The Sickly Scion’s Petite Wife Is Sweet And Cool

  Chapter 458 The Drum Sounds, Unjust Case

   An Xiuer's eyes flashed with panic, although it only disappeared for a moment, but Song Jingchen still caught it.

   "Smelly, take a bath, Xiu'er wants to take a bath..." She murmured and walked out.

  Shen Yijia narrowed her eyes and commanded, "Mo Yuan, take her to take a bath."

   Half an hour later, Mo Yuan, who had always been expressionless, returned with a strange expression.

  Shen Yijia asked: "What's wrong? What about An Xiu'er?"

"She fell asleep, and the servant placed her next door to the servant's house." After Mo Yuan finished speaking, she glanced at Song Jingchen, pursed her lips and said euphemistically, "The servant saw that something was wrong with her, so she took her pulse and found her. She should have been pregnant before, but she had frequent miscarriages due to sexual intercourse..."

   What she didn't say was that An Xiuer might not be able to get pregnant in her life.

  hoo! Shen Yijia took a deep breath, is Shangguanpu not a human being? Don't spare your own children.

  Song Jingchen also frowned, and after a while he said, "Forget it, let's send her away tomorrow."

  Shen Yijia always felt that this sentence was a bit wrong. Wasn't that what he planned at the beginning?

   "Did you go to Prince Rui's mansion today?" Song Jingchen asked suddenly.

  Shen Yijia blinked: "How do you know?"

  Song Jingchen then told what happened in the palace today, but said helplessly: "Next time, don't be reckless, in case..."

  Shen Yijia felt a little guilty, so he hurriedly said, "I know I'm wrong, and I won't dare in the future."

   It's a big deal, do bad things in the future and be careful not to let the beauty husband know!

   At the same time, someone was sitting in the study room of the mansion.

  The man sat in front of the book desk and started painting. After listening to the report of the gray-clothed guard, he didn't lift his head: "You can't kill a woman, what do I want you for?"

The gray-clothed guard's back froze, trying to suppress the fear in his heart and explained: "Because of what happened last night, there are guards patrolling the city all over the city, and my subordinates are afraid of spooking grass and snakes, so they don't dare to act rashly... I finally found an opportunity... I don't want Song Shen shi suddenly appeared and took people away..."

   He had many ways to kill people without knowing it, but that crazy woman kept going to places where there were many people. If she died suddenly, it would definitely attract the attention of others.

   The action in the man's hand paused: "Who are you talking about?"

   "Song Jingchen's wife, Mrs. Shen."

  The man narrowed his eyes coldly: "You better pray that she is really crazy, otherwise, you will die."

  …

   Shen Yijia didn't know that she accidentally saved An Xiu'er's life. After dinner, she followed Song Jingchen to Xuanyuance's residence.

   Xuanyuance didn't seem surprised at all about the arrival of the two. Before Song Jingchen could speak, he asked, "Are you going to start?"

   "Yes." Song Jingchen nodded and said, "Not to mention the emperor, even those ministers who were held by Shangguanpu might not be able to sit still..."

   Song Jingchen paused in the middle of the words and continued: "I can't wait for Shangguanpu to be executed before turning the case over?"

  If he really waited until that time, someone would definitely say that he forged evidence to whitewash their Song family, anyway, dead people can't speak.

   There is not much time left for him, so today he will disregard the risk of being suspected of his true purpose by the emperor, and use the remnants of the former court as an excuse to interrogate the old man in the East Palace.

   As Song Jingchen said, the next morning, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which had been quiet for a few days, became lively again.

  Many officials have mentioned King Jing’s conspiracy, which is nothing more than saying that Shangguanpu was rebellious and should be executed as an example to You Yunyun.

   Seeing these eloquent and righteous ministers in front of them, Song Jingchen only found it funny.

   It has been three days since Shangguanpu was imprisoned in the big prison. These people are only now saying that they are sure that they have not been confessed by Shangguanpu.

  If this is not the case, when it comes to the life and death of a prince, who would dare to stand up easily and say nothing else, in case the emperor thinks of this son in the future and regrets it, he will be the first to attack them?

  If Song Jingchen guessed correctly, in order to get back the evidence in Shangguanpu's hands, King Jing's mansion was almost dug into the ground by these people these days.

  When the ministers played one by one, the emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe sat on the dragon chair, not knowing what he was thinking, and never said a word.

   "King Jing is so disrespectful that he dares to kill the king and seize the throne. If he is not severely punished, wouldn't others follow him? The minister asked His Majesty to order the death of King Jing as an example."

   "The ministers and others have asked Your Majesty to order King Jing Jing to die as an example."

  The civil and military officials knelt on the ground, some were afraid that Shangguanpu would confess to them, and some were trying to help those they supported to eliminate their opponents.

   But no matter what the purpose was, there was an unprecedented consensus on the execution of Shangguanpu.

  It is said that the tiger poison still does not eat its children. The emperor made an expression of being forced to do nothing at the right time, opened his mouth, and the word "quasi-play" was about to come out.

   A drum sound suddenly sounded outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The sound was short and light. When everyone thought that they had heard it wrong, the drum sound sounded again.

   "Boom, boom, boom..." The dull drum sound came one after another, resounding throughout the palace.

This is……

  The ministers had guesses in their hearts, looked at each other, and all looked at the emperor on the dragon chair.

   And when the drum sounded for the first time, the emperor's eyes subconsciously fell on Song Jingchen who was standing behind him.

   "Instinct..." The inner supervisor stumbled into the hall, knelt down and trembled with a look of fear: "Your Majesty, someone is beating the drum..."

  hoo, the speculation in his heart was confirmed, and the ministers were in an uproar.

  Dengwen Drum is a drum that was specially set up at the gate of the palace when the late emperor was there. Up to the royal family and relatives, down to the people in the market, anyone who has major grievances can beat the drums and complain about their grievances...

  It is different from the drum at the entrance of Jingzhao Mansion. Once the drum is played, it needs to be publicly judged by the emperor in person.

   In order to prevent someone from deliberately disturbing the court, anyone who hits the drum and complains of injustice will first be punished with a stick for thirty.

   You must know that the thirty sticks are not a joke. If you are not good enough, you will lose your life if you fail to pass the first level. How can you file a grievance?

   It is precisely because of this harsh condition that the Dengwen Drum has been played for the first time since its establishment.

   There was a major injustice during the period of his own governance, which no emperor would want to see.

  The emperor's face was as black as ink, and he stared at Song Jingchen for a long time, but the latter seemed not to notice, just stood silently in the same place, not even lifting his eyelids.

  The emperor was suspicious. Could it be that he guessed wrong?

   "Boom, boom, boom..." The drum sound continued, the emperor did not speak, and the officials did not dare to let out the air.

   After a long time, I heard the emperor ask in a deep voice, "Who is the drummer? What's wrong?"

The inner supervisor hesitated and said: "It's an old woman, she, she said that she came to complain on behalf of the abolished prince and Mrs. Song, and said that His Majesty had wronged the loyal ministers and generals, and the abolished prince and Mrs. Song were both innocent... "

"Presumptuous." The emperor's face turned cold, as if he had forgotten the face when he needed Song Jingchen to do things, and scolded: "The evidence of the crime back then is conclusive, what grievances can be shouted, are the guards outside all decorations? drive away."

   He personally judged the case, and he also wrote the decree of condemnation. If it is confirmed that he was wronged, doesn’t it mean that he was at fault?

   The inner supervisor looked confused: "Yes, but the old woman said that the dragon robe was from her, and now the palace gate is surrounded by people..."

  The emperor's pupils shrank, and he gritted his teeth: "Blow them all away, if there are any violations..."

   "Your Majesty." Censor Zhongcheng Zhao Lao suddenly came out: "Dengwen drum sound, if you ignore it, it will definitely make the people of the world suspicious and dissatisfied. Please think again, Your Majesty."

Isn't   Dengwengu set up to pacify the grievance tragedy? If it depends on the emperor's mood, what's the point of its existence?

   "Please, Your Majesty, think twice." Several more senior officials followed and knelt down.

  If you look closely, you will find that these few old ministers who open their mouths are more or less related to the dean of Qiulu Academy.

   "Boom, boom, boom..."

The sound of    drums seems to be beating on people's hearts, adding a sense of imminent storm.

  The emperor looked at Song Jingchen with a dark expression, with some anger and a flash of killing intent in his eyes.

  Song Jingchen no longer pretended he didn't see it, and walked straight to the kneeling minister.

   "I implore Your Majesty to return my Song family's innocence."

   At this moment, a notification sounded outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony: "The Queen Mother is here~"

  The emperor was startled, and just stood up, wearing a thick phoenix crown and a gorgeous phoenix robe, the queen mother walked in from outside the palace.

   "Empress mother, you are..." You must know that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, even if the queen mother never came to the previous dynasty when the emperor first ascended the throne, and then moved directly to the imperial mausoleum to live there.

   "The Aijia heard that someone beat the Dengwen drum and complained of injustice. I was worried that the emperor was busy with court affairs and ignored it, so he came to remind him."

  The courtiers looked at each other, how could the drum sound that even the harem could hear, how could the former court not hear it?

   Besides, even if the emperor really can't hear it, wouldn't there still be a reminder from the palace servants?

Empress Wei's words are also interesting. It sounds like she came here for a walk at random, but she didn't even dress up when she went to Lingyin Temple to pray for blessings. Today, she is wearing a phoenix robe. let's go?

  The emperor is not stupid, and the ministers can naturally think of things that he can think of. He frowned and said: "Mother..."

   "Emperor." Empress Dowager Wei interrupted him: "Don't say that Mrs. Song is my humerus veteran in Daxia.

   It is said that when you hear the drum, that is your father's promise to the world, and it is his rule. If you don't obey, what will the world think? "

   What is the difference between this and saying that the emperor has a guilty conscience? The ministers hung their heads one by one, eager to cover their ears.

  The emperor's face was blue and red for a while, and he was angry. He closed his eyes and waved: "Bring people in."

   After a quarter of an hour, the **** who went out to spread the word came back alone, and knelt there tremblingly, not daring to speak.

   "Speak." The emperor shouted angrily.

   "Then, the old woman said it was not a pity for her to die, but... But she can't let good people continue to be wronged..."

  ! What does it mean? Does it mean that the emperor will kill her to silence her?

   Don’t say it, it’s really possible.

   So well-organized, who would believe if no one reminded them in advance?

The word    "presumptuous" almost blurted out, but the emperor finally swallowed it through gritted teeth, but his face became darker.

   In the end, it was the Empress Dowager Wei's suggestion that the emperor personally brought Minister Yiliuyan to the gate of the palace, and Lin Mu took the imperial guards to protect him.

Standing on the steps of the white marble, seeing the situation outside, everyone took a deep breath, and just said that the inner prison outside the palace gate is full of common people is too modest. From a distance, there is no end in sight.

   I'm afraid not all the people in the capital are here, right?

   I have to tell the truth about those who have this idea. You must know that the dumb woman started from Chang'an Avenue and went all the way to tell what Mrs. Song had done for the people of Daxia, but she ended up being wronged and killed in the end.

   She spoke earnestly, and her voice was a little hoarse, making everyone's eyes red.

   When you reach the gate of the palace, isn't the queue huge?

   Even this Dengwen drum was the first time a mute woman beat the drum, and the strong man volunteered to stand up and beat it for her.

   When he was tired, he changed to another person. At this time, there were several people standing next to the Dengwen drum.

   saw the emperor come out with people, someone shouted "Your Majesty is out", and then everyone knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

   The last time I saw this scene was when he first ascended the throne and sacrificed to heaven.

   The emperor's face was full of surprise, and he glanced at Qi Shou, who was accompanying him.

  Qi Shou understood, cleared his throat, and asked sharply, "Who is the drummer? What grievances are there?"

  The crowd fell silent immediately.

   Zhong Cheng helped the dumb woman to walk in front of the big guys who were helping to beat the drums and knelt down.

"Ms. Zhou, the wife of the people, came here today to express injustice for Mrs. Song." The dumb woman leaned down and slammed her head on the ground: "Your Majesty, King Anle was framed and framed, and Mrs. Song was wronged. I beg your majesty to give Mrs. Song one justice."

The    emperor narrowed his eyes and didn't ask her what evidence she had. He said solemnly: "You know, this is a drummer and injustice. No matter whether what you said is true or not, you have to be punished for thirty first?"

   These words seem to remind the dumb woman, but in fact they are all threats.

   If he still insisted on complaining and refusing to leave, he couldn't blame him for not getting through the cane for a while.

  There are no rules and no circle, and he also acts according to the rules.

  The dumb woman kowtowed again: "The women know."

  The emperor's face darkened, he didn't know what to do.

   He winked at the Praetorian Guards who were waiting on the side, and they immediately grabbed the dumb woman.

   "Wait a minute."

   A cold voice sounded from among the civil and military officials behind the emperor, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice...

  Song Jingchen walked over to the dumb woman and knelt down without looking sideways: "Since it's my Song family's grievance, these thirty sticks should be accepted by me."

  The emperor just wanted to say that there is no such rule, when Song Jingchen continued: "This old woman is at most my witness."

  The dumb woman was stunned: "Master Song, you..."

   That's not what I said last night...

   Her subconscious reaction made everyone think that these two people should have failed.

   Including the emperor, but that didn't stop him from thinking that he didn't want the old woman to speak again.

   Just as he was about to refuse, Empress Dowager Wei spoke again: "Aijia thinks what Uncle Zhongyi said is reasonable, so let's do it like this."

emperor:……

   In the crowd, Mrs. Li, along with Brother Hao and Sister Huan, also knelt there, watching the wooden stick with the thick arm of an adult man falling on Song Jingchen one by one, all three of them had red eyes.

   "Mother, big brother he..."

   Mr. Li closed his eyes and gritted his teeth: "Take a good look at the face of the man in the middle, it's him who killed your father and grandfather."

  …

   On the other side, Shen Yijia just put An Xiuer on the hired carriage, which is what Song Jingchen specifically told her to do before going out.

   In order to watch Gu Anxiu'er conveniently, she also invited a female **** to accompany her.

   "Okay, let's go home." Shen Yijia patted An Xiu'er on the shoulder.

   She has to rush back to watch the play.

  An Xiu'er held a beaded flower in her hand and just giggled: "Huahua, it's beautiful, hehe~"

   "Go home, give my mother..."

   Shen Yijia was speechless and waved to signal that the **** in charge of driving the car could leave.

   She didn't see it, a tear fell from the corner of An Xiu'er's eyes when the curtain of the carriage was lowered.

  ————

   (end of this chapter)