Chapter 45 The Military Token is in hand

[Oh my god, this is the Military Token of the Imperial Guards!]

When Xia Miaoyuan heard the word "Military Token", she stretched her neck to see it.

[A small tiger-head jade pendant can actually control 100,000 Imperial Guards, wow.]

Xia Zhengqi's face was filled with surprise, and the corners of his mouth rose wildly: "Chengnian, I just asked you to go to the Imperial Guards to investigate Wei Jianzhong. In just two days, you even found out the stolen money and arrested him?!"

"You surprised your father too much!"

The second prince shook his head embarrassedly: "Hehe, I accidentally hit it, but I'm lucky."

A trace of doubt appeared on Xia Miaoyuan's little face.

[Hey, why does my Erguoguo seem to have become smarter? 】

【I remember that in the book, he was quite useless. 】

Second Prince: It was all thanks to the key information you revealed.

"I found out that Wei Jianzhong was promoted by Grand Tutor Jiang and has always been his man. In recent years, he has done a lot of dirty work for the Jiang family." "

When I went to the camp to investigate, I happened to meet Wei Jianzhong's wife who came to the camp to make trouble. From this, I learned that Wei Jianzhong had a concubine."

"I followed the clue of the concubine and found the stolen money in his outer residence."

Xia Zhengqi curled his lips: "So that's how it is."

"I will order the Ministry of Justice to severely interrogate Wei Jianzhong."

The second prince's eyes turned: "Father, this time I also found out one thing, it's about the previous commander of the imperial guards, Zhou Yibai."

[Woqu, are you still my second choice? You even found out about Zhou Yibai? ]

Xia Miaoyuan opened his mouth in surprise.

Xia Zhengqi glanced at the second prince and motioned him to continue.

"The soldiers in the camp have always praised Zhou Yibai. During the three years he was in charge of the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Guard had strict discipline and no chaos." "

But suddenly one day, a young general reported that Zhou Yibai had embezzled military pay and enriched himself. The Ministry of Justice searched his home and found 50,000 taels of silver."

[He had been in charge of the Imperial Guard for three years without any negative comments, but suddenly he was found to have stolen silver. It was obvious that he was framed.]

Xia Miaoyuan grabbed Xia Zhengqi's collar and rolled his eyes in disdain.

[At that time, the emperor father did not investigate the matter thoroughly and dismissed Zhou Yibai and exiled him.]

Xia Zhengqi's face flashed with embezzlement, and he quickly lowered his head and pretended to be sad.

"I felt that something was fishy about what happened back then, so I went to ask the old men in the army, and learned that Grand Tutor Jiang had tried to win him over, but he refused."

[Right, right! This time the two sides have a big share!]

Xia Miaoyuan looked at the second prince, wanting to give him a thumbs up, but found that his baby hands couldn't make this move,

so he had to give up. [Zhou Yibai was framed because he was too upright and refused to associate with the Jiang family. Then Grand Tutor Jiang pushed his own man Wei Jianzhong to the position.]

[It's so obvious, Dad, why didn't you think of it?]

Xia Zhengqi had mixed feelings when he heard this. He was glad that the second prince had found out the truth, but he was ashamed of his own judgment back then, and his face turned red and white.

"Father, look, this Zhou Yibai..." The second prince wanted to ask Xia Zhengqi for mercy and let Zhou Yibai return to the capital, but seeing his strange expression, he dared not say anything more.

[Transfer Zhou Yibai back, he was wronged. ]

[Let him continue to be the commander of the imperial guards. Such a good talent must not be given to the prince of a fallen country for nothing! ]

Xia Miaoyuan was so anxious that he kicked Xia Zhengqi on the chin.

Xia Zhengqi didn't care about the pain on his face, he just stared blankly.

What do you mean by giving the prince of a fallen country for nothing?

Could it be that in the fate of mortals recorded in the Book of Heaven, Zhou Yibai joined the prince of a fallen country after being exiled?

And later served the Liang Kingdom?

Thinking of this, Xia Zhengqi felt a chill down his spine.

If that's the case, it would be too terrible.

"Chengnian, I understand what you said."

"You keep this military token for the time being. You will go to the Imperial Guards Camp and take over the post of commander in a while."

"I will issue an imperial decree immediately to recall Zhou Yibai to the capital and re-investigate the corruption case." Xia Zhengqi ordered in a deep voice.

"If he is indeed innocent, I will hand over the Imperial Guards Camp to him again."

The second prince smiled and said, "Your son obeys the order."

[The emperor is wise! This time we must save the situation and not be deceived by treacherous ministers again!]

Xia Miaoyuan also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Xia Zhengqi's decision.

"I will return to the palace immediately to draft an imperial decree. There can be no delay."

Thinking that the loyal ministers of Daxia were about to be taken away by the prince of the fallen country to serve them, Xia Zhengqi was anxious.

He immediately ordered the Wei family to send the two doctors to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation as soon as they were brought back to the capital.

After giving these instructions, he immediately carried Xia Miaoyuan back to the palace.

The second prince took the military order and Xia Zhengqi's handwritten letter and went to the Imperial Guard camp to take over the affairs of the Imperial Guard.

Although the beginning of autumn had passed, the weather in the capital was still hot in the afternoon.

In Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager had finished her lunch and was napping on the beauty couch. The fifth prince was playing chess under the shade of a tree in the courtyard.

"The fifth prince is so strange these days. He comes to our place twice a day and doesn't even go back at noon." A little palace maid who was on duty in the corridor complained to a little eunuch.

"That's not true. He didn't come so often before Concubine Jiang was banished to the cold palace." The eunuch whispered.

The fifth prince held a chess piece in his hand, seemingly thinking about the chess game, but his eyelids were already twitching uncontrollably.

Ever since the fifth prince heard his sister say that Concubine Jiang was not his biological mother, he had the idea of ​​looking for his biological mother.

But this was too difficult to do.

He thought about all the people he knew, but found no one to ask. After thinking about it, he had to put his hope on the Empress Dowager.

I heard from my sister that the kidnapping incident was a conspiracy between the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jiang, so the Empress Dowager must know my life experience.

If I come to Shoukang Palace more often, maybe one day the Empress Dowager will accidentally mention it when chatting with the old nanny beside her.

But he persisted for a month and didn't get any useful information.

In the inner chamber of Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager had just woken up from her nap when an old maid stepped forward and reported in a low voice: "This morning, the Emperor actually took the little princess out of the palace. They didn't come back until lunch time."

The Empress Dowager rolled her eyes in disgust: "Humph, the Emperor is getting more and more unreasonable."

"A swaddled baby must be held in the arms when attending court and meeting with ministers, and now he has to be held when leaving the palace to do business."

"A grown man, a great and upright emperor, loves children to this extent."

"If this gets out, it will be a disgrace to our ancestors."

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was getting more and more emotional, the nanny hurriedly advised: "Empress Dowager, please be careful with your words."

When the Empress Dowager heard the nanny's advice, she became even more angry: "Humph! He disobeyed me and warned me. Now he won't even let me say a few complaints!"

The fifth prince, who was sitting quietly in the courtyard and listening carefully, suddenly had an idea.

Since there is nothing to gain from guarding the Empress Dowager, why not try your luck with my sister.