The next day, the three trials with Wei Zheng as the chief trial, Li Xiaogong, Minister of Zongzheng Temple, Liu Zhenghui, Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, Sun Fujia, Minister of Dali Temple, and Minister of Huangmen, were held in the court of the Ministry of Justice as the clerk.

When Li Ke was sent to the Ministry of Justice, Wei Zheng, Li Xiaogong, Sun Fujia, Liu Zhenghui and Wang Gui were already sitting there. Among them, except for the experienced Li Xiaogong nodded slightly to Li Ke, the other four stood up to salute Li Ke. Li Ke also bowed back and returned the salute, and then sat in the seat arranged for him in the lobby.

"Your Highness, yesterday the Emperor appointed Wei Minister as the chief trial of the three sessions. Wei Minister will definitely try the trial with all the juries impartially and find out the truth about the case."

Wei Zheng said, "I asked Your Highness to come here today to ask a few questions, check the confessions of the eunuch and the palace maids, and I hope your Highness will cooperate."

Wei Zheng said that the investigation and punishment would be revealed, but Li Ke did not doubt it at all. He said to Wei Zheng, "Secretary Secretary Wei, I will tell you everything."

"kindness!"

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "Please ask His Highness the King of Han to bring you into the palace to meet the emperor, the specific time of the Concubine Yang and the medicinal kitchen, and the eunuch in the medicinal kitchen, where did you meet Xianglan, and when would you meet me in detail."

Wei Zheng came prepared today, and the questions asked involved the case. Li Ke did not dare to neglect and recalled it carefully for a moment, and said seriously, "I went to the palace to visit the imperial study room of Ganquan Palace at the You hour and took about a moment to talk to his father.

Then Li Keyu went to visit his mother's mother in the study, and spent about an hour with her mother in Qianqiu Palace.

The time he left Qianqiu Palace was about the hour of Xu, and after leaving Qianqiu Palace, I hurried to the medicinal kitchen. When I met an eunuch in the medicinal kitchen, he called himself Zhang Zhong.

Because it was too late, I was still rushing back to the mansion, so I walked to the Lizheng Hall to the Hongwen Hall and then to the Imperial Road in front of Taiji Hall, and left Chengtian Gate. I met Xianglan when I was traveling through Lizheng Hall."

"kindness!"

Wei Zheng nodded with satisfaction. He looked at the four juries. Seeing that Li Xiaogong, Liu Zhenghui, Wang Gui and Sun Fujia were also satisfied with Li Ke's answers, he continued to ask, "Then please tell me what you asked Zhang Zhong in the medicinal kitchen?

What did Zhang Zhong tell you again?

Also, did you ever talk to Xianglan when you were traveling through Lizheng Hall? What did you say to her?”

"When I first arrived at the medicinal kitchen, the eunuch Zhang Zhong took the initiative to greet me. While he gave me a gift, he also handed me a bag of herbs to me, constantly telling me that he was blind and did not know the maid in the palace maid who had taken medicine from him.

As for the question I have only asked one day, when I was about to leave the medicinal kitchen, I saw a lot of palace maids and eunuchs in another yard. I asked Zhang Zhong what was going on?

Zhang Zhong told me that he was the personal maid who took medicine for the queen and Yin Concubine."

Li Ke said slowly, "En Xianglan met while traveling through Lizheng Hall. I asked about the queen's physical condition. Xianglan said that the queen's body was not a big deal."

"Have you asked any other questions?"

When Li Ke finished speaking, Liu Zhenghui asked Li Ke in an appropriate manner, as if he was blaming Li Ke for hiding something.

How could Li Ke not understand Liu Zhenghui’s thoughts and asked back, “What should I ask for by Shangshu Liu?”

"Your Highness, as a jury, I have the right to ask you repeatedly about the process and process at that time, and I hope you can cooperate."

Liu Zhenghui's face darkened and he said in a serious tone.

"Then please continue with Shangshu Liu!"

Li Ke said in a pun.

Liu Zhenghui glanced at Li Ke who seemed to be smiling, and ignored the presiding judge Wei Zheng, and said angrily, "Your Highness, don't you know that Zhang Zhong, the eunuch in the medicine room, has confessed to you, saying that Xianglan's death has something to do with you?"

What is your explanation for this?”

"Shangshu Liu..." Wei Zheng did not expect that Liu Zhenghui had revealed Zhang Zhong's confession to Li Ke so early. He wanted to stop him and found that it was too late, so he took the opportunity to say, "Send Zhang Zhong, the eunuch in the medicinal kitchen, to come to the hall."

When Zhang Zhong was taken to the Tang Dynasty by a servant, his face turned pale. When he saw Li Ke, he was so scared that he took a step back and did not dare to look at Li Ke, as if he had done something wrong to be sorry for Li Ke.

Seeing Zhang Zhong's reaction, everyone in Wei Zhenghe said first, "Zhang Zhong, tell me the details of what you know. Don't worry, I and the presiding judge will have three jury who will guarantee you that you are fine."

Liu Zhenghui's words seemed to give Zhang Zhong a sedative. Zhang Zhong said tremblingly, "The chief judge and all the jury. That night, the empress asked the palace maid to come to the medicinal kitchen to get medicine. The slave did not know that he was the maid in the palace of Concubine Yang. According to the rules, he did not give her the medicine.

After the palace maid left, I heard that the empress who was taking the medicine and the eunuchs beside the palace concubine Yin said that it was the palace maid in the palace of the concubine Yang. I realized that he had made a big mistake. I had read the medicine list given to the slave by the palace maid, so I hurriedly prepared the herbs and was about to be taken to Yang Fei when I saw the King of Han coming to the medicinal kitchen..." "Zhang Zhong, what you said just now was interrogating you yesterday. You have already said it very clearly and you don't need to repeat it. What I want to ask you today is the confession you confessed in the morning about the cause of Xianglan's death and the King of Han. You are going to say it in detail."

Liu Zhenghui was very angry that Zhang Zhong did not say the key point.

"Shangshu Liu, slave..." Zhang Zhong said this, his words trembled so hard that he could not speak. He secretly glanced at Li Ke and remained silent.

"Bold Zhang Zhong, do you want to shelter the criminals?

Did you say all the lies and perjury in the morning?”

Liu Zhenghui was angry when he saw Zhang Zhong's timid appearance and shouted, "You must know the consequences of perjury, that is the charge of beheading."

"Liu Shangshu, slave... I have been in charge of the medicinal kitchen for several years. At night, I always sleep in the cottage in the backyard of the medicinal kitchen. That night, when I was about to rest, I heard a quarrel in the yard. There was a man talking like His Highness the King of Han, two of them thought of the Empress, Xianglan, and the slave was just wondering at that time how King of Han and Xianglan came to the backyard of the medicinal kitchen?

Because the daytime medicine was taken offended His Highness King of Han, the slave did not dare to go out to check, but just listened quietly to what they were saying, but the voice they were talking in front of him was not heard clearly. In the end, the slave only heard the man like the voice of the King of Han, saying, "If you don't listen to me, I will push you into this well immediately."

Zhang Zhong still spoke out what he saw and heard that night under Liu Zhenghui's interrogation, but after he said this, he peeked at Li Ke with trembling trembling.

"You keep talking!"

Wei Zheng spoke.

"The man who was like the voice of the King of Han said, if you don't listen to me, I will push you into this well immediately.

Then the slave heard Xianglan shouting loudly, I have done what I should do, what do you want me to do?

Do you really want to force me to jump into this well?

After Xianglan finished speaking, the slave was so scared that he regretted that he shouldn't have heard this. But at this moment, the slave heard Xianglan saying that since Your Highness forced me so much, then I hoped that Your Highness could take care of my family. Then the slave heard a "thump" sound and heard someone struggling in the well. It was only when the slave was timid and dared not go out to check, so that Xianglan... I also asked Liu Shangshu and Secretary Wei to spare their lives!"

Zhang Zhong said that he was already crying and crying.

"His Royal Highness, do you have anything else to say now?"

Liu Zhenghui asked sternly.

Li Ke did not expect that the eunuch Zhang Zhong would be so brave and dared to make perjury to prove that he forced Xianglan to death. However, he immediately thought of another question and asked Wei Zheng, "Secretary Secretary Wei, did Zhang Zhong just say that Xianglan was drowned in the well, right?"

"Your Highness is right. Zhang Zhong's confession says that Xianglan drowned in the well."

Wei Zheng replied to Li Ke, and then asked, "Zhang Zhong, did your confession just now say that Xianglan was drowned in the well, right?

Are you sure?"

"Secretary Secretary Wei, the imperial doctor has examined Xianglan's body and confirmed that she was indeed drowned in the well. Zhang Zhong said nothing wrong!"

Liu Zhenghui suddenly said.

"Secretary Wei, the slave confirmed that Xianglan drowned in the well, and he would never dare to have any falsehood."

Zhang Zhong followed Liu Zhenghui's words and said affirmatively.

"Zhang Zhong, just sign and seal the confession."

Wei Zhengdao, "Come here, take Zhang Zhong to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation."

After Zhang Zhong was escorted from the court by the Ministry of Justice, Wei Zheng looked at Li Ke with a pale face and said, "I wonder what your highness has to explain Zhang Zhong's confession?"

"Secretary Secretary Wei, don't you think Zhang Zhong's confession is full of errors?"

Li Kechi asked, "First, what time is Zhang Zhong resting? At that time, I had already returned to the mansion. How could I meet Xianglan in the backyard of the medicinal kitchen?

Second, since Zhang Zhong is in the cottage in the backyard of the medicinal kitchen, does the murderer tolerate him coming out to testify when he knows his existence?

Haven't you ever thought about killing someone to silence you?

Third, Secretary Wei asks you not to interrogate me at any time without confirming the authenticity of Zhang Zhong’s evidence. I don’t have time to do such boring things with you.”

“How did Pandan die?

Why was she drowned in the well?

You need to check the cause of her death in detail; you need to check the medicine residues of the queen and the Yin Concubine, and keep the evidence properly; so you need to check the palace maids and eunuchs who went to the medicinal kitchen that night, and on July 26, all those who entered and exited the palace from daytime to the next morning must be interrogated and reviewed in detail, and no one can be missed."

Li Ke said here, and said to Wei Zheng, "Is there any problem with Secretary Wei?"

If not, I still have something to do, so I will go back to my house first.”

Wei Zheng's face was ugly when Li Ke questioned him, but he knew that Li Ke was telling the truth, so he could only listen patiently. Seeing that Li Ke said he was going back to his house, Wei Zheng said, "Your Highness, please give me your favor. Next time, the empress in the court will not disappoint you."
Chapter completed!