Emperor Ming Yuan has been very agitated recently.
The incident with the Marquis of Zhenbei was enough for him to drink a pot of wine. At this time, the third child even gave him a hard time. This was not enough. He dreamed of Luo Guibin for several nights in a row. In the dream, Luo Guibin kept complaining.
However, no matter how many things happen, don’t they still have to be solved?
Emperor Ming Yuan summoned King Wei into the palace. Eunuch Mu Ru didn't know what happened in the imperial study. He only knew that the thunder inside shook the room as soon as King Wei entered.
When King Wei came out, he was limping and his head was hanging down.
When Eunuch Mu Ru went in, Emperor Ming Yuan asked him to ask about Princess Wei.
Eunuch Mu Ru came back from a trip and reported: "The injury is not serious, but the imperial doctor said that it was fortunate that Princess Chu gave her first aid in time, otherwise Princess Wei's life would not have been saved."
Eunuch Mu Ru took a step forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, this old slave also learned that Princess Wei had given birth to a baby before because of the medicine given by King Wei."
Emperor Ming Yuan's face turned dark and he picked up an inkstone. Unfortunately, the unfilial son had already left.
"What did Princess Wei say?" Emperor Ming Yuan asked.
Eunuch Mu Ru said: "Princess Wei only wants peace and separation."
Emperor Ming Yuan was stunned for a while and sneered, "The third child is really a worthless thing. I wanted to marry him at first. Well, I offended Prince An and robbed his daughter-in-law. Now it's better to be like a rag."
Just like throwing people away."
Eunuch Mu Ru asked: "The emperor thinks that the matter of reconciliation..."
Emperor Ming Yuan was silent for a while, put down the inkstone in his hand, and said calmly: "Okay, as a mother, what you care most about is your child. He can even attack your own child. Can you still live like this? It's already been harmed.
For a few years, I didn't want to harm her for a lifetime. I asked Jingyan to come over and draw up a decree. After the reconciliation, I made her the princess. She was given food and fiefdoms according to the princess's etiquette and then divided them up to protect her for the rest of her life. This was originally the royal treatment.
If you don't control her, don't let the Cui family feel cold."
Jing Jingyan was summoned to come in to draw up the decree.
Three wills.
One is permission and separation.
The second step was to confer Cui Luoluo as Princess Jinghe.
The third message is to King Wei, asking her to apologize to Princess Jinghe, and then get out of the capital and go to the Beijun Military Camp.
After the edict is drafted, the Minister of Ceremonies is sent out to deliver the edict.
When Calm Yan saw that the emperor was upset, he naturally conscientiously tried to comfort him.
He laid out the chessboard and said, "Your Majesty is in a state of confusion today. I will give you a cart and a cannon."
Emperor Ming Yuan felt that he had been despised and became very ambitious, which ended in a fight with swords and swords coming and going.
He was killed so hard that he died five times in a row, and his whole body was stripped naked by Qing Yanyan.
It's like losing without any dignity at all.
However, after the big loss, he felt much calmer.
"What are you busy with now?" Emperor Ming Yuan asked.
Say calmly: "Read."
"What book are you reading?" Emperor Ming Yuan asked.
Calmly Yan Xiaoxiao, "A little book in the market."
Emperor Ming Yuan raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Can you see those?"
"It's interesting to watch it occasionally." Ling Yan said with a smile.
"What's interesting? Tell me, I'm very troubled and want to hear something interesting." Emperor Ming Yuan was half leaning on the Arhat bed, holding a cup of tea in his hand, but he squinted his eyes.
He calmly told a few folk stories, which made Emperor Ming Yuan very interested.
Ling Yan glanced at him and said with a smile: "I went to Huguo Temple yesterday to talk to the abbot, and ended up arguing."
Emperor Ming Yuan smiled, "Why are you arguing with him? No matter how knowledgeable you are, can you be as knowledgeable as him?"
"That's not knowledge, that's common sense. It was cold yesterday, and the novice lit a charcoal stove for us to keep warm. Little did we know, the abbot actually said that this charcoal stove can also be poisonous."
Emperor Ming Yuan smiled, "Can the charcoal stove be poisoned? It's not impossible. If someone poisons it, won't it be poisoned?"
He calmly said: "Your Majesty thinks so too, right? But the abbot is stubborn. He said that if you only light a charcoal stove in a small room, there is no need to poison it. It is also fatal if the doors and windows are closed to prevent air circulation. I cannot agree with this statement.
"Charcoal stoves for heating have a long history, so why don't people die?"
"That's right." Emperor Ming Yuan seemed a little distracted, "Why don't we see those people who make charcoal stoves die? Where are the earth dragons in ordinary people's homes to keep warm? They all rely on making stoves."
He said calmly: "I also retorted in the same way."
"Then what did he say?" Emperor Ming Yuan put down the cup and looked at Jing Yan.
Calm Yan chuckled, "He began to emphasize that the house was small and could not let in the wind or ventilation. He said that most of the homes of ordinary people had convection holes, and the doors were not tightly closed, and the wooden doors had large gaps.
For example, he said that if a charcoal stove was lit in the palace where the eunuchs and maids lived, someone would probably die. Because the place was small, there were no windows to block, and there were iron doors, so it was really airtight.
Breathable.”
Emperor Ming Yuan's expression changed, "He really said that?"
Calmly said with a smile: "The emperor cannot believe him, this is absolutely impossible."
Emperor Ming Yuan's expression became strange.
After calmly speaking and leaving, he called Eunuch Mu Ru in and gave a few instructions.
When Eunuch Mu Ru heard this, he was startled, "Bringing prisoners on death row into the palace? Your Majesty, this is very dangerous."
"Just do it if I ask you to do it." Emperor Ming Yuan's face was actually a bit ferocious.
Eunuch Mu Ru trembled and left immediately.
Emperor Ming Yuan ordered Eunuch Mu Ru to lock the condemned prisoner in the room where the nuns lived in the palace, close the doors and windows, light the charcoal stove, tie the condemned prisoner to the bed, and not allow him to move.
After the next day, he asked Eunuch Mu Ru to let him out.
Unexpectedly, Eunuch Mu Ru hurriedly came to report that the prisoner was dead.
Emperor Ming Yuan's hand trembled slightly, "Dead?"
"died."
"Ask the imperial doctor to come over and take a look." Emperor Ming Yuan immediately ordered.
Eunuch Mu Ru went there immediately and came back to report shortly, saying: "The imperial doctor said that the prisoner died of poisoning."
"What kind of poison did you get?" Emperor Ming Yuan asked hurriedly.
Mu Rugong said: "The imperial doctor is investigating, but he can't tell the reason."
Eunuch Mu Ru hesitated for a moment and said softly: "Your Majesty, the way he died is the same as the way the nun who served the queen died."
Emperor Ming Yuan looked at him and remained silent for a while.
After a long time, he slowly gave the order, "Please invite the abbot of Huguo Temple to enter the palace!"
Eunuch Mu Ru accepted the order and ordered people to rush to Huguo Temple to invite the abbot.
The emperor occasionally summoned the abbot to the palace to make tea and talk about Zen, so the people in the palace did not feel anything strange.
Emperor Ming Yuan talked with the abbot for a long time in the study, and then ordered someone to pass on the chief minister.
After that, the chief assistant and Emperor Ming Yuan talked in the study for about half an hour, and then issued an order to ask the Ministry of Punishment to overturn Luo Guibi's case.
Luo Guibin's innocence has actually been confirmed.
However, to overturn the previous case, it is always necessary to conduct an investigation by the Yamen and then draw a conclusion.
The Chief Assistant of the Criminal Department was keeping an eye on the case, and the case was handled very quickly. With the presence of the expert witness, the abbot, the case soon came to light.