Chapter 532 Identification

The emperor had always wanted to get rid of Duke Song, but to take action against a duke, he had to have solid evidence of his guilt. After all, the Duke Song's Mansion was the empress dowager's maiden family.

Now Lady Yaoguang asked the emperor to make the decision. If the remains of the eldest son-in-law can really be found in the backyard of Duke Song's mansion, Duke Song will not be able to escape the death penalty.

The emperor looked at Xie Jingyu, and before the emperor could speak, Xie Jingyu said, "I will arrange for someone to take care of this matter."

The emperor asked Xie Jingyu to do it. After all, he was reliable in his work, but the people arranged by Xie Jingyu were also reliable.

A few notoriously unreliable and bored people were waiting in Deyue Tower.

Prince Yuzhang and the others kept looking around, "Jing Yu asked us to wait for him here, why didn't he come here himself?"

I've been waiting for a quarter of an hour.

They usually have a lot of free time and will only arrive early, never late.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, the door was pushed open. Prince Yuzhang, Chu Yang and Zhao Ang all turned around, but the person they saw was Chen Ping, not Xie Jingyu.

Prince Yuzhang asked, "Where is your master?"

Chen Ping said, "My master asked me to tell you to take people to search the Duke of Song's mansion."

Prince of Yuzhang, “…???”

Chu Yang, “……???”

Zhao Ang, “…???”

The three of them looked at each other.

I suspect there's something wrong with their ears.

Let them search the Duke of Song’s mansion?

Are they so promising?

no!

Is Xie Jingyu so promising?

Can a few of them, who don't even hold official positions, search a duke's mansion at will?

It feels a bit like a dream.

Prince Yuzhang reached out to pinch Chu Yang, but Chu Yang slapped him on the back of his hand.

pain.

Not dreaming.

Prince Yuzhang held out his hand and asked, "Do you have the emperor's decree?"

Chen Ping fished out the token he had given Chu Yang to take to Jizhou to investigate the granary theft. "The situation is urgent. There's no time to draft an imperial edict. You take this token with you."

"By the way, I told you to go do your work separately."

Shoukang Palace.

The Queen Mother leaned back on the large welcoming pillow.

I can’t eat or sleep, and I can’t muster any energy.

After the death of her daughter Princess Qi Yang, the Queen Mother was still relying on hatred to survive, but now she doesn't even know who to hate, and she has no idea who killed her daughter.

She originally suspected Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu, but Princess Qi Yang chose to let Xiao Huaijin break the tiles and raise the coffin for her. The Queen Mother believed these things to some extent in her heart.

The Queen Mother felt a sharp pain between her eyebrows. A palace maid stepped forward and said anxiously, "Queen Mother, this is bad! The Emperor has sent the Imperial Guards out of the palace and surrounded the Duke of Song's Mansion, the Prince of Qing's Mansion, and the Left Prime Minister's Mansion..."

These words were like thunder in the Queen Mother's ears.

The Empress Dowager was stunned for a long time, and it was Nanny Gui who asked, "Why would the Emperor send people to surround the Duke of Song's Mansion, Prince Qing's Mansion, and the Left Prime Minister's Mansion?"

The imperial guards were also dispatched.

The Duke of Song, Prince Qing and the Left Prime Minister all hold important positions in the court.

Any move would cause a stir in the court, let alone surrounding the residences of three people at once.

Unless there is irrefutable evidence that Duke Song and the Left Prime Minister are plotting a rebellion, the Emperor cannot do such a thing.

The palace maid said, "I don't know, but today Princess Qingning and Prince Jingbei came to the palace to see the emperor..."

The palace maid didn't say it explicitly, but it was obvious that this matter was related to them.

Only Princess Qingning and Prince Jingbei had the courage to confront Duke Song and his men.

Them again?!

The Queen Mother was so angry that her whole body was shaking. "Even if the Emperor trusts and favors them, Duke Song and the Left Prime Minister are important officials in the court. How can he just listen to their one-sided words and send the imperial guards to surround their mansions and force them to come to see me?"

The palace maid went to the imperial study to deliver a message, but when she came back she almost angered the empress dowager to death.

The palace maid stepped forward and said, "Princess Qingning and Prince Jingbei are playing chess with the Emperor. They said they will come to see you after having lunch with the Emperor..."

The Queen Mother was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe.

“What a big rack!”

"Do you want me to go meet them in person?!"

It’s not that Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu didn’t come, it’s that Yaoguang County Master was weak and physically exhausted. However, after entering the palace in a carriage and kneeling on the ground for a while, she couldn’t bear it and fainted.

It was more important to let Zhao Yuanzheng give acupuncture to Yaoguang County Lady. Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu were unwilling to waste time arguing with the Queen Mother.

When Lady Yaoguang wakes up, send her to the Empress Dowager, and she and the Empress Dowager will explain.

If the Queen Mother doesn't trust them, how could she not trust her own granddaughter?

It would be better if they could delay for a while and let Prince Yuzhang and his men dig out the remains of the eldest son-in-law in the backyard of the Duke of Song's mansion.

Princess Yaoguang was seriously injured this time. Not only was her body severely injured, but her mood was also hurt. She watched her loving mother being killed by someone she trusted. If she had not told the truth to the emperor and asked the emperor and the empress dowager to avenge her mother, Princess Yaoguang probably would not have been able to hold on.

Dean Zhao was busy for a long time before Lady Yaoguang woke up. It was already lunch time.

Shen Wan said, “After we have dinner with the emperor, we will send you to see the empress dowager.”

Yaoguang County Master nodded weakly.

My nose is sore and tears are rolling down my cheeks.

Here, Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu were having dinner with the Emperor, and over there, the Empress Dowager couldn't wait for Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu to come see her, and her weak body couldn't make it to the Imperial Study, so she was so angry that she threw the medicine bowl that the palace maid brought to her.

The Duke of Song's Mansion is the Empress Dowager's maiden home. Without any news leaking out, the Emperor sent the Imperial Guards to surround the Duke of Song's Mansion. The Empress Dowager needs an explanation from the Emperor!

But the emperor no longer took her, the empress dowager, seriously. How could the empress dowager not be angry?

She was so angry that her mouth tasted blood. A eunuch came running in, "Queen Mother, something terrible has happened!"

The Queen Mother was already feeling anxious, and upon hearing this, her heart trembled even more. Nanny Gui asked, "What happened?"

The eunuch looked at the Queen Mother and replied, "The Prince of Yuzhang and the Prince of Yong led the imperial guards to surround the Duke of Song's mansion. They ordered people to dig under a tree in the backyard of the mansion and dug up a skeleton. That skeleton is, is..."

Aunt Gui had a bad feeling in her heart and asked quickly, "Whose is it?"

"Yes, it belongs to the eldest son-in-law..."

The eunuch's voice became lower and lower, but it was loud enough for Nanny Gui and the Queen Mother to hear clearly.

Like being struck by lightning.

Aunt Gui's expression changed drastically, "How is this possible?!"

The eunuch said, "The steward of Princess Qiyang's residence was asked to go to Duke Song's residence for identification. Next to the excavated bones was a jade pendant, which was a birthday gift from the Yaoguang County Lady to the eldest son-in-law. There was also a short dagger, which also belonged to the eldest son-in-law..."

Others may mistake the things of the eldest son-in-law, but the steward of Princess Qiyang's mansion will not admit his mistake, and the steward will not be bribed by the Prince of Jingbei and the Prince of Yuzhang.

But didn’t the Prince Consort leave Beijing for business and never be heard from again?

How could he die and be buried under a tree in the backyard of Duke Song's mansion?

Nanny Gui felt cold all over, and then she saw the empress dowager's face was ashen.

Her intuition told her.

This time something really big happened.

It was bigger than they could have imagined.

The eunuch paused and said, "It has been confirmed that it is the remains of the eldest son-in-law. The Prince of Yuzhang, holding the emperor's imperial decree, has imprisoned everyone in the Duke of Song's mansion..."