In the Dali Temple prison, two assassins are being interrogated.
"Do you know the crime?" the Minister of Punishment asked sternly.
One of the assassins replied: "You don't know what crime you are guilty of?"
"Hmph! You dare to quibble!" the Minister of Punishment snorted coldly, "Assassinating the emperor is a major crime against the nine clans! If you two confess the remaining sins of the past Ming Dynasty, maybe I can give you a lighter sentence! If you insist on covering up,
It will only leave you waiting to die without a burial place!"
The two assassins looked at each other, and one of them replied: "The young one doesn't know anything! What a remnant of the past!"
"Yes! You really don't know anything." Another assassin followed suit and pretended to be crazy.
The Minister of Punishment laughed angrily: "Haha... OK... Since you are so stubborn, don't blame me for using torture! Come on, torture them both!"
Immediately, a Yamen officer came forward, tied up the two men, and prepared for execution.
Seeing this situation, the two assassins turned pale with fright, and one of them exclaimed: "Spare your life - my lord, spare your life!"
Hearing the begging for mercy, the Minister of Punishment gave the two of them a cold look: "I'll give you one last chance, let's talk."
One of them said in a trembling voice: "Sir, I just use money to do things. As for where those remnants of the previous dynasty are hiding, I really don't know. The two of us are not remnants of the previous dynasty, we are just running errands in the world."
That’s all.”
Another person quickly echoed: "Yes, sir, the young people are all paid to do things. The other young people really don't know."
When the Minister of Punishment heard this, he frowned slightly and glanced at the two of them coldly: "In that case, let's continue with the punishment!"
"Sir—" the two assassins were horrified and wailed hurriedly.
The Minister of Punishment waved his hand to the Yamen servant to step forward and continue to carry out the punishment.
After several rounds of persecution, one of them couldn't stand it any longer and cried and confessed: "Sir, please spare my life! I've killed all the little ones! I know I'm wrong, please let me live!"
The Minister of Punishment narrowed his eyes at the man and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, where are the remnants of the people behind you who are behind you?"
"I really don't know what the remnants of the past are! The person who asked us to do things lives in a ruined temple on the western outskirts of the city. He usually doesn't show up. He only comes back on the fifth, fifteenth and twenty-fifth of every month.
He came from a ruined temple. Unless that person comes to the door, we won't be able to see him at all." The man explained while crying.
"The western suburbs of the city?" The Minister of Justice frowned and thought for a moment, "Do you ever know his name?"
"You guys don't know." The two assassins shook their heads.
The Minister of Punishment then asked a few more questions, and then decided to send someone to guard the ruined temple on the western outskirts of the city. After the arrangements were made, the Minister of Punishment waved his hand to the Yamen servant, "Let's take these two people down first."
At this time, in Prince Heng's palace, Wanyue received a message from the shopkeeper Wang of the Yueminglou Tea Garden this month. After reading the content of the letter carefully, her beautiful eyebrows gradually knitted into a ball, and she lowered her eyes and fell into deep thought.
"Fu Jin, what's wrong with you?" Yue Wen, who was waiting on the side, asked with concern.
"It's okay." Wanyue slowly raised her head and smiled sweetly, "I'm okay, I just suddenly remembered something."
When Yue Wen saw this, she was too sensible to ask any further questions.
The news revealed in Shopkeeper Wang's letter made Wanyue think deeply.
According to the information provided in Shopkeeper Wang's letter, the two assassins were bribed in a ruined temple on the western outskirts of the city, and the people who bribed them turned out to be the Crown Prince's people!
This was something Wanyue didn't expect. After all, the prince had been deposed by the emperor a long time ago. What's more, now the prince is at peace and the emperor treats him as always. How could he still do this?
Why did the prince ask his personal servant to bribe all kinds of people to assassinate the emperor? Did he want to rebel?
In his previous life, the prince and Suo'etu also forced the palace to rebel. At that time, the emperor decided to depose the prince.
Thinking of these for a moment, Wanyue felt a little confused in her head and couldn't help but rub her temples.
Seeing this, Yue Wen quickly poured a cup of tea and brought it to Wanyue, and said worriedly: "Fu Jin, what's wrong with you? Are you in any trouble?"
Wanyue shook her head: "I'm fine, it's nothing serious. Go to the front yard and call the prince and tell him that I have something to discuss with him."
Yue Wen said yes and immediately turned around and left.
In the study, Yinqi was sitting at the desk processing official documents.
"Your Majesty." Yue Wen knocked on the wooden door of the study, stood at the door of the study and called.
Yinqi stopped writing and glanced at the door suspiciously. Seeing it was Yue Wen, he asked, "What do you want from me?"
Yue Wen raised her eyebrows and replied calmly: "Fu Jin said that he has something important to discuss with the prince, and he hopes that the prince will move to Xinuan Pavilion."
Yinqi was slightly surprised, but did not make any more guesses. He nodded and agreed: "Okay, you go back first, I will be there right away."
After Yuewen left, Yinqi got up and left the study.
When he arrived at Xinuang Pavilion, Wanyue was sitting on a chair, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand and quietly sipping it.
Seeing Yinqi coming in, Wanyue stood up and said, "The prince is here."
Yinqi nodded and sat down on a round stool on one side: "What does Fujin want to do with me?"
Wanyue worriedly picked up the letter that shopkeeper Wang had given her on the table, handed it to Yinqi, and said, "My lord, please read the contents of this letter."
Yinqi looked at Wanyue suspiciously for a while, then reached out to take the letter. He quickly browsed the entire letter, then raised his eyes to look at Wanyue: "These are all nonsense made by shopkeeper Wang, right?"
"I also hope it is fake, but..." Wanyue sighed, "I always feel that the prince seems to have an agenda."
Yinqi wrinkled his thick black eyebrows, pondered for a long time, and said: "No matter what the prince's intentions are, you just need to take more precautions. Maybe someone wants to blame the prince for this matter."
However, Wanyue doesn't quite agree with this. After all, the prince in his previous life really did commit rebellion!
Seeing that Yinqi didn't take this matter to heart, Wanyue couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, I think we might as well be more considerate."
Yinqi frowned, "Let's wait and see before making a decision. I heard that Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment are also interrogating the two assassins. I believe there will be a result soon."
Wanyue pursed her lower lip slightly and looked at Yinqi again without wanting to speak.
The next morning, when it was just dawn, the government officials sent out by the Minister of Punishment actually caught a sneaky man in the ruined temple on the western outskirts of the city. However, the Minister of Punishment was shocked when he saw this person, because this person was
Xiao Anzi, the powerful eunuch beside the prince!
After being identified by the two assassins earlier, it turned out that the person who asked them to assassinate the emperor was indeed Xiao Anzi. The matter was so serious that the Minister of Punishment did not dare to neglect it and hurriedly entered the palace to request an order to report to the emperor.
