubine prepare gifts for her
Although angry at the bottom of his heart, Qin Chaoyu took a deep breath and smiled, "Thank you, Auntie, for your kindness." With a wink, Mo Yun from behind immediately stepped forward to take the gift box, and Qin Chaoyu said again, "Cheng Wangfu The gift from my aunt must be very rare, Mo Yun, you can keep this thing for yourself, don't ruin my aunt's wishes."
Mo Yun responded obediently, Cheng Wang's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.
Auntie is just a servant girl. She was gifted by the servant girl, and the crown prince concubine handed it over to the servant girl. Although it makes sense in theory, it is also a slap in the face of King Cheng. The government no longer cared about Qin Xiang.
King Cheng said, "The Crown Princess is really heartless, she doesn't even care about sisterhood at all."
Qin Chaoyu bent his lips, "The ways are different, we don't conspire with each other, I only have two cousins, one is Princess Yongci, the other is married and has become the wife of the wife, but I don't know anyone else. "
Yan Che was listening. He couldn't stand these verbal swords, but he still wanted to protect the new crown princess and the Marquis, "When did King Cheng take an aunt so seriously? It's just an aunt. What face does she have to send things to the prince?" In front of the concubine, King Cheng really doesn't know the rules anymore! King Cheng is going to get married next month, if Miss Feng knows about this, I'm afraid King Cheng won't benefit."
Yan Qi frowned, of course he knew Feng Chenbi's temper...
Yan Qi hesitated to speak, but Yan Che didn't want to say more, turned around and left the Chonghua Palace, Qin Chaoyu followed with a smile, but made Yan Qi annoyed, a few sneers appeared on the corners of Yan Qi's lips. After a while, he turned around and left.
Mrs. Hu went to the East Palace, but Qin Wan accompanied the Queen Mother back to Shoukang Palace. When she said goodbye, Yan Chi was waiting for her outside the palace gate. Yan Chi was on the horse outside, and followed Qin Wan's carriage to the direction of Prince Yi's mansion. .
Qin Wan opened the curtain of the car and said, "Why is there no definite date for the northwest? Since the imperial envoy has already arrived in the northwest, although he can't come back in person, he can send a letter back eight hundred miles away..."
Yan Chi shook his head, "The news I've heard so far is not very good. My father sent another letter the day before yesterday, saying that everything is fine in the northwest, and I'll just wait in the capital."
Qin Wan knew that Yan Chi had always wanted to go to the Northwest by himself, but since Prince Rui had reminded him several times to stay in the capital, he thought it had deep meaning, Zhang Dongxuan said that he could not leave the capital, so it was the best.
"Since the prince has made such an arrangement, I think the situation in the northwest is still under control, so don't worry too much."
Yan Chi raised his lips, "Don't worry, what's going on with Third Brother?"
Qin Wan talked about Yan Ze's current treatment situation, and Yan Chi sighed, "It's been so many years, if you can cure third brother, everyone's long-cherished wish will be fulfilled."
Qin Wan was going to visit Prince Yi's mansion, and Yan Chi joined him. As he walked, Yan Chi said, "My mother and Princess Yi had a very good relationship back then. When my mother gave birth to me, Princess Yi personally midwife."
Princess Yi is a disciple of Yaowanggu, so it is not a problem to deliver the baby. Having said that, Qin Wan also understands where Yan Chi's concern for Yan Ze comes from. After leaving the auxiliary road, there were not many people around, so Yan Chi just said in a low voice, "I've been looking into what happened at that time these days, but no one in the palace seems to know how King Jin's servant was dealt with. They were thrown into prison, and the old people in Jin Palace were panicked at that time, and then they were all sent to prison, exiled and exiled, only some insignificant people survived, but they naturally didn't know what happened that night."
"Not only that, but everyone in Concubine Jin's palace was also dealt with. The Ninth Highness next to His Majesty Su was the only one left, because His Ninth Highness only recognized Su Nurse, and Su Nurse was in charge of taking care of His Ninth Highness. Death does not count on her."
Yan Chi's voice was so low that only the two of them could hear it. Hearing these words, Qin Wan's heart became more and more dark, "The palace servants are punished, just find any reason for improper care of the master, let alone implicated King Jin at that time. , This can be regarded as a royal scandal, and the servant of King Jin was also dealt with without anyone noticing, there must be something wrong."
"When the incident happened, the current crown prince was still King Yong, but he was a direct son, and he had already started studying government affairs with the emperor, so there was also his palace in the palace, and he was also in the palace that night."
Qin Wan frowned, and quickly asked, "What about King Cheng?"
Yan Chi shook his head, "That day, King Cheng left the palace early in the morning..."
King Cheng left early in the morning, which means that the case of Concubine Jin has nothing to do with King Cheng? !
Thinking of this, Qin Wan felt a little uneasy. Qin Chaoyu had already become the concubine of the crown prince, and the Zhongyong Houfu was already in the line of the crown prince. Knowing this at this time, Qin Wan felt mixed feelings in his heart.
Could it be that King Jin's matter has something to do with the crown prince
If Concubine Jin was not killed by King Jin, then the murderer must be someone else.
The murderer killed Concubine Jin first, and then blamed King Jin... Was this person deliberately framed? Or was he bumped into by King Jin by chance
There are many doubts, but it has been a year since the incident happened, and at that time the incident happened in the palace, which was a very closed and tightly guarded place. If the person behind the scenes wanted to, he could erase all traces.
"Is it about the prison that day?" Qin Wan hurriedly asked, now that Yan Chi is in the Ministry of Punishment, it is not difficult to check this aspect.
Yan Chi said, "At that time, the King of Jin was imprisoned at the bottom of the dungeon, and was guarded by special people. Except for the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment and the Secretary of the Dali Temple, no one else had the opportunity to see the King of Jin."
Shen Yi, Minister of Dali Temple, and Song Huai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, both of them have the right to meet the King of Jin. Let alone my father, that Shangshu Song Huai is over half a hundred years old and is about to be dismissed. Is there a problem with him?
"I checked Song Shangshu. He was born in a family in Lingnan. He submitted a letter early last year to ask for his old age. The emperor didn't allow it. He is very rigid and strict. He hasn't been on good terms with any prince for so many years. He belongs to the direct family in the court. The ministers, because of this, are highly valued by the emperor, but compared with Shen Yi, this person is a bit more moderate. As soon as King Jin's case came out, he was sick. Later, the emperor asked Shen Yi to preside over the case. factor."
In the royal murder case, the deceased was Concubine Jin, and the murderer was King Jin. Old Shangshu wanted to protect himself wisely, so naturally he would not be involved, let alone the incident happened in the palace at that time... Qin Wan ruled out the suspicion of Old Shangshu.
The crime happened in the palace, not to mention who the murderer was, but only to say that his father had exhausted his efforts to investigate and found out that King Jin might have been wronged, but in the blink of an eye, not only his family was killed, but King Jin also committed suicide in fear of crime. up.
"Doesn't the Ministry of Punishment have an official document that King Jin committed suicide in fear of crime?"
Yan Chi shook his head, "No, the official documents of King Jin's case are not in the Ministry of Punishment."
Qin Wan sneered, "King Jin has been imprisoned for more than a month. How did he commit suicide in fear of crime? If he wants to commit suicide in fear of crime, why wait until Master Shen calls for his injustice!"
Anyone who understands a little knows that King Jin must not have committed suicide!
It's just that this royal murder needs a perfect result.
Qin Wan thought for a while, and then said, "You can just worry about the affairs of the Northwest. I still think that the key to this case may lie in Li Muyun, who was the one who exposed Mr. Shen."
Yan Chi nodded, "I know, I'm investigating this person. Li Muyun was born in Chuzhou, and his family is also from a local scholarly family, but one of his cousins was once involved in a corruption case in the salt transportation. So his family fell in the middle of the road later, and after he took the test of fame, because he had no family background and was not valued by the nobles, he got together with the poor family. Later, because Mr. Shen valued him, he was promoted to the position of Shaoqing in Dali Temple —”
The person who promoted him was later exposed and reported by him, and Shen Yi's family was all executed.
Li Muyun's face floated across Qin Wan's mind, and hatred suddenly arose.