On the way back home, Wanyue couldn't help but sigh to Yinqi: "Is it true that you said that the prince raped the daughter of the people?"
Yinqi shook his head. He didn't want to get involved in the fight between his eldest brother and the prince. As long as he could remember, the two had been competing with each other overtly and covertly. We were all brothers, so why should we be so serious?
He frowned slightly and looked at Wanyue, sighed and said: "Second brother has been the crown prince for almost twenty-six years now. There have always been a lot of gossips about him. It is difficult to judge this matter without evidence."
Wanyue looked at Yinqi's appearance and knew that he definitely didn't want to get involved in such a brotherly quarrel, so she stopped asking any more questions.
The prince in Yuqing Palace was finally worried and secretly took his token out of the palace.
When Suo'etu saw the prince, he looked shocked. After looking around, he closed the door eagerly and scolded the prince: "Oh, prince, why did you come out of the palace? Didn't you send someone to pass the news!"
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The prince put down his big cloak, and when he thought of the sharp words of his eldest brother at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, he became angry. He frowned and said to Suo'etu: "Humph, it's not the eldest brother's fault. If he hadn't known about Suzhou
As for the civilian girl, I don’t have to come out to see you in the middle of the night!"
Suo'etu looked at the nephew and grandnephew in front of him, and he felt a little bit indifferent. He had already called the young eunuch away, but the prince actually came in person.
"What do you think we should do about this?" The prince frowned and couldn't help but ask.
Suo'etu had thought about this matter carefully before. The Suzhou magistrate's book was given to him by Si Age personally. Apart from Si Age, the prince and him, the only people who knew about this matter were the Suzhou magistrate and the civilian girl.
How did the eldest brother know about this? Could it be
That thought made Suo'etu hesitate. After a moment, he responded in a low voice: "Not many people know about this matter. Apart from you and me, it's the fourth elder brother and the Suzhou prefect. As for the woman who was placed by you, others
I shouldn’t be able to find it either. It’s a bit strange that the eldest brother knew about this matter. Could it be that the fourth brother told the eldest brother?”
The prince immediately shook his head and said, "This is impossible. My fourth brother has always been very loyal to me. How could he do such a thing and betray me?"
But then the two looked at each other again, and a rumor they had heard in the past flashed through Suo'etu's mind.
"But Prince, please don't forget the rumors we heard at Yueminglou Tea Garden that day. Those rumors clearly stated that the Qing Dynasty will belong to the Fourth Brother in the future." Suo'etu looked at it as if he was panicking.
Prince, "I would rather believe that this matter is true or not!"
The prince couldn't help showing surprise again when he thought of the rumor he heard in the past.
To be honest, he didn't take the rumor seriously when he first heard it. But now, except for the fourth elder brother and the Suzhou prefect who had the opportunity to reveal it, the people who knew about it now definitely had no chance to come into contact with the eldest elder brother.
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The prince walked to Suo'etu, his brows still furrowed, "Uncle, what do you think we should do about this matter? Today, the eldest brother said in front of Huang Ama that the envelope from the Suzhou magistrate was stolen by you.
Withheld, Huang Ama will deal with this matter tomorrow morning!"
Suo'etu looked at the prince, thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and replied: "I see that this matter is being blamed on the eldest brother and the fourth brother, so I said that the fourth brother sent this letter to my house on purpose.
I didn’t have time to read this envelope, and I don’t know what it contains. It’s all because the eldest brother and the fourth brother colluded to frame you, the prince.”
This approach made the prince raise his eyebrows. He glanced at Suo'etu uneasily and said, "Uncle, if Emperor Ama finds out this way, then wouldn't we?"
"Prince, don't worry, the emperor will definitely not be able to find out. I have sent people to Suzhou to take care of the Suzhou prefect." Suo'etu sneered. He had been an official for many years, and he still had some tricks.
The prince hesitated for a moment and nodded uneasily.
Seeing that the prince was willing to agree, Suo'etu was relieved. Then he opened the door and told the people outside: "Go get a basin of hot water."
After saying that, he turned around and looked at the prince, and said softly: "Prince, you can rest at home tonight and come back to the palace early tomorrow morning."
The prince nodded slightly.
The next day, before dawn, the prince returned to Yuqing Palace early to prevent any accident.
In the West Nuan Pavilion of Wubeile Mansion, Wanyue was woken up by Yinqi again. Yinqi was busy with the morning court, so Wanyue had to get up and help Yinqi get dressed.
Wanyue yawned and put her clothes on Yinqi. Then her mind heard the commotion in the palace last night, and she muttered: "I'm afraid there will be a lot of excitement in the court today. The eldest brother and the prince last night
If there is such a commotion, I am afraid that many officials will get involved in it today."
Yinqi opened his eyes, nodded seriously, and just said: "Yes, I guess the ministers are going to have another quarrel with each other. You don't have to wait for me for lunch. It seems that I don't know when I can come back."
Mansion."
After Yinqi left Xinuang Pavilion, Wanyue went back to bed and took a deep sleep.
In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, the civil and military ministers and princes from the previous dynasty were all present, but they were all whispering to each other.
Until Eunuch Liang's high-pitched voice sounded, "The Emperor has arrived!"
All the civil and military ministers and princes of the dynasty suddenly knelt down and shouted towards the throne in the Golden Palace: "Long live my emperor!"
After the emperor sat on the throne, he glanced at everyone, and then said: "Everyone loves you."
After everyone stood up, they shouted to the emperor: "Thank you, Lord!"
After following the rules for a while, we began to enter the main topic of today's court.
Before the emperor could say the words, "If you have a foundation, you will play early, but if you don't have a foundation, you will retreat from the court." The eldest brother below couldn't stand, and stood up with his hands folded, his expression very firm.
"Emperor Ama, I have something to report. The prince raped a girl in Suzhou."
All the civil and military ministers in the dynasty were shocked and looked at each other in confusion.
As soon as the elder brother finished speaking, Suo'etu and Nalan Mingzhu glared at each other, and Suo'etu took two steps forward to stand up.
"I would like to report to your Majesty that what the eldest brother told me is really false. There is a booklet sent by Suzhou in the old minister's house, but it was sent by the fourth brother. I haven't had time to check the content of the booklet yet." Suo'etu almost said.
The one who replied sternly glanced at the prince and elder brother beside him.
When the fourth elder brother heard Suo'etu mentioning him, he felt chills in his heart. He didn't expect that he would be treated like this by Suo Xiang's house after he kindly sent the secret memorial from the Suzhou magistrate to Suo Xiang's mansion.
The emperor who was sitting on the throne heard what Suo'etu said and looked at Si Age in disbelief, "Brother Si, is this possible?"
The fourth elder brother moved his steps, walked to the center of the hall, and replied unhurriedly: "Replying to Emperor Ama, I am indeed entrusted by the Suzhou magistrate to send his zhezi to Suo Xiang's Mansion, I am
I don’t know what the envelope contains.”
After the fourth elder brother finished speaking, Suo'etu took out the memorial prepared in advance from his sleeve and said to the emperor with a firm expression: "Your Majesty, this memorial is the one sent by the fourth elder brother."
The emperor on the throne winked at Eunuch Liang. Eunuch Liang was cold-hearted and came down to take the memorial from Suo'etu and delivered it to the emperor.
After reading the document, the emperor's face was a little cloudy. The verbal battle between his prince and the courtiers may not be as simple as it seems. He threw the document towards the eldest brother, "This is what you said about the prince robbing the people."
Girl, take a good look at this envelope."
The eldest brother was a little confused when he heard this. He uneasily picked up the zhezi thrown next to him and looked at it. He was very surprised. Then he angrily said everything he knew.
"Obviously, they have changed the contents of the book. Huang Ama, the son of the Suzhou magistrate, has sent someone to place her outside the palace. As for the civilian girl, the prince has also placed her in a house outside the palace."
