readx(); Zhu Kongshan didn't know what Feng Yuheng meant by the arrangement, but she at least understood that as long as Feng Yuheng was willing to help, her life would be guaranteed. She didn't want to keep her life, but she shouldn't give it away so soon at this time. She had to stay for a while longer. She had to give the Eighth Prince and Concubine Yuan one more pot to make it enough!
Thanks to Baicaotang's full efforts in treating the poisoned people in the north of the city, the conditions of the poisoned people have improved. Although those who froze to death cannot be resurrected, the lives of others have been saved by doing everything possible.
Two days later, the Royal Palace launched a planned construction in the north of the city. The blueprints and design concepts were provided by Feng Yuheng. The unified brick and tile houses had no independent courtyards, just like the apartments of later generations, with one door per household and separate rooms inside. There were two-bedroom and one-living room, and three-bedroom and one-living room, allocated according to the population ratio of each household. There were almost no people living alone in the north of the city. Even if they were single homeless people or beggars in the past, two or three people were grouped together and then allocated a house.
When the winter disaster hit, Feng Yuheng had already joined forces with the Royal Palace to build new houses for the victims in the capital, but the disaster area was wider at the time, not as concentrated as it is now, so there was no unified plan, and more repairs were done on the original houses. The houses that were rebuilt at the time were also registered under the name of the Royal Palace, and this time it was the same, all the houses were registered under the name of the Royal Palace, and provided free of charge to the poor in the north of the city.
This time, since all the victims were concentrated in the north of the city, some people had already predicted during the construction of the houses in Prince Yu's Mansion that the north of the capital would become the exclusive place of the Ninth Prince, and these favored people would become a force completely loyal to the Ninth Prince and Princess Ji'an.
After the Eighth Prince Xuan Tianmo was beaten by the poor people in the north of the city that day, he was very sensible and reported it to the authorities, or directly to the Ministry of Justice. Xu Jingyuan officially accepted the case, but only took the Eighth Prince back and asked him to go to the Ministry of Justice for trial every day, but did not arrest any of the rioters.
Xuan Tianmo pointed out that Xu Jingyuan was unfair in handling the case, but was stopped by Xu Jingyuan's words, "I am just going through the motions. The emperor said that he would personally try this case."
Xuan Tianmo was depressed, and the heavy weight on his heart did not fall to the ground. He had a bad feeling, and his intuition told him that it would be difficult to pass the test of Emperor Tianwu this time.
Too many poor people died, so the court could no longer be on the side of the Eighth Prince. In addition, the officials under his wing had also become alienated from him under the influence of Zhu Kongshan and no longer spoke for him. For a time, everyone in the court spoke of the Eighth Prince with contempt, and some even talked about Concubine Yuan in the palace, and begged Emperor Tianwu more than once to punish Concubine Yuan and her.
Tianwu's mental state has not been very good recently, and he is always listless. Even though he is furious about the incident in the north of the city, he always feels that he is powerless.
He was indeed sick, but it was not a serious illness, just a slight cold. He felt weak all over and was getting angry. The anger made him look exhausted.
The reason for his anger was that he was mad at the Eighth Prince. Emperor Tianwu knew everything that had happened before. Although he didn't show it on his face, he was furious. Both of them were his sons, and for the sake of Dashun, he wanted to see a fair fight between the two sons, and see who was more capable of sitting on the throne. Of course, another reason was that he didn't want the Ninth Prince to always carry the burden of being "Yun Fei's son", so that he would be stabbed in the back by people with ulterior motives when he ascended to the throne.
He had wanted to deal with Old Eight as early as when the accident happened at the jade mine, but Old Eight was also full of strategies and had a cunning mouth and a sharp hand, so that not only did he win the matter of the jade mine with clever arguments, but even such a big event as the Southern Realm became an unsolved case with the death of General Bi Xiu.
Tianwu felt aggrieved, but he also understood that this result was caused by his attitude. The Eighth Son was also his son, and he never wanted to see this son end up like the Third Son, after all, he was his biological son. Just like the Fourth Son, who made such a big mistake, he only locked him up in the palace, and until now, he chose to forgive him.
He is a strict emperor and a kind father. He sincerely hopes that his sons can live in harmony, but he always remembers that they were all born in the royal family and one day they will stand on opposite sides. He always hopes that this day will come later, but now it seems that what is coming has come, and he must face what he has to face.
"Xu Jingyuan." Tianwu spoke, his voice as tired as his expression. "I give you three days to compile the case in the north of the city into a book. Whether it's the Eighth Prince or the Concubine Yuan, you can investigate it freely. As long as you find out, write it down in a memorial for me. It must be clear and obvious. After three days, at this time, I will make my own decision!"
The court officials gasped, their intuition telling them that the emperor was determined to clean up his family. Would the Eighth Prince, a great king, fall because of this? Those who were in the Eighth Prince's faction were also secretly frightened, fearing that this incident would implicate them.
The seventh prince Xuan Tianhua and the ninth prince Xuan Tianming looked at each other quickly, and both saw worry in each other's eyes. For some reason, when Tianwu finally had to make a decision, their hearts were lifted instead, and they always felt that something was going to happen, but they didn't know what it would be.
After the Eighth Prince Xuan Tianmo was scratched by Zhu Kongshan and beaten by the people, he stayed in the Sheng Palace and refused to go out except for reporting to the Ministry of Justice. He even did not go to the morning court because of his injury. In private, Xuan Tianmo had been trying to find Zhu Kongshan. Until he heard that Zhu Kongshan was sent to the Princess's Mansion by Feng Yuheng, he was still unwilling to give up and sent waves of secret guards to break into the Princess's Mansion at night to get him out. As a result, all the secret guards sent by the Sheng Palace went there but never came back, as if the Princess's Mansion was a man-eating abyss, which made people shudder at the thought.
Xuan Tianmo failed to find Zhu Kongshan, and heard that Emperor Tianwu gave the Ministry of Justice three days to sort out the case before making a decision. He was a little worried, and felt that it would be difficult to escape this time. But he was really wronged this time. It was really not him who did it. Those tattered cotton-padded clothes had nothing to do with Yuan Guiren. Yuan Guiren's clothes were obviously good. When and by whom were they replaced? He thought about it and felt that the cotton-padded clothes were replaced in a strange way. Thinking about it carefully, it could only be that there was a problem in the production process.
They told the people in the north of the city that it was made in the palace, by the maids and palace maids themselves. But in fact, how could the palace make so many things? Yuan Guiren didn't have so many people under her. It was a huge project to make so many cotton-padded clothes in a few days. So, it was the palace maids under Yuan Guiren who found a tailor shop in the city and sold the job to them. They gave them silver notes, and the tailor shop arranged a large number of people to make the cotton-padded clothes in a hurry. Only then did they make the cotton-padded clothes within the stipulated number of days.
He asked Concubine Yuan if there was anything fishy going on, but Concubine Yuan denied it. He also believed that Concubine Yuan would not joke about his future, so... Xuan Tianmo narrowed his eyes slightly, and a thought came to his mind: Zhu Kongshan! It must be Zhu Kongshan who did something fishy!
But what can he do even if he thought of it? He just can't find Zhu Kongshan now. He knows where he is, but he can't catch him. Damn it! Xuan Tianmo realized that it was all because of Feng Yuheng, but he didn't expect that the other party helped Zhu Kongshan to trick him in this matter.
Prince Sheng's Mansion arranged for someone to find the tailor shop that made the cotton-padded clothes for Concubine Yuan, but the servants reported back that "all those who participated in sewing the cotton-padded clothes were invited to the Ministry of Justice by Lord Xu Jingyuan and have not been released. Now the tailor shop is closed and there is no one inside."
Xuan Tianmo immediately understood that this was to cut off all his escape routes. In this matter, Zhu Kongshan set a trap, tampered with the cotton-padded clothes, and put drugs in the porridge, so that the people in the north of the city died of poison. In the end, all the things were pushed onto him, and he became the target of public criticism, but Zhu Kongshan was still the living Bodhisattva in people's eyes. That girl even said that she was raped, and she was afraid that she had already burned her boats. For the first time, Xuan Tianmo regretted that he should not have taken action against Liu so early, which made Zhu Kongshan feel so much resentment.
What else can he do? Now that his face is scratched, he can't even face people. Even if he goes to the Ministry of Justice, he has to cover his face. The pain in his muscles and bones makes him unable to do many things. The only thing he can do now is to pin his hopes on the Ministry of Justice, hoping that Xu Jingyuan can be smarter and get to the bottom of the case and clear his name.
But Xuan Tianmo knew that Xu Jingyuan was Old Seven's man and would never help him. In addition, Feng Yuheng was interfering in the matter. Even if Xu Jingyuan found out the truth, he would definitely not tell it truthfully. This can be seen from the fact that Feng Yuheng protected Zhu Kongshan in the Princess's Mansion.
At the Sheng Palace, the Eighth Prince Xuan Tianmo was upset all day, and at the Yu Palace, after dealing with the bodies of the dead in the north of the city, Feng Yuheng originally wanted to go to the Princess's Mansion to see Zhu Kongshan and talk to her. But before she could leave the palace, she saw a team of carriages coming towards her. The first one was a luxurious palace carriage. She recognized it. It belonged to Princess Wuyang Xuan Tiange. Looking back, the carriages of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, the General Pingnan's Mansion, and the carriages of countless officials, big and small, were all lined up in a row, moving very slowly until they stopped at the gate of the Yu Palace. The order was well maintained.
Xuan Tiange lifted the car window curtain and looked out. She immediately saw Feng Yuheng standing at the gate of the mansion, preparing to leave. She was overjoyed and waved at Feng Yuheng: "Ah Heng, Ah Heng! I was just about to go downstairs to find you! Come on, get in my car, and let's go to Prince Sheng's Mansion together."
"Hmm?" Feng Yuheng was puzzled, "What are you going to do in Prince Sheng's Mansion?"
Xuan Tiange said with a smile: "Our Eighth Brother was scratched on the face by his cousin, it's very miserable. As a cousin, I am here, and you are his sister-in-law. Wouldn't it be too ungrateful for you not to visit him?" She pointed at the convoy behind her and said: "Look, as soon as I said I was going to visit the Eighth Prince, so many people were willing to go with me. Don't refuse. I see that you have changed your clothes well. Come on, get in my car, and we will set off now."
As she was talking, two maids came to invite Feng Yuheng. Feng Yuheng was almost forcibly dragged onto the imperial carriage. As the carriage slowly started, she lifted the curtain and looked out. She saw Ren Xifeng and Feng Tianyu waving at her from the window behind her, and cheerfully asked her if she wanted to eat the snacks they brought. This instantly gave her the illusion that she had signed up for a tour group...
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