Chapter 57
Cui Zhunshan and the others obviously did not expect that Lin Jihan would ask themselves this directly. Dali Siqing looked at Lin Jihan with an ugly face and said, "I dare not make such a conclusion. I just want to ask the regent, why did you take away and exchange the murder weapon?" What about it? Do you know the murderer who made Lu Bucai come to take the place?"

Although the Minister of Dali Temple didn't directly say that Lin Jihan was the murderer, he said that this incident had a great connection with Lin Jihan.

Seeing this, Shen Mengqi couldn't help standing up, and just as she was about to speak, she heard Lin Jihan say in front of all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: "This official minister, Wang Chongming, was killed by this king, and it was this king who called Lu Bucai to replace him." The king has confessed to all the crimes."

Lin Jihan's words instantly shocked all civil and military officials in the court. They looked at Lin Jihan together, with deep fear besides disbelief in their eyes.

Hearing the whispers of the surrounding courtiers, Wang Peng, the emperor's personal eunuch, stood up and said, "Quiet!"

All the ministers fell silent for a moment, but their eyes were secretly looking back and forth between Lin Jihan and the emperor. Assassinating the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was a serious crime that killed his head. They wanted to see how the emperor would judge him.

I saw that the emperor sitting on the dragon chair asked: "Regent, did you really kill the former Minister of Officials, Wang Chongming?"

"Yes."

"no!"

Two voices sounded at the same time, and everyone looked sideways, only to see Shen Mengqi standing out from the line of civil servants.

The emperor looked at Shen Mengqi who stood up and asked, "Xiao Mengqi, what is it?"

Lin Jihan also echoed like a normal person: "Yes, Mr. Minister of the Ministry of Officials, what are you not?"

Lin Jihan's playful tone, and his look of watching a show, is no different from a street hooligan who molested women from good families.

It was completely different from his usual image of keeping close to strangers and being taciturn, so that all the courtiers thought that the regent could not stand the royal family that could not be supported, and planned to rise up and replace him.

Even the emperor who always had a big heart and always had a smile on his face sank.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more gloomy, Shen Mengqi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it was not the regent who assassinated the official minister that night. The minister and the prime minister can testify. Moreover, the silver needle that killed the official minister was extremely thin, and the regent's How can someone who holds a bow and a sword all year round hold such a thin embroidery needle."

Mu Qiancheng immediately stood up and said: "Yes, on the day when Minister of the Ministry of Officials was assassinated, the regent and his ministers had a meal in the dining hall, and they left at night. Minister of the Ministry."

The Minister of Dali Temple answered, "So did you do the assassination by the way?"

Shen Mengqi continued: "When the Regent met the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials had already been assassinated. At that time, the patrol battalion also rushed to the scene. They all saw the assassin flee. I want to break this pot of dirty water on the regent."

Speaking of this, Shen Mengqi's painting style changed, she looked at Dali Siqing and said: "Dali Siqing is so forceful to attribute the prince as the real murderer, is it because you found the murderer?"

Dali Siqing was furious in an instant. He looked at Shen Mengqi with a cold face and said, "Don't talk nonsense, how could the assassin have anything to do with me? I have no grievances or enmity with the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, so why should I kill him?" ?”

"Maybe it's because you offended him. He took advantage of his position to suppress you and changed your file. You jumped the wall in a hurry and hired someone to kill him in a hurry?"

"Let go." As soon as Dali Siqing said the words, he felt two pairs of cold eyes staring at him firmly. Thinking of Shen Mengqi's special identity, he changed his words abruptly: "You let me go, Your Highness, Your Majesty." I can't say no to you, I admit defeat."

Shen Mengqi looked at Dali Temple Qing lightly and said: "First, above the court, I am the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Second, I am not arguing with you, but stating the facts. The regent has been stationed at the border all year round, and he has only returned to the court for a few months. , Only then did the official’s name and face match up, how could he kill the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials?”

The minister of Dali Temple said: "I didn't say that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was killed by the regent, he admitted it himself, and it is a fact that the regent took away the murder weapon and replaced it without authorization."

He looked desperate and said: "Even if the regent is not the murderer, then he and the murderer must know each other!"

The emperor said appropriately: "Prince Regent, do you have anything to say?"

Lin Jihan said: "The murderer is indeed not the minister, and the minister's actions are just for fun."

This is really a bit outrageous.

"Fun?"

The emperor looked at Lin Jihan coldly and said: "Seeing that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of Dali Temple are arguing for you, you can actually say something funny. I think you want to rebel!"

Except for Lin Jihan and Shen Mengqi, the other ministers in the court knelt down one after another, shouting to His Majesty to appease his anger.

But Lin Jihan looked at the emperor and said, "Does the emperor think it's not fun?"

After the two looked at each other for a few seconds, the emperor laughed loudly, "It's fun, I watched Xiao Mengqi grow up, this is the first time she has argued with someone like this, it's so strange and fun, Hahaha."

After laughing enough, the emperor looked at the officials who were looking at each other, and asked Lin Jihan, "But does this murderer have anything to do with you?"

Lin Jihan nodded honestly, "Yes."

He glanced at Shen Mengqi vaguely, with a lingering smile on his lips, he looked at the emperor seriously and said: "She is a child, and also my king's true love."

As soon as Lin Jihan's words came out, the court was thrown into a turmoil again. All the ministers whispered to each other while looking at Shen Mengqi who was standing beside the civil servants, her face was blushing, but her body remained motionless like a stone statue.

The regent publicly revealed that he has a beloved child, isn't that just slapping Shen Mengqi and the royal family in the face.

Through Lin Jihan's series of abnormal behaviors today, the ministers couldn't help but wonder if the royal family and the Prince Regent's House were about to break apart completely.

Sitting on the dragon chair, the emperor's complexion also became completely bad. He was about to attack Lin Jihan just now.

Lin Jihan stepped forward before the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, there is indeed something hidden about the case of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but it is really difficult to explain it to you right now. After the next court, I will explain it to you personally."

The emperor didn't let go, obviously he didn't intend to let Lin Jihan go just like that.

"The civil and military officials of the whole court are all my lovers. Is there any secret that they can't listen to?"

Lin Jihan looked around at the courtiers, and then followed the emperor's words: "They will hear it sooner or later, but definitely not now."

(End of this chapter)

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