Chapter 660 Brothers Fighting Each Other
The attendant knelt on the ground, his voice trembling, "Master, your jade bi seems to be missing..."
Xiao Luochen lowered his head when he heard this, and indeed he saw that only the mandarin duck sachet sewn by his beloved concubine for him was left on his waist. The jade bi that was originally hung with the sachet was missing.
Jade Bi is given by the emperor. Every prince has a piece since he was one year old. It is a symbol of his status and also the prince respects the emperor's monarch, minister, father and son.
Therefore, whether it is entering the palace to meet or having a banquet in the palace, the princes must wear this jade bi, otherwise they will be decent and will be no different from being dressed in a bad manner.
Just when Xiao Luohe left the banquet together, Xiao Luochen remembered that the jade bi was still hanging on his body, and even reached out to pinch it.
Thinking about it now, it was probably lost when I went to Liyang Pavilion just now.
"Why don't you go and look for it!" Xiao Luochen was a little annoyed.
"Yes." The attendant hurriedly went to search.
It was almost the same as Xiao Luochen's consideration, and the attendant also felt that it was likely that he had fallen near Liyang Pavilion, and the biggest possibility was that when Xiao Luochen raised his foot and kicked someone just now.
After all, only such a big move will cause the jade bi to fall accidentally.
I searched with my memories, carried a lantern to illuminate the flowers and plants on the road and next to me bit by bit. Finally, when I had just left a small accident, I saw Yubi lying among the dead grass on the side of the road.
The attendant immediately breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly picked up the jade bi, wiped it clean with his clothes, and ran to Xiao Luochen all the way, and put the jade bi on it.
"You need to be careful when doing things around me!" Xiao Luochen did not forget to whisper.
"Yes." The attendant responded in fear and fear, lowered his head and followed Xiao Luochen back to the banquet.
Xiao Luohe had already come back. When he saw Xiao Luochen coming in, he looked exactly the same, and he responded with Wen Liyan and other Wen family with a smile. He knew that Wen Liyan had persuaded him after he left.
It's indeed a fence-bearer.
No judgment at all.
Tsk, I really want to see when this idiot can live to the end.
Xiao Luohe's face was full of mockery, and his contemptuous eyes fell on Xiao Luochen for a long time.
When his eyes fell on the jade bi hanging around Xiao Luochen's waist, he was stunned for a moment. After a while, he couldn't help laughing.
"Why are you laughing at?" Xiao Luochen just sat down and was unhappy when he saw Xiao Luohe like this.
"No, nothing." Xiao Luohe waved his hand, "I think it's interesting to have a wrong note in this song."
Xiao Luochen was not proficient in music, but he thought the song was very lively, but he didn't know if he really played a wrong note, but when he saw Xiao Luohe's eyes were full of contempt. I was very angry, "Artistic!"
Xiao Luohe was not angry, but just brought the wine in his glass to his mouth.
After a moment, Xiao Luohe whispered to the servant beside him.
After hearing this, the attendant left with a serious face.
At this time, the emperor and the empress who had been away for a while returned to Chongyang Hall together.
Ding Dahai signaled everyone to calm down, and then respectfully knelt next to the emperor.
When the people who attended the banquet in the hall saw this, they all knelt respectfully beside their respective seats.
The emperor spoke, his voice hoarse, "Tonight is New Year's Eve, and it is time for the family to reunite, but I suddenly received a message. After thinking about it, I still need to inform you and inform the world."
Those who can inform all civil and military officials and inform the world are all very important things, but looking at the emperor's condition at this time, he looked sad and looked desolate...
Could it be that it is a very bad thing?
Everyone in the palace raised their hearts to their throats, held their breath, and listened carefully to the emperor's words.
After a pause, the emperor took a deep breath and continued to sarcastically, "My third son, Xiao Luoan, was sent by me several months ago to Meiling to investigate the person who came from Meiling privately. The mining incident, now the truth is revealed, Xiao Luoan has also found out the whole story, but he encountered robbers and robbers on his way back to Beijing..."
"A group of people were brutally killed, and even Xiao Luoan died because of this. The robbers and robbers were even more cruel and ruthless. After killing people, they set fire and destroyed the corpses..."
Speaking of this, the emperor choked up for a while, his eyes turned red, and he could no longer continue to speak.
"This incident is surprising and even more sad, but the deceased has passed away, so the emperor should be mourning." The empress dowager said.
The people below said in unison, "Please express my grief."
Then, someone stood up and said, "Report to the Emperor, although it is heartbreaking for the third prince to suffer this disaster, it is not necessary to conquer the bandits and robbers. I think it is necessary to send someone to settle the matter to the end to the peace. The public is angry to calm the people's hearts."
"Emperor, the initiator of Meiling's private mining operation has been found out, but the third prince encountered a disaster at this time. According to the minister's opinion, someone deliberately did it and wanted to kill someone to silence the silence. Please check the matter carefully. The prince presides over justice! ”
"Emperor, Ruan Zhiheng is the key to the Meiling case. When he was suddenly killed, someone must have done it intentionally. Ruan Zhiheng is the son-in-law of the Wen family. I think this matter is inseparable from the Wen family. Please The Emperor must send someone to investigate the matter thoroughly! ”
"The Emperor..."
For a moment, ministers from the hall stood up and pointed their finger at the Wen family with unanimous consensuality.
"Your Majesty, I think this matter has nothing to do with the Wen family. Ruan Zhiheng's affairs have affected the Wen family. The Wen family is already worried about this and will definitely not do this again at this moment, causing anger."
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"Your Majesty, I also think that this matter was done deliberately by someone to frame the Wen family!"
"Emperor, conspiring to murder the prince and frame others is a serious crime. The emperor should investigate the matter carefully and make the Wen family clear!"
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Opposition sounded one after another, confronting the voices that had previously accused the Wen family, and refused to give in and argued endlessly.
The hall immediately became noisy.
The women who were originally attending the banquet looked at each other, not knowing whether they should listen to these things, and they intended to retreat from the hall to the side hall, but no one had to give up, so they had to give up and kneel on the ground. Droop your head very low.
The eyes look at the nose, the nose look at the heart, and the ears try their best to close them without listening to these words in the mind.
Just as many ministers in the hall were arguing about Xiao Luoan's accident, Xiao Luohe stood up, went to the front, and bowed respectfully, "Father, my son, I think, the eldest brother may know about the third brother's affairs. What. ”
Suddenly being pulled into the vortex, Xiao Luochen was surprised and glared at Xiao Luohe resentfully, kneeled beside him, his face full of resentment, "Father, my son doesn't understand why the second brother is In this way, is it just because the mother of the son minister is a daughter of the Wen family that my second brother wants to frame the son minister? "
"Please be the master of your son!" Xiao Luochen bowed hard, and when he raised his head, his eyes were red, as if he was greatly wronged. The emperor glanced at Xiao Luohe, "He'er tell me, why did he say Chen'er know about this?"
"When I go back to my father, I am not talking nonsense. In fact, it is because I saw that my third brother's jade bi was hanging on my elder brother at this time, so I thought my elder brother might know something."
Xiao Luohe's words came to an end, and everyone present widened their eyes.
Especially Xiao Luochen hurriedly pulled down the jade bi hanging around his waist and looked at it carefully.
The prince's jade bi are exactly the same, and they use high-quality white mutton fat jade. From the first glance, there is no difference at all, but if you look closely, you can see the bottom of the jade bi. The last word of each prince's name is engraved.
This word was engraved very small. Even though the lights on the hall were brightly lit at this time, Xiao Luochen took a little time to see the word clearly.
It is the word "an".
Therefore, this jade bi must be Xiao Luoan's.
But how could Xiao Luoan's jade bi be on him?
Xiao Luochen was shocked and the jade bi in his hand was subconsciously thrown away.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
Ding Dahai hurriedly walked down, picked up the jade bi, and presented it to the emperor.
The emperor looked carefully and saw the word "An" engraved on the bottom of the jade bi. He immediately frowned, "This jade bi is indeed An'er's, but why is it on Chen'er?"
The questioning sounded not loud, his tone was neither fast nor slow, but it hit Xiao Luochen hard in the heart like a sledgehammer weighing a thousand pounds.
Xiao Luochen's head seemed to explode, and it buzzed for a long time. It took him a long time to come to his senses and spoke pale, "Father, my son doesn't know, my son doesn't know..."
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"This jade bi is the prince's personal object and must be worn almost every day. Since the eldest brother has the jade bi of his third brother in his hand, it means that the eldest brother must have met his third brother recently."
Seeing that the timing was excellent, Xiao Luohe chased after him step by step, "Are you talking about this third brother's accident? He was the elder brother's instructor. After the subordinates finished the work, they took the jade bi back to report it. The elder brother was complacent and took it with his own jade. Put the jade in one place, but I accidentally took it wrong today? ”
"You are slandering!" Xiao Luochen jumped up immediately like a cat with his tail stepped on.
"If my brother thinks what I'm wrong, then brother will say, why does the jade bi of these third brothers be on my elder brother?"
Xiao Luohe's question made Xiao Luochen speechless, and he could only shake his head like a rattle, "Father, my son doesn't know, my son doesn't know..."
"Emperor." Concubine Shu hurriedly knelt beside Xiao Luochen and pleaded with mercy, "Chen'er has always been honest and honest and will definitely not do such a thing. It is not fair enough to charge Chen'er with a piece of jade bi. .”
"And this jade bi is just a small object, and it looks very easy to confuse. It is probably because the third prince accidentally made a mistake with Chen'er when he was about to go to Meiling, so Chen'er has always worn the third prince's jade. I don't know... "
Concubine Shu had not yet finished speaking. A little eunuch suddenly came in outside and wanted to speak, but when he saw that the situation in the hall was not right, he stopped and stood aside awkwardly.
Ding Dahai saw it and walked over to ask about the situation.
After hearing what the little eunuch said, his face suddenly changed. He took the object in his hand and hurriedly returned to his original place.
"What happened again?" The emperor asked when he saw Ding Dahai's look panicked.
Ding Dahai hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Report to the emperor, someone came to report just now that he had picked up a piece of jade bi near Liyang Pavilion. When he heard that it seemed to be owned by the prince, he hurriedly sent it here, thinking of returning it to the owner. The old slave looked at it and it seemed that the jade bi seemed..."
"Speak straight!" The emperor was a little impatient, "Don't hesitate!"
"Yes!" Ding Dahai gritted his teeth, "This jade bi seems to be the one of the eldest prince!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole palace was in an uproar.
Since the eldest prince's jade bi was found, the accidental confusion with the third prince's jade bi is not valid.
At this time, the eldest prince's jade bi was just thrown outside. He was wearing the third prince's jade bi. The third prince had been murdered at this time. The murderer who killed the third prince...
Everyone looked at the eldest prince.
One by one, one by one, one by one, Xiao Luochen felt that blood holes were pierced from his body, and his whole body was slowly dying.
Xiao Luochen opened his mouth and opened his mouth again and again, trying to argue and explain, but he couldn't say anything.
Concubine Shu was racking her brains, but at this time she was actually putting evidence in front of her, so she didn't know which direction to explain to Xiao Luochen.
Moreover, this fact is too weird!
Xiao Luoan was solved by the Wen family. He died hundreds of miles away. Why did this jade bi run to Xiao Luochen?
Just when Concubine Shu was anxious, Wen Yongze, Wen Liyan and other Wen family members hurriedly pleaded for Xiao Luochen.
Seeing this, Xiao Luohe winked at his confidant.
The Ministry of Works urged the minister to speak, "Your Majesty, the eldest prince has been in the palace for a long time, and there are not many people available. The third prince has many guards around him. Theoretically, the eldest prince does not have the ability to kill the third prince."
"It's just that the eldest prince's grandfather's family is the Wen family. The Wen family has a great business and a large number of people. This matter is closely related to the Wen family. I think this matter must be done by the Wen family, and the eldest prince I also know this! ”
"Please investigate the Wen family and the eldest prince thoroughly, and give the third prince justice!"
As soon as this statement was made, many people agreed, "Please investigate the Wen family and the eldest prince thoroughly!"
But the person who originally helped the Wen family argue no longer spoke.
After all, there is practical evidence for this matter, and if they just argue, it will be hard to say.
Especially if the Wen family did this, what they had to do at this time was to try their best to clear the relationship.
So, at this moment, the voices in the hall were very consistent.
A thorough investigation into the Wen family and the eldest prince!
The emperor took a deep breath, "I can't believe that the murderous sons can happen to the royal family, but the facts are in front of me, which really makes me believe..."
"Transfer to my oral order. This matter is the responsibility of He Lingfeng, the Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice. It is necessary to thoroughly investigate the matter. The eldest prince Xiao Luochen and Wen Yongze, the head of the Wen family, are suspected to be serious and are temporarily confined to the Yuquan Palace. No one is allowed to visit. Everyone in the Wen family enters the capital. , no one could leave the Wen family's house without an imperial edict. After the matter was found out, we would make a decision! ”
"Yes, I obey the order!" He Lingfeng responded loudly.