Although Jian Yiyu was also Emperor Duanhuaâs first cousin, the two sides hadnât gotten along much since they were young.
In the seizure of reserves that will, even though Jane Yi Yu did not clearly stand against the side of the Duanhua Emperor, but still the first born Changxing Princess, can also be divided into the political enemies of the Duanhua Emperorâs camp.
So when Emperor Duanhua heard the other day that something had happened to his concubine and his child who was still in infancy, although he was surprised, he didnât feel much grief â instead, he was more worried about the reaction of the Grand Princess of Jin.
Now I heard that Jane Yiyu himself is gone, Duanhua Emperor really ate a shock: if only Jane Yiyu died concubine and son, even if Jane Yiyu Grand Princess of Jin is dissatisfied, but will not be too sad.
After all, the Grand Princess had long had grandchildren, not to mention that the Grand Princess had never really liked Shen Qi Morâs mother and son.
The problem is that the Grand Princess has always valued her own children â¦
Emperor Duanhuaâs mind was racing, and he couldnât help but think about what his aunt would do if she received the bad news.
He couldnât help but ask, âWhatâs going on?â
If not Jian Xubai just proved that he has nothing to do with the King of Qing, the feelings of cousins can not afford a second suspicion in a short period of time, the emperor almost had to directly ask if this matter is the third house of the Jane family to do.
âI received this news halfway.â Jian Xu Bai sighed, this was not an act, for the death of Jian Yiyu, he certainly would not be grief-stricken, but his heart was more or less difficult.
After all, the two brothers are no longer on good terms, in the end the bloodline is connected.
Not to mention that even if it was for the sake of his birth mother, the Grand Princess of Jin, he couldnât possibly take it easy right now.
After calming his nerves, he continued, âThatâs why I donât know in detail: I only know that my third brother died a horrible death, and was tortured before he was born â he was found under a waterfall in the mountains outside Liaozhou City many days after he disappeared. The local government sent people to look above the waterfall, and even sent people to dive under the water, but they found nothing!â
He paused and said in a deep voice, âThe old coroner of the local yamen said that the person who tortured the third brother must be a connoisseur, and can even be said to be an expert in this path ⦠The third brother he ⦠was tortured for at least several days before he was killed! â
Duanhua emperor listening to these words, the face is also gradually ugly up: he did not have much feelings for Jane Yiyu, but in the end is a first cousin, was treated like this, his face as the emperor does not look good?
âA thorough investigation is certain.â The emperor pondered for a moment and said, âBut I havenât heard of any outstanding officials in Liaozhou in recent years! So in order to get the truth out as early as possible, I thought it would be better to send an imperial envoy there!â
âYour Majesty is wise!â Jian Xu Bai hesitated, âThere is one more thing: the reason why my father sent someone to catch up with me to inform me of this matter is mainly because he is worried about ⦠my current second aunt â¦â
Emperor Duanhuaâs brows flashed a touch of helplessness, Jian Xubai so speak, obviously hope that he will help him to solve the problem of informing the Grand Princess of Jin of the news of Jane Yiyuâs death, but even though he is the emperor, he also feels that this is a very difficult matter, okay?
But just wrongly accused his cousin of having an affair with his concubineâs mother, Duanhua Emperor will be pondering how to compensate Jian Xubai, since he can not refuse, can only harden his head and said, âRoyal grandmother is already old, this matter donât let her old man worry about it! I will send someone to speak with the Queen Mother to see if it is convenient for the Queen Mother to invite the aunt to the palace! After all, we are all juniors, with the Queen Mother on the side can at least help to enlighten the aunt a few words.â
A few moments later, Empress Su received the emperorâs request in Huiyi Palace and couldnât help but frown slightly, âJane Yiyuâs family is gone?â
Princess Changxing was also taken aback by what she heard, âA family is gone? Who did this?â
The eldest princess said so, but subconsciously looked in the direction of the Duke of Yanâs residence, her skepticism self-evident.
âIt wonât be the third house of the Jian family.â But the empress dowager shook her head, dumbly saying, âJin is still around, they wonât do that â not to mention that even if they did it, they wonât explicitly torture Jane Yiyu, it will only provoke Jin, most likely, itâs made into an accident, come to a death without proof!â
âJust besides the third house of the Jian family, what did the others do to kill Jian Yiyu?â Eldest Princess Changxing said strangely, âAnd to torture him like that, I remember that he shouldnât have such enemies, right?â
The Empress Dowager sighed and gave her a deep look, âThatâs why Iâm worried! Although you and Jane Yiyu have separated, but before in the end is a husband and wife! This time not only Jane Yiyu was tortured and died, even that Shenâs child with the two is also gone! Iâm really afraid that last yearâs Cui Hua Mountain thing will happen again â this fire will be burned on you!â
Eldest Princess Changxingâs face turned white, âBut I divorced him last year!â
âBut you and divorce is Jane Yiju is not good to you, at least most people think so.â The empress dowager face gloomy, said, ânot to mention that you and leave after returning to the palace, serving mourning in front of me, but also for the late emperor mourning, although the empress dowager is very compassionate you, has ordered to give you to find a good next extra horse harnessed by the side of a team, just waiting for you out of the mourning will be given to the marriage â but ultimately, it is a lone person! Turn to see Jane Yijiu, with you and after the divorce, he is still the son of the Grand Princess, sitting on the beautiful concubines, embracing the love of the son, really is free and easy! In terms of status, you are the eldest princess of the golden branch, the only daughter of the late emperor and the mourning family! Can people not suspect that you can not swallow this breath?â
And, âAfter King Su passed on, you are the only one of my own flesh and blood who is with me. The idea of passing A Xu to the third house of the Jian family was also something that I mentioned to the emperor! When the time comes, itâs possible that someone will suspect that I did this precisely to transfer Jian Yiyu out of the imperial capital so that I could have the opportunity to assassinate him to take revenge for you!â
Empress Su said in a chilling voice, âAfter all, I and you are just a woman, deep in the palace. But your foreign family Su family, the depth of the foundation, send some good hands to chase to LiaoZhou, to take care of JianYiJu family, is it very difficult?â
âFrom the smallpox incident at Cui Hua Mountain last year, itâs enough to see that the Emperor is wary and murderous of us!â
âAt that time the Liang King but what evidence is not â if not the late emperorâs life for the Su Wang hired Nie Mai Cherry as the main consort, Jin Guo distressed daughter stepped in to stop this matter, Su Wang he ⦠not only him, even the Su family, what will be the result, you Think for yourself!â
âMother, then now that imperial brother has asked you to invite the Imperial Aunt of Jin into the palace to relay this matter â what is the intent of this?â Long Princess Changxingâs originally pale face became more and more bloodless, âCould it be?â
Empress Su pondered for a while and said, âThe emperor is not deep in his mind, I guess this time should just be afraid that Jin canât bear to hear the bad news, and Iâm also afraid that the Empress Dowager is too old, and the same canât be forbidden, so I gave this errand to the mourning family.â
The problem is, âLiaozhou is not a thousand miles away from the imperial capital is not close at hand, Jane Yiyuâs death of the truth, even if the Liaozhou side of the investigation went well, not ten days and a half a month this side do not want to get the results! This ten days and half a month is not likely to be a change: even if the emperor himself does not think about it, but also can not hold the people underneath him to give him ideas, such as the king of Liang!â
âIn that case, the quicker this is resolved, the better?â Eldest Princess Changxing was a bit uneasy, âBut how is it going to be done?â
Empress Su waved her hand, a little tired, âYou first send someone to invite Jin! I have to think about it!â
âWhile the palace is raging over the death of Jian Yiyu, Liaozhou.
Yamen, the assassin Zheng Keji look at the bottom of the people sent up the endowment, a long time, only with the master said, âThis thing â¦â
âItâs done too cleanly.â The Master took the report and hurriedly read it over, his face also looked ugly, âRight now we can only give this result to the Jian family!â
âBut Iâm afraid the Jane family will not accept!â Zheng Keji sighed, âThe Grand Princessâs favorite son, how could he be tortured to death by a lone kidnapper, and even asked a group of ruffians to destroy his family?â
That day Jane Yiyuâs body was sent back to the city, Janeâs family up and down can be described as agitated, in order to calm the anger, but also in order to give the Grand Princess and other dignitaries an explanation, Zheng Keji himself led the people overnight to launch a thorough investigation â the entire Liaozhou up and down the officials were mobilized, progress can also be described as a breakthrough.
Just because this progress is too smooth, soon caught the murderer, only to let Zheng Keji feel wrong: really so good to catch the murderer, why Jane Yiyu missing those days, the government almost LiaoZhou city inside and outside of the turn over all over the place, did not find people?
As Duanhua Emperor thought, Zheng Keji is not a very capable official, can only say that it is still qualified. He did not have any backing, purely by the gold list, after the county magistrate from the outward bound, all the way down to earth to do up.
In this when the parents of the official really with the people parents, everything to manage the era, Zheng Kejiâs talent is flat, but the grassroots origin of him is considered to be experienced.
So even if the whole process, whether from the volume or human evidence, physical evidence, are not watertight tight, even specializing in criminal name of the master can not find any cracks, he still instinctively feel that there is an inside story.
âEven if the Jian family doesnât accept it, itâs impossible for us to do anything more.â Master Shifu also sighed, explaining to the proprietor, âFirst of all, the evidence is already conclusive, and to be honest, this Third Eunuch Jian has nothing to do with us, so we are investigating this case thoroughly mainly for the sake of the public, not for private reasons! Since thatâs the case, we can give an explanation in the courtroom, so why bother?â
His voice lowered, âMost importantly, Third Prince Jian said he was from Liaozhou, but he was actually born and raised in the Imperial Capital! How do we know if he offended someone in the Imperial Capital and got into this mess? Anyway, since the person behind the scene has already done a good job of keeping things quiet so that we can have an explanation, why are they still making a fuss? By then in case he offends someone who shouldnât be offended, then â¦â
These words convinced Zheng Keji that although he wanted to be promoted, he was not so dizzy that he planned to rashly step into the muddy waters of the imperial capital!
After all, the real culprit behind the scene even dared to exterminate the beloved son of the Grand Princess, not to mention him, an assassin with no backing?
âI also donât know what kind of a ruckus will happen on the side of the Jian Clan?â Although Zheng Keji had made up his mind, but remembering the roar of Jane Liwu and the others when Janeâs family saw Jane Yiyuâs corpse, he still felt a dark headache and said, âBut I hope they wonât denigrate this official too much at Her Highness, the Grand Princess of Jin!â
âWhy does your lordship need to worry about this?â The master sniffed, his eyes twinkling, and whispered, âThe student has already sent people to feel out the situation in the past two days, and it is said that the second and third houses of the Jian family have always been indifferent. The one who was rude to you in public that day was the head of the Jian familyâs eldest house â but although the Jian grand master was awarded the title of âMiddle Kingdom Doctorâ due to his fatherâs death, it is only a false title! But it is the third house of the Jane family, father and son, the future of the two are not to be underestimated! The heir to the third house was born to the Grand Princess of the Jin Dynasty! As long as those two donât have any gaps in your favor, how can Master Jianâs one-sided words alone hinder you?â
Zheng Keji a little moved, but then said, âJaneâs three houses father and son are real nobles, but the lintel is also high! Before if not Janeâs family came forward, this official want to pay a visit are not available. Whatâs more, Jane Yijiu is their flesh and blood, even if they do not care in their hearts Jane Yijiuâs death, the scene may not be willing to give this official a good face ah!â
While the two of them were calculating, someone came to report from the outside, âNews from the Imperial Capital! His Majesty was furious when he heard about the death of Mr. Jianâs third son, and he has sent an imperial envoy to Liaozhou to investigate the case of Mr. Jianâs third sonâs familyâs murder!â
Zheng Keji and the master looked at each other, are overjoyed, busy asking, âDo you know the Chinaman is which adult?â