Chapter 48 Anyway, she is not a biological child

Xia Zhengqi's face darkened immediately after hearing Debao's words.

"The Minister of Justice Cui is waiting in the study." Eunuch Debao reported with his head down.

Xia Zhengqi frowned and said, "Ruoyu, I won't eat anymore. Let the nanny change Miao'er's clothes. I will take her to the study to play for a while."

The queen nodded sensibly and immediately went to tell the nanny.

[What! Take me to the study to work? ]

Xia Miaoyuan had a big mouthful of fruit puree in her mouth. Before she could swallow it, she heard Xia Zhengqi was going to take her to the study, and she babbled in dissatisfaction.

The fruit puree in her mouth sprayed out instantly, making the front of her clothes all over.

"Oh Miao'er, look at what you've eaten." The Queen took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped Xia Miaoyuan's mouth.

"Hurry up and wash the little princess's hands and face, change her clothes, be quick." The Queen ordered.

[I say, Emperor Daddy, look, look at yourself, is this reasonable? ]

[I'm just a little baby of more than three months old. I haven't even finished my fruit puree this morning. You're taking me to work in Yu's study! ]

Several maids were busy cleaning up Xia Miaoyuan, but Xia Miaoyuan's little mouth didn't stop, still babbling.

In Yu's study, Cui Lie, the Minister of Justice, was anxiously waiting, pacing back and forth.

"Your Majesty, you're here." Seeing Xia Zhengqi hurriedly walking in with the little princess in his arms, Cui Lie hurriedly saluted.

Xia Zhengqi sat down, his expression serious: "Tell me what happened."

"This morning, when the jailer served food to the prisoners, he found Jiang Zhiyuan lying on the ground, unconscious." Cui Lie's face was solemn.

"The jailer asked Jiang Zhishan, who lived with him, and asked Jiang Taishi next door, but they all said they didn't know anything." "

The jailer didn't dare to be careless and asked a doctor to diagnose him."

Xia Zhengqi's eyes widened: "What did the doctor say?"

"The doctor didn't find out what the symptoms were, he just said that Jiang Zhiyuan was still alive, but unconscious." Cui Lie's tone was a little nervous. "

Later, Doctor Yu was invited to see him, and he said he might have had a stroke. Doctor Yu said that Jiang Zhiyuan might never wake up again."

"How could he be like this out of nowhere!" Xia Zhengqi's tone was gloomy.

"Cui Lie, tell me the truth, did you use severe punishment on him to make him confess? Did you beat him to death?"

Cui Lie knelt on the ground with a thud: "Your Majesty, I believe that although I advocate severe punishment, I have never used torture to force a confession!"

[Daddy, you really have a prejudice against Lord Cui from the beginning to the end.]

Xia Miaoyuan stretched out his two chubby hands, pulled Xia Zhengqi's beard, and complained.

[In the book, you look down on Cui Lie and think he is a cruel official.]

[In fact, his level of handling cases is much better than those adults who are confused and only care about money.]

Xia Zhengqi remembered that his daughter had said before that in the book, Cui Lie was retaliated by the Jiang family because he refused to go along with Grand Tutor Jiang, and he felt guilty.

"Okay, Cui Aiqing, please stand up. I'm just asking you." Xia Zhengqi said indifferently.

"Go check if Jiang Zhiyuan had met any suspicious people or eaten any suspicious things before he fell ill."

"Okay, let's put Jiang Zhiyuan aside for now, and go on."

Cui Lie wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued, "After Jiang Zhiyuan lost consciousness, Grand Tutor Jiang's behavior was very strange."

"He didn't seem to care too much about Jiang Zhiyuan, but was anxious to find me to change his confession."

[Haha, the eldest brother is not his biological son, so naturally he won't care. ]

Xia Miaoyuan had a gossipy expression when he heard this.

What? Jiang Zhiyuan is not Grand Tutor Jiang's biological son?

Xia Zhengqi was shocked in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm on the surface.

"Go on, what confession does he want to change?"

Cui Lie said solemnly: "Originally, after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found the correspondence, Grand Tutor Jiang had no way to defend himself. But today he actually changed his confession, saying that those acts of corruption and abuse of power were not done by him."

"He pinned all the charges of corruption and collusion with court officials on Jiang Zhiyuan."

"He said that it was Jiang Zhiyuan who was greedy and profit-seeking. He used his name to extort money everywhere, embezzled public funds, and even pretended to be his note-taker to write letters to those ministers to collude with them."

Xia Zhengqi felt a tightness in his chest: "What! How dare Jiang Rong say that!"

[Wow! Old man Jiang is amazing. He is so desperate, but he can still use Jiang Zhiyuan to take the blame. ]

[Oh, this old man Jiang is really hard to kill. 】

Xia Miaoyuan held his two chubby hands together nervously, his brows slightly wrinkled, as if he was thinking about something.

【It's not surprising. After all, in the book, he was also a ruthless man who successfully usurped the throne. He was the founding emperor who changed the dynasty with his own hands. 】 【

Although he is not the protagonist and does not have the protagonist's halo, he is still a key figure after all, and it is not so easy for him to be offline early. 】

【It seems that getting rid of old man Jiang is still not a rush. 】

After listening to his daughter's voice, Xia Zhengqi's excited emotions actually eased a little.

He then asked, "How are the interrogations of those people going?"

"The interrogation of the others went smoothly."

"The officials who were escorted back from Jiangxia Province, as well as Sun Chaogui, have confessed that they colluded with the father and son of the Jiang family to embezzle disaster relief funds."

"As for the adults who caused a big disturbance in the court a few days ago, I interrogated them based on the letters they exchanged with Master Jiang, and found the stolen money in their homes."

"They all confessed when they saw the overwhelming evidence."

"The commander of the imperial guards, Wei Jianzhong, also confessed that he had colluded with Master Jiang and did a lot of bad things for the Jiang family." "

The most difficult one to deal with is the Minister of War Liu Hong. At first, we couldn't find any evidence that he colluded with Master Jiang."

"Later, with the evidence provided by the Wei family, we went to Liu's house and found the hidden weapons. Liu Hong then admitted to his crimes such as murdering his wife."

After listening to Lord Cui's report, Xia Zhengqi's gloomy face finally eased, and his frown relaxed.

"Okay, Cui Aiqing, when you go back today, organize the confessions of these officials and hand them over to me."

Xia Zhengqi's eyes were burning: "Tomorrow, I will personally interrogate this old guy Jiang Rong."

[Wow! Daddy is so powerful! He will interrogate him personally!]

[Ahhhh! I want to see, I want to see, interrogate old man Jiang tomorrow, take me to work with you! I don't mind being tired! Roar, roar, roar!]

When Xia Miaoyuan heard about interrogating Jiang Rong, he immediately became energetic and kicked his hands and feet, which made Xia Zhengqi very embarrassed.

In Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager had just finished lunch with the Fifth Prince, and then moved to the inner room to drink some Pu'er tea to help digestion.

The Fifth Prince resisted the sleepiness, pretended to be well-behaved and sensible, and quietly accompanied his grandmother.

The Empress Dowager yawned continuously and said calmly, "I am tired and need to take a nap. Chengshun, you should also go back to Concubine Shu to take a nap, so as not to fall asleep during the afternoon class in the main hall."

The Fifth Prince lowered his eyes and said "Yes, sir", but his eyes were rolling around.

He slowly retreated to the door and walked to the corridor. He deliberately dropped the ceramic marbles in his purse to the ground, squatted down and picked them up one by one.

The palace servants in the courtyard saw him squatting on the ground and thought he was playing with marbles. Knowing that he was always fond of playing, they did not ask.

The Fifth Prince squatted under the Empress Dowager's window, deliberately dawdling and refusing to leave.

At this time, Shoukang Palace was silent. The palace servants knew that this was the time for the Empress Dowager to take a nap, so they did not dare to make any noise.

At this time, the fifth prince heard a faint voice coming from the room.

A nanny's voice whispered: "Queen Mother, the arrangements are complete. They will come after dinner time in three days."