While everyone was speculating on the subtle atmosphere between the two, the princes came from the side of Fengtian Hall.
Li Jifeng's sharp eyes saw Xie Tingzhou at a glance and ran forward.
"The sun is out in the west. Why do you think of going to court today?"
Xie Tingzhou withdrew his gaze from Shen Yu, "Then why did you come to court?"
"You don't know." Li Jifeng said: "Since I was crowned king, my father forced me to come to court every day. I have been going to court for a long time, but you don't know. .”
Xie Tingzhou smiled and said, "It's rare that you listened."
"I'm not stupid. Father wants to see me every day, just one less glance." An idea flashed in Li Jifeng's mind, "Oh, I understand."
"what do you know?"
Li Jifeng leaned over with a smile and whispered, "You are here to see Shigure too, right?"
Xie Tingzhou looked at him without comment.
"It's really pitiful. A pair of hard-luck lovers were torn apart by my father. The only way to get a glimpse of them in the palace is to get up before dawn and go to court." Li Jifeng said sarcastically.
Xie Tingzhou: "A miserable mandarin duck?"
"Ignorant and ill-informed." Li Jifeng said: "The male is the mandarin duck."
Xie Tingzhou didn't answer, and from the corner of his eye he saw Qi King Li Yanchang walking towards Xuanping Marquis.
Li Yanchang said: "It's not hot this morning, why is Marquis Xuanping sweating so much?"
Marquis Xuanping raised his sleeves to wipe his sweat, "The King of Qi was joking. He is getting older and has a little more anger."
"Oh." Li Yanchang said in a long tone: "I thought Marquis Xuanping was nervous, but I was overly worried."
Marquis Xuanping's face turned as dark as ginger. He glanced at the Minister of Punishment and did not answer.
However, Prince Li Jincheng came forward and said, "Seventh brother seems to be criticizing Sang and Huai?"
"Really?" Li Yanchang raised his eyebrows, "Brother is too sensitive, I haven't said anything yet."
Li Jincheng said with a straight face, "It's best not to have one."
Li Yanchang smiled and said, "Marquis Xuanping."
He raised his chin and pointed in the direction of Xu Yishan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, "I saw you glanced at Xu Shangshu several times, as if something happened. If you have anything to say, why don't you come up and talk."
A chill ran down Marquis Xuanping's spine, and he said without changing his expression: "I don't understand what King Qi means."
"I only pretended to understand after I heard something. This is the first time I heard someone understand something and pretended not to understand. However, I can always understand." Li Yanchang smiled, shook his sleeves and stood on the steps.
Many officials looked at this episode and expected that there would be a storm in the palace later.
Many people have heard about the Qichang case, but they don't know what stage the case has been tried. Now, according to King Qi's words, it seems that it is closely related to Marquis Xuanping.
Marquis Xuanping is the prince's uncle, so he has also involved the prince in this case.
The whip was fired three times, and all officials, civil and military, entered the hall one after another.
Xie Tingzhou was the eldest son of Beilin, and he was in the third rank of official position and commanded the affairs, second only to the cabinet.
He was walking on the side close to Shen Yu, and his sleeves seemed to be touched carelessly as he passed by.
Shen Yu could only feel the familiar smell lingering on the tip of her nose, and the gold-woven fabric caressed the back of her hand, causing a tingling sensation.
That person just caressed and didn't care about what happened next.
Shen Yu resisted the thought of scratching the back of her hand, and pressed her hand tightly on the knife. She then entered the Fengtian Hall, walked around the officials, and stood upright under the dragon chair.
The officials stood still before Emperor Tongxu came. When he sat on the dragon chair, he seemed to glance at Shen Yu.
It took about half an hour for each department to report.
Just when everyone thought that today's court meeting was over, many people breathed a sigh of relief.
Emperor Tongxu held the dragon chair with one hand and spoke, "The bandits from Qichang Mountain have been escorted to Beijing. Will there be a report from the Ministry of Punishment?"
Xu Yishan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, came out and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Punishment has completed the trial of several important witnesses in this case and the case report has been sorted out. However, it concerns the royal family and I cannot make a decision. I need to report it to the Holy Spirit first."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the palace.
Thinking of the incident outside Shicai Palace, many officials had concerns in their minds.
The sweat on Marquis Xuanping's forehead never stopped. He only heard Emperor Tongxu say: "Repay."
"Yes." Xu Yishan bowed his head and said, "Last year, there was a war at Yanliang Pass, and the grain and grass were delayed and later robbed by bandits. In fact, the southwest granary has long been empty, and the grain and grass transported to Yanliang Pass is just a pile of waste. Stone is your own.”
"The leader of the twelve key criminals, Gui Xiong, is the bandit leader of Qichang. He pointed out that in 1967, Marquis Xuanping colluded with officials in the DPRK to resell the grain and grass in the southwest granary, which caused the southwest granary to be empty and without food supply. Therefore, The incident at Yanliang Pass just happened."
Marquis Xuanping's legs began to weaken.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Yishan looked at Hou Xuanping, "The person identified by the bandit leader is none other than Hou Xuanping!"
"Nonsense!" Xuanpinghou scolded: "Your Majesty, I don't know the bandit leader at all. Xu Yishan slandered me in court. I think he formed a clique for personal gain and took the opportunity to clear obstacles and eliminate dissidents!"
When Xu Yishan heard this, he quickly picked up his robe and knelt down, "If I don't have substantial evidence, I can't just talk nonsense."
"Where's the evidence?" Marquis Xuanping pulled his neck and said, "I think you are obviously just talking nonsense!"
Xu Yishan ignored his clamor and took out a piece of testimony from Cao Hong, the Minister of Punishment. Defu went down to take the testimony and presented it to Emperor Tongxu for review.
"Your Majesty." Xu Yishan said: "This is the confession of twelve mountain bandits in Qishan. A series of people are involved in it. The Ministry of Punishment has been arranging it day and night. One of them is a close associate of Xuanping Hou, and his confession is also among them."
Emperor Tongxu had already read the confessions of those twelve people, and after a cursory glance at them, after reading the rest of the confessions, Emperor Tongxu asked in a deep voice: "Marquis Xuanping, do you have anything to say?"
"Your Majesty..." Xuanping Hou knelt down, "This case is suspicious. If I really did it, how could they find it so easily?"
Xu Yishan was filled with righteous indignation, "Easy? Marquis Xuanping said it is simple. If Du Yuhou hadn't taken the risk to reduce losses when suppressing the bandits, how would we be today? Once the suppression of the bandits was successful, all witnesses and material evidence would be lost. You, Marquis Xuanping, beat him Good calculation."
"Slander! It's pure slander! I'm a decent person, but you say I emptied the granary, so why did I empty the granary? There must be a source for the money."
"The source is from you, Marquis Xuanping, who went to the Imperial Palace and Dali Temple to explain it clearly."
"Okay!" Marquis Xuanping said with a smile: "Your Majesty has not even given the order yet, but you, the Minister of Punishment, have already predicted that the three divisions will interrogate."
Li Jincheng's eyes moved back and forth between the two people who were arguing, and he was filled with surprise and uncertainty.
