This morning, after discussing the affairs of the court, and about to leave the court, listened to the report and heard the sound of the drum.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked.

The Dengwen Drum at the gate of the Dasheng Imperial City was set up when the emperor ascended the throne. At that time, the emperor rebelled against the rebellious vassal.The people of Dasheng, regardless of high or low, can beat the Dengwen drum to express their feelings in person.

Later, after several generations of emperors' rectification, Shen's family has been stabilized, and the Dengwen drum outside the imperial city seldom made a sound.

Up to now, Emperor Chongming has been on the throne for more than 30 years since he was a child. He is accustomed to the emperor's check and balance technique. He competes with civil and military forces but not out of line.I will check it often, and it can be said that the place where the light reaches is spotless, and the Dengwen drum is a few inches old, and there has never been a sound.

When the Dengwen drum sounds, the sage will have a personal trial.

Emperor Chongming was not angry, but his eyes moved slightly when he heard that Lu Qiuling wanted to make a statement.

Xiao Zheng is in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and presides over unjust cases. He is the presiding judge of Duke Huai's case, and immediately stood up, "Your Majesty, the case of Duke Lu has been closed, and there are witnesses and evidence. She was the one who testified that Duke Lu was the principal criminal. Your Majesty is merciful."Only the Duke alone is responsible for the crime, so Princess Lu can still be honored, and now Yu Shi is despising Tianwei!"

Xiao Zhengsheng was afraid that he would be implicated, so he was busy telling the story in advance and picking himself out.

The ministers of the DPRK and China believed in what he said.

Emperor Chongming was indifferent to his statement, and looked at Commander Jiang who was delivering the message.

Commander Jiang guarded the imperial city for decades. He saw the Dengwen Drum every day and thought it was just for decoration. He never thought that one day it would ring when he was on duty. He was stunned for a moment when Lu Qiuling rang it.

Standing in front of the hall at this moment, he still couldn't believe it, especially what Lu Qiuling was about to sue was even more frightening. He reported to His Majesty, "Princess Lu is suing a case that has nothing to do with Duke Lu."

"What's the matter?" Emperor Chongming's majesty remained undiminished, and he glanced at the ministers with different thoughts.

Commander Jiang trembled slightly, raised his head slightly to look at the prince who had nothing to do with him, and after struggling for a long while, lifted the corner of his clothes and knelt down, explaining what Lu Qiuling had told him, the martial arts practitioner's voice was clear, and his words were clear and clearfall into everyone's ears.

The expressions of the ministers changed drastically, and the sound of kneeling on the ground kept coming and going. Everyone was in danger and did not dare to make any noise.

Shen Qiwen's eyes widened, and he was stunned like a wooden stake.

Since the founding of Dasheng, Deng Wen has been admonishing, complaining about grievances, complaining about suffering, suing corrupt officials, and street bullies.

This is the first time that the current crown prince has been sued.

Emperor Chongming looked at the trembling ministers in the audience, as well as the prince who was trembling with fright, his unpredictable expression gradually turned into anger.

After a long time, he supported the dragon chair and stood up, staring at Shen Qiwen with eyes like swords, "You are really my good prince!"

Shen Qiwen just woke up like a dream, and knelt down with a "plop", yelling that he was wronged.

"Father and emperor have taught me a lesson, my son and minister have been wronged!"

Emperor Chongming was furious, and Gu Manchao, both civil and military, did not get angry. He gritted his teeth and thought about what to do in the current situation.

Shen Qiwen saw that he was indifferent, flustered and at a loss. When the first empress was alive, he was arrogant and doting on him. At that time, Emperor Chongming was only in Jiangshan Sheji, and entrusted him to the teacher to teach him and didn't often ask him.A pawn of selfish desire, the only person who taught him sincerely was also disgusted and abandoned by him, and the one who could save him was far away in the northern border.

He was so anxious that he knelt and climbed forward in embarrassment, and said in a panic, "Father, it must be Lu Qiuling, that bitch who hates my son-in-law and framed him. Father must trust my son-in-law!"

He wailed and begged, as the crown prince insulted the woman in court, his behavior was unsightly.

Emperor Chongming was disgusted and unable to restrain his anger, he threw the inkstone on the table at him and shouted angrily, "Nizi!"

The inkstone was almost hit on the head, Shen Qiwen was terrified, and fell silent for a moment, a needle could be heard in the hall, and the atmosphere was grim.

"The prince is benevolent!" Emperor Chongming lifted a stack of memorials on the table with his hand, and threw them down the steps with a fierce expression, "Diligence in government and love for the people!"He was full of praise for his political achievements, "Be sympathetic to his subordinates!"

Emperor Chongming's eyes were cold, and he gritted his teeth, "What a monarch and his ministers are of one mind!"

The prince's people were all panicked at the moment, and Geng Xiao wanted to say a word for Shen Qiwen.

After Emperor Chongming got angry, he closed his eyes slightly to control his emotions, and glared at the officials, "Xiao Zheng, please invite Princess Lu into the palace for me. I want to see how much of the crimes on Princess Lu's pleadings are true or not."

Xiao Zheng left in a hurry after receiving the order.

Chongming tried his best to control his demeanor on the face, but his heart became more and more angry, and he couldn't help shouting, "Jiang Qing!"

Commander Jiang immediately responded, "The minister is here!"

"Show me the East Palace, if a fly flies out of me, you are the only one asking!"

"yes!"

Emperor Chongming's move was intended to shake the mountain and shake the tiger, and the officials in the court who were connected with the crown prince trembled and sweated profusely.

At the same time, Jinming Palace.

Empress Xu went to bed last night and got up later than usual. When Xu Yuanqing greeted her, she felt uneasy and asked Chang Lao to look at it again. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, she was completely relieved.

Empress Xu asked in a low voice, "Nan Nan, tell Sister the truth, what happened?"

"Sister, shh." Xu Yuanqing blinked deliberately, and said to him from left to right, "You are so frightened, be careful to scare my nephew."

"Who said it was a boy." Empress Xu was distracted by him, and followed his words, "I think it must be a girl."

"Anything is fine." Xu Yuanqing coaxed him with a smile all over her face, taking advantage of the time when she asked Mammy to look for something, Changlao pulled him aside and gave him his pulse.

Chang Lao warned seriously, "You think too much, and you can't control your anger, which hurts the root cause. If things go on like this, you may leave the root cause of the disease."

"Soon." Xu Yuanqing pushed his hand away, looked back at Empress Xu who was happily rubbing her belly and talking, his expression was moved, he bowed his head to Chang Lao, turned around and went to find Liu Qian.

The matter of the former dynasty soon spread to the harem. People in Jinming Palace were cautious because the young maids were imprisoned in the side hall, so they dared not speak up, so Empress Xu didn't know about it yet.

Xu Yuanqing asked about where the matter had reached, and frowned slightly after hearing it. It seemed that Emperor Chongming would not abandon Shen Qiwen's chess piece until the last step.

He rubbed his fingertips, looked at the smiling Empress Xu in the palace, clenched his fists, and made up his mind.

After Liu Qian got the order, he went to do it immediately.

"Nan Nan."

Empress Xu was calling, and Xu Yuanqing quickly recovered her expression and went in, squatting next to her to look at the little shoes she made for the child.

The sweet-scented osmanthus in the hall is fragrant, and the spring breeze stirs, and the fragrance fluctuates from strength to strength.

"Look at the tiger embroidered by my sister." Empress Xu was gentle and spoke slowly. She showed him the palm-sized shoes, her eyes brimming with happiness.

Xu Yuanqing reached out and touched the tiger on the toe of the shoe, coaxing her softly, "As long as it is made by sister, it is the most beautiful."

"Sister Concubine Xuan's female celebrity is the best." Empress Xu turned to look at him, raised her hand and gently rubbed his head, "Stop coaxing me with sweet words."

Xu Yuanqing lowered her eyes and smiled slightly, it was really difficult to serve.

Empress Xu looked at him tenderly. He was just a small person when she entered the palace. Occasionally, when he was full of energy, he would visit her in her yard. He didn't say anything, didn't eat or drink, just satThe room watched her quietly, and was sent back to her yard when she felt uncomfortable.

Until the day she was taken into the palace, he took medicine and waited until she was about to go out before waking up. Half a dozen people hugged her and did not let go, and fainted from crying.

Empress Xu looked at him quietly, recalling the past, her eyes were clouded with mist unconsciously, she opened her mouth and called, "Yun'er." Only then did she regain her senses, and hurriedly changed it to, "Nan Nan."

Yun'er is the original owner's baby name. After Xu Yuanqing became Xu Shizi, the cry he heard when he was unconscious was always "Yun'er". He was wandering in this world like a lonely ghost.

He was broken and unable to change, and he was depressed every day.

It wasn't until he realized that he had nowhere to go with the original owner's sick body, did he accept the status quo, and returned to Xuanping Hou's mansion to be the sick son Xu Shizi.

In this strange world, Xu Yuanqing longed for a sense of belonging. Even though he knew that sense of belonging was stolen from the original owner, for him, it was the salvation for him to live in this world.

He selfishly forced them to call himself "Nan Nan". Only when they called him by his nickname would he feel that he was the one living in this world.

"Yun'er", he used to call this name when he was at a loss, and when he was avenging them, he rarely heard it from others.

Xu Yuanqing raised her eyes to look at Empress Xu, seeing that she was a little helpless, the corners of her mouth were raised, she smiled gently, and said softly, "Sister, Yuner really thinks you are the best sister in the world."

She was the first person to call him "Nan Nan", and it was she who called Xu Yuanqing who was depressed.

Empress Xu smiled happily, "Sister also thinks you are the best brother in the world."

After the two of them finished speaking, they felt a little embarrassed, and smiled with downcast eyes.

Empress Xu shook the little shoes and told him in a low voice, "I just asked someone to send a pair of little shoes to His Majesty."

"Huh?" Xu Yuanqing was stunned.

Empress Xu put down her shoes and patted him on the shoulder, "Sister is stupid, I don't know what you want to do, but sister knows that you must be protecting me, but Nannan..."

Her eyes were gentle and firm, "I am my sister."

Hearing this, the grievance in Xu Yuanqing's heart was like a flood, and his eyes turned red instantly.

In front of the Tai Chi Hall, all civil and military officials knelt straight in the scorching sun, everyone felt insecure and dared not speak out.

Lu Qiuling and Shen Qiwen knelt in the hall, Xiao Zheng interrogated, and Lu Qiuling answered fluently, and all his accusations had evidence. The more he asked, the more nervous he became, his face was covered with sweat, and his voice trembled slightly.

Emperor Chongming sat in the dragon chair, furious and silent, his complexion gradually became ugly.

Shen Qi Wenyang obeyed Yin and violated, double-faced and three-knife.

He was well-behaved and sensible in front of Emperor Chongming, and he did a lot of evil outside. There were many people in the court who knew him, but Emperor Chongming had only one son under his knees, and no one in the court dared to speak out when he repeatedly protected his position as heir.

He is responsible for the current situation.

Eunuch Liang grew up with Emperor Chongming, and knew that he must have mixed feelings and thoughts at this moment. He happened to receive something from Empress Xu, so he hurriedly handed it over, "Your Majesty, the empress sent it."

Emperor Chongming rubbed the center of his brows, and saw that it was a small box, thinking that today's incident was such a big mess, she must be worried, and raised her hand to signal her father-in-law to open it.

The box was opened, and inside was a pair of small shoes.

Emperor Chongming's pupils dilated, and he immediately understood what Empress Xu meant.

Eunuch Liang took a glance and understood. He was about to kneel down to congratulate him, but Emperor Chongming raised his hand to stop him, and ordered Xiao Zheng to continue the interrogation before leaving for Jinming Palace.

Only halfway there, heard gossip from the palace people.

It was Princess Lu who knocked on the drum, and there had been rumors about the relationship between Lu Qiuling and the crown prince before, especially the absurd things in prison were known all over the world, and they became the subject of after-dinner conversation.

If this is the case in the palace, I'm afraid the folks will be even more absurd.

Emperor Chongming caught a glimpse of a few eunuchs escorting a distraught maid, coming in the direction of Jinming Palace, and he signaled to Eunuch Liang.

"who?"

The man was stopped, and several eunuchs were frightened and faltered.

Emperor Chongming looked sideways, the maid's face was covered with blood, her mouth was blocked, but her clothes were in good condition, she didn't seem to have been tortured.

Seeing this, Eunuch Liang put his foot on the nearest eunuch and scolded sharply.

Only then did the eunuch falter and say the matter.

Eunuch Liang was shocked, "Whose one?"

"This lowly servant girl said she belonged to the prince, but the empress didn't believe it, so she asked the servants to escort her to Yeting."

The matter of the crown prince was ups and downs, and Eunuch Liang did not dare to do it alone, so he turned around and asked Emperor Chongming for instructions.

After a little thought, Emperor Chongming guessed that the matter was not simple, and asked blankly, "Who is there in the Queen's Palace?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the guests in the empress's palace are Xu Shizi and his doctor friend."

Emperor Chongming: "Doctor?"

The eunuch bowed his head, "Yes."

"Take this man to Chen Wenjing!" Emperor Chongming shouted angrily, his eyes suddenly changed, showing murderous intent, "Ask Jiang Yao to look over the East Palace for me!"

"Hey!"

Emperor Chongming raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Jinming Palace, with mixed emotions in his heart, and finally turned and left to go to the imperial study.

"Call Shen Yuze!"

"Shen Yuze went to the imperial study." Liu Qian passed the news to Xu Yuanqing, peeled a banana and ate it, "Are you sure His Majesty will let him preside over the trial?"

Xu Yuanqing nodded.

Shen Yuze was promoted by the prince, but he was considerate in his affairs in the court, leaving room for escape, and even asked Chongming brother several times for instructions to eliminate the treacherous officials around the prince.

He was able to coax Shen Qiwen well, and he still showed his sincerity to Emperor Chongming, taking every step of the way, and what he was waiting for was today.

With his perfect tongue, it must be easy for him to preside over the Crown Prince's trial as the minister of punishment.

After Xu Yuanqing heard the news about Dengwengu, he guessed what he was planning. Fortunately, he had already made a perfect plan.

He peeled bananas and handed them to Chang Lao, who wrote the recipe, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, "He wants to get out and do a clean job, so naturally he must be fulfilled."

Chang Laofangzi wrote it and handed it to Empress Xu, and told her not to be greedy for coolness on weekdays.

It is impolite to stay in the palace, and those who are interested will play a book, because the empress has a bad reputation, Xu Yuanqing will take them out of the palace after tidying up.

The Xiaohuangmen who led the way looked familiar, and stopped in the alley of Jinming Palace, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty has invited your son."

Xu Yuanqing had expected it a long time ago, and looked at Chang Lao and Liu Qian.

Xiao Huangmen hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the two of you are just having a routine questioning, and you can leave the palace together after your Majesty's meeting."

Xu Yuanqing followed the little yellow gate to the imperial study.

There are only a handful of places he has been to in the imperial city, and he has never set foot in the Imperial Study Room.

No matter how far or near, he only feels coercion and oppression. The emperor sitting on the dragon chair is not angry and arrogant, and dare not look directly.

Xu Yuanqing's back felt cold, his body was stiff, he lowered his head slightly, not looking directly at Long Yan, and raised his hand in salute, "Xu Yuanqing has seen His Majesty."

"Kneel down!"