The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 130 Seeing the Sun Through the Clouds ([-])

Early the next morning, all the civil and military officials gathered in the Chongtian Palace, waiting for the Empress who had not been in court for nearly half a month to show up.

The snow as big as a goose feather started to fall at the second watch last night. For the civil servants who knelt outside the main gate of the palace for nearly a day yesterday, it was a bit difficult to come up so early today. Everyone still gritted their teeth and bid farewell to the warm bed.

Civil and military officials stood in two rows, and now people on both sides were staring at each other like black-eyed chickens.

Until a person appeared outside the hall, this person was Jiang Qixi, the chief assistant of the cabinet who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Ever since Jiang's family was impeached, Jiang Qixi said he was ill and stayed at home behind closed doors. Even when Jiang Nian was abolished, he didn't speak out.Not only him, but even the entire Jiang family fell silent. Just when everyone was about to forget the Jiang family, he appeared again.

Jiang Qixi walked into the hall slowly, taking every step extremely steadily.

Many people with keen senses have already noticed that today's morning court must be unusual.

"Jiang Shoufu, long time no see. You are willing to come back. Without you, the cabinet seems to have lost its backbone. Seeing that you are well now, I feel relieved."

When Xu Zhi saw Jiang Qixi, it was rare for him to be sarcastic.

"I'm sorry, Xu Cifu is worried, the old man is fine." Jiang Qixi was still full of energy, and he didn't look like he had been seriously ill at all.

Xu Zhi still wanted to say something, but the emcee eunuch sang loudly in the hall, interrupting him.

"The Emperor is here!"

As the words fell, the empress, dressed in a blue crown and wearing a crown of twelve pearls, appeared in everyone's sight.

"See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live!"

The officials bowed down and shouted long live.

"All the gentlemen are flat."

Ning Yuezhao sat down on the throne with a slight smile on her face.

Taking advantage of the gap between getting up, the courtiers secretly looked at the empress, and found that although the crown was complicated, the body under the robe could still be seen to have lost a lot of weight, and even the face was haggard with a long-term illness. .

It seems that the previous rumors that the Empress was ill were true!
Just when all the officials were chattering in their hearts, Ning Yuezhao suddenly smiled and asked, "I don't know if you have had breakfast today?"

When the officials heard the words, they looked at each other in blank dismay, and replied one after another, "Your Majesty has already used it, please worry about it."

The corner of Ning Yuezhao's mouth curled up, "That's good, today's morning may be longer than before."

As soon as she said this, except for Jiang Qixi and Xiao Jingtian, the other officials all looked solemn.

Ning Yuezhao continued: "Since the beginning of autumn, my health has been going up and down, and I have a backlog of unresolved matters. Let's consolidate them today. Let's start with the poison on my body."

Hearing the empress's words, someone immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, the poison in your body and the death of the dragon descendant in your belly that day are all related to the common man Jiang Nian. For him to commit such crimes, your majesty just will He abolished the position of imperial concubine, this punishment is too light, and everyone should be executed!"

As soon as he said this, everyone turned their attention to Jiang Qixi, only to see Jiang Qixi still had a straight back and a calm face.

Ning Yuezhao smiled meaningfully, "Why does Aiqing think that the poison on my body is caused by Jiang Nian?"

The minister said: "That day, Sai Bianque personally identified him in the Chongtian Temple. This person is from Yunzhou, which borders the Miao nationality. He also found Gu insects in the underground darkroom of the imperial capital Boji Hall. Isn't that enough?"

Ning Yuezhao smiled, "Come on, bring Sai Bianque here."

As soon as she said this, the courtiers below were in a commotion, and even Xiao Jingtian frowned.

Soon, two guards escorted an old man up, this old man was none other than Sai Bianque who committed suicide by swallowing Gu poison in the Chongtian Temple that day.

"This...isn't this person dead? How did he appear here?"

"Could it be someone with a similar appearance?"

"No, no, this is Sai Bianque. He has treated me before, so he can't be wrong."

"Yeah, how did he come back from the dead?"

The corners of Ning Yuezhao's mouth curled up, "Master Sai, I'm also very curious, didn't you say in the Chongtian Temple that you wanted to keep a secret for the person who bought your Gu worm, so you committed suicide, how did you come back from the dead now? "

According to Jiang Nian's previous instructions, Zuo Ming kept a close eye on An Chen's house outside the palace. Sure enough, after observing the butler, Uncle Liu, for a few days, the imperial guards took note of the places he frequented, and caught him by surprise late at night. As expected, a group of Anchen's people were captured, including Sai Bianque who was hiding in Anzhai.

Sai Bianque's expression was indifferent at the moment, and he didn't even give Ning Yuezhao a straight look.

"I don't want to say it, so I'll make it up for you." Ning Yuezhao said with a slight smile, "You deliberately said some specious things in the Chongtian Temple that day, just to frame Jiang Nian, and to fake death in the end. You increase the credibility of your words. But you forgot one thing, Jiang Nian was unknown six years ago, how can he be regarded as a powerful figure, he had already left the imperial capital to study around, where did he go to buy Gu poison from you ?”

Sai Bianque still did not speak, and the officials below had already started whispering.

Indeed, although Jiang Nian is the second son of the first assistant family, because he went out to study when he was young, he has never participated in the poetry and literature competitions among the nobles in the imperial capital. Before the high school champion, he did not have a famous name in the imperial capital head.

Because after Jiang Nian became the emperor's husband, the halo on his body was so dazzling that people forgot that he was once unknown.

Jiang Qixi, who had been silent all this time, came out and knelt down solemnly towards Ning Yuezhao, "Your Majesty, Jiang Nian is the son of a humble official. Although he is not talented, he is also a good-natured child. To murder your majesty."

Ning Yuezhao raised her hand to help, "Jiang Shoufu, please stand up, and today I will give justice to your Jiang family!"

Jiang Qixi got up slowly, with a little relief on his face.

Ning Yuezhao looked at Sai Bianque, "Do you think I will have nothing to do with you if you don't make a sound? Don't forget the things in the darkroom in the basement of Boji Hall, you can't deny them, right?"

Mentioning that secret room, a trace of heartache flashed across Sai Bianque's face. The things inside were all his painstaking efforts, but he thought that few people in the emperor would understand, and he returned to his indifferent appearance.

Seeing that he was still indifferent, Ning Yuezhao squinted her eyes and said: "Look at my negligence, Sai Bianque is not your real name at all, no wonder I keep calling you unresponsive. I should call you Lan Miu, the younger brother of the Miao patriarch .”

Sai Bianque and Bu Lanyue finally reacted, his cloudy eyes moved, and he looked at Ning Yuezhao in disbelief, "How...how did you know?"

He didn't expect that Ning Yuezhao would reveal his identity in a single word. When the guards broke into the Anzhai, he knew that their doom was over.The reason why I didn’t open my mouth just now is because the Han people know almost nothing about Gu poison. If people from the clan come, it will be different...

Seeing his increasingly ugly face, Ning Yuezhao smiled lightly, "It was your nephew, Lan Yu told me."

"Lan Yu..." Lan Miao muttered the name, "Did they find it so quickly? Impossible!"

Ning Yuezhao motioned to the palace servants, "Go and pass Mr. Lan to the palace."

Under the gaze of everyone, a young man in Miao costume walked up to the main hall. Lan Yu was the same as before, but bowed to Ning Yuezhao, which was regarded as a salute.

"Miao Lan Yu met His Majesty the Emperor Daxing."

But the officials in the court were a little dissatisfied, "This son has such a temper, he can't even kneel down when he sees my emperor."

Ning Yuezhao raised her hand to stop their complaints, "Master Lan is the young master of the Miao nationality, and the Miao nationality is not affiliated with Daxing, so there is no need to ask too much from him."

Lan Yu squinted at the official who spoke, and cupped his hands towards Ning Yuezhao, "Your Majesty, the heart-eating Gu is forbidden in the Miao people, and it has been sealed in the forbidden area. This person stole the heart-eating Gu from the tribe six years ago." Gu, we have been looking for this traitor for so many years."

After finishing speaking, he walked up to Lan Miu and said condescendingly: "You traitor actually used Gu to Emperor Daxing, you forgot the rules of the clan, can't you use Gu to poison people?"

Lan Miu laughed, and said disdainfully: "You are just like my pedantic elder brother, the poison of the Miao nationality is a waste of money in your hands!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ning Yuezhao again, with a bit of pride on his face, "Do you think you can get rid of the Gu poison on your body by finding these wastes who can only stick to the rules? To tell you the truth, you The poison of Gu has been improved, and after I die, it will be worthwhile to be buried with Emperor Daxing."

This is an admission that the Gu poison on Ning Yuezhao has nothing to do with Jiang Nian, but all the officials looked at Ning Yuezhao's haggard and sickly face, and couldn't help feeling anxious again.

"Bold, hand over the antidote soon!" Someone immediately reprimanded.

Lan Miu gave the official a sideways look, closed his mouth and remained silent, but the smug smile at the corner of his mouth was very obtrusive.

"Up to now you are still obsessed with no regrets!" Lan Yu looked at him hopelessly, "Your room is full of messy things, if I hadn't come in time this time, how many people would you have killed?"

Lan Miu looked at him contemptuously, and suddenly laughed presumptuously, "Seeing those treasures, you should feel ashamed. Back then, you said that I had a wicked heart and let my incompetent elder brother inherit the patriarch. Now you should know , I am the master of the Miao people's Gu control! Only I can let the Miao people, let the Gu poison go to glory!"

Lan Yu looked at him as if looking at a lunatic, "You are really hopeless!"

Ning Yuezhao also shook her head, "Lu Ji."

Lu Ji, who was standing at the end of the civil service line, was suddenly called on by his name, so he calmed down and came out, "The minister is here."

Ning Yuezhao said apologetically: "The Bingdi lotus was damaged by the little maid from the Yiyi Bureau that day, and all the evidence points to your Lu family. I didn't investigate thoroughly at the time, and I was sorry for your Lu family. Now with the help of Mr. Lan, It has been found out that someone put a spell on that palace lady that day, and then controlled her to do something that ruined the auspicious omen."

Mentioning the relatives who have passed away, Lu Ji was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "The bank notes found in the maid's residence that day came from Boji Hall, and this Lan Mi is the doctor in charge of Boji Hall. Needless to say, this poison It's from his handwriting."

Lan Miu still had that disdainful expression, but he didn't deny it either.

Lu Ji walked up to him, "You, a Miao, have been lurking in the imperial capital for several years. No matter how powerful the poison in your hands is, you can't stretch your hands to the inner garden of the palace. Who are you working for?"

(End of this chapter)