[R18] Dali Temple.Qing (Shuangjie solves the case 1v1) – “Dali Temple. Qing (Shuangjie solves the case 1v1)” Chapter 75 Old Dream [English]

The sandalwood incense in the Zichen Hall was thick, and the light of twelve consecutive bronze lamps swayed, reflecting the lonely look of the young emperor behind the imperial case.

Seeing Su Mo Yi Xing coming over, he just raised his eyes slightly and said with a tired expression, “If you have anything to say, just say it.”

“I’m guilty, please punish me.” Su Moyi took two steps forward, lifted the train of his robe, and knelt down in front of Emperor Yonghui.

Emperor Yong Hui then slowly raised his head and asked expressionlessly, “When did you know about the Xiao family’s orphan?”

Su Moyi did not hesitate and simply said: “A month ago, the Queen Mother sent someone to deliver a letter to me.”

“Absurd!”

A knock resounded throughout the hall, and Emperor Yonghui was furious when he heard this and started clapping the table.

“Do you, your grandparents, still see me as the emperor? You can actually hide this kind of thing from me for a month. If Xia Huan hadn’t made a scene and arrested people on the street, would I have been kept in the dark by you all?!”

“I don’t dare.” Su Moyi said in a cold voice and bowed to Emperor Yonghui.

“Now that the situation in the previous dynasty is delicate, the disloyalty of King Liang is clearly revealed. I venture to guess that the Queen Mother did not inform the Emperor of this matter because she did not want to take too much of the Emperor’s attention…”

“Ha…” Emperor Yonghui choked softly and interrupted Su Moyi, “Aiqing keeps talking about the situation in the court, but as far as I know, the Xiao family’s orphan was the woman who the Queen Mother wanted to make the decision for Aiqing a few days ago and named the crown prince concubine. Is there really no personal relationship involved in what Aiqing did?”

“Yes,” Su Moyi said bluntly, “I have been in love with Xiao’s daughter for a long time and have made a lifelong commitment to each other. If I say that I don’t have an affair, it would be a lie.”

Emperor Yonghui was stunned, caught off guard by He’s frank attitude, so he didn’t know how to ask further.

Su Moyi didn’t wait for him to ask again, and bowed to himself and said, “Although this matter started from a personal relationship, it doesn’t end there. I am not going to the palace to ask the emperor to pardon Xiao’s daughter, but to find out the truth about this case on behalf of my mother, the mother of the emperor’s eldest son who died on behalf of the emperor.”

“The truth?” Emperor Yonghui laughed angrily, “The truth of this case was revealed to the world as early as thirteen years ago. Is there anything to investigate further?!”

“Yes,” Su Moyi argued, neither humble nor arrogant: “Your Majesty, you know that before Jinwu Guard arrested someone last night, the other party sent assassins to kill people and silence them. If there is nothing to hide about this matter, why didn’t the other party tell the Emperor and ask the court to arrest people openly?”

Emperor Yonghui was stunned for a moment and was confused by the question.

Su Moyi continued: “Because they knew that if the court knew about it, they would hand it over to Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment. They had a guilty conscience and were afraid that Xiao’s daughter might have key evidence and that the matter would be exposed, so they panicked and made a desperate move. They first sent assassins and then Jinwu guards. The purpose was to kill Xiao’s daughter so that she would never be able to speak out.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell silent.

After a long time, Emperor Yonghui asked, “You are saying nothing, but do you have any evidence?”

“No,” Su Moyi told the truth, “but I may have a bold inference. Please forgive me for making false claims.”

Emperor Yonghui chuckled and said coldly: “You robbed the people who should be robbed, and you also hid the things that should be concealed. Now that you are talking about the crime of lying, maybe I feel that I really can’t see the little trick in your mind.”

Su Moyi smiled and said honestly, “Your Majesty is wise.”

“Tell me,” Emperor Yonghui brushed his broad sleeves with gold-edged dark patterns and sat back behind the imperial desk.

“Thank you, Your Majesty,” Su Mo remembered and said, “Yesterday I asked Ye Qing to clean up the assassin’s corpse one by one and found a familiar face inside.”

“Oh?” Emperor Yonghui frowned, “Do you know him?”

Su Moyi shook his head, “It’s someone close to Xiao’s daughter who knows her. She identified one of the assassins as Chen Yan, the commander of the Nanya Imperial Army.”

“Chen Yan?” Emperor Yonghui was surprised and couldn’t help leaning forward, “What does he have to do with the Xiao family?”

“He has no relationship with the Xiao family now, but thirteen years ago, the Chen family and the Xiao family did.”

Emperor Yong Hui was stunned, and suddenly understood something. He was suddenly startled, and his face suddenly turned ugly.

“You mean…” He couldn’t believe it, and he swallowed the words as soon as they reached his lips.

Having said this, how could a shrewd emperor not understand what Su Moyi was referring to.

It’s just that the incident was too sudden. He felt confused and couldn’t figure it out for a while, so he could only continue: “Not to mention that the queen has always been pure, respectful and tolerant. Let’s just say that if the queen really wants to win favor for herself and her mother’s family, and wants to get rid of Xiao Liangdi, she can do it in the harem, why is there any need…”

“Did the Emperor forget?” Su Moyi reminded in a deep voice, “How much the Emperor valued the Xiao family and how much he loved Xiao Liangdi. Not to mention that he may not be able to do it in the harem, even if it succeeds in causing Xiao Liangdi to have an abortion, with the degree of favor he was at that time, it will only be a matter of time before he becomes pregnant with the emperor’s heir again.”

“But…” Emperor Yonghui still wanted to refute, but heard Su Moyi say again: “Xiao Liangdi has been dead for so many years, even if the emperor has believed that she is the ambitious person who murdered the emperor’s heir, he still often misses people and cannot control himself. If Xiao Liangdi died suddenly back then, she would only become a cinnabar mole in the emperor’s heart that is even more difficult to erase. In this way, the Xiao family may gain greater honor and favor.”

“So…” Su Moyi paused, “It is not difficult to understand that the Chen family and Liang Wang have joined forces to kill two birds with one stone and get what each needs.”

“Prince Liang?” Emperor Yonghui was shocked, “You mean, the Xiao family case is still related to Prince Liang?”

“Exactly,” Su Moyi nodded.

“I recently carefully read through the files from that year and investigated the situation of the people involved in the case. I found that Xiao Jingyan committed the case shortly after taking over the order of the governor of Hongzhou. If this matter had not happened, Xiao Jingyan would have been the next governor of Hongzhou.”

“Hongzhou…” Emperor Yonghui murmured, “It’s Hongzhou again.”

“Yes,” Su Moyi nodded, “That’s what’s suspicious about this case. Everything is too coincidental. Just when Song Zhengxing was transferred from Hongzhou to the Ministry of Justice, something like this happened to Xiao Jingyan. After that, Li Jiying went to Hongzhou to take office, and a few years later the ‘counterfeit silver’ case came out. Now we have the evidence, and we know that Li Jiying and Song Zhengxing are both people of King Liang. So…”

At this point, everything is clear.

The Prince of Liang and the Chen family were already related by marriage, so it was not surprising that they would join forces with the Chen family to get what they needed.

In this way, it can also explain why the queen took desperate measures, tolerated Wei Shu’s counterfeiting, and even secretly helped to cover it up.

“Does the queen know about Prince Liang’s rebellion?” Emperor Yonghui asked, his voice as cold as ice.

Su Moyi thought for a while and said, “I don’t think so. The queen is the biological mother of the prince. The emperor is now in his prime and the prince is young. Even if she wants to rebel and usurp the throne, it shouldn’t be now. Besides, the queen knows that the sword of King Liang is always hanging above her head. Without the emperor’s protection, she and the prince will be like duckweeds in the water.”

Emperor Yonghui took a deep breath, remained silent for a moment and said: “The Queen’s matter involves the Crown Prince. If it is not handled well, it may shake the country. Do you have any evidence for your inference?”

“I don’t.” Su Moyi confessed, “Everything is just my inference. Besides, it has been more than ten years since the incident. The Queen and Prince Liang have always been cautious in doing things. I am afraid that the relevant evidence and witnesses have been dealt with.”

“Then…” Emperor Yong Hui hesitated, and finally sighed heavily.

“However, it is not the Xiao family that the emperor should be worried about at the moment.” Su Mo recalled: “And the King of Liang is the root of the case. If the King of Liang is captured, people with evil intentions will naturally be unable to sit still, and they will not be afraid of being caught.”

“But the matter between Dali Temple and Jinwu Guard has already caused a stir in the whole court…”

“Your Majesty, there is no need to worry,” Su Moyi said with a smile, “I sent a letter to the Queen’s grandmother last night, asking her to send someone to monitor the Queen and stabilize her first. Wait until Prince Liang’s matter is dealt with and let her know. If she is caught off guard, she will definitely be thrown into disarray.”

The vast hall fell silent again, the wicks of the lamps beeped slightly, and there was a breeze floating in the tent.

Emperor Yonghui stopped talking, but seemed to have fallen into some long-lasting memory. His eyes looked into the distance absently, and after a long while, he sighed quietly.

“Jing Che…” he called him, his tone was desolate, “You are twenty-one this year, right?”

Su Moyi was startled and nodded in agreement.

Emperor Yonghui smiled and said softly: “I remember that thirteen years ago, when I was about your age, I knelt in front of the palace like this and begged my father to keep my beloved woman. But from beginning to end, I never told her. I believed she was innocent. As time went by, I forgot to care.”

Su Moyi’s expression darkened when he heard this, and he lowered his head and said nothing.

Emperor Yonghui’s voice was steady, and the majesty of the emperor could not hide the paleness and tiredness in it.

he paused, looked away, and fell lightly on Su Moyi. He chuckled and said, “Because I am the prince and am responsible for the court and the world. This case involves the previous dynasty, my sister and my mother… I can’t go against the world for a woman. So I thought, I would wrong her a little first, and when I ascend the throne as emperor, I will give her a new identity, and then I will double the compensation…”

“But…”

At this point, a trace of sadness appeared on the emperor’s face, which had always been indifferent to joy and anger, as if he blamed himself, felt regretful, or felt regretful.

“That’s all…” After a long time, he waved his hand and said no more, “Is there anything going on with Prince Liang?”

“The mine that Zhang Ren took us to has been sealed off,” Su Moyi returned, “and when the private mines were about to be shipped out of Hongzhou, the government also intercepted a batch as planned. I also sent someone to pass the news to King Liang, asking him to act quickly before the emperor found out about the rebellion.”

“Well,” Emperor Yong Hui nodded, “then we’d better act according to the plan.”

*
Prince Liang’s Mansion, inner courtyard.

It was late at night, the moon was shining brightly, and the room was dimly lit with only a dim lamp.

The towering bamboos outside the window were thrown into the room. The night wind was shaking, and the shadows were jumping around the house like a group of little ghosts.

After a hurried pace, someone knocked on the door.

King Liang suddenly raised his head from his desk.

“Tell me,” he glanced at the ugly-looking retainer and knew what he was talking about.

The retainer trembled and reported the contents of the letter one by one.

King Liang frowned and tapped on the table. There was a hollow tapping sound in the dark room, which sounded frightening.

“How many men and horses do we have available?”

“Report to the prince, about one hundred thousand.” The retainer answered truthfully.

After another long silence, King Liang leaned forward and flicked the candle on the table. Under the dancing flames, a pair of deeply sunken eyes glowed faintly.

One hundred thousand troops was still a little short of what he had planned.

However, Song Zhengxing was arrested and Hongzhou’s private mines were exposed. It was only a matter of time before the court found out about his rebellion.

The hand he was holding clenched into a fist. He looked at the retainer and said with a deep look: “The arrow is already on the string. It seems that it has to be fired.”

The retainer was shocked, “What the prince means is…”

King Liang nodded and said silently: “Rather than sit back and wait for death and be controlled by others, it is better to break the cauldron and sink the boat and fight.”

“But if we start a rebellion head-on, no matter in terms of strength or public support, we will…”

The King of Liang waved his hand to interrupt him, “The soldiers make dangerous moves and the generals make clever plans. We have no chance at all.”

The retainer was stunned and said: “What the prince means…”

There was silence in the room for a moment.King Liang stood up and walked to the window, raised his head, the dim light in his eyes reflected the cold moonlight, adding a bit of chill.

“Send the secret report to Wei Shu.”