Traveling through the heavens from the prequel of the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 734 The Raw Silk Case and the Jade Ruyi Case
Yao Xi said sadly:
"You don't know that Zhang Zhe and I were originally discussing marriage, but after he offended the military guards and angered the Holy Emperor, he took the initiative to cancel the engagement with my family."

"Before we broke off the engagement, I thought that he had clung to the lintel of my Yao family. Knowing that my father was a high-ranking official in the dynasty, I would not take the initiative to break off the engagement, but I didn't expect that he was really a gentleman and so upright."

"In order not to involve me, I took the initiative to cancel the marriage not long after my suspension."

"On the day he broke off the engagement, I thought that my daughter's life is not just to marry a good man. Even if he comes from a bad background, his future is unpredictable, and he has a widowed mother, it doesn't matter. Anyway, I have everything. , I didn’t bother him too much, so I went to look for him.”

Fang Miao heard the wonderful part and saw that Yao Xi suddenly became silent, so she quickly asked:

"Sister Yao, what next? Should Zhang Zhe be willing or unwilling?"

Yao Xi looked stunned:

"He is really a gentleman as gentle as rain and as clear as pine. He is a better person than anyone else in the world."

"He was thinking about me from the beginning to the end. He said that I was dull and boring. He also said that if he was demoted from the capital, I would also leave the capital. It is not easy for parents to have children, so how can they have an affair with their children, who will be thousands of miles apart from now on? It’s hard to repay your parents’ kindness.”

Her expression became increasingly sad:
"Not only that, he also said that if the marriage is postponed and there are some rumors, you might as well say that Zhang Zheke's wife is the fate of the evil star. In this way, it will be difficult to cause any trouble in my Yao family. "

After Zhou Baoying heard this, she was very moved and said:

"Oh my God, I didn't expect that Zhang Zhe would be such a person. He would use his good reputation to help Sister Yao. No wonder Sister Yao is so sad. If it were me, I would cry to death if I lost such a good marriage. .”

When Yao Xi heard this, her expression became more and more sad, and she couldn't help but ask:
"Ash, what do you think I should do? These days, I have been thinking about saving the marriage."

Xue Shu shook his head gently:
"Since you have said that Zhang Zhe is a gentleman, based on his nature, he is determined not to harm others."

At this moment, Jiang Xuening's eyes were filled with complicated and unbearable emotions, and she said silently in her heart:
"Be a bad guy. Yao Xi is not suitable for him. Don't care what others think. Go and snatch Zhang Zhe over."

But even though she thought so, she said:
"Master Zhang has always been upright. I believe that good people are rewarded. If we wait until the day when his official position is restored, it may be possible to save this marriage."

"Furthermore, I don't believe that such a famous person will have such an unpredictable future. Miss Yao, you might as well wait and see. Maybe things will turn around soon."

Yao Xi looked down upon hearing this:
"For today's plan, this is what we have to do."

On the seat, Jiang Xuening's eyes were full of unspeakable expressions, and she thought to herself:
"Zhang Zhe, what qualifications do I have to fight for you."

Ten days later, early in the morning.

Zhang house.

Yang Jiao put on his official robe in his bedroom. Because he knew the plot line well, he was not worried about being demoted from the capital. Now it is just like the original plot.

King Pingnan sent his counselor Gongyi Cheng to the capital for the sake of the Yan family. However, he was anxious to cause chaos in the court, but he was also wary of the strength of the Yan family's army, so he wanted to use the help of Duke Ding to get rid of the Yan family.

On the surface, Xie Wei is a young master respected by thousands of people, a highly respected imperial official, and the most trusted right-hand man of Emperor Shen Lang, but in fact he has two identities.

One is the men of King Pingnan, and the other is Xue Dingfei, the son of Dingguo Gong Xue Yuan and Yongyi Hou Yanmu's sister.

King Pingnan was originally the younger brother of the late emperor. He lost the battle for the throne and was sent to a distant land. However, he did not give up and secretly raised troops. Then 20 years ago, he sent his army northward and captured the capital. Then he surrounded the entire city with heavy troops. A royal palace.

At that time, the late emperor escaped disaster because he left the palace to recuperate. However, the empress dowager, who was still the queen at the time, and the emperor, who was still the prince, stayed in the palace. With them were Mrs. Xue, her mother and her son, who happened to be in the palace.When King Pingnan entered the palace and saw no trace of these people, he realized that there was a secret passage in the palace. However, because he surrounded not only the palace but also the entire capital, he knew that even if there was a secret passage, they would not be able to escape. go out.

There was a massive search inside and outside the palace, because King Pingnan hated the late emperor so much that he hated the whole house and would not stop until he found Shen Lang, who was still the prince.

As a result, all children they encountered could not help but be arrested.

A total of three hundred children were arrested, but none of them was found to be Shen Lang. Then seven-year-old Xue Dingfei was forced by the Queen Mother to risk her own mother's life and pretended to be the prince.

In the end, all three hundred children were killed. King Pingnan even discovered that Xue Dingfei was not Shen Lang. This showed that he was of great use value, so he did not kill him. He planned to change his name and surname, raise him up, and send him to Break into the palace and prepare to attack.

However, although Xie Wei himself came to the capital as an undercover agent of King Pingnan, his goal was not just to support King Pingnan's rebellion. The deeper reason was his deep hatred for the royal family and Duke Xue Yuan of Dingguo.

Therefore, after realizing that King Pingnan wanted to use the Xue family to deal with the Yan family, he planned to let the Xue family take care of themselves. Even if the Gongyi Cheng sent by King Pingnan rebelled, he would not be able to do anything to the Yan family.

Therefore, Xie Wei discovered that the Xue family was behind the raw silk case in Beijing a few days ago, so he sent people to investigate secretly.

I found out that the Xue family had teamed up with the big silk merchants in Beijing to deliberately lower the price of raw silk. When the price of silk dropped sharply, they secretly bought it, then shipped it to Jiangnan for weaving, and finally shipped it back to Beijing to sell the silk at a high price. I thought about this trip but it capsized.

Xie Wei considered that due to the lack of progress in the anti-party case, he should let the Ministry of Punishment make some contributions, otherwise he would not be able to suppress Xingwuwei, so he handed over the discovered witnesses and physical evidence to Chen Ying without leaving any trace.

Later, Chen Ying submitted the raw silk case to Emperor Shen Lang.

And Shen Lang felt that Dingguo Duke Xue Yuan controlled Xingwuwei and was not satisfied with making friends with half of the courtiers. He actually interfered in water transportation, colluded with officials and businessmen, influenced market prices, and wanted to kill people and silence them.

Of course, the most important thing is that when he saw that he had no heirs and was in poor health, he actually started to win over the Ministry of Rites and wanted to appoint the emperor's younger brother.

As a matter of course, the raw silk case was used to beat Xue Yuan, Duke of Dingguo, into silence. In order to completely suppress the matter, the Ministry of Punishment was also given some sweeteners.

Using the excuse of meritorious service in handling the raw silk case, they not only rewarded the top officials of the Ministry of Punishment, but also failed to pursue the case of rebelling against the party. There has been no progress, and the relevant persons have even been reinstated.

It was because of these various intrigues that Yang Jiao was exempted from guilt by mistake.

Four days later, Yang Jiao was on duty at the Ministry of Punishment at night.

Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Justice was so lively. First, Xie Wei's people came to invite Chen Ying. They said at random that they wanted to invite him to the palace to investigate the Yu Ruyi case and rescue Miss Jiang. They also gave Xie Wei a gift from Shen Lang. A token for free entry into the palace.

Then the young eunuch in the palace came to the Ministry of Punishment and asked Chen Ying to enter the palace with the Queen Mother's password.

Chen Ying understood that it was probably because of the Yu Ruyi case. He was a slippery and cautious person who was afraid of anything unexpected.

I happened to see Yang Jiao on duty and heard that he and Yao Shangshu had broken off their engagement. I thought that if there were any mistakes in the investigation later, wouldn't this be a good candidate to take the blame.

Of course Yang Jiao knew it well and didn't say anything, so he followed Chen Ying into the palace. Because he was familiar with the original plot, he understood that the Yu Ruyi case was related to King Pingnan's rebellion.

Seeing that the Xue family was too preoccupied with the raw silk case, they took out a jade Ruyi, inscribed words related to three hundred children, and specially gave it to the Queen Mother, which made her search angrily with a guilty conscience.

Its real purpose is to put the blame on the Yan family and have a disobedient heart, so that the royal family and the Xue family can completely eradicate the Yan family.

(End of this chapter)