Chapter 490 Xiao Yanli sees Song Mingen's true appearance
"Old Jiang, now that the person is gone, we can get down to business. Have you found clear evidence?"
"There hasn't been any progress yet."
Xiao Yanli frowned, "Why don't you send more people to investigate? You don't have much time left."
Jiang Youya said, "We couldn't find any clues in a short time. In order to convince the emperor, I brought someone into the palace. When the emperor saw him, he naturally believed what I said."
Xiao Yanli glanced outside the door and said, "Hurry and bring the person in."
"Your Majesty, please move to the side hall and dismiss your attendants. It is not convenient for him to appear in public at the moment."
Xiao Yanli narrowed his eyes, "So mysterious?"
"Your Majesty will know once you see it." Jiang Youya smiled mysteriously, "I guarantee that Your Majesty will be delighted when you see it."
"I want to see what you have up your sleeve."
Xiao Yanli left the imperial study, and Wang Gui came back with two palace maids.
"Your Majesty, I have selected all the nourishing ingredients for Miss Song."
Xiao Yanli nodded, "Stand guard at the door and don't let anyone eavesdrop."
Wang Gui didn't understand what was going on. "Oh, okay."
Jiang Youya reached out and gently pushed open the door of the side hall. "Your Majesty, please come in."
At this time, Song Mingen's face had been washed clean and restored to its original appearance. He stood with most of his body bent facing the door.
The door opened, and Song Mingen knelt on one knee, "I greet the emperor."
Xiao Yanli glanced at the person on the ground, and without letting him get up, he walked straight past him and went to the front seat.
Song Mingen also quickly turned around and knelt down towards Xiao Yanli.
Jiang Youya locked the door, and Xiao Yanli spoke, "Stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be blessed with good health."
Song Mingen stood up, still leaning forward with his head slightly lowered.
Jiang Youya patted his shoulder and said, "Raise your head so the emperor can take a closer look."
Xiao Yanli stared at the person in front of him with sharp eyes.
What could an ordinary person say to make him believe that what Mr. Jiang said was true?
When he saw Song Mingen's true face, Xiao Yanli's eyes turned cold. He suddenly stood up and walked in front of Song Mingen, looking up at his face carefully.
Song Mingen lowered his head slightly because he was afraid that his neck would be tired.
Xiao Yanli looked calm, but his heart was already in turmoil.
How come his eyebrows and eyes look so much like his sister-in-law? They both have beautiful big double eyelids!
And the ears look like my younger brother and sister!
The big nose, the mouth like Ah Di, the forehead, the face shape, the upright figure...
Especially her belly is as flat as A-di's, which makes her look good in clothes.
This... this person's appearance combines the advantages of my younger brother and his wife!
Xiao Yanli took two steps back and looked at him again.
He looks more like a younger brother or sister.
Especially the beautiful eyebrows and eyes are so attractive!
Not only that, he has an extraordinary aura!
"Mr. Jiang, who... who is he?"
When Jiang Youya saw his reaction, he knew that the emperor must have some guesses in his mind.
"He is the promising talent that the old ministers in Jiangnan value. The last method to increase grain production was his suggestion."
Xiao Yanli was shocked. It was the person in front of him.
"...He is also the son-in-law of the old minister, Wanwan's husband, and Sister Yu's adoptive father, Song Mingen."
"How is that possible? Hasn't your son-in-law been buried?"
Xiao Yanli clenched his hands tightly behind his back, sweating from doing so. But he kept a serious face and said, "Don't talk nonsense in front of me!"
Jiang Youya said, "This old minister is absolutely not lying. He is indeed my son-in-law, Song Mingen. Mingen collapsed upon returning from Zhongyi Tower. He was poisoned by a colorless and odorless poison. He will die within three months, and there is no diagnostic evidence of poisoning."
"Fortunately, Ming En took the detoxification pill developed by Sister Yu before going to Zhongyi Tower that day, and only then did they find out that Ming En was poisoned. If he hadn't taken the detoxification pill, the situation would have been very bad. In order to find out who was behind this, Ming En had to fake his own death and secretly investigate the person behind it."
"Have Queen Mu's people found out?"
Jiang Youya looked at Xiao Yanli without saying anything.
Xiao Yanli knew who the Empress Mu was. Seeing Song Mingen's solemn expression disappear, he said in a gentle tone, "Mingen, please sit down and talk."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Agui, quickly inform the imperial kitchen to send two extra meals to the side hall today!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Wang Gui was very surprised. Who was the person in the room?
The emperor actually wants to have dinner with him!
Tsk, that’s incredible.
He'll have to look carefully later.
The more Xiao Yanli looked at Song Mingen, the more he liked him. He wanted to talk to him more. "Tell me in detail how you came up with that method to increase grain production."
Song Mingen said, "Your Majesty, I am a commoner."
"You cannot call yourself a commoner. Since you proposed a method to increase grain production, you are a meritorious official and can call yourself a minister."
Jiang Youya was secretly happy, he knew that the emperor would value Ming'en.
Song Mingen: "...As for the method of increasing grain production, it was when I was ten years old that I took over as the village chief of Wushuang Village. I saw that the villagers could not store much grain throughout the year, and when natural disasters occurred, many villagers had no food to eat or even starved to death. So I suddenly had the idea of increasing grain production and tried it out in my own fields..."
The more Xiao Yanli listened, the more excited he became. After Wang Gui brought in the food, Xiao Yanli asked him to bring the memorial over.
While reviewing the memorials, he asked Song Mingen to share the cases he encountered as a lawyer.
Xiao Yanli also took the opportunity to ask him to analyze the matters in the memorial from a lawyer's perspective.
Jiang Youya couldn't get a word in, and it wasn't a good idea to just sit there, so he picked up the teapot and poured tea for the two of them.
The tea was poured until 6:15 pm when Concubine Qing sent someone over.
Xiao Yanli was happily talking to Song Mingen. Wang Gui didn't come forward for a moment. He waited for a moment before speaking. "Your Majesty, Concubine Qing just sent someone to say that the little prince didn't wait for you to have lunch with him at noon. Now he has woken up from his nap and is clamoring to come over."
"Old Jiang, please leave the palace first. I will inform you once I have made a decision."
"yes."
After Xiao Yanli left, Wang Gui saw Song Mingen take out a box of powder and a mustache given to him by Jiang Yunwan from his sleeve, and hurriedly took it to help him disguise his face.
Jiang Youya looked at Song Mingen's disguised face and marveled: "Agui, you are really good at it!"
Wang Gui smiled and said, "To serve the emperor, one must master all the 'eighteen martial arts', otherwise one cannot be the chief steward."
Wang Gui personally escorted the two of them to the palace gate, and only when the carriage was no longer visible did he trot to Weiyang Palace.
Not only did Boss Jiang's son-in-law come back to life, he also looked so much like Princess Gu.
He could guess with his toes that some people were coveting the kingdom of Dayuan.
The Emperor must have told Concubine Qing by now, and he had to rush over to see the Empress's shocked and unbelievable expression.
When Wang Gui rushed to Weiyang Palace, Xiao Yanli had just finished pacifying the little prince and took Concubine Qing to her bedroom.
"Your Majesty, do you have anything to say in private to me in the bedroom?"
"Old Jiang's eldest son-in-law is not dead. He just resurrected in front of me."
Concubine Qing raised her hand and touched his forehead. He didn't have a fever, so why was he talking nonsense?
"Your Majesty, please don't talk nonsense. This is still broad daylight."
"How could I say such nonsense? He is really not dead! He faked his death to confuse the person who wanted to harm him."
Concubine Qing was surprised. "Old Jiang is so kind to Song Mingen that he even let the entire Jiang family pretend to die with him. Could he have some special identity?"
"Yes, Song Mingen's eyebrows and eyes look very similar to my sister-in-law Gu Yining. They are simply carved from the same appearance!"
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