She Doesn’t Want To Work Hard Anymore

Chapter 176: Heartbroken

Chapter 176

Originally, in accordance with regulations, the prince’s coffin had to be parked in the prince’s mansion for seven days.

But because the prince's coffin has been on the road for many days, and the climate is still relatively warm now, a rancid smell can already be smelled around the coffin.

If you keep it for a few more days, I’m afraid the whole mourning hall will become stinky.

So on the second day, the emperor ordered a funeral.

Civil and military officials gathered around the crown prince’s coffin to the imperial mausoleum. The crown princess and the female family members in the backyard cried out of breath. Every household in the city hung white flags and white lanterns.

The emperor and queen, as the elders, could not go out for funerals, and could only weep silently in the direction of the imperial tomb.

Although the prince was buried, the investigation into the cause of the prince’s death is still ongoing.

The three mountain bandits brought back by King Zhao were investigated by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Privy Council. They were tortured and tried and tried. They were tortured before they stopped.

As the prince’s concubine, Lin Qingzhi was naturally unable to escape and was sent to prison for interrogation.

Even Bian Ziming, who is a Xiaoqi general, was also put in the prison and interrogated back and forth several times.

If it wasn’t for King Zhao who was seriously injured, he was ordered by the emperor to think behind closed doors at home, I am afraid that he would even be invited to the prison of the Ministry of Justice.

Although there is no need to go to prison, someone from the Privy Council came to ask King Zhao about the incident.

Three days later, the Criminal Department Shangshu entered the palace to report the results of the investigation to the emperor.

The emperor will read the stack of confessions in front of him one by one.

Xingbu Shangshu carefully observed the emperor’s face, but could not find any clues.

The emperor has been in a high position for many years, and he has long developed a habit of being overwhelmed with joy and anger. It is difficult for the courtiers to guess his true thoughts through his expressions.

Xingbu Shangshu said cautiously.

"When the prince was killed, King Zhao and his guards were indeed not present. This is not only for the general Xiaoqi to testify, but also the soldiers of the entire Huxiao Camp can testify. There will be no falsehoods."

The emperor put the stack of confessions on the table and asked.

"Has the mountain bandits who assassinated the prince found out the origin?"

Shangshu of the Criminal Department answered truthfully.

"Weichen sent people to compare the maritime arrest documents issued by various government offices, and found the wanted orders for the bandits in it.

They are mountain bandits entrenched in Kaifeng Mountain, and they make a living by robbing passers-by.

They have also looted several villages, burning, killing, looting and doing no evil.

The batch of disaster relief money sent by the Ministry of Defense before was stolen by them in an ambush, and the two accompanying Yushi were also killed by them. "

The emperor frowned slightly: "The local government doesn't care about such a fierce bandit?"

Shangshu of the Criminal Department explained confusingly.

"These mountain bandits are very cunning. They pick out those remote villages and set them on fire after grabbing things, causing no one to go to the government to report the crime.

When the government learned about this, the mountain bandits didn't know where to hide, and they couldn't catch it even if they wanted to.

Fuya has no choice but to publish marine arrest documents, hoping to find their tracks. "

Shangshu of the Criminal Department thought, now that all these mountain bandits have been killed, it can be regarded as getting rid of a major confidant of the imperial court.

It's just that the price paid is heavier.

He didn't dare to say this, but dared to sigh silently in his heart.

The emperor tapped his index finger lightly on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, he asked slowly.

"Why did those mountain bandits find the prince? Why did they know the whereabouts of the prince?"

Shangshu of the Criminal Department answered truthfully.

"When the bandits attacked the prince, Lin Liangyuan was also there.

She said that all the family members of the mountain bandits were killed. They thought it was the prince who sent someone to use their hands, so they desperately came to avenge the prince.

The whereabouts of the prince is not a secret, you only need to inquire about it. "

The emperor asked: "Who killed the family of the mountain bandits?"

Shangshu from the Criminal Department: "Someone has been sent to investigate, and there is no definite result yet."

The emperor is cold and authentic.

"Continue to check."

"Here."

After Shangshu of the Criminal Department left, the queen walked out from behind the screen.

The emperor ordered someone to pass the stack of confessions to her, and said slowly.

"You heard it just now. Judging from the clues found so far, this matter has nothing to do with King Zhao."

The queen quickly read all the confessions and frowned her eyebrows. Obviously, she was very dissatisfied with the results of the investigation.

"The prince did not order anyone to kill the family of those bandits.

It must have been someone who killed the bandit’s family and then figured out a way to blame the prince, so as to induce the bandit to attack and assassinate the prince.

The only person who can do all this is Zhao Wang! "

The emperor asked calmly: "Do you have any evidence?"

Queen: "As long as Wang Zhao and the people around him are arrested and tortured, evidence will definitely be found."

The emperor looked at her fixedly.

"If there is no guilty evidence, it is not the work of Mingjun to arrest important court officials casually."

The queen doesn't care about who knows the king or not. At this time, in her heart, there is nothing more important than revenge.

She stepped forward, staring at the emperor with red eyes, and said word by word.

"The concubine knows that you prefer Zhaowang, but this is related to the truth of the prince's murder. As the prince's father, shouldn't you seek justice for him?"

Zuo Ji reminded: "Empress, please pay attention to the tone of your speech to the saint."

It is reasonable to say that the empress is talking, and others are not qualified to interrupt.

However, the emperor did not reprimand Zuo Ji for his words.

This is enough to show that the emperor acquiesced in Zuoji's words.

The queen's face was a bit ugly.

She frowned and scolded: "You are not here to speak."

Zuo Ji didn't get angry either, but smiled helplessly and comforted.

"The slave knows that you are sad because of the death of His Royal Highness.

Actually, the sadness in the saint’s heart is not less than that of you. You really don’t need to be angry with the saint because of this.

If you don’t hear anything, the deceased is dead, and the living have to live on. "

There are many examples of the prince's accidental death in history, and I have never seen a dynasty that turned the whole court upside down because the prince was gone.

After all, the emperor’s son was more than a prince.

Without this prince, another one can be established.

The queen went to see the emperor, but saw that the emperor was silent.

She immediately understood his attitude.

Suddenly she laughed, and she laughed with tears.

"Your Majesty has many children, but the concubine has only one child, Cheng'er, and he is the lifeblood of the concubine.

Now he was killed, and his concubine's heart died with it. "

After speaking, she stopped looking at the emperor, turned around, and walked away in despair.

The emperor closed his eyes.

Hanzhang Palace fell into silence.

Zuo Ji wanted to comfort the emperor, but he didn’t know how to speak?

It took a long time before he heard the emperor whisper like a dream.