"I wonder when it happened when the minister was not here just now? Why are you all in the Qintian Prison?" Li Kan was very confused and asked bravely.
Meng Yannian glanced at him lightly and said: "Previously, there was a natural phenomenon, a long star struck the moon, and there was a disaster star that brought disaster to the world. But Mr. Li just took leave due to illness, and the lower official searched for the disaster star for the emperor on behalf of Mr. Li."
A few words, but Li Kan was shocked.
The long star strikes the moon, and the disaster star brings disaster to the world. Isn't this the rhetoric he prepared early in the morning? How could Meng Yannian know? Could it be...
Li Kan became a little uneasy.
Apart from him and Ming Yan, no one else should know what happened today, but how could Meng Yannian know about it? If the matter is exposed, his position as the Qintian Supervisor may not be secure.
"Who is that disaster star?" Li Kan asked tentatively.
The expression on Meng Yannian's face remained unchanged: "This is Shen Yulou, the eldest girl from Dongning House."
Li Kan's expression suddenly changed.
He hurriedly turned to look at Ming Yan, and saw that Ming Yan was really looking at him with cold eyes, with a murderous intent in his eyes, as if a sharp sword was hanging on Li Kan's neck, and it might fall at any time.
Come.
Today, if Li Kan had not asked for leave, it would not have been Meng Yanqian who came to observe the astronomical phenomena, and the person who was accused of being the disaster star would not be Shen Yulou, but Shen Fengxu.
Li Kan wanted to argue, but there were too many people around him. He wanted to explain but couldn't. He had to nod his head and said, "That's it."
Now that the witch has been found, Ming Jin has no intention of staying in Qintian Prison any longer. Although today is New Year's Eve, if such an incident occurs, the New Year's Eve banquet will naturally be abandoned.
After Ming Jin gave a few simple instructions, he got on the sedan chair and left.
As soon as Ming Jin left, the rest of the people in Qintian Prison also dispersed, and Qintian Prison instantly became deserted.
Li Kan immediately wanted to catch up with Ming Yan to defend himself, but before he could go up, he was stopped by Meng Yannian. He could only watch Ming Yan's leaving back and deal with Meng Yannian absentmindedly.
Chen Fengxu was about to leave, but before leaving Qintian Prison, he was called by Ming Yan.
Ming Yan strode forward and said, "Mr. Minhe, please wait!"
Chen Fengxu slowed down a little, turned to look at Ming Yan, and bowed: "Minhe has met His Highness the Fourth, but I wonder what His Highness is doing?"
Luo Shi also stood beside Shen Fengxu. When he saw Ming Yan coming, he smiled slightly and said, "Do you still have the leisure to chat with Lord Minhe, Your Highness?"
However, Ming Yan didn't even look at Luo Shi, and only said: "I have some things to say with Jun Minhe that it is inappropriate to talk about in front of the Crown Princess."
This is to drive Luo Shi away.
However, Luo Shi took Shen Fengxu's hand very affectionately, with a gentle and pleasant smile: "Your Highness, Fourth Highness, if you have anything to say, it's okay to say it. Jun Minhe and I are sisters, and Jun Minhe won't mind either."
Ming Yan frowned slightly and looked at Chen Fengxu, but Shen Fengxu actually nodded and said: "Yes, if you have anything to say, Your Highness, Fourth Highness, just say it directly, so there is no need for the Crown Princess to get out of the way."
The love for sisters is fake, it's just that Shen Fengxu doesn't want to be with Ming Yanxu and the coward. With Luo Shi by his side, Ming Yan will naturally restrain himself.
"It's about Miss Yulou, don't Min and Junjun care at all?" Mingyan narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.
"My eldest sister is a witch who has brought harm to the country..." Chen Fengxu sighed deeply and said with great regret, "Even though I have a deep love for my eldest sister, but now, I can't ignore my family and country because of my personal relationship.
In the world, even if the eldest sister dies because of this, she is sacrificing her life for the country. Even the eldest sister herself is willing to do so, what can I say? If the Fourth Highness is doing it for my eldest sister, there is no need to say more."
Ming Yan suppressed the anger in his heart, pulled out an extremely ugly smile on his lips, and then talked about other things, saying: "Does Lord Minhe know how the Qintian Prison works?"
Chen Fengxu didn't know why Ming Yan suddenly mentioned this. He tilted his head and said, "I don't know."
Ming Yan was about to speak, but Shen Fengxu added: "But I'm not interested either."
Ming Yan: "..."
It felt like a breath was stuck in my throat, like a lump in my throat, which was very uncomfortable.
Suddenly, a clear and sweet voice came from the side. The speaker seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and said with a bit of joking: "This Qintian Prison is nothing special, but Hengtianyi is very rare. Except for Qin Tian Prison, I have never seen such exquisite instruments anywhere else."
The Hengtian instrument is used to observe the heavenly images in the Qin Tianjian. It has the stars carved on it and contains a viewing tube. It has the ecliptic ring, the horizon ring, the meridian ring, the sextile, the equinox ring, the inner equatorial ring, and the right ascension ring. Wait, very subtle.
The voice of the speaker was clear and gentle, with a hint of smile. Even without turning around, Shen Fengxu knew that the speaker was Mingshu.
Ming Shu walked to Chen Fengxu and smiled gently: "Do you want to meet Jun Minhe?"
Ming Yan's eyes were slightly cold: "Minhe Junjun just said that he is not interested in this."
Hearing this, Mingshu turned to look at Shen Fengxu, blinked, and asked, "Really?"
"Ah..." Shen Fengxu seemed a little surprised, and then said very innocently, "No, what is the Hengtian Yi that the Crown Prince mentioned just now? I have never heard of it before, but I really want to see it."
He had clearly said that he was not interested, but he didn't even have time for a cup of tea before he changed his words and said that he wanted to see it.
Ming Yan and Luo Shi said: "..."
Then Ming Shu's eyes lit up and he said: "I happen to be in Qin Tian Prison today, how about we go and see the Heng Tian Yi together?"
Shen Fengxu nodded: "Okay."
The two of them said this and walked towards Qin Tian Prison.
Ming Yan gritted his teeth, stepped forward, followed the two of them, and said, "I'm also very curious about Heng Tianyi, why don't we go and have a look together."
Seeing Ming Yan like this, Luo took a step forward and said, "I also want to see Heng Tianyi."
Chen Fengxu frowned slightly, Mingshu glanced at Shen Fengxu, knowing that Shen Fengxu did not want the two people to follow him, so he slowed down his steps slightly, looked at Mingyan, and said: "Your Highness, Shen Yulou is now under arrest. She is imprisoned and has not been executed yet. If you don't see her for the last time, you will probably have no chance in the future."
Ming Yan looked ashen.
Luo Shi also smiled: "Yes, Your Highness, Fourth Highness, is so busy with everything that he has no time to see Heng Tianyi."
Before Luo finished speaking, Mingshu looked at Luo again and said, "It's time for the Crown Princess to go see the Prince. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to be in Qin Tian Prison like this."
Luo: "..."
Just as he was talking, Zhe Feng suddenly strode over and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Shen Yulou just committed suicide in prison."
Shen Fengxu suddenly looked surprised and said, "What did you say? Shen Yulou committed suicide?!"
Shen Yulou is by no means the kind of person who just sits back and waits for death. Even if she is imprisoned, she will definitely try her best to save herself. Even if she dies, she will definitely die in the hands of others and will never commit suicide.
Zhe Feng nodded: "Yes, this is absolutely true."
Ming Yan's complexion also changed instantly: "How is that possible!"
How could Shen Yulou commit suicide... He had clearly started to rescue Shen Yulou. As long as it was proven that Meng Yannian was instigated by others, and Shen Yulou's identity as a witch who had brought harm to the country would be revealed, he would naturally be able to rescue her.
Shen Fengxu frowned, turned to look at Ming Shu, and said word by word: "Shen Yulou will never commit suicide."
Mingshu was stunned and nodded hesitantly.
He didn't know. After all, he had only met Shen Yulou a few times, so he knew nothing about it. But seeing Shen Fengxu's vow, he believed it a little bit.
Shen Fengxu felt inexplicably uneasy and asked, "If Shen Yulou died, where is her body?"
"When the prince heard the news of Shen Yulou's death, he was very emotional. He said that although Miss Yulou was a witch who brought disaster to the country, she was still the eldest daughter of Dongning House and could not be exposed in the wilderness. So he had people carry the body of Miss Yulou to bury her. ." Zhe Feng said.
If Shen Yulou was really dead, Shen Fengxu would naturally feel at ease, but there was no way Shen Yulou could commit suicide. The strangeness must be found out.
Chen Fengxu pursed her lips and said: "Shen Yulou is a girl from Dongning Bofu. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for her body to be handed over to the prince. I want to take my eldest sister's body back to Dongning Bofu."
"I'll go with you." Mingshu nodded.
Ming Yan didn't know what Shen Fengxu was paying attention to, but he also cared about Shen Yulou. Thinking that Shen Fengxu had just said that Shen Yulou would never commit suicide, he asked, "Mr. Minhe, what do you mean by that?"
However, Chen Fengxu didn't look back and just said: "The Fourth Highness has a close relationship with my eldest sister. If the Fourth Highness doesn't understand, I naturally don't understand either."
After that, Shen Fengxu walked out. Mingshu naturally followed Shen Fengxu. Mingyan, who was concerned about Shen Yulou, naturally followed. Luo Shi also followed after hesitating for a moment.
A few people walked all the way towards the Tianlao. As they walked through the long and quiet corridor, the chamberlains were carrying the body of "Shen Yulou" out.
Ming Shu raised his eyebrows slightly, then stepped forward to stop him, and asked, "Is it Shen Yulou's body you are carrying?"
The servants looked at each other, and one of them probably recognized Ming Shu as the Crown Prince Ning, and said, "Yes, the servants have been ordered to drag Miss Shen's body out for burial."
Shen Fengxu looked at the body carried by the servants with a scrutinizing look in his eyes. Because it was wrapped in a straw mat, he could only roughly see the body of a woman, but he was not sure that it was Shen Yulou.
Then Chen Fengxu said: "Whose order did you take?"
"The prince asked the servants to do it." The chamberlain replied respectfully. Even if he didn't recognize who Chen Fengxu was, he certainly wouldn't be an ordinary person when he appeared here.
Chen Fengxu frowned and said, "I am Lord Minhe. When you go back and report to the Crown Prince, just say that I brought Shen Yulou back to Dongning Bo's Mansion."
"This..." The servants suddenly showed a look of embarrassment, "Hui Min and Junjun, this is what His Highness the Crown Prince personally ordered the servants to do. If the servants do not do well, they will definitely be punished by His Highness."
Luo Shi stepped forward and said: "Mr. Minhe and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also have good intentions. Even if the body of the Yulou girl is sent to Dongning Bo's Mansion, she is a witch who has brought harm to the country and cannot be buried normally. How about..."
Shen Fengxu glanced at her and smiled: "What? Shen Yulou is my eldest sister. Isn't it natural for me to bring her back to Dongning's Mansion? What objection does the Crown Princess have?"
Although she said it with a smile, there was a deep chill in her eyes, which made Luo Shi tremble.
After Shen Fengxu said that, he no longer looked at Luo Shi, but looked at the chamberlain, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely understand that Shen Yulou is a girl from Dongning's house. Although she is a witch who has brought disaster to the country, she brought her with her. It is only natural to return to Dong Ningbo Mansion."
Ming Yan couldn't understand what Shen Fengxu wanted for a moment. Looking at Shen Yulou's body wrapped in a straw mat, he felt a cold feeling in his heart. Shen Yulou was a rare beauty in Beijing, and he died here like this. , it’s really a pity, not to mention...
He was thinking when he suddenly heard Shen Fengxu's voice: "Oh? Since Shen Yulou is already dead, what difference does it make whether he is sent to Dongning Bo's Mansion or to the Prince's East Palace? Unless... Shen Yulou is not dead at all. !”
This sentence shocked everyone present. Ming Yan suddenly turned to look at Shen Fengxu and said, "What did you say?!"
The expressions of the chamberlains also changed. The leader of the chamberlain said: "Mr. Minhe, Shen Yulou has indeed committed suicide in the sky prison. This is the palace, who else can lie here?! What if the servants tell half a lie? , but for the crime of deceiving the emperor, even ten heads are not enough to cut off!"
Luo Shi tightened his sleeves slightly and said, "What did Lord Minhe say? How could Shen Yulou not die?"
But Shen Fengxu stood still, his expression unchanged, and said: "In that case, you can lift up the straw mat and see if the person lying inside is Shen Yulou."
"Shen Yulou is already dead, it would be too inhumane to do this!" Luo Shi hurriedly stopped her, "Minhe Junjun, even if Shen Yulou is a hot pot witch, she is also your eldest sister. Everyone is dead, how can you still do it? Do something like this!”
"It is precisely because Shen Yulou is my eldest sister that I have to check to see if the person here is actually Shen Yulou." Shen Fengxu said coldly, "Even if she dies, she is still from Dongning Uncle Mansion. It’s no one else’s turn to intervene!”
Ming Yan looked embarrassed for a moment.
If Shen Yulou was really dead, it would be too disrespectful to do such a thing, but he also had some hesitation in his heart. He naturally did not want Shen Yulou to die, but Shen Yulou was imprisoned in the sky prison, how could he fake his death? ?
Naturally, such a thing would not happen.
Ming Shu also took a step forward and said: "There are dead people on both sides, what can we do if we take a look?"
Luo Shi immediately said: "No! Your Highness, although Shen Yulou is a hot pot witch, she serves the country and the people, how can she suffer such humiliation?"
Mingshu turned his head and looked at Luo, raised his brows slightly, and said: "She and Lord Min and Jun are sisters. Min and Lord Min have no objection. Why does the Crown Princess still want to stop her in every possible way?"
Shen Fengxu also glanced at Luo Shi and said: "What does His Highness the Crown Prince want with Shen Yulou's body? Isn't the Crown Princess curious?"