Emperor Liang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked gloomyly, "Then who do you want to convict?"

"This case is a matter of great right and wrong. Those who are guilty or at fault should be investigated."

"Hmph. What a guilty person, what a loser." Emperor Liang smiled angrily, "Who are you talking about?"

Xiao Jingyan was silent, he didn't tell Emperor Liang clearly, but Emperor Liang already understood in his heart.

Yan Zhen looked at Emperor Liang like this and frowned. She slowly supported the table to get up, walked slowly into the hall, landed half a step behind Xiao Jingyan, and saluted.

"Confucius said: 'A husband is a boat, and a man is water. Water can carry a boat, or it can overturn it. If you think about danger, you will know." Yan Zhen's voice was not loud, but she came from a scholarly background and was a general. Iron-blooded demeanor, even if she is pregnant with Liujia, her bearing is beyond the reach of ordinary women, "If this case is not tried, the people's hearts will be uneasy, and they will be hard to caress. Do you want people in the world to say that our big Liang is not a loyal minister Zhaoxue, and we would rather kiss the younger brother?" People, don’t you listen to honest advice? The courtiers and daughters-in-law are free to enjoy the favor of the father, knowing your Majesty’s character, I believe that the father was deceived by the villain in the past to come to this place.”

Duke Yun saw that Emperor Liang was loose, and continued: "In the 26th year of Jingyun, Your Majesty was still the prince, and he was framed by others, with a butcher's knife hanging around his neck. He was a classmate who read Lin Xie and tried his best to find the evidence. Save His Majesty's life. In the 29th year of Jing Yun, the Five Kings Rebellion bloodbathed the capital. At that time, Lin Xie was still a small commander in a patrol battalion. He personally led [-] cavalry to rush into the Forbidden Army Camp, and finally tried his best to protect His Majesty's accession to the throne. In the tenth year of the Wen Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty fell, and Jinling was besieged. Lin Xie came from the northern border to Qianliqin, and fought bloody for three days, Fangping the chaos in the capital. Your Majesty, please review the case of Chiyan for the sake of Lin Xie's loyalty in the past. Mo Let the loyal soul become a lonely soul without a title and no license, Your Majesty."

"The minister waits for a second opinion."

Veteran ministers, new ministers, the imperial family, the harem... Everyone couldn't see the expression he wanted. Even the gentle and docile Concubine Jing's eyes were so bright that he couldn't look directly at it.

Occupying the supreme position and claiming to be lonely for decades, Emperor Liang didn't really taste the feeling of being alone and helpless until now.More importantly, he is no longer able to veto all objections in a strong and rude manner like he did back then.

After a lot of drumming.The main hall gradually became quiet, but the power of silence contained in this quietness made the emperor feel more stressed than the chaotic shouting just now.Because this is obviously not an impulse.It's not just the officials who just drift with the crowd and calm down.Still all stood in the position of admonition, and no one showed any intention of retreating.

Emperor Liang knew that since the matter had developed to this extent, no matter how long the stalemate lasted, there would always be only one outcome.

"I... will play what the ministers..."

The old emperor spat out these words weakly.

He walked out of the Hall of Martial Heroes tremblingly, still tremblingly cursing rebellious officials and traitors.

But so what?

Xiao Jingyan's long-cherished wish for many years was fulfilled, and his heart was suddenly agitated, but he immediately controlled himself and did not show it to the outside.

He looked at Yan Zhen, helped her up, and said, "I'll let Zhuji and the others take you back to the East Palace first, so you can have a good rest. I'll stay and deal with the rest."

Yan Zhen nodded, she was already extremely tired, she was supported by Zhuji and Tortoise out of the Hall of Martial Heroes, she stopped at the entrance of the hall, and said to Tortoise, "Go and invite Mr. Su to the East Palace."

"Yes."

Zhuji helped Yan Zhen up the steps and walked all the way back to the East Palace.

She went to the room to change clothes, then went to the study of Changxin Hall to wait for Mei Changsu.

In just a cup of tea, Mei Changsu arrived. He looked calm and sat opposite Yan Zhen.

"You're looking for me because you have something to do? Jingyan might not be able to go back to the East Palace anytime soon after being entangled by a bunch of ministers. I'm afraid you don't want him to know what you want to say."

"I really can't hide it from my brother. But before I say this, I have to tell you one more thing. I have sent people to rebuild the Lin Mansion. In the future, you and Nihuang's children can adopt one of the Lin family's successors." Incense." Yan Zhen took out the list from his sleeve, "After the battle of Meiling, you contacted a lot of people through Wei Zheng. There are also a group of people working in my Jiangbei border. This is their list , take it away and leave it to Zhen Ping and Li Gang to handle it. When they recover their identities, these years of hardship will not be in vain."

Mei Chang and Su Zhen took it seriously: "Ah Zhen, I would like to thank you no matter what happened back then. There is also the matter of the Bipolar Pill."

"If you want to thank me, you might as well promise me one thing." Yan Zhen looked at Mei Changsu with a smile, and rubbed her stomach, "There is one thing that I didn't tell Jingyan, for fear that he would be sad."

She paused when she said this, because her father was pregnant, her mood was a little turbulent, she calmed down a bit: "Master predicted that when I was 22 years old, there would be a catastrophe, when I gave birth to Ah Jiu, although I passed it safely , but there is a loss in longevity."

Hearing this, Mei Changsu tightened his grip on the roster, and there was some shock in his eyes: "What did you say?"

"Brother, don't be shocked, I'm just a little bit damaged in terms of longevity. The number of years of life is determined by God, and it won't be affected much. It's just that Jingyan..." Speaking of her husband, Yan Zhen paused, "I know brother I mean Jiang Hu, I would like to ask my brother to be Ah Qi's teacher, I wonder if you would like it?"

"When Jingyan ascends the throne in the future, Ah Qi will be the eldest son, so he will naturally have high hopes. He might be the prince. If you let him be my teacher, you really think highly of me." Mei Changsu didn't know that it was just Yan Zhen who wanted to keep him. Not to mention that Ah Qi is still very young, at least he was seven years old before he was enlightened. Now he is in good health. Although he can't fight the enemy like before, he can still ride a horse.

Yan Zhen kept him only for Xiao Jingyan's consideration, even though he became Ah Qi's teacher, he still took Nihuang to travel around the mountains and rivers in his spare time.

"Your request, I naturally agree. Who told me to owe you?" Mei Changsu smiled, took a sip of Yunnan tea from the cup.

On the second day of the emperor's birthday, the Inner Court Secretary formally ordered Ji Wang, Yan Que, and Ye Shizhen to be the presiding judges to review the Chi Yan case.For this huge case that once shook the entire girder, there were not a few people who had doubts and sympathy back then, but due to the coercion of power and high pressure, this emotion was suppressed for 13 years.With Xia Jiang's confession and the deepening of the review, the details of the Meiling tragedy were revealed bit by bit, and the grief and indignation among the people in the government and the field increased, almost to the point of boiling.

Nie Feng, Langgan, and Wei Zheng were all taken away by Xiao Jingyan because they were witnesses and had to restore their identities.How to make these people appear in the most natural way at the most appropriate time is not a simple matter.

However, the overturning of the case was announced to the whole country, and all those who could not survive Chi Yan came to Jinling. Yan Zhen arranged for Lin Lang and Tao Yao to entertain him, and contacted Dali Temple Minister Ye Shizhen.

By mid-September, the retrial process was basically over. However, since the case involves a wide range of areas, it is not enough to just change the judgment, so it lasted for more than half a month to decide in detail how to change and compensate and pension matters.

On the fourth day of October, the crown prince led three presiding judges into the palace to meet the king, and they stayed there from morning to dusk.Two days later, the Secretary of the Inner Court issued three decrees in succession. The first was to announce that King Zhaoxue Qi, Lin Xie, and 31 civil and military officials involved in the case were charged with treason, and the grievances were spread to all parts of the country; Concubine Chen, King Qi and their descendants entered the imperial mausoleum.And rebuilt Lin's ancestral hall, and both of them resumed ritual sacrifices according to their positions.The survivors of the case were restored and rewarded.For the unjustly deceased, the Ministry of Rites will jointly give the family a double generous pension, and it is scheduled to be on October [-].A spiritual altar was set up in the Taiyi Royal Temple, and the emperor led hundreds of officials to offer sacrifices in person to comfort the souls of the dead.Sentenced to delay.Xie Yu is dead, and the killing of the corpse is unknown, so the investigation is stopped, and all nine of his clans are implicated, except for Princess Liyang, who was the first to report meritorious deeds to save her three sons.

These three decrees have roughly confirmed the direction of overturning the case, and the next step is for the ministries, divisions and localities to draft detailed rules for implementation.The memorial service on October [-]th was held as scheduled, and the emperor and prince wore plain crowns as a show of respect.Personally burn incense in front of the altar, and burn prayers to heaven.The sky was gloomy and the atmosphere was gloomy that day.After Emperor Liang added joss sticks, he even shed tears in public.Said that he would issue an imperial edict to sin himself.Although Xiao Jingyan never expected him to do something like this.He was calm before the change, and only said some routine routines.Slightly dissuaded him, but did not accompany him in a sensational scene of father weeping son.And Emperor Liang was obviously just talking. Many days after the ceremony, he never mentioned the matter of committing an imperial edict.

Xiao Jingyan has now basically undertaken all government affairs, and his busyness has only increased.However, when he has a little spare time, he will ride lightly on Jian Cong, and go to the Su residence to meet his friends without disturbing anyone.After the completion of the Lin's ancestral hall, he specially secretly arranged for Mei Changsu to hold a very formal sacrificial ceremony as the Son of Man.It's just that except for that day, the small wooden sign that says "The position of Lin Shu" will always be in this gloomy ancestral hall, occupying the place it should appear in the eyes of outsiders. Xiao Jingyan always looks at it, Will feel heartache.

Yan Zhen's belly has been nine months, and she is about to give birth. Since her birthday on that day, she has never stepped out of the gate of the East Palace.

She comforts Xiao Jingyan's emotions every day, so that he doesn't hurt his body by venting too much.

And it became more and more inconvenient for her to move by herself, and her legs would throb and hurt at night.

That day, not long after Xiao Jingyan lay down, he heard the sound of Yan Zhen breathing in, and immediately got up and asked with concern, "Ah Zhen, what's wrong? What's wrong?"

Yan Zhen's legs were cramping and hurting, she took a deep breath: "The legs are cramping, it hurts so much."

Xiao Jingyan quickly stretched out his hand to press her leg, and asked, "Is it here? Or here?"

Xiao Jingyan was wearing unlined clothes to press Yan Zhen's legs. Yan Zhen looked at his thin body recently in order to reverse the case, and said, "Add some clothes, don't be cold. You have worked hard these days. It looks like you have lost weight." One lap."

"I never interfered in these matters, so it's not hard work. It's just that you feel better now?" Xiao Jingyan reached out and wiped the sweat from her forehead with his sleeve.

"It's better, you go to sleep. I've only been working hard for a month, and the baby will be born soon." Yan Zhen rubbed his stomach, and smiled at Xiao Jingyan.

At this moment, the prince and his wife, who were looking forward to the peaceful years, did not expect that just two days later, several express letters entered Beijing at night, like thunderbolts, instantly blasting the sky of Daliang Imperial Capital.

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