Leng Yi whispered: "I suddenly thought of something about the second prince, and I want to discuss it with you."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Wang Jien asked.

"When I was investigating the accidental death case of Daji Beauty during the day, I asked the second prince. He once said that he believed that Daji Beauty was sentenced to death by the officials, so I didn't need to investigate. At that time, I just thought he was childish and didn't take it seriously.

But now the more I think about it, the more uneasy I feel. Now it has been found out that the beauty Daji died in an accident, but the second prince thought that it was the official who sent her to death. The second prince was young and did not know the seriousness. This kind of thing should not be messed up.

Said. It would be terrible if the Zheng family knew about it. The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, and I wanted to give him a quick warning. But the official spoke in a low tone, and what he said had no weight. Only you can say this kind of thing.

It's only appropriate. After all, you are someone close to the official, and he will believe your words if they have authority. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Wang Jien's face changed greatly and he stamped his feet: "No wonder the Zheng family said that today and called so many ministers. It turns out that it was the second prince who said this! He must have been forced to ask questions by the Zheng family and it was unfounded.

You are talking nonsense, this is a big mistake! No, you have to go to him and ask for clarification!"

Wang Jien walked towards the second prince in a hurry. Leng Yi followed. When he got to the door, Leng Yi took the lead and said, "I'll knock on the door."

He knocked gently on the door, but there was no movement inside. Leng Yi shouted loudly: "Second Prince! Second Prince, please open the door! The King's Minister and I have something urgent."

But there was no sound from inside.

Leng Yi said: "Will something happen again?"

Wang Jien's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly leaned on the window. When he looked in through the gap, he was so frightened that he screamed: "It's not good! Someone has hanged himself!"

Leng Yi was also startled and took two steps back. He slammed forward and heard a bang, and the door was suddenly knocked open. Leng Yi staggered forward two steps, then stopped and looked up.

, was also shocked: "What's going on?"

Wang Jien stepped in and immediately saw Zhao Yuanxi lying on the ground. His head was in a pool of blood, motionless, and his face changed color. He quickly stepped forward, took a breath, and said in a panic: "It's not good! Second Prince

died!"

Leng Yi came over and sniffed, shook his head, stood up, looked up at the old eunuch hanging on the beam, and said to Wang Jien, "What should I do?"

Wang Jien said: "You watch the scene, I will report it to the officials!"

"good!"

Wang Jien came out and quickly came to Zhao Guangyi's Zen room. He walked to Zhao Guangyi's bed, bowed and said: "The official family! The official family is in trouble!"

Zhao Guangyi drank too much and was drowsy, but he was thinking about things. So when Wang Jien called, he woke up immediately. He opened the curtain and asked displeasedly: "What's wrong?"

Wang Jien took another half step forward: "Just now, the old slave and Master Leng went to talk to the second prince, and found that the door was closed tightly and could not be opened. The old slave saw from the window gap that the second prince's attendant had been hanged in the room. Tell me.

After Master Leng, he opened the door and found that the second prince... he was already dead on the ground."

"Ah?" Zhao Guangyi looked surprised, "How did you die?"

"He probably slipped and fell, hitting his head on the corner of the coffee table. He bled to death. The details are not clear yet. By the way, the eunuch who served him is also dead. He was hanged."

Zhao Guangyi understood that this was Leng Yi's arrangement, and got out of bed: "Get dressed!"

Wang Jien quickly served Zhao Guangyi and put on the dragon robe.

Zhao Guangyi put on his dragon robe, took Wang Jien and Long Jiong, and quickly came to Zhao Yuanxi's Zen room. Leng Yi stood in the corridor, saw him coming, and quickly bowed and saluted.

Zhao Guangyi stepped in, took a closer look, and couldn't help but take two steps back. Then he rushed forward and helped Zhao Yuanxi who was on the ground: "Xi'er! Wake up...!" The voice of the call was loud and full of tears.

Wang Jien hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "My condolences to the official family, the second prince, he..., he has already gone..."

Zhao Guangyi groaned, hugged the body and cried loudly.

The cry was so overwhelming that one couldn't help but shed tears of sympathy.

Leng Yi watched from the side, thinking that Zhao Guangyi really had an acting talent, and he could actually act so realistically.

His crying quickly woke up all the concubines, young princes, and princesses. They all rushed to check in a panic. When they learned that the second prince had died unexpectedly, they all burst into tears. For a moment,

There was a cry in the whole temple.

Zhao Guangyi finally stopped crying, put down Zhao Yuanxi, stood up and asked Leng Yi: "How did the second prince die? Have you checked?"

"Wei Chen just briefly checked the room conditions, and has not yet checked the Second Prince."

"Okay, check it right away, I'll be waiting for your news outside!"

After that, Zhao Guangyi came out and stood in the corridor. When the concubines saw him coming out, they cried even more vigorously. They were afraid that they would never be so sad even if their own flesh and blood died.

After Leng Yi inspected the body, he lowered the old eunuch's body from the hanging beam and made an inspection. Then, Leng Yi came out and bowed to Zhao Guangyi who was standing in the corridor: "Report to the official's house, the second prince and his personal attendants."

There were no other external injuries on his body. The door was bolted from the inside, and there were no signs of outsiders sneaking into the scene. Judging from the situation at the scene, the second prince was probably drinking alone in the room, and the old eunuch served him

The teapot was pouring tea for him, but the teapot accidentally knocked over and spilled on the second prince's head and face. The second prince was poured hot tea on his head and face. He panicked under the severe pain and unfortunately lost his footing and fell. His forehead happened to hit the coffee table and he passed away.

The old eunuch regretted and felt guilty and was afraid of taking responsibility, so he committed suicide out of fear and hung himself in the house."

Zhao Guangyi nodded: "Bring me the door bolt and show it to me."

Leng Yi hurriedly brought the door latch broken into two sections to Zhao Guangyi. Zhao Guangyi looked at it carefully and said: "Yes, it was smashed. This means that the second prince and his attendant were both in the room at the time. From the inside

The door is closed. The doors and windows are closed tightly. It seems that my Xi'er did accidentally fall and die." After that, he raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears.

The concubines, the young prince and the princesses in the corridor all started crying after hearing this.

Wang Jien, who was next to him, stepped forward and bowed: "The eunuch who followed the second prince failed to take good care of the second prince, which caused the second prince to suffer. He should be punished. Although I committed suicide out of fear of crime, my family should also be implicated!"

Zhao Guangyi shook his head sadly and said: "Forget it, he didn't mean it on purpose. He has already committed suicide to apologize, so let's leave it at that."

"yes!"

"Publish my decree and grant Xi'er the title of crown prince, with a posthumous title of respectful filial piety. The Ministry of Rites will also arrange the funeral according to this etiquette."

"Old slave obeys the order!"

Zhao Guangyi turned around and looked at Zhao Yuanxi's body on the ground. He cried for a while and then returned to his residence. That night, he couldn't sleep all night.

Early the next morning, people from the Ministry of Rites took Zhao Yuanxi's body away for funeral arrangements.

Zhao Guangyi asked Leng Yi to report the accidental death of the second prince Zhao Yuanxi to Mrs. Huarui in the Zen room, and invited him to have lunch together to apologize for what happened last night.

Leng Yi went and came back soon. He said to Zhao Guangyi with a bitter face: "Empress Huarui said, please forgive me. She is busy with her practice. She has delayed the Qing Dynasty these two days, and she really can't accompany her anymore. Please forgive me.

. He also said that officials should not spend too much time here and should go back to take care of state affairs. Please forgive me for not coming to see you off."

Zhao Guangyi was very disappointed and said: "Then do you say I'm sorry?"

"As I said, Mrs. Huarui has nothing to say."

Zhao Guangyi said frustratedly: "She is angry and doesn't want to pay attention to me. Alas!"

Leng Yi hurriedly said: "The officials don't have to worry. We'll talk about it after some time."

"That's all we can do. Let's drive back!"

Wang Jien hurriedly agreed and came out. He said in a long voice: "The official will drive back to the palace!"

So, all the concubines also packed up their things, shouted in front of each other, left Nanke Temple, and returned to the palace.

When Zhao Guangyi returned to the palace, a personal eunuch brought a large stack of memorials and placed them in front of him. Zhao Guangyi frowned and said, "Didn't I give orders? Memorials for officials below the fourth rank should be sent to Lord Leng first.

Let him have a look there and then give it to me?"

The eunuch quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Guan family, these are officials of third rank or above."

Zhao Guangyi was surprised. You must know that the words of these officials of third rank and above have weight, and each of them is scheming and does not speak easily. Therefore, they do not submit many memorials, only a few in a day at most.

It's rare to see a large stack like this.

Zhao Guangyi took a memorial, which was signed by Prime Minister Xue Juzheng. This memorial talked about Zheng En's military exploits and his kindness to the late emperor, and suggested that the officials build a merit monument for Zheng En.

If this memorial had been issued before the accidental death of Daji Beauty, Zhao Guangyi would not have thought much about it. However, just after Daji Beauty died, the school residents received such a memorial, which made Zhao Guangyi not think about it.

He put down the memorial and picked up another one, but it was a memorial from Chu Zhaofu, the Privy Councilor, who is equivalent to the Minister of Defense. He still wrote about Zheng En's past. However, the ending was different from Chu Zhaofu's. He did not suggest giving

Zheng En erected a monument, but bluntly said that the government should make public the reasons for the death of beauty Daji. Especially to Zheng En's family to avoid criticism.

Zhao Guangyi was very confused and thought, when did he decree the death of Da Ji? What reason was disclosed?

Zhao Guangyi threw the memorial aside angrily and picked up another one, but it was from Zhongshu Ling Shi Shouxin. The content was exactly the same as Chu Zhaofu's.

He then looked at the pile of memorials, and most of them said the same thing, involving Zheng En and Daji Beauty. Moreover, most of them directly said that the officials should not give Daji Beauty to death, or that they should put her to death.

The reason for the death of the beauty Daji was made public, blocking everyone's mouth.

In the Song Dynasty, the relationship between monarch and ministers was not as strict as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and ministers dared to express their thoughts outspokenly. Moreover, officials of third rank or above were either senior officials like the founding fathers, or civil servants who were talented and courageous to take on responsibilities. Therefore,

The words in the memorial naturally don't sound so nice.

Before Zhao Guangyi could finish reading the entire memorial, he was furious and said: "Call Chu Zhaofu, Shi Shouxin, and Xue Juzheng! I want to ask them face to face, when did I decree the death of the beautiful lady Daji?"

When Leng Yi returned home, Zhuo Qiao Niang and Xiao Zhou were both happy. Zhuo Qiao Niang said: "My lord, what have you been busy with in the palace these past two days? It took you two days and two nights to get home?"

Before Leng Yi could answer, Xiao Zhouhou had already said, "Sister! It's best not to ask about my brother's affairs in the palace. There are some things that my brother can't answer you for."

Zhuo Qiaoniang suddenly woke up and stuck out her tongue.

Leng Yi smiled: "It's nothing. However, something happened in the past two days. I accompanied the officials to the Nanke Temple in the inner court to deliver the late emperor's portrait for enshrinement. As a result, two people died in two nights!"

Zhuo Qiao Niang and Xiao Zhou were both surprised and looked at him.

Leng Yi said: "On the first night, the late emperor's beauty Daji died unexpectedly. She fell down and hit the back of her head on the green brick floor. She turned over and lay in a pile of clothes, suffocating herself to death."

Xiao Zhouhou nodded: "We have also heard that many ministers have gone to the beauty Daji's natal family, and there are a lot of discussions."
To be continued...