Daming Palace, Yangxin Palace.

Perhaps the emperor had taken too many tonic medicines. Although it was early spring and the weather was still cold, the earth dragons in the Nuan Pavilion only had a thin layer of warmth and could not drive away the cold air.

Emperor Long'an was only wearing a bright yellow spring shirt, and he didn't feel cold at all. Instead, he felt hot all over.

His eyes were like daggers, and he looked at his second son who was kneeling on the ground crying and aggrieved. He wanted to eat someone with an expression that made other people in the palace dare not even breathe. They only heard him sternly say: "Unjustly accused? Does the Jinmen Tower belong to you?"

Are these boxes and cages found in the Golden Gate Tower? Who else would buy these things except you? You beast, why don't you just embroider my dragon robe?"

Li Yao kowtowed and cried loudly: "Father, no matter how unfilial I am, I will never dare to do such a rebellious thing! There must be traitors to frame this and drive a wedge between the brothers and sisters of the Tian family! I don't even participate in politics in the six ministries, why?

Would you have such a wishful thinking? Please be aware of it!" He also said: "Father, my father also knew that my son and I had a personal grudge against Jia Qiang, so he took the opportunity to frame my son and frame him. How can there be such a coincidence in the world? Soldiers and horses

Ding Yong, that useless person from the Department, seized the Jinmen Tower when he came up, and found this when he went in. If I really wanted to do such a shameful thing, would I still leave it in a place like the Jinmen Tower? My father is aware of it, my father is aware of it.

!”

Seeing him kowtow and cry "bang bang bang", Emperor Long'an began to feel shaken again. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a report from Huangmen: "Ningguo Mansion attacked the first-class marquis, and Jia Qiang, commander of the Dongcheng Army and Horses Division, requested an audience!"

Emperor Long'an gritted his teeth and uttered one word: "Xuan!"

Not long after, Jia Qiang entered the palace, and before he could bow down, he saw a young man in his 10s or 20s, roaring at him like a madman: "Damn you despicable thief, despicable villain, you dare to frame me.

?!"

Jia Qiang only looked at him coldly, then saluted and reported: "Your Majesty, please quickly send troops to thoroughly investigate Changchun Temple in Xuanpingfang. I just intercepted eighteen carts of prohibited weapons in front of Guangqu Gate. Changchun Temple

The thieves jumped over the wall in a hurry, took the opportunity to plot rebellion, and killed innocent people. The minister failed to deal with it well, and he asked himself to be punished!"

When Emperor Long'an heard this, his eyes widened instantly and his voice rose loudly: "What did you say?"

Jia Qiang said in a deep voice: "I have been ordered to conduct a thorough investigation of the East City today. On the surface, I have made a big fanfare and deliberately created a big noise. The purpose is to scare the grass and scare the snake. Let others see that even the Jinmen Tower with the deepest background cannot withstand it.

There is no reason not to search other places. Secretly, I sent an informant to secretly observe more than 20 places in the East City where dragons and snakes were mixed. Unexpectedly, when the grass was cut here, a poisonous snake actually appeared.

! Xuanpingfang Changchun Temple quietly sent eighteen carts, filled with boxes and cages, in an attempt to leave the capital from Guangqumen. After hearing the news, I immediately led my troops to intercept, not wanting the thieves to see that they had failed, they jumped over the wall in a hurry.

Killing innocent people. Although I have killed all the thieves, I still hurt innocent people. I apologize!"

Seeing Jia Qiang's face full of self-blame, Emperor Long'an's ugly face softened a little, and he waved his hand and said: "The thieves are plotting to rebel and massacre the people. What does it have to do with you? Get up!"

Then he immediately sent an order: "Order Wei Chen, the general of the North Gate, to go to Changchun Temple in Xuanpingfang immediately to arrest the rebels. This time, I want to survive! It is said that Tian Fu, the commander of Xiuyi Guard, will come to see me immediately."

The palace attendants immediately went to announce the decree. After they left, Emperor Long'an's furious mood seemed to have calmed down a little. After drinking some tea in a daze, he said in a cold voice: "Jia Qiang, why did you choose the Golden Gate Tower to arouse the enemy?

Why not the side?"

Jia Qiang glanced at Li Yao, who looked stiff, and said: "Your Majesty, I really didn't know beforehand that the proprietor of the Jinmen Tower was so powerful. Of course, I knew that the water in the Jinmen Tower was very deep, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to do so. The assistant of the Military and Horse Division is the gatekeeper, and there will be no censor patrolling the city to watch the scene. The reason why this place was chosen is that besides Tianlang Village, this is another place where the three religions and nine streams gather in the East City. It is quite popular. The background is suitable for alerting snakes, and because of this, there is a lot of money here, and it is a famous silver nest. The military affairs office of the minister is out of money, and I want to investigate and deal with some ill-gotten gains here..."

"fart!"

Li Yao heard that this man actually dared to hammer nails into his bones one by one in front of Emperor Long'an. He couldn't bear it and cursed: "You are a traitor! You framed me like this when you were in Yangzhou. You dug the ground three times." They scraped the land, ransacked their homes and exterminated their clans in search of money. It wasn’t enough to destroy the Bai family, but now that they’re in the capital, they’ve set their sights on me again. You shameless beast, I will fight you until death!”

"You bastard, shut up!!"

When he heard Li Yao mentioning the Bai family and saying that they dug three feet into the ground and ransacked their homes and exterminated their clans just for money, Emperor Long'an immediately became furious and shouted sternly.

After Lin Ruhai and Jia Qiang destroyed the Bai family in Yangzhou, they did not even enter the Bai family's gate. People from the Governor's Office of Liangjiang and the Zhongche Mansion of Xiuyiwei were responsible for checking the Bai family, and all the property and money were registered. Not a penny was lost.

Li Yao is cursing like this at this moment, isn't he harboring resentment?

Only then did Jia Qiang speak up: "The reason why I chose Jinmen Tower to scare away the snake is because Jinmen Tower itself is an evil snake. Gambling houses were opened in it, and countless people were ruined. There were brothels in it, and gamblers were there. After the loser went bankrupt, he happened to sell his wife and daughter for other people's pleasures. There was also the market, which was so dark that no daylight could be seen. I originally thought that the person standing behind this place was some poor and crazy Yuanping hero. , happened to clean it up together this time. But I didn’t expect that it turned out to be the Prince Keqin’s Mansion!

I am also surprised, my lord, how short of money are you? Your Majesty does not give you money from the clan every year or does he not give you Wangzhuang when he opened the palace? Firstly, you do not need to support the army, secondly, you do not need to relieve the victims, and thirdly, you do not need money from the rivers. , What do you want so much money for? How dare you ask for such despicable money?

The surname of Dayan’s Jiangshan is Li, isn’t it Li Yao’s?”

Li Yao was about to explode with anger, his body was trembling, he pointed at Jia Qiang and said: "You, are you worthy of teaching me a lesson?"

"He doesn't deserve it, do I deserve it?"

Emperor Long'an couldn't bear it when he saw that the rebellious son didn't refute, so he admitted the matter. However, he was even more angry than Li Yao. He stepped forward, kicked him to the ground, and cursed: "Jia Qiang asked. Didn't you hear what he said? He said, "You neither support the army nor the ministers, so what do you need so much money for? But you have a personal relationship with ministers, build weapons, and prepare to exchange Dayan's country for your Li Yao's Li?!" "

These heart-wrenching words made Li Yao fearful and angry to the point of despair. He screamed: "Father! My son and I have been wronged!!"

Emperor Long'an became even more furious after hearing this. He had already vaguely linked Li Yao to the murderer behind the scenes.

If not, what was this beast doing with so much money?

Thinking of this, Emperor Long'an stepped forward and kicked Li Yao to the ground again, who was struggling to get up, and cursed: "You have no king and no father! How could I have given birth to such a black-hearted beast like you!"

Jia Qiang half-understood what he heard and felt a little scared because he felt that things seemed to be off track.

It is true that Emperor Long'an condemned Li Yao to death as the murderer behind the rebellion. When the real culprit of the rebellion comes to light in the future, will he, the "initiator", still have a way to survive?

Just as he was hesitating to pull the rope back quickly, he suddenly saw a woman wearing a gold and silver silk Luan bird Chao phoenix embroidered court dress coming in from outside the palace, threw herself in front of Keqin County Prince Li Yao, and stopped Emperor Long'an from crying. Said: "Your Majesty, it's easy to teach the prince a lesson. It's easy to beat or scold him, but he must not be so angry that he breaks the dragon's body!"

Emperor Long'an's angry voice changed, and he said sternly: "Queen, ask this treacherous son what he has done? If you continue to protect him and catch his regicide master, will you be spared?"

Li Yao was really scared and kowtowed repeatedly: "Father, I have been wronged, I have been wronged!"

Empress Yin cried: "Your Majesty, although Li Yao was not born by my concubine, he was raised by me. Although he is occasionally naughty, his nature is not bad, and he will never do such horrific things. I am willing to guarantee with my life that my imperial son will never act like a king or father. Your Majesty!"

Jia Qiang took a breath from the side and looked at this queen who was well-known in both the government and the public with some horror.

First of all, I was shocked by his youth. The eldest prince was already in his twenties. No matter how you calculated it, Queen Yin was almost forty, and she looked like she was only in her twenties. She was kneeling there, with a figure as curved as a peach...

It’s incredible!

Secondly, I was even more shocked by his actions.

Just look at the way Li Yao hides and trembles behind the queen as if she is a mother-in-law, and you know how powerful this queen's methods are.

In all the dynasties, has there ever been such a queen who could win over a common prince to this extent?

horrible!

Emperor Long'an's piece of explosive steel was finally trained to be soft and soft by Queen Yin's Hong Qiushui. He sighed sadly: "Queen, this prince has failed to live up to your teachings!"

Then he said to Jia Qiang: "Tell the queen what happened to Prince Keqin."

Queen Yin seemed to have only seen Jia Qiang at this time. She turned around, looked at Jia Qiang and said: "Are you the first-class marquis of Ningguo Mansion? The emperor has shown such great kindness to you. You must remember the emperor's kindness and not try to alienate him. It is a matter of the flesh and blood of the Tian family, otherwise, although I cannot interfere in politics, I will not let you go!"

Jia Qiang looked at this pure and beautiful face that was so awe-inspiring that she didn't even have a single evil thought in her heart. Instead, she raised her guard to the highest level, and then repeated the words she had said to Emperor Long'an before, word for word.

When Queen Yin heard this, she glared at him fiercely, then turned back to Emperor Long'an and said: "Your Majesty, I know this, I know that the incident at Jinmen Tower was definitely not done by Li Yao. How could the Son of Heaven, his own son, willingly lower himself to handle the affairs of such merchants? His temperament is not known to others, not even to the Emperor? This matter must be handled by others in the palace, and he has been deceived by others."

Then he asked Li Yao: "Your Majesty, you must truthfully tell your father who is taking care of the affairs of Jinmen Tower?"

Li Yao gritted his teeth and said, "The Bai family has always been responsible for taking care of the economic matters in the palace of father, emperor, mother, and son-in-law."

The financial power is in the hands of the Bai family. In other words, the person in charge of the Duke Keqin's mansion is not the principal concubine of the county prince, but a concubine.

After hearing this, Emperor Long'an glanced at him with great disappointment and said to Queen Yin: "Let the Queen handle this matter. Prince Keqin is incompetent in running the family. He is deeply disappointed by me and has been demoted to the rank of auxiliary Duke... ..." After a pause, he suddenly asked Jia Qiang: "Jia Qiang, do you think Duke Li Yao was involved in the rebellion?"

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Chapter completed!