He almost blurted out on the spot, "Anyone who dares to plead for mercy will be punished as well." However, thinking of his own plan, he could not break up with the queen yet, so he could only suppress this tone temporarily.
"I want to hear what's going on here. Queen, just tell me."
Ning Yue directly drove out the lieutenant general who complained, "Your Majesty, the reason why the two of them didn't speak just now is because someone discovered that General Li had a private meeting with one of the assassins in the rockery.
Did Li Qingyan get interested by chance, or is there really any connection between the two? Those assassins were simply let in by him. I don’t know. I’m not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. The emperor has not woken up before. How dare I let Li Da
The general continues to be on duty in the palace, leaving the emperor's safety in his hands?
We can only arrest the person first and then talk!
Xu Wei and the two were also afraid that General Li might have some problems, so they didn't speak out when outsiders were around just now."
Xuanyuan Hao said in disbelief: "Are you sure he really had a tryst with the assassin in the rockery?"
Ning Yue promised: "Someone has seen it with their own eyes, so it is true!"
Now Xuanyuan Hao's anger finally had an outlet. If he didn't know the assassin's true identity, he should be punished for having an affair with a palace maid.
If he knowingly knows the identity of the other party and puts the person into the palace, then he intends to rebel!
"Check it out for me. No matter what method you use, you must make him talk! It's in vain that I have so much trust in him. He really knows people but not their hearts."
Xu Wei and the two secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the queen came to help. Otherwise, the two of them would have shed their skin today even if they didn't die.
Leaving the Palace of Eternal Life, the two of them went straight to the prison where Li Qingyan was imprisoned. This time, no matter what method they used, they had to pry his mouth open!
After the two left, the emperor and the empress did not know what they said in the palace. The next day, the queen appeared in the Jinluan Palace again, and with her was an imperial edict held by Chai Liang.
The meaning of the imperial edict is very simple and crude. It can be summarized in two sentences: I was stabbed by an assassin and it will take a little longer to recover. From today on, the Queen will go to court on my behalf and handle all court affairs. The Queen's meaning is what I mean.
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Most of the courtiers are used to this process. When the emperor is injured, it is the queen who takes charge. But the clan members can't stand it. Even if the emperor cannot go to court, they should choose someone from the clan to handle the affairs of the court.
You can even choose someone from the clan to be the regent, so that the court is still in the hands of the Xuanyuan people.
After lunch that day, several clan members went to the Palace of Eternal Life together. However, Xuanyuan Hao was smart. The queen was a woman, and if he just said a word and he said she would take it back, he would take it back. But if it were given to the clan members, then
Maybe one day the chair under his butt would really have to be made by someone else. Therefore, even if these clan members said they were wrong, Xuanyuan Hao did not change his words.
After Ning Yue heard about this incident, she very considerately arranged errands for all the clan members. This person was just idle. When they got busy, they wouldn't have much time to think.
After another four days, the emperor's assassination finally came to light. Xu Wei and General Le Da finally opened Li Qingyan's mouth. He did not intend to rebel, but was bewitched by the man. After drinking too much, he was made a new acquaintance.
Xianghao got his handle.
That woman was naturally a member of the assassins. He threatened Li Qingyan and brought her into the palace to open his eyes. As a result, the woman came in disguised as an ordinary guard and stopped leaving. Li Qingyan was found dating a palace maid in a rockery, and he was the one who pulled her there.
The assassin asked her when she would leave.
As for how the other assassins entered the palace, he had no idea, but he did provide some useful clues. The female assassin he knew was not among the dead. The woman had a pink birthmark on her arm.
department.
Xu Wei mobilized all his men and used portraits and birthmarks to find the biological parents of the female assassin. Then the two of them took out a deed of betrayal. The female assassin was sold when she was six years old, and was eventually sold to
A man named Luo Qing, and this Luo Qing was once the chief guard of the Jin Palace.
It's just that he left the Jin Palace a few years ago for unknown reasons and opened a restaurant in the capital. Some people went to his restaurant to cause trouble, but they all suffered losses. Many people said that there was someone behind him.
Luo Qing was then taken to prison for investigation.
This time Xu Weixue was smarter. He personally led people to arrest Luo Qing, and then removed Luo Qing's jaw as soon as they met. Sure enough, he found a poison sac in Luo Qing's mouth.
To be honest, few people can endure all the torture in prison. Even those who feel no pain will feel unbearable when they see their body parts being cut off bit by bit.
What's more, Luo Qing has been used to living a pampered life in recent years, and his tolerance for pain is somewhat low.
He had not even enjoyed the torture of the Ministry of Punishment before he committed the crime. He was the stakeholder left by King Jin in the capital, and was responsible for training assassins for King Jin. He planned several assassinations of the emperor. Once Xuanyuan Hao died,
, the King of Jin would immediately raise troops in the fiefdom and go directly to the capital to take the throne.
Xu Wei entered the palace with the confession he obtained, but it was the queen, not the emperor, who he met. Ning Yue frowned after seeing it, but she didn't say anything more and took Xu Wei into Changsheng together.
temple.
"Your Majesty, how do you want to handle Prince Jin's matter?"
Xuanyuan Hao's face was livid, "The King of Jin assassinated me many times with the intention of treason. The evidence is conclusive, so you can deal with it how you want!"
Soon, General Nanwei received a secret order, ordering him to immediately lead troops to Gaozhou to capture the King of Jin, and escort all the King of Jin and his family to the capital. In addition, the residence of the King of Jin was searched, and all property was transported back to the capital.
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After the eunuch who delivered the order left, General Bai couldn't help but smacked his tongue. The emperor always liked to hand over good jobs like this to his confidants. He didn't expect that this good job would fall on him today. He didn't expect it.
I know that this will is not from the emperor.
Suddenly I felt like the queen was treating me as one of my own!
In order to prevent King Jin from jumping into a panic after getting the news in advance, Ning Yue issued a secret order, and Bai Yi left the capital with a group of his relatives without any delay.
At the same time, the case of Zhang Chengwang, the fourth-rank minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who sold his official position and got a title was also investigated.
There were two second-rank officials implicated in this case, and only eight people in the entire official department were clean. One of them was Mi Zhengtao, who had just been dismissed from office by the emperor.
Ning Yue ordered people to write down what these officials had done on a yellow list and make it public. All the officials involved had their homes searched and exiled, and all those who paid bribes were suspended. The punishment will be dealt with after the actions of these officials during their tenure are found out.
In addition, she also issued an edict that part of all the silver collected in Zhang Chengwang's account book would be used to build roads and bridges for the people, and part of it would be used for military purposes. The whereabouts of each transaction would be publicized, and the people of the world would be invited to monitor it.