Published at 6th of March 2023 05:56:57 AM

In addition to the unknown source letter received by the crown prince, the second prince was also repeatedly mentioned in the court.

First, Yin Ji reported about the case of the quarry, saying that none of the hundreds of people were struck to death by lightning, they were all poisoned first and then killed by bombing.

Yin Ji hadn't finished speaking, "The official also found out that the death toll in the quarry is far more than the two hundred people reported earlier. I found traces of burning corpses near the quarry. According to speculations made by Dali Temple and a group of disciples , the corpses of hundreds of people were burned.

In other words, the real death toll was more than 300 or even 400 people.

Emperor Changde pointed out the Minister of Criminal Affairs on the spot. The last time he handed over the matter of the quarry to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and this was the result.

The minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice came out tremblingly, knelt on the ground and broke out in cold sweat, "The official...the official is guilty."

"Guilty? You are guilty? I think you did it knowingly!" Emperor Changde was furious.

All the civil and military officials in the court were so frightened that theyknelt down and begged Emperor Changde to appease his anger.

Emperor Changde swept the crowd coldly, "Calm down, how do you tell me to calm down? Hundreds of lives have been perfunctory with a single sentence of lightning. How do you ask me to explain to the people of the world, and how do the people of the world think of me?"

All the ministers said in unison again, "We are guilty."

"Guilty, guilty, of course you are guilty, a group of people who are paid by the court!"

Emperor Changde cursed for a while, he felt really angry.

However, Dali Temple still had something to report, Yin Ji said: "Your Majesty, Dali Temple has found out that all the people who were killed in the quarry were not exiled prisoners or employed, they were all the missing people."

Yin Ji submitted a memorial, Over the past year, there have been nearly 2,000 missing men, all of whom have ruined their families and lost their wealth due to gambling and prostitution, and finally disappeared for no reason."

"And the quarry outside Shengjing City was not opened with the permission of the imperial court. This quarry is privately owned. The owner of the quarry is the same owner as a well-known gambling shop in Shengjing."

Yin Ji didn't say who it was, but wrote it in the report. In fact Dali Temple was good at investigating cases, especially major and difficult cases, and had some channels for collecting clues. It was not too difficult to find out that the person behind the gambling shop was the second prince.What was more, Jiang Lin and Wei Yunzhao kept providing him with information, and Yin Ji had already grasped the whole matter eight points.

Yin Ji also chose a good time to submit the report. Emperor Changde had just read the mysterious letter in the East Palace which stated that the second prince created private soldiers with the intention of rebelling, and turned around and explained clearly where the private soldiers came from. Originally, he only believed five points, but now he believed eight points.

Emperor Changde said good twice after reading the report, and then he ordered Yin Ji, "Check it out for me. I want to see who dares to do such a rebellious thing under my nose."

When Emperor Changde said this, his eyes fell on the second prince, his sharp eyes made the second prince feel more guilty.

After the court was dispersed, Emperor Changde didn't want to stay with the second prince to talk, and the second prince didn't leave the palace, but went to the harem to meet his mother, concubine Su.

Concubine Su had a bright appearance, even though she was over forty years old, she was still charming and a beauty.

After listening to the second prince's talk about the court, Concubine Su's eyes turned cold, she stared at the second prince, and slowly said the word, "Idiot!"

The second prince didn't dare to refute, and only said: "The son also ask mother concubine to help the son. According to Yin Ji's investigation, the matter of Dengzhou will be revealed sooner or later. By then, the son, mother concubine and the fourth younger brother will all be finished."

Concubine Su: "A high ranking official of Dali Temple forced you to be like this. It's a waste of my thoughts to let you become an emperor."

However, even if you disliked him, you couldn't really ignore him. Concubine Su asked the second prince, "Didn't you mention to the Yin family last time that Yin Ji's daughter will be the imperial concubine of the fourth son, what did the Yin family say?"

The second prince had someone to give hint at the rest of the Yin family, but he didn't mention it directly to Yin Ji. the rest of Yin's family had such intentions, but Yin Ji, father and daughter, refused to agree, so the matter was left alone.

"The Yin family didn't respond," said the second prince.

Concubine Su took a deep breath, and wanted to scold the second prince as useless, but she held back, fearing that the more she scolded, the more stupid he would become.

"Okay, you leave the matter of the Yin family to Bengong, Bengong will come up with a solution, and you can clean up your mess by yourself, and don't give others any excuses."

[bn: this;gng palace; temple]

After the second prince retreated, another young man came out from behind the curtain, it was almost winter, but he was still fanning with a fan in his hand, and walked up to Concubine Su, "Does the mother concubine want the son to take action? "

This person was Concubine Su's other son, the Fourth Prince.

Concubine Su glanced at the fan in his hand, and felt that this son was not very smart, "Go, let people keep an eye on the Yin family, especially when Yin Ji's daughter goes out and what she does when she goes out, you will check everything for Bengong."

Then she pointed to the stupid son in front of her, "Go back and change your broken fan, and then practice kung fu, even if you are only putting on airs, make sure you will look good, remember?"

The fourth prince raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a coquettish and charming smile, "I understand, I'm going to be a hero to save the beauty, and I have to make the beauty fall in love with me at first sight."

Go back," Concubine Su waved her hand to chase him away.