pear blossoms fall to the end of the night

Chapter 72

Two days later.

Zhaoyang Hall.

"Your Majesty, that's how it is." Ouyang Yi clasped his fists and said: "The old minister was ordered by His Majesty to go to the Ministry of Households to check the accounts of the previous disaster relief in Yuzhou, and found that some of the figures were not correct. I think this is a big matter, and I beg Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate."

Zhaohua smiled coldly, looked at Ouyang Yi and said, "What does Master Ouyang think?"

Ouyang Yi glanced at Jing Li, and found that the other party hadn't spoken, he felt a little complacent, and thought that Wei Young was in his hands, Jing Li must not dare to act rashly, and looked back, Ouyang Yi didn't have to worry about Jing Li's face , Pointing to Jing Li bluntly, he said: "The matter of Yuzhou is the responsibility of the Prime Minister. Regardless of whether the accounts matter has anything to do with the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister will inevitably be punished. The Prime Minister of a country should be set as an example rather than such arbitrariness. "

"Master Ouyang, be careful." Hu Feng stood up, "Everyone knows that the Prime Minister has been in power for so many years, and he has never made any mistakes. There is no problem in the handover of Yuzhou's disaster bank and the household department. How can Ouyang My lord found out the problem once he checked, could it be that the hands and feet of the people under Ouyang lord's hands were not clean, so they poured dirty water on Mr. Xiang."

Ouyang Yi raised his beard, but soon he held back the anger in his heart. Jing Li didn't speak because he had something to say first, and he had nothing to say. In Ouyang Yi's eyes, Hu Feng was just a grasshopper after autumn. He laughed and said, "Lord Hu, you should know that the former minister of the household department and Xiangye have a very good personal relationship. It's hard to tell whether my subordinates are dirty or Xiangye has changed positions."

Hu Feng twitched his eyebrows, and then looked at Jing Li, hoping that the other party would come out to refute, but he found that Jing Li was not paying attention at all, and ignored Ouyang Yi's words, and just looked outside the hall from time to time.

Zhaohua also sensed Jingli's abnormality, and stopped Ouyang Yi and Hu Feng from arguing, "Master Jing, how do you explain it?"

When Jing Li was called by Zhao Hua, he reacted hastily, bowed his body and said, "I have nothing to say."

Zhaohua raised his voice, "So, the Ministry of Finance is really your hands and feet?"

Jing Li didn't look at Zhao Hua, but still lowered his head and repeated, "I have nothing to say."

The entire court was in an uproar in an instant, and many ministers were discussing in whispers, Jing Li had not been a prime minister for a day or two, and he had always been clean and clean, and many people did not accept it for a while.

A courtier stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Xiangye will definitely not do such a thing. Xiangye seems to be feeling a little unwell today, so it is better to discuss it another day."

A crowd of people knelt in the courtroom because of this sentence.

"Your Majesty, please choose another day to discuss."

After all, based on Jingli's temperament, it is impossible to directly take the blame on her body without explaining at all, and she is not greedy in the early days, and she is not greedy in the evening, but she is greedy when the household department is facing a change of office, which is simply unreasonable.

Ouyang Yi stood in a daze, looking at the group of people on the ground mockingly, "Your Majesty, the old minister has a personal letter written by Mr. Jing to the former Minister of the Household Department in his hand, which records in detail how Mr. Jing transferred the disaster money. And lied about the number."

Ouyang Yi took out the envelope from his arms and handed it to Zhou Fu. Zhou Fu held the snow-white letter in both hands and put it in Zhaohua's hands.When Zhaohua opened the letter paper, she was half-doubtful, but the more she looked at it, the more ugly her face became, because she was so familiar with the handwriting on it that she couldn't find any mistakes at all, and it was all written by Jing Li.

"Jing Li, can you admit to this crime?"

Before Jing Li could speak, the minister who spoke just now said again: "Your Majesty, I don't believe that Xiangye would do this. Xiangye must have some difficulties, or he was threatened."

Zhaohua is not stupid, Jingli's state is so abnormal, it is obvious that things are not simple, but Jingli has nothing to say when he comes up, she gave her a chance to explain and she didn't explain.

"Master Jing, I'll ask you again, can you admit this crime?"

Jing Li tilted her head and glanced at the open windows in the hall. The sky outside was gloomy. Looking from a distance, she seemed to be able to see the guards on duty secretly rubbing their hands to keep warm. She suddenly smiled, "I admit it."

Zhaohua clenched his fists, but his heart turned cold. You can't tell me about any grievances and difficulties. You just want to endure it by yourself. Could it be that because of that, you don't rely on me at all, do you?Zhaohua sneered, and said: "Then I cut your official position and reduced you to a commoner, do you have any objection?"

"The minister has no objection."

"His Majesty!"

Many courtiers couldn't believe it. Hu Feng tried to say something, but Zhaohua stopped him with a look.

"I will punish anyone who dares to beg for mercy."

Just as Zhaohua finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded from the hall.

"Your Majesty, my wife has objections to this matter."

Everyone followed the sound and saw that Fan Qing was walking slowly towards the hall in imperial uniform.

Jing Li's eyes darkened, she thought about who sent the news to Fan Qing, Jing Li didn't want Fan Qing to get involved, but Hu Feng's eyes lit up, Fan Qing was Jing Li's mother, the late emperor's younger sister, As the eldest princess of the court, she has the imperial order from the previous emperor, if she intercedes for Jingli, Zhaohua will definitely not lose face.

The Jingli incident itself is strange, although all the evidence on the surface points to Jingli, but the incident itself happened suddenly, and it is full of strangeness.Who in the hall has been immersed in the officialdom for many years, their keen sense of smell made them aware of the unusual situation, and if Jing Li got off the horse and lost his position, the people who would ultimately benefit must be from the Ouyang family or the Chu family. It's not a good bird, and the officials below will be miserable at that time. At least Jing Li has never accepted bribes, nor has he made things difficult for his subordinates, so the last people who want Jing Li to get rid of his horse are these officials.

I saw Fan Qing walking to the center of the hall under the expectant eyes of everyone, and then she knelt down slowly, with a solemn and sad expression on her face, "Your Majesty, my wife has objections."

In terms of seniority, Zhaohua wanted to call Fan Qing an aunt. Although Zhaohua is the king of a country, he is still a junior. When he saw Fan Qing coming over in court clothes, he couldn't help softening his tone: "What objection does the emperor's aunt have? "

Fan Qing looked at Jing Li, and Jing Li also looked at Fan Qing, her eyes were full of disapproval, and she kept sending Fan Qing the message to ask Fan Qing not to care about this matter, but Fan Qing didn't seem to see it at all, she put the Turning his gaze back to Zhaohua's direction, he said, "Your Majesty, this person is not Xiaoer Jingli at all."

As soon as this remark came out, the entire hall fell silent, and everyone didn't react at all. The quiet atmosphere spread for a while before someone let out a gasp.

Zhaohua was so startled that she sat back and asked tremblingly, "What does the emperor's aunt mean?"

Jing Li frowned, her thin lips trembled uncontrollably, and she didn't calm down from Fan Qing's words.

Fan Qing no longer looked at Jing Li, she did not dare to look at Jing Li, "This person is not my son Jing Li, he is a counterfeit."

Hu Feng's face was covered with sweat. He tried to hold back a smile from the corner of his mouth and said, "Princess, what does this mean? If Mr. Xiang is not... then who is, Mr. Xiang returned to the capital ten years ago, and returned to the princess's place?" Beside me, why did the princess just say that Xiangye is not your child, so... this is too strange."

What Hu Feng said was incoherent and incoherent, but everyone else understood. If this Jing Li in the hall is not Fan Qing's son, then who is this person?Everyone knows that Jing Li's demeanor can't be impersonated by just anyone, even the most exquisite woman, it is impossible to imitate a person's temperament to the point of perfection, so what does Fan Qing's words mean? Is it not Jingli, or is it just that the Jingli in front of me is not the real Jingli?It's no wonder that everyone reacted so strongly, but the matter itself is very unbelievable.

Fan Qing stood up from the ground, walked to Jing Li's side, tore off her clothes, and the Shou Gongsha on Jing Li's shoulders was instantly exposed to everyone's sight.

Seeing Jing Li with a blank face, she didn't stop Fan Qing's actions. She didn't understand why Fan Qing would suddenly turn his back on her face. She just looked at Fan Qing straightly, and the memory of the two people ten years ago suddenly appeared in her mind. The scene of meeting.

"Are you really Sheng'er? My poor child, you will follow my aunt from now on."

"Li'er left early, you will be my Li'er from now on."

"I'm a vegetarian, so don't eat with me. I'll ask the servant girl to bring the food to your room later."

"Ziyuan is Li'er's nickname, and it will be yours in the future."

Whether it was the voice of surprise, questioning, anger or disbelief, Jing Li couldn't hear it all at once, and two tears flowed from her eyes, not because she was panicked because her identity was exposed, nor because she was naked/exposed And shame, but because she refused to believe, why Fan Qing would betray her, for ten years, Jingli has regarded Fan Qing as her half mother, even though the other party is deserted and doesn't care about world affairs in the Buddhist hall all day long, but She thought that Fan Qing regarded her as a family member. In the past ten years, the two of them have gone through so many ups and downs and supported each other to move forward.A few days ago, Fan Qing also said that she would be by her side to tide her over the difficulties, is it all fake?

I don't know how long it took, Zhaohua seemed to order Jing Li to be taken to the dungeon. When Jing Li regained consciousness, there was already a guard behind her grabbing her arm.

Jing Li withdrew her gaze and broke free from the shackles of the guards. She looked at Zhao Hua and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Fan Qing is right. I am indeed not Jing Li. As you can see, I am not even a man. My name is Song Yaosheng. Daughter of Song Pin, Minister of Dali Temple——Song Yaosheng!"

The whole room was shocked.

Zhaohua roared angrily: "Enough!"

She had thought about waiting for Jing Li to enter the sky prison for a while and secretly get her out, but Jing Li actually confessed her identity so decisively, which was tantamount to breaking her own way.

"Not enough! Your Majesty, I lied to everyone, not only Princess Fan Qing, but also you, and the whole world. I am Song Yaosheng."

She is Song Yaosheng, not some Jingli, Jingli is too tired and too bitter, Jingli devotes herself to serving the country and the people, the scars on Jingli's body are so deep that it is far from what a woman can bear, she doesn't want to do it again Even if she was Jingli, she would not be able to be Jingli, she would never become the person Fan Qing wanted, but fortunately, from today onwards, she would be Song Yaosheng again.

"Do you want to die!?" Zhaohua was so excited that he swept over the things on the table in front of him. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone were mixed with the memorial and knocked to the ground, making a loud noise.A paperweight rolled down the steps, just at Jing Li's feet.

"Song Yaosheng has long been a person who deserves to die. She has been living in vain for so many years, and now she doesn't want to hide it anymore."

Zhaohua: "Take it down!"

The guards were ordered to erect Jingli roughly, and Zhaohua yelled angrily, "Who told you to touch her!"

The guards were so frightened by Zhaohua that their feet went limp, and they knelt on the ground begging for mercy. Jing Li walked to Fan Qing's side, with tears still in his eyes, "Auntie, don't take it seriously."

She didn't want to ask Fan Qing why, although she guessed that Empress Hui would not let her leave the hall with dignity, she did not expect Fan Qing's matter, too many emotions were stuffed in her chest at once, and Jing Li didn't know No matter how you say it, the word "precious" is just a complete break with Fan Qing, and a complete break with the name Jing Li.

Song Yaosheng walked out of Zhaoyang Hall slowly, her eyes were calm, as if all emotions were deeply buried in her heart, there was only endless blackness in her eyes, no sadness or joy could be seen.

The word witch suddenly appeared in the hall.

"Witch!"

"Witch!!"

The witch's voice sounded like a stone thrown into the water, and many people remembered the prophecy that first harmed the clan and then messed up the court.

"Witch!"

One sound, one sound, long-lasting, endless stream, word by word fell into Song Yaosheng's ears.

Zhaohua fell back into the chair dejectedly. She still remembered that when the two of them heard the storyteller talking about this in the teahouse, the other party answered casually.

"That Taoist is right. It seems that he is not a charlatan."