Chapter 50 Reply

Since Qi Ming, the eldest son of the State of Qi, also lived in the capital, Qi Ming offered to let Liu Zichen live in his house, which was also a compromise. After all, both of them were from the State of Qi.

In order to find out the truth, Liu Zichen went to King Rong's Mansion to visit King Rong and met Princess Shuning, who was under house arrest. Seeing that she was about the same age as Empress Renchen, who had become a concubine Ning, she might be even younger. He suddenly sighed that the emperor's woman was not as spoiled as the people said. If you don't have a strong heart to face such a situation at such a young age, I'm afraid you would have panicked long ago.

"I didn't push Princess Rong." Ningfei looked at Liu Zichen calmly and said, "If I did it, I would definitely tell you the truth to Lord Liu here. After all, we are all from the State of Qi."

"Mother Ningfei, didn't you really push Princess Rong? But Concubine Xu and Concubine Ye saw it, and Princess Rong held the jade pendant you wore in her hand before she fainted. How do you explain this?

"Explanation?" Ningfei raised her eyebrows gently and said coldly, "Is the explanation useful?"

"I don't know if there is any use for a subordinate, but if you don't explain it, it must be a dead end. What do you think?"

Concubine Ning thought for a moment and said, "Are you sure to find out the truth?"

"That depends on whether you are willing to tell the truth to the subordinate."

"Okay, since this is the case, I will believe in you." Concubine Ning said, "That jade pendant was given to me by my father when I left the State of Qi, but the jade pendant was stolen a few days before Princess Rong's accident."

"Do you mean that someone deliberately knocked down Princess Rong and put the jade pendant in the princess's hand to blame you?"

"Is there any other explanation? No matter how stupid I am, I can't be so stupid that I don't even know that my jade pendant has fallen off.

"Who do you think will frame you?"

"Are you a pig? Who else wants to frame me in addition to the two bitches who claimed to have seen the palace push down Princess Rong?

Liu Zichen could see a faint murderous atmosphere in Ningfei's eyes: "The subordinate will try his best to find out the truth and return your innocence."

"I hope so."

After saying goodbye to Concubine Ning, Liu Zichen went to visit the other two side concubines of King Rong, Concubine Xu and Concubine Ye. Both of them insisted that they saw Concubine Ning push Princess Rong down from the stone steps. However, in the process of talking with the two, Liu Zichen found that the tacit understanding between the two was really outrageous. Usually, in the face of emergencies, people's memory will be biased, but their narrative is like the same mold, which makes people feel unreal.

So it seems that it should be Concubine Ye and Concubine Xu who pushed Princess Rong down, but the question is what can they do to make them confess? This made Liu Zichen difficult. Finally, he decided to test King Rong's attitude towards this matter, but what he got was King Rong's sentence: Everything should be done according to law.

In this way, Liu Zichen stayed in the State of Lu for nearly ten days without any progress. Just when he was at a loss, he received 800 miles from the State of Qi. Knowing that the fourth prince Qi Yu and the palace owner of the Shenyue Palace were coming, Liu Zichen, who was in a tense state, breathed a sigh of relief. After all, there were many people and it was easy to do things.

Originally, Qi Yu had no intention of going to the State of Qi, but King Jinheng told him that if he wanted to obtain the power to open an independent bank, he must make contributions. At present, the best opportunity is to go to the State of Lu to investigate the matter of Princess Shuning, and the reason why Yi Chen accompanied him was that Emperor Lu intended to be with God. The moon palace is good, so it is reasonable to find a way to minimize the impact of Princess Rong's miscarriage.

Due to time constraints, Yichen and Qi Yu could only ride horses to the State of Lu. Considering the safety on the road, King Jinheng let his subordinate Flying Horse General He Tianfang lead 500 cavalry to escort along the way. When Qi Yu arrived in the State of Lu, it was already the beginning of March.

The main hall.

Emperor Lu sat majestically on the throne, and the whole hall was extremely quiet, and even the ministers' breathing could be heard clearly.

"Why doesn't everyone talk? This is not a problem-solving attitude. Qi Yu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Is your country ready to continue to be so silent?"

"You said that Ningfei is not the murderer, so you have to show evidence, right?" Prime Minister Liu Jie said in a low voice, "Even if she is the princess of the State of Qi, the prince commits the same crime as the common people, and everything must be dealt with in accordance with the law."

"Humph..." Qi Yu let out a disdain from his nose and said, "The prince violated the law and committed the same crime with the common people? Uncle, are you dreaming? Or you haven't woken up yet. Please wake up before going to court.

"Bold, don't think that you are the prince of the State of Qi and can be so arrogant." Liu Jie said angrily, he never thought that a ten-year-old child would dare to be so arrogant in the court.

"You also know that I am the prince of the State of Qi. In terms of identity, I seem to be higher than you, the prime minister. Is this your attitude towards the prince of the State of Qi?" Qi Yu also said harshly, "About the case of Princess Rong, if it is really Ning's so-called that we will not pay dividends, but if we find out that some people in your country have framed, then don't blame us for being rude."

"What kind of rude do you want?"

"It's nothing. I just want the owner of the Divine Moon Palace to cut off all trade with you. I almost forgot that there is not much business in mainland China. Fortunately, I don't even want the last one."

"Do you think we will be afraid of you if we cut off our trade?"

"Cut off your trade may not have much impact on your country, but..." Qi Yu said, "Please return 30 million taels of gold and thousands of jade from Princess Shuning, the dowry of Concubine Ning, to our country."

"Is there any reason to return the water spilled by this married daughter?"

"Your country has put Princess Shuning under house arrest as a murderer. Is there any reason for us to sit idly by as the princess's mother's family? If your country insists that Princess Shuning is guilty and finally proves that the princess is really guilty, as I said before, we will never tolerate it. But if the princess is innocent, then I will let the Moon Palace cut off all trade with your country and take the princess and her dowry back to Qi. What do you think, emperor?

Lu Di frowned. He didn't expect things to be like this. Returning 30 million taels of gold and thousands of pieces of jade is absolutely unwilling for Emperor Lu, because the land treasury is so empty that it is only 50 million taels of gold, so it is impossible to return 30 million taels of gold at once.

"Your Majesty, please give me an answer." Qi Yu said again.